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Not bait. For the record i live in a neighboring city to milwaukee. Had tickets to todays game. Son got sick so didnt go. Big bucks fan.
Joel without the back issue was an obvious #1 pick. People only blasted it because they already had Noel but we all saw how that turned out. As well as the fact Embiid was hurt. A Healthy Embiid goes #1 to Cleveland. It was a good pick because the Sixers needed talent any way possible and Joel was a risk worth taking. You don't pass up on talent especially Embiid who was considered the Next Hakeem. As it turns out a lot of Sixers fans were wrong on Embiid being a poor pick. Ben and Brandon Ingram were the two most talented guys in that draft and thats not me saying Ben is overrated and if he were thrown on LAL or Orlando right now his weaknesses would stand out like a sore thumb. However most GM would've taken Ben or Ingram at #1 and 2. I'd fire most GMS and scouts in the NBA today because everyone has gotten lazy with their talent evaluation looking to tank and find an easy fix. Multiple studies I've looked into have come away with the conclusion just simple tanking and acquiring picks is not the big impact some thing unless you are getting an MJ or Lebron and even then you still have to build around them. The conclusion is you need a good foundation AKA GM and scouts. Then you need to make the right signings and trades and getting rid of players as well as draft picks.
A lot of hindsight calls in here. That's weak. Many many people blasted Philly for taking Embiid, he wasn't an obvious pick at 3. We've made good picks and bad picks like every other team.
Well, it surely wouldnt make any sense to teach a future playoff opponent - esp one that can be so easily derailed - how you're going to beat them unless you need the win.parasaurolophus said:
If the formula is make your threes, then yea they tried that. They just missed a lot of them.
my point was that playing without formula. letting Freak play for points & chuck away, was the shark move. if you don't especially need the win - esp after just losing your handyman in Brogdon - anything intentional would be educating a future foe in how you'll be attacking them.
Good win for the Spurs, but Cousins was out and Klay had maybe one of the worst shooting nights of his career and it was still a close game down the stretch.
I think Curry's beef is that he doesn't get the same calls. He'd be scoring 40+ a night of he got any respect from the refs.
On that specific play, his beef was that the ref who made the call a) wasn't in position to make the call, b) waited to blow the whistle.
agree with that. Embiid wasn't total consensus #1, many were very high on Wiggins. It is weird cause my memory usually sucks, but for whatever reason that draft really is vivid for me
man, that would be ideal. I would rather see Bucks round 2 then the Raptors. Something tells me Kawhi elevates his game something fierce and will absolutely shut down Ben and be as dominant as ever
He may have thought that, but;
No and no.
I'd like to see Embiid & Drummond go at it in the first round. The Process has run a lot of junk at Drummond over the years and there are very few big5 match-ups out there.somebody's going to have to lose to the Pistons in round 1
The 2 seed is pretty much out of reach. Catching up 5 games in 12 is really really hard. The more probable thing we can hope for is the Raptors to catch the Bucks for 1st place.
Ingram's trade value has went up in flames? Dude was balling after the AD trade rumors and showed massive upside on both ends of the floor. I agree they might as well sit James--but Ingrams trade value "going up in flames" is a ridiculous statement.
He won't say it, but I'll bet he regret going to the Lakers. He fell for the sales pitch of Magic Johnson, who clearly doesn't know what he's doing. I mean, who gets LeBron James and still can't surround him with enough talent to make the freaking playoffs?ffldrew said:
Love to see them mutually part ways somehow. Lebron can’t stay there. How is this going to get any better?
They we're putting up a pretty good effort with no JoJo tonight. 4 guys over 20 points. Hornets are just a desperate team.
It's not. Everybody assumes they will get Anthony Davis this summer, but who do the Lakers have to offer?
