Gasol is going to miss significant time with a bone break so the Spurs reportedly are looking for a big via trade. I'm not sure KOQ for what is currently the 29th pick in the draft is even a deal I would make.
-Booker 21, 8 and 7 last night
-Jokic 35, 12 and 4 with 2 blocks... beast
-Old friend David Lee 10 and 16
-Towns 37 12 and 5
-DeAndre Jordan 29 and 16 (averaging 18 and 18 over his last 5 games)
There's only 2 players on the Bulls that have any trade value (actually 3 if you include Portis who I think is going to be a really good player but they clearly have no interest in trying to develop him). They'll never part with Butler but this team has no future as constructed. They might even miss the playoffs this year and I don't see how they get better aside from overpaying for one of the average PGs coming onto the market.
Butler may net you 1-2 Nets picks and/or Crowder and they'd end up with 2 other high end first round picks as a byproduct of a crappy roster. Wade could probably net another few nice pieces too. But that'll never happen and they'll hold onto Butler for too long and continue to meddle in mediocrity.
It's really gone downhill for him. You'd think on a team that's trying to squeeze any production out of anyone else outside Butler/Wade he'd get a lot of minutes. He's not a bad rebounder. If he was a 3 point threat he'd be a starter on many teams. Is he a terrible defender?
Don't know what the Bulls are doing at all. Not sure if it's Hoiberg or the front office but why the hell would this dude Paul zipper or whatever get minutes over Portis? Hoiberg was given the same roster as thibs and just took it downhill from there.
Trying to understand certain professional sports teams is pretty confusing.
But you have to start playing willy and kuz consistently..
i could see jennings and oquinn traded at the deadline
I like McDermott but is he anything more than a guy you'd bring off the bench for 20 minutes in a playoff series? He's not good enough at rebounding to play major minutes at the 4 and he's certainly not a guy you'd want guarding starting SFs.
But you have to start playing willy and kuz consistently..
i could see jennings and oquinn traded at the deadline
Hey is the sixers want to make a playoff run why not take Jennings? He'd be solid as a spot up shooter and secondary creator with Simmons back. I'd take a chance on a few of the young end of rotation guys that will never get run in philly like Hollis Thompson or richuan Holmes.
The Knicks are 26th in defending spot-up plays this season, via Synergy Sports. Now, New York is actually middle of the pack in guarding 3-pointers per 100 possessions. How is that possible? Well, Synergy tracks plays where a player spots up, catches the ball and then drives either to the rim or a pull-up jumper. And the Knicks, especially their guards, are routinely out of position. Much of this is because of a scheme the Knicks employ under Kurt Rambis where the weakside wing defender overloads the side the ball is on, hoping to contain pick and roll, which forces them to recover rapidly when the ball reverses to the other side of the floor.
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Has more value than mirotic. Mcdermott has flashed at times. Needs to play more. Better rebounder than I thought.
I like McDermott but is he anything more than a guy you'd bring off the bench for 20 minutes in a playoff series? He's not good enough at rebounding to play major minutes at the 4 and he's certainly not a guy you'd want guarding starting SFs.
Actually your spot on with his abilities. And I think thats a type of guy a lot of teams can use. Obviously his defense is a problem. But I can see him playing a nice role on a contending team. He actually moves better than I thought and drives to the basket. I see him as a role/bench player who can contribute.
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The Knicks need to go 22-15 just to finish 41-41. So it looks like they'll fall just shy of the 65 wins Tommy D-minus predicted.
Tommy Dipshit remains a clownshow.
i dont get why he bothers with the dailynews, he does a ton of national media stuff and i am suree espn would hire him, he already does around the horn..
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Carmelo Anthony is now shooting 4-of-29 in the last 10 seconds of games which the Knicks are losing by 3 or less, dating back to 201213
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Carmelo Anthony is now shooting 4-of-29 in the last 10 seconds of games which the Knicks are losing by 3 or less, dating back to 201213
clutch.
they have porzingis, willy and kuz who look could be nice pieces going forward..
looks like they will have a lottery pick..
they will have 2 more 2nd rounders..
they will have cap space if they let rose go..
could have more if they let melo go..
to be honest at this moment they are going to keep losing anyway might as well keep rose and melo unless they get blow away by an offer and add picks to this group..
B. Ingram SF 17 1-7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -34 2
Lakers down 67-33.
B. Ingram SF 17 1-7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -34 2
Lakers down 67-33.
Still cant believe there were people calling hiim over simmons for number 1 pick.
Ingram was nowhere near ready to come out.
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having one of the all time worst games in NBA history at the half:
B. Ingram SF 17 1-7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -34 2
Lakers down 67-33.
Still cant believe there were people calling hiim over simmons for number 1 pick.
Ingram was nowhere near ready to come out.
This draft class is lucky Embiid got hurt. Otherwise we'd be talking about it as one of the all time worst rookie classes in NBA history.
Seems like a real stand up guy. Always everyone else's fault but his own. Of course he didn't have ANYTHING to do with the poor relationship, right?
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Carmelo Anthony is now shooting 4-of-29 in the last 10 seconds of games which the Knicks are losing by 3 or less, dating back to 201213
clutch.
Hater. He's average clutch in end of game situations, per ESPN. Right there with Durant, Paul and Wade, way better than Lebron.
