OFFICIAL NBA 2017-2018 Off-Season Thread

[bballkid11]

So the east is a 9 team race for the playoffs and West a 10 team race????

Everyone else losing...or trying to lose?

 

[getback]

Definitely.
I just hate when people gas his performance up merely to diminish what Bron did.
I don’t think you’re doing that in this case but yeah

Without Kyrie Cleveland is still Believeland.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

The Evolution Of The G League : https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/249020/The-Evolution-Of-The-G-League

Good Read

 

[cpf262]

“I have respect for what he did because he had a plan and he stuck with it,” said one Western Conference GM who spoke favorably of Hinkie. “It took balls to do what he did. I do [view what he did as a success.] But if they hadn’t drafted Embiid, the experiment would’ve been a colossal failure. Look at their record when he’s out. If Embiid can’t stay healthy, they’ll be horrible.”

– via Bleacher Report

Just think if they would of grabbed somebody else with that JO pick. Could be a whole diff ballgame

 

[BIG FISH]

Without Kyrie Cleveland is still Believeland.

Yes but he wasn’t the most impactful player on that team in that series.
****** were campaigning for him to win FMVP because of one shot

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Kyrie Won That Series = Shaq won rings by himself

Same faulty, STUPID, irrational, "logic"

 

[getback]

Yes but he wasn’t the most impactful player on that team in that series.
*****s were campaigning for him to win FMVP because of one shot

I'm not diminishing what Lebron did by any means. But Lebron came up short with all those other bum squads. He obviously needed someone like Kyrie to play 2nd fiddle, otherwise it would've been another L for Celeveland.

 

[buc em]

I bought 4th row tickets to the Nets-Hornets game Thursday night for $40

 

[shotsrangout]

Yeah, man. I only get a certain number of vacations per day year at my job so as professionals they should too. Silver should impose a set number of days they can take off from training. It would improve the quality of the product that us other working professionals, with limited vacation days, are paying our hard earned money to see.

I’ll just assume this is sarcasm

 

[BIG FISH]

I'm not diminishing what Lebron did by any means. But Lebron came up short with all those other bum squads. He obviously needed someone like Kyrie to play 2nd fiddle, otherwise it would've been another L for Celeveland.

Everyone needs help Im not sure what you’re getting at?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I bought 4th row tickets to the Nets-Hornets game Thursday night for $40

Amazing

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Everyone needs help Im not sure what you’re getting at?

I think he is saying a great player shouldn't need another great player to win a ring.

But we know that is Bull

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

I still don't get what's so great about Hinkie realizing that top picks are usually good players as if nobody knew that already

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I still don't get what's so great about Hinkie realizing that top picks are usually good players as if nobody knew that already

This is how I have felt about it as well. As if EACH of his picks were homeRuns

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Nobody else had the balls to fire sale their roster and replace them with D-league talent for 3 years.

We have NEVER EVER EVER seen rosters like those 2013-2015 teams.

Teams tank all the time. Hinkie structured his rosters to ensure they got the most ping balls every time. They weren't going out there trying to win enough games to get a 5-14 pick. The goal was to get them in that top 4.

Again...I don't think we've ever seen that strategy before. Teams like Sacramento who have been AWFUL for years are perpetual lottery teams....but even they've fielded rosters better than those Sixer teams.

 

[a-friend]

I still don't get what's so great about Hinkie realizing that top picks are usually good players as if nobody knew that already

 

[DLF]

Hinke gets too much credit.

Unless they got top 2 picks every year of their extreme tanking, it didn’t really help to be as bad as they were. You can be decent and still end up with top 4 pick.

They got lucky Embiid was hurt in college and he fell to 3. Towards the end he was the consensus number 1 pick.

If fultz doesn’t pan out then they will only have benefited with Simmons after 4 years of despicable line ups and lots of money loss for ownership

 

[gaiiige]

@freddy fig

 

[hand2handking]

NBA teams lose money?

 

[xxpizzo]

Just remember 4 years ago today this was our LU

Mullen shooting 3s LOL

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Just remember 4 years ago today this was our LU

Mullen shooting 3s LOL

Jesus Christ. The best player on that roster is THADDEUS YOUNG.

 

[squatchnt]

It doesn't take balls to lay down and do nothing. It doesn't even take much thought or effort to tank

 

[VARNELL HILL]

One you remove this ridiculous "sports pride" nonsense from the picture and realize it's a business...maybe some of you will understand why what they did was different.

There's a reason teams got mad at them for doing this and they just changed the rules to prevent it from happening again.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Nobody else had the balls to fire sale their roster and replace them with D-league talent for 3 years.

We have NEVER EVER EVER seen rosters like those 2013-2015 teams.

Teams tank all the time. Hinkie structured his rosters to ensure they got the most ping balls every time. They weren't going out there trying to win enough games to get a 5-14 pick. The goal was to get them in that top 4.

Again...I don't think we've ever seen that strategy before. Teams like Sacramento who have been AWFUL for years are perpetual lottery teams....but even they've fielded rosters better than those Sixer teams.

Nobody's ever gone to such extreme measures to tank and yet teams win championships every year b. He didn't do anything novel and there's a reason he's out the league, likely for good

 

[HIM]

Yeah, man. I only get a certain number of vacations per day year at my job so as professionals they should too. Silver should impose a set number of days they can take off from training. It would improve the quality of the product that us other working professionals, with limited vacation days, are paying our hard earned money to see.

Repped. This is a good point. I was told basketball is just like a 9-5 gig.