NBA NBA Thread: Gamble Gate

[Substance Abuse]

Nuggets were tired of his shit at that cost. Johnson is underrated and a better shooter. That '32 pick is probably gonna hurt, but it saves them a lot of money too.

 

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[Corona]

lol, you kidding me?

If you could get a solid team of defenders around a Luka / Jokic duo, they are winning at least two titles.

Giannis - Luka plus 3 and D shooters is like the perfect combo though.

Lucuck and Joker are both ball dominant/most effective with the ball in their hands and are both traffic cones on defense. I think it would be harder to build a team around them as opposed to Luka/giannis. Also Giannis could actually happen, I think there’s 0 chance joker ever goes to LA and it’s highly unlikely Denver lets him go.

 

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[Croaker]

Cam Johnson for MPJ is robbery

D'AngeGOAT to Dallas is a great signing. They need a PG til Kyrie is back.

Kevin Porter Jr was known to opt out, if he didnt beat his girlfriend he'd be getting triple that and would be given opportunities instead of the bucks essentially holding onto him until everyone forgets what he did.

 

[wildchild88]

Lucuck and Joker are both ball dominant/most effective with the ball in their hands and are both traffic cones on defense. I think it would be harder to build a team around them as opposed to Luka/giannis. Also Giannis could actually happen, I think there’s 0 chance joker ever goes to LA and it’s highly unlikely Denver lets him go.

Agree Giannis is a better fit

Re Luka defence.

Mavs Boston series.
Lakes Wolves series.

Luka’s defense was probably 3-4 in ranking in terms of reasons why they lost those series. There were some ugly plays that made it seem like more of a factor than it was. Luka was the only thing keeping them in a lot of those games, when he got benched they fell off a cliff a lot of the time.

Don’t under estimate the impact theyd both have on offense, their plus minus’s are good stuff. With good role players, youd expect to get at least one title.

 

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[Revolver]

Lmao. My lakes need a center and Pelinka is probably at Disneyland

 

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[Jonathan Utah]

Nuggs have done good for themselves so far.

 

['Rocky']

 

[Jonathan Utah]

MPJ & Cam Thomas on one team is interesting. Too bad there’s only one ball.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Big Al is probably heading to the Nugs or Flakes or some shit.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Fuck. I knew it.

 

[The Servant]

Kind of strange in general. I know they suck because they're in a rebuild, but why now? You do that shit right at the end of the season if you don't like the direction the team is going. They wait until after the draft? Sounds like there's something more to this.

I think it's because he just spun his wheels for SIX years post Raps chip. Let players walk as free agents, signed a bunch of mediocre players on bad contracts:

40m/year for Ingram (always hurt)
40m/year for Scottie til 2030 where he will be 50m/year
30/year for Quickley
30/year for RJ

140m/year for Quickley, Scootie, RJ and Ingram.

So fckn mediocre 6 years later. No draft day shake ups = gone. They're locked into treadmill territory for this decade.

 

[HereticBD]

I think it's because he just spun his wheels for SIX years post Raps chip. Let players walk as free agents, signed a bunch of mediocre players on bad contracts:

40m/year for Ingram (always hurt)
40m/year for Scottie til 2030 where he will be 50m/year
30/year for Quickley
30/year for RJ

140m/year for Quickley, Scootie, RJ and Ingram.

So fckn mediocre 6 years later. No draft day shake ups = gone. They're locked into treadmill territory for this decade.

There's some truth to that, but it goes hand in hand with MLSE not exactly being happy with him bending them over the table in his last contract negotiation. When they give you the world, you best produce, and fast. I think the Raps got a bit unlucky with Siakam kind of floundering without Kawhi. Wasn't the backup cornerstone of the franchise he looked to be.

Whatever. Had Championship sex.

 

[Croaker]

Celtics moving on from Tatum really quickly. Expect him to be on the trading block with the GOAT Luka in Boston.

MPJ & Cam Thomas on one team is interesting. Too bad there’s only one ball.

They were traded for one another....? You faded?

I think it's because he just spun his wheels for SIX years post Raps chip. Let players walk as free agents, signed a bunch of mediocre players on bad contracts:

40m/year for Ingram (always hurt)
40m/year for Scottie til 2030 where he will be 50m/year
30/year for Quickley
30/year for RJ

140m/year for Quickley, Scootie, RJ and Ingram.

So fckn mediocre 6 years later. No draft day shake ups = gone. They're locked into treadmill territory for this decade.

Ingram is worth double that with all the dank weed and chill vibes he's bringing to that shithole of a city imo

 

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[Jonathan Utah]

@Croaker Cam