Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:09 am
I laughed.Shabazz wrote: The battle to put together the largest collection of big, goofy white dudes on one team continues...
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Around the League: The Offseason
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Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:58 am
Shabazz wrote:The Celtics felt threatened when Charlotte put together the Zeller/Kaminsky/Hawes frontcourt so they added David Lee to their Zeller/Olynyk/Jerebko troika.
Well, the Hornets just went out and trumped them with a Hansbrough. Tyler Hansbrough.
The battle to put together the largest collection of big, goofy white dudes on one team continues...
Still the Gold standard has to be the Late 90's Jazz. Ostertag,Foster,Keefe...Fear them you did!
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:22 am
Indiana, Boston, and Utah have often competed for whitest team in the NBA honors. I always love seeing one of those teams draft a white guy inexplicably high or sign one to a surprisingly rich FA deal. Old habits die hard.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:43 pm
I don't know who that is.Shabazz wrote:John Jenkins to the Mavs. Good pick up.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:30 pm
This is great:
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:49 pm
"great" is such an understatement.Shabazz wrote:This is great:
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:52 pm
That is funny. I'm curious why they even ask that question anymore. It's not like Kobe is still an elite player. He is playing out his contract and will probably retire because his own ego can't except that he doesn't have it anymore, IMO.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:01 pm
It is. I was coming to post it as well. Here's the ESPN tweet:Shabazz wrote:This is great:
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:17 pm
I don't understand this Cleveland / Portland trade. Cleveland sends the Haywood contract and Mike Miller along with 2 2nd rounders to Portland for a TPE? What the heck does Portland get out of it? They pick up $2.8M of Miller's contract just for 2 late 2nd rounders?
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:00 pm
They weren't going to do anything with the cap space and if their payroll is too low, they still have to cut a check for the difference.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:20 am
This gives Cleveland more time to use money. The contract was guaranteed after August 1st. Instead, now they have two trade exceptions, one of them sizable, to use over one year with the bonus of being able to break it however they want.carey wrote:I don't understand this Cleveland / Portland trade. Cleveland sends the Haywood contract and Mike Miller along with 2 2nd rounders to Portland for a TPE? What the heck does Portland get out of it? They pick up $2.8M of Miller's contract just for 2 late 2nd rounders?
I guess they shopped around that contract hard af but nobody offered anything remotely close in quality to the huge impact it would have had on the books.
By the way, I thought PJ was a good candidate to be sent Cleveland's way.
From Portland, they purchased two seconds for 3M. Llull did cost Morey 2M. Somebody will offer cash for those, and if they don't, you take a flyer on something.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:53 pm
This is just insane. MJ turned down 4 picks, including an UNPROTECTED pick from a Brooklyn team in free fall, just to take Kaminsky?The Boston Celtics offered four first-round picks to the Charlotte Hornets for the chance to move up from No. 16 to No. 9. The Celtics were targeting Justise Winslow while the Hornets were settled on taking Frank Kaminsky.
The Celtics offered the 16th pick, No. 15 (acquired in a prearranged contingency deal with the Atlanta Hawks), one unprotected future Brooklyn pick, and a future first-rounder from either the Memphis Grizzlies or Minnesota Timberwolves.
Some members of the Hornets' front office wanted to do the deal with the Celtics, but Michael Jordan preferred Kaminsky over first rounders outside the lottery.
“If it was such a no-brainer for us, why would another team want to do it?” said Rich Cho.
Edit: And what the hell was Ainge thinking?
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:06 pm
Ainge was thinking Winslow is going to be one hell of a player, and he may be right.virtual9mm wrote:This is just insane. MJ turned down 4 picks, including an UNPROTECTED pick from a Brooklyn team in free fall, just to take Kaminsky?The Boston Celtics offered four first-round picks to the Charlotte Hornets for the chance to move up from No. 16 to No. 9. The Celtics were targeting Justise Winslow while the Hornets were settled on taking Frank Kaminsky.
The Celtics offered the 16th pick, No. 15 (acquired in a prearranged contingency deal with the Atlanta Hawks), one unprotected future Brooklyn pick, and a future first-rounder from either the Memphis Grizzlies or Minnesota Timberwolves.
Some members of the Hornets' front office wanted to do the deal with the Celtics, but Michael Jordan preferred Kaminsky over first rounders outside the lottery.
“If it was such a no-brainer for us, why would another team want to do it?” said Rich Cho.
Edit: And what the hell was Ainge thinking?
As for Kaminsky, I just don't see it. MJ isn't exactly known for his drafting savvy.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:17 pm
MJ is known for drafting goofy white guys. When you hear Morrison do you think of basketball or music?Cap wrote:Ainge was thinking Winslow is going to be one hell of a player, and he may be right.
As for Kaminsky, I just don't see it. MJ isn't exactly known for his drafting savvy.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:12 am
Well surprise, surprise. Tristan Thompson hasn't agreed to a contract with the Cavs after all. Previously it was reported that they had a five year, $80 million deal in place. Rich Paul must have figured out he can get more money. Plus, the negotiations are dragging on through the summer. Sound familiar?
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:52 am
We'll trade Kieff for him and the world will implode.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:44 am
No thanks.TheOriginalOriginal wrote:We'll trade Kieff for him and the world will implode.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:31 am
Ugh. Tristan Thompson is one guy I'd want way less than Markieff, believe it or not. Especially with the salary that he seems to be demanding.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:42 pm
Slow news day in the NBA. If you're bored, check out this fun Reddit NBA thread about some of the best passes of all time.
Re: Around the League: The Offseason
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:48 pm
BTW, this Peja pass seems to be the consensus number 1:
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