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mook said:
I really wish LeBron would just take a series of one year contracts on various championship-caliber teams. This year Portland, next year Boston, the year after that Houston. Just announce he was the ultimate NBA hired gun. He'd make just as much money, and he'd have his jersey retired everywhere. It'd be awesome every year speculating how his current team matches up against Golden State. GS would be a yardstick for his greatness.

Eh, I can dream.
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That would be awesome to watch! I'm surprised no one has tried that. If you have a family it'd suck but if you were a bachelor why not!
 
mook said:
Every player wants 1. money, 2. fame and 3. rings, and probably in that order if you got an honest answer from them. Kyrie probably feels he's maxed out on money. He's won a ring. But in a lot of ways he hasn't ticked box number 2 nearly as much as he feels he could. Not everybody is happy being Scottie Pippen. I don't blame him, really.

I really wish LeBron would just take a series of one year contracts on various championship-caliber teams. This year Portland, next year Boston, the year after that Houston. Just announce he was the ultimate NBA hired gun. He'd make just as much money, and he'd have his jersey retired everywhere. It'd be awesome every year speculating how his current team matches up against Golden State. GS would be a yardstick for his greatness.

Eh, I can dream.
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Would do more for his legacy than losing to GS every year as a Cav
 
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Am I the only one who missed James Jones getting a major front office gig? Doug Gottlieb just mentioned this in passing, and I was completely unaware.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2017/07/james_jones_named_vp_of_basket.html

So, what percentage of this is the Suns actually thinking he's qualified for or competent to do the gig, and what percentage is, "He's tight with Lebron, maybe he can get him here!"?
 
Mediocre Man said:
Minnesota defense >>>> Portland defense
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Right now? How?

Wiggins and Teague are worse defenders than Lillard and McCollum. They were just as bad as is defensively last year and downgraded from Rubio to Teague, while upgrading from Lavine to Butler. That's an even wash, they didn't improve defensively.
 
Cippy91 said:
yeah and of course they got him for nothing. Rich get richer. Yes it's not mvp rose but the dude can still play, they got him cheap.
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He's missed more games (262) than he's played (230) in the last 6 years. Last year was his best since his injury, but he's never developed a 3-point shot, which makes him a bit of a dinosaur in today's NBA. Early in his career, he relied on his athleticism to get to the rim to compensate for the lack of an outside shot. He'd be a great back up PG at $2 million a year at this point in his career, but of he is CLE's starting PG this season they are going to struggle to get back to the finals and if they do, they will be slaughtered by the Warriors.

Of course, they will get something of value for Kyrie, but it won't be equal value. He's made sure of that.

BNM
 
Not sure why they can't get equal value or close to it for Kyrie. He's locked in for 3 years guaranteed. He has no outs. What is he going to do, sit out games?
 
Boob-No-More said:
He's missed more games (262) than he's played (230) in the last 6 years. Last year was his best since his injury, but he's never developed a 3-point shot, which makes him a bit of a dinosaur in today's NBA. Early in his career, he relied on his athleticism to get to the rim to compensate for the lack of an outside shot. He'd be a great back up PG at $2 million a year at this point in his career, but of he is CLE's starting PG this season they are going to struggle to get back to the finals and if they do, they will be slaughtered by the Warriors.

Of course, they will get something of value for Kyrie, but it won't be equal value. He's made sure of that.

BNM
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I mean...


Great around the rim, shitty shooting but still. Wont fill Kyries spot well if they end up trading him before the season but that's pretty cheap for a guy like that. Other pg's are gonna get more who aren't as good
 
I wksh we had enough money to at least take a chance on an low risk free agent like Rose. That's what sucks about being over the cap.
 
ripcityboy said:
I wksh we had enough money to at least take a chance on an low risk free agent like Rose. That's what sucks about being over the cap.
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Actually we could have paid him more than that. We have mini-MLE available. We just don't seem likely to use it at this point.
 
Cippy91 said:
I mean...


Great around the rim, shitty shooting but still. Wont fill Kyries spot well if they end up trading him before the season but that's pretty cheap for a guy like that. Other pg's are gonna get more who aren't as good
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He's definitely a steal, but as a back up, not a starter. CLE likes to surround LeBron with 3-point shooters so he can break down the defense and find the open teammate. Kyrie averaged 2.5 made 3FG/game last season. Rose averaged 0.2. That's quite a drop off. Rose would be great attacking the basket with the second unit, but as a starter, he kind of just gets in LeBron's way. They both need the ball to be their most effective.

I'm not disputing the value of the signing, just pointing out that CLE still has a glaring hole at starting PG they need to address (assuming they move Irving).

BNM
 
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Lebron is "tempted" to beat Kyrie's ass if he ever saw him. This shit is great!
 
OSUBlazerfan said:


I think the Blazers are clearly involved in some trade scenarios
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Yep. I think it was a classic case of hey, we are going to cut you tomorrow but if you agree to move the deadline we just may make a trade (of butters for example) that could allow you to stay on the team next season.

Or of course he could be part of the trade. haha
 
Strenuus said:
Oh, so not actual video of him saying it. Not buying it.
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To be fair, even if James did say it, he wouldn't say it on film. Not that you should buy it, but this is the only way it'd reach public ears if it did happen.
 
Minstrel said:
To be fair, even if James did say it, he wouldn't say it on film. Not that you should buy it, but this is the only way it'd reach public ears if it did happen.
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'a source' in this case is as good as nothing. Probably something someone thought he would do and it'd be funny..
 
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