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I feel pretty good about the Warriors, Rockets, Thunder, and Jazz. Everyone else should be worried to some degree. There are probably 12 teams in the West with non-frivolous arguments that they can make the playoffs.
Celtics own the King's 1st round pick unless it is #1, they are probably going to stink but they have no incentive to tank.
The Kings are young and really bad, but they have a decent coach, high motor players, and no reason to lose this year. Relative to what you typically think of when you are looking at the clear worst team in the conference, they might be a little feisty.
Young, high motor players accurately describes the Sun's from the past several years.
Absolutely. In a normal conference that isn’t obscenely stacked, the Grizzlies and Clippers are probably playoff teams. They’re barely in the conversation this year. Going to be fun watching several good Western teams miss the playoffs while the Hornets or Pistons limp into the East’s 8th seed a few games under .500.
I don’t think so. Who had a high motor for them other than Jackson last year? I’m defining that as giving effort on both sides of the floor.
I have a feeling he had another offer in the 8 to 10 million dollar range for only 1 or 2 years as a starter and he and his agent told the Celtics that they needed something like this to keep coming off the bench or he would bet on himself getting a bigger offer after being a starter. Or sign the tender and move after next year.Anarchy99 said:
Niles?Weebs210 said:
Being a Warrior fan is shtick now? I'll try to contain my excitement for the upcoming season better for you I guess.
abso down - would LOVE to league with this bunch.
Come on mo, they will make the playoffs. They are just calling out their first round opponent 10 months early.
Yeah I was poking around for odds and didn't see anything. I'll be around, we will figure something out.
Something will happen to a couple teams, injuries trades, bad luck.
The only teams with cap space remaining are the Kings and Hawks . . . and the Hawks are at like $8.5 million. I have no idea who has exceptions available or for how much. Maybe there was a suitor out there, but there are not many teams that could have been in the running to sign Smart to an offer sheet.
Schroeder wasn’t very good last year, but he’s got to be a pretty big (albeit expensive) upgrade at backup PG, right? Solid move for OKC.
I'm guessing the Thunder and (you heard it hear first) the Lakers.
I’ve seen that listed as one of the barriers (as if the Atlantic Ocean isn’t big enough) to putting an NFL franchise there permanently.Short Corner said:
I'm bearish on Portland this year too. They were a .500ish team if you take out their 13 game win streak which was against bad teams, teams without their stars or had otherworldly Dame performances. They did nothing in the draft to improve and they are completely neutered in free agency as nobody wants to play here. They were also pretty injury free last year. The GM is an egotistical sycophant who kisses Paul Allen's white creepy butt at every turn and won't entertain trading CJ or Dame to improve. This is a team destined for another first round exit IF they even get there.
Smart and I'm not even a Boston fan. Way better defense, younger and he's a competitor. Bradley is a nice player to have but theres so many things I view more important that Smart does that Bradley doesn't do. Plus I love the fact he can play PG/SG if necessaryAnarchy99 said:
I'm in if we get enough people. I started doing Fantasy Basketball the last few yrs and like it Helps past the time when Football and baseball aren't in session.
He's really not wrong it's what gets you paid in the NBA. The only time these so called experts even talk about defense is when it's about certain players. If the player is a great scorer they don't give a dam how bad your Defense is AKA James Harden
I'm pretty high on TLC so I hope he proves people wrong. Kind of thought with more playing time he can be a productive 3 and D guy off the bench. Maybe eventually turns himself into a decent starter role player for someone
Honestly if I'm Donovan I move Westbrook to SG and have Schroeder at PG. Westbrook is more a 2 then a 1. I've always thought Derrick Rose was the same way at least style wise to an extentent.
big man who can't play at least cromulent defense isn't going to get paid that much for that long. it's different for guards, not to mention the fact that harden's offensive value is so much superior to almost everyone else.
Can't do that. Neither Westbrook or Schroeder are good enough shooters or defenders to have out there at the same time.
