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
I guess I’m supposed to use a VPN or whatever
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 26 October 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
The bucks should trade for Malik Beasley imo.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 26 October 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
who do the nuggets get
― k3vin k., Saturday, 26 October 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
korver was a good pick up for them since they’re not asking him to do a single thing besides make threes
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 27 October 2019 00:13 (four years ago) link
the ultimate question with them is whether bledsoe is gonna play up to what they’re paying him... he’s taking as many shots as guys they’re paying far less money
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 27 October 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
trae continuing to do some stuff
― ciderpress, Sunday, 27 October 2019 01:12 (four years ago) link
trae is good
― lag∞n, Sunday, 27 October 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
kemba doing whatever he wants v ny knicks
― lag∞n, Sunday, 27 October 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
msg crowd chanting we want tacko lmao
― lag∞n, Sunday, 27 October 2019 01:53 (four years ago) link
ahh they put him in
― lag∞n, Sunday, 27 October 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
he got a dunk!
he got two dunks lol
― lag∞n, Sunday, 27 October 2019 01:56 (four years ago) link
Apparently he can do the best shot in basketball with ease
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Sunday, 27 October 2019 02:03 (four years ago) link
its a great shot for him
― lag∞n, Sunday, 27 October 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
Sacramento seems worse than last season.
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Sunday, 27 October 2019 02:45 (four years ago) link
Harden 2/18 from three ha
― de-mamba mentality (Spottie), Sunday, 27 October 2019 02:51 (four years ago) link
The shape of the season to come is not yet discernible at this stage. But, yeah, Sacramento regressing this season would not be surprising at all.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 27 October 2019 03:04 (four years ago) link