2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[DJ Fieri]

Mike Trout got a fucking sick extension by the Angels.....holy crap.

 

[bksballer89]

I have to say I embrace a Sixers-Pistons 1st round matchup.

So does Andre Drummond

 

[flyerhawk]

I say Philly in 6 if that happens...

Hmm. Maybe. In the past 2 years the Pistons have beaten the Sixers one time, an overtime loss early this season with Ben Simmons out and Griffin scoring 50. Most of the games have been double digit wins for the Sixers.

Drummond really wants no part of Embiid.

 

[bksballer89]

I say Philly in 6 if that happens...

Philly in 4....maybe 5

 

[flyerhawk]

So does Andre Drummond

He might convince the team to tank the last 4 or 5 games just so they can face the Raptors instead.

 

[bksballer89]

Hmm. Maybe. In the past 2 years the Pistons have beaten the Sixers one time, an overtime loss early this season with Ben Simmons out and Griffin scoring 50. Most of the games have been double digit wins for the Sixers.

I wouldn't read too into about that TBH.

Pistons probably played their best basketball in the last 2 seasons from feb 1 through now

 

[bksballer89]

The Sixers/Pistons season series was wrapped up by December 10th.

2 of the games took place while Detroit was on a season long 5 game losing streak.

Still think Philly win rather easy but I'm not reading anything from games that were played in October, November, and early December

 

[flyerhawk]

The Sixers/Pistons season series was wrapped up by December 10th.

2 of the games took place while Detroit was on a season long 5 game losing streak.

Still think Philly win rather easy but I'm not reading anything from games that were played in October, November, and early December

Sure. The Sixers team has dramatically changed since then as well.

 

[dtgold88]

Mike Trout got a fucking sick extension by the Angels.....holy crap.

I guess Harper wont be wooing him

 

[DJ Fieri]

Can't wait for the madness to start.



College hoops this time of year really rocks.









A lot.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

if its the right max player- like Dwade- why not?

and, i mean, its hard to get a second all star level player before you get your first all star level player, lol.

beats the hell out of signing a bunch of fringe mediocre players to expensive long term deals and fighting it out for the bottom of the eastern conference playoff picture.

Prime Wade wouldn't ever be labeled overpriced.

Signing 2-3 players like the Heat did probably made them a better team vs signing a max Hayward or similar.

 

[Heatles84]

Sorry, no clue what you are trying to say here.

Don't blow your wad over having draft picks and cap space - it doesn't always work out. I can't spell it out any clearer than that. Especially when your franchise isn't exactly the best ran in the league.

 

[shopson67]

well you just gotta hit-----

The Cavs hit on Kyrie Irving big, and obviously used the Wiggins pick as trade ammo.....

Imagine if the Lakers- out of the 4 lotto pick they had---- say Randle and Dlo were just plain ole busts---- if they draft Fox or Tatum instead of Ball, and trade Ingram for Paul (which was offered by the Pacers) right now they are a fucking GREAT team.

like the Sixers---- Fultz, Okafor, Noel- total busts----- but they hit on a couple guys in Simmons and Embiid, and traded away Saric and Covington ----

no one is going to hit 100% of the time unless you are fucking Sam Presti, lol.

but what you gotta do is at least hit one time big time, and uses the rest of the picks/assets to roudn out the roster whether via trade or smart picks.

There is a huge difference between picking #1 overall and any pick thereafter. There's usually at least 1 seemingly can't-miss player in every draft, with a few exceptions of course. Lakers were never able to get that #1 pick because of teams tanking harder. 1 #7 (Randle, Wiggins #1) and 3 consecutive #2 picks: Russell (KAT #1), Ingram (Simmons #1), Ball; after 4 years of no 1st rounders at all.

Embiid sat for 2 years before playing, and Simmons sat 1. In LA, there would've been huge bust talk surrounding such picks, especially Embiid.

Sam Presti's excellence is vastly overstated. He also traded away Ray Allen and Harden, among others. He hasn't drafted anyone of much impact since 2013.

 

[shopson67]

I guess Harper wont be wooing him

That was always a far-fetched chance anyway. The Angels had already been working on that extension before Harper signed.

 

[dtgold88]

Don't blow your wad over having draft picks and cap space - it doesn't always work out. I can't spell it out any clearer than that. Especially when your franchise isn't exactly the best ran in the league.

