Haha, nah debate away guys. I'm ghost on this discussion though.It has nothing to do with any of this. Who was there first, who is the best player etc... It is all to do with the system that they play and which best suits the team. The passing style with the constant moving and getting the best shot was built around Curry. They've added a bit of ISO to that since Durant arrived but when they overuse it is when they struggle. This is why it is Curry's team. He is the system! No more anyway or @Bubz27 will get upset with me.
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The only option I see him leaving is if they don't win the title and he gets scapegoated/outcasted there. Maybe if things don't go right, the unity between him and the other three stars who have been with each other longer gets broken. But if things continue being good, he won't move.
I think Kyrie has a very good chance of happening. The Boston media machine has already started turning the cogs for Kyrie's eventual exit. The Knicks were on Kyrie's teams he wanted to join from Cleveland and he grew up in Jersey.
If both him and Curry join Knicks then why notIt's OK, you can come support the Knicks if it happens. I won't tell anyone
Because then you wouldn't get to listen to Jim Barnett.
Lakers sign Rondo according to some reports. Glad we're putting shooters around LeBron.
Just heard it on ESPN. JaVale - check, Lance - check, Rondo - check, LaVar - check. Just hoping they can get JR to reunite or Swaggy P to come home.
Between that bunch and Lonzo and Kuzma diss tracking, should be a fun time in tinsel town.
I always liked Luke Walton too.
What a team.
I'm not entirely inspired by the post-LeBron moves we've made but I think it's clea the focus is on next summer or a mid-season trade .
Javale showed he could hit a 3 pointer in the Drew LeagueI think LeBron's going for "If KD can win with JaVale and Swaggy P, I'll show him."
I must've missed that
He's forgetting the Curry, Thompson, Green part. Someone tell him, quick!
With the way it's going so far you'd end up with Seth Curry, Tristan Thompson and Jeff Green.
What the hell are they doing, they just renounced Randle to sign Rondo? Are they insane?
I think it’s entirely possible that Ainge will try to deal Kyrie before the end of season. They will be wary of handing over a max contract to an injury prone player.
Tyreke Evans is meeting with Warriors now, God no please no.
I've thought that too. I don't think it's outside the realms of possibility for Ainge to try and do a deal with the Spurs for Kawhi with Irving and some draft picks and/or players going one way and Kawhi (and possibly other pieces to balance salaries if necessary). They both have one year left and it would be incumbent on each organization to try and make the players stick around.
Yes! Him or Avery Bradley is just what we need. Those are my two possible wishes for the MLE.
shut the feck up bubz Charlton
Temper, temper!
I don’t get Lakers. Their only big men on the roster are McGee and Zubac now, they don’t have cap space left to sign another one and the just renounced a power forward/center who was excellent for them towards the end of last season and likely wouldn’t have cost a bomb plus was young enough to still improve and would have been perfect with LeBron. And they did it to sign a non-shooting point guard who hates LeBron.
Stephenson for MLE was a strange move. This is worse.
Stephenson for MLE was a strange move. This is worse.
When I was in Oracle Arena, during the warm up I saw him hitting a three too. I swear it.
This is the first move I haven't liked since Rob and Magic took over. Whoever gets Julius is getting a good piece.
Mo Wagner is seven feet tall
We COULD renounce Randle, let him go to RFA stretch Deng which frees up 9.4 then use that money along with the 5 or so mil we have left to pay Randle and it counts less against the cap than what it would have done of we signed him as an RFA ?
Wishful thinking I know but it would be a grand bit of cap wizardry.
Aye, sweet jumper as well.
I like Rondo, and think that he might be the best passer in the league, but why on Earth they signed him considering that he ain't that good at shooting, and on LeBron and Lonzo, they already have two superb passers. It just makes no sense to me, unless they are planning to get rid of Lonzo. I mean, Lonzo is too good to not be a starter (if they are planning to develop him) but Ronjo is better. For a team that has significant holes, no idea why they went for a player they didn't need as much.
Unless the masterplan is to also get Boogie Cousins whom is a friend with Rondo, this makes not much sense. And even then, it still doesn't.
Unless the masterplan is to also get Boogie Cousins whom is a friend with Rondo, this makes not much sense. And even then, it still doesn't.
Mintz. Julius didn't want to stick around for a QO or cheap deal. The bad blood started with D'lo getting traded to basketball purgatory (Nets) and Randle being demoted to the bench for half a season. Hence no meeting with PG and by that time, the hatred was mutual between the front office and CAA. People are scratching their heads around the moves Lakers have made, but if the plan is to sign marquee players in 2019 free agent class, this was the only route to take.
This could be a precursor to a move for DMC. S&T Randle/Deng for Boogie/Rondo or just sign Boogie straight up and stretch Deng.
This could be a precursor to a move for DMC. S&T Randle/Deng for Boogie/Rondo or just sign Boogie straight up and stretch Deng.
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Getting Rondo makes sense if you're trading Lonzo to the Spurs as part of the deal for Kawhi. Randle going frees up some of the cap space needed as well.
He's been shit for a while.
Really hope Rockets can manage to sign a good PF or a wing to replace Ariza, Ariza is a great defender but a big minus offensively, a good PF along with Tucker/LMAM could work out.
Lakers are making no sense to me atm. They better make all their plays as there wont be a guy there to work the glass and provide presence around the rim . #LeBronbetterbehaving40pluspointsavg
KD will definitely leave the Warriors. An OKC journo who has known KD since he was 18 and is pretty close with people around him has been saying this for a while. He said it'd be next season (which it obviously won't be now) or the one after.
Also, this Lakers team is so weird. Rondo, Javale and Lance
Also, this Lakers team is so weird. Rondo, Javale and Lance
They must have one of the most inept front offices in the league or they know someone we don't.
I think he'll keep doing 1+1s until they don't win it all. As soon as that happens and he thinks it is all over he will be gone. I think he gets on OK with his team mates, however I'm not so sure he sees eye to eye with Steve Kerr.
Well, Free Agency hype was fun while it lasted. Boogie to the Warriors. Awesome.
EDIT: This is awesome for the Warriors but seriously, the NBA is so beyond ruined right now. Five all-stars in the starting line-up. Just a nice little refresher as to why everyone should hate Kevin Durant, though.
EDIT: This is awesome for the Warriors but seriously, the NBA is so beyond ruined right now. Five all-stars in the starting line-up. Just a nice little refresher as to why everyone should hate Kevin Durant, though.
this sucks