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Freshtown said:
Every time I see this guy continue to blossom it makes me mad that Olshey traded the pick that could have been used to take him for Robert Covington

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I'm in favor of hating on Olshey as much as possible (and even beyond possible), but Johnson was taken 20th pick in 2021; Blazers traded the 23rd pick; after trading the 16th pick the year before

2020 draft:

16 Isaiah Stewart (first pick traded for RoCo)
19 Saddiq Bey
21 Tyrese Maxey
25 Immanuel Quickley
28 Jaden McDaniels
30 Desmond Bane

2021 draft:

23 Usman Garuba (2nd pick traded)
27 Cam Thomas
30 Santi Aldama
35 Herbert Jones


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by the way, notice how Olshey fore-shadowed his idiotic 7 -year encumbrance on the Nance trade by first attaching the same idiocy to the RoCo trade
 

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wizenheimer said:
I'm in favor of hating on Olshey as much as possible (and even beyond possible), but Johnson was taken 20th pick in 2021; Blazers traded the 23rd pick; after trading the 16th pick the year before

2020 draft:

16 Isaiah Stewart (first pick traded for RoCo)
19 Saddiq Bey
21 Tyrese Maxey
25 Immanuel Quickley
28 Jaden McDaniels
30 Desmond Bane

2021 draft:

23 Usman Garuba (2nd pick traded)
27 Cam Thomas
30 Santi Aldama
35 Herbert Jones


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by the way, notice how Olshey fore-shadowed his idiotic 7 -year encumbrance on the Nance trade by first attaching the same idiocy to the RoCo trade
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you’re right. Got damn that 2020 draft is painful looking at it again!
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Look at Camara. BBref says that he has played 0% at PG, 0% at SG, and 0% at SF. It's also says that
he's played PF 87% of the time, and C 13% of the time. These stats are obviously wrong.

So, I guess my answer is "very often".
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again: VanVleet and Shepard combine to average 47 minutes a game and they are both obviously PG's. Now, there is obviously going to be some overlap in those minutes but I just looked at Houston's lineups top-20 5 man units:

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looking at that, Thompson appears on the floor with either VanVleet or Shepard for for about 290 minutes. He only shows up for 52 minutes without those two PG's on the floor, and all of those minutes are with Jalen Green on the floor at the same time. VanVleet and Shepard were only on the floor together for 13 minutes

I'd say Houston just runs a little of the time without a PG on the floor
 

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My God, be patient people! Dirk Nowitzki shot 21% from 3 in his rookie year. Let Scoot get comfortable. Get rid of Ant. Let Scoot settle in as a starting PG. His 3 was falling last night. Patience!!
 
Last ten games: Banton our only net positive, Ant and Ayton are true tank commanders:

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Not so much for the highlight as the title because for a second I was like “Rick Fox over Xavier McDaniel?”
 
BigGameDamian said:
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Dude is delusional. He was not a bad three point shooter but his career average was 35.5% and his best season was 38.5% on 3 attempts per game. Steph had a season where he played 5 games and that was his lowest three point percentage but shouldn't count. Other than that one season Steph's worst season from three was 38% on 11 attempts per game and that is the only season he ever had that was below 40%.

Yeah, Tim's game was a lot of fun to watch but he was nothing like Steph.
 
blazerkor said:
Dude is delusional. He was not a bad three point shooter but his career average was 35.5% and his best season was 38.5% on 3 attempts per game. Steph had a season where he played 5 games and that was his lowest three point percentage but shouldn't count. Other than that one season Steph's worst season from three was 38% on 11 attempts per game and that is the only season he ever had that was below 40%.

Yeah, Tim's game was a lot of fun to watch but he was nothing like Steph.
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Tim is a homophobic loser.
 
I mean, no one in this era averages 40 but Tim would? Fuck that.
 
Maybe Tim was speaking for Shaq? Or Kareem? Or Jordan? or Drexler? Or Dominique? Or Bird? Or Dr J? Or Iverson? Or Kobe? Or Bernard King? Or Karl Malone? Because clearly he's can't be talking about himself.
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
Grumpy old man opinion - but damn I hate these ugly tournament courts. I am glad ours is the least obnoxious. The entire tournament thing is dumb.
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It’s all dumb. NBA Finals, All Star, etc. It’s just entertainment. I like the idea that a team like the Pistons has a chance to go to Vegas and win a trophy. AND while 500K isn’t necessarily a lot for the stars, it’s a lot for guys on the end of the bench. So, winning it for them is good team building. Think how happy Taze Moore and Justin Minaya would be if we won it.
 
Between the courts, jerseys, team shirts, relentless promo spots, and LL knocking people out, the league sure is trying to make the NBA Cup be a thing. Is it working? I have no idea, but my impression is no one cares other than the players (and perhaps fans) on the one team that eventually wins it. It just feels totally arbitrary in the qualifying stages, which then leads to something fairly meaningless. Make it an actual mid-season tournament, not a scattering of games that affect the rest of the schedule in a way that no one understands.

For the few people who get it, I could buy the argument that it's just entertainment like every other aspect of the game. But, my take fits with everything I've seen and heard personally: very few people get it. It's more of a turn-off than anything.

But I do agree, our Cup court is pretty damn awesome this year, other than the giant trophy.
 
It would be kind of cool to do something like that. Have the entire NBA show up in Vegas for what would be a League Tournament. Could you imagine how lit that city would be? Make it a 7-10 day tournament and maybe even choose a different city each year. It would absolutely replace the All-Star game weekend.
 
kjironman1 said:
It would be kind of cool to do something like that. Have the entire NBA show up in Vegas for what would be a League Tournament. Could you imagine how lit that city would be? Make it a 7-10 day tournament and maybe even choose a different city each year. It would absolutely replace the All-Star game weekend.
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Probably the biggest concern is that it would also replace the NBA Finals... So many people have clamored for a 1-16 playoff format, the LV Tourney would quite possibly be a more popular format than the big show at the end of the year.

But, this year's All Star game is going to a tourney format, albeit in the form of goofy pick-up games, so there's definitely the foundation in place.
 
BigGameDamian said:
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I've been wondering if and when they would pivot toward a tank. They have the 3rd worst record in the NBA 1/4 way thru the season. Zion is out for a while and the team seems way out of sync and injury prone. Ingram will probably walk this summer. They can't go anywhere with their current roster
 
wizenheimer said:
I've been wondering if and when they would pivot toward a tank. They have the 3rd worst record in the NBA 1/4 way thru the season. Zion is out for a while and the team seems way out of sync and injury prone. Ingram will probably walk this summer. They can't go anywhere with their current roster
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They haven't even pivoted to the tank yet, and they're doing better at it than we are...
 
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