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Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:37 pm
by SDC
Mori Chu wrote:He seems genuinely hurt that we did not do everything we could to keep him. I will miss the guy, but honestly if another team was willing to offer him 4/$32, it's best for all sides for him to take it and leave. We can't pay him that, and he would be silly to turn down that huge paycheck at this stage of his career. I wish him the best. Why does he have to be so bent out of shape about it?
that frye-to-orlando move was a lose-lose for both the suns and frye, basketball-wise.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:40 pm
by Mori Chu
Hmm. Why are the Bulls going after Love again? Didn't they just sign Pau? I don't think it makes sense to have both.
http://mweb.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-ba ... kevin-love
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:46 pm
by TOO
Pau is old, Love is not.. #Maths
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:33 pm
by INFORMER
Going after Love now doesn't make any sense for them. He doesn't significantly upgrade what they already can do as a team. With Gasol, Mirotic, Noah, McDermott! and Gibson, they're set in the front court. What would make a difference is a dynamic 2 guard, a defensive/playmaking point guard, and/or just a phenomenal athlete that is a transition threat and can use his length to make plays at the rim and in the passing lanes.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:36 pm
by In2ition
Maybe Chicago tries to trade for Bledsoe and Green.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:41 pm
by INFORMER
Btw, Gibson/Butler for Love is a crap offer.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:45 pm
by In2ition
Agreed. Of course, Bulls fans think that's a better offer than anyone else can give.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:46 pm
by INFORMER
In2ition wrote:Maybe Chicago tries to trade for Bledsoe and Green.
A super-maxed Derrick Rose and a $12-15 million a year Eric Bledsoe? Did Ryan McDonough get traded to Chicago?
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:48 pm
by In2ition
INFORMER wrote:In2ition wrote:Maybe Chicago tries to trade for Bledsoe and Green.
A super-maxed Derrick Rose and a $12-15 million a year Eric Bledsoe? Did Ryan McDonough get traded to Chicago?
I thought it might fit their needs that you posted.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:53 pm
by Mori Chu
INFORMER wrote:Btw, Gibson/Butler for Love is a crap offer.
I have never been a huge fan of Gibson. Decent PF but he has stubby arms and doesn't seem like a guy who can take you very far. I know he's an advanced stats darling and plays his ass off; I just don't think he deserves a huge contract or would make a good centerpiece of a big trade like that. Love to Gibson is an epic downgrade.
Butler's good, but like a lot of Chicago's pieces, he seems like a system guy. Would he be good on another team? Is he just another Luol Deng? Bulls have a lot of B+ dudes but not many As.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:01 pm
by SDC
they're willing to trade gibson.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:22 pm
by SDC
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:02 pm
by Xylus
Grantland really has the best basketball writers in the game. Kirk Goldsberry and Zach Lowe bring it every time with a superbly secular and in-depth approach to sports analysis. Great read, love the comparisons to Bernard King, a player who I knew little about prior to reading that.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:13 pm
by SDC
a better comparison for tj warren would be alex english, a guy i only saw on vhs tapes.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:17 pm
by Xylus
SDC wrote:a better comparison for tj warren would be alex english, a guy i only saw on vhs tapes.
I honestly can't think of a single good comparison to any current NBA player. I've never seen a rookie SF with such a refined inside game, but little to no efficiency outside of 15 feet.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:05 pm
by SDC
Xylus wrote:SDC wrote:a better comparison for tj warren would be alex english, a guy i only saw on vhs tapes.
I honestly can't think of a single good comparison to any current NBA player. I've never seen a rookie SF with such a refined inside game, but little to no efficiency outside of 15 feet.
alex english. care to comment, bobster?
EDIT:
http://www.nba.com/draft/2014/prospects/tj_warren
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:15 pm
by INFORMER
Ring_Wanted wrote:Doesn't feel like Jameer Nelson should be on his way to Dallas?
Chris Broussard ain't got nothing on you:
https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/491755298399334400
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:42 pm
by Wally_West
Just more general news with some Kevin Love trade updates.
https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/491667826294661120
https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/491716823331528705
https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/491718242134929408
https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/491719492742152192
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:40 am
by Ring_Wanted
I didn't know the Bulls have traded Greg Smith (makes 900k) to the Mavs for nothing. I would have liked that move for the Suns.
Re: Around the League: July 2014
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:59 am
by LazarusLong
SDC wrote:a better comparison for tj warren would be alex english, a guy i only saw on vhs tapes.
Not really. English had more range, and did not have the inclination to go inside that Warren has. English was a shooter, Warren is a scorer. The Bernard King comparison is a better one for Warren. I see a larger version of Ced Ceballos in Warren, at least at this juncture.