Around the League: 2018 Offseason
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Y'all know VanVleet is all of 5'11" right?
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Yeah, but he hits the 3, defends and rarely makes mistakes.
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I'm not sure where this VanVleet is a good defender thing is coming from. He was on a team that itself was very good defensively. He's undersized with a decent shot from 3, but I dont think I'd wanna spend any money on him. Screams DJ Augustin to me.
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All his advanced metrics show he was a good defender as does the eye test.TheOriginalOriginal wrote: ↑Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:31 pmI'm not sure where this VanVleet is a good defender thing is coming from. He was on a team that itself was very good defensively. He's undersized with a decent shot from 3, but I dont think I'd wanna spend any money on him. Screams DJ Augustin to me.
Just being on a team that's good defensively doesn't make one a good defender. Steph Curry still looks exposed defensively every single Warriors game and despite playing in a lineup with CP3, Ariza, Tucker and Capela, James Harden still looks awful defensively.
FVV being good defensively is a partial credit to his team but nearly most of it is himself.
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I say do something crazy, like overpay Rondo to get him to sign for 1 year to see if it works out. 20 million for 1 year. Then you get the cap space back next summer.
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Barf. Of all the PG suggestions out there, Rondo is easily the worst fit. Can’t shoot. Barely defends. Needs the ball in his hands to be effective.
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His shooting has improved--he's averaged 36% on threes since leaving Boston.
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When Rondo is engaged and thinks his team can win in the playoffs, he's a top 10 point guard. The Suns are not good enough right now to keep him in line, so it's not smart to go after him.
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Based on recent experience I would be extremely cautious signing anyone from the Celtics for any significant money.
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Rondo’s always said good things about this team as well, so makes sense
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Ronnie Price and Mirza Teletovic are both available.
Alright, I spent a minute looking for pictures of both guys together on the Suns. God Damn, it has been a bad stretch for the Suns. I made myself sad seeing all those pictures of Archie Goodwin, Sonny Weems, John Leuer, etc.
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I don't get the Rondo stuff either
Can't recall where I saw the numbers breakdown but someone was basically saying that Playoff Rondo is really a thing when u compare his regular season numbers.
As someone said earlier it is simply because he's more engaged during the Playoffs. Don't trust Rondo to be a good influence in the regular season
Can't recall where I saw the numbers breakdown but someone was basically saying that Playoff Rondo is really a thing when u compare his regular season numbers.
As someone said earlier it is simply because he's more engaged during the Playoffs. Don't trust Rondo to be a good influence in the regular season
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He is for us.
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Agreed. I don't want him here because I don't think he will do much for us. But him saying those things shouldn't be a reason to avoid him.
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I hope that the Mavs make a big offer for Randle at the start of free agency. Just want to see the Lakers burn as they strike out in a trade for Kawhi, which in turn makes LeBron hesitant and then PG too. So instead of trading away Deng's contract and having a big 3 while retaining Randle, they miss out on all of them and lose Randle in Free Agency.
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We don't need a SF, but I think Dougy McDerms can contribute to a winning team.
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