2016-17 NBA Thread: Finals are over, please go away (2 Viewers)

[Charlie Harper]

Picks/young players? There's a decent chance they are a .500 or worse this year and next year. When Westbrook loses a step he's going to go from a top 5 player to mediocre really quick. If Boston calls with the two Brooklyn picks and Bradley, wouldn't that make some sense?

No way Bennett is authorizing that move. Bennett had shown he's a NBA owner so he could make money, not win titles. Trading Westbrook would kill the value of his franchise so much that he'd have to move them back to Seattle. I'm not sure OKC can support a losing franchise.

Basketball wise it's easier draft/build a team around Westbrook then to draft another Westbrook.

 

[Charlie Harper]

Dubs shot chart so far....

 

[pollardsvision]

Is there an opportunity for him to carve out a role there?  Seems like Charlotte has been looking for a SG since Rex.  Lamb had a ton of potential coming out of college.  Perhaps a post-post-post hype candidate? 

It's hard to say as Clifford is very clearly still trying to figure out what he's got on this roster and hasn't settled into any consistent rotation. But Lamb did follow up that big game with Batum out with another one with Batum back. The Hornets desperately need either or both of Lamb and Bellineli to be good this year, as both have in spots so far. Those guys could go along way towards fixing the perennial "who the hell is going to score besides Kemba" problem.

There's definitely opportunity there. 

The Hornets may not have a bunch of top flight blue chippers, but they sure do have a hell of a lot of depth. Sessions, Lamb, and Bellineli coming off the bench, along with the great white trio of useful bigs that can score (Kaminsky's got a long way to go, but he seems to be getting better). Hibbert isn't very good, but as a 4th big, he's not too bad. 

 

[Sammy3469]

MIKE CONLEY'S VERTEBRATE WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111

 

[Kev4029]

MIKE CONLEY'S VERTEBRATE WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111

That's awesome news for my BTTF team that was killing it.

ETA: More importantly, this is actually good news for my Denver Nuggets who own the Grizzly's pick this year.

 

[Village Idiot]

Dubs shot chart so far....

Every time I see one of those I think, man Lamarcus Aldridge is pretty good shooting the left corner 3.

 

[Pipes]

Love watching Giannis play.  

 

[Sammy3469]

Um @Notorious T.R.E.

Just spitballing here, but Dieng might want to be stronger on the box out.  At least you have Towns.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Nice road win for the Lakers on night 2 of a b2b after getting blown out last night without DLoading.  Future is bright fellas.  Luke is for real.  

 

[Master of Past and Present]

Detective Kristaps

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Nice road win for the Lakers on night 2 of a b2b after getting blown out last night without DLoading.  Future is bright fellas.  Luke is for real.  

Good win, especially after all the sloppy turnovers in the first quarter.  20 boards for Randle 

 

[Capella]

http://deadspin.com/sam-hinkie-lets-it-all-out-in-new-sports-illustrated-pr-1789514453?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 hinkie is insane 

 

[Cliff Clavin]

http://deadspin.com/sam-hinkie-lets-it-all-out-in-new-sports-illustrated-pr-1789514453?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 hinkie is insane 

Can't argue with his results

 

[thecatch]

http://deadspin.com/sam-hinkie-lets-it-all-out-in-new-sports-illustrated-pr-1789514453?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 hinkie is insane 

Sam stood out from the start. “Born on third base,” as he says, not because his family had money but because he considers intellect, not class, to be the new driver in society.

 

[Gr00vus]

Good win, especially after all the sloppy turnovers in the first quarter.  20 boards for Randle 

I was listening in the car on the way home. Turned it off after the end of the 1st, didn't come back to it.

 

[TobiasFunke]

LeBron is Sports Illustrated's 2016 Sportsperson of the Year.

Lee Jenkins article

 

[Charlie Harper]

http://deadspin.com/sam-hinkie-lets-it-all-out-in-new-sports-illustrated-pr-1789514453?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 hinkie is insane 

Thought it was an awesome article. He'd still be at the top of my choice for GM along with Bob Myers, Danny Ainge, Dork Elvis, and Doc Rivers.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

hinkie rules.  don't be jealous.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

hinkie rules.  don't be jealous.

No one will ever come close to touching his record as a GM. Legendary.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

probably the greatest quote from the actual article: In September he popped up on Twitter under his own name, sending a string of 10 tweets that ended with a call for reading recommendations. (Hundreds responded, including Embiid, who sent a link to an article about himself.) 

 

[Frostillicus]

http://deadspin.com/sam-hinkie-lets-it-all-out-in-new-sports-illustrated-pr-1789514453?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 hinkie is insane 

I officially love that guy.

