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Author Topic: NBA Thread 2019-20  (Read 219590 times)

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #800 on: June 22, 2019, 01:43:36 PM »
So who is staying in Toronto and who is going to the Lakers?
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #801 on: June 24, 2019, 10:18:14 PM »
Giannis wins MVP

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #803 on: June 25, 2019, 06:59:52 PM »

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #804 on: June 25, 2019, 07:00:42 PM »
Crean sucks
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #805 on: June 25, 2019, 11:14:12 PM »
Ryan Hollins sucks

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #806 on: June 29, 2019, 09:18:22 AM »
Great piece on HBO Real Sports about Don Nelson.

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #807 on: June 29, 2019, 09:21:14 AM »
Reports are that the Hornets are "only" willing to offer Kemba $170 million over 5 years, which is "only" $30 million more than the Lakers, Celtics and Mavs could offer him over 4 years. Speculation is that Kemba, who has said multiple times that he wants to stay in Charlotte and would take "a little less money" to do so, will leave.
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #808 on: June 29, 2019, 04:23:19 PM »
Reports are that the Hornets are "only" willing to offer Kemba $170 million over 5 years, which is "only" $30 million more than the Lakers, Celtics and Mavs could offer him over 4 years. Speculation is that Kemba, who has said multiple times that he wants to stay in Charlotte and would take "a little less money" to do so, will leave.

Looks like he’s going to Boston. The Celt’s will be a better team with Kemba instead of Irving. Look for Brown and Tatum to flourish alongside Kemba.

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« Reply #809 on: June 29, 2019, 08:54:31 PM »
Looks like he’s going to Boston. The Celt’s will be a better team with Kemba instead of Irving. Look for Brown and Tatum to flourish alongside Kemba.

If I'm Horford, I'm opting back into that.

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #810 on: June 29, 2019, 11:40:52 PM »
Looks like he’s going to Boston. The Celt’s will be a better team with Kemba instead of Irving. Look for Brown and Tatum to flourish alongside Kemba.

Yep on all of that.

Kemba truly is a team-oriented player who wants to make those around him better. He shot more the last couple of years because he had to (and that only after working tirelessly to become a reliable 3-point threat), but he was not a ball-hog.

Kemba is a winner. He didn't have enough help to win in Charlotte, but he is a winner, and he will win big-time in Boston.

I'd take him over Kyrie without hesitation; heck, the Celtics were better without Kyrie and they didn't even have a player like Kemba to replace him.

I'm gonna miss him in Charlotte, but I understand why they aren't offering him the max -- they would be in salary-cap hell, and would not win any more than they have been -- and I'm genuinely happy for him that he'll have a chance to be on a very good team.
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #811 on: June 30, 2019, 03:45:14 PM »
Splash Mountain back with the Bucks.

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #812 on: June 30, 2019, 04:15:18 PM »
Splash Mountain back with the Bucks.

Four years, $52M is a lot of Brook Lopez. He was awesome, but I'll look to others on here that are smarter on the cap for what this means for the Bucks flexibility. I assume this means that only one of Middleton and Brogdon are staying (likely Middleton because of the unique way he would count against the cap?) and little to no flexibility to add pieces for the rest of Giannis's contract?

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #813 on: June 30, 2019, 04:30:08 PM »
Middleton also coming back.

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #814 on: June 30, 2019, 05:32:06 PM »
That Middleton situation was damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Good for him getting a truckload of cash, but years 4/5 of that deal...ugh.

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #815 on: June 30, 2019, 05:44:13 PM »
Malcolm Brogdon has agreed to a four-year, $85M deal with Indiana.

Indiana is trading a first-round and two future second round picks to the Milwaukee for Malcolm Brogdon.
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #816 on: June 30, 2019, 05:46:22 PM »
Malcolm Brogdon has agreed to a four-year, $85M deal with Indiana.

Indiana is trading a first-round and two future second round picks to the Milwaukee for Malcolm Brogdon.

bad deal!!!  we needed to keep malcolm!!!  love the guy!!!
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #817 on: June 30, 2019, 05:48:46 PM »
and the bucks had no draft picks.  connaughton must be feeling a little better and that's ok.  the guy is energy + and adds a lot coming off the bench. 

need to get better shooting out of bledsoe. 
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #818 on: June 30, 2019, 05:56:30 PM »
Wow ... those are some huge contracts.

Timing matters on these things. Nic Batum became a free agent right after he had the best year of his career and helped the Hornets to a 48-win season. They pretty much had to sign him ... but he couldn't live up to the contract and it's a major albatross for the organization.

In baseball, similar happened with Joe Mauer; he had several outstanding years, capped by his career year right as his contract expired. The Twins HAD to keep their home-town hero ... and he spent the next 8 years as an outrageously overpaid, injury-prone slap-hitter who couldn't even play catcher any more.

It happens, so I hope it doesn't happen to the Bucks with Lopez and Middleton.
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #819 on: June 30, 2019, 06:04:16 PM »
It's amazing how many guys have career years the last year of their contracts....eh?
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #820 on: June 30, 2019, 07:35:47 PM »
Larry Bird, Steph Curry, Reggie Miller, KD, Steve Nash, Dirk, Mark Price, and Malcolm Brogdon. That's the list of players to ever go 50/40/90. And the Bucks had a chance to keep one of them on their team who was the 2nd best player in the Playoffs for an ECF team for $21M/season while we're willing to pay Middleton $35.6M/season.

If there was ever a time for the Bucks to go big time it was this year. You come off an ECF, the Nets are a year away from being the best team in the East, Giannis is a year away from being eligible to sign a supermax extension. You run it back, win the East, and get Giannis to sign long term. Instead we want to stay out of the tax and show Giannis how small time we are.

There will be more moves made but I don’t see anyone coming in as good as Brogdon.
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #821 on: June 30, 2019, 07:40:54 PM »
I think the foot issues probably contributed to the Bucks not wanting to pay that contract.

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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #822 on: June 30, 2019, 08:01:26 PM »
Didant seam ta concern daPacers, doe, aina?
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Re: NBA Thread 2018-19
« Reply #823 on: June 30, 2019, 08:09:28 PM »
Didant seam ta concern daPacers, doe, aina?

Not too surprised after Bogdanovic went to Utah. They had cash to spend and needed a shooter next to Oladipo.

That said, the Bucks got a great deal. Three picks and you don't have to pay Brogdon to miss 25 games per year.

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« Reply #824 on: June 30, 2019, 08:58:02 PM »
Sew far, Bucks didant address der short comin's orr get bedder. Just like da Brew Crew two, hey?
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