OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD- March 2021

[kjironman1]

Can we hire LeBron as our GM?

Sounds good to me. Maybe a Player/GM?

 

[Chris Craig]

Sounds good to me. Maybe a Player/GM?

Coach

 

[Natebishop3]

Coach

Player/Coach/GM

Maybe Mayor as well?

 

[Natebishop3]

God King LeBron

Make it so.

 

[blazerkor]

Player/Coach/GM

Maybe Mayor as well?

Definitely owner.

 

[Hoopguru]

Nah,, sell it to Magic!

 

[AldoTrapani]

If there is a silver lining in any situation, you (and others) are certain to find it and piss all over it. You must be a fun guy to live with.....and will be even more so by the time you’re my age. I hope I live long enough to see the Blazers win another championship just so I can observe all the negativity some of you guys will work overtime to winkle out and feed on.......

Dude that stat is BAD

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Tampering.

 

[wizenheimer]

simple solution to super teams: a hard cap with no exceptions

 

[Natebishop3]

simple solution to super teams: a hard cap with no exceptions

That's wont work. Teams will sink most of their money into the stars and you'll still have ring chasers who play for the minimum.

In the end it will still be smaller market teams like Portland who suffer.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

That's wont work. Teams will sink most of their money into the stars and you'll still have ring chasers who play for the minimum.

In the end it will still be smaller market teams like Portland who suffer.

Absolutely correct.

I think one of the rules that really hurts small markets is the buy-out rule. If a bought out player could only sign with a team that payed half of their salary instead of vet. min., then big market teams and super teams couldn't just grab them for basically nothing.

 

[wizenheimer]

That's wont work. Teams will sink most of their money into the stars and you'll still have ring chasers who play for the minimum.

In the end it will still be smaller market teams like Portland who suffer.

I disagree. If a hard cap was bad for small markets, the Green Bay Packers wouldn't be in the NFL

 

[Natebishop3]

I disagree. If a hard cap was bad for small markets, the Green Bay Packers wouldn't be in the NFL

You can't compare the NFL to the NBA. It's not even remotely the same thing. You could have the best QB ever but if you don't have a line or receivers he will be useless. Meanwhile you could put LeBron on any team and they'll be a playoff team. Doesn't matter how crappy they are. Hell, a 40+ year old MJ almost made the Wizards relevant.

 

[handiman]

I disagree. If a hard cap was bad for small markets, the Green Bay Packers wouldn't be in the NFL

Green Bay has an insane scouting/drafting/player development system. Last I saw, something like 94% of their players were drafted by them.

Developing draft capitol is the sure way to beat the market odds in any sport.

 

[Hoopguru]

I disagree. If a hard cap was bad for small markets, the Green Bay Packers wouldn't be in the NFL

Both NFL & NHL have hard caps. I think either have a hard cap in NBA or like baseball no cap.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Can Minnesota get another 1st pick? That will be wild if they can get Jaylen Suggs alongside Anthony Edwards.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Clippers lose to Magic at home. I want us to play Clips in playoffs. Ideally, I’d like the 2 seed, but if we are playing either Lakers, Clippers, or Nuggets, I want the Clippers. They’re mentally weak. They’re like the opposite of us.

 

[lawai'a]

Clippers lose to Magic at home. I want us to play Clips in playoffs. Ideally, I’d like the 2 seed, but if we are playing either Lakers, Clippers, or Nuggets, I want the Clippers. They’re mentally weak. They’re like the opposite of us.

badly. led by 9 with 3:48 left only to lose by 7. leonard played, PG13 didn't.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Clippers lose to Magic at home. I want us to play Clips in playoffs. Ideally, I’d like the 2 seed, but if we are playing either Lakers, Clippers, or Nuggets, I want the Clippers. They’re mentally weak. They’re like the opposite of us.

Can we now stop feeling ashamed of ourselves for barely beating the 3rd stringers from Orlando ?

 

[Strenuus]

Clippers lose to Magic at home. I want us to play Clips in playoffs. Ideally, I’d like the 2 seed, but if we are playing either Lakers, Clippers, or Nuggets, I want the Clippers. They’re mentally weak. They’re like the opposite of us.

We're not getting the 2 seed, so there's that.

 

[lawai'a]

Can we now stop feeling ashamed of ourselves for barely beating the 3rd stringers from Orlando ?

the magic did have wendell carter and OPjr tonight but i was never ashamed to begin with. clips in an epic meltdown might qualify as somewhat embarrassing for their fans though. (at home)

 

[OneSport3]

the magic did have wendell carter and OPjr tonight but i was never ashamed to begin with. clips in an epic meltdown might qualify as somewhat embarrassing for their fans though. (at home)

The Magic also had Terrance Ross tonight. So not quite the G-League Magic we faced. A little more semblance of NBA level talent.

The Clippers were missing pretty much their entire team (PG, Ibaka, Morris, Beverly and Rondo) and were still up by double digits for the majority of the game. They choked it away per their usual M.O. But there is something off chemistry wise with this Clippers team. Seems like Kawhi and PG don’t really get along.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

You can't compare the NFL to the NBA. It's not even remotely the same thing. You could have the best QB ever but if you don't have a line or receivers he will be useless. Meanwhile you could put LeBron on any team and they'll be a playoff team. Doesn't matter how crappy they are. Hell, a 40+ year old MJ almost made the Wizards relevant.

LeBron’s Lakers missed the playoffs two seasons ago. Yes he missed some games due to injury but he came back in time to lead Lakers to playoffs. He even said he was activating “playoff mode” but they played terrible and ultimately, they shut him down. He missed playoffs his first 2 seasons in the league too for the record.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

The Clippers were missing pretty much their entire team (PG, Ibaka, Morris, Beverly and Rondo) and were still up by double digits for the majority of the game. They choked it away per their usual M.O. But there is something off chemistry wise with this Clippers team. Seems like Kawhi and PG don’t really get along.[/QUOTE]
Bingo.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

We're not getting the 2 seed, so there's that.

4 games back with 26 to play. Suns have a lot of players who aren’t used to big games and Blazers are the opposite. Considering we made up 4 games on the Grizz in just 8 bubble games last season, making up 4 on Suns (who are yes better than the Grizz) seems possible esp since we play the Suns again. Well, 5 games since they have the tiebreaker.

 

[blazerkor]

The number one play on SportsCenter tonight was Russell Westbrook throwing down on Bismack Biyombo. There was a slight problem though. In order to dunk over him he gave Biyombo a stiff arm that pushed him down and prevented him from challenging the shot.

 

[kjironman1]

badly. led by 9 with 3:48 left only to lose by 7. leonard played, PG13 didn't.

They completely ran out of gas. The Clippers walked all over the Bucks on the first of the B2B. Had game two vs the Magic and simply fell short.
They played both games without George and Beverly.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Blazers with 4. Yes 4 series victories in 20 years. How many has LeBron James got by himself? (Answer: zero - he always did it with a team.)

 

[kjironman1]

Blazers with 4. Yes 4 series victories in 20 years. How many has LeBron James got by himself? (Answer: zero - he always did it with a team.)

And he did it with 3 of the top 5 teams.

 

[Natebishop3]

And he did it with 3 of the top 5 teams.

I get what you're saying, but would the Heat or Cavs have been top 5 without him (especially the Cavs)?

The Cavs would have been trash without LeBron, both times. They were a lottery team before he was drafted and they were a lottery team after he left. Kyrie couldn't do shit without him.