Official Around The NBA Thread.....July

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[illmatic99]

Memphis can battle for a playoff spot if healthy.

 

[e_blazer]

Memphis can battle for a playoff spot if healthy.

Almost every team in the West can battle for a playoff spot next year. It's going to be crazy.

 

[illmatic99]

Almost every team in the West can battle for a playoff spot next year. It's going to be crazy.

Except for Sac. But this move is not trivial for MEM.

I don't get this move from Sac. Getting back a bust they drafted and another big to their glut of bigs.

 

[santeesioux]

I'd rather try McLemore over Stauskas if we're still on the King draft bust bandwagon.

 

[e_blazer]

Except for Sac. But this move is not trivial for MEM.

I don't get this move from Sac. Getting back a bust they drafted and another big to their glut of bigs.

That's why they're Sac.

 

[illmatic99]

This has to be a precursor to another move. They have a gaping hole at the SF spot similar to us. Doncic woulda been such a perfect fit there.

PG: Fox/Mason
SG: Bogdanovic/Hield/Mclemore
SF: Shumpert/Jackson
PF: Bagley/ZBo
C: WCS/Koufos/Giles/Skal/Davis

Guessing they're either going to make another move or sign Hood to a big deal and hope CLE doesn't match. No other explanation.

 

[tlongII]

Way off topic, and definitely not thread worthy..... working for the NFL all month for the inaugural Flag Football League season. Brought The HCP Jr. with me out on the road this week. Have never done that before. He eats, sleeps and breathes football. Got him down on the sidelines working for our double header broadcast today. He had a blast. As you were. Back to talk of Jabari Parker.

Will a mod move this to OT please???

 

[tester551]

This has to be a precursor to another move. They have a gaping hole at the SF spot similar to us. Doncic woulda been such a perfect fit there.

PG: Fox/Mason
SG: Bogdanovic/Hield/Mclemore
SF: Shumpert/Jackson
PF: Bagley/ZBo
C: WCS/Koufos/Giles/Skal/Davis

Guessing they're either going to make another move or sign Hood to a big deal and hope CLE doesn't match. No other explanation.

We have one that I'd be willing to give them.... Only costs $17M/year.

 

[illmatic99]

We have one that I'd be willing to give them.... Only costs $17M/year.

Certainly have the space to absorb it.

 

[hoopsjock]

Certainly have the space to absorb it.

Man, an unbalanced trade that brought us back one of their bigs like Skal or WCS would be amazing.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

This has to be a precursor to another move.

Finally firing Vlade?

 

[illmatic99]

Man, an unbalanced trade that brought us back one of their bigs like Skal or WCS would be amazing.

Ship to SA for Kawhi along with some of our expendable young dudes.

 

[Haakzilla]

...the Bucks officially made Khris Middleton available in trade talks, if N.O. can pull that off without giving up CJ then he would win the best summer since KP landed Roy and Aldridge (assuming the Summer League team wins the championship tonight)!

 

[Natebishop3]

...the Bucks officially made Khris Middleton available in trade talks, if N.O. can pull that off without giving up CJ then he would win the best summer since KP landed Roy and Aldridge (assuming the Summer League team wins the championship tonight)!

Middleton would be solid. I would be happy with any of Middleton/Butler/Kawhi.

 

[Labinot41]

...the Bucks officially made Khris Middleton available in trade talks, if N.O. can pull that off without giving up CJ then he would win the best summer since KP landed Roy and Aldridge (assuming the Summer League team wins the championship tonight)!

Source? Lol

 

[hoopsjock]

Middleton would be solid. I would be happy with any of Middleton/Butler/Kawhi.

Next week Dame and CJ will be at Team USA minicamp with Middleton, Butler, Tobias Harris, Kevin Love, and apparently Kawhi. They better be recruiting them hard.

 

[Scalma]

Nets just signed another wing. They’re absolutely loaded there. How do we get lavert

 

[Haakzilla]

Source? Lol

http://www.espn.com/espnradio/play?id=24115033

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Next week Dame and CJ will be at Team USA minicamp with Middleton, Butler, Tobias Harris, Kevin Love, and apparently Kawhi. They better be recruiting them hard.

