Not much fun when the Rockets aren't in there :/. I'll still watch though.
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Not much fun when the Rockets aren't in there :/. I'll still watch though.
Rockets were a mess this year, you know in your heart they didn't deserve to make it.
Sure, doesn't make it hurt any less. Thru have been incredibly frustrating to watch this season. The lack of effort or caring at times kills me.
Everyone has a beef with the Clippers.
sf2fanatic
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The guy from UCLA right? He's legit. Just need some playing time.
Atomic Playboy
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If Portland wins their last two, they're the five seed, regardless of what Memphis does. If Memphis and Portland finish with the same record, Portland wins the tiebreaker on Conference record. Portland would need to lose at least one of their remaining games to lose the five seed (and Memphis would need to win out). It's looking pretty likely that Portland is the five seed. Considering I had them high in the lottery when the season started, I'm calling that a win for the Blazers and a lose for my prognostication skills.
my name is ed
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Im sorry Messi. Looks we both had high hopes for the Rockets this season!
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=179303495
Man listening to Hinkie on the Lowe podcast.
I really don't think he is capable of running an NBA team especially one in a big market.
He kept on talking about if we had x player and if we drafted x but never had an awnser for why he didn't.
Not to mention his secrecy with avoiding fans and media and with his inabilty to communicate agents. We are in a world where NBA teams have to lure guys in with more than just cap space and he seemed to bank on the idea that just having max would bring somebody like Durant in.
Not when a star player has to deal with the reputation of a team.
There is no reason why he couldn't have traded and signed an Isaiah Thomas for example and work to get these young players going a bit more with some vet guidance.
At some point you need to sacrifice long term assets to help the short term. I mean Junkie talks about how he wants to get that championship team but I don't see how he would have gotten there with his communication skills and his seeming inability to sacrifice any long term assets.
That being said that type of cold blooded focus on asset management would probably help a team like the Knicks but I don't see how you look ticket holders in the face and say we are hoping to lose because we traded a protected pick.
I really don't think he is capable of running an NBA team especially one in a big market.
He kept on talking about if we had x player and if we drafted x but never had an awnser for why he didn't.
Not to mention his secrecy with avoiding fans and media and with his inabilty to communicate agents. We are in a world where NBA teams have to lure guys in with more than just cap space and he seemed to bank on the idea that just having max would bring somebody like Durant in.
Not when a star player has to deal with the reputation of a team.
There is no reason why he couldn't have traded and signed an Isaiah Thomas for example and work to get these young players going a bit more with some vet guidance.
At some point you need to sacrifice long term assets to help the short term. I mean Junkie talks about how he wants to get that championship team but I don't see how he would have gotten there with his communication skills and his seeming inability to sacrifice any long term assets.
That being said that type of cold blooded focus on asset management would probably help a team like the Knicks but I don't see how you look ticket holders in the face and say we are hoping to lose because we traded a protected pick.
Practically every single Sixers fan ive ever met was fine with "The Process" and preferred it over the mediocre treadmill we had been for a decade.
National guys were the ones who had a problem with it, also people like Howard Eskin, who shouldnt really count as anything more then a piece of human garbage (he's Philly's Skip Bayless)
Macadinho94
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Still doesn't address Hinkie's deficiency's like pissing off teams in not returning their calls, pissing off agents who he wouldn't even communicate with and just cut their client and his basically non-communication with the media. What good free agents would sign there with the way he treated other players? Plus there's the rumour the big agents who represent many players basically put the Sixers on a blacklist until their front office management was changed.
this wouldve changed when they stopped being bad. Why would a player go there now?
And it didnt stop Hinkie with trading with a bunch of teams too
Wanna know why agents love Bryan Colangelo, it's because he gave players like Rudy Gay and Andrea Bargnani ludicrous contracts.
Yeah he pissed off the "media" but who gives a shit? Honestly.
He wasn't perfect by all means, I dont even really care he was fired if we got Ferry instead. But now we're stuck with Bryan Colangelo. And the national media that apparently hated hinkie thinks this is the best thing on earth.
both significant games.
Macadinho94
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There's mannerisms and a bit of professional class you are obligated to follow as a GM, and in his years he's obviously pissed off most other front offices and agents that in say 3 years down the line why would you play ball with him then when he can't even do the basics now.
Re the media, I'm not too fussed about that either, but when the guy has literally never done PR stuff which is part of his job why wouldn't the media not be pissed?
Also the GM's team involves some actual team interaction. On the Truehoop podcast the other day, one of the contributors mentioned how he'd regularly blankly pass by current players and former players in the corridor without saying a word.
Also another criticism of the process which he never explained is how after all these years of losing were the young players meant to develop and build a winning culture when they were in the process? You can't just switch from the process to contending in a short period, plus I wouldn't have been surprised that as soon as the rookie guys were finished with their rookie deals they would have bolted immediately. I certainly would if I was in their position when they'd basically ruined the first few years in my NBA career where it's the time you develop and earn your first substantial contract.
