NBA Playoffs Thread - Play-in and 1st round edition

[PCmor7]

the only tradeable asset they have to recoup some picks or young talent is KAT. ain't nobody touching Gobert.

They have Edwards. Honestly, he might bring back some good assets. After seeing him tonight, I think he might be fool's gold. He seems like an empty stats guy. He's a guy that might be addition by subtraction.

After the Gobert trade, they've really put themselves in an awful spot.

 

[Tince]

I think his personality is even a bigger problem. I still remember his stunt with touching all the microphones right before COVID.

He can't defend outside the paint, either.

I wouldn't touch the guy.

I think you accurately described why his value is so incredibly low. There is no offer I can think of Portland making for those reasons, combined with the fact they don't have $38m of bad contracts to unload on Minnesota.

 

[PCmor7]

I think you accurately described why his value is so incredibly low. There is no offer I can think of Portland making for those reasons, combined with the fact they don't have $38m of bad contracts to unload on Minnesota.

It's not baseball where basically you have nine guys playing nine separate games of 1-on-1. People have to work together in basketball and Gobert seems like a knob of the highest order. I wouldn't want him in my locker room or on my bench in a million years.

 

[Tince]

It's not baseball where basically you have nine guys playing nine separate games of 1-on-1. People have to work together in basketball and Gobert seems like a knob of the highest order. I wouldn't want him in my locker room or on my bench in a million years.

If they could have him for a minimum contract, he'd be worth the risk. At nearly $40m/year, ain't no way.

Crazy to think what Minnesota gave up to get him.

 

[blazerfan11]

Edwards and Anderson playing this game like they have money on the Lakers.

Chris Finch too.

 

[illmatic99]

They have Edwards. Honestly, he might bring back some good assets. After seeing him tonight, I think he might be fool's gold. He seems like an empty stats guy. He's a guy that might be addition by subtraction.

After the Gobert trade, they've really put themselves in an awful spot.

Even Dame has had games where he went 3 for 17.

Every GM builds around Edwards over KAT

 

[wizenheimer]

two pretty flawed teams duke it out, toss bricks, and fumble the ball all over the court

and just say no to the idea of KAT as a Blazer. It's easy when you look at his contract:



Yikes! C's are not worth that kind of money unless they are named Jokic or Embiid. And even those guys are debatable at super-max salaries. Jokic and Embiid combined have 17 seasons in the NBA and between them that have one, that's right, just one, conference finals game win

unless the NBA completely changes direction, investing lots of salary in a big C that isn't an MVP-level player is totally foolish

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

two pretty flawed teams duke it out, toss bricks, and fumble the ball all over the court

and just say no to the idea of KAT as a Blazer. It's easy when you look at his contract:

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Yikes! C's are not worth that kind of money unless they are named Jokic or Embiid. And even those guys are debatable at super-max salaries. Jokic and Embiid combined have 17 seasons in the NBA and between them that have one, that's right, just one, conference finals game

unless the NBA completely changes direction, investing lots of salary in a big C that isn't an MVP-level player is totally foolish

Why does this feel like just the kind of dumbass move our front office would make?

 

[inconceivable]

If the Wolves lose on Friday, heads have to roll, don't they?

GM should be on the hot seat, and not just for the Gobert trade. This team has little chemistry. Coaching is a question mark. How much more basketball does Conley have in him?

They'd be stupid to trade KAT; that's a guy you can build around. They might be incompetent, though, to tear the whole thing down and become OKC or Houston. They seem like a mess.

I give them a puncher's chance against either NOP or OKC

 

[THE HCP]

Anyone watching? Hawks are so deep. Boston should be concerned.

If you consider the Hawks “deep”, what are the Clippers?

 

[THE HCP]

That last 8 minutes of the Wolves/Lakers game was bananas. Horrible execution, but fun to watch!

 

[BigGameDamian]

Are you watching the NBA in Stephen A’s world or just watching the game on ESPN.

 

[PCmor7]

Even Dame has had games where he went 3 for 17.

Every GM builds around Edwards over KAT

Comparing Anthony Edwards to Damian Lillard isn't the hill I'd expect anyone to die on.

 

[PCmor7]

I give them a puncher's chance against either NOP or OKC

Maybe Gobert can give the winner of that game COVID.

 

[illmatic99]

Comparing Anthony Edwards to Damian Lillard isn't the hill I'd expect anyone to die on.

And thats the conclusion you arrived on my post?

 

[PCmor7]

And thats the conclusion you arrived on my post?

And this is the reply you had to mine?

 

[illmatic99]

And this is the reply you had to mine?

Im just sayin... One game while noticeably injured is not really indicative of anything. Like thw one 3 for 17 game, Dame has had some stinkers too in big moments.

I stick by my initial point that 30 out of 30 gms would select to build around KAT rather than Edwards (especially when contracts are in play too)

 

[Samuel]

Anyone else watching this heavy Mikal Bridges, Joel Embiid tampering session by Dame?

 

[BigGameDamian]

If Toronto blows this game, does Nick Nurse get canned?

 

[BigGameDamian]

Pascal just choked at the free throw line.

 

[bemac]

Toronto could be sellers, and yes, Nurse is gone.

 

[illmatic99]

If Toronto blows this game, does Nick Nurse get canned?

he already hinted that he might quit

 

[illmatic99]

derozan's daughter won that game for the bulls

 

[Graduate32]

derozan's daughter won that game for the bulls

That was truly a spectacular performance... one for the ages.

 

[wizenheimer]

Anyone else watching this heavy Mikal Bridges, Joel Embiid tampering session by Dame?

??

I think the rule for players is they can't speak to another player about that other player joining the first player's team. In other words, it's a rule that get violated quite a few times during the all-star break, and probably hundreds of times each summer

 

[Fairly-Hard]

If Toronto blows this game, does Nick Nurse get canned?

They did.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I'd love Nick Nurse just as much as Pascal Siakam for Portland. Can we get please get both?

 

[Pinwheel1]

I'd love Nick Nurse just as much as Pascal Siakam for Portland. Can we get please get both?

Siakam would be nice. But if I were Toronto I would pair him with Barnes and trade OG.

 

[Chris Craig]

derozan's daughter won that game for the bulls

Sounded similar to me at Blazer games, screaming at every opponent free throw.

 

[theprunetang]

Sounded similar to me at Blazer games, screaming at every opponent free throw.

You are not lying.