2016-2017 NBA THREAD V11: Ainge is a terrible GM

[Revolver]

Well he did have the second best player in the league but he left since he couldn't stop chucking.

 

[Almighty Angus]

 

[INeedARemedy]

Scal was also a significantly tougher player

 

[Almighty Angus]

Scal was also a significantly tougher player

Absolutely

 

[faustian]

Scal is also much better looking. Basically a male model that can also ball out and go hard in the paint at the highest level

 

[HunterSdVa29]

westbrook isn't better than Pippen, none the less Jordan

cmon son

 

[Lodbrok]

Lol

 

[faustian]

Bronk is better than Pippen

 

[Almighty Angus]

@HunterSdVa29

In 7 games played with The Gizzards

Bogdan's #'s are as follows

25 mpg
17 ppg
54% FG
58% 3FG
1.000 FT%

 

[HunterSdVa29]

Bronk is better than Pippen

I apparently factor in Defense exponentially more than anyone else here, even you who does factor it in

It's why triple double or not, I can't say w/ a straight face he deserves MVP over kawhi, he doesn't even play 1/10 the defense Pippen or Kawhi do

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

Westbrook would absolutely abuse Pippen in a 1v1 contest

Pippen would go from a great defensive player to a D-league scrub after westbrook is done with him

 

[faustian]

I apparently factor in Defense exponentially more than anyone else here, even you who does factor it in

It's why triple double or not, I can't say w/ a straight face he deserves MVP over kawhi, he doesn't even play 1/10 the defense Pippen or Kawhi do

I appreciate defense but offense is MUCH more important imo, if we're talking non rim-protectors. Pippen was obviously an all-time great perimeter defender but he had some really ugly offensive series. Really ugly

 

[faustian]

@HunterSdVa29

In 7 games played with The Gizzards

Bogdan's #'s are as follows

25 mpg
17 ppg
54% FG
58% 3FG
1.000 FT%

That's all Wall. Dude turned Garrett Temple and Jared Dudley into 3pt threats from that corner spot ffs. I think even Kris Humphries-Kardashian was knocking down 3s for them. Otto Porter is posting ridiculous shooting #s off all the open looks Wall gets him

 

[INeedARemedy]

I thought 3 point threat has been Doodley's jerb description for years now

 

[faustian]

It was when he was in Phoenix. He can knock down open 3s if someone creates the shat for him. He faded into irrelevance after Phoenix but Wall revived his career last season and he carved out a new role as a stretch 4

 

[Almighty Angus]

Buss sibling: Brothers trying to bust family trust

Janie Buss, the younger sister of Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss, believes that her two older brothers are trying to bust the family trust so they can sell their interest in the franchise, which was recently valued at $3 billion by Forbes magazine.

"They're [Jim and Johnny] trying to bust the trust so they call their [interests]," Janie Buss said in an ESPN.com story from ESPN's Ramona Shelburne posted Wednesday. "And if they sell, that'll leave the rest of us in a minority."

 

[faustian]

Good

She deserves to lose the team after what she did to Mitch

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

Don't act like you give a shit lol

 

[Almighty Angus]

AEG Chairman Philip Anschutz, who owns Staples Center, the Kings and 27% of the Lakers, has the right of first refusal if the Buss family wants to sell the franchise, according to spokesmen from both AEG and the Lakers. Buss purchased the team in 1979. Other owners include Patrick Soon-Shiong with 4% and Ed Roski with 3%. The Buss family owns the remaining 66%.

So, it doesn't seem a sale is likely, according to a statement released Monday by family members.

"It was our father's often stated desire and expectation that the Lakers remain in the Buss family. The Lakers have been our lives as well and we will honor his wish and do everything in our power to continue his unparalleled legacy,"

Lakers expected to remain a Buss family-owned team

 

[Revolver]

I think the big reason on why they want to sell their part of the team is because in the trust, if one of the Buss kids were to die their part would go to the other owners instead of their own kids. Probably want to cash out for the sake of not leaving their kids with nothing.