part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

drummond might not be worth the max but hes def worth the min, especially for such a top heavy team

third one seems good

Some possible solutions to the buy out problem:
1. Change structures so nearly everyone is trying to win every game
2. If you take a buy out for less than full $ after contract guarantee date, ineligible for playoffs
3. Lux tax hit is equal to higher of new or old contract https://t.co/N6ufn0kyAw

— Ryan Bernardoni AC⚡️AB (@dangercart) March 29, 2021

__it happened bcuz his salary was $25 million (not wildly underrated) so no one wanted to or could trade for him and then after buy out he could choose to play for the defending champs based in LA_


Celtics had a 30 million trade exception. Why didn’t they trade for him? Because they didn’t think he was that good._


then they would’ve had to pay his massive salary when they were so close to the tax that they ended up salary dumping thiess in order to fit fournier who makes $10 million less than drummond. nobody wants to pay drummond a max salary (which is why he got traded to the cavs for a second round pick the first time around). i’m sure once he’s a FA next summer he’ll get a contract paying him $4 million like javale or any other decent back up center which is what he is now

We’re talking about the best rebounder in the NBA, on an expiring contract, and there were no takers. I’m saying this was a mistake.

be interesting to see what kind of contract he gets, full midlevel seems likely tho could def something higher like 13/2, see how he plays on the lakers

We’re talking about the best rebounder in the NBA, on an expiring contract, and there were no takers. I’m saying this was a mistake.

the pistons rebound rate this year dropped from 52.4% to......50% when drummond was off the court.

That’s a huge huge difference in rebound rate

52.4% would be 4th in the league

it moves it from 4th to like middle of the pack. that’s great but rebounding as a whole is a devalued skill relative to other things.

Are we arguing that there’s not a big difference between being 4th of 30 and 15th of 30

no it's about the value of rebounds.......?

Being top 4 in one of the 4 core elements of the game is good

ok... now what if the 4 core elements of the game had differing values? we're almost there...

what’s the value of being the worst shooter in the league at the rim have?

He’s the worst shooter at the rim? Pretty sure that isn’t true

The key thing I’m trying to stress here is that moving a basketball team from 50% rebounding rate to 52.4% is actually a lot. It means you’re an awesome rebounder.

he is indeed that with a baseline number of attempts

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/shooting/?Season=2020-21&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&DistanceRange=By%20Zone&sort=Restricted%20Area%20FG%20PCT&dir=-1&CF=Restricted%20Area%20FGA*GE*200&PerMode=Totals&DateTo=03%2F22%2F2021

The key thing I’m trying to stress here is that moving a basketball team from 50% rebounding rate to 52.4% is actually a lot. It means you’re an awesome rebounder.

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, March 29, 2021 3:47 PM (twenty-two minutes ago)

yeah but it's like stressing how you grew your collection of 1 dollar bills while everyone else is playing with 10s and 20s and hundreds

1$ bills rain too though and some teams are really into that

The key thing I’m trying to stress here is that moving a basketball team from 50% rebounding rate to 52.4% is actually a lot. It means you’re an awesome rebounder.

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, March 29, 2021 3:47 PM (twenty-two minutes ago)

yeah but it's like stressing how you grew your collection of 1 dollar bills while everyone else is playing with 10s and 20s and hundreds

I guess that sentence works with or without the comma

$1 bills are important too as they give you more money, just not as much money as the other kinds of bills

rebounds are good but theres not any one nba skill where being elite makes you generally elite

there is one, and its called...hoopin

oh damn

Somebody get Jayson Tatum a map he’s out here lost on Ingram Island pic.twitter.com/GrOYvkdzEx

— ZION MVP (@PelicansNBA2) March 30, 2021

Dook players showing out tonight

Windhorst: The Lakers offered Schröder $84 million over 4 years and he said no to that extension

— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) March 30, 2021

are you shitting me

lol what a dummy

A legend in his own mind, as they say.

This won’t end that badly for him but what a crazy decision. How much does he hate playing for the lakers?

that number seems solid for both sides

that would slot him in the van vleet / rozier / brogdon / dragic range which seems about right

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/rankings/point-guard/

hes well worse than all those guys IMHO, not a fan, shouldve taken that money

he's prone to untimely turnovers and he's not that great of a facilitator imo

his roll off the bench was great because he does come with energy and and a nice change of pace.

yeah def microwave type

Michael Porter Jr is shooting 45% from 3 on 6 attempts per game. Must be fun to do that

apparently jj redick went on his podcast and called the pelicans front office a bunch of liars. i guess i’ll have to track that down.

uh oh lol

apparently they told him they were gonna trade him to a team in new york city to be near his family then they traded him to dallas

i mean they should not have told him that if they werent going to follow through but also

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ex044H9WUAIusn8?format=jpg&name=medium

yeah he admitted to being naive in thinking that a team would do him a favor like that.

interestingly he also felt that with jrue getting traded and stan getting hired he was going to lose a bunch of playing time which was accurate.

thing I just learned about jj:

His father's background as a stoneware potter led to his middle name, "Clay."

love a literal dad

haha

dallas is a good spot for him tho

Yea don't know why he's whining; he cried about the Sixers FO "not valuing me" or some similar BS when he left Philly too. If being close to family was so ungodly important to him above all else then don't sign with a team on the other side of the country away from them or just retire lol. The "Woe is me, I have to play in DALLAS with LUKA DONCIC for ~3 months on my massive undeserved $12+ million contract" pity party not a good look.

he specifically said he was excited about the fit in dallas.

i think his point was just that it’s not good to promise something you have no intention of delivering.