then like lebron is also not a max player
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
A "max contract" has a very specific definition.
There are currently 7 players in the NBA on max contracts, Lebron and Love are not among them.
The question Blatt replied to referred specifically to Love and Kyrie (who is on a max contract).
In that vein his comment could be viewed as entirely innocent and I'm inclined to give him the botd even if its a lot more fun to take it the other way.
― tsrobodo, Monday, 12 January 2015 14:46 (nine years ago) link
blatt comment has been take way outta context fyi
― micah, Monday, January 12, 2015 7:07 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
even if this is true at this point it doesn't even matter
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
What it comes down to is whether or not Love did take it personally and how he responds when questioned about it. He has shown a lack of tact in the past.
― tsrobodo, Monday, 12 January 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
― tsrobodo, Monday, January 12, 2015 9:46 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not true!
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:04 (nine years ago) link
i mean max contract has no specific definition, its a colloquialism, but within what youre talking about as far as the maximum contracts teams are allowed to offer in the nba there are two types one that lasts for four years and one that last for five, teams are only allowed one guy on the five year deal, you can say only the one that lasts for five years counts as a "max contract", but that would just be you saying that
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
I haven't watched the cavs kings game yet but who are the "guys" lazing on transition defense?
"This is a team in disarray," the scout said. "They are so discombobulated out there with their new pieces. And it's not just that, there were guys not even crossing half court to get back on transition D."
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 12 January 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
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― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 11:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark*Wraps this post in aluminum foil and saves it for later*
― k3vin k., Friday, January 9, 2015 11:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
*Wraps this post in aluminum foil and saves it for later*
I've heard this line of thinking so much the past couple weeks. I guess people just aren't watching? The hawks are so clearly one of the best teams in the league that even if the bulls/cavs start playing at their max potential they would struggle to win a series against them
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
idk the hawks are playing the best they have like ever its not unreasonable to expect them to backslide some
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
i don't think the cavs are gonna be one of the best teams at the end of the season
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
people are forgetting that the hawks were wrecking shit last year before horford got hurt, this isn't completely out of nowhere
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
the east is not that good so its possible imo but they def wldnt be my first pick
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i resent u for making me check this but anyway its not true
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
My biggest concern right now is injuries. They're on an unbelievable pace right now and could def see them cooling off a bit, but the way they play is highly sustainable.
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
jeff teague seems like a pretty prime regression candidate
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
people are forgetting that the hawks were wrecking shit last year before horford got hurt, this isn't completely out of nowhere― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki resent u for making me check this but anyway its not true
Wrecking shit might be pushing it but they were a solid 3rd in the east and were just getting to know the system
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
here are atlantas results from last year open to public perusal http://espn.go.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/atl/year/2014/atlanta-hawks
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:31 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
well they didn't go on a 22-2 run, but they were a very good team
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
horford was injured on boxing day 2013 at which point the hawks record was 16-13, again i resent you for making me check this, stop making things up
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
Let's focus more on how great they are this yr
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
I'm having a very chill morning at work: drinking coffee and watch hawks/wiz
― Heez, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
the hawks were onto something last year is all i'm saying
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
even if the hawks regress to some version of the mean, the only way i see them not being top 3 at this rate is injury
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
idk imo the top five in the east is pretty fluid
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
i'd be much more sympathetic to the idea that the hawks are gonna fall back if they hadn't, like, beat houston, dallas, portland and the clippers on the road -- it doesn't seem like a fluke!
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
― Heez, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:24 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 10:27 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:28 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― J0rdan S., Monday, January 12, 2015 10:29 AM (16 minutes ago)
yeah obv my post was a little tongue in cheek, and also i called the hawks being very good this year. but they're playing a little over their heads right now i think. to me they're definitely in the top 3 of what i see as the eventual 3 best teams in the east, along with the cavs and bulls
― k3vin k., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
i think if anyone is gonna fall out of the top 3 or 4 it's toronto
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 January 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
torontos D has gone to hell for some reason idk why but if they can start defending again they shd be right in there their offense is great
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
assertive jeff trade made official
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
its funny how u cant make trades on weekends
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
NBA is like, family first y'all *schedules 13 games on Christmas*
― brosario nawson (m bison), Monday, 12 January 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
yo can someone tell me who's slacking on Cleveland's defense enough that it gets singled out in a slag Blatt espn article but w/o naming names? name names plz I want to know who to watch and laugh at on league pass later tonight.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 12 January 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Probably Love right?
― 龜, Monday, 12 January 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
literally everyone
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 17:32 (nine years ago) link
like love and kyrie are known slackers but bron has been comically blatantly slacking, obvs not playing tonight tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
they were on the sleep train I guess
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 12 January 2015 17:34 (nine years ago) link
tho clearly love is the next in line for scapegoating
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 January 2015 17:34 (nine years ago) link
the sleep train... arena?
― Nhex, Monday, 12 January 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
yessir
I'm trying to sort out which of yesterday's games to watch tonight & if the cavs slack is fun enough to watch. here in olde europe I watch games a day late which once you get past the lack of live drama is nice b/c you can skip the dogg games & watch only the classix i.e. watch gsw every night
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 12 January 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
Spurs meeting the pres right now
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Monday, 12 January 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
Lol shoutout to red mamba's sandwich blog
― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Monday, 12 January 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
heading to the garden to catch celtics vs. pelicans - v pumped
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 23:18 (nine years ago) link
AD is gonna destroy the Cs but oh well
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Monday, 12 January 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, January 12, 2015 5:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Kyrie was getting better in the games I saw during their second crisis point of the season
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 00:51 (nine years ago) link
LeBron's season has been totally shocking to me, the loss of athleticism, injuries, lack of leadership, generally paranoid approach to the media
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 00:53 (nine years ago) link
why can't I find the raptors-pistons game on league pass
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 00:55 (nine years ago) link
don't leave me hanging I want to see the wall
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, January 12, 2015 7:53 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
for real its odd a bigger deal isnt be made out of this, maybe everyone is just burned out on bron drama
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
luv u kg https://vine.co/v/OD1i2KP6P1M
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link