Monday: None. Tuesday: Philly @ Boston 8:00 PM EST TNT, OKC @ Golden State 10:30 PM EST TNT Wednesday: New Orleans @ Houston 8:00 PM EST ESPN, Dallas @ Phoenix 10:30 PM EST ESPN Thursday: Chicago @ Philly 8:00 PM EST TNT, L.A. Lakers @ Portland 10:30 PM EST TNT Friday: Boston @ Toronto 8:00 PM EST ESPN, Golden State @ Utah 10:30 PM EST ESPN Saturday: Toronto @ Washington :00 PM EST NBATv, Houston @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 PM EST ESPN Sunday: Houston @ L.A. Clippers 9:00 PM EST NBATv
Wow! He gets that kind of money at age 59, and he gets to play with his son? That is awesome!
Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:22 pm
by INFORMER
Cleveland got Nance Jr. on a great deal. Good for them; I really like him as a player.
Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:58 pm
by Split T
It's a declining contract too. Smart move by Cleveland. I think Love's contract declines too
Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:32 am
by Mori Chu
I like that Nance deal a lot. I think it's great that he has ended up back in Cleveland. I thought the Cavs should have used him more last year with Lebron. Oh well.
I don't really know what to make of Myles Turner. People keep hyping him as a future star for the Pacers, but I haven't seen it from him yet.
Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:21 am
by O_Gardino
Ayton vs Doncic on ESPN to start the season. It’s nice to be on the national stage a little bit.
I like that Nance deal a lot. I think it's great that he has ended up back in Cleveland. I thought the Cavs should have used him more last year with Lebron. Oh well.
I don't really know what to make of Myles Turner. People keep hyping him as a future star for the Pacers, but I haven't seen it from him yet.
I don't know that Turner is a star, but he's a modern big and has "unicorn" skills. The term unicorn gets used far too often nowadays, but I believe it was originally used to describe a big man that stretched the floor on offense and protected the rim on defense. Those guys were very rare, but highly useful. That's why we're seeing an influx of them in recent drafts.
Turner has those skills. He's not Porzingis, but he's a solid piece.
Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:35 am
by ShelC
There's only one unicorn and his name is Porzingis.
Turner is a nice player but was hyped up a bit his rookie year. I don't know that he's a double digit rebounder and while he gets blocks, I don't know that he's an intimidating defender at the rim. This will be a telling year because he got himself into phenomenal shape.
Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:55 am
by Split T
That's not true. The term was first applied to Serge Ibaka. I wouldn't call him one anymore, but he definitely was one. Anthony Davis is definitely one. Joel Embiid. Mo Bamba and JJJ were drafted to be unicorns.
Re: Around the League: Week 1 10/16-10/21
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:21 am
by O_Gardino
I believe the term was first used to describe a horse with a single horn on its head.
