OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: JANUARY 2025

Wonder if their fans are mad about that or excited?

 

Chuck can be really thick sometimes... he was an asshole of a player but that didn't make him better than LeBron. I still have MJ ahead of LeBron but I think the distance between those two and the rest of the field including Kobe is far behind those two guys.

 

Victor Wembanyama

 

Look closer and it’s none of these guys. Jokic is GOAT. And then Wemby will pass him to become GOAT. If championships are important, why isn’t Bob Horry in the conversation?

 

Doesn't she know you can get custom jerseys made? Surely he would be happier with a "Banana-bread" shirt than any ACTUAL NBA shirt

 

this season is the first on his new contract and he's averaging 20 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast, 0.3 blk. In his 3 seasons in Utah his averages have been

points have been 25.6-->23.2-->20.1
average rebounds have been 8.6-->8.2-->6.1
PER has been 22.1-->21.5-->18.1
TS% has been .640-->.631-->.592
BPM has been 3.8-->3.6-->1.5

the previous couple of seasons he's had really good trade value. But this season, in the first of a 5 year deal paying him 48M/year, he's fallen off in his numbers across the board. Is he now in the same boat as Jermai Grant...too little production for too much money?

 

If they wanted to get out of his contract, I 'd deal Ayton and Thybulle for him. Assuming we dump Grant, our cap situation could easily handle it.

 

Still not sure if this is good or not. Anybody?

 

Congrats to CJ and Nurk!!

 

But seriously, DEN is cooking now with Russ and Jokic. They are figuring it out and those double-triple doubles are something else. Do they really need to unload MPJ for Lavine? I think a couple of role players could put them near the top. The numbers Jokic is putting up are INSANE.

 

Fox is young. Houston doesn’t need an aging vet like KD or Butler.

 

Kings would want better talent back than that. Whitmore is their worst wing and FVV is a horrible contract for a undersized point guard that is average overall. Reed's shooting makes Scoot look like a Curry brother.

 

Not sure if Houston is still sitting on picks from another team. I thought they had Nets picks but I’m at soccer so can’t look up stuff easily. If the two picks are their own they look to be mid/late twenties. Reed is a promising rookie and Whitmore is a good young wing. I think two young players and two draft picks are good for a disgruntled player who wants out/won’t re-sign.