NBA thread

[p5mmr9]

yeah, SGA was traded in july coming off of a rookie season where he averaged @ 10ppg in 27mpg and finished 6th in ROY voting. all rookie 2nd team. decent shooting splits.

while he clearly had some promise it was not even remotely clear that he was going to be an all-star let alone on this type of career trajectory.

credit to sam presti for seeing the vision.

Presti wanted the best assets he could pull from the Clippers. The Clippers wanted Kawhi. There was real risk Kawhi would go to the Lakers. Kawhi demanded Paul George. Presti demanded everything. The Clippers (and everyone else) thought Kawhi plus Paul George would yield multiple championships. No one anywhere expected SGA to be a league MVP. It's kind of a no brainer for the Clippers at that point, really.

 

[Heelsandeers]

Depends on whether we're calling a trade the worst in hindsight or how it was perceived at the time

At the time nobody was scoffing at SGA and all those picks for PG + Kawhi

I called the Rudy Gobert trade to MIN the worst of all time

 

[Heelsandeers]

 

[nycfan]

Pretty amazing, but TBH, this loses a lot of points by using what appears to be a photo from the Blue Devils in a losing effort in the Final Four for this mock-up.

 

[Zoo_View]

Pretty amazing, but TBH, this loses a lot of points by using what appears to be a photo from the Blue Devils in a losing effort in the Final Four for this mock-up.

Is that where the upper photo is from?

The Brotherhood losing in the Final Four?

Credit for
making the Final Four. We didn’t.

LOL at using such a photo to attempt a claim at “we’re badasses!”

 

[UNCatTech]

Pretty amazing, but TBH, this loses a lot of points by using what appears to be a photo from the Blue Devils in a losing effort in the Final Four for this mock-up.

That picture tells me that Charlotte is going to continue to suck.

 

[Healing]

Just a few takeaways from NBA FA, day one:

1. MPJ traded to Nets for Cam Johnson (wtf are you doing Brooklyn?)

2. LeBron is apparently batting his eyes at Dallas, behind the scenes, and doing the LeBron passive aggressive thing with LA.

3. Finney Smith and Capela sign with Houston. They’re all in.

4. Atlanta is doing some impressive work in FA. Picked up Porzingas and Alexander-Walker. They clearly see the absence of Haliburton and Tatum, along with the come apart of the Bucks and Sixers, as a window of opportunity. Brook Lopez left the Bucks for the Clips.

5. Deandre Ayton is expected to sign with the Lakers, after negotiating a buyout with the Blazers.

6. Dallas signed D’Angelo Russell to share ball handling duties with Flagg, until the return of Irving.

7. Knicks still don’t have a coach and really wanted Kidd, but Dallas said nope. Looks like Mike Brown is going to get another run.

All in all, an active day in the league for the bench and mid tier starter types, but nothing too eye opening beyond the MPJ trade.

 

[Carolina Fever]

Glad to see Cam go to Denver.

 

[mpaer]

Glad to see Cam go to Denver.

I am not an NBA genius-but as I recall they are a top 4 type team

 

[dcf2]

Bucks stretch and waive Dame and sign Turner from Pacers.

Yabusele to the Knicks.