2017 NBA Off Season Thread: Draft & Free Agency & Summer League
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I got lakers/nuggets hot takes but I'll wait until the morning
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Still no info on when this board gets shut down? I need to know if I gotta check out other forums before the season starts
Never been on Sixers Reddit but I bet its a bunch of whiteboys and process bandwagoners -
"The roster spot of Cavs veteran forward Richard Jefferson is in jeopardy, according to The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd. The signing of Dwyane Wade gives the Cavs 16 fully guaranteed contracts, along with Kay Felder’s partial guarantee. Even if Felder is traded or released, the Cavs will have to rid themselves of a guarantee contract and Jefferson is a likely candidate, Lloyd continues. Jefferson, 37, has a $2.5MM contract but if he’s released it will cost the club approximately $10.5MM in luxury taxes since it is a repeat offender, Lloyd points out. A second-round pick may have to be packaged to move Jefferson, Lloyd adds."
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Kuzma better than any player the lakers drafted in the last 4 years
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Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Kuzma better than any player the lakers drafted in the last 4 years
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Lol @ the refs letting plumlee goal tend.Duke swatted the ball out the air like how dudes do when it's a dead ball & they aint do nothin
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I got lakers/nuggets hot takes but I'll wait until the morning
1. Brandon Ingram ain't taking another step like I thought he would even with lonzo's playmaking. I pictured diet Kevin Durant but for the Lakers fans who talk about justise, since he plays excellent defense he is better and more valuable as a player. Shoulda gave him up for Paul George. Lakers treated him like Terry rozier or how the Cavs treated jj hickson
2. Kuzma is great and should start over Ingram lmao this guy has been far and above the best player on the Lakers overall from the draft to now.
3. Randle an emotional ? but he might be necessary next to lopez
4. Tyler Johnson is better than Clarkson
5. KCP the only player that plays D on the perimeter and Idk if he produces any better than in Detroit so I see why they didn't want to give him a max
6. Corey brewer is actually needed
7. Nuggets making the playoffs (I already said it but I'm just reaffirming it) No way wack teams who start Dante Cunningham at the 3 and have nobody except Jordan Crawford and etwaun moore off the bench make the playoffs over them. Nuggets are extremely deep
8. Nuggets wanted murray to start at PG over that big lipped African but I think mudiay gonna keep his job
9. Lakers might only be a few games better because I think their D is still bad
10. Y'all talk about Miami? Besides brook Lopez that team is nothing but role players and future role players.
11. I like Caruso he makes plays like how a tj McConnell does with better passing though -
Oh yeah zubac sure do be ? up assists lol
I heard ? was asking for D'angelo back last night -
I got lakers/nuggets hot takes but I'll wait until the morning
1. Brandon Ingram ain't taking another step like I thought he would even with lonzo's playmaking. I pictured diet Kevin Durant but for the Lakers fans who talk about justise, since he plays excellent defense he is better and more valuable as a player. Shoulda gave him up for Paul George. Lakers treated him like Terry rozier or how the Cavs treated jj hickson
2. Kuzma is great and should start over Ingram lmao this guy has been far and above the best player on the Lakers overall from the draft to now.
3. Randle an emotional ? but he might be necessary next to lopez
4. Tyler Johnson is better than Clarkson
5. KCP the only player that plays D on the perimeter and Idk if he produces any better than in Detroit so I see why they didn't want to give him a max
6. Corey brewer is actually needed
7. Nuggets making the playoffs (I already said it but I'm just reaffirming it) No way wack teams who start Dante Cunningham at the 3 and have nobody except Jordan Crawford and etwaun moore off the bench make the playoffs over them. Nuggets are extremely deep
8. Nuggets wanted murray to start at PG over that big lipped African but I think mudiay gonna keep his job
9. Lakers might only be a few games better because I think their D is still bad
10. Y'all talk about Miami? Besides brook Lopez that team is nothing but role players and future role players.
11. I like Caruso he makes plays like how a tj McConnell does with better passing though
Idk how people saw a kevin durant comparison with ingram.
All they have are similar body types.
Ingram at best could be a steve smith type player -
I would have takes from the Hawks v Heat preseason game but the ? I look like watching that ? .
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detcatinva wrote: »I got lakers/nuggets hot takes but I'll wait until the morning
1. Brandon Ingram ain't taking another step like I thought he would even with lonzo's playmaking. I pictured diet Kevin Durant but for the Lakers fans who talk about justise, since he plays excellent defense he is better and more valuable as a player. Shoulda gave him up for Paul George. Lakers treated him like Terry rozier or how the Cavs treated jj hickson
2. Kuzma is great and should start over Ingram lmao this guy has been far and above the best player on the Lakers overall from the draft to now.
3. Randle an emotional ? but he might be necessary next to lopez
4. Tyler Johnson is better than Clarkson
5. KCP the only player that plays D on the perimeter and Idk if he produces any better than in Detroit so I see why they didn't want to give him a max
6. Corey brewer is actually needed
7. Nuggets making the playoffs (I already said it but I'm just reaffirming it) No way wack teams who start Dante Cunningham at the 3 and have nobody except Jordan Crawford and etwaun moore off the bench make the playoffs over them. Nuggets are extremely deep
8. Nuggets wanted murray to start at PG over that big lipped African but I think mudiay gonna keep his job
9. Lakers might only be a few games better because I think their D is still bad
10. Y'all talk about Miami? Besides brook Lopez that team is nothing but role players and future role players.
11. I like Caruso he makes plays like how a tj McConnell does with better passing though
Idk how people saw a kevin durant comparison with ingram.
