Around the NBA - July 2017 Edition

[Paine Tablet]

I'm more impressed by the feeds he's receiving. It's not hard to shoot well when every pass hits you in the same spot. Now if part of the drill was taking different angles of feeds I would be impressed.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Chacho we barely knew ye:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20074333/sergio-rodriguez-returning-euroleague

 

[Sarni]

Depends on if Neil had money to spend

I don't think we would have offered him the same deal if it weren't for Brooklyn, and Brooklyn would still focus on Porter even if Crabbe was available.

 

[Rhal]

Crabbe wouldn't get $10M in this offseason.

CJ Miles got 8.3 a year, Crabbe would most definitely get over 10 a year.

 

[tester551]

CJ Miles got 8.3 a year, Crabbe would most definitely get over 10 a year.

Why? They are comparable players, and I could argue that CJ is better

 

[RR7]

Why? They are comparable players, and I could argue that CJ is better

Most likely because CJ Miles is 30, and Crabbe turned 24 before signing his deal.

 

[KingSpeed]

Why Rondo to Pels? They already have Jrue. And Rondo's played with Boogie before. Didn't work.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Probably offered the most money.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Why Rondo to Pels? They already have Jrue. And Rondo's played with Boogie before. Didn't work.

They are absolutely desperate for guards. They had Jrue, Davis and Cousins as a team and nothing else. Might as well go all in with whatever talent they could get.

 

[Rhal]

Why? They are comparable players, and I could argue that CJ is better

You'd Argue the 30 year old who doesn't shoot as well from any category, and its not close, who last year didn't do anything better then Crabbe and is on the downside of his career while Crabbe is only 25 is a comparable player? Okay lets hear it.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Chacho we barely knew ye:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20074333/sergio-rodriguez-returning-euroleague

Gee, there's a surprise. He lost his job to T.J. McConnell. He's just not an NBA talent. Never has been, never will be.

BNM

 

[BigGameDamian]

Guys on ESPN First Take say Lakers will be the next super team. Says that LeBron and PG-13 will join Lonzo in LA when they are both free agents.

 

[Minstrel]

Guys on ESPN First Take say Lakers will be the next super team. Says that LeBron and PG-13 will join Lonzo in LA when they are both free agents.

So that would be two stars and Lonzo. Binary-star teams are a dime a dozen these days!

 

[barfo]

So that would be two stars and Lonzo. Binary-star teams are a dime a dozen these days!

We need a red dwarf star team in Portland.

barfo

 

[andalusian]

So that would be two stars and Lonzo. Binary-star teams are a dime a dozen these days!

Maybe that's why Portland tries to deal for Melo, It would put them in the binary-star and black-hole category. Normally this would be a problem - but Nurkic's mass is so dominant - it could swallow the black-hole.

 

[Minstrel]

LeBron James dazed and confused (or, maybe, concerned and frustrated) over Cavs' offseason.

Would you trade Harkless for James, or would you need to dump one of Crabbe or Turner before you'd consider it?

 

[Natebishop3]

LeBron James dazed and confused (or, maybe, concerned and frustrated) over Cavs' offseason.

Would you trade Harkless for James, or would you need to dump one of Crabbe or Turner before you'd consider it?

This is probably a leverage move to try to push them to add Anthony.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

LeBron James dazed and confused (or, maybe, concerned and frustrated) over Cavs' offseason.

Would you trade Harkless for James, or would you need to dump one of Crabbe or Turner before you'd consider it?

Dunno--he doesn't really match up with Dame's career arc.

 

[Minstrel]

This is probably a leverage move to try to push them to add Anthony.

Push them to offer garbage? Pretty sure Cleveland would like to add Anthony, they just don't have anything to offer.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

LeBron James dazed and confused (or, maybe, concerned and frustrated) over Cavs' offseason.

Would you trade Harkless for James, or would you need to dump one of Crabbe or Turner before you'd consider it?

Obviously, you give the same offer for James that you did for PG.

 

[Minstrel]

Obviously, you give the same offer for James that you did for PG.

Three 2017 first round picks and any player that isn't Lillard, McCollum or Nurkic?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Three 2017 first round picks and any player that isn't Lillard, McCollum or Nurkic?

Yes.

 

[Natebishop3]

Push them to offer garbage? Pretty sure Cleveland would like to add Anthony, they just don't have anything to offer.

I wonder if Cleveland is reluctant to include Love, and James is pushing them to do so.

 

[Minstrel]

Yes.

Might be difficult.

 

[Minstrel]

I wonder if Cleveland is reluctant to include Love, and James is pushing them to do so.

I have two trains of thought on this:

1. Unlikely, because does Anthony in place of Love actually make Cleveland better? I'd argue it makes them worse, because Love is a better floor-stretcher and might even be a better defender (I think Love is below average on defense, but Anthony might be worse) but even if it doesn't actually make them worse, it's not a needle-mover to swap one for the other. James seems to want to add, not replace.

2. That does have some plausibility. Cleveland could be reluctant to give up a player they have under contract for another three seasons for a guy who could leave after one--but James wouldn't care about that, since he himself might leave after one season, if Cleveland gets waxed by Golden State again.

 

[Natebishop3]

I have two trains of thought on this:

1. Unlikely, because does Anthony in place of Love actually make Cleveland better? I'd argue it makes them worse, because Love is a better floor-stretcher and might even be a better defender (I think Love is below average on defense, but Anthony might be worse) but even if it doesn't actually make them worse, it's not a needle-mover to swap one for the other. James seems to want to add, not replace.

2. That does have some plausibility. Cleveland could be reluctant to give up a player they have under contract for another three seasons for a guy who could leave after one--but James wouldn't care about that, since he himself might leave after one season, if Cleveland gets waxed by Golden State again.

I thought I had read somewhere that LeBron hasn't been getting along with Love for a while, or that he's disappoint with him. I don't really follow the Cavs much.

 

[Minstrel]

I thought I had read somewhere that LeBron hasn't been getting along with Love for a while, or that he's disappoint with him. I don't really follow the Cavs much.

There was some typical BronBron passive aggressive subtweeting last year (by which I mean, 2015-16) which people interpreted as not considering Love one of "his guys." Beyond that, I dunno.

 

[Natebishop3]

There was some typical BronBron passive aggressive subtweeting last year (by which I mean, 2015-16) which people interpreted as not considering Love one of "his guys." Beyond that, I dunno.

I don't think you can ignore that shit, because LeBron left Wiggins and Bennett off his "coming home" letter when he rejoined the Cavs.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Dunno--he doesn't really match up with Dame's career arc.

In before @BigGameDamian ...

Portland only wants to develop young players.

BNM

 

[Minstrel]

I don't think you can ignore that shit, because LeBron left Wiggins and Bennett off his "coming home" letter when he rejoined the Cavs.

Yeah, but that was before they won a title together. Titles forge an unbreakable bond of brotherhood, don't they?