The 2024-2025 NBA Basketball Season

[shopson67]

Saving his best for May

Is he planning for some post-elimination travel?

 

[shopson67]

Keep Christie, Vincent, Hachimura, and our future First Rounder. We don't need no stinking Brown or even another Center that James and AD are crying about.

Can't agree with this. A little midseason success against some struggling teams (and a very tired Celtics team playing their 5th game in 7 days and the second of a b2b) is nice, but could very well be fool's gold in the big picture. The idea of relying on Hayes as the backup big (and potential starter when AD misses games) makes me nauseous, as does seeing more key minutes for Shake Milton at backup PG.

Christie should be kept, absolutely. Rui is becoming a man without a role, as he shares the 3/4 positions with Vando, DFS, Lebron and Knecht. Vincent is playing better, so if a trade doesn't require his salary, he could be kept. The Lakers are definitely reluctant to spend those 1sts, and IMO should only do so if the perfect fit is available (like Kessler or Turner for example). 2nds are much more likely to be used, but the Lakers only have 2 left currently, possibly limiting them to a single move.

 

[shopson67]

Indefinitely!

Crazy shit going down in Dade County.

Sources: Heat suspend star Butler indefinitely

The Heat are suspending Jimmy Butler indefinitely after the star walked out of shootaround when informed he would be coming off the bench moving forward.

www.espn.com

Basically means at least 5 games, which carries them pretty much to the trade deadline. Time to cut bait and dump him.

 

[shopson67]

Yep

Imagine that, a top 5 pick is doing well.

 

[tlance]

Can't agree with this. A little midseason success against some struggling teams (and a very tired Celtics team playing their 5th game in 7 days and the second of a b2b) is nice, but could very well be fool's gold in the big picture. The idea of relying on Hayes as the backup big (and potential starter when AD misses games) makes me nauseous, as does seeing more key minutes for Shake Milton at backup PG.

Christie should be kept, absolutely. Rui is becoming a man without a role, as he shares the 3/4 positions with Vando, DFS, Lebron and Knecht. Vincent is playing better, so if a trade doesn't require his salary, he could be kept. The Lakers are definitely reluctant to spend those 1sts, and IMO should only do so if the perfect fit is available (like Kessler or Turner for example). 2nds are much more likely to be used, but the Lakers only have 2 left currently, possibly limiting them to a single move.

Yeah.

The young players on the Laker roster are role players at best.

Developing them is a nice idea, but if AD and LeBron move on, there just isn’t much there.

 

[bksballer89]

Imagine that, a top 5 pick is doing well.

Sure you saw him doing this in his 2nd year

 

[bksballer89]

Avg 18/11/4 as a starter

 

[shopson67]

Why did you intentionally not post the Heat statmuse stuff @Tai Chi≈Surfing ?

There's only one story in Miami that anyone is focused on I guess?

 

[shopson67]

For 50 years ive been listening to the Knicks and Knicks fans preaching defense, defense! Screw that, scoring 145 a night is much more fun and works just as well.

...in the regular season

 

[shopson67]

Sure you saw him doing this in his 2nd year

I could care less actually? Not my team.

 

[shopson67]

Avg 18/11/4 as a starter

For all of 15 starts? Stop the presses!

 

[bksballer89]

For all of 15 starts? Stop the presses!

Now ask yourself did bum ass Jabari Smith ever avg that over a 15 game stretch in his 188 games as a starter?

 

[bksballer89]

 

[shopson67]

Now ask yourself did bum ass Jabari Smith ever avg that over a 15 game stretch in his 188 games as a starter?

So you're more surprised when a top 5 does good than when a top 5 doesn't?

Jabari has never played as many minutes as Amen is during this stretch, so it's a strained comparison. However, Amen's stats in December of 12/7/2 (and overall for the season) at around 30mpg are pretty close to Jabari's career numbers in approx that same 30mpg..

 

[HurricaneDij39]

The team has very limited depth.

Firing Mike Malone isn’t fixing that.

So I presume you think the Bulls have great depth based on that 41-10 disparity?

Sometimes as a coach you've got to create your own depth... Donovan did so last night. Malone didn't.

 

[eaglesnut]

Is he planning for some post-elimination travel?

No, he's African so he's not allowed to take 4 steps and travel like lebron and the rest of the american born goons.

 

[shopson67]

So I presume you think the Bulls have great depth based on that 41-10 disparity?

Sometimes as a coach you've got to create your own depth... Donovan did so last night. Malone didn't.

I would argue Donovan did his franchise a disservice with that win last night. They're trying to sell off their pieces to tank and rebuild with a 2025 1st rounder that is top 10 protected. They're currently at 9 and at the mercy of the lottery.

 

[shopson67]

No, he's African so he's not allowed to take 4 steps and travel like lebron and the rest of the american born goons.

It wouldn't do him any good. That fourth step would pop a hammy.

 

[Retroram52]

THIS is what I thought the Lakers will do. I'll be surprise if they do any further trades.

Lakers aren't expected to go after multiple big man trade targets

According to an NBA insider, the Lakers aren't expected to pursue several of the centers who have been rumored to be trade targets for them.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Retroram52]

DJ was right. The Lakers have immensely benefitted from obtaining DFS.

Watch: Dorian Finney-Smith posterizes Miles Bridges with big dunk

Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith isn't known as a leaper, but on Monday, he delivered a big poster dunk to help seal his team's fourth straight win.

www.yahoo.com