Rookie contracts last for 4 years
Then they become RFA for another few years
Also, every player has only talked about how much they enjoyed Hinkie, you can literally see the interviews of them being dissapointed
Winning culture is also bullshit. When the Warriors were tanking hard, it didn't fuck them up. There's no such thing as a winning culture, you either have good players or shit players. If you have good players you'll win games.
He pissed off so many GMs that he was able to trade with like 7 or 8 teams during his time. And players will want to play when they do well. I don't give a fuck if agents blacklist them now, I care about when they have the pieces to be good.
Then they become RFA for another few years
Also, every player has only talked about how much they enjoyed Hinkie, you can literally see the interviews of them being dissapointed
Winning culture is also bullshit. When the Warriors were tanking hard, it didn't fuck them up. There's no such thing as a winning culture, you either have good players or shit players. If you have good players you'll win games.
He pissed off so many GMs that he was able to trade with like 7 or 8 teams during his time. And players will want to play when they do well. I don't give a fuck if agents blacklist them now, I care about when they have the pieces to be good.
Macadinho94
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Re players, you're open to your perspective, I'm just relaying what I've been told.
There's been numerous rumblings/articles on how most of the league front offices hated dealing with Hinkie. The Sixers were used as dumping grounds for contracts by contenders, not exactly the rapore you need when you're actively searching for trades in a few years
Who gives a shit whether other teams GMs like him. Like, who gives a rats ass. No team will care if they offer a trade for another player.
Oh no he's offering Okafor for X, but I don't like him, so I'll sabotage my team possibly getting better
Oh but this guy is offering Y for X, I'll take his deal because he bought me a drink once!
Oh no he's offering Okafor for X, but I don't like him, so I'll sabotage my team possibly getting better
Oh but this guy is offering Y for X, I'll take his deal because he bought me a drink once!
Macadinho94
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Not how things work in the NBA but okay. If anything, this is the perfect time to cut-ties with Hinkie. They'll get the 1 or 2 pick, have good odds of getting the Lakers pick and can get the Sacramento pick. Then next season you'll have Embiid back with Saric. No point in the process in continuing thereafter so having the Colangelo's who build that awesome Suns team in the 00's is where you'd ideally want to be as a franchise.
I dont know what crazy world you live in, where people will refuse to help their team because that one guy was mean to me and I don't like him!
Macadinho94
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I was thinking more of agents than team personnel but I'd be shocked if there wasn't grudges from GM's about Hinkie.
Agents are of course gonna be upset that he refuses to sign mediocre player to large contracts like every other stupid NBA GM does. It doesn't matter that much. And please, look at Bryan Colangelo's resume when he was in Toronto and tell me I should be happy with this shit head.
Oh and btw, the Colangelo's have never won a single championship. I should be happy about what? That a 7 year process that our owners signed off on get shit on by the NBA and our cowardly owners.
Agents wont give a shit 3 years from now if we offer their players good contracts when we're good. They wont turn down money for their players. Of course they'll blacklist now, what agent would want their player to play for that team right now?
How long did it take you to find that? Tell me you didn't bookmark that lol.
Btw before the season started the prospects for the Rockets being even better were there. We just didn't expect harden to spend all summer getting wasted and out of shape.
Macadinho94
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NBA Playoffs |OT| A Cav looks on while a Warrior Spurs its Thunder.
Doc Holliday
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Woah Hoiberg just threw jimmy under the bus big time.
He basically said things were ok until Jimmy called out the coach earlier in the season. What a weird season for the Bulls.
https://twitter.com/codywesterlund/status/718938697819955201
He basically said things were ok until Jimmy called out the coach earlier in the season. What a weird season for the Bulls.
https://twitter.com/codywesterlund/status/718938697819955201
Butler is so gone next year lol
People make fun of the Sixers, but I';d rather be them right now then the Bulls.
jordan0386
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Coach is right. Jim has no place coming outta pocket like that.
my name is ed
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Actually it didnt take me long. I remembered we had that convo and some of the wording and a quick google search found the post pretty quickly haha
sf2fanatic
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Cougar Doris still got the handles. Better than some of the PG's in the game..
friskykillface
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Bae Dorris <3
Should have bet money on the grizz, they shook X warriors play half ass against shitty teams
Should have bet money on the grizz, they shook X warriors play half ass against shitty teams
sf2fanatic
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Curry pressing
perfectchaos007
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Curry has lost his magic this month. He looks like an average joe and now plays like one
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Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Curry's just a little off... so many in the hole and bouncing out.
1 for 10.
Grizzlies playing tough.
1 for 10.
Grizzlies playing tough.
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