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I'm with you if they think they have a legitimate chance at signing him long term. I think in the current NBA most star players know the next team they'll be signing with already. And I hate to say it but I don't think that's Boston for Westbrook. If they manage to sign him long term then it's a great trade. If it's one year it's a bad move. So I guess the question is what chance they think they have at keeping him after the year is up.
There were points in the Celtics/Hawks series that Smart was the best player on the floor. I think 2-3 years from now he is going to be a legit top 25 player. If I had the choice of giving up Smart or Thomas I'd give up Thomas in a second.
Really hoping the Griffin rumors is just Ainge leaking it out there as leverage in negotiating with OKC.
Think you're on to something here. That Deveney got this scoop is fairly telling.
Absolutely. No risk, no reward. How many passive GMs have been successful in this era of the NBA?
Cleveland/Boston. Those are the only teams that won championships in the last 10 years without drafting an MVP caliber player (and Cleveland is a weird situation). Assuming you think Wade is an MVP caliber guy.
That's interesting. If it goes down that way they could still deal the 2017 Brooklyn Pick and Thomas for Westbrook. I imagine cap space would come into play at that point though. A Westbrook/Griffin/Horford team might give the Cavs a run. Don't think they'd beat GS though.
I keep thinking that Nets pick has a chance to be 7-10 because the Nets don't have any incentive to tank and quite a few teams will. But it's tough to look at their roster and expect them to finish outside of the bottom 5.Good Posting Judge said:Nets sign Randy Foye and Anthony Bennett.
Is the Anthony Bennett draft the worst draft of all time?Good Posting Judge said:Nets sign Randy Foye and Anthony Bennett.
Well at this point, you can make the argument that it wasn't a horrible draft, just that NBA scouts totally sucked. The draft did have the Greek Freak, Gobert, Adams, Oladipo, McCollum, and a whole host of other useful bigs.
Scrolled down a bit in this dude's timeline, he's a chowdah that says he has a buddy in the Celtics org. Claims that he had first info on Horford signing, although that might just have been a good guess.the moops said:
Is Steven Adams that highly regarded? He was all of 8 and 6.7 last year. Is this your new Omar Asik?
Is Adams really that good? I'm not sure I understand the love. When one of the Plumlee brothers has the 2nd most win shares, you know its a terrible draft.
Great defender/rebounder, and he didn't get as many mins last year as he will this year. I went through depth charts for every NBA team and looked at everybody's starting C's. Here's who I'd rank above Adams (ETA in no particular order):
JVGreat defender/rebounder, and he didn't get as many mins last year as he will this year. I went through depth charts for every NBA team and looked at everybody's starting C's. Here's who I'd rank above Adams:
Cousins
Gobert
TOWNS
M. Gasol (assuming healthy)
Jokic
Drummond
Mozgov (haha jk lol)
Horford
Jordan
A couple others are close. But that puts him pretty comfortably in the Top 10.
I SAID THIS IS WHO ***I*** WOULD RANK ABOVE ADAMS.
I think calling him a great rebounder is a bit of a stretch. Of the 60 centers to play 500 minutes last year, his rebound rate was 43rd, and that wasn't really a one year aberration. I would say hes a passable rebounder, a good defender in the Anderson Varejao kind of way, and mediocre offensive player who can catch and finish well. He's only 23 (in 6 days) so he is going to get better, but he looks more like a future average to slightly above average starting center than franchise cornerstone.Great defender/rebounder, and he didn't get as many mins last year as he will this year. I went through depth charts for every NBA team and looked at everybody's starting C's. Here's who I'd rank above Adams:
Cousins
Gobert
TOWNS
M. Gasol (assuming healthy)
Jokic
Drummond
Mozgov (haha jk lol)
Horford
Jordan
A couple others are close. But that puts him pretty comfortably in the Top 10.
That writer is an ######. Tire chains?Frostillicus said:
Well they've been getting below-market deals for forever so #### them. Good for philly.
That was a first rd pick in this years draft and 2 2nd rounders. While the deal was horrible it wasn't 2 elite lotto talents for 11 month rental
That pick ended up in Orlando, who drafted Dario Saric. Then promptly traded him to Philly.
May not matter in the grand scheme of things, but they really should've gotten Reed or Dedmon.
