Rambis? You mean the guy who thought it would be a good idea for a 7-3 interior defender to go out and guard wings on the perimeter? The same guy who once played Ryan Gomes more minutes than a young and upcoming Kevin Love?

Agreed. Hinkie was a terrible talent evaluator who would most likely would have traded the number one pick for a bunch of 2nd rounders and then thought he outsmarted everybody.

He’d transition easily into the booth but I also wouldn’t mind seeing him try his hand at becoming an assistant coach with his sights set at a head coaching gig in the future. Apparently he worked a ton with Whiteside on his offensive post game. If anybody witnessed some of Whiteside’s post game during the 2nd half of…

My guess is that San Antonio had very little need for free agents, but they’ve been EXTREMELY successful in signing some plug and play guys like Bruce Bowen and Robert Horry in the past. They haven’t had a need to sign a point guard or a center/power forward in the past because they’ve always had Parker and Duncan.…

Carrolle can defend James in spots, although James can exploit him in the post. Then the Raptors are going to have to switch to Biyambo and hope he doesn’t commit fouls early in the game because after that they’re barren. I expect Love to have a big series due to his versatility on offense combined with James. If…

I think it’s definitely a great FA destination for a good to great FA who is looking to make a title run. I don’t think playing with Aldridge would make somebody jump but playing with Leonard while playing for Popovich/Buford? Definitely. San Antonio might not be the greatest city as far as aesthetics out there, but…

I was throwing out Westbrook’s name as a potential, as he’ll be a FA at the end of next season. I agree with you though, he doesn’t really fit in with their system or organization for that matter.

Agreed on the Celtics having a team full of Hall of Famer in the 50's and 60's. They also played during a time when there were only 9 teams. They drafted astonishingly well. That added to the fact that Auerbach was a pirate made certain that they were always a top team. Thing was that Auerbach could bring in a player…

They rarely have needed to get players via free agency over the last 20 years though. They draft extremely well and develop the players they draft better than any team in the NBA. Popovich seems to know how to make those players shine and when they leave via free agency or trade they rarely play better than they did…

He’s going to need a lot more help than just Aldridge. Parker is 34 and past his prime. He won’t be getting better as he loses his main asset: speed. Same thing with Ginobli. They need guards now. As far as Leonard goes, I’m not sure if we’ve seen him top out yet as he has gotten better and better every season he’s…

Agreed. Who knew? I watched him play live 8 times 2 seasons ago in Brooklyn and I don’t think he had 4 assists. He was just this guy who if he was near the basket he was likely to finish with a dunk. Outside of that I saw very little value in his game. He was an average rebounder, a below average rim protectot and…

Skiles isn’t wrong. He’s a terrible coach if you’ve got a team full of former lottery picks that need to develop. He’s a “system” coach, and he needs a certain type of player at each position in order to do reasonably well. I’m sure he went to management and asked to get those types of players at the expense of…

Maybe. I mean they just need to get lucky and get the #1 overall pick in the draft the year another Shaquille O’Neal decides to enter the NBA early again and then POW, right back in the thick of it.

Just remember that none of his teammates came to his birthday party. It’s why the Browns didn’t choose Bo Callahan in the 2014 draft.

I got one question for ya, Connor. How many of your teammates attended your own birthday party?

I didn’t know that about Aldridge. I think he’s a good player for sure but I also saw him in virtually the same offense the Blazers are running now and that same offense seems to work far better without having to worry about him stopping the flow while he got the ball in an isolation play that allowed the defense to…

Aldridge leaving was a blessing. As good as he is, he slowed down the offense in half,court sets and defensively he was never more than above average. This season the sum of their parts were far greater than the former All-Star. They ran a faster offense that took ffull advantage of the athleticism o guys like Davis…

Lillard lost out on the All-Star team because of the Kobe Bryant farewell tour. As far as All-NBA, you can make a great case for him being 3rd team. Lillard is great no doubt, but the overwhelming reason for their success is Terry Stotts. No coach got more with less than Stotts. The Blazers were picked to be a lottery…

I saw Dr. J live on both the Nets and the Sixers. While Dr.J was a great NBA player, one of the best of his time, he was MUCH better in the ABA. He was so straight up dominant in the ABA that it was like he was playing a different game than everybody else. He essentially was the power forward of those Nets teams where…

Jesus dude, I’ve literally gone decades without thinking about Dan Cortese before I read his name in your comment. Damn you, just damn you to Hell for that.