eh, so did many others. And the wolves didn't need ANOTHER big. And none of those are thabeet bad in terms of picks.
And 2 of those 3 pg's are extremely good.
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eh, so did many others. And the wolves didn't need ANOTHER big. And none of those are thabeet bad in terms of picks.
And 2 of those 3 pg's are extremely good.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
A ton of teams needed bigs, you could have made trade.. And Wes was Thabeet bad.. Maybe worse, because Thabeet is a serviceable player.
They got jack shit for Lawson tho..
Fuck. My. Life.
People need to stop talking defense, defense, defense. The biggest issue with Mike Brown and a young team is that he lacks the ability to develop players, and when new talent is drafted, he doesn't know how to fit them into the roster.
And let's keep ignoring that the dude can't make an in-game adjustment to save his life, and that offensively he is the worst coach in existence.
I can't believe any of you would support this hire. Probably easier to do when it wasn't for your favorite team. We've been down this road before. He's a shitty coach, period.
If I was a Cavs fan, I'd be pretty unhappy, hell livid, with the news. Brown is a joke of a coach and he showed that time and time again with the Cavs let alone with the Lakers. They would have been wise to try for someone who is either untested or someone like a Rudy T.. surely some of these old coaches need money.
Red Blaster
Member
mike brown is the perfect coach for a team that took dion waiters 20 spots too high
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
Hey, we got a first, which we then packaged with Ryan Gomes for two years of a busted Martell Webster, who was then paid to go away.
Adam Blade
WWKC
You guys keeping Pek next year?
Future PhaZe
Member
He loves Pek.
Still think the Wolves should trade for Gasol, get him on the cheap and use the rest of the money to try to get a decent offensive wing.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
I'd be pretty surprised if they let Pekovic go. He's an RFA and Adelman really wants to keep him.
You know he's getting close to his max right? Portland will do it.
LegendofJoe
Member
Mark Stein thinks we're going after Gentry. I say no thanks. I'd rather we go for another left field choice, someone who has had success coaching high level pro basketball in Europe preferably.
Didn't you try a left field choice with dunlap? I guess you're okay with mike experimenting and firing.
Ninja Scooter
Member
You can have Mike D'Antoni
LegendofJoe
Member
Unless there are unsolvable issues I'd rather we give someone at least two years to give them a chance to improve. I have no idea what went on with Dunlap, so I can only hope there were legitimately good reasons for him to be fired. Above all though I don't want to go the braindead coach retread route. To turn things around we have to find someone on the level of Tbibs or Popovich.
Dunlap deserves an extension for getting the Bobcats to score more than 80 ppg and keeping MKG from killing himself.
Dude also kept Byron Mullens' trade value high for most of the season too.
COTY
LegendofJoe
Member
It's hard to argue against what Dunlap accomplished on the court (outside of his rotations). So it must have been the off court aspects of the job that got him fired. It's too bad really, I liked him personally. I guess we're going to go after either Gentry or Scott now. At the very least I imagine both of them will be able to pull decent assistants, Gentry especially.
ThisWreckage
Banned
It doesn't matter who they pick. The Bobcats have quite possibly the worst talent pool of any NBA team right now. The only player that they have that MIGHT start on a good to great team is Kemba Walker. I also think picking Gilchrist over Drummond, Beal, etc. was a huge mistake.
Future PhaZe
Member
MKG will be fine. Just give him some time. I really like Kemba also.
Cats are in a great position if they get either McLemore or Nerlens. Next year they are guaranteed to get Randle, Wiggins, or Jabari.
Worst case scenario right now is probably--
Kemba
McLemore
MKG
Randle
As their core in a few years with the ability to fill whatever other holes they have in FA.
There is a good chance it could be this though
Kemba
Wiggins
MKG
Nerlens
Which will contend for best in the east within a few years.
Keep those fingers crossed...
Cats are in a great position if they get either McLemore or Nerlens. Next year they are guaranteed to get Randle, Wiggins, or Jabari.
Worst case scenario right now is probably--
Kemba
McLemore
MKG
Randle
As their core in a few years with the ability to fill whatever other holes they have in FA.
