2017 NBA OFFSEASON

All-Defense Team, other players with votes: Damian Lillard 1

ha, gotta be a portland beat writer, yeah?

lol Lillard.

I'd give Covington a spot over Giannis.

millsap's a really good defender, bise. some of the best hands for a pf in the league. always swiping the ball away. good shot blocker and plays the perimeter well too.

ok im sold, lets do it

it'd be a great get by the spurs if they can pull it off. hawks might be looking for someone a little younger tho

millsap not on that list seems bad. they should probs have 3 all nba defensive teams

millsap is the definition of a spurs player.

who's starting at the 5 for yall next year?

Great question. I'll let you know once we have one under contract.

(gasol and dedmon were our dudes this year, both are FAs)

excited to announce i will be starting for the spurs at the 5 next year

imo george hill would be best suited to the nuggets but at 31 hes too old and injury prone for the length of contract he'll no doubt be looking for.

i dont like rubio for the nuggs bc jokic deserves actual shooters to pass to

apparently the knicks are interested in rubio which is weird bc i thought the triangle de-emphasized PG handling and passing and turned them into a spot-up shooter a lot of the time

on the other hand its the knicks

oh right

All-Defense Team, other players with votes: Damian Lillard 1

― A is for (Aimless), Monday, June 26, 2017 1:25 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

IT got a vote too and he's even worse if you can believe it

hard to argue with that first team. giannis maybe not an all-nba defender yet tho

Think Tony Allen is a living on his rep at this point idk

his rep around the league apparently is still really good. idk

yeah, after looking at his DRtg stats, that checks out. still, a 2nd team all defense is about as close to a lifetime achievement award as he's gonna get.

prolly so.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-nba-haters-ball/

that marquise chris missed dunks section is unbelievable

hey remember last nba season i guess theyre giving out the awards for it tonight lol

man wiggins is spectacularly one dimensional thats really something xp

hes a throwback u dont really see players like that anymore who just straight up dont give a shit about anything except scoring

I thought he was meant to be a good defender

guess he forgot to do that

he was supposed to be good at everything except maybe scoring and then he was only good at scoring

maybe someone was holding the scouting report upside down

lol

lol this awards show is two hours long hm yes that is what i want to watch for 2 hours

a thing im def gonna watch............NOT

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-nba-haters-ball/

that marquise chris missed dunks section is unbelievable

― down that brown path (Spottie), Monday, June 26, 2017 6:17 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dray 😎

man wiggins is spectacularly one dimensional thats really something xp

― lag∞n, Monday, June 26, 2017 8:17 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark

nobody who writes/talks about the nba who i trust seems to wonder about either of these things so i think i may just be wrong here in questioning this but i don't understand a. why wiggins is considered a foundational cornerstone piece or. b why exactly he's obviously more desirable than zach lavine, who people seem to think isn't very good?

lavine is a better three point shooter (and two point shooter!), an elite athlete and apparently no worse at defense? and now the wolves are trying to trade ricky rubio bcuz they don't have enough shooting. i'm all in on team "you need as many wings as possible" right now so maybe it's simply that but i remain confused exactly as to why wiggins is currently seen as anything more than a younger rudy gay

i guess if they think his defensive problems are just about effort then that can flip overnight in theory

it's a great point. part of it is almost certainly just pedigree.

lavine has more of an injury history but let's be real everyone is an injury optimist when it comes to young wings.

i turned this awards thing on and saw drake in a tuxedo and i guess he's hosting? and i turned it off.

dray DPOY well deserved

shoulda gone to klay

Draaaaaay

Man, montys little kid crying broke my heart

russ mvp

Producer in production trailer: "Camera 4! Gimme a good close up on the crying kid. Cut to 4 in 3...2...1. Now hold it. Camera 2, can you get a good angle on Monty? No. Camera 3? Good. Hold that. Cut to 3 in 3...2...1. You, 4, hold that shot. We''ll come back to 4 in 3...2...1. Fuck it, the kid's mom is screwing up the shot. Back to 3. Now!"

congrats to the nice russell westbrook

:]

Malcolm Brogdon: 1st player who wasn't a first-round pick to win NBA Rookie of the Year in common-draft era

wow, grats brogdon

he's good