Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

one interesting thing about the wolves is what exactly they'll use that pick on, since they have two pretty good centers already. Maybe take Porzingis and hope it works.

prob more like 35 wins wld get it done fwiw re wolves-celtics draft pick, roughly the pace brooklyn/denver/sacto are on this year

Nurkic has only been playing the game for five years.

wow

when did embiid start, like 4 years ago right

Mozgov having fun out there

re noah yeah goon otm maybe his knee is taking a while. regression would be fine if it was minimal but he has like cut his numbers in half

derrick rose is probably the worst starting pg in the nba who isn't starting because of an injury

another solid game from wiggins

wiggins lights it up immediately after I call him out, probably an ilxor

def

it's granny dainger iirc

i saw some stat from mid-season last year that JR smith shot 8% if he dribbled

Flip is a good coach

It will take more than "good" to get the wolves to 40 wins next season.

mozgov drawing fouls on bogut like clockwork, can't contain him

35 wins xp

moz-god

i took a minute at work today to take in all of the cavs' recent moves, and i think they're coming out of the east now

idk just a gut feeling

def more likely now than a few days ago

i mean, the wizards are the wizards. the hawks are the hawks. the raptors are the raptors. i think the bulls and cavs are gonna be the best teams at the end of the season

yeah def getting comfortable feelings with that roster now

i was gonna bump the nba opo thread to opo 2014 draftee but it seems like it's pretty much undeniably wiggins after the last couple of weeks unless embiid becomes hakeem

That is crazy xxp

bulls still have a higher ceiling imo cause of defense but theyre not really there either, atl looking pretty strong have no problem seeing them especially if the more talented teams cant quite put it together

i was gonna bump the nba opo thread to opo 2014 draftee but it seems like it's pretty much undeniably wiggins after the last couple of weeks unless embiid becomes hakeem

― Clay, Saturday, January 10, 2015 4:04 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean, if his foot works then it looks like that will be what happens but..

well now it's clearly wiggins. tho we obv haven't seen embiid

yeah lets let embiid play before we make this call, same w parker too tbh

pretty funny to think about a year ago people were talking about there being SEVERAL franchise players in that draft tho, lol

altho tbf it's hard to judge after just half a season. rookies are becoming less and less impactful in today's NBA. someone on ESPN (i think it was thorpe) hypothesized that AAU had turned into a glorified pickup circuit, and with the one and done rule, college doesn't really teach guys NBA skills, so the learning curve is steeper these days

idk guys used to come out of high school

rookies usually just arent too good

but i mean rookies ALL suck now, it's weird

aau argument is odd as players are so much more skilled than theyve ever been

i remember lillard was great straight out of college but he was a 4 year player and has obv improved significantly since then

"You cannot direspect the caterpillar and rave about the butterfly." --Mark Jackson

nba transition is probably easier for bigs than wings too

when's the last time a rookie was an impact player? chris paul?

xp duh dame was pretty good

griffin was pretty good in his first healthy season

kyrie too

nba game is more complex than its ever been but im not convinced rookies are so much worse than theyve been since guys started regularly coming into the league young, rookies who contribute have always been the exception and the ones who put up big numbers are always chucking on bad teams

dame was ooold his 1st season tho

roy was too

wld benefit both the pro and college games to raise the age limit a year

smh no

it wld!

roy was too

Do not speak ill of the dead

rip

yeah was gonna bring up roy, but he's another 4 year guy.

durant, lebron, anthony, wade all had big rookie years obv

I feel like we're all living in an alternate reality since the Booker shot

durant was p awful tbh

I feel like we're all living in an alternate reality since the Booker shot

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, January 9, 2015 11:24 PM (19 seconds ago)

yeah it's weird how more is not being made of this