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[Vault Dweller 111]

Come east young Gordon. Make a conference final.

Not a great pitch.

 

[Miracle]

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheHocke....com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1586954&start=420

 

[Ninja Scooter]

FUCK three teams are gonna actively try and suck and still make the playoffs

On a team with Isaiah Thomas, I value someone who can guard a player 1-3 very very well. Something Smart can do better than Oladipo.

I think you need to do a little research into Oladipo's defense. He's very good. Whatever difference there might be between he and Smart in that department is negligible and certainly doesn't make up for the fact that Smart is a total ZERO on offense.

 

[LyleLanley]

Not a great pitch.

Better than losing in the first round.

 

[Cornbread78]

Might still make the playoffs though!
https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/880980401669509121
Hold on tight Thunder fans, Westbrook might hit free agency.
https://twitter.com/Mark_T_Willard/status/880979745734762497

The Pacers don't have Isaiah Thomas though...

Ball
Westbrook
Bron
Pg13
Ingram

Be ready....

 

[Lionel Richie]

Is there any team in the West that could look at this and say fuck it and trade people to rebuild? Portland? Denver?

 

[Servbot24]

Hold on tight Thunder fans, Westbrook might hit free agency.

Him and George shall journey to LA together

 

[LionPride]

Dennis Schroeder

Kristaps Porzingis

Goran Dragic

Two of those players are good

I think you need to do a little research into Oladipo's defense. He's very good. Whatever difference there might be between he and Smart in that department is negligible and certainly doesn't make up for the fact that Smart is a total ZERO on offense.

I don't believe that. You may be right though. Smart is abysmal on offense.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Better than losing in the first round.

If only Rondo hadn't been injured.


Jazz won their first round series.

 

[panthapanda]

Schroder is going to drop 22pts/8ast a night and the Hawks are going to make the playoffs as an 6-8th seed smh.

 

[phanphare]

don't worry about the east

the dwight resurgence is upon us

 

[RootCause]

Damn! The east is a wasteland.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Give your predictions for a random all star next season

I say...Victor Oladipo funny enough

Or Ben Simmons/Embiid/Fultz/Saric

Alrighty then.

LeBron, Kyrie, Love, DeRozan, Wall, Kemba, Isaiah, Giannis seem like locks.

That fills up the every guard spot, and leaves us one wildcard. It also gives us a total of 3 front-court positions.

Lowry or Beal or Schroder probably fills it out to a total of 6 guards from the East.

For the front-court, Millsap is a lock if he stays, but let's say he doesn't. Horford seems incredibly likely barring outstanding runs by three of the following players: Embiid, Simmons, Whiteside, Porzingis, Turner, Gordon(?), or Drummond. Hell, maybe even Dwight XD

My guess is Whiteside and one of Embiid or Porzingis.

 

[Kickz]

East gonna be so bad D'Loading about to make the playoffs and upset Boston in the first round

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Two of those players are good


I don't believe that. You may be right though. Smart is abysmal on offense.

http://hoopshabit.com/2017/01/28/oklahoma-city-thunder-the-new-and-improved-victor-oladipo/

Oladipo’s defensive impact on the Thunder is massive. The Thunder are ninth overall in Defensive Rating at 104.3, per NBA.com. Oladipo currently sports a Defensive Rating of 101.0. Only Steven Adams (at 100.5) has a better mark among Thunder players with more than 100 minutes this season. Oladipo’s mark is even with that of the league-leading Warriors. His Defensive Real Plus-Minus of 0.36 is lower than his 0.79 mark from last season. However, only two shooting guards are averaging more than 30 minutes per game and posting a better mark than Oladipo — Miami’s Tyler Johnson and Charlotte’s Nicolas Batum.

With Oladipo off the floor, OKC’s Defensive Rating craters to 108.6. Only Adams and defensive specialist Andre Roberson have a bigger gap in their on and off-court Defensive Ratings. Those numbers are certainly aided by the shortcomings of the Thunder bench. Even with that in mind, however, it is easy to see how much of a difference Oladipo makes on defense.

I think you have a complete misconception on who Oladipo is. Dude was low key a workhorse for OKC last year. Like I said, he's not a great player, never gonna be, and he's mad overpaid, but he's good. A relatively young guard who can defend and shoot at a decent clip has value around this league. The idea that Smart is better seems crazy. He's basically a "Rich Man's Marcus Smart" for crying out loud.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/880978788380626944
pure gold

 

[BobLoblaw]

Blake Griffin with the $173 million contract? Fuck outta here with that nonsense.

 

[Griffins22]

If I was LeBron, no way I'm leaving the East next year.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Blake Griffin with the $173 million contract? Fuck outta here with that nonsense.

Jerry has a plan

 

[Hyperactivity]

https://twitter.com/BlakeMurphyODC/status/880981457761710082

Per @ramonashelburne, feeling is presently that Lowry ends up back in Toronto on "shorter term deal than expected" (h/t @willblythe8)

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/880981740465946624

NYK has told people they want to get younger, in general, and also find a vet PG to groom Ntilikina: http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0672634600501024022-4 …

 

[Mutagenic]

OKC isn't good enough to do much of anything with PG. What an uninspiring trade.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

https://twitter.com/BlakeMurphyODC/status/880981457761710082


https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/880981740465946624

"We want to get younger and also sign an old PG" -New York Knicks

 

[LyleLanley]

Just give me Hayward, Tatum, Zizic and Yabu.