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having one of the all time worst games in NBA history at the half:
B. Ingram SF 17 1-7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -34 2
Lakers down 67-33.
Still cant believe there were people calling hiim over simmons for number 1 pick.
Ingram was nowhere near ready to come out.
This draft class is lucky Embiid got hurt. Otherwise we'd be talking about it as one of the all time worst rookie classes in NBA history.
Embiid still isn't part of this draft class. This draft class still remains pathetic.
2 guys that are going to make the All rookie first team aren't even from this draft.
And if Willy and Kuz got 20-23 mpg consistently both would be on the 2nd team IMO.
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having one of the all time worst games in NBA history at the half:
B. Ingram SF 17 1-7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -34 2
Lakers down 67-33.
Still cant believe there were people calling hiim over simmons for number 1 pick.
Ingram was nowhere near ready to come out.
Yup. I thought (and still think) Ingram was gonna be a pretty good NBA player one day but I was at a loss that people were trying to turn Simmons vs Ingram into a debate.
People (even teams) take college team success too much into account when evaluating players. That's the only reason Frank Kaminsky was taken in the lottery of a great draft.
It will be silly if that comes into play with Markelle Fultz this year.
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having one of the all time worst games in NBA history at the half:
B. Ingram SF 17 1-7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -34 2
Lakers down 67-33.
Still cant believe there were people calling hiim over simmons for number 1 pick.
Ingram was nowhere near ready to come out.
Yup. I thought (and still think) Ingram was gonna be a pretty good NBA player one day but I was at a loss that people were trying to turn Simmons vs Ingram into a debate.
People (even teams) take college team success too much into account when evaluating players. That's the only reason Frank Kaminsky was taken in the lottery of a great draft.
It will be silly if that comes into play with Markelle Fultz this year.
That's insane. People liked Frank because he's a true center who can shoot and had elite passing ability. The Hornets managed to fuck that up by playing him exclusively at the 4. Don't put that on Frank.
He hasn't shown NBA range. He's getting outplayed by Cody Zeller because he's a better rebounder, defender, and pick and roll threat. He can't beat out Marvin Williams at the 4 because he isn't much of a deep threat or defender.
Not saying Frank is on an ideal team but his team isn't bad and they don't need him much to win games.
I like Frank but I didn't see him much more than a plus bench guy in the league. He's turning 24 already. Booker and Turner were too much, much better upside guys taken after him. Dekker was the better Wisco pro prospect and looks like he's gonna be a stud. I'd take Portis, RHJ and Lyles over Frank as well.
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He hasn't shown NBA range. He's getting outplayed by Cody Zeller because he's a better rebounder, defender, and pick and roll threat. He can't beat out Marvin Williams at the 4 because he isn't much of a deep threat or defender.
Not saying Frank is on an ideal team but his team isn't bad and they don't need him much to win games.
I like Frank but I didn't see him much more than a plus bench guy in the league. He's turning 24 already. Booker and Turner were too much, much better upside guys taken after him. Dekker was the better Wisco pro prospect and looks like he's gonna be a stud. I'd take Portis, RHJ and Lyles over Frank as well.
Frank as a featured player would be Brook Lopez.
draft a point guard, let rose go and sign wade lol...
at this point he would probably go play with one of his friends
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With no rim protection or rebounding?
He hasn't shown NBA range. He's getting outplayed by Cody Zeller because he's a better rebounder, defender, and pick and roll threat. He can't beat out Marvin Williams at the 4 because he isn't much of a deep threat or defender.
Not saying Frank is on an ideal team but his team isn't bad and they don't need him much to win games.
I like Frank but I didn't see him much more than a plus bench guy in the league. He's turning 24 already. Booker and Turner were too much, much better upside guys taken after him. Dekker was the better Wisco pro prospect and looks like he's gonna be a stud. I'd take Portis, RHJ and Lyles over Frank as well.
Frank as a featured player would be Brook Lopez.
So the best player on the worst team in the NBA?
Frank on a contending team is someone you give 20 minutes off the bench a night to play stretch 4 and keep the offense going (assuming he one day becomes an even league average NBA 3 point shooter). He's not even as good of a 3 point shooter as brook Lopez. Having him matchup against Howard, Whiteside, Cousins, Gobert, Draymond, etc. is the equivalent of bringing a chiseled wooden stick to a nuclear war.
Right now he looks a lot closer to a poor man's Dario saric than Brook Lopez. Dario can at least shoot, rebound and keep up with PFs on defense, unlike Frank.
He's not a 5 when he's as good as a rebounder as Carmelo Anthony, less nimble than Kevin love and weaker than KP.
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isn't a 4. That's why you're wrong as are the Hornets.
He's not a 5 when he's as good as a rebounder as Carmelo Anthony, less nimble than Kevin love and weaker than KP.
Well for starters, he should be less nimble than Love. He's a center.
And the other two are wrong.
If it was so obvious that he's some all star at the center position but Barry playable at the 4 you think the Hornets wouldn't have needed to sign Roy fucking hibbert.
Frank had way too many flaws to be a lottery pick in the draft and he's shown absolutely nothing to prove me otherwise.
It's okay, take the L on this one. I don't really have any interest in talking about Big Frank anymore.
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Loved him in college, have nothing against him, just don't think he's a starter on a .500+ team.
Well Jon went to Wisco so I get his allegiance to Frank.