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sports media take: "AD said he can't promise LA he'll be there next year because things change fast.. you know what that means.. he can't commit because he's not a loyal person. he's selfish and he wants the next team to be all about him. he doesn't care about winning. he just wants attention. all he had to say to the reporter was 'i'm here to win games'. he hasn't won anything yet and he's acting like a diva, holding the Lakers hostage."
Never said he would. A lot of us non Sixers fans said it was an overpay. I mentioned something about his defense playing with another big not being great and someone mentioned he was playing Center or something. Either way I stand by my stance of I don't like the signing from a $$$ stand point and I don't think the Sixers got any better with the signing. Horford should just play at the 4 and the team should've signed a decent Back up C instead. Last year the Sixers would've been one and done without Butler and Simmons went MIA most of the Toronto Series. You can say oh he played Leonard well. I mean if you like Moral Victories he only dropped 35-40 on him instead of 50 on whoever else guarded. I think the only position they upgraded overall Age and ability was SG. Harris is an inconsistent SF with questionable D there overpaid to get him then they had to overpay just to keep him to prevent both he and Jimmy both leaving. Horford is still a decent player but well past his prime. They really did nothing to improve the bench. I think they somewhat tried to upgrade back up PG but again thats a risk there with Neto staying healthy.
Thats where my argument is here. To back up them paying Horford that much with the he'll back up Embiid too is not a good reason at all. I don't think anyone else was gonna go that high on Horford. The thing that will keep Horford going is he's smart and Crafty so even given a decline in skill set he's still very playable. He just won't live up to what the Sixers are paying statistically in the long run and I know fans are incredible impatient overall in sports and won't use common sense thinking. If they are really that concerned about having someone as good as Horford as Embiid's back up that is not an encouraging sign for Joel and the fans IMHO. That's telling me that he's expected to miss more games then you'd like and we need more then a back up who can play spot start minutes. Horford does give a lot of things like leadership and professionalism but even the little things and locker room stuff you could argue with it, it's still too much you are paying the guy. And I'm saying this as a guy who's a Florida fan and has watched Horford from College and in the NBA so I'm not being a Horford hater at all. I just know what he gives me at this point in his career and he's not living up to that contract.
Jerry West was on the Dan Patrick show the other day. Dan asked him how much credit he should be given for the Kawhi signing and he aww shucks'd his way through it with a "very little" answer.BigSteelThrill said:Shaq, last night, answering why Kawhi Leonard went to the Clippers and not Lakers...
"Because Jerry West is a master."
I still remember when he threatened to resign with the GSW's when they were considering trading Klay for Kevin Love.
OMG! He was the first bench player born in New England to score eight points in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter of a preseason game!!!!!
"Add those two games together, and for a minute Layman boasted the most points per 36 minutes in NBA history — ahead of Michael Jordan and George Gervin."
Let's not get crazy now. Ainge still fleeced high collars of 2 first round picks for a player who can't play.
interesting. i remember after the Colangelo fiasco last year the Sixers talked to Buford a lot. the rumor was Brand would take over for now and Buford was going to come over when his contract was up and get a title like president of basketball operations. front offices can be funny with credit being given and taken by speculation, but all signs pointed to Buford being legit.
He may get a few open looks in the Bucks offense. Great signing for Milwaukee. The vets the Bucks have added this offseason all appear to be good fits.Korver picks the Bucks over the Sixers.
SIxers in 4. Hell, may be Sixers in 3, and the Bucks just figure to not even show up for game 4
Tacko Fall is a much taller human and he's also been playing basketball in 2019. Bol is tall, but there are other guys his size in the NBA. Fall is bigger than Boban so he's a bit of a spectacle.
538 proj Vegas Differential
ATL 28 32.5 -4.5
BOS 46 48.5 -2.5
BRK 38 45.5 -7.5
CHA 26 24.5 1.5
CHI 37 30.5 6.5
CLE 21 24.5 -3.5
DAL 44 41.5 2.5
DEN 51 50.5 0.5
DET 36 36.5 -0.5
GSW 50 47.5 2.5
HOU 58 51.5 6.5
IND 39 48.5 -9.5
LAC 48 55.5 -7.5
LAL 51 51.5 -0.5
MEM 35 27.5 7.5
MIA 44 42.5 1.5
MIL 54 56.5 -2.5
MIN 43 35.5 7.5
NOP 43 37.5 5.5
NYK 23 27.5 -4.5
OKC 41 N/A #VALUE!
ORL 42 41.5 0.5
PHI 59 53.5 5.5
PHO 35 26.5 8.5
POR 41 45.5 -4.5
SAC 33 35.5 -2.5
SAS 37 43.5 -6.5
TOR 45 45.5 -0.5
UTA 49 52.5 -3.5
WAS 32 28.5 3.5
yeah, will be interesting when they go into more details. the Pacers one made no sense to me either
I looked at the projected minutes distributions for the Kings and some of them were pretty weird (like Bjelica full time at the 3 even though I don’t think he ever played there last year). I didn’t look through the other teams, but maybe that has something to do with it.
Bulls minutes are weird too like having LaVine getting the majority of his minutes at PG. But I’m ignoring that because they’re giving a 52% chance at making the playoffs.
And I'd be quite surprised if the GSW finished above the LAC in the reg season.
I'd say these guys are locks for at least 1 of the 15 all-NBA slots sans major injury:
#ShamsWow
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Spurs legend Tim Duncan has joined Gregg Popovich's coaching staff as an assistant coach.
3:48 PM · Jul 22, 2019