All they have are similar body types.
Ingram at best could be a steve smith type player
This is me really. I thought since he was so skinny he was a natural perimeter scorer but I haven't seen that yet. All i see is a guy who scores on the occasional break or by cutting for a basket that almost popped out.
Btw lakers got too many light skinned beige players out there, I was watching on the laptop and I couldn't tell who was who. I thought ennis was kuzma and kuzma was nance
Randle looks like Oscar the grouch with a jersey on and I saw will barton eating on the boards one possession with like 3 Lakers around him. Who is gonna rebound on the Lakers? Damn sure ain't brook lopez and randle is ehh. It might be bogut off the bench leading the team -
Rockets/Thunder tonight. No russ though.
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I would have takes from the Hawks v Heat preseason game but the ? I look like watching that ? .
I got one. John collins is gonna have a good year. Might be the 3rd best rookie -
im not gonna post in this thread until the cheapseats fantasy ball league is done with
dont wanna tip off any of my constituents
i know @beta holds on to my every word
but i will say this
so many nba teams this preseason going 5 out flow transition
no more rim runner
only playing through the trailer
pins/DHOs
all about keeping the floor spaced for shooters and drivers or a middle ball screen
im a fan of not rim running
keep the floor open for guards to attack to score or kick to shooters
big can follow for oreb -
Word @beta do be stealing ? .
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? not gonna post in a thread for a fantasy league he's going to lose...lol
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jimmy gonna have the same floor spacing he had in chicago
the size of a jail cell
twolves essentially replacing the grit n grind grizzlies as the anti establishment franchise now
maybe it does work but i dont think talent overrides spacing in 2017 nba basketball
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Ranking the worst to best teams this year as far as entertainment
30. Indiana Pacers
Has a single person mentioned the Pacers in the past four months in any context other than, "That's all they got for Paul George????" Do they exist? Did you know they signed Bojan Bogdanovic, and there is a real chance he leads them in scoring? It's true!
This team had zero identity with Paul George -- no style, no bedrock philosophy -- and now George has turned into Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. Opponents outscored Indy by almost seven points per 100 possessions with George on the bench last season. They were nothing without him. Not even the comedy of Lance Stephenson barking orders, dribbling to nowhere, and trash-talking LeBron like it's 2014 could keep them from the cellar.
Myles Turner is a future star on both ends, and he should get a chance to stretch himself with George gone. He will shoot more 3s, and he sniffed averaging one steal and two blocks per game last season -- relatively lofty territory for a big man. (Hakeem Olajuwon pulled this in 15 separate seasons. Hakeem Olajuwon was freaking ridiculous.)
A slimmed-down Al Jefferson might son fools with low-post fakery again. The viewing experience is pleasant, though your mileage may vary on Quinn Buckner's nonstop patter. The new Nike uniforms, with the team name forming a circle around the jersey number, have an old-school minimalist vibe befitting the Hoosier state ethos that elevates the game above the noise. (The softer blue-on-yellow version, which includes no white or highlighting, reminds of those all-gray uniforms Kevin Arnold and Paul Pfeiffer wore to gym class.)
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20849806/zach-lowe-2017-18-nba-league-pass-rankings-part-1
14. MIAMI HEAT (32)
We are officially in the Very Watchable section of the rankings. Miami lacks that one change-the-channel star, but the collective is strong: Goran Dragic, head down, sprint-dribbling into a whirring series of weirdo pivots; Hassan Whiteside swallowing shots instead of just blocking them; Kelly Olynyk accidentally hurting people with his herky-jerky game; James Johnson, ninja warrior, running inverted pick-and-rolls with Dragic and threading impossible passes; Erik Spoelstra waving his arms like a crazy person; and Dion Waiters, always Dion Waiters, forever calling for the ball, hoisting bananas shots, and acting like the true ? megastar he is.
They play so hard. There is a perverse joy in watching Miami, frothing at the mouth, pulverize some poor team coming off a back-to-back or a hard night out on South Beach. You almost see the victim pleading: "Can you guys just take it easy, once?" No. No, they cannot.
There are some interesting basketball subplots here, too. And, Spo: For the love of the basketball gods, please stop calling timeouts in the last 30 seconds of every quarter. Sometimes, a guy just wants to get to the bathroom.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20849807/zach-lowe-2017-18-nba-league-pass-rankings-part-2 -
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Lol that looks like a hits blunt moment -
HustleThaDon wrote: »Rockets/Thunder tonight. No russ though.
Yup Fat Boy Felton getting the start
Ready to see what we look like though, a lot of new additions to the team but they're all veteran players so I don't think it's going to take long to mesh
Want to see what some of these young guys can do too specifically Isaiah Taylor, between Cliff, Harden and Gordon In expecting someone to miss some time so he should have a chance to get some real burn at some point this season
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Trash
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That decision seems suddenly random
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This could be fun, but who decides captains?