 

[jdstorm]

You think teams are going to be happy to give up anything for a half year rental? Not likely.

Imagine you are an eastern conference playoff team trying to beat the warriors. Someone is going to risk minor assets for a shot at a championship.

 

[Kickz]

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Harry the Hat has got this

https://mobile.twitter.com/ringer/status/880981067829739521

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Just give me Hayward, Tatum, Zizic and Yabu.

Coincidentally that's exactly what Ainge is going to claim he offered for **insert next available superstar here**

 

[Hyperactivity]

https://twitter.com/AdamJosephSport/status/880983544222277632

Per sources, Joe Ingles has big interest from the Memphis Grizzlies & has a meeting with the Los Angeles Clippers tomorrow.

OKC could even just try and play a smarter auctioneer for Paul George, get a better offer for him at the trade deadline or something.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Lmao

 

[LyleLanley]

Coincidentally that's exactly what Ainge is going to claim he offered for **insert next available superstar here**

And that would be too much unless it's for Davis.

 

[Hyperactivity]

They were so close to getting Paul George next to Westbrook-Durant. It would have been the same core up 3-1 against the Warriors in the WCF, except swap Ibaka for Paul George

 

[friskykillface]

Blake Griffin with the $173 million contract? Fuck outta here with that nonsense.

Jrue holiday about to get that in New Orleans
If I were a player that has retired I'd be mad af

 

[Ninja Scooter]

https://twitter.com/AdamJosephSport/status/880983544222277632


OKC could even just try and play a smarter auctioneer for Paul George, get a better offer for him at the trade deadline or something.

How much do you expect them to get for 30 games of a guy everyone knows is leaving? There is a reason Indy settled for a shit sandwich. That sandwich is only gonna get shittier.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Lebron gonna take the whole second half of the season off.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

https://twitter.com/AdamJosephSport/status/880983544222277632

Clippers cut his ass while he was on a plane to join the team. Why would he even consider going back?

 

[LionPride]

Are folks still hitchin they wagons to Zizic despite the fact man ain't hit NBA floors yet?

 

[jbug617]

How much do you expect them to get for 30 games of a guy everyone knows is leaving? There is a reason Indy settled for a shit sandwich. That sandwich is only gonna get shittier.

Ainge gonna get desperate

 

[theWB27]

Imagine you are an eastern conference playoff team trying to beat the warriors. Someone is going to risk minor assets for a shot at a championship.

So you disrupt your team by trading away pieces to fit in a major player like George and you expect to gel enough to beat the Warriors? Nah...even the Warriors needed a little adjustment time getting Durant in there and they all share the ball.

 

[Hyperactivity]

https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/status/880980460918145024

So...as I was gonna say before the sun collapsed...hear Cleveland also has interest in Zach Randolph. Contact expected via phone Saturday.

https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/880984373394145280

Ingles isn't leaving

https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/880983118336929792

If Jrue Holiday doesn't reach deal with Pelicans in their meeting in wee hours, he has agreed to meet with Knicks, per source.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Ainge gonna get desperate

For more picks!

 

[friskykillface]

LeBron would be a fool to go west now
Everyone should have come east

Top 16 playoff standing would make Bron go west

 

[slightconfuse]

OKC was not what I was expecting at all.

 

[jdstorm]

So you disrupt your team by trading away pieces to fit in a major player like George and you expect to gel enough to beat the Warriors? Nah...even the Warriors needed a little adjustment time getting Durant in there and they all share the ball.

Basketball isn't that complicated. Plus there is still almost half a season between the deadline and the playoffs and 3 rounds before any potential series with a western conference team. Plenty of time to work out any minor details.

 

[Cornbread78]

LeBron would be a fool to go west now
Everyone should have come east
Top 16 playoff standing would make Bron go west

Nah, he wants to bring the hometowers their chip and stick it to GS.

For more picks!

*sigh*

Bring on three more stashes at next years draft...

 

[Lionel Richie]

The more I think about, Danny probably only has one more option if they strike out on Hayward: buying low on LMAo.

 

[LyleLanley]

Are folks still hitchin they wagons to Zizic despite the fact man ain't hit NBA floors yet?

I have high hopes for him as a rookie but that doesn't mean he'll make them significantly better this year. He's my dark horse ROY candidate.

 

[Cornbread78]

50 mins left before we can find out how there was no negotiations going on prior to 12am..

 

[theWB27]

Basketball isn't that complicated. Plus there is still almost half a season between the deadline and the playoffs and 3 rounds before any potential series with a western conference team. Plenty of time to work out any minor details.

Chemistry is kind of a big deal.

 

[Cornbread78]

The more I think about, Danny probably only has one more option if they strike out on Hayward: buying low on LMAo.

Fuck.. I mean, the dude couldn't play for Pop?!?

 

[Caddywompus]

The more I think about, Danny probably only has one more option if they strike out on Hayward: buying low on LMAo.

Nah, he's still gotta move IT for a 1st rd pick before his big payday.


LMA would be happy in ORL, just him and you're not getting any help from your front office. Vucevic to SA! (more more Vucevic's sake than SAS)