Around the NBA (And Oregon High Schools) - January 2018

[Mediocre Man]

All the rumors in the press are saying "offseason trade" if AD gets traded. I see nothing about a deadline deal.

http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/01/nba_trade_rumors_pelicans_anthony_davis_to_celtics_1.html An example.

Shocking

 

[SportsAndWhine]

Difference is my pizza guy has been right multiple times

These are the jokes, kiddo.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Is he in Hamilton?

Ontario? No.

 

[Mediocre Man]

These are the jokes, kiddo.

I know this.

Not a kiddo, either.

Don't you have refs to start crying about?

 

[SportsAndWhine]

I know this.

Not a kiddo, either.

Don't you have refs to start crying about?

Continue. Continue crying about, thank you very much.

 

[BonesJones]

I wonder if they can get Davis without trading any of their big 4. Package a bunch of picks and expiring contracts. After all, it only took Buddy Hield to land Cousins.

Curry/Klay/Durant/Green/Davis is a pretty good team.

Really? You wonder the Warriors offer of multiple 30th overall picks can compete against other offers? C'mon now.

 

[BonesJones]

King claimed he has sources lmao.

 

[KingSpeed]

Really? You think the Warriors offer of multiple 30th overall picks can compete against other offers? C'mon now.

I said "I wonder" not "I think"

 

[KingSpeed]

Personally, if this doesnt get verified by the time i get home tonight, im moving it. Otherwsie, it doesnt deserve its own thread, quite frankly.

As a question mark like the title of this thread, it's verified:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/articl...umors_pelicans_anthony_davis_to_celtics_1.amp

 

[BonesJones]

I said "I wonder" not "I think"

Ok, still. You should know the answer to that alteady.

 

[Strenuus]

As a question mark like the title of this thread, it's verified:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/articl...umors_pelicans_anthony_davis_to_celtics_1.amp

Verfied meaning it's actually happening or is very imminently happening. This would still belong in the Around the NBA thread.

 

[Minstrel]

I would assume the main reason for the Warriors making a trade like this is to obtain the best player in the deal. If they think they're going to do that and save money, then I think they'll be sorely disappointed.

I don't think they'd move any of their core four if money were no object. Davis is the best player, but Green and Thompson combined is more total on-court value. The allure would be to reduce four mega-max contracts to three while not losing as much as simply letting Klay Thompson walk. I think they would get worse trading for Davis--the salary reduction would be the reason to do it.

 

[BonesJones]

As a question mark like the title of this thread, it's verified:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/articl...umors_pelicans_anthony_davis_to_celtics_1.amp

So you quote an article that quotes another source who say the Warriors will consider the potential of Anthony Davis being available this summer. NJ.com is not a reliable source.

But if you want to use them as a valid source, might as well start a "CJ McCollum to the 76ers?" thread.

 

[Strenuus]

I am moving this thread to the around the NBA. Seeing as we're talking about off-season and rumors, it much more belongs there.

If it were an actual trade happening, then sure. But this can be discussed there.

 

[Minstrel]

How the hell is Klay Thompson an All-Star with a PER of 16.8?

PER is heavily influenced by shot attempts (even inefficient ones) so volume shooters tend to have an edge in PER. That's why PER has largely fallen out of favor among advanced stats. Thompson's shot attempts are suppressed by playing alongside two of the greatest offensive forces in NBA history (and, more generally, by the Warriors' share-the-ball-and-shots ethos).

Plus, of course, defense (outside steals and blocks, which is a tiny slice) isn't really accounted for in PER.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

PER is heavily influenced by shot attempts (even inefficient ones) so volume shooters tend to have an edge in PER. That's why PER has largely fallen out of favor among advanced stats. Thompson's shot attempts are suppressed by playing alongside two of the greatest offensive forces in NBA history (and, more generally, by the Warriors' share-the-ball-and-shots ethos).

Plus, of course, defense (outside steals and blocks, which is a tiny slice) isn't really accounted for in PER.

His BPM and VORP suck too.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[handiman]

How the hell is Klay Thompson an All-Star with a PER of 16.8?

I have a slightly different take than Minstrel... Klay is probably the streakiest shooter in NBA history. On most teams, those icy cold spells would garner a lot of negative attention. But on a loaded team like GS, they keep winning when he's off, so it tends to get overlooked. The stats still capture some of it, though.

 

[PDXFonz]

Edit: See this has already been posted... That’s crazy man, 2-3x the speed limit. Don’t do that ish young bloods, or this could be you.

 

[Natebishop3]

Because he's a top 3 SG defensively on the best team in the league.

That's not saying much. There aren't many great shooting guards in the league right now.

 

[HailBlazers]

That's not saying much. There aren't many great shooting guards in the league right now.

I'd take him over CJ, also not saying much?

 

[THE HCP]

 

[H.C.]

No wonder why the blazer broadcast has sucked for over a year and a half now. The truck is too busy on twitter instead of doing their job.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[Mediocre Man]

Gross injury for Canaan of the Suns.

Leg snapped

 

[Cippy91]

 

[Strenuus]

Jesus. I mean, It wouldn't be a Curry/Green/KD/James/Klay starting line up... could it? Someone of those 5 would have to go.

 

[ripcityboy]

Yeah... Right. And I could lose 40 pounds and jump out of a hot air balloon naked, while singing "Happy Days Are Here Again." But I'd rather take the under that I'll just sit at home and play Skyrim.

 

[KingSpeed]

Jesus. I mean, It wouldn't be a Curry/Green/KD/James/Klay starting line up... could it? Someone of those 5 would have to go.

Klay would go. They'd bring in Anthony Davis too. This shit is going down.

 

[Strenuus]

Klay would go. They'd bring in Anthony Davis too. This shit is going down.

How could they afford both?