2019 Offseason Thread

[Heatles84]

You have to be smarter than this

You're asking quite a lot here.

 

[WiggyRuss]

From 5:25 today:

if they trade away a bunch of their young assets to go from being the 7th or 8th seed to being the 6th seed and win nothing of consquence and lock themselves into Butler and RW making 80 million + between the two of them, i will be laughing my ass off.

but at this point, after trading for Butler, ya gotta go all in even if there is little hope of making any real noise- they are pot committed

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

 

[Heatles84]

yeah, no one saw THAT one coming when it happened back then...

Just shows you that having a cache of draft picks, really doesn't mean anything. I mean sure, if your team was in a position to win, and you got hit with a ton of injuries then cool accept the cards you were dealt and try to go for a high pick. But why make that a long-term goal? Draft picks don't guarantee you shit. Go about business to the best of your ability as a team, and hope for the best. Shit tends to work itself out.

 

[Heatles84]

Yah that’s what I thought.

He will regress to his norm. You know it. I know it


I’ll tell ya what pussy boy. I’ll even give you 36.6. 36.5 I win. 36.6 or above you win

Sure then. Week AVI bet.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

I said the heat should have done. I said multiple times as soon as they signed Butler they were pot committed and had to go for it or there was no point to signing a 30 year butler with a bunch of thibs miles on him

Actually, you wrote this:
You must be bipolar


dont worry......Ponce De Leon was just missed it--- the Fountain of Youth is under American Airlines arena.....If Russell Westbrook goes there he will be able to defy the rest of human history and become ageless ----- and the wear and tear of growing older will not apply to him.

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH IS REAL PEOPLE!!!!!! MAYBE KYRIE WAS ONTO SOMETHING WITH THE FLAT EARTH AND GIANT ICE WALLS!!!!

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH IS REAL

 

[Robotech]

LOL

 

[Shanemansj13]

Eww that would be even worse if Miami. Not for the fact that CP3 isnt still a very good player. Injuries and huge contract.

 

[WiggyRuss]

From yesterday:

i think they have to do it. They have to try and win now. They have some of the least future draft capital in the entire league. They have no cap room this year or next year. You gotta take advantage of Butler right now- the guy has a ton of miles on him and is going to be 30 at the start of the season. The rest of Westbrooks prime lines up with his prime. Westbrook would not be avaliable except for special circumstances of George demanding out, combined with his enormous contract. Those variables make him fairly cheap to get and its not like they have the cap space to go out and get someone next summer or the following summer.

You hope that everyone stays healthy, that Milwaukee is still a year or two away, that the Sixers arent ready yet, that Boston takes time to gel, that Brooklyn wont be legit until KD returns and you go for it.

Most likely you are a 5 or 6 seed that loses in the first round, but at this point you are pot committed. Maybe they stay healthy and Giannis gets hurt and Embiid cant stay healthy and Durant isnt back yet and Boston chokes and you make some crazy run to the Finals. You get 2 good years out of Butler and RW (though RW has already played his BEST basketball and Butler might have as well) before they start to show the type of decline that takes them from being all star players to good/sometimes great when they are feeling it/healthy type of players

 

[Black Adam]

Sure then. Week AVI bet.

boy boy boy, he's gotcha right where he wants ya now...

 

[Heatles84]

Actually, you wrote this:


dont worry......Ponce De Leon was just missed it--- the Fountain of Youth is under American Airlines arena.....If Russell Westbrook goes there he will be able to defy the rest of human history and become ageless ----- and the wear and tear of growing older will not apply to him.

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH IS REAL PEOPLE!!!!!! MAYBE KYRIE WAS ONTO SOMETHING WITH THE FLAT EARTH AND GIANT ICE WALLS!!!!

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH IS REAL

Wait. Wiggy contradicted himself. Say it ain't so.

 

[Heatles84]

From yesterday:

i think they have to do it. They have to try and win now. They have some of the least future draft capital in the entire league. They have no cap room this year or next year. You gotta take advantage of Butler right now- the guy has a ton of miles on him and is going to be 30 at the start of the season. The rest of Westbrooks prime lines up with his prime. Westbrook would not be avaliable except for special circumstances of George demanding out, combined with his enormous contract. Those variables make him fairly cheap to get and its not like they have the cap space to go out and get someone next summer or the following summer.

You hope that everyone stays healthy, that Milwaukee is still a year or two away, that the Sixers arent ready yet, that Boston takes time to gel, that Brooklyn wont be legit until KD returns and you go for it.

Most likely you are a 5 or 6 seed that loses in the first round, but at this point you are pot committed. Maybe they stay healthy and Giannis gets hurt and Embiid cant stay healthy and Durant isnt back yet and Boston chokes and you make some crazy run to the Finals. You get 2 good years out of Butler and RW (though RW has already played his BEST basketball and Butler might have as well) before they start to show the type of decline that takes them from being all star players to good/sometimes great when they are feeling it/healthy type of players

No one read this.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

From yesterday:

i think they have to do it. They have to try and win now. They have some of the least future draft capital in the entire league. They have no cap room this year or next year. You gotta take advantage of Butler right now- the guy has a ton of miles on him and is going to be 30 at the start of the season. The rest of Westbrooks prime lines up with his prime. Westbrook would not be avaliable except for special circumstances of George demanding out, combined with his enormous contract. Those variables make him fairly cheap to get and its not like they have the cap space to go out and get someone next summer or the following summer.

You hope that everyone stays healthy, that Milwaukee is still a year or two away, that the Sixers arent ready yet, that Boston takes time to gel, that Brooklyn wont be legit until KD returns and you go for it.

Most likely you are a 5 or 6 seed that loses in the first round, but at this point you are pot committed. Maybe they stay healthy and Giannis gets hurt and Embiid cant stay healthy and Durant isnt back yet and Boston chokes and you make some crazy run to the Finals. You get 2 good years out of Butler and RW (though RW has already played his BEST basketball and Butler might have as well) before they start to show the type of decline that takes them from being all star players to good/sometimes great when they are feeling it/healthy type of players

I honestly skip alot of your long winded posts, but posting comments on both sides of arguments can never make you correct, because you also have to be incorrect.

 

[Black Adam]

Wait. Wiggy contradicted himself. Say it ain't so.

seriously, the guy's his own character assassin...

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

No one read this.

 

[ducky]

That is awful for OKC. Could have got so much more.

 

[Black Adam]

I think most of us have something against long-winded, bipolar philibusters...

 

[DJ]

Personally, I'm not seeing how Houston improved significantly. CP3 is not what he used to be, but he was still effective. Westbrook has the higher potential at this stage, but he's wildly ineffective. Also, he and Harden both demand the ball in their hands. Will be interesting to see how this works.

This.

 

[msgkings322]

Had it with the Spurs as well. Best player in that series, not named Lebron. Finals MVP isn't some media award. Kawhi was sort of an unknown up until around the Heat/Spurs Finals series. Dude's a late bloomer. But he doesn't have shit left to prove. He was saddled with a solid roster and an all-star in Kyle Lowry that was known for shrinking in the playoffs and won a title. GS was injured, but they had 3 other all-stars playing in that series (4 technically if we count Boogie).

Boogie was NOT an all-star come on man. And they missed Klay a bit too

 

[Black Adam]

This.

all these duos are a story in themselves though....

and you KNOW the NBA is gonna make a grand spectacle out of it...