 

[The Kansas Comet]

This Warriors-Rockets game is a lot of fun right now.  A lot of emotion for a game on December 1.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

This Warriors-Rockets game is a lot of fun right now.  A lot of emotion for a game on December 1.

Very intense. Definite playoff vibe. 

 

[The General]

GD it I just want to go to bed.

 

[TobiasFunke]

My Next Chapter

These might eventually get old.  But not for a while.

 

[Capella]

My Next Chapter

These might eventually get old.  But not for a while.

No they won't 

 

[pollardsvision]

Apologies to everybody's favorite T-Wolves, but they ain't no match for the Hornets. MKG shutting Wiggins down. That terrible T-Wolves defense awakened every Hornet.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

3 quarter court lob

 

[Cliff Clavin]

The Raptors have now won their last four games by a combined 129 points,

 

[Frostillicus]

Apologies to everybody's favorite T-Wolves, but they ain't no match for the Hornets. MKG shutting Wiggins down. That terrible T-Wolves defense awakened every Hornet.

Update?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

God Draymond aka Randle Lite is a ####### tool. 2nd guy he's kicked in a week. 

“It’s funny how you can tell me how I get hit and how my body is supposed to react. I didn’t know the league office was that smart when it came to body movements. I’m not sure if they took kinesiology for their positions to tell you how your body is going to react when you get hit in a certain position. Or you go up and you have guys who jump to the ceiling. A lot of these guys that make the rules can’t touch the rim, yet they tell you how you’re way up there in the air which way you’re body (is supposed to go). I don’t understand that. That’s like me going in there and saying, ‘Hey, you did something on your paperwork wrong.’ I don’t know what your paperwork looks like. But it is what it is.... Let them keep telling people how their body react, I guess. They need to go take a few more kinesiology classes, though. Maybe they can take a taping class or functional movement classes. Let me know how the body works, because clearly mine don’t work the right way.”

 

[Charlie Harper]

He has a point.

 

[thecatch]

He has a point.

 

[simmonjm]

He has a point.

How do you explain why absolutely no one else in the NBA has a problem kicking people? 

 

[Cliff Clavin]

"It's not a foul! It's Kinesiology! I can't help if I hit him!"

Artest should have used that excuse after the Malice.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Westbrook with the quadruple double.

 

[Bull Dozier]

How do you explain why absolutely no one else in the NBA has a problem kicking people? 

He said it himself, his body doesn't work right.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Oh Matt Barnes. You're so tough...

 

[SayWhat?]

The Warriors are just plain silly.  Up 80-50 at the half.  Clay with 40 on 22 shots in 18 minutes.  

 

[ffldrew]

The Warriors are just plain silly.  Up 80-50 at the half.  Clay with 40 on 22 shots in 18 minutes.  

57 with 3 left in the 3rd

 

[Charlie Harper]

KD can't wait until he gets hot.

 

[TobiasFunke]

The Warriors are just plain silly.  Up 80-50 at the half.  Clay with 40 on 22 shots in 18 minutes.  

Who could have guessed that a team with the second- and third-best players in the league along with two other top 15 players would be much much better than almost all of the other teams?

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Apparently Klay had the ball in his hands 88 seconds to score his 60 last night.  Someone cue the Barkley jump shooting team meltdown. 

 

[SayWhat?]

Who could have guessed that a team with the second- and third-best players in the league along with two other top 15 players would be much much better than almost all of the other teams?

Crazy, right?

 

[thecatch]

Apparently Klay had the ball in his hands 88 seconds to score his 60 last night.  Someone cue the Barkley jump shooting team meltdown. 

Might be one of the five craziest basketball stats ever. 

 

[Sammy3469]

Oh Derrick...oh BJ...

PHIL STEP AWAY FROM THE WHITE COURTESY PHONE.

http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/65783/good-possibility-derrick-rose-remains-with-knicks-long-term-his-agent-says

 

[LAUNCH]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzBROptUAAA43IU.jpg

 

[pollardsvision]

Might be one of the five craziest basketball stats ever. 

And he only dribbled the ball 11 times.

 

[Gr00vus]

It's Larry Bird's birthday today. He's 60. 

Seems like that MSU ISU game was just a couple of years ago. #### I'm old.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Um @Notorious T.R.E.

Just spitballing here, but Dieng might want to be stronger on the box out.  At least you have Towns.

I would like him to go when Rubio does.

Rubio, Dieng, Muhammad and a 1st for Gay and Cousins, who says no?