Eh, I think the Spurs are probably gonna be bad next year. Losing Green and Anderson probably hurts them more than DeRozan helps them, and LMA had a career year that he’s unlikely to replicate, and even then the Spurs barely made the playoffs and now the West is stronger. Pop is an incredible coach, but I think the…
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I’m sorry, a “slightly better” superstar? Kawhi is 10 times the player DeRozan is, a legitimate 2-way monster who is an MVP candidate if he’s healthy. DeRozan scores a lot, I guess, but he also has limited effectiveness off the ball and gives back a ton of his offensive value on the defensive end. I’m not sure this…
Otto Porter is more than ok. He’s the third best player from that draft (which was actually pretty good, just not at the top), and absolutely worth the third overall pick. I’d say he’s a fair bit better than your average #3 pick.
I don’t hate the guy, but come on, he sucks. He did look pretty good in those two games he played for Chicago against the Celtics, but aside from that he’s just a mediocre point guard who would have long ago been consigned to a unglamorous backup role if it weren’t for his former stardom.
I mean, he played with prime KG, so he literally has played with someone of LeBron’s caliber.
This isn’t a bad idea in theory, but unfortunately Rondo and Lance both really suck. If LeBron wanted somebody who could actually play as a primary ballhandler and shot creator, why the hell didn’t the Lakers sign Tyreke Evans? They’re paying Rondo and Lance a combined $13.5M this year while the Pacers got Evans for…
I think they’re betting on being better than they were last year. Less Melo is gonna be a good thing, George and Westbrook figured out how to share the offensive responsibility after a bad start, and Roberson should be back next season.
This is just patently false. I don’t know where you are getting your information, but over the last 5 years Green has been ranked 12th, 1st, 3rd, 2nd, and 14th in DRPM in the NBA. Those are godlike numbers. Green has pretty much been easily the best defender in the league by advanced stats since Kerr was hired before…
Klay is a great player! Here are his DRPM numbers for the last 5 seasons: -0.17, -0.72, -0.61, -0.45, 0.13. For context, Jimmy was at 2.78 this season, Dipo was at 3.17, and Roberson at 4.34 (!!!). Klay simply is not on a similar level to those guys. His offensive game is great, but his strengths (shooting, pretty…
Dude, Harden was MVP last season. He is better than Klay, and he is better than Klay by a lot. Their offensive games aren’t even in the same universe. You are basically suggesting that Klay is the best player on his own team if you think he is better than Harden.
If you don’t think Harden is better than Klay you’re an idiot. Now, if you think Harden is a de-facto PG that’s fair I guess. But along with Harden, Oladipo and Butler were easily better this past year, and you could make an argument for any of Donovan Mitchell, Tyreke Evans, Eric Gordon, Gary Harris, DeMar DeRozan,…
What? No they weren’t. They apparently didn’t even offer him any deal, let alone a max.
Incredible stuff from the Lakers. Managing to screw up free agency even though you signed LeBron isn’t easy, but they sure are giving it their best shot.
Not really, you have to pay a fuckton of money to keep good teams together. All of the guys signed past next season are still in their primes save for Patterson, and he’s only owed $6M. Most importantly, all of their players will be on good or great contracts. If worst comes to worst and they need to blow it up, those…
You can get decent rotation centers for cheap these days, so unless Cousins is basically the same guy he was last year, signing him to an expensive contract is gonna look pretty bad. Plus, Cousins has never been as good as his counting stats, and his best role involves him having the ball *a ton*, which isn’t a great…
Once Melo’s contract comes off the books after next season their cap will look a ton better. The only players they have signed past that are their starting 5 (Westbrook, Roberson, George, Grant, Adams), which is very good, plus Patrick Patterson if he opts in, which I think he will. That puts them at a little over $122…
Nah, in that scenario tiebreaker 6 would apply: Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned. Since Mexico, Sweden, and Germany would all be tied through the first five tiebreakers, goals scored in matches not involving South Korea would settle it. Germany and Sweden would have 2…
That’s not really easy to do, because if the other team doesn’t want to score, they won’t. You’d have to score a blatant own goal at that point, which is an option, I guess, but I doubt any team would ever do it. Having a few reserves pick up yellow cards might be easier.
Even other NBA franchises didn’t think Milwaukee was dumb enough to take DiVincenzo at 17 with Huerter still on the board. You truly can never count out the Bucks.