2016 NBA Off-Season Thread

[DJ Fieri]

Not sure if some of these guys will take the minimum but just some options for the Cavs:

Jack
Chalmers
Cole
Bass
Martin (doubt it)

I could maybe see Jack because he's older but he also may want one of those big contract cats are getting this offseason.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Not sure if some of these guys will take the minimum but just some options for the Cavs:

Jack
Chalmers
Cole
Bass
Martin (doubt it)

jack and cole are the 2 guys that would interest me there.....both of them pretty equally too- each would bring something nice to the table...prob morel ikely with jack though--- hes at least gotten paid...cole really hasnt...though bringing him home would be cool.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Not sure if some of these guys will take the minimum but just some options for the Cavs:

Jack
Chalmers
Cole
Bass
Martin (doubt it)

Cole?

 

[bksballer89]

Cole?

Norris Cole

 

[Hambombs]

dude, u gotta let go of this iggy thing...stick a fork in him...you are bringing a butter knife to a gun fight.

Youre high as fuck, iggy is hell of player still. Lebron has to switch him off him so he can go to work on barnes

 

[WiggyRuss]

Norris Cole

would be a great fit in cleveland....can kinda play both back court spots a little too....well- really anyone cna play with lebron

 

[gordontrue]

youre praying it doesnt work out.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

jack and cole are the 2 guys that would interest me there.....both of them pretty equally too- each would bring something nice to the table...prob morel ikely with jack though--- hes at least gotten paid...cole really hasnt...though bringing him home would be cool.

Neither Cole or Chalmers are close to minimum guys.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

would be a great fit in cleveland....can kinda play both back court spots a little too....well- really anyone cna play with lebron

Yep.
Even Tristan.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Youre high as fuck, iggy is hell of player still. Lebron has to switch him off him so he can go to work on barnes

well that is a problem when u switch everything and your guy cant get through the switch and stay on the defender.

thats a scheme issue- not a barnes issue...

LeBron is the first player in history- in any playoff series- to lead BOTH teams in points, assists, rebounds, steals and blocks.

last year- with no help offensively and the entire defense keying on him he had stats that many thought he should have been the MVP.


if you think Iggy can guard lebron effectively at this point in his career with no even mediocre rim protection then this years result will be the same as next years.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

well that is a problem when u switch everything and your guy cant get through the switch and stay on the defender.

thats a scheme issue- not a barnes issue...

LeBron is the first player in history- in any playoff series- to lead BOTH teams in points, assists, rebounds, steals and blocks.

last year- with no help offensively and the entire defense keying on him he had stats that many thought he should have been the MVP.


if you think Iggy can guard lebron effectively at this point in his career with no even mediocre rim protection then this years result will be the same as next years.

Nobody's stopping James, but WHO IN THE FUCK is stopping Curry/Durant/Klay/Green?

Warriors should have to play with carnival rims.

And, its part of the game, but Iggy barely could make it up and down the court.

 

[gordontrue]

Warriors should have to play with carnival rims.

I second this motion

 

[DJ Fieri]

Norris Cole

Thought so but isn't he under contract to the Pelicans?

 

[DJ Fieri]

Neither Cole or Chalmers are close to minimum guys.

This. They are in their primes and not into chase ring mode like West or Allen. They may later in their career but not now imo.

 

[Hambombs]

well that is a problem when u switch everything and your guy cant get through the switch and stay on the defender.

thats a scheme issue- not a barnes issue...

LeBron is the first player in history- in any playoff series- to lead BOTH teams in points, assists, rebounds, steals and blocks.

last year- with no help offensively and the entire defense keying on him he had stats that many thought he should have been the MVP.


if you think Iggy can guard lebron effectively at this point in his career with no even mediocre rim protection then this years result will be the same as next years.

Barnes was the issue though. Thats a point you dont get. He gets abused by him all the time. Also lebron is a all time great nobody can stop him if hes hitting the jumper. Also lebron had a couple great games last year but he scored 40 points sometimes while shooting 40 times in some of the games.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Nobody's stopping James, but WHO IN THE FUCK is stopping Curry/Durant/Klay/Green?

Warriors should have to play with carnival rims.

And, its part of the game, but Iggy barely could make it up and down the court.

I bet people said the same thing Bron's first year in Miami.

the difference is- the Cavs have LeBron. As i have said many many times throughout the playoffs- since they started in May.....the team with the best player and the team that is mentally and physically tougher USUALLY win in the NBA. That is without a doubt the Cavs. the sky is the limit with kyrie too....curry guarding him was a joke- so they put curry on shumpert as much as they could---- and kyrie still lit up thompson.

high level iso in the pick and roll is very very hard to stop---- i guess now with durant it might be different, but there is no question that kyrie and lebron are much better at attacking and finishing then anyone on golden state...

golden state runs a great system- and they will again be heavy favorites, but as long as they rarely go to the rim and have absolutely zero post presence, you can game plan a little for that offense since it can be pretty one dimensional- jump shooting- as we saw the thunder and cavs do.

 

[gordontrue]

Thought so but isn't he under contract to the Pelicans?

Nope, he's an unrestricted FA

 

[shopson67]

Huertas was brought back.....one of the first moves they made. Williams is a solid backup PG imo even if he's more of a combo guard.....they really need to bring in a SG/scorer imo off the bench....Nick Young will be gone soon.

They gave Huertas a qualifying offer; that just makes him a restricted free agent and gives the Lakers the right to match any offer. He doesn't been offered a contract yet.

 

[Black Adam]

I'm sure it's not going to be as easy as it looks at first.
We saw that it took time in Miami and Cleveland.
But to have those 4 guys on the court at the same time? Really?
It's insane.

Epitome of "pick your poison"...

 

[Heatles84]

lol

cavs fans are pissed?

we just won the title, and have LeBron James- the best player in the world....and just watched 24 year old Kyrie put Curry on skates......a 24 year old Kyrie that sure does look like the future MVP candidate that LeBron said he was last winter/spring.

we have an owner that is willing to outspend any other owner in the league...a clear path to the Finals from now until who knows when, and the underdog role if Golden State makes it to the Finals- that lebron thrives in....

aside from Wade taking the mini-mid level to come here, im not sure how things could possibly get better to be honest with you.....

this was the dream 3 summers ago when the rumblings that lebron was not thrilled in miami and would look at Coming Home- and it has come to fruition in the best and most exciting ways possible.

I think you have a misconception on Gilbert. Yes, Gilbert's willing to (or Lebron's forcing) him into spending well into the luxury. It's the roster you have with the players you have right now that presents that option.

Looking at the Warriors and what they have constructed, you'll likely see the same thing from the Warriors ownership as well. So it's a moot point that you keep bringing up.

And LOL @ Lebron thriving in the underdog role. He was the underdog in 2011, 2014-2016. He just now won once as the under dog.