2022 NBA Offseason thread

[DJ Fieri]

Sounds like the Carolinas is what you should be looking at.

LOL......it's not far from TN and it can be humid and hot as fuck.

 

[Wamu]

KD and Kyrie imo are probably two guys that could beat anyone 1-on-1 especially KD imo. Not surprised. Didn't KD put up like 70 in Rucker Park? lol

1-on-1 between AI & Kyrie would be very interesting.

 

[DJ Fieri]

If you guys wanna a laugh.....google Jokic dancing in Serbia celebrating his huge deal.

Hilarious.

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[Shanemansj13]

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Where did I ever say he could beat him? I was replying to Stakes regarding explosiveness

Ja is just lightning quick. MJ was an all around elite player. Obviously the GOAT

 

[Stakesarehigh]

A lot of folks say KD would beat MJ 1 on 1.

He would imo.

 

[shopson67]

Yeah there are just some players current players should never call out. MJ's probably at the top of that list. Think it was @Mecca that posted a short clip yesterday of Nikola Jokic saying he would have beaten Shaq.

Jokic is damn good and has a skill set Shaq didn't have. But Shaq was a beast and would destroyed Jokic in the low post.

He would've run him over and left him battered. Who wins would be a battle of attrition, Shaq getting beat with jumpers then turning around and assaulting Jokic in the post.

 

[shopson67]

People can take all their criticism about Los Angeles and shove it straight up their asshole.

The weather is great, but if you want to pay 3x monthly to live on a fault line and deal with annual droughts, wild fires and traffic that's your call. I love the sports teams and the weather, but my choice to live in Cali would be San Diego (as I did for about 5 months), and even that is beyond my means most likely.

 

[Wamu]

He would've run him over and left him battered. Who wins would be a battle of attrition, Shaq getting beat with jumpers then turning around and assaulting Jokic in the post.

Yep.

 

[Retroram52]

yah I have seen a few stories where people in the West want to build a huge aquaduct and re-direct some of the Mississippi out west and refill a lot of the bodies of water out there- and that the states on the Mississippi are dead set against it.

Yea Wiggy back in 2013, there was a consortium of Western States that met in a conference in Albuquerque, NM to discuss the possibility and viability of constructing a pipeline (similar to the trans-State oil pipeline in Alaska and now the Keystone XL Pipeline) from the Mississippi River to major reservoirs in the West to move water siphoned from the Mississippi River during flood season.

That pipeline would solve a number of problems in both regions, reduce costs of flood damage, and provide water to thirsty regions of desert like Phoenix and the major metro areas of LA and San Diego. Everyone using the pipeline would pay an installment tax, etc. They were going to place it next to a major interstate highway like I-10 for example and probably above ground where possible.

They concluded the conference vowing to issue further studies and environmental impact analyses but basically they all agreed it would be too expensive. Well that topic is again emerging on the landscape as is the costs of building desalination plants in Houston, New Orleans, and LA because of continued consistent droughts in the West.

We shall see what becomes of this issue.

 

[trojanfan12]

They made an interesting point on Cowherd re: why the Nets are having so much trouble findind a trade partner for KD.

They said that the Gobert trade has crashed the market. So unless they beat what the Jazz got for Gobert, they lose the trade.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Are the Lakers in danger of being the little bro in Los Angeles?

That's funny. LOL.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Perk started out being a really good analyst but he's really gone off the rails.

 

[thunderc]

They made an interesting point on Cowherd re: why the Nets are having so much trouble findind a trade partner for KD.

They said that the Gobert trade has crashed the market. So unless they beat what the Jazz got for Gobert, they lose the trade.

Seems a bit ridiculous to me, you either help your team or you don’t. F what others think.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Shanemansj13]

NBA Trade Value List: Summer 2022 Edition

The Top 64​

Group L: Quality Starters​

64. Draymond Green
63. OG Anunoby
62. Deandre Ayton
61. Jarrett Allen
60. Fred VanVleet
59. DeMar DeRozan
58. Domantas Sabonis

Group K: The Upside Gang​

57. Tyrese Haliburton
56. Tyrese Maxey
55. Herb Jones
54. Jaren Jackson Jr.
53. RJ Barrett
52. Franz Wagner
51. Josh Giddey

Group J: The Ginobilis (Playoff Guys)​

50. Tyler Herro
49. Jordan Poole
48. Desmond Bane
47. Marcus Smart
46. Jalen Brunson
45. Andrew Wiggins
44. Mikal Bridges

Group I: The Westbrooks (Regular-Season Guys)​

43. Bradley Beal
42. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
41. Jaden Ivey
40. Dejounte Murray

Group H: “Sorry, He’s Worth More to Us Than to You”​

39. Chris Paul
38. Damian Lillard
37. Khris Middleton
36. Jamal Murray
35. LeBron James
34. Donovan Mitchell

Group G: “Too Young, Too Cheap, Too Good … Please Stop Calling Us”​

33. LaMelo Ball
32. Jabari Smith Jr.
31. Jalen Green
30. Darius Garland
29. Chet Holmgren
28. Paolo Banchero

Group F: “If You Tell Woj, I’ll Deny It to the Death … but I’m Listening”​

27. Zach LaVine
26. Pascal Siakam
25. Rudy Gobert
24. Karl-Anthony Towns
23. Kawhi Leonard
22. Zion Williamson

Group E: “Lemme Save You Some Time: N-O”​

21. Brandon Ingram
20. Jrue Holiday
19. Jaylen Brown
18. Bam Adebayo

Group D: True Franchise Guys​

17. Trae Young
16. Scottie Barnes
15. Cade Cunningham
14. Paul George
13. Jimmy Butler
12. Anthony Davis
11. Devin Booker

Group C: “We’re Not Trading Him (but Make Us an Offer)”​

10. Kevin Durant

Group B: The Untouchables​

9. Evan Mobley
8. Anthony Edwards
7. Jayson Tatum
6. Joel Embiid
5. Ja Morant

Group A: Completely and Utterly Untouchable​

4. Steph Curry
3. Nikola Jokic
2. Luka Doncic
1. Giannis Antetokounmpo

 

[tlance]

Yeah you never said anything like that. One can think a player is more explosive than MJ but would still lose to him. More explosive doesn't automatically mean a W

Point being, anybody who thinks MJ is just going to lock Ja down defensively with no trouble is delusional.

MJ would win, but Ja would get his share of buckets.

 

[tlance]

Seems a bit ridiculous to me, you either help your team or you don’t. F what others think.

GMs do.

Making a trade and getting a return that is perceived to be below market is how they get fired.