2016-17 NBA Regular Season Thread

[LAD]

I redacted him in my quoted post, but no one noticed, lol.

LOL
Oops, I sure did miss that!

 

[WiggyRuss]

maintenance night for Kyrie tonight.....Gasol isnt playing either....

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

I agree with almost all of this. The only thing I slightly disagree on is Hayward. He's going to be maxed no matter where he goes. I also think playing in Utah has not gotten him the recognition he might crave. Again, just speculating here, but if given the chance to be the man on a team built around his skills versus going to Boston and being just another cog, I think he'd opt for a larger role. Same applies to Indiana.

Thee Jazz are stacked at the wing.

If they balk at the Mac, the Celtics would be happy to oblige.

If he'd be open to minimum wage, I'd be happy to welcome him to Lob City .

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

first. Taj Gibson?

2nd-

out of those guys, who do you think is an actual realistic pursuit option?

id contend you can chop Curry, George, Westbrook, Lowry, Hayward right off the list. Obviously I dont see Curry going anywhere, nor George...Westbrook if he leaves i cant see him going anywhere but Los Angeles, Lowry has gotten to the level he has in Toronto and i cant see him leaving there. Hayward i can see leaving but if he does- either Indiana- his hometown- or Boston- with Stevens- seem the overwhelmingly obvious choices- especially since they have rosters that are more ready to win.

So- that leaves, Griffin and Aldridge. Griffin would be a coup- but there will be fierce competition seeing as how everyone and there brother has boatloads of cap space and many will offer a more direct route to winning. Aldridge I suppose is a possibility, but i wouldnt want to build around Aldridge and give him that much money 2 years from now- and again- with tons of teams having cap room- the competition will be fierce for him and i dont even think he is a #1 guy- hed prob love playing with a center like Whiteside though that permits him to be a soft-perimeter player and not bang down low.

The Jazz have to pay Hill and Favors too.

So, It will be interesting to see how they prioritize their free agents.

With Hood waiting in the wings, I wonder if they consider moving Hayward.

They can't max everyone, right?

But, that's what it would take to keep Favors and Hayward after already paying Gobert and whatever they have to give Hill.


Decisions, Decisions...

 

[lebron23james]

Cavs smacking around the grizzles without king Kyrie even playing

 

[Vyle203]

Thee Jazz are stacked at the wing.

If they balk at the Mac, the Celtics would be happy to oblige.

If he'd be open to minimum wage, I'd be happy to welcome him to Lob City .

Damn straight.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Cavs smacking around the grizzles without king Kyrie even playing

Yet they felt the need to play everyone vs the Heat ( who dressed 9), on the front end up a back to back vs Bobcats the next night.

Cavs playing without Kyrie isn't the problem, Kyrie playing without James, is.

 

[bksballer89]

Cavs smacking around the grizzles without king Kyrie even playing

Not like Memphis is without their best 2 players or anything....

 

[bksballer89]

Yet they felt the need to play everyone vs the Heat ( who dressed 9), on the front end up a back to back vs Bobcats the next night.

Cavs playing without Kyrie isn't the problem, Kyrie playing without James, is.

Yep take away Kyrie or Love and the Cavs are fine once Lebron is playing

 

[Black Adam]

Not like Memphis is without their best 2 players or anything....

details, details...

 

[bksballer89]

So the Bulls were up 51-30 midway in the 2nd. Minnesota outscoring them 44-21 since

 

[bksballer89]

So the Cavs big 3 are staying back in Cleveland. Won't be going to Memphis for the game tomorrow night

 

[Vyle203]

Helluva comeback by the Wolves.

 

[DJ Fieri]

My dad is home from the hospital. He had a staph infection in his knee so they removed the whole knee and inserted cement blocks as "spacers" or some shit, I have it on good authority they are ACME quality so that's good. 2 weeks and they'll know if they need to amputate or not. He's doing as well as can be expected. Told him to enjoy my mom playing nurse maid.

 

[bksballer89]

Minnesota/Chicago and Golden State/New Orleans both are very close entering the 4th

 

[Vyle203]

My dad is home from the hospital. He had a staph infection in his knee so they removed the whole knee and inserted cement blocks as "spacers" or some shit, I have it on good authority they are ACME quality so that's good. 2 weeks and they'll know if they need to amputate or not. He's doing as well as can be expected. Told him to enjoy my mom playing nurse maid.

My buddy just had a staph infection in his knee and almost died.

 

[bksballer89]

Reason like this is why this resting thing is out of control. Outside of the Nets sucking, this is a major reason why I no longer attend games.

Poor kid.

 

[bksballer89]

That was this kid Christmas present and now he get to see James Jones instead of Lebron. Such a shame IMO

 

[bksballer89]

So Orlando put up 131 in Atlanta tonight....

 

[DJ Fieri]

My buddy just had a staph infection in his knee and almost died.

It's serious. When I found out I was talking to my mom and thought she was being melodramatic, she had me thinking he was going to die. I called him at the hospital and he signed off on what she said. That it's serious. I'm just glad he's okay. If he has to lose it then so be it. We'll just call him Stumpy and have him around for a little while longer.