doubt that guy is available
― ciderpress, Monday, 15 May 2023 18:02 (eleven months ago) link
he was tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 15 May 2023 18:09 (eleven months ago) link
but why on earth did they give pj tucker a player option for his age 39 season
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, May 15, 2023 12:34 PM (one hour ago)
because the only way to get him to leave a better situation in miami was to offer him that money. the heat could have matched and let him walk which is very illustrative of the differences between those two franchises. PJ tucker was a great fit in miami and was quite a good player last season, but the heat don't need to import mental toughness. the sixers legitimately thought that overpaying for tucker would just fix all their problems & this narrative was fully bought into by the media and sixers fans after game 5. alas the power of embiid and harden was greater than the power of PJ tucker.
i'm sure that morey would say that an extra $10 million tacked onto tucker's contract is worth the value he provided to them this season and in the playoffs and maybe he's right. pat riley disagreed but riley is wrong a lot too. but it's more emblematic of a rot w/in the franchise of looking elsewhere to fix deep issues that need to be uprooted from w/in the self
― J0rdan S., Monday, 15 May 2023 18:12 (eleven months ago) link
tucker also on a pretty steep curve of showing his age, you could say they were betting against that happening quite so swiftly.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 15 May 2023 18:55 (eleven months ago) link
“I would not be shocked if Isiah Thomas is the coach of this team.” - @TheFrankIsola on the Phoenix Suns (Via @SiriusXMNBA ) pic.twitter.com/z3Kv6dqohQ— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) May 15, 2023
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 16 May 2023 04:47 (eleven months ago) link
that is a great outfit, at least
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 05:23 (eleven months ago) link
oh no suns
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 05:53 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/jordan-poole-warriors-exit-interview-18100505.php
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 11:43 (eleven months ago) link
it is kind of weird that there is some expectation that he would be cool with Draymond. if a coworker punched me like that I would hate them forever.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 11:44 (eleven months ago) link
yeah reasonable
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 12:07 (eleven months ago) link
DOC FIRED
The Sixers’ search for a new coach is expected to include Mike Budenholzer, Sam Cassell, Mike D’Antoni, Nick Nurse, Frank Vogel and Monty Williams, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 16, 2023
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 15:29 (eleven months ago) link
man it’s a bloodbath out there
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 16 May 2023 15:29 (eleven months ago) link
ngl i thought doc might survive but most of those guys listed could prob do as good of a job
resigning harden & hiring d'antoni would be hysterical tho
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 16 May 2023 15:31 (eleven months ago) link
Nick Nurse or bust (bust = D'Antoni and Harden).
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 16:09 (eleven months ago) link
wld honestly be interested to see a diantoni-embiid offense
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 16:36 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah, they aren't getting past the second round as it is, might as well be all in. They'll be back in the Process in under five years regardless.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 16:44 (eleven months ago) link
we’ll always have the eagles
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:05 (eleven months ago) link
imo embiid is good enough that they could still strike gold one year and win a ring like dirk with the mavs, they really need now that hes got his mvp focus on having him healthy and rested going into the offs, also they need to not resign harden lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:14 (eleven months ago) link
oh right the draft lottery is tonight
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:20 (eleven months ago) link
orlando will win it again, proving that the league is rigged in their favor
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:28 (eleven months ago) link
my main question with the sixers is can they really bring back harden on a 4 year max? is that actually a tenable relationship between player and fanbase? i'm positive daryl would do it in a heartbeat but it feels like a really bad idea to me. but also that everything they do this offseason flows from that one question
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:34 (eleven months ago) link
they should want no part of harden unless they can sign him to an extremely team friendly short contract so they can trade him
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:36 (eleven months ago) link
yeah theres no way you can make him the highest paid player in the league hes not that good
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:37 (eleven months ago) link