I really don’t like Tobias Harris’ game, I can’t really put a finger on what it is, I just don’t really want him. Butler and Kahwi are the two I’d be ecstatic for. Especially if they could do it while keeping Dame / CJ and Nurk.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[BonesJones]

I really don’t like Tobias Harris’ game, I can’t really put a finger on what it is, I just don’t really want him. Butler and Kahwi are the two I’d be ecstatic for. Especially if they could do it while keeping Dame / CJ and Nurk.

Weird. Harris shot over 40% last year on volume, and is able to attack off the bounce and most seasons has shot over 50% from inside the arc. He's a solid defender too, and isn't a liability on that end at all. His rebounding the past few years is sub-par, but he was also playing next to the top 2 rebounder in the league (Drummond and Jordan), and was getting 8+ game earlier in his career.

He's exactly what we need in a PF.

 

[BonesJones]

Nets just signed another wing. They’re absolutely loaded there. How do we get lavert

Who'd they sign?

I think they're high on Lavert.. I don't see how we could land him for a fair package.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Weird. Harris shot over 40% last year on volume, and is able to attack off the bounce and most seasons has shot over 50% from inside the arc. He's a solid defender too, and isn't a liability on that end at all. His rebounding the past few years is sub-par, but he was also playing next to the top 2 rebounder in the league (Drummond and Jordan), and was getting 8+ game earlier in his career.

He's exactly what we need in a PF.

Doesn’t it just seem like he kind of loses every where he goes? He doesn’t make “winning plays”, I don’t know I won’t deny he’s talented, just not a fan I guess.

 

[Scalma]

Who'd they sign?

I think they're high on Lavert.. I don't see how we could land him for a fair package.

Treveon Graham.

Their wings are now Crabbe, Levert, Harris, Carroll, RHJ, Musa, Kurucs, Graham. Levert doesn’t project to start.

 

[BonesJones]

Doesn’t it just seem like he kind of loses every where he goes? He doesn’t make “winning plays”, I don’t know I won’t deny he’s talented, just not a fan I guess.

There's a correlation, but he's definitely not the cause. He played in Orlando, Detroit, and then LAC at the end of last year. Those organizations suck.

What do you mean by "he doesn't make winning plays"?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

There's a correlation, but he's definitely not the cause. He played in Orlando, Detroit, and then LAC at the end of last year. Those organizations suck.

What do you mean by "he doesn't make winning plays"?

Hustle, make good decisions with the ball. I have just always seen him as kind of a stat guy that hasn’t done much to make his teams better. Maybe on a team like the Blazers where he is the 3rd 4th option he would do well.

 

[BonesJones]

Hustle, make good decisions with the ball. I have just always seen him as kind of a stat guy that hasn’t done much to make his teams better. Maybe on a team like the Blazers where he is the 3rd 4th option he would do well.

How much better could any non-all-star have made those teams though?

He doesn't turnover the ball much (career 1.3 TOVs on 30mpg), and his passing has improved (career high 2.4apg last year, 3.1apg w/ LAC, pretty solid for a PF). He takes good shots too, because he's efficient. I just think he's been in bad situations without having the opportunity to play off a 1st option like Dame and a 2nd option like C.J.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

How much better could any non-all-star have made those teams though?

He doesn't turnover the ball much (career 1.3 TOVs on 30mpg), and his passing has improved (career huh 2.4apg last year, 3.1apg w/ LAC, pretty solid for a PF). He takes good shots too, because he's efficient. I just think he's been I'm bad situations without having the opportunity to play off a 1st option like Dame and a 2nd option like C.J.

Maybe, and I know him being paired up with Drummond was maybe not the best situation. He would probably be an upgrade over Aminu - Though I think Aminu’s defense is better in terms of being able to switch. I’d rather have Butler or Kawhi if possible and I think those were the other names.