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[Hoop Dreams]

[j2j]

This is why Bertans got insane money. He has an NBA skill that he does better than anybody.

[somuchyummy]

interesting how small ball pioneers houston just shucked their 6-7 center and have added 6-10 PF/C christian wood and 6-11 behemoth attempted comebacker C DMC. i guess that idea was short lived. gersson?

[bubu dubu.]

The rich teams can still rob free agency. Some good vets still remaining who I could see signing cheap deals to ring chase. Most notably Batum and Whiteside.

[somuchyummy]

i'm not sure who'd be going after whiteside at this point. does charlotte have enough left in the cash tank? i know they'd been talked about earlier as a possible destination for him. but they just resigned biyombo to a one year $2M deal. willy hernangomez still has a year left at $1.7M. and they drafted both vernon carey jr and nick richards. something tells me hassan ain't going there. china? if former big buck guys like biyombo are signing one year deals for 2 mil - one would think there'd be better money for whiteside in asia than what some nba team is going to toss his way now.

[somuchyummy]

The rich teams can still rob free agency. Some good vets still remaining who I could see signing cheap deals to ring chase. Most notably Batum and Whiteside.

i'm starting to like that idea someone just floated that gives the bottom five? teams an extra player the following year with no cap hit.

[aztimberwolves]

Not a fan of giving bottom five an extra player so yummy. I would much rather see the NBA go with a hard cap. Lakers shouldn’t be able to get guys like Harrell and then sign Davis. Make Davis and others count against your cap with a cap hold until they resign or sign with other teams. Or maybe make playoff teams mid level gets reduced to 3 mil a year while non playoffs teams get 9 to spend.

The system is broken. It’s getting to be ridiculous. Teams like Golden State can add solid to good players like Kelly Oubre that makes 18 mil but with tax will cost Golden State 80 mil this year!!!! Yes 80 mil for Kelly Oubre. But because it’s Golden state they do it and won’t blink an eye. Meanwhile mid market teams can’t even come close to that.

[aztimberwolves]

Because the luxury tax is not a hinderance to these teams, Id love to see a rule that makes it illegal for teams to be over the cap for more than one year. Have to cut players and sign only garage players Around your superstars would be a good
Solution to this crap of being able to go over the cap as long as you can afford itS

[bubu dubu.]

The rich teams can still rob free agency. Some good vets still remaining who I could see signing cheap deals to ring chase. Most notably Batum and Whiteside.

i'm starting to like that idea someone just floated that gives the bottom five? teams an extra player the following year with no cap hit.

In theory that might be okay, but that would mean GSW, who is likely to get a top 4 seed this year would benefit from that rule.

[Philo Beddoe]

The rich teams can still rob free agency. Some good vets still remaining who I could see signing cheap deals to ring chase. Most notably Batum and Whiteside.

i'm starting to like that idea someone just floated that gives the bottom five? teams an extra player the following year with no cap hit.

In theory that might be okay, but that would mean GSW, who is likely to get a top 4 seed this year would benefit from that rule.

Is Golden St really a top 4 seed without Klay Thompson? I think Wiseman will be good eventually, but right now, I am not sold that they will be able to be much better than a .500 team.

[bubu dubu.]

i'm starting to like that idea someone just floated that gives the bottom five? teams an extra player the following year with no cap hit.

In theory that might be okay, but that would mean GSW, who is likely to get a top 4 seed this year would benefit from that rule.

Is Golden St really a top 4 seed without Klay Thompson? I think Wiseman will be good eventually, but right now, I am not sold that they will be able to be much better than a .500 team.

I guess it depends on how well Curry plays. Draymond also seems to have tailed off a bit. I think Wiggins will fit in pretty well there if those two are playing.

[j2j]

[HeHateMe]

[HeHateMe]

In theory that might be okay, but that would mean GSW, who is likely to get a top 4 seed this year would benefit from that rule.

Is Golden St really a top 4 seed without Klay Thompson? I think Wiseman will be good eventually, but right now, I am not sold that they will be able to be much better than a .500 team.

I guess it depends on how well Curry plays. Draymond also seems to have tailed off a bit. I think Wiggins will fit in pretty well there if those two are playing.

Without Thompson I think they're a fringe playoff team in the packed west.... if Curry gets hurt again... well we know where they'll go.

[HeHateMe]

This is why Bertans got insane money. He has an NBA skill that he does better than anybody.

I wish I could have been 6'10.

[Hoop Dreams]

[Hoop Dreams]

I'd be pissed if I was a Kings fan. You initially thought you were getting Donte DiVencenzo for Bogdanovic and now you're getting nothing.

[mglviks]

I'd be pissed if I was a Kings fan. You initially thought you were getting Donte DiVencenzo for Bogdanovic and now you're getting nothing.

This really could have ended after the first sentence.


The rest just explores more proof.

[mglviks]

Fuck Atl is loaded.

[YBBR]

I'd be pissed if I was a Kings fan. You initially thought you were getting Donte DiVencenzo for Bogdanovic and now you're getting nothing.

This really could have ended after the first sentence.


The rest just explores more proof.

Haha.

You know I never thought fans and the league looked at the Timberwolves like the Kings or like what the Knicks have now become, but now I think they do. That sucks.

[Philo Beddoe]

How its it that the Western Teams just getting better and better? When does the Eastern Conference catch up. I am anxiously awaiting the Harden to Brooklyn trade. That would drop Houston out of playoffs in the West.

[mglviks]

We didn't need him..

[somuchyummy]

Fuck Atl is loaded.

i was thinking the same. new power rankings came out - if i remember correctly, the landed at 10th in the east. and i'm thinking - i don't think so. remember how we wanted to get reddish in a deal for the first? but he was too much for them to part with? nba's depth chart has him third at SF on the hawks right now.

[somuchyummy]

here are some interestings in case we rescind the offer to jmac. and it all works financially if the players are agreeable to vet mins.

PG - gary payton II - very good defender, terrific athlete, strong and long - not as offensively minded as jmac
PG - elfrid payton - i think he's still just hanging out there. last year's stats - 10/5/7 in about 28 mpg. good size and good defender.
SF - michael kidd-gilchrist - long time nba starter. 8 year vet. never has had much on O, but has been a lockdown defender both inside and out.
SF/PF - keita bates-diop - smart, skilled player. bring him back bring him back (just a chant, not sure i really feel that way).

[Hoop Dreams]

I don't think he'll get more touches in Portland with Lillard, McCollum, Carmelo, Nurkic, Roco, Trent Jr, etc.

[Style]

I don't think he'll get more touches in Portland with Lillard, McCollum, Carmelo, Nurkic, Roco, Trent Jr, etc.

Yeah the sooner Derrick Jones realizes he’s not “touching the pill” for any NBA team, the better his NBA prognosis becomes.

[LordNu]

And there he goes to the Trailblazers.... like??

[somuchyummy]

justin patton waived by the clippers.

hassan whiteside signs a one year 2 mil deal with the kings.

[Style]

justin patton waived by the clippers.

hassan whiteside signs a one year 2 mil deal with the kings.

I’d have loved to sign Whiteside. Kick rocks JMac!!

[SHAFA]

Bring Patton back at the min.