OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: DECEMBER 2024

[SharpesTriumph]

And I think Grant has more value than Ant or Ayton...

+Has the most on court value today
+Hardest position/role to fill

-Has the most guaranteed years
-Oldest

Ayton has the biggest cap hit next year on his max, but it's expiring

I'm getting sick of trying to overanalyze who is less awful. Just wish one or more of these guys would be gone.

 

[handiman]

Per wikipedia;

Since 2008, five games have been played on Christmas

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Christmas_games

As The HCP pointed out indirectly, they weren't all on network TV prior to this year, though. That's a big change in the potential eyeballs.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Mr. Robot]

nba is soft and too friendly

there has to be rivalries and hate, why not, it makes it so much more competitive and enjoyable to watch

nba is acting like players are having guns with them, just let them throw hands, sometimes you beat someone, sometimes you get beaten, thats life

 

[Mr. Robot]

amen thompson shouldnt be suspended, tyler herro got thrown like a little child, thats on him

 

[Pinwheel1]

amen thompson shouldnt be suspended, tyler herro got thrown like a little child, thats on him

I agree. That way every team can have an enforcer that just beats the fuck out of the other team's best players. If they can't stop him then that is on them.

 

[blazerkor]

nba is soft and too friendly

there has to be rivalries and hate, why not, it makes it so much more competitive and enjoyable to watch

nba is acting like players are having guns with them, just let them throw hands, sometimes you beat someone, sometimes you get beaten, thats life

Yeah, that approach can have some catastrophic consequences. Look at what happened to Rudy Tomjanovich in one fight during his playing career. Leave the idiocy to the hockey players. Now if your argument is that defenders should be allowed to play more physical, I agree. If you are saying that flagrant fouls should be reserved for dirty nonbasketball plays, I agree with that too. That being said in the NBA you are proposing not only would a lot of fans be turned off by the violence but the sanctioned violence you describe would logically result in guys on ten day contracts ending the seasons of superstars. Once again you need to get a grip on reality.

If you like fighting watch combat sports (MMA, boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, grappling). You could also watch hockey which has its level of sanctioned violence and American football which is probably more violent than even the combat sports... there's also rugby and a few hybrids between rugby and what you get in the NFL. Basketball which is played on hardwood and has no mandatory safety equipment is just not the place for the HATE that you seem to desire.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[kjironman1]

I agree. That way every team can have an enforcer that just beats the fuck out of the other team's best players. If they can't stop him then that is on them.

So just give Eddie the Beast a minimum contract.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[jlprk]

nba is soft and too friendly
there has to be rivalries and hate, why not, it makes it so much more competitive and enjoyable to watch
nba is acting like players are having guns with them, just let them throw hands, sometimes you beat someone, sometimes you get beaten, thats life

Sly sets a bad example for all head coaches. He should come down harder on his moderaters.

I agree. That way every team can have an enforcer that just beats the fuck out of the other team's best players. If they can't stop him then that is on them.

Every team should have a muscular power forward. This will increase Grant's trade value.

 

[jlprk]

If you like fighting watch combat sports (MMA, boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, grappling). You could also watch hockey which has its level of sanctioned violence and American football which is probably more violent than even the combat sports... there's also rugby and a few hybrids between rugby and what you get in the NFL.

Hey, don't export, keep the business in-house. Tell him to watch these videos.

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/the-civil-rights-lawyer.380369/page-9

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Freshtown]

Remember when we salary dumped him for nothing? Good times.

 

[MickZagger]

Remember when we salary dumped him for nothing? Good times.

One of my favorite players we had. Way better than CJ was..

 

[kjironman1]

Remember when we salary dumped him for nothing? Good times.

Never could figure out why they didn't trade CJ and Keep Norm? At that time they could have got some real nice picks and or a decent Forward for CJ. Dame/Powell back court might have been a better duo than Lillard/McColum. Obviously CJ was more expensive also.

 

[tlongII]

Never could figure out why they didn't trade CJ and Keep Norm? At that time they could have got some real nice picks and or a decent Forward for CJ. Dame/Powell back court might have been a better duo than Lillard/McColum. Obviously CJ was more expensive also.

I never understood why they dumped Norm either. They played him out of position at small forward if I remember correctly.

 

[kjironman1]

I never understood why they dumped Norm either. They played him out of position at small forward if I remember correctly.

There were probably more cap and trade issues than I can count and of course it seems CJ didn't hold as much value as some of us thought he might? Obviously teams were not screaming to get him. Then there was Olshey who I guess is the favorite excuse many use.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Never could figure out why they didn't trade CJ and Keep Norm? At that time they could have got some real nice picks and or a decent Forward for CJ. Dame/Powell back court might have been a better duo than Lillard/McColum. Obviously CJ was more expensive also.

The apologists' theories at the time were that the Clippers trade made the Pelicans trade possible. If we were operating from a position of desperation (still above the tax), then the Pels would never have given us a decent return; so the Clips deal (a week before the deadline) was necessary to get us below the tax and into a decent a bargaining position.

I hated the "logic" then, and still do.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Phatguysrule]

The apologists' theories at the time were that the Clippers trade made the Pelicans trade possible. If we were operating from a position of desperation (still above the tax), then the Pels would never have given us a decent return; so the Clips deal (a week before the deadline) was necessary to get us below the tax and into a decent a bargaining position.

I hated the "logic" then, and still do.

I just think we were desperate to get rid of that salary and all of the short guys.

We had no leverage since everyone knew Dame had put the team on notice and we were too unbalanced to be close to the team Dame wanted.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I don't think Norm would've become what he has if he'd stayed with us. Same as Jermaine O'Neal and Zach Randolph. Sometimes they need a change of scenery to flourish. We had too many small guards - I'm nothing but happy for Norm. Of course, it didn't work out so well for RoCo, did it?

 

[wizenheimer]

The apologists' theories at the time were that the Clippers trade made the Pelicans trade possible. If we were operating from a position of desperation (still above the tax), then the Pels would never have given us a decent return; so the Clips deal (a week before the deadline) was necessary to get us below the tax and into a decent a bargaining position.

I hated the "logic" then, and still do.

I never really bought that 'excuse', but I did allow for the possibility the Vulcans were making payroll reduction demands Cronin had to deal with. Powell had just signed a 5-year deal and it was kind of credible Seattle was telling Joe to dump it, ASAP

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[wizenheimer]

"There is growing pessimism that Zach LaVine will not be traded to the Nuggets"

lol...wut? Maybe I don't understand grammar.

 

[blazerfan11]

There is pessimism that he will not be traded?

 

[kjironman1]

The apologists' theories at the time were that the Clippers trade made the Pelicans trade possible. If we were operating from a position of desperation (still above the tax), then the Pels would never have given us a decent return; so the Clips deal (a week before the deadline) was necessary to get us below the tax and into a decent a bargaining position.

I hated the "logic" then, and still do.

Yeah seems like working a reactionary position instead of being active.