r u being sarcastic rn i cannot tell
xp
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
ya imo u cant really fault the dubs gming record, late picks dont usually work out and they made some good decisions that werent the consensus at the time eg getting iggy, not trading klay for love, theyre kinda fd now but that was p much inevitable and theyve had a bunch of injuries, even getting dlo back for kd was good
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 October 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
lonnie walker might be good fwiw
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 October 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
need to see how he looks w/o rookie hair
lonnie is gonna be v good, him and dejounte are going to be one of the best two-way backcourts for a while imo
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
also tall luka is a potentially special player, but will need probably two years to know for sure
yeah i wldnt go that far
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 October 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
it depends on if you're going to ban me again.
I think I'll take Klay and Curry over Murray and Walker but I guess we'll see
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 25 October 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link
i would, too! but the spurs have drafted better in the late 1st rd than probably any team ever
wait i banned you???
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
― lag∞n, Friday, October 25, 2019 1:33 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
6'11" athletic and outside range, p unicornish
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
i was talking abt best two way back court but i will take a wait and see approach on tall euros too (im not matt a over here haha)
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 October 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
i think lonnie is gonna be awesome
― J0rdan S., Friday, 25 October 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
my man
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
― lag∞n, Friday, October 25, 2019 1:39 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
u will c
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 18:42 (four years ago) link
o k
― lag∞n, Friday, 25 October 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
tracing draft pick history is really time-consuming but worth noting myers has only made 5 second-round picks, one of which was draymond green. he's also made five picks at either spots 28 or 30 and found looney (the rest of those are busts or too soon to tell).
the fact that they didn't make a pick at all in 2013, 2014, and 2017 definitely informs their current lack of depth. a lot of those picks went into getting iguodala. i don't think there's enough info to say if myers is better or worse at drafting and finding late-round depth than a lot of other guys.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 October 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
Why do you guys think Looney is good
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 25 October 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
They got Jordan Bell in '17 and Nemanja Nedović in '13 via draft-day trade. That's as good as a draft choice to me.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 25 October 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
i don't think he's particularly good but he's not playing his way out of the league like damian jones.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 October 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
ah, thank you for filling that in xp. no hits on those picks though.
Looney's best attribute is that he stays within his limits and doesn't try to do things he can't do adequately well. This may not make him 'good' as an individual player, but it makes him 'good' in a team setting, where his job is well-defined and he does it.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 25 October 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
He hit a three last night so y'all better watch out.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 25 October 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
Looney's constant air of slightly wonky, stoic zen focus is incredibly endearing
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 25 October 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
I'd be surprised if that 3 was a play that was called for Looney. More like it developed from within Kerr's system and he was expected to take it under those circumstances, because another pass wouldn't have helped.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 25 October 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
Looney turning into a rotation player was really unexpected after sitting his rookie year with the hip thing and then looking lost and fat after he came back. he worked into shape and he was very valuable vs the rockets the last two times they met in the playoffs and in the finals. getting a rotation player around the 30th pick is good imo.
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Friday, 25 October 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
looney and the warriors been talking up his three ball all summer (this happens with every big every summer i know)
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Friday, 25 October 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
I’m trying to understand how someone could post that spurs draft record and think it’s bad
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 25 October 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
talking up his three ball
respect comes with results
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 25 October 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
xp my man
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
Btw Milutinov seems to be pretty good, not sure when the spurs are gonna bring him over tho
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 25 October 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
after LMA is gone probably
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
or idk depends on if they keep poeltl after this year which i think they will
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
It was pretty easy man, you just cut and paste
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 25 October 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
Drafting true superstars outside the lottery picks is not impossible, but it is not a skill one can acquire. when it happens it's pure luck. Once you get outside of the 'unicorn' stratum of NBA players, the separation between starting rotation players and bench players gets a lot narrower and even the difference between training camp players and contract players is mighty slim. When you compare how well teams did using their below-20 picks over the past seven or eight years, then you're comparing very marginal differences. In my estimation, they are all nearly equally bad and good, except for a few picks more ascribable to luck than the skill of the drafting team.
With the Spurs, I'd say most of their success is in coaching, player development and predicting how a player's skills and temperament will merge with the whole team's concept of play. Many of their best moves have been to acquire players who've been in the league a while already, but poorly utilized by or poorly fit with their old team.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 25 October 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
gsw have curry, klay, russell and dray on contract through to 2022 and still own their 2021 and 2022 first round picks. thats a pretty good situation for a superteam with 3 rings.
sure theyll suck this season but thats to be expected for a capped out team with its second best player injured
― micah, Friday, 25 October 2019 23:34 (four years ago) link
RJ Barrett has a strange combo of head and neck
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 25 October 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
he was p good against the spurs i thought! he was getting to the rim and getting good looks.
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Friday, 25 October 2019 23:53 (four years ago) link
Yeah after a lot of hand wringing in the preseason he looks pretty darn good
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 26 October 2019 00:03 (four years ago) link
Dennis Smith Jr in a bad place career-wise rn
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 26 October 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
dejounte absolutely ate him alive. the knicks calmed down once elfrid peyton entered the game.
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Saturday, 26 October 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
Towns looks like he’s winning the scoring title
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 26 October 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
The hornets dance team are called “the honey bees?!?”
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 26 October 2019 00:44 (four years ago) link
Watching the nuggets with an antenna. They still don’t have a local cable tv arrangement but bought time for the home opener on a local channel. Would like this to end in general.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 26 October 2019 01:13 (four years ago) link
league pass is free this week man
― k3vin k., Saturday, 26 October 2019 02:01 (four years ago) link
hassan whiteside is looking pretty good in a blazers uniform
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 26 October 2019 03:50 (four years ago) link
Looks like the jazz downgraded their pg shooting from Rubio to Conley
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Saturday, 26 October 2019 04:49 (four years ago) link
conley’s been so bad
― k3vin k., Saturday, 26 October 2019 11:59 (four years ago) link
Timberwolves on pace for an undefeated season
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 26 October 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link
seems likely at this point
― ciderpress, Saturday, 26 October 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 26 October 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link