Around the League: Offseason

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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:37 am
Houston Trades: James Harden, Eric Gordon
Chicago Trades: Zach LaVine, Otto Porter Jr.

I know it's a terrible basketball deal for Houston, but that's kind of the point. They don't have many options. At least something like this would free up (cut?) almost $30M off the Rockets '21-'22 roster payroll.
That is about 1000X better than the Westbrook deal. They could get draft considerations out the Bulls deal. And LaVine is a stud. They could do (and have done) worse than that.
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INFORMER wrote:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:17 pm
Split T wrote:
Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:49 pm
The nfl has actually managed ok I think.
They've done well in spreading the virus.
Fair. I just meant they’ve managed to play all their games.

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INFORMER wrote:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:23 pm
Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:37 am
Houston Trades: James Harden, Eric Gordon
Chicago Trades: Zach LaVine, Otto Porter Jr.

I know it's a terrible basketball deal for Houston, but that's kind of the point. They don't have many options. At least something like this would free up (cut?) almost $30M off the Rockets '21-'22 roster payroll.
That is about 1000X better than the Westbrook deal. They could get draft considerations out the Bulls deal. And LaVine is a stud. They could do (and have done) worse than that.
The Westbrook deal was bad because most of the league looks at him as damaged goods, justly or not. So they had to take someone else's damaged goods back.

Zach LaVine is a stud, but is he a winning basketball player? I'm not convinced of that.
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John Wall's contract is just as bad as Westbrook. The only difference is that Westbrook is an All-Star; John Wall doesn't play basketball anymore.
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Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:30 pm
John Wall's contract is just as bad as Westbrook. The only difference is that Westbrook is an All-Star; John Wall doesn't play basketball anymore.
Exactly. And player for player (based on potential), I see it as mostly even. But I expect Wall to never really be the player he was, and I think Westbrook will do well in Washington. I don't think it is close as to which team will improve itself more with this move.

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Huh?

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Kings gonna King.

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Were there other players involved they didn't want?

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Cap wrote:
Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:37 pm
Kings gonna King.
right?!?

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Indy wrote:
Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:37 pm
Were there other players involved they didn't want?
I have no idea, feels like something else must be going on. Maybe they wanted more and the hawks just called their bluff and signed him to a deal.

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Wow.....

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It is crazy how many people he has lost.

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Indy wrote:
Fri Dec 04, 2020 5:03 pm
It is crazy how many people he has lost.
yea I think most knew about his mom but seeing that tweet just now was a real gut punch. that's really tough
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JJ Redick is hilarious. This is great:


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That is hilarious.

I am in the middle of reading 7 Seconds or Less to get ready for the season, and I just read a part about Stan. Some of the guys were saying he is the master of the white board. Nobody has a more detailed plan than Stan.

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bajanguy008 wrote:
Fri Dec 04, 2020 5:09 pm
Indy wrote:
Fri Dec 04, 2020 5:03 pm
It is crazy how many people he has lost.
yea I think most knew about his mom but seeing that tweet just now was a real gut punch. that's really tough
I think the current numbers are 1 in 850 black people in the US have died this year from COVID-19.

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Strap in Saucy:


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I say we keep posting weird Oubre quotes just to keep Saucy in good spirits.
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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:19 pm
I say we keep posting weird Oubre quotes just to keep Saucy in good spirits.
I second this as much as i possibly can.

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ShelC wrote:
Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:17 pm
Strap in Saucy:

I just had a stroke. Just take a knife and jab it into my ears until I don’t have to hear that any more. What the fuck is he even saying lol

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