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It's puntification time.

I wonder how much Valentine's stock will be helped by Draymond's emergence. Does he have a longer wing span? Can he play the 3 even though he's smallish for that position?

And it looks like Chalmers' season is done.

I was surprised the Lakers bailed on him so quickly with such a moderate contract. He's an excellent first big off the bench though he played 32 minutes which is almost thrice as much as Vonleh. This year's Portland team reminds me of the Suns 2 years ago. It's their 2 guards and everyone else is p...

No ZBo? Wow.

Pickle - Read INDENTURED: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE REBELLION AGAINST THE NCAA by Joe Nocera and Ben Strauss. I think it'll answer a lot of your questions. College football and basketball are basically cash cows that bring money and prestige to the universities and their athletic departments. There a...

I understand. However, I guess it helps if I can understand better what is meant by phrases like "NCAA makes money but student athletes don't." I thought about my comment a bit and decided that I didn't really even understand the basic premise of this statement, so it's kind of absurd for ...

I think maybe the NCAA's revenues should go to academics instead of the coaching staff, etc... but I guess that is far too complicated.

Certainly. I don't think Okafor's game matches the modern NBA style at all. For him to be serviceable he needs to hold up on the defensive end, maybe not chase a shooter out to the wing but at least not be a huge defensive negative, given that the center position is so critical for all of team defen...

That's interesting... Instead of the kids should be paid, there's no outcry for the NCAA shouldn't be getting paid...

While I'm no fan of Okafor, I think he probably still ranks somewhere above Booker.

Maybe he really is Jerry Colangelo.

From an on-court basketball perspective, I think any exposure to game time is great for Len. He might not be one of those players that has enough bravado to think that he can take over the world, so some game-time rep would definitely help with the comfort and confidence level. He might not be most ...

I just wish I had the foresight to grab him for my fantasy team.

Is the D League considered an inherently more or less competitive environment vs. the NCAA?

Although I wouldn't mind a chance to swap out Chandler for Mozgov. He's a free agent this summer isn't he?

I'm also not a huge fan of Kyrie. He's one of those guys that can be the face of a franchise when it's down, but as Inf says, doesn't strike me as a winner. No consistent effort on defense... I understand us wanting to get out of contracts etc, but yeah, if such a thing happened, I'd rather he gets ...

I think its because rebounding is in the control of the player more than anything else. Other skills like passing and shooting require a coach and team to USE that player like he was used in college. With so many talented players ahead of him on the depth chart, he might never touch the ball like i...

There is a lot of romantic remembrance of the past NBA. All this talk of how the defense was so much better in the past, including Oscar Robinson's time is a whole lot of hogwash. I've gone back and watched those old games in the 60's and 70's, and their defense was atrocious. There was a reason th...

Yes. That's a great idea. But a hefty time commitment.