Starlord Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Blake Griffin to the Pistons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 The Clips are blowing up the team in a way that looks less like a controlled detonation and more like hitting the roster with a phaser set to Disintegrate, Their other two stars are also rumored to be on the move, as the team accumulates young talent, cap room, and draft picks. If they do somehow make the playoffs, they seem destined for an early exit. They're still going to finish better than the Lakers, though, not that that's difficult. And this might actually improve the matchup for Portland if the Blazers get in. The Clips in the 8 or 7 seed means the Blazers are likely to not have to face Golden State or Houston in the first round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 LA No wanna pay....is my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 I'm not sure their rebuild is as haphazzard as all that. But we'll only know when the chips fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 19 hours ago, Starlord said: Blake Griffin to the Pistons? "Did . . . not see that coming . . . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Did the Jazz really beat the Warriors by 30?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 You would have trouble scoring too, if you had to play against these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 5 minutes ago, Starlord said: You would have trouble scoring too, if you had to play against these: On the other hand, a color scheme like that on a normal outfit would mean you would have trouble scoring. WHAT? (As a side note, I am beginning to really dislike that term, not that I would ever use it generally, in light of what we are coming to know about the nature of consent and how it is abused -- especially when alcohol or other drugs are involved. It makes it sound as if pair-bonding is some sort of game. It's not, and it was delusional to think it ever was.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Starlord said: You would have trouble scoring too, if you had to play against these: Still better than anything the Clippers have worn in the past three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted January 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 Cleveland is becoming a dumpster fire and Andre Drummond is on fire. Will be wondering how he and Blake work out. Blake remade his game to play alongside De'Andre Jordan and Drummond was touted as a similar player (albeit a worse defender; and I would say Jordan doens't have half the offensive potential as Drummond) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 James Harden has an excellent beard. He's also good at basketball. You know that you're good at basketball when you put up a record stat line that Wilt Chamberlain doesn't have. Enforcer84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 14 hours ago, Starlord said: You would have trouble scoring too, if you had to play against these: I'm having Houston Astro flashbacks, AHHHHHHHHHHHH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Joel Embiid played the first back-to-back of his career...and lived to play another game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 So, crazy trade deadline, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Yeah. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 The Cavs exploded and then reformed like a younger, hipper Voltron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 49 minutes ago, Enforcer84 said: The Cavs exploded and then reformed like a younger, hipper Voltron. What I'm wonder is whether they are hoping to convince Lebron to finish his career as a Cav by putting younger pieces around him, or whether they have concluded there's no way he'll re-sign and they need to prepare for life without him. What I do know is that the Kyrie Irving trade is looking like an enormous error in judgment. Isaiah Thomas II hasn't been good this year at anything other than being a distraction. Clearly he's a rental for LA, but since that team is going nowhere I don't think he'll want to stay. By leaving Boston, he has left millions on the table, because no team is going to sign him to the max contract he thinks he deserves now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 He didn't leave Boston, they traded him for Kyrie when the opportunity presented itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 I don't give Dan Gilbert enough credit to think either. And the Irving trade was the best they could do at the time. They got a #7 ish pick in this draft (projected) And Thomas's payday wasn't happening anyway as everyone knew he was damaged goods. He didn't leave Boston, he was traded. Because Ainge is a good GM but that sometimes means being a bad person (at least from Thomas's point of view) He didn't leave millions on the table. He had it taken from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Well, the pieces they picked up wouldn't make for a bad team, as long as they had a star (not necessarily any star in particular) to gather around. Much more versatile than what left. If James leaves, you could probably bring in a less rounded star and it would be competitive (in the 6-8 seed since, not so much dominate the East type) I think. Cant remember what draft picks went where, but if they still got "7-ish" pick, that would likely bring in another solid type piece to build with the rest. Hill is a bit old, but Clarkson, and Nance are younger (cant remember Hood's age). Don't know the contract situation, but if they could dump Love off for just something. Note: I could see Cousins actually being that star being a good fit, on paper. But, with that injury and the recent Thomas mess, the trigger would be hard to pull, not to mention the anger management issues. It would eliminate the one single advantage a LeBron-less locker room would have: less drama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 I thought Cousins was going to the Jets.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Welp, looks like King James has decided to care again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 The Kings are going nowhere, and right now nobody is watching them because nobody can get into the arena due to protests over the latest police atrocity in Sacramento. And the Kings, who from players to ownership are outraged by said atrocity, are putting moral support behind the protesters. People can still watch the games on TV, and I don't know whether the team is being required to refund tickets. The financial loss to the Kings is not that great -- gate revenues are only a fraction of the revenue collected by an NBA team. Still, playing an NBA game in front of 4,000 people must be surreal for the athletes. The protests have eased somewhat (as if they feel they've made their point) and more than 11,000 saw their game against Indiana in person. There's will be heightened security for their game against Golden State tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23040436/kyrie-irving-boston-celtics-season-playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Jazz currently sitting in 4th in the West, with remaining games against the Clippers, at the Lakers, against the Warriors, and at the Trailblazers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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