Around the League: Week 22 3/21-3/27

[carey]

Nationally televised games this week

Monday: Memphis @ San ANtonio 9:00PM EST NBATv
Tuesday: Houston @ OKC 8:00PM EST TNT, Memphis @ Los Angeles Lakers 10:30PM EST TNT
Wednesday: New York @ Chicago 8:00PM EST ESPNLos Angeles Clippers @ Golden State 10:30PM EST ESPN
Thursday: New Orleans @ Indiana 7:00PM EST NBATv
Friday: Charlotte @ Deroit 7:30PM EST NBATv
Saturday: San Antonio @ OKC 8:00PM EST NBATv
Sunday: Newp.

Race For the #1 Pick

1. Philadelphia 76ers 9-62
2. Los Angeles Lakers 14-55
3. Phoenix Suns 19-51 (Won 2 games, damn it!)
4. Brooklyn Celtics 19-50 (Thankfully, won 1 game.)
5. Minnesota Timberwolves 22-48 (Also won 1 game last week.)

NBA News

D.A.'s Morning TIp looks like his big board of PGs in this year's draft: http://www.nba.com/news/features/david_ ... index.html

Sunday Shootaround - Kevin Durant, calm in the eye of the storm: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/3/20/1 ... hootaround

Atlanta's magic trick: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15037 ... t-playoffs

Parsons having season ending knee surgery, again: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15039 ... ee-surgery

[Ring_Wanted]

Jamal Murray is a PG?

Monte Morris haha. If we still had the Morrii he'd make a perfect adoptive FOE.

I've read Melo Trimble is a talent, but he is just #7 on this list. Apparently not the fastest guy, and inconsistent shot.

Dunn-Booker. Who is in?

[Superbone]

I don't think we can catch them but the Lakers beat the Grizz tonight.

[Sunsfan4life]

Dunn reminds me of Bledsoe. Who, despite all his flaws, is a very good NBA player. I get the grips with Dunn though although I think he has a higher Bball IQ then Bledsoe. He may need to play next to a pass first PG.

I'm in a MM suicide pool and Had Maryland in rd 2. You hit the nail on the head with Trimble. Watched all their gm vs Hawai'i. He basically is their offense. He some nice play making ability, but the shot needs work and he is going to have trouble with guys like Dunn who are very quick.

It's looking like 4th in a draft where drafting 3-5 might be just as good as drafting 10-13.

If we tie with Brooklyn, how is it determined who would be #3?

[Sunsfan4life]

I'm off of Murray. I think he will be overvalued in this draft.

[Cap]

If we tie with Brooklyn, how is it determined who would be #3?

Coin flip.

[In2ition]

If we tie with Brooklyn, how is it determined who would be #3?

Coin flip.

Aren't the chances just split down the middle, where both get the same number of ping pong balls? Coin flips I thought only happened when you were tied outside the lottery or both outside the top three when you are tied, but I could be wrong.

[Mori Chu]

Pretty weird story. A woman who works for the Lakers claims that Nick Young and Jordan Clarkson sexually harassed her at a stoplight in LA. Now it's blowing up and she's trying to backpedal a bit, claiming that she wouldn't have publicized the incident if she'd known they were Lakers players. The team is trying to squash the issue before it turns into a big mess.

http://nypost.com/2016/03/23/lakers-tur ... l-cliches/

[Mori Chu]

I'm really sad to hear that Craig Sager's leukemia has come back. Such a good dude. Says he has 3-6 months to live at this point. Cancer is such a Markieff Morris.

[Cap]

If we tie with Brooklyn, how is it determined who would be #3?

Coin flip.

Aren't the chances just split down the middle, where both get the same number of ping pong balls? Coin flips I thought only happened when you were tied outside the lottery or both outside the top three when you are tied, but I could be wrong.

Yeah, basically. They split the number of ping pong balls down the middle. One team gets the extra odd ping pong ball, and the other gets to draft first in the event neither wins a top-three pick. A coin flip determines which is which.

[Superbone]

I'm really sad to hear that Craig Sager's leukemia has come back. Such a good dude. Says he has 3-6 months to live at this point. Cancer is such a Markieff Morris.

3-6 months? Wow, so sad.

[Superbone]

Quality "men", those Lakers.

[Aztec Sunsfan]

Jamal Murray is a PG?

Monte Morris haha. If we still had the Morrii he'd make a perfect adoptive FOE.

I've read Melo Trimble is a talent, but he is just #7 on this list. Apparently not the fastest guy, and inconsistent shot.

Dunn-Booker. Who is in?

Too soon for me to have another Morris on the team...

[INFORMER]

Monte Morris is a solid prospect.

[carey]

How the new NBA draft rules change the game: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-the-nc ... 56109.html

[carey]

Too soon for me to have another Morris on the team...

He wears #11 too.

[Superbone]

Clarification to Sager's 3-6 month prognosis. That would be if untreated but Sager continues to get treatment:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ear ... ative_1_na

[Sunsfan4life]

Monte Morris is a solid prospect.

Agreed.

[Sunsfan4life]

Quality "men", those Lakers.

The story is really odd. Clarkson and Young apparently deny it so much to the point Young is considering suing the chick now she's backing off. After watching "Fantastic Lies" (awesome 30 for 30 on the Duke Lacross case BTW) I tend to not pass judgement based off a claim that the girl is now back tracking on.

[Sunsfan4life]

The Nets just beat the Cavs. Love and Irving are a combined 11-36 from the field. Irving has 22FGA and 4asst. ewww.

Awesome. We're tied again!!!!!