2022 NBA Offseason thread

[tlance]

All bullshit aside...

If this guy shot league average from 3, and stayed healthy, he'd be the GOAT.

You couldn't build a better all around player.

Physically, yes.

It is more than shooting though. He is closer to Russ than LeBron in terms of decision making with the ball.

He is just a much better version.

To be GOAT I think he would need to get better at reading defenses and distributing the ball too.

 

[DJ]

Wife made some chicken legs....at halftime gonna take the meat off those and put it in a tortilla with some cheese, guac and hot sauce.

Chicken burrito or 2 or 3....

 

[DJ]

Wife made some chicken legs....at halftime gonna take the meat off those and put it in a tortilla with some cheese, guac and hot sauce.

Chicken burrito or 2 or 3....

Settled on 2 and they were delicious.

 

[DJ]

Dorian has returned.

 

[trojanfan12]

Dorian has returned.

 

[The Q]

Dorian has returned.

Good

He is needed for this week

Big rivalry game for me

 

[wildturkey]

Damn. I missed seeing this the other day but NBA writer/podcaster Jonathan Tjarks has cancer. He does great work. Praying for the best.

Powerful piece by NBA writer/podcaster Johnathan Tjarks, who is battling cancer

The Long Night of the Soul

A story of facing fear, confronting mortality, and turning to faith

www.theringer.com

A sad update. Jonathan Tjarks passed away.

Jonathan Tjarks, 1987-2022

The Ringer has lost a beloved member of its community

www.theringer.com

 

[shopson67]

I don't know...SEC fans sure seem to think Bama's succes

We can start 2, my other QBs are sheader (cuse), dekkers (Iowa st) and Levis (Kentucky)

Shrader has been money thus far. He has a really tough stretch of ranked teams coming up midseason though.

 

[shopson67]

Sky is the limit for that kid.

I'd beware the comparisons to Daugherty though. Don't put that bad juju on the kid....

 

[shopson67]

Minkah Fitzpatrick for dolt of the week?

I'd say no after he blocked the XP, lol?

 

[The Q]

I'd say no after he blocked the XP, lol?

His dumb penalty made the game go into ot though

But Boswell saved him

 

[bksballer89]

A sad update. Jonathan Tjarks passed away.

Jonathan Tjarks, 1987-2022

The Ringer has lost a beloved member of its community

www.theringer.com

So young man

 

[DJ]

I'd beware the comparisons to Daugherty though. Don't put that bad juju on the kid....

LOL.

Daugherty was a really good player but a back injury derailed his career, he retired, and went into Nascar as an announcer.

 

[Wamu]

I'd beware the comparisons to Daugherty though. Don't put that bad juju on the kid....

Gotta say that's a damn good point.

Wasn't even thinking about BD's back problems that ended his career.

I just made the comparison because both are/were low post players.

 

[Mecca]

LOL.

Daugherty was a really good player but a back injury derailed his career, he retired, and went into Nascar as an announcer.

Nash was a good player but his back injury detailed his career at the end...

Larry Bird was a Great player but his back injury derailed his career at the end.....

Larry Johnson was a good player but his back injury derailed his career....

Lets not act like Brad played a flash in the pan 2 Seasons.

He put up 19 and 10 over 8 years and 546 games.

Without that chip, that's not far off from Davis with 23 and 10 over 604.

Correct me if I'm wrong...

But, hasn't Davis been in the NBA longer?

Like, 2 years longer. But, only 60 more games?

Davis is considered a top 75 guy.

So, even as a lesser player, lets not act like a healthy Daughtery comparison is a insult.

He's not Greg Oden.

 

[Mecca]

I'd beware the comparisons to Daugherty though. Don't put that bad juju on the kid....

Brad was good for nearly a decade.

I hear people comparing every up and coming athletic guard to Westbrook or D Rose.

Rose's career was derailed by chronic injuries.

Westbrook's was derailed by mental midgetry.

Yet, the comparisons persist.

 

[tlance]

Brad was good for nearly a decade.

I hear people comparing every up and coming athletic guard to Westbrook or D Rose.

Rose's career was derailed by chronic injuries.

Westbrook's was derailed by mental midgetry.

Yet, the comparisons persist.

I think that is a little unfair to Russ.

He has had a fantastic career by any reasonable standard.

Just looking more and more like an Allen Iverson style ending.

And he was never as good as most thought he was at his peak.

 

[The Q]

I think that is a little unfair to Russ.

He has had a fantastic career by any reasonable standard.

Just looking more and more like an Allen Iverson style ending.

And he was never as good as most thought he was at his peak.

That is also Iverson style

 

[Mecca]

I think that is a little unfair to Russ.

He has had a fantastic career by any reasonable standard.

Just looking more and more like an Allen Iverson style ending.

And he was never as good as most thought he was at his peak.

I actually think Iverson and Russ are a fair comparison.

They were both great one man bands.

Could not, or would not, play well in the sandbox with other high level players.

Actually, if it's unfair to anyone , it's Iverson.

He never played with a Durant, Harden or even George level talent.

What's the closest he got, Melo?

By then, Allen was near cooked.

I'm not taking anything away from Westbrook as a MVP nor Allstar.

But, his stats are empty calories at this point.

 

[thunderc]

Nash was a good player but his back injury detailed his career at the end...

Larry Bird was a Great player but his back injury derailed his career at the end.....

Larry Johnson was a good player but his back injury derailed his career....

Lets not act like Brad played a flash in the pan 2 Seasons.

He put up 19 and 10 over 8 years and 546 games.

Without that chip, that's not far off from Davis with 23 and 10 over 604.

Correct me if I'm wrong...

But, hasn't Davis been in the NBA longer?

Like, 2 years longer. But, only 60 more games?

Davis is considered a top 75 guy.

So, even as a lesser player, lets not act like a healthy Daughtery comparison is a insult.

He's not Greg Oden.

I honestly don’t see how Davis can be considered a top 75 guy, injuries or not.