This draft class is going to be ridiculous (3 Viewers)

[KingSpeed]

Nobody is a playoff team right now. It's all just noise at this point.

Right . So Indy and Miami aren't contenders? Look at the rosters. Cwe're a playoff team just like they are.

I personally think every game is as important as the next.

I just think it's silly to say a team that has played 6 games is a playoff team when they could literally not be after game 7. Do they suck all of a sudden? What happens after game 8 when they are back in the playoffs? Are they great all of a sudden?

We've already played 7 games

I like Lillard a lot and in time I think he'll be a very good player, but shouldn't we see how he handles a playoff series or two before we crown him?

Umm I don't think Parker or Wiggins will be winning playoff series anytime soon and they've already been crowned as franchise changers. Took four years for Durant to win a playoff series.

 

[Nikolokolus]

We'll never be able to overcome shittiness? Unsure I get your point here. The Clippers took a risk in landing Paul. Because of their location, shouldn't they have then never been as shitty as they were? Why has NY sucked for so many years? It seems to be people think that it's different for a large market and a small market, but I still see large markets needing the same amount of luck to get over the top.

Yeah, I didn't word that very clearly. I should have said we'll never be able to change our geographic disadvantages. Small market teams instead have to rely almost exclusively on the draft to get better. That doesn't mean you keep every player you draft, but you have to have the pool of talent to make the trades you need to surround whatever core players you settle on as the foundation of your franchise. Large markets have the ability to sell external marketing opportunities to free agents - more media exposure, better endorsements, etc. which makes their personnel acquisition strategies a little bit different - big time free agents (Howard, Lebron, etc.) are "gettable." with the right mix of existing talent and money (a combo of contract, endorsements, and tax liability).

Large market teams still have to be managed pretty well and pull in talent through the draft to succeed, but their inherent geographic advantage gives these teams more margin for error economically and in personnel acquisition.

 

[magnifier661]

We have Adidas and Nike headquarters! They are the real endorsers!

 

[MickZagger]

Don't count out Marcus Smart for that #1 pick. Dude is fuckin sinister

 

[Boob-No-More]

As an aside, my phone auto corrects rubio to dubious

Now that's what I call a smartphone!

BNM

 

[Rhal]

Don't count out Marcus Smart for that #1 pick. Dude is fuckin sinister

I thought him going back to school was a mistake since he would have been in the talks for #1 but he has made huge strides. I don't think there is anyway he makes it into the top 3 unless any of the big 3 really stumble or get hurt.

 

[MAS RipCity]

I still think anyone but Wiggins going No. 1 would be a huge upset.

 

[HailBlazers]

I still think anyone but Wiggins going No. 1 would be a huge upset.

Unless Utah wins the pick.

 

[magnifier661]

Unless Utah wins the pick.

No way they not pick wiggins

 

[HailBlazers]

No way they not pick wiggins

I'd be willing to bet they'd consider Parker

 

[magnifier661]

I'd be willing to bet they'd consider Parker

No matter how this college season pans out, wiggins is the real deal. No team wants to be the team that passed up on him

 

[MickZagger]

Smart just plays in a different gear.