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Literally calling Durant right after game 7 after blowing a 3-1 lead in the finals lol.
would durant be on both teams?
Intriguing exercise. I think they do with Beal and Batum. Their games mesh well with the system in GSW due to their outside shooting prowess and ability on on D AND they're enough of an upgrade over Barnes to push them over the top against the Cavs in '16-17. Derozan? Man, I don't know. His game doesn't mesh with GWS at all. I'm not sure they sign him over just giving Barnes an extension.
I've heard Paul George's name brought up a few times, but I don't know how that would be possible.
Nah. These are grown men playing against the greatest player of their generation. He has every right to be elated.
He should be. He deserves the ring. It's not his fault majority of the teams are garbage
Because the Pacers feel bad for Cleveland and their fans, so they will just give away George.
Something to make the other 28 teams just that less relevant and making the product continually worse.
OK, maybe it was a bad analogy.
How is the product worse? The best teams are winning, the 2 teams in the finals are probably 2 of the best teams all time.
If they were looking to go that route, I'm sure a team or two would be happy to take on some lousy contracts in exchange for receiving a 1st rounder (or two) in a year past James's prime. See: Brooklyn Nets.
I feel like they need an upgrade for Deron, Jefferson, and a 3rd big and this team would have contended. If they can bring back the rest of their rotation, I think adding those pieces is doable.
Well that part is true. And I am a fan of the best team winning.. that's also true.
You can't be serious. If the Cavs added Leonard without losing anything they would be favored over the warriors.
They're saying the Pacers might find 3 yrs of KLove to be worth 1 year of PG. I'm guessin, between this and 'Melo rumors and the James's virtual refusal to feature his very talented white teammate in the finals that the King has a racy idea that 3 star bruthas can do more against the Dubbernaut than 2 & a ofay.
See I'd agree with that if it wasn't for the fact Harden was bad defensively even in OKC under Brooks. The Warriors defense was put in place by Jackson before he left. It helped that Kerr and Walton had defensive systems as well and implemented those as well. I'm just not a fan of having way too many one dimensional players. It really thins out your depth and felaxability for the roster. For example LeBron can be out there guarding everyone from a 1-5 but he's still a great offensive player and can also distribute the ball. Now lets takes the Sixers for example with Ben Simmons compared to James. I'm not high on Simmons at all. I could go into more detail why if you want but for now I'll just go with my point. people Think Simmons is good defensively because of gaudy blocks and steal numbers from college. The fact is he had more chances at those then anyone because teams weren't afraid to go 1v1 with him. Him Guarding Curry or Paul as a PG? If your fantasy team has either guy that game your in luck to stuff the offensive stat sheet. He's not laterally quick enough to keep up with them and he's also slow to the ball. Simmons guarding a 4-5? Watch his last game vs Kentucky. That team had some big NBA bodies at 4-5 who basically dominated the boards on him. He's not strong enough and aggressive enough. Now wheres my point? The fact the Sixers have Jahil Okafor who lets just say makes Kyle Korver Defensively look like an all star. Why is this important. Joel Embiid could be injury prone. Not only that but what if Embiid is in foul trouble early? You really want to pair two terrible players out there in Simmons and Okafor together? Simmons to me also I don't think will score enough offensively in the NBA at this point either but he can distribute the ball. Why am I worried about this? Well it kind of ruins your roster flexibility and creates a weakness on the floor. As a coach you want to pair guys on the floor to their best of their ability and put them in position to succeed. Simmons paired with Okafor doesn't help that cause. It's no different then my bulls when they had Asik and Gibson in his first few yrs who both were great defensively but neither one was consistent offensively starting. That limits the offense and spacing the floor for the inside game.
Unless they changed the rules in the latest CBA and/or I'm reading the Internet wrong, the only first rounder they could trade right now is their 2022 pick. It's a tough sell to get any real current asset for a pick that far out, even if another team is convinced the Cavs will be awful again by then.
No one is doing what the Nets did, there would be protections on the pick. It also depends what kind of asset the team is giving up.
I don't think they have the cap room to do that. They already have a Tony Allen type in Shumpert.
How can you be serious adding the next best player in the league without subtracting anything.
I tend to look at Donaghy in the same light as Alex Jones (No I'm not a fan of all his stuff but some makes sense. Look up 9/11 and George Bush and Bin Laden Family defense contract. Jones with a few others made solid points on why 9/11 wasn't stopped before hand. Then look up stories of soldiers who were kept quite after coming back who's commanders covered up war crimes and how the US is protecting Oil field big oil and opium fields in Afghanistan) in someone many people put in this well they are just too crazy do to their ideas. However if you go and reasearch a few of Jones early remarks on 9//11 and stuff (His older work not his current) you'll see it makes sense. Sorry if I'm getting too political for this thread but I think Jones is a good comparison (His early days) to Donaghey and how the world views them now. People point out they are just crazy. 1 they either really don't want to know the truth about whats going on, 2 they can't handle the truth or 3 they are just totally naive. Anyone in their right mind who follows basketball would agree without Donaghy that the 2001 Sac/LAL WCF was a total fix. The NBA wanted Lakers in the finals not the small market Kings. The Kings for most of that series were the flat-out better team. When you commentators are even questioning the fouls being called against Sac and non fouls (Blantant elbow on the Horry game winner on the inbounds pass where Kobe nails Mike Bibby) then you really need to ask questions. I know people who haven't watched basketball since that year. Ended up watching the finals only because our home town team was the Sixers in that series however after the Donaghy problem these same people just shook their head and said they knew it back then.
They barely made the playoffs with George, take George away and add Love and they might not make the playoffs and even if they do they will never win a round. If they trade George they are better off just selling everything and rebuilding for a couple years and they know that, No reason to take on Love and get less ping pong balls.
It doesn't piss me off that you have dumb, racist opinions, it just really surprises me from a Boston guy.
Do you know how many times I count that happening in every game I watch? That offensive player creating space with extended arm or leg to get an advantage seems to happen almost every so many plays down the court and never called.
Just more of my terrible posting, i guess, even tho that part was just reporting of rumors i heard in national media today
If TT and Smith don't get involved there Cavs would've had the point. Two guys going at it like that well it's a Double T and end of story. In this Case West would've been only one T up but the Cavs players got involved and initiated more contact to the point Refs had no choice but to T up others before they lost control.
so stupid