if i was a sixers fan i would be really worried both about how daryl views this kinda thing in general -- stars matters, assets matter, figure the rest out later -- *and* of course how he views harden specifically. it's really no secret that harden gave up money this year so that they could sign guys w/ the understanding that they would take care of him on his next contract. and it's not like this outcome should have been a surprise to daryl, he's defended harden through it all. i don't feel like the wool has suddenly been removed from his eyes after game 7. so why wouldn't he give harden a 4 year max & then hire his preferred coach?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:41 (eleven months ago) link
The "let's just do it and be legends" style of gming, respect.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:51 (eleven months ago) link
Harden's game is really not gonna age well over the next 2 years, let alone 4. compared to just about any other volume shooter he relies on footwork and little advantages around the margins to get his points, and even his passing is so intertwined with his drive and kick and if he can't get into the lane he's not even going to be a great caretaker pg. plus i doubt he's gonna keep getting friendly whistles on his foul baiting as his superstardom recedes in memory. i get how painful it is to lose someone for nothing, esp when you've given up picks and stuff to get him, but personally i think it would be deadly for the sixers to bring him back on a multiyear deal, unless morey has some wizardry in store to dump tobias' contract and make harden more of a #3 than a #2. which i mean he probably does, he's daryl morey, but how much more can you possibly hollow out this roster
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:00 (eleven months ago) link
harden "taking less money" was such a scam lol
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:07 (eleven months ago) link
heh
It is going to be hilarious watching NBA teams try to figure out how to defend Victor Wembanyama. pic.twitter.com/p7avnVVZr5— Kyle Boone (@kyletheboone) May 9, 2023
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 19:18 (eleven months ago) link
low post move executed from the high post
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 19:19 (eleven months ago) link
he’s 4 feet taller than the guy defending him
― Clay, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 19:33 (eleven months ago) link
what could go wrong
"This is the most highly-anticipated player to ever enter the NBA. ... Maybe the greatest prospect in the history of team sports."- @wojespn on Wemby (Via ESPN) pic.twitter.com/mnhGTjpBWi— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) May 16, 2023
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 19:52 (eleven months ago) link
still gotta see how he guards the pnr lol
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 19:53 (eleven months ago) link
come on LeBron was still in high school when people started calling him the next Michael Jordan. ESPN were even broadcasting some of his HS games which I don't think they've done since.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:02 (eleven months ago) link
yeah nothing will top the lebron hype imo
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:16 (eleven months ago) link
he can prob guard the pnr by extending his arms very wide
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:19 (eleven months ago) link
might work!
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:21 (eleven months ago) link
his wingspan is 6" more than zingers lol
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:22 (eleven months ago) link
yeah trying to put him ahead of bron as a prospect is ridiculous
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:28 (eleven months ago) link
i think even like... zion had more hype than this. kids arent hunting down wemby highlights
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:33 (eleven months ago) link
i guess "most hype" and "greatest prospect" are slightly different things tho
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 20:34 (eleven months ago) link
instant unicorn just add water
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 21:03 (eleven months ago) link
wemby needs to be more durable than chet if he's going to live up to his hype. his skills are not in question.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 21:19 (eleven months ago) link
Holmgren has had one injury, it’s entirely possible he won’t be durable but no one knows that yet
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 23:06 (eleven months ago) link
you know what, I'm rooting for the Spurs to get it, they seem least likely to fuck it up
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:02 (eleven months ago) link
hell yeah woj calling wemby "the greatest prospect in the history of team sports" 2 minutes into the program
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:04 (eleven months ago) link
I mean I will buy that some players might be more genetically predisposed to injury than others to a degree, but by far the biggest cause of injury is random bad luck, your foot comes down funny, you get tangled up with another player, etc.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:07 (eleven months ago) link
surprise reveal! the first pick goes to the newly reinstated seattle supersonics
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:17 (eleven months ago) link
ok here we go i hope something crazy happens
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:17 (eleven months ago) link
damn ben wallace lookin like the world's hardest old man
― Clay, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:18 (eleven months ago) link
yeah very cool look
― Spottie, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 00:18 (eleven months ago) link