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I'm going to need to hear more about this in the future. A nap before you go to sleep for the night, wow I never thought about doing this.
when it is all said and done (or maybe just after the next basketball season), i think there will be a few players identified as steals. If i had to pick objectively, Memphis jumping back into the 1st round and grabbing Desmond Bane at 30 is the one i would pick. Obviously Hasliburton will be mentioned a bunch too, but Bane that late is impressive. Guy hit 43 3 pointers in a row at some point last season
His shot fell more than I thought it would and I thought he did better against the big time SFs (Leonard/George/Lebron) than expected - he can't lock them down, but he can be left alone on them well enough. Paired with Porter, he can take the tougher assignment defensively and has just enough offensive skill and shooting ability not to muck things up. Porter's rebounding negates what is Grant's biggest weakness.
He's not a good shooter at all. How often to sub 60% free throw shooters develop good three point shooting? I believe it's basically never.
any team that can consider Al Horford a boondoggle (and i freely stipulate that he didn't fit and y'all paid him too much) has problems too big for the entire Rivers family to solve.
Was a total misplaced panic move after not being able to convince Jimmy Butler to stay.
Are we relying on Kyle O'Quinn to backup and spot start for Embiid though? I guess Mike Scott is the primary backup at the 4? Got two weeks until camp! lol
The most important name isn't even listed - Daryl Morey. Yes, he's always been a star-hunter but his ability to sign/cheaply trade for undervalued players that eventually get rotational minutes can't be underestimated. I still don't believe the Simmons/Embiid combo will work, but I would trust Morey to get max value for whichever one he eventually ships out. Or both.
Way to use a sample size of 18 FTs
They don't exactly call a lot of fouls in the Euro league. He was 100% the year before. 2 for 2. Does that make him a perfect shooter?
Way to use a sample size of 18 FTs
Having coached AAU ball for 20+ years, for shooting it is all about form. His form is solid. He's 19 years old and 6'9". No way has he been asked to shoot from distance in games. Form says he can be good enough shooter to play the 4.
that should be an easy spot to solve.
well, yeah, that's implicit in the whole thing. Instead of being locked in to whatever box the prior regime seemed to be in, he actually tried to figure out who might actually work on the court with embiid and simmons...so the offense just might not look like a clogged toilet too much this year.
Yup. Morey's press conference post draft already hinted that they have one or 2 guys lined up to back-up Joel. Sounds like Doc Rivers has recruited some more and might be someone linked through him. Either way, it sounds like almost a guarantee that the Sixers will bring in a quality back-up.
That's the key - how Doc rolls out the minutes. He's never been a real analytically driven head coach. Tough to maximize players like Joe or Reed if the coach doesn't buy the background reasons they are on the roster in the first place. Probably a minor item to note vs Embiid health, Simmons role with ball on offense, Harris on defense, etc but that's one item I'll be paying attention to.
Charlotte has competition for Westbrook!!!
Setting high expectations preseason then getting pissed off when the team disappoints?
it feels like with FSU basketball players you know what you're getting. they're going to be hard workers, they're going to defend and they have been well coached to actually play basketball.
To begin, let’s stand on the shoulders of Charlie Munger. Let’s start with him and his approach. His two-part technique is:
Dedmon addition likely takes them out of the Gasol sweepstakes.
PG: Rose
SG: Snell
SF: Ariza
PF: Blake
C : Marc Gasol (?)
Can't help but laugh.
four days left to get that '21 Wolves pick and $17mil trade exception into action. one reasonable veteran shooter and theyre right in the mix
If it is dead, I’d have to guess the latter. I don’t think execs at two teams would leak that a sign and trade was a done deal without speaking to the player supposedly signing. There were some analysts who reacted to the trade by noting Atlanta was willing to offer more salary - maybe Bogdan got wind of that?
should have been patient and could have answered my own question:
Follow the $...like Horford Hayward will have a team give him a contract they will regret very quickly (and I don't blame the players for taking it either)...if this does not turn into a sign and trade it will hurt...not so much that they are losing Hayward (although that does hurt) but because this is not a situation where they get to use the cap space he was taking up...pressure will be on Ainge, while he did a great job building them into a contender without doing a pre-meditated tank job he needs to figure out how to get that missing piece or two that gets them over the top...Tatum/Brown is a fantastic foundation (with a lot more upside) and they have some solid prospects in the kids they drafted last night, Grant Williams, Time Lord and Langford but he has to figure out how to address that gaping hole in the middle if they want to go from good to very good.
will be interesting. I guess Tatum will play this year out and sign his extension next year? they will certainly need to max him. Will be interesting to see what they can do, and if any free agents want to go there. it just seems like they can get solid guys to come in, and they look to leave, and leave a little bitterly. No idea if Ainge even handles the contract negotiations, but you have to wonder if he is getting a bad reputation.
it hurts because it dont get us under the cap (and ownership has proven over & over since the Jersey trade that things which save the Celtics actual expenditure are more likely than not to occur) to seek replacement, but the Green will feel the loss of Horford more
