The future potential of 2020's projected playoff teams from worst to best:

[buckalis]

You're pretty sad

You too...

 

[msgkings322]

You too...

Nah, just you

 

[tlance]

They never responded on subject when posting before I've got them in my ignore, I therefore presume they never respond on subject after... A troll never changes its habits... It's what precisely makes a troll...

This is a blatant lie.

I respond on topic most of the time. At least initially until tangents take the conversation elsewhere.

He blocked me because I trashed him in debate, called him on his BS and he couldn’t handle it. He had a melt down and put me on ignore.

 

[Black Adam]

I presume you are replying to somebody out of the five I have on my ignore... If by "all" you mean that my ignore includes all posters in this forum, I guess you are right... These same five have 95% of the posts made in this forum and have the sick tendency to quote where they know they are on ignore and therefore won't be replied...

I guess it makes them look even more of the idiots they are... It is explainable though them being unemployed kids that are spending their entire day on a screen, looking to find a life to live in order to fill the hours of the day up...

Translation :"I'm a little bitch and can't take the results of my own bullshit "

we know...

 

[buckalis]

Kyrie's return tonight, revealed the tactics the Nets will follow in taking the (hard for them) decision on who they put on the trade block from this season out of Dinwiddie, LeVert, Harris, or Prince...

I believe that Prince is needed for at least as long as KD can be back on the floor and Harris with LeVert showed they better handle playing the wings than Dinwiddie does...

There will of course be further checking of the effectiveness the roster has during the following weeks, but at the end, I believe it will be Dinwiddie the one that will end on the trade block... One of the other three remaining will be traded the following summer...

 

[buckalis]

Nah, just you

U2

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

U2

 

[msgkings322]

U2

κι εσύ

 

[Shanemansj13]

Wait...the Pelicans are in the "rest of the league"...according to you, the Pelicans were going to be better off without AD and a potential playoff team.

8. The Pelicans: Surely not in their mind to contend from this season, but if they make use of the picks they've gathered and move Holiday's contract, it can ensure a playoff spot and save them one or even two seasons from becoming a contending team (IMO they are the favorites to trade for Beal).

lolzzzz

Especially the fact you thought they were actually favorites for Beal lolzz.

#anothertop5pick

 

[Shane_O_Mac812]

I love how this guy is so arrogant that he thinks he is even smarter than the press and sports experts by calling them media trolls. He is truly delusional.

 

[CitySushi]

To much extend, some teams future may be influenced by FAs decisions, but of what the NETs will be deciding to do by the up coming trade deadline...

1. Darren Collison may decide to return to the league: Collison (surprisingly) retired playing pro basketball last season, but it is highly rumored that the 32yo is considering coming back...

Whether he has retained his capabilities on the floor haven't had an NBA game for 10 months now, is of course questionable, but if he has, teams like the Lakers or the Clippers that need depth in PG could benefit considerably.

What his salary demands would be in order to decide a come back, is also a parameter to consider.

1. Alexey Shved has a provision on his contract with Euroleague's Khimki Moscow, that allows the 31yo to sign with an NBA team at anytime if he chooses to do so... His salary would be low or easily affordable (near the vet min or just a bit more), but it would have to be for a contending team... The game of the explosive combo guard would fit well with the Bucks system, the Nets and the Magic, but all these teams should have to be involved in a trade that empties a roster spot first.

1. Whether the Nets will decide to trade Spencer Dinwiddie now, or whether they decide to pay the lux tax from this season and trade him next summer...

Choosing to hold on Dinwiddie and enter the lux tax this season, would cause the Nets to come a whole year closer to pay the (severe) repeaters tax in a season where they aren't in position to hope on anything better than being eliminated in the 1st round of the playoffs... Therefore the most sensible (and beneficial) for the Nets thing to do, is for them to trade Dinwiddie now and have back players of lower salary in order to go below the lux tax threshold. Obviously, Kyrie Irving's return this week makes the decision even easier (and most sensible) for the Nets to take it...

I guess the Bucks would be particularly interested in trading for Dinwiddie and are among the very few teams (if there is any other at all) that can provide back the return that would be ideal for the Nets.

ALEXEY SHVED NAME DROP. OMG OMG OMG OMG

 

[tducey]

Wonder where Collison returns to, I think he chooses the Clippers.

 

[buckalis]

Wonder where Collison returns to, I think he chooses the Clippers.

The Clippers have to empty a roster spot to get Collison, if they do, they can only sign him to the vet. min. (which would bring them over the lux tax threshold).

The Lakers have the advantage because due to Cousin's injury, they can add a 16th player on their roster and they have an extra 1.75M (half of Cousin's salary) on a "disable player exception", which they have the right to add on the vet.min. and sign him on a near 4.5M contract.

 

[Black Adam]

I love how this guy is so arrogant that he thinks he is even smarter than the press and sports experts by calling them media trolls. He is truly delusional.

oh, the guy's a laugh a second BECAUSE of his arrogance. it's clear he knows nothing about the game, but he's going to continue to puff himself up like he does...

there's comedy in that, at least...

 

[buckalis]

As the season moves past the middle, some more conclusions can be safely made:
1. The Grizzlies don't only have a bright future ahead of them, but are just a step before becoming contenders in the West.

2. The Jazz are legitimate contenders in the West and are targeting to be in this year's finals.

3. The Bucks have 22y.o. Dragan Bender in their future plans, not only they guaranteed his contract, but started using him in the regular rotation (they only gave him garbage time mins up to now).

Assets on D.J. Wilson and Sterling Brown have been moved back in the rotation and therefore are the favorites to be moved by the trade deadline this season.

4. The Rockets are a "bubble"... Nothing more than a mediocre team with no real future. Their presence on the front count is temporary...

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

2. The Heat are legitimate contenders in the West and are targeting to be in this year's finals.

That is hella impressive for a team playing in the East.

Do you think they play against the Washington Mystics in the Finals?


(oh and even if you did mean the East, it would mean they'd have to beat the Bucks in the ECF)

 

[trojanfan12]

2. The Heat are legitimate contenders in the West and are targeting to be in this year's finals.

Welcome to the Pacific coast @TurnUpTheHeat @Heatles84 and @bksballer89

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Welcome to the Pacific coast @TurnUpTheHeat @Heatles84 and @bksballer89

Good.
We can avoid Bucks.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

That is hella impressive for a team playing in the East.

Do you think they play against the Washington Mystics in the Finals?


(oh and even if you did mean the East, it would mean they'd have to beat the Bucks in the ECF)

Washington Generals >>Cavs.

 

[buckalis]

Good.
We can avoid Bucks.

why is this?

Are you sure that the Celtics will beat you in the 2nd round of the playoffs? I'm not... I think a Bucks vs. Heat ECF is as possible as the Bucks vs. Celtics...