Around the NBA: November 2025! (2 Viewers)

[AldoTrapani]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[AldoTrapani]

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Holy shit Austin Reaves is good.

Will be interesting to see if LeBron pushes them up to 1 or 2 in the west.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Can Derik Queen save Joe Dumars' job?

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Can Derik Queen save Joe Dumars' job?

Dammit. Another guy we could have had balling out.

 

[THE HCP]

@SharpesTriumph explain this to me please. I’m not a numbers guy, but there was a lot of stuff tossed my way for saying we would not be as good a team this season WITHOUT DA, than we would be WITH him. Honest question. I have a feeling this post presence would be helping us more than Hansen.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

@SharpesTriumph explain this to me please. I’m not a numbers guy, but there was a lot of stuff tossed my way for saying we would not be as good a team this season WITHOUT DA, than we would be WITH him. Honest question. I have a feeling this post presence would be helping us more than Hansen.
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This reminds me of people moaning that we dumped Zach Randolph too soon. Randolph needed a wakeup call and changed his ways. DA too. He's (a) playing for his next contract and (b) playing with great passers. He wouldn't've done that with us. Don't make us hope he gets injured just so you'll shut up about him.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Shit stirring. Giannis has stayed in Milwaukee.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Dammit. Another guy we could have had balling out.

As I said last time: if we took Queen we would've then traded him to New Orleans for a better pick in a better draft. So there's no scenario where our GM is rational and we keep him.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

That's hilarious and pathetic. "Daddy we are getting fired "
boo hoo you spoiled brats!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

@SharpesTriumph explain this to me please. I’m not a numbers guy, but there was a lot of stuff tossed my way for saying we would not be as good a team this season WITHOUT DA, than we would be WITH him. Honest question. I have a feeling this post presence would be helping us more than Hansen.
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So you're saying he was a pouting slacker bitch in Portland?

I agree.

 

[THE HCP]

We should have drafted this dude instead of Scoot FAMS!

 

[THE HCP]

@SharpesTriumph explain this to me please. I’m not a numbers guy, but there was a lot of stuff tossed my way for saying we would not be as good a team this season WITHOUT DA, than we would be WITH him. Honest question. I have a feeling this post presence would be helping us more than Hansen.
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Crickets. The Domhate guy too. Both killed me for thinking this. Crickets.

 

[PDXFonz]

Thunder 15-1 and have won 7 in a row since we beat them.

 

[PDXFonz]

We should have drafted this dude instead of Scoot FAMS!

Realistically speaking though, there’s a fat stack of teams in the 2020 draft that wish they had taken Maxey.

#21 in 2020 and probably only 2 players above him which arguably should have gone above him. #1 Anthony Edwards and #12 Tyrese Haliburton. Deni was #9 that year, and as of now I’d say Maxey gets the nod over Deni.

 

[Cugel]

must be nice

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Cugel]

That is a perfect trade for LAC. Another dud.

 

[wizenheimer]

Realistically speaking though, there’s a fat stack of teams in the 2020 draft that wish they had taken Maxey.

#21 in 2020 and probably only 2 players above him which arguably should have gone above him. #1 Anthony Edwards and #12 Tyrese Haliburton. Deni was #9 that year, and as of now I’d say Maxey gets the nod over Deni.

just a note, the Blazers traded two first round picks for RoCo

16	Isaiah Stewart
19	Saddiq Bey
21	Tyrese Maxey
25	Immanuel Quickley
26	Payton Pritchard
28	Jaden McDaniels
30	Desmond Bane

23	Usman Garuba
25	Quentin Grimes
30	Santi Aldama
35	Herbert Jones
38	Ayo Dosunmu

RoCo averaged about 8 & 6 for Portland but he sure wasn't worth two first round picks. One of those wings who faded by the time he was 30. He was paid 91M though

 

[RR7]

just a note, the Blazers traded two first round picks for RoCo

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16	Isaiah Stewart
19	Saddiq Bey
21	Tyrese Maxey
25	Immanuel Quickley
26	Payton Pritchard
28	Jaden McDaniels
30	Desmond Bane

23	Usman Garuba
25	Quentin Grimes
30	Santi Aldama
35	Herbert Jones
38	Ayo Dosunmu

RoCo averaged about 8 & 6 for Portland but he sure wasn't worth two first round picks. One of those wings who faded by the time he was 30. He was paid 91M though

To add even more frustration, we could have had Bane(or anyone picked after), but we wanted to avoid the LT, so Memphis got him instead. 3 way deal where we dumped Hezonja, and Boston sent us Kanter. Memphis traded 2 future 2nds for that pick, and took on Mario's small contract.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[wizenheimer]

To add even more frustration, we could have had Bane(or anyone picked after), but we wanted to avoid the LT, so Memphis got him instead. 3 way deal where we dumped Hezonja, and Boston sent us Kanter. Memphis traded 2 future 2nds for that pick, and took on Mario's small contract.

I remember the trade, and at the time thinking that 2 first;s were too much, but offsetting that was the notion of an all-NBA defensive wing who was a prototypical 3&D guy. So, maybe a high price but decent value

but as it turned out he seemingly had already lost a step by the time he arrived in Portland and the high impact wing idea was more fictional than real. And he just disappeared completely in far too many games to justify paying two 1st's

 

[THE HCP]

Thunder 15-1 and have won 7 in a row since we beat them.

WITHOUT J-DUB!

 

[THE HCP]

Thunder 15-1 and have won 7 in a row since we beat them.

Think they’ll be looking for a little revenge against us?

 

[Everything Beagle]