7 for 9 and 20. 9 for OG, 20 Bledsoe, keon for Grant?
Looks like a playoff team to me with an outside shot at getting out of the first round. Whoopee!
San Antonio. Moving up to secure...whoever it is they want. Sharpe or Daniels before new Orleans does. Toronto gets duren at 9 to better balance their lineup.
And OG only played about half of the games the last two seasons.
And Nas
Grant has played in 101 of 154 games the past two seasons, which is 2/3rds not 1/2. Injuries of concern (for me anyway) are generally joint injuries where cartilage is cut away. After bumping around on google, I'm not aware that Grant has had any of those. Last year he suffered a torn thumb ligament on his shooting hand which was surgically repaired and he seemed to be fine afterwords. He also had a calf strain down the stretch. The year prior he had knee inflammation which was treated with rest.
I really like OG, despite his injury issues. I think he'd be a huge addition for us, and the best SF we've had in a long time. I think that starting 5, with Hart, Winslow, Watford is more intriguing than what we've had in a while.
Toronto added him with the 23rd pick in his respective draft. Grant was the 39th pick.
healthy Dame....the difference maker
Dame was playing hurt in 2018 as well...not the same team...I said a "healthy" Dame...also no CJ, Chief or Mo....Chief hasn't been a starter since he left Portland...Nurk hasn't played with a great PF..last really good defender we had was Evan Turner...and he couldn't shoot. Nurk was good next to Chief but Mo and Chief were completely left open to brick shots...put even more pressure on Dame...right now we're an unfinished product but I think Dame is going to have a career year...my speculation. Whether they go deep in the playoffs, who knows?
That is not the same as Dame, Ant, Hart, Winslow, hopefully-healthy Little, Nurk and "new forward" being coached by Chauncy Billups. A big difference in the guard rotation. A big difference in the coach. And a big difference in the forwards. Neither Harkless nor Aminu ever became the players we hoped for, or felt integral to the chemistry of the team. They felt more like bench players. Hart and Winslow are the opposites of that. Little has the consistent energy that Harkless didn't.
Due to the horrible fit on both ends that Dame and CJ were on top of the limitations that Moe and Chief had... I have hope that we'll put together a better team than Dame has had around him to this point and one of those teams made it to the conference finals... barely. I'm excited to see Dame playing healthy for the first time since before he was all nba first team. I'm excited to see if we put players around him that are a better fit than we have before. So we'll see if we do that and if we do what the results will be.
That's the Mediocre Man we all know and tolerate.
Find out what the team looks like before you throw it into the dumpster....Dame's core injury has had a lot to do with how he uses his energy on the court....Hart and Winslow are way better defenders than you're used to seeing in a Blazer uniform....stars is sort of a confusing title for great players...Melo is a star...seen better days...Westbrook is a star...same...I take Dame's leadership and clutch play over many, many of the "stars" you think will help us contend...my point is ..look at the Nets and Lakers this year ...it's a Hollywood walk of fame on those teams....not sold my friend. We do need length at the wing and we have Josh Hart .....great defender...if we get OG he's a top tier defender...one of the best in the game...let Chauncey build his team the way he wants and hopefully with a healthy season the style of ball around Dame will not look like is has with CJ.....Dame never played healthy under Chauncey....I still think we're looking at a career year from him and if Joe builds the team I think he's trying to build...wouldn't surprise me to win 50 games and make some playoff noise. Winslow's defense really reminds me of Iguodala in his prime. I think you'll be surprised this season MM. Hell the Nets had Blake Griffin, Lamarcus Aldridge, Paul Milsap and Kevin Durant subbing in and out for each other...Milsap got frustrated and left. If that's not a star studded bench I don't know...I was shocked the Lakers and Nets didn't face off in the finals but at the end it thrills me to see it. Those teams didn't shy away from luxury tax....we have for a long time
sure....the Raymond Felton Kaleb Canales lock out season...and that was boring as fuck..worst team I've watched..no reason to go there now...we don't even have a team yet but I like what we're doing...I've been a fan for 45 years so I cheer...plenty of armchair critics ready to melt down around here....I'm not one of them generally. If I didn't like this team for the last ten years it'd be pretty dumb to keep following them eh?...they say misery loves company...I'm not one of those guys when it comes to basketball...politics, sure but sports are for entertainment