And that was spelled out great. Certainly better than this attempt........"The premise was, don't blow your load on loading up on draft picks and your grand scheme thinking history repeats itself in this case. From all of those number 1 picks that Cleveland was lucky to land, it still took Lebron returning to make it actually work. Salary cap space and draft picks doesn't always work. Hell, you guys gave the Lakers shit for years while having Lebron return and they're still not close to a title. So maybe consider yourself in that same scenario.."

Was mostly that last part that made no sense, though, and still doesn't.

But to your point. Are there so many teams run better in cold weather small-medium markets? They have an owner who has shown money will never be an object to winning. They have tried to tank 2 times and succeeded each time.

Agree the cap space might not work as we aren't South Beach or LA to lure FAs, but having it can help in trades and also to take bad deals along with good players and/or picks.

 

[shopson67]

In order of preference for me it's...

Keep Luke: None of this is his fault and he's the only one who hasn't been pointing any fingers. He's a good coach with the potential to be very good, but has been put in an untenable situation.

Doc: If this is a real thing (apparently he's always wanted to coach the Lakers), I think he would be the most attractive to potential FA's.

Lue: He knows how to deal with Lebron and Lebron seems to like and listen to him. That's 75% of the battle right there.

Jackson: He did a good job developing the Warriors when they were a bunch of kids learning how to play. Don't know if he could have done with the Warriors what Kerr has because he was apparently such an asshole, they got rid of him. If he learned his lesson from that, he could be good for the Lakers kids.

Kidd: No thank you. About the only positive I can see is that he might be able to help develop Lonzo.

No interest in Lue/Jackson/Kidd. Lue and Jackson are Lebron yes men. Kidd hasn't proven to be much of a coach IMO. Give me someone new, like Becky Hammon. So many of the other "new" assistants are former players that I don't know anything about, coaching talent wise, so I would leave that to someone more in the know.

 

[dtgold88]

There is a huge difference between picking #1 overall and any pick thereafter. There's usually at least 1 seemingly can't-miss player in every draft, with a few exceptions of course. Lakers were never able to get that #1 pick because of teams tanking harder. 1 #7 (Randle, Wiggins #1) and 3 consecutive #2 picks: Russell (KAT #1), Ingram (Simmons #1), Ball; after 4 years of no 1st rounders at all.

Embiid sat for 2 years before playing, and Simmons sat 1. In LA, there would've been huge bust talk surrounding such picks, especially Embiid.

Sam Presti's excellence is vastly overstated. He also traded away Ray Allen and Harden, among others. He hasn't drafted anyone of much impact since 2013.

Has anyone ever asked why they got rid of Randle?

 

[dtgold88]

No interest in Lue/Jackson/Kidd. Lue and Jackson are Lebron yes men. Kidd hasn't proven to be much of a coach IMO. Give me someone new, like Becky Hammon. So many of the other "new" assistants are former players that I don't know anything about, coaching talent wise, so I would leave that to someone more in the know.

someone will eventually give her a shot. Why not?

 

[shopson67]

someone will eventually give her a shot. Why not?

I would only worry about her first big chance being at the whim of Lebron. Would she survive standing up to him; would she have enough backing from the Lakers' FO to do so?

 

[WiggyRuss]

There is a huge difference between picking #1 overall and any pick thereafter. There's usually at least 1 seemingly can't-miss player in every draft, with a few exceptions of course. Lakers were never able to get that #1 pick because of teams tanking harder. 1 #7 (Randle, Wiggins #1) and 3 consecutive #2 picks: Russell (KAT #1), Ingram (Simmons #1), Ball; after 4 years of no 1st rounders at all.

Embiid sat for 2 years before playing, and Simmons sat 1. In LA, there would've been huge bust talk surrounding such picks, especially Embiid.

Sam Presti's excellence is vastly overstated. He also traded away Ray Allen and Harden, among others. He hasn't drafted anyone of much impact since 2013.

well lets look at hte times the Cavs had #1

first time Kyrie---- Kyrie was the majority but he was not the consensus, if you remember DWilliams had an insane tournament- plenty of people wrote- take Dwill 1 an Bknight 4-- kyrie had the injury issues as well

second time- Anthony Bennett draft that was terrible at the top- the top guys were Bennett, Oladipo, a hurt Noel, Len, Ben McLemore.

third time- Wiggins/Embiid/Parker were all considerd to be #1 overall pick worthy- with Embiid the #1 guy no doubt if he was healthy, and PArker and Wiggins both kinda even.

not one time when the Cavs had the #1 pick was their a consensus cant-miss guy at the top like there will be this year or the anthony davis year or blake girffin year or john wall, KAT, Simmons, etc.