he cld def be a difference maker on a contender
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 December 2020 20:10 (three years ago) link
not sure where he makes sense who has the assets etc
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 December 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
being a difference maker on a contender and being worth a super-max are two entirely different categories
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Thursday, 17 December 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
this feels like an attempt to leverage the new owner (which i fully support)
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 December 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, December 17, 2020 1:10 PM (fifty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
not at the max
― Spottie, Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
celtics?
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
celtics have this big trade exemption but the thing they really need is wing depth
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
i am really looking forward to watching New Orleans this season
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
https://www.theringer.com/platform/amp/2020/12/17/22179397/nba-power-rankings-part-1?__twitter_impression=true
the wolves have this weird ability to have good players but still end up a bad team, I can’t quite explain it
― k3vin k., Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
"players" plural?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
i guess they have rubio now
maybe kat is just that bad on defense
― Spottie, Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
Actually the celtics should 100% do it
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link
two things w/ the wolves are 1. it's hard to win a lot when your two best players are awful on defense 2. their coach only has his job bcuz of a weird nepotism legacy thing that is specific to their franchise only
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:50 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
def worth considering, would prob require further moves to make the roster really work, and also whats the plan as far as resigning him
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
tim bontemps has been saying that the nets should trade for gobert since nobody on their team wants to or can play defense but deandre jordan is already entrenched in that big 3 so idk if that would work
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 December 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
those kevin o'connor rankings are odd. i think i actually don't agree w/him very often.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 December 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
gobert has a clear demonstrated desire to be respected and flattered like a "real" superstar and not just a very good player at a devalued position but i highly doubt any team is going to pay him the kind of money he thinks is befitting of the first title. the issue for any team looking to acquire him is that this realization may not hit until he reaches FA
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 December 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
feel like the grizzlies have to be in the bottom 10 teams still. he's bunching them up in weird ways that make it not function as a ranking
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 December 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
I feel like a lot of teams had a much better offseason than the grizz
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 17 December 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
Also in story: While the Sixers have signaled a willingness to include All-Star guard Ben Simmons in trade packages for Harden, those talks have come nowhere close to a deal, sources said. https://t.co/bbP3k3uNci— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 17, 2020
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 December 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
that would be stupid as hell so i hope the sixers do it
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 December 2020 00:07 (three years ago) link
one thing that hasn't been clear to me on harden to the sixers is whether embiid isn't in the deal because ppl perceive him to be more valuable than simmons or less valuable. bcuz if i'm the rockets i'm def asking for simmons but if i'm the sixers i'm trying to get off embiid, if i had to choose
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 December 2020 00:08 (three years ago) link
wld be curious to hear what packages including simmons were uncool to the rockets
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 December 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
do they think theyre going to get a better player than simmons
yeah i would rather dump embiid than simmons 100%
― micah, Friday, 18 December 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
pretty sure i have a weird personal thing where I think gobert's salary ask should be heavily discounted bc of the time he touched a bunch of reporter's microphones "as a joke" while he had covid
― Clay, Friday, 18 December 2020 00:36 (three years ago) link
i think embiid it too embedded in the organization. like he's tight with one of the big minority owners. i don't think they feel like they can trade him even though it would 100% be the right basketball move.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 December 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
I think simmons is the more important player too but I would include him in a deal for harden if that was the line -- they need someone to take high volume 3s and that's never going to happen with both simmons and harden on the team. also simmons and harden is an awkward fit imo because you're not thrilled with either of them off the ball
― k3vin k., Friday, 18 December 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
spicy: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30540539/nba-investigating-allegations-jerry-west-la-clippers-involving-kawhi-leonard-recruitment?linkId=107397733
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 December 2020 01:10 (three years ago) link
― k3vin k., Thursday, December 17, 2020 8:01 PM (seventeen minutes ago)
well, i'd be thrilled w/ harden off the ball. not sure *he* would be thrilled tho
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 December 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
i think embiid it too embedded in the organization.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, December 17, 2020 7:43 PM (forty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
embiidded
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 December 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, December 17, 2020 8:20 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Harden can't just give up after giving the ball up. I know it's preseason but damn. pic.twitter.com/OiGplpWhG9— Ariel (@APisreal_) December 16, 2020
― k3vin k., Friday, 18 December 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
truly one of the weirdest players ever
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 December 2020 01:51 (three years ago) link
seems like the rockets are really trying to do this
The Miami Heat are in trade talks to acquire James Harden, but the inclusion of Duncan Robinson is 'a major sticking point' in the Heat's pursuit of Harden.(via @EthanJSkolnick, @5ReasonsSports) pic.twitter.com/BliLdejbN8— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 18, 2020
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 December 2020 01:56 (three years ago) link
you really could not invent harden's arch weirdness in every single way
― Clay, Friday, 18 December 2020 02:07 (three years ago) link
the best harden play
James Harden (@JHarden13) casually strips DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan).. pic.twitter.com/CAlg0VFISe— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 1, 2018
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 December 2020 02:09 (three years ago) link
anyone else doing league pass this year? is this "NBA TV add-on" new?? I don't remember seeing that before
― k3vin k., Friday, 18 December 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
Simmons > Embiid any day. Embiid is a big baby. He and Harden on the same team would be lols.
― The Battle of Taylor Swift's "Evermore" (PBKR), Friday, 18 December 2020 02:26 (three years ago) link
yeah i'm doing league pass but haven't actually logged in yet. what is the nba tv add on???
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 December 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
the spurs look as bad as the 96-97 team right now
― discourse stu (m bison), Friday, 18 December 2020 02:39 (three years ago) link
plus side: devin vassell looks like the real deal
― discourse stu (m bison), Friday, 18 December 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Thursday, December 17, 2020 9:38 PM (eleven minutes ago)
pay another 50 bucks to get NBA TV games, live NBA TV, and finals games from 2000-2020
― k3vin k., Friday, 18 December 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
argh those bastards, i would probably do that
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 December 2020 02:52 (three years ago) link
I'm doing the premium. I have usually been able to log into my mom's cable provider account on the app and get NBATV to work I think
― k3vin k., Friday, 18 December 2020 02:52 (three years ago) link
as i have moaned about many times there is no way for me to legally receive nbatv without getting a satellite dish. i guess the schedule will be different this year but in years past tuesdays are light on ball, nbatv sucks up the one decent game, and i haven't had a way to watch it.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 December 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
No. 1 pick Anthony Edwards is raining threes 💰 pic.twitter.com/PTKgxZYJ3n— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 18, 2020
This is what Anthony Edwards can look like on the defensive end when he's fully engaged. Quick feet, physical at 230 pounds, long-armed. Really nice 1-on-1 defense against one of the best players in the NBA. pic.twitter.com/ezzDcFWixj— Mike Schmitz (@Mike_Schmitz) December 18, 2020
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 December 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
got all the physical skills as they say
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 December 2020 03:26 (three years ago) link
he just needs to find the disrespect in the game
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 December 2020 03:27 (three years ago) link
the scheduled nbatv games aren't available with league pass unless you pay for it, so yeah. it's an additional 7 bucks a month but probably necessary.BTW, it's cheaper to do this by the month than annually.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 December 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link