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NBA 2015- 16 Regular Season IOTI - NBA GAF Is Pretty Dead Considering This Fact
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Ninja Scooter
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Celtics problem in a way is that they have a ton of assets and thanks to the Bobcats, teams know they are willing to use them. Teams will probably ask for the moon from them for players like Dwight and Horford, and the Celtics will have to ask themselves just how much it's worth to acquire a 30 game rental of an all star caliber player for a team whose realistic ceiling is ECF.
slightconfuse
Banned
Getting Dwight is a big risk in today's small ball era.
He'd be fine as the only big out there.
Small Ball meme will die once some of the new age big men start dominationg again. Towns is gonna be so fucking good it's not even funny. Reason why small ball is so popular is because NBA big men became too slow and unable to shoot, but we're seeing a lot of really good young bigs come into the game.
As a Sixers fan, it's always funny to me how people freak out about them and ignore the absolute shit show the Brooklyn Nets put out. If there's a franchise that should be admonished, it's the Brooklyn Net's "win now" straegy that will set them back for 4-5 years
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Baby Jordan was gonna hit it big man!
Big Baybee
Member
Remember when players actually made their dunks in the dunk contest?
we buried that name, please let it RIP
Lee Chaolan
Member
Cavs have interest in Ben McLemore. Can he really help them though?
One game, sure. ;p
One game, sure. ;p
The day Nate Robinson won the dunk contest over Iggy was the day I vowed to never watch the Dunk Contest again.
How does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6z9-l4hnMM this not beat Nate Robinson's incredible 40 minute miss showing https://youtu.be/aJpGMCEcS5c?t=8m32s in the finals
That shit pissed me off so bad, glad it's such a shitshow now
DontBeThatGuy
Member
I hated that so much.
nahhhhh, not dwight
Atomic Playboy
Member
I love my Blazers but I don't think they've quite got the handle on how the whole "rebuilding" thing works. We don't get marquee free agents in Portland, ever (besides Scottie on the tale end of his career). We draft (Walton, Lillard, Roy, Oden, Randolph, O'Neal, Sabonis, Drexler, Porter, basically the entire late-80s early-90s team, Sam "not Jordan" Bowie), we do draft day deals (Aldridge, Batum) and we occasionally gamble on overpaying young players and hope they develop (Matthews, Sheed, Strickland, Stoudamire). Given that most of this strategy revolves around the draft, being a middling team that gets swept in the first round of the playoffs is the worst situation we could be in. I love the heart, but this is just going to keep us in a perpetual battle for the right to be swept by the Warriors / Spurs and that's not much to look forward to every year. At least getting an Oden gives you a couple weeks of hope before you realize that papier-mâché is an unsuitable building material for an athlete's knees.
Acknowledging the Celtics would mean you'd have to acknowledge the Raptors.
And nobody wants that.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Fisher has successfully implemented the triangle offense twice.
sir_kevith
Member
I mostly agree. Portland traded like 100 dudes to get Pippen though. He wasnt a free agent.
Personally im happy with the Blazers. We already got back burner players that need to develop and I think if they really had their eyes on a pick this year then they tank. We can still develop Cliff Alexander, Pat Connaughtan, and Montero in the background. Use them as assets later.
As it is Vonleh is showing promise, and we got Aminu and Harkless on killer deals. If we really get stuck we can make a nice package involving MccCollum, Leonard, or Plumlee and some of the the developing players.
Can someone fill me in on the whole Fisher drama with Barnes?
I thought both were married? Wasn't Fisher some virtuous man who left Utah because his daughter to be closer to her during her treatment
darkwing-buck
Member
Gonna miss Kobe ):
Liquidsnake
Banned
He got divorced. It doesn't mean he doesn't love his daughter.
I guess he started fucking around with Barnes' ex, Barnes didn't appreciate it because they were boys, punched him, etc.
Ninja Scooter
Member
The drama is that Matt Barnes is a psychopathic asshole who thinks he owns his ex wife's vagina.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Fisher is divorced, Barnes I think he is either separated or divorced. Either way, his kids called and told him Fisher was at the house, I guess Barnes ex-wife was dating Fisher. Barnes went crazy, He got in his car and went to the house and went after Fisher.