There is a good chance it could be this though
Kemba
Wiggins
MKG
Nerlens
Which will contend for best in the east within a few years.
Keep those fingers crossed...
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Hoopsworld says the Jazz might offer OJ Mayo a big contract, fuck this world.
I hope this rumor is about as accurate as the other Hoopsworld rumors.
I hope this rumor is about as accurate as the other Hoopsworld rumors.
Adam Blade
WWKC
LegendofJoe
Member
hope is a dangerous thing Faze, I have hope we can land Noel. But Wiggins to Charlotte is something I 100 percent do not expect to see happen.
ThisWreckage
Banned
Whoever drafts Nerlens is a moron. He's had knee issues in high school AND college. He's Greg Oden the sequel.
Future PhaZe
Member
Randle actually has looked better than Wiggins thus far, so getting him or Jabari isn't exactly the worst thing in the world and all three players should be franchise guys.
Nerlens second ACL tear was just a ridiculously unlucky injury. It's not the same thing as just going for a random rebound , landing solidly and then realizing you've got a knee fracture. That would be in the Oden/Roy class of oh fuck.
I think/hope Nerlens will be fine moving forward.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
This is one of the most negativity scouting reports about a lottery prospect you'll ever read and it still massively overrates Shabazz.
LegendofJoe
Member
I think Jabari will be great in the NBA, I'm not as enthused about Randle though. He has t-rex arms and he's only an average defender. Vonleh is a much better prospect in my opinion. He's more coachable and he has perfect size for the 4 in the NBA. He just needs to get stronger and become more assertive. He's a strong number 3 behind Wiggins and Parker imo. He reminds me a lot of Bosh actually.
You won't say that when the suns install his cyborg parts
i just don't think KOC or Dennis Lindsey are that dumb.
I'd be happy if the suns get McLemore since the sg is our worst spot and shabazz is kind of a douche,
I also wouldn't mind drafting Noel at C, trading Gortat for some youth or picks, and signing Mayo at the SG. But who am I kidding we probably won't even get a top 5 pick with our luck.
Forgot we still have Frye some team will be willing to trade for him.
LegendofJoe
Member
If we get the number one and take Noel I think the probability that McLemore falls to the Suns is pretty high. Root for the Cats Suns fans.
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Dmncnby2k9
Banned
I rather have Burks and Foye manning the 2.
Good for the Knicks. Takes another team out of the running for JR.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
Man I hope the knicks can keep him.... who knows though
God we gave Hibbert the max I'm sure we'll give it to him too.
Favorite player this draft is probably Marcus Sm-oh wait.
Anthony Bennet looks like the only player i'd be interested in. Porter will be good but he's like a rich man's Batum which isn't saying a ton.
I can see JR getting 9 mill or more a season from someone because he got a great press this season. At one point people were pushing for him to get an all star spot. And with the Knicks he hasn't been getting negative press. The coaches say he's a gym rat and Woodson talks about how JR really wants to be a lock down defender, Doing things like playing golf with the owner of the team and having everyone, from Woodson to Dolan, in the organization saying JR is like their son has turned around his rep. Then he won the sixth man award and is the second option on one of the top eastern teams. This season went perfectly for JR.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
I know this goes against everything I've been complaining about for ... ever, but I'm pretty excited that Flip is in. It's a country club hire, but at least Taylor put somebody in charge that knows a thing or two about basketball.
And how timely is this? They waited months to hire Kahn last go round.
I'm pleasantly surprised. Now Taylor just needs to get out of the way.
And how timely is this? They waited months to hire Kahn last go round.
I'm pleasantly surprised. Now Taylor just needs to get out of the way.
LegendofJoe
Member
Congrats Rodeo.
Future PhaZe
Member
yo rodeo
The fact that they would have considered drafting Vesely over Cousins or Monroe is terrifying.
Flip Saunders was in love with Vesely for multiple years.
think about that for a second rodeo
rodeo think about that
rodeo
The fact that they would have considered drafting Vesely over Cousins or Monroe is terrifying.
Flip Saunders was in love with Vesely for multiple years.
think about that for a second rodeo
rodeo think about that
rodeo
