OFFICIAL NBA 2017-2018 Off-Season Thread

[freeze]

This loss is on ingram. Dude was complete trash.

Son played like the dude that never hooped before but gets picked up cuz hes tall and yall need one more to run 5s.

 

[datznasty]

Nike has OKC's blue joints looking looking.
I'm looking.
Nice.

Ball not wearing his Shoes is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of though.
I mean, put the DAMN SHOES ON, kid.
Boy put them damn shoes on and get your *** in the car before I give you something to cry about.

Fam I asked about you at David Stanley Saturday. Somebody named Josh answered, I just said do you know ___ and he said yea. I didn't buy nothing though, they had a get customers to come in bait car on the website and I called about it and then I get there and to no surprise that car probably never existed or certanly for the price they had listed and they're trying to put me in this patched up *** Infiniti that looks like its infiniti different infiniti's put together or trade ins so recent they hadnt even been basic cleaned up yet much detailed to the level you'd expect from a dealership

 

[everysingletime]

I think I really like Rose with that second unit

 

[God]

Man speaking of Gobert....got suckered into sports talk at work today and this smart dumb sports dude dropped more of his gems.


-Boston will not finish higher than 4th because they got “significantly worse.”

-Hayward can’t run the pick n roll.

-Gobert is “ just DeAndre without the defense.”

-Warriors play no defense.


Like I always say, I’d rather have an abortion or religion debate at work than try to talk sports.

Last season was having a regular gym detabe with some homies about basketball and I'm talking about klay and his (good) defense... this random dude butts in the convo and proceeds to tell me how I'm wrong and that klay is one of the worst defenders in the league . I politely asked dude to never speak to me again.

 

[j rain]

Baby Unicorn

 

[antidope]

That Sixers contract is about as good as it can get for both sides.

 

[datznasty]

Work in progress offensively but the d was awesome, like to see more quick hitting offensive sets and not as much ballstopping by Melo and Paul G. Paul George got a raw deal playing with the subs so much though, he was out there with literally 4 Z League dudes.

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[LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs]

I think I really like Rose with that second unit

Yea moves better in the 2nd unit. Wade needs to play point right now so JR can start

 

[100027]

like to see more quick hitting offensive sets and not as much ballstopping by Melo and Paul G.

Good luck.

BTW people always talking about DSjr and Malik Monk as the rookies who should have gone higher (I don't see it). But Donovan Mitchell looks like the really deal. I can't believe he came out as a defensive specialist, his offensive game is polished and he's super athletic. Guy could replace Hayward sooner than we thought.

 

[hardens beard]

6 days to tip off

 

[AEA18]

 

[buc em]

That Sixers contract is probably the greatest NBA deal ever. Basically gave Embidd a NFL deal, props to the Sixers front office.

That Sixers contract is about as good as it can get for both sides.

Apparently this is what it looks like

 

[hardens beard]

hardens beard can you give us a side by side comparison of Kanter/Kat defensive efficiency or whatever.

I bet it's pretty close.

DRPM
KAT -1.41 61 out of 61 Centers
Kanter -1.24 59 out of 61 Centers

DBPM
KAT 0.2
Kanter -1.9

DRTG
KAT 110
Kanter 107

DWS
KAT 2.8
Kanter 1.8

It's crazy how similar their defensive stats are. Both are piss poor defenders but they struggle in different areas.

 

[carver]

61 out of 61 ooooweee

Embiid deal well done Philly

 

[hardens beard]

Dont know if Draymond Green would've got that tech.

 

[jsindaa]

Good luck.

BTW people always talking about DSjr and Malik Monk as the rookies who should have gone higher (I don't see it). But Donovan Mitchell looks like the really deal. I can't believe he came out as a defensive specialist, his offensive game is polished and he's super athletic. Guy could replace Hayward sooner than we thought.

Because they should have. And you're tripping. He's got it but he's not replacing an all star level player anytime soon. At least a couple years

 

[antidope]

Apparently this is what it looks like

Appreciate it. I really hope this doesn't set a precedent but this was about as fair as a Joel Embiid contract could have gotten.

 

[shotsrangout]

Because they should have. And you're tripping. He's got it but he's not replacing an all star level player anytime soon. At least a couple years

Dudes stay with the hyperbole on here. Hayward is a top 20-30 player in the league. Lol at Mitchell replacing him so soon and he hasn’t even played in an actual nba game yet

 

[100027]

Because they should have. And you're tripping. He's got it but he's not replacing an all star level player anytime soon. At least a couple years

I didn't say tomorrow. If in 3 years he's at Hayward's level (not guaranteed) wouldn't that be a pretty big surprise? All I'm saying is I'm impressed at how good he looks and it's great for Utah that they've got at least a promising young talent to plug in for the all star they just lost.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Smith and monk each could have gone 1 spot higher but that's about it

Other dudes had good cases to go where they went too

I'd rather pick smith over Lauri and frank but we'll see how it pans out

 

[jsindaa]

I didn't say tomorrow. If in 3 years he's at Hayward's level (not guaranteed) wouldn't that be a pretty big surprise? All I'm saying is I'm impressed at how good he looks and it's great for Utah that they've got at least a promising young talent to plug in for the all star they just lost.

Yeah it would but that's because of the guards in the West. If he's in the top half of PG's tho, no I won't be surprised at all. Most of the people who follow the draft closely called him being a steal to Utah

 

[krazy88s]

I see some starting to sour on Brandon Ingram. Never trust a Duke player lol

 

[jsindaa]

Smith and monk each could have gone 1 spot higher but that's about it

Other dudes had good cases to go where they went too

I'd rather pick smith over Lauri and frank but we'll see how it pans out

Smith should have been the third PG off the board behind Markelle and Fox. Monk could have went slightly higher.

 

[hardens beard]

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- J.R. Smith said "absolutely" he is frustrated that he lost his place in the Cavaliers' starting lineup to Dwyane Wade, though neither he nor Tristan Thompson aim to make trouble now that they're both coming off the bench.

"We talked about it," Smith told cleveland.com. "It wasn't the most positive conversation, but we talked about it and we'll get through it together."


http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2017/10/jr_smith_absolutely_frustrated.html

 

[addict4sneakers]

swish is right