2023 offseason thread

[shopson67]

Nah, you need picks to get the right player anyway

You have like none to trade

Plus it’s gonna be less cap space cause maxey has a 13m QO

I’m not sold you won’t bring Tobias back unless you can get a max guy to sign with Philly, but embiid doesn’t seem like the recruiting type

Plus, who would that max guy be? I doubt Siakam or Claxton make it to free agency, and aren't likely the position the Sixers need to target. Broken down Klay? Derozan? DLo? Old man Lowry?

 

[shopson67]

And likely the finals had cp3 not gotten hurt

That's one of the biggest NBA "if onlys" of the modern era.

 

[shopson67]

I think he's better than DeAndre Jordan. Always found it very weird that Denver didnt bring him back. That was his best stint recently and the best backup 5 for Jokic

Jordan is only in the league for locker room purposes really. Cousins is the antithesis of that.

Being better than DeAndre Jordan is the faintest praise I've heard on here in a while, lol.

 

[tlance]

Yep....

When I have said Cousins should still be in the League....at the very least as a backup big, I have been told he is garbage and finished.

No, you have not been told that

You were told he wasn’t a fit for the Lakers the past 2 years.

And that is the truth.

 

[tlance]

That's one of the biggest NBA "if onlys" of the modern era.

And it ignores the Warriors “if only” that allowed the Rockets to get back into the series.

 

[DJ Fieri]

No, you have not been told that

You were told he wasn’t a fit for the Lakers the past 2 years.

And that is the truth.

Wrong. I was told that earlier this FA period (by Shane I think) when I said I could not believe a team had not signed him.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I didn't even want him this FA period....LOL.

 

[tlance]

Wrong. I was told that earlier this FA period by Shane I think when I said I could not believe a team had not signed him.

Well…

He isn’t totally cooked.

But he is a shell of what SAS and Demarcus himself think he is.

And that creates a major problem.

 

[tlance]

I didn't even want him this FA period....LOL.

Pretty sure you wanted the Lakers to sign him last season.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Well…

He isn’t totally cooked.

But he is a shell of what SAS and Demarcus himself think he is.

And that creates a major problem.

He can still play and be a backup....fucking DeAndre Jordan is damn near a corpse on the court.

 

[thunderc]

Players have intangibles that keep them around, like Haslem in Miami. Apparently Jordan has a little something, Cousins for whatever reason is not seen as a net positive or he would have a job.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[tlance]

He can still play and be a backup....fucking DeAndre Jordan is damn near a corpse on the court.

It isn’t about his skill DJ. And you know this.

Colin Kaepernick was not “blacklisted from the NFL”.

He wasn’t a good enough player for a team to take in the baggage that came with carrying him on a roster.

Cousins is the same. Different reasons, but it is the same math.

The NBA isn’t simply the 450 or whatever best basketball players in the world.

When you make a roster, you have to consider personality and fit. That is especially important on the second half of a roster.

No team can afford to have a 15 minute a game player who causes disruption in the locker room.

Whether or not that is who Cousins is today, it is his reputation and it is well earned.

 

[DJ Fieri]

It isn’t about his skill DJ. And you know this.

Colin Kaepernick was not “blacklisted from the NFL”.

He wasn’t a good enough player for a team to take in the baggage that came with carrying him on a roster.

Cousins is the same. Different reasons, but it is the same math.

The NBA isn’t simply the 450 or whatever best basketball players in the world.

When you make a roster, you have to consider personality and fit. That is especially important on the second half of a roster.

No team can afford to have a 15 minute a game player who causes disruption in the locker room.

Whether or not that is who Cousins is today, it is his reputation and it is well earned.

It's a low risk...vet minimum....not like he they would be paying him much....keep him on a short leash and cut him if he were to act up.

And nobody is saying a team with a bunch of youngsters....but on a veteran team? Doubt it would be a problem and again if he was....release him.

 

[DJ Fieri]

And he used to be a problem ....not so much anymore.

 

[thunderc]

People like to spend other peoples money lol

 

[DJ Fieri]

People like to spend other peoples money lol

I wanna spend your Hoop cash....

 

[thunderc]

I wanna spend your Hoop cash....

I’m ready for football!

 

[DJ Fieri]

I’m ready for football!

Me too.

 

[thunderc]

Me too.

Only 1 more Saturday without college football.