2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

svg was great as an analyst in the bubble, he should do that imo

by "that" i mean "go back to being an analyst," not "seal himself in a bubble"

I would donate to a Kickstarter to have him permanently replace his brother

"The 61-year-old Van Gundy had success during each of his three previous stints as an NBA head coach, which is part of the reason the Pelicans hired him."

hmm

https://i.imgur.com/Xe09y7g.png

yeah they figured "well let's not make him GM it will be cool" but then the GM traded jrue holiday for eric bledsoe and also for steven adams and gave him an extension before he ever played a game

ah well nevertheless

two pretty good coaches in a row couldnt do much with the roster maybe the players are bad just a thought.

i'm willing to give SVG a pass on this year, i don't think the pelicans have a winning roster. their best player is a de facto rookie center who plays point guard and is horrible on defense, their second best player is a ball dominant wing who also doesn't play defense, they have no shooting, also a huge center who can't make a shot from outside 3 feet, all their role players are young and haven't won anything... the fact that they constantly blew games at the end of the season, idk. maybe he's not getting through to them that could be an unfixable issue but also it's a pretty janky team

personally think they have some good players but a. theyre just young and b. its not a well constructed roster as far as fit

but the main guys will grow into their primes and you have time to assemble the right supporting pieces

having said that if stan is just annoying he prob has a fairly limited shelf life there

feel like with guys like stan and thibs who have annoying voices arent the handsomest and are taskmasters players can only take them for so long

that franchise has a stink on it in general, the only person who has won anything in new orleans has been cp3 who we now know drags any shitty out of the way franchise into the playoffs and yes i include the clippers in that group

"but the main guys will grow into their primes and you have time to assemble the right supporting pieces"

im sure the will zion bolt to knicks/lakers chat will start as early as next season.

yeah there is that lol sad

he should consider the celtics tho

maybe they should just like move to seattle or sumthn

yeah being 23 and super good at basketball and having stan van gundy yelling at you about defense all the time, it doesn't sound very fun

stan used to live in my parents neighborhood when he was w/ the heat and i ran into him in public like 3-4 times over the years and every single time he looked like he had just been rescued off a desert island like 6 hours prior

lmao yeah feel like coaches who cant take care of themselves isnt the best look

if i were a gm i would prob not consider a coach who wasnt "a players coach" at this point

hahaa xp

lmao yeah feel like coaches who cant take care of themselves isnt the best look

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 25, 2021 11:02 AM (eighteen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

i had the pleasure of showing that hunky mullet picture of thibs to some friends last night. they couldnt believe it was the same guy

a beautiful moment when one sees young thibs for the first time

NBA coaches who think yelling at players on the regular is a good motivational tool should be relegated to G-League.

By far, SVG's best results were on a team where Dwight Howard openly hated him.

yeah fair play to stan on that one tho

stan won our hearts over on that one.

im sure the will zion bolt to knicks/lakers chat will start as early as next season.

― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Tuesday, May 25, 2021 1:58 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's already started!

they asked him about playing at MSG, where he had played once before in a neutral site game, and he was like it's my favorite place to play ever

yeah his face genuinely lit up

haha yeah forgot about that just a couple weeks ago even...

poor pels fans

i really hope for the health of the league that the bucks win it this year.

yeah that's a good point

otm

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2QUuQ9XsAEH3w8?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

Thunder are sitting pretty. Bulls and Twolves are up against the odds.

I'm really not worried about it because the minute the Wolves made the trade I knew they would lose it to Golden State.

If they get the Minny pick, the Warriors offseason is going to be fascinating. At some point you have to not just keep waiting for Klay to come back? If Curry were most any other star, or a couple years older, it would be time to at least think about trading him for max return and have a seriously loaded young core. But with Steph being who he is they'd be nuts to do that. Maybe if they have 2 lottery picks + Wiseman they can make an impact trade that doesn't immediately look stupid even if Klay is a shadow of himself next season. They're in a tough position (though one plenty of teams would switch to in a heartbeat).

I would not want to be the guy whose job it was to trade away Stef from GSW

yeah you just cant do it

wld be sad with all the tanking they did this year if the rockets didnt get a pick (47.9%)

I can't see it happening. Steph is more important to the dubs organization than anyone who isn't the owner. Anybody else is more expendable than Steph and it's not even close.

the only way steph would be traded away is if he specifically requested it and i haven't read or heard anything that indicates he has put even a drop of that idea in the water

i think i lean towards the idea that the warriors are playing it the right way. try and bolster the current roster while also not completely mortgaging your future. if they bring klay back, try and make some more moves on the margins, have some two top 5-6 picks on the roster... the absolute worst that happens in this situation is that you get to watch steph, klay and dray play generally competitive and fun basketball for a few years while having the fond memories of one of the greatest runs in NBA history close in the rearview. the actual worst thing they could do would be to cash in weisman and the other wolves pick for a "star" and still not ever make the west finals while trying to rebuild for the future w/ a bunch of middling picks

what was really so bad about this year for the warriors anyway? steph was must watch TV, prob the single most exciting player in the sport, he was a national story who made the team and the franchise matter. they played two de facto playoff games and lost both... so what. honestly it sounds way more fun than rooting for the clippers

Steph to the Lakers makes too much sense to not think about. The timing is ideal for all parties.

a truly dystopian vision, luckily the lakers dont have any assets

right the lakers like literally can't make a trade for 5 more years

I'll take Anthony Davis for Draymond and Steph and the two Warriors picks this year

you crazy

i... would not do that