Joel-Hans Embiid @JoelEmbiid 19m19 minutes agoTrust the process #PHILLY
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
hinkie clearly handcuffed him and stole his phone to tweet that, free embiid
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
IT AINT OVER
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 44s44 seconds agoThe Cavaliers and Clippers are strong contenders to sign Kendrick Perkins once buyout is done with Jazz, league sources tell Yahoo.
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link
WHY
― pursuit of happiness (art), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
Why do teams keep giving him work
― pursuit of happiness (art), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
He is not good at any facet of basketball
clippers glue factory makes sense, bc that's just a thing they do (see "turkoglu, hedo") but idk what the cavs think he can do
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
passable-at-best backup defense? i dunno
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA · 2m 2 minutes agoThe Chicago Bulls are a VERY significant contender for Kendrick Perkins too, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
everyone loves perk
― Clay, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
IT'S STILL NOT OVER
Jon Krawczynski @APkrawczynskiFollowAP Source: The Timberwolves are not bringing KG back for just this year. They want to do a 2-year extension with him.
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 19 February 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
lmao
― Steph def def (Spottie), Thursday, 19 February 2015 22:28 (nine years ago) link
flip saunders is... not smart
― Clay, Thursday, 19 February 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
Cenk Akyol a 6'5 guard from Turkey, was drafted 59th in 2005 by Atlanta but has been traded 3 times within the last year.
Currently listed as the fourth-string SF for Anadolu Efes!
― polyphonic, Thursday, 19 February 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link
this is pretty disastrous for the suns obviously, but my feeling is that once they knew goran was gone for sure they realized they would have to start isiaih thomas, which isn't a great idea long-term, so they figured why not get rid of him too. you wonder whether if they had more time they could have gotten more for him, or if it would have been smarter to just wait until the offseason
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 February 2015 00:32 (nine years ago) link
i am just going by what i heard on the radio today so i'm sure i will change my opinions but quick impressions:
winners:heatokcphilly
losers:knicks (dragic was their only shot at a star for next year)suns
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 February 2015 00:36 (nine years ago) link
Okc set to go on that playoff push now
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 20 February 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
won't be tough to get in now that the suns are out of the picture, but it'll be interesting how high they can climb
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 February 2015 00:51 (nine years ago) link
btw i haven't even seen this whiteside guy play yet but if he's actually good the heat are probably the 4th best team in the east now easily
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 February 2015 00:52 (nine years ago) link
He's on some linsanity light action rn, seems good tho
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 20 February 2015 00:53 (nine years ago) link
yeah guys who blow up like this out of nowhere always seem like fools gold to me but who knows
― Clay, Friday, 20 February 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
i've avoided watching him because i'm skeptical of big guys who suddenly learn how to play basketball and because the heat are (were!) depressing, but i guess if it's gone on for this long i'll have to
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 February 2015 00:56 (nine years ago) link
His timing on blocking shots is perfect
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 20 February 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
Maybe add him to the roids thread tho
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 20 February 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link
re: phoenix, they went all in on bledsoe contract-wise so i'm not sure you'd have kept dragic happy under any set of circumstances, so they needed to move him for whatever and miami offered some whatever so they took it. the thomas deal gets them a first rd pick plus a decent guard in replacement. brandon knight is having a solid year, and supposedly can play the 2 so maybe there'll be less difficulty distributing time and positional role among 3 point guards.
maybe phoenix isn't getting hosed in all of this
― pursuit of happiness (art), Friday, 20 February 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
kyle lowry sitting in for kenny tonight, kind of cool
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
i think they took a decent shot given the circumstances
― pursuit of happiness (art), Friday, 20 February 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
given how badly phx fucked the whole thing up coming away with brandon knight actually seems decent
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link
somehow the suns lost the lakers lottery pick in all this tho
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 February 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link
to philly for i assume mcw to milwaukee?
― pursuit of happiness (art), Friday, 20 February 2015 01:06 (nine years ago) link
wow really regret not being able to spend this draft deadline with u all, my grade a+
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:06 (nine years ago) link
oh i didn't realize they lost the lakers pick, that sucks
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:06 (nine years ago) link
i guess they had to to salvage any shot for the season.
― pursuit of happiness (art), Friday, 20 February 2015 01:08 (nine years ago) link
tough call though
hey if anyone runs into any knicks-related schadenfreude re: no longer having a shot at dragic pls post it
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:09 (nine years ago) link
wow really regret not being able to spend this draft deadline with u all, my grade a+― lag∞n, Thursday, February 19, 2015 7:06 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Thursday, February 19, 2015 7:06 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i imagine this thread was a fun read after all the mayhem
― pursuit of happiness (art), Friday, 20 February 2015 01:10 (nine years ago) link
i didnt read it,prefer to dwell in the moment
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:13 (nine years ago) link
love IT welcome to the celtics great trade btw
xp it's a truly bleak time for ny basketball. the nets made no attempt to improve today and won't be drafting until sometime in the '20s
― pursuit of happiness (art), Friday, 20 February 2015 01:14 (nine years ago) link
xps i should say
cant believe the thunder traded away the rights to tibor piss
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:15 (nine years ago) link
thomas instantly makes the celtics like 4x more watchable
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:15 (nine years ago) link
also he's pals with avery bradley so that might sidestep the chemistry issues
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:18 (nine years ago) link
flash reaction teams that did good in no particular order: celtics, suns, thunder, blazers
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:18 (nine years ago) link
― k3vin k., Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:05 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lakers likely keeping this pick this year, next year who knows where they finish
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link
re: philly getting the lakers pick - if it's still top 5 protected, doesn't it not matter bc lakers are most likely gonna be top 5?
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link
damn too slow
it's top 3 protected in 2016 and...I still think the lakers might be that bad then, it's just not a known quantity like right now
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
pick still has a good chance to be high this year or next, tho no guarantee
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:22 (nine years ago) link
one of the dudes who writes for the SB nation sixers blog, liberty ballers, posted the most kool-aid-drunk, hinkie-head article ever about how hinkie was right...exactly at 3 pm, right when hinkie traded MCW and kj mcdaniels
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:32 (nine years ago) link
his tweets shortly after to walk it all back were kind of hilarious
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:33 (nine years ago) link