2018 Around the NBA - October

[Sarni]

They'll still be very good because of Harden, but losing Mbah a Moute and Ariza and replacing them with Melo kills there defense. I've been saying this before today (when New Orleans dropped 130).

Speaking of New Orleans, I love their frontcourt. Randle, Mirotic, and Davis give you 3 elite but different skillsets. They all bring different things to the table. I'm jealous.

I don't think they will come close to repeating that last season unless they somehow trade for Butler (which would make their bench light though so I still don't know). They definitely won't compete with healthy Warriors in the playoffs if it comes to that.

 

[Sarni]

Man I wish we woulda got in on Julius Randle.

There was no way for us to get him though unless we had traded for him last season. He got much more than our MLE.

 

[BonesJones]

There was no way for us to get him though unless we had traded for him last season. He got much more than our MLE.

We could've gotten him if we shed enough salary to be able to sign him and remain under the hard cap. We could've also used the bi-annual exception on Curry.

 

[Sarni]

We could've gotten him if we shed enough salary to be able to sign him and remain under the hard cap. We could've also used the bi-annual exception on Curry.

Shedding enough salary would have been very difficult though. The only players we could have traded without attaching significant assets are probably Aminu and Harkless and I'm not even sure anybody would take them without sending back any salary.

 

[Sarni]

So incredibly excited about having NBA back. I slept about 3 hours between Tuesday and Wednesday and then 4 hours last night at 2-hour intervals with a 2-hour break to watch games. Going to Iceland for the weekend so I'll probably be too tired to watch too many games there.

Almost won $400 last night if I woke up literally 10 minutes earlier - wanted to put money on Bucks, Pistons and Pacers to win but woke up when the games had started and odds went down significantly.

 

[THE HCP]

Just watching the Suns/Mavsgame. This kid Doncic is for REAL!!!!

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Just watching the Suns/Mavsgame. This kid Doncic is for REAL!!!!

He is indeed real!

 

[Boob-No-More]

Just watching the Suns/Mavsgame. This kid Doncic is for REAL!!!!

Real enough to deserve his own thread?

BNM

 

[THE HCP]

Real enough to deserve his own thread?

BNM

Oh shit! Should I go make his own thread?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Oh shit! Should I go make his own thread?

If you do, I'll have to start an "Is HCP's 'Is Luka Doncic for real?' thread for real?" thread.

Geez, that was confusing just to type.

 

[Sarni]

Just watching the Suns/Mavsgame. This kid Doncic is for REAL!!!!

Imagine being Atlanta fan.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Imagine being Atlanta fan.

Young looked ok, and honestly Dallas has much better players around Doncic than Young has around him.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Congratulations Evan Turner--you are officially the youngest oldest player in the league.

 

[andalusian]

hornets only down by 1 now with 54 seconds left....

The end of this game is why I do not mind have ET + Meyers terrible contracts over Batum's terrible contract, and I like Nico.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

 

[illmatic99]

Don't think 125K is high enough to actually entice anyone of significance.

Guessing our guy Simons would have done this.

That said, my guess is that you'll get guys on the fringe who don't have the grades in HS to even meet the minimum requirement to make it to college (Telfair, Jermaine, etc).

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Don't think 125K is high enough to actually entice anyone of significance.

Guessing our guy Simons would have done this.

That said, my guess is that you'll get guys on the fringe who don't have the grades in HS to even meet the minimum requirement to make it to college (Telfair, Jermaine, etc).

Yeah, Kentucky probably pays more than that.

 

[illmatic99]

Yeah, Kentucky probably pays more than that.

Needs to get up to at least the NBA minimum.

 

[Pinwheel1]

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Speaking of New Orleans, I love their frontcourt. Randle, Mirotic, and Davis give you 3 elite but different skillsets. They all bring different things to the table. I'm jealous.

All three of these guys went off at some point late last year. Wasn't sure how Randle would mix in with them, but was definitely worried about it. They sure looked good last night

 

[tlongII]

Needs to get up to at least the NBA minimum.

Uh, no.

 

[ripcityboy]

Perfect. A guy shouldn't need to go HAVE to go to college to play professional basketball if he's talented enough.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Perfect. A guy shouldn't need to go HAVE to go to college to play professional basketball if he's talented enough.

I really like the idea! Hope it takes on.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

This feels like a bit of a try-hard.

 

[ripcityboy]

I really like the idea! Hope it takes on.

You didn't let me finish.....

UNLESS he wants to play for Dana Altman.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

You didn't let me finish.....

UNLESS he wants to play for Dana Altman.

My apologies for speaking out of turn,

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Pinwheel1]

Perfect. A guy shouldn't need to go HAVE to go to college to play professional basketball if he's talented enough.

Hopefully this will weed out the one and done prima donnas who don't live up to their hype in college anyways.

 

[oldmangrouch]

The league would be better off if the NBA had a rule more like the NFL. Players would have a chance to actually learn the game and teams would have a better chance to scout them.

 

[handiman]

The league would be better off if the NBA had a rule more like the NFL. Players would have a chance to actually learn the game and teams would have a better chance to scout them.

I'm sure the NFL player's union wishes it had the clout of its NBA counterpart. Guaranteed contracts on line 1...

 

[illmatic99]

Holy hell, Jabari Parker got fat