The day Fisher got fired Barnes posted this https://www.instagram.com/p/BBiIMChLzdA/?taken-by=matt_barnes9
Liquidsnake
Banned
Let the record reflect that It is 2/11/16
And Byron is still the coach of the Lakers.
And Byron is still the coach of the Lakers.
JinjoUnchained
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Long live the tank commander! And by "long" I mean until the draft lottery.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Phil Jackson is one step ahead, probably had communication with Luke already.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Do you think the Raptors will back off of Morris after those incidents?
slightconfuse
Banned
Got to protect that top 3 pick
did he write something with this or is it just a pic?
I see all the other comments from other people but don't see anything from him
MetalFearSolid
Banned
A picture is worth a thousand fists.
slightconfuse
Banned
Pretty good article on nba schedule effecting players
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14757066/nba-schedule-breaking-players
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14757066/nba-schedule-breaking-players
This is the worst thing I've ever seen an organization do in nba history. What an absolute embarrassment to the league and to the city of LA
unknownstranger
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It'll never happen but they should reduce the amount of games per season to 80 and make it so no team plays more 4 games in 5 days than once.
Edit: Why is Davis still in with his elbow bothering him?
Since the interest was reported, I'm of the belief they were never in on him, because Masai is a ninja.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Smokescreen possible, but I feel like we need a PF, and a SF in order to prevent a 1st round exit this time again. Carroll is hurt and we just can't defend at the 4 spot.
Andrew Korenchkin
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FUCK THE CELTICS.
LyleLanley
Banned
Here's what the trade market for Dwight Howard looks like - The Vertical / Yahoo
I would do this in a second.
Did I miss something?
I would do this in a second.
Did I miss something?
Well Duh.
This comment lol
"David Lee for Howard could knock Rockets out of the playoff race? There is possibility of Rockets could be better for Lee will definitely contribute and not be just an add on"
LyleLanley
Banned
I remember when I thought David Lee could still contribute to a professional basketball team.
eBay Huckster
Member
I also remember last season.
He should have just stayed in Orlando. The could have made the ECF a few times, considering that even Indiana did it with Hibbert and Lance, Vogel was a magician. Sure they would have gotten spanked by Big 3 Heat, but consider what Dwight has accomplished since, lol Lakers season and being second fiddle to Harden, who this season decided to just take a break.
Yeah hindsight is 20/20, from a major free agent to essentially a guy that according to Zach Lowe, Raptors just passed on.
I doubt he cares about championships at this stage, he just wants one last big paycheck and then bow out.
Yeah hindsight is 20/20, from a major free agent to essentially a guy that according to Zach Lowe, Raptors just passed on.
I doubt he cares about championships at this stage, he just wants one last big paycheck and then bow out.
Pretty sure Raptors just passed on him because they can't match salaries at all and Houston wouldn't do a trade without Valanciunas.
Howard's still getting the max one he hits free agency. But there are just few teams and trades that make sense right now.
Worded it wrong. Didn't mean to imply he doesn't love his daughter but the image of Fisher throughout his playing career was that he was this clean cut guy. Didn't expect him to be getting into fights with other players over their SO. Now he was also interested in Tim Hardaway Jr's girl? And other players?
Seems like a real shady dude.
Me too . Whats hilarious is that he had one of the highest usage rates in the NBA on the Celtics cuz everytime he touched the ball he thought he had the green light like MJ and shot it.
Gonna miss Kobe ):
Lebron has looked like he's been in his retirement season since 2004.
Uhh, yeah.
The idea of a small ball lineup with Bradley, Smart and Crowder absolutely terrorizing the perimeter backed up by Dwight is so intriguing. Isaiah too, obviously.
In terms of assets, it seems Morey really miscalculated with this Dwight thing, if this is really his value.
Positive Marcus Smart sign: Last year he shot 2.5 FTs per 36 minutes. That's up to 3.8 last year. FTA in the last 8 games: 7, 6, 0, 1, 0, 2, 5, 5. It's not astronomical improvement, but I like seeing it. Also like seeing stuff like this.
Is there a better time to trade Evan Turner than now?
I never bought it. I didn't, and still don't, think he would be on the team past the deadline this year. A couple 5 minute stretches in the finals don't change that. He's got absolutely no lift, and the Celtics started playing a lot better once they gave his minutes elsewhere.
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