ball dominant guy who can't shoot is such a hard archetype to fit into a well-constructed roster regardless of how good they are
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
at some point your team has to be able to play half court offense
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
nah its fine
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
ESPN story on the Clippers finalizing a five-year deal to hire Ty Lue as the franchise's new head coach: https://t.co/RyFqCxZPgO— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 15, 2020
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
weird
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
love embiid and harden together as a start to getting all the guys who are visibly fatigued every time they're in an important game tall on one team.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 October 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link
I love how teams optimistically sign coaches to five year contracts when it seems like at least half the league turns over coaches every two or three years.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
leverage baby!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:52 (three years ago) link
I really think Embiid needs to be on a team that slows the pace down. The nuggets did it for their center and it works.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
A team that makes sense to me is the Thunder.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
oh yeah that would work. they have the picks too. but... would embiid want to be part of that franchise through his prime?
― Spottie, Thursday, 15 October 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
i keep trying to think of things the timberwolves could do w/the first pickother than disbanding the franchise and ending the ongoing shame to the sport of baskeball
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 October 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
they should draft a player, more trading of future for present isn't going to get them anywhere
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 October 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
i don't think they've convinced their last #1 pick that they're the place to be long term so they need to draft a new one and start over
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 October 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
oh actually they have kat for a year or two longer than i thought
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 October 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
wobs 2020 recap video is good of course
A year unlike any other.This was the 2019-2020 NBA Season ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/ECtafEley2— Rob Pere💤 (@WorldWideWob) October 12, 2020
― Spottie, Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Thursday, October 15, 2020 2:47 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I want no part of Westbrook, but this is lol.
― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
yeah i am very ready to watch those two despise one another
― Clay, Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
if the rockets got embiid they could switch to a slow pace pretty easily... harden is not a fast paced player. it would be more about deciding which one of them got to hold the ball in the halfcourt for 8 seconds straight.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
harden embiid pick n roll wld be unstoppable
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
embiid would have more open threes fromthe top of the key than he could even dream of
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 October 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
Is Embiid actually a good pick and roll player?
― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Thursday, 15 October 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
i don't see why not
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 October 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
imo itd be worth putting him on a team with playmakers and shooters to find out
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 October 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
apparently this guy is some kind of wolves insider
https://i.postimg.cc/wjmCVSN2/eyk58v2m95t51.jpg
― micah, Friday, 16 October 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
he's the wolf in the logo
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 October 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
sadly james harden got a pick and roll lobotomy 2 years ago
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 October 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
sorry he is a hawks insider actually
― micah, Friday, 16 October 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
I don't think even there's 2 teams seriously fiending for the #1 pick in the worst draft in almost a decade, let alone almost half the league. Paying Anthony Edwards or LaMelo Ball a #1 pick's salary after Corona kills the live gate and salary cap #s for the next ~2 years is something no sane GM is interested in; it's why Minny is so desperate to flip this pick in the first place lol. Doubt a 1 year rental of Oladipo coming off of injury is the most highly coveted prize in the trade market either.
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Friday, 16 October 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
they're not going to get anything in a trade that would be better than them actually identifying 1 good player in this draft and developing him
but obviously they're trying to flip the pick because they think they have a big 2 and want to win now. even if it was a good draft they'd be trying to flip it -- in that case they might actually be successful
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 October 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
the top of this draft just doesn't match up at all w/their roster after they made what seems to be a sincere trade for russell, like there are a bunch of teams would could have picked 1 who would just take lamelo and pray to the gods that he doesn't suck.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 16 October 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
if i were them i'd be trying to move down a few picks w/o asking a king's ransom as if there is actually a desirable no 1 pick on the board. but they're doubly handcuffed bcuz the no 1 talents are either bigs or guards and the way their team is constructed no big or guard is going to get the ball enough to develop the way you want a no 1 pick to develop. but if they could trade down a few spots, get a heavily protected pick in a later draft, and draft a player who could more easily develop in a secondary role it wouldn't be the worst idea
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 October 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
cad otm
they're going to end up taking edwards who is the guy i would be really scared about picking no 1
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 October 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
Yea it's quintessential Timberwolves for them to finally win the lottery... in a draft with no generational/superstar talent, and no consensus top player that even really fits particularly well on their roster next to their 2 centerpiece players either. A D'Lo + Melo Ball/Edwards backcourt would be wildly entertaining for probably all the wrong reasons lol. And a big man like Wiseman who's only NBA caliber skill right now is basically being tall and athletic/fast in the open court is not what I'd be looking for to put next to KAT in the frontcourt if I was trying to buck trends and make the league's newest Twin Towers.
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Friday, 16 October 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
J0rdan S. at 7:57 15 Oct 20they're not going to get anything in a trade that would be better than them actually identifying 1 good player in this draft and developing him
definitely traditional strengths of our franchise
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 16 October 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
KAT has to learn how to play center, there's no other option. you don't win nba titles in the 2020s w/ two centers on the floor
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 October 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
the draft order is absolutely amazing this year....the cavs, pistons, and knicks are probably 3 of the 4 most talent-poor teams no matter how you slice it and they're picking between 5 and 8.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 16 October 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
lamelo ball is french for "the mellow ball"
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 October 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
the east gets easter
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 October 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
I don't think even there's 2 teams seriously fiending for the #1 pick in the worst draft in almost a decade
the problem w this draft class isnt lack of talent. its deep with good role players, but theres no point to having a top pick in that case bc its light on potential superstars. it makes more sense to trade down and try to get a 2021 pick.
― cointelamateur (m bison), Friday, 16 October 2020 03:22 (three years ago) link
i do not understand the draft hype for lamelo at all. he looks to be a less defensively minded version of his brother. i kinda cant believe he's considered a consensus top 3 pick.
― cointelamateur (m bison), Friday, 16 October 2020 03:23 (three years ago) link
the only guy who i think could be something crazy is aleksey pokusevski but man he's a project. probably needs 2 years just to get stronger.
― cointelamateur (m bison), Friday, 16 October 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
who are the teams that are thinking 'yes we really want lamelo ball'
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 October 2020 03:26 (three years ago) link
i agree i t makes no sense
ONLY way he turns out decent is going to a disciplined development factory like miami and sa and he doesnt pass the vibe check
― cointelamateur (m bison), Friday, 16 October 2020 03:31 (three years ago) link
i dont know why wiseman is falling, he seems to be a pretty safe pick. i mean i get why minny would prefer a non-C, but if the warriors keep their pick, they could do worse than have a capable interior defender and lob recipient
― cointelamateur (m bison), Friday, 16 October 2020 03:32 (three years ago) link
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hes got better feel for the game than lonzo who already has pretty good feel, if he could shoot theyd be talking about him as a future superstar... alas lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 16 October 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link
his shot might be more fixable than lonzos tho...
― lag∞n, Friday, 16 October 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
shd say hes got better feel AND skills than lonzo, lamelo is a scorer and a very good passer, hes a baller
― lag∞n, Friday, 16 October 2020 13:51 (three years ago) link
lonzo is not good at putting the ball through the basketball ring