⭐ OFFICIAL 2020-2021 NBA Off-Season Thread: Olympics begin 7/23; NBA Draft 7/29⭐

[getback]

Celtics need to hire KG Evan Turner to replace Brad Stevens.

 

[wavycrocket]

Kyrie walking was a good thing. He's a ticking time bomb whose timer resets every 3 months.
F*ck Gordon Hayward. But if Ainge doesn't use that TPE then yeah he goofed there.
AD would have been a one season rental and that season probably would have been AD sitting out with a lot of tummy aches and sore ankles. The you're out AD, Kyrie, Tatum and Jaylen.
His drafting has been pretty bad outside of Tatum/Brown/Rozier/Smart.
Ainge did a good job getting talented players, but a horrible job at gauging their chemistry and fit.
I would say he f'd up if there really was a Kawhi-JB swap on the table, but as JB gets better that's a little up in the air.

In a perfect world it would've been Smart/Rozier/Jaylen/Jayson/Horford.

Out of all the talent they had over the past 5 years, they should've at least had a finals appearance. Ainge, injuries, Lebron and other factors got in the way.

I think you take that chance on ADisney. Especially with Kawhi leaving Toronto. No Bron in conference. East was a toss up last year...with Milwaukee the favorite, but a beatable favorite. Hence Miami getting a shot in the finals in the CovidCup*

 

[HIM]

can i count on you to believe my lakers make it to the ECF as well?

I’ll bet you any amount that the Lakers do not make the ECF this season.I’ll gave you 90/10 payout, too.

 

[703 hwy]

Steph is an elite defender. He gets steals

 

[SORIANOTRON]

boston never had a shot at AD

him and bron been plotting this **** for years

 

[tay1]

I’ll bet you any amount that the Lakers do not make the ECF this season.I’ll gave you 90/10 payout, too.

Edit

 

[HIM]

Let’s remove the typo

 

[getback]

I think you take that chance on ADisney. Especially with Kawhi leaving Toronto. No Bron in conference. East was a toss up last year...with Milwaukee the favorite, but a beatable favorite. Hence Miami getting a shot in the finals in the CovidCup*

True. I just didn't trust AD after all the DNP's in New Orleans. Seems like he had one destination in mind and I don't know if he'd be able to commit to a title run mentally.

 

[tay1]

Edited. My bad

 

[Peep Game]

boston never had a shot at AD

him and bron been plotting this **** for years

AD was on board with heading to the Pacers until Lebron was looking like Joe Budden flying down the escalator to make sure that didn’t happen

 

[clyde the glide]

Biggest things that hurt Celtics was kyrie not being able to play pg when they had there deepest squad and sixers offering horford that absurd contract. Holding onto guys like Morris and baynes could have helped too

 

[nick.]

 

[wavycrocket]

MVP the thread title update should be, the Lakers love 5/6 without their best player...scoring only 89 American Points in 2021

 

[tomdiginson]

No wonder KG so disrespectful to everyone else. If someone shorter than me palms my head and tells me that he put 40 on me with instant playback, I'd be like "**** everyone and they moms" too

 

[lovehateself]

No wonder KG so disrespectful to everyone else. If someone shorter than me palms my head and tells me that he put 40 on me with instant playback, I'd be like "**** everyone and they moms" too

now i know why he always had that hoody on

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Hezonja is looking like he's about to be my main man in this years draft class

 

[danger style]

bBb DCAllAfrican

 

[vood99]

Still can't believe Lakers let McGee and Howard escape. Dumb organization

Gasol is a downgrade

You're no longer getting the Gasol from Memphis - he's 36 and past his prime. I agree with you that either one of McGee or Howard should've been retained considering that they didn't take big pay days to go to Cleveland and Philly respectively.

Lakers should've also retained Rondo as they don't have a backup playmaker but he did get a significant pay increase from the Hawks so good for him.

 

[jpzx]

 

[pmatic]

Woof.

 

[lovehateself]

there goes their season ....

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[ill steelo]

4 months in jail & 16% of your salary for pulling a stick You can’t give them any excuse

 

[sohi 23]

Twolves need to tank as hard they can.
I know top 4 isn’t guaranteed but that’s the best path forward to success. Especially given they owe GS a pick.

If Minny gets Cade or Mobley (plus if their new coach is good), I think the pick to the warriors will be in the double digits next year and that won’t hurt.

KAT/Ant/Beas/Dlo + Cade/Mobley isn’t bad at all.

 

[jpzx]

+ Jaden McDaniels, that's the front court of the next 5 years/future: Jaden and Towns

Due to that I'm not seeing us draft Mobley, unless he were definitively the best player available among the options. He doesn't appear like that right now.