Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Sun September 10, 2023 1:16 pm
Dillon Brooks is what's going on.Ello Sailor wrote:So you guys suck at basketball or what's going on?
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Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 6:30 pm
OMG
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 6:30 pm
I feel like I just got hit by a truck.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 6:31 pm
I can handle losing to the Bucks sorry 4/5 but thank Christ you didn't get him.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 6:32 pm
or the Sixers I couldn't handle that either.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 7:04 pm
Today is a good day for the NBA.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 7:07 pm
Sucks to see Holiday go.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 7:12 pm
True, but it's Damian Lillard. You have to go get him, especially after the comments Giannis has been making this summer.spike wrote:
Sucks to see Holiday go.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 7:45 pm
Why?Monkey_Driven wrote:Today is a good day for the NBA.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 7:45 pm
4/5 wrote:Why?Monkey_Driven wrote:Today is a good day for the NBA.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 7:47 pm
I mean but fr? I’m good with Bada being glad Miami didn’t get him, that makes sense. I’m honestly curious what MD’s reasoning is.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 7:48 pm
Also I’m way deep in my feelings rn so anything I say can’t be used against me by a court of law. Pretty sure that’s in the Constitution.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 7:52 pm
- It likely ensures that Giannis stays with the Bucks for a few more years4/5 wrote:I mean but fr? I’m good with Bada being glad Miami didn’t get him, that makes sense. I’m honestly curious what MD’s reasoning is.
- Keeps Dame in a small market
- Doesn't continue to set a precedent for guys to request trades (and get traded) to one specific team
- The Blazers chose the best deal to gracefully transition to rebuilding without making irrelevant for multiple years
- ends all the trade speculation before the season so we can focus on actual basketball
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 8:14 pm
I agreed with you a couple years ago that Giannis staying with the Bucks was good for the NBA, I’m not sold that them making another big trade to placate their franchise star is anything for the league, good or bad. Good move by the team but this isn’t the same as him resigning in 2020.Monkey_Driven wrote:- It likely ensures that Giannis stays with the Bucks for a few more years4/5 wrote:I mean but fr? I’m good with Bada being glad Miami didn’t get him, that makes sense. I’m honestly curious what MD’s reasoning is.
- Keeps Dame in a small market
- Doesn't continue to set a precedent for guys to request trades (and get traded) to one specific team
- The Blazers chose the best deal to gracefully transition to rebuilding without making irrelevant for multiple years
- ends all the trade speculation before the season so we can focus on actual basketball
I mean it’s not like the Lakers or Knicks we’re trying to trade for him so idk how relevant the market size is, but if you want that one, I guess.
Really it breaks the recent precedent, but will probably be more of a one-off like Kawhi to the Raptors was than anything real pushing back against the player empowerment stuff. So Dame didn’t get what he wants, hooray! He sure seemed like the obnoxious selfish guy that deserved to get sent somewhere he didn’t want to go…
I strongly disagree that this was Portland’s best offer. It sure seems like they decided they simply weren’t trading him to Miami because a) they didn’t want to send Dame where he wanted, b) they didn’t want Miami to get him because they didn’t like how talks went with them, or c) the league pressured them not to trade him to Miami for the reasons you mentioned. We’ll see what they get for Jrue, maybe it’ll end up that this was their best deal but it sure doesn’t seem like it.
Seems like good day for Bucks. Bad day for Blazers. Awful day for Heat. I don’t see some win for the little guy or the league in this.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 8:21 pm
tragabigzanda wrote:i hate in sports when someone says "i got it!" but then they miss it.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 8:26 pm
At least it’s a hilariously bad trade for Portland. Miami will be fine.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 8:43 pm
- It keeps a team in a small market relevant for longer. That's a good thing for us midwesterners looking for good basketball.4/5 wrote:I agreed with you a couple years ago that Giannis staying with the Bucks was good for the NBA, I’m not sold that them making another big trade to placate their franchise star is anything for the league, good or bad. Good move by the team but this isn’t the same as him resigning in 2020.Monkey_Driven wrote:- It likely ensures that Giannis stays with the Bucks for a few more years4/5 wrote:I mean but fr? I’m good with Bada being glad Miami didn’t get him, that makes sense. I’m honestly curious what MD’s reasoning is.
- Keeps Dame in a small market
- Doesn't continue to set a precedent for guys to request trades (and get traded) to one specific team
- The Blazers chose the best deal to gracefully transition to rebuilding without making irrelevant for multiple years
- ends all the trade speculation before the season so we can focus on actual basketball
I mean it’s not like the Lakers or Knicks we’re trying to trade for him so idk how relevant the market size is, but if you want that one, I guess.
Really it breaks the recent precedent, but will probably be more of a one-off like Kawhi to the Raptors was than anything real pushing back against the player empowerment stuff. So Dame didn’t get what he wants, hooray! He sure seemed like the obnoxious selfish guy that deserved to get sent somewhere he didn’t want to go…
I strongly disagree that this was Portland’s best offer. It sure seems like they decided they simply weren’t trading him to Miami because a) they didn’t want to send Dame where he wanted, b) they didn’t want Miami to get him because they didn’t like how talks went with them, or c) the league pressured them not to trade him to Miami for the reasons you mentioned. We’ll see what they get for Jrue, maybe it’ll end up that this was their best deal but it sure doesn’t seem like it.
Seems like good day for Bucks. Bad day for Blazers. Awful day for Heat. I don’t see some win for the little guy or the league in this.
- I don't know. The leaguewide memos and fines for players like Harden wanting out seem like a clear message from the league that they've lost patience with this type of behavior. That combined with the much harsher penalties for teams deep in the tax will likely lead to fewer superteams.
- We will probably never know if it was the best offer, but I don't think Dame had as much value as you think. He's older and has a huge contact. Not many teams were willing to take that on (or had the pieces to reasonably make it happen). Plus, the Blazers got to ditch Nurkic. That is huge for them.
- I don't expect you to like this, to be honest. I look forward to watching Giannis and Dame play together. They pair very nicely together.
Re: NBA Thread
Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 8:46 pm
Jrue and Ayton or what from Miami, Herro and a low round number one? Pretty sure this trade is better than what Miami was offering.
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 8:47 pm
Hopefully not the Celtics amiritetragabigzanda wrote:Do we know yet which games/conferences HBO will air during their free NBA rollout before it goes to paid in February?
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Posted: Wed September 27, 2023 8:53 pm
Ayton would have been there in either offer. Herro plus two or possibly three firsts plus two swaps. Unless they have a time machine for Holiday I don’t think he’s going to get more than an additional first than Herro would get them.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Jrue and Ayton or what from Miami, Herro and a low round number one? Pretty sure this trade is better than what Miami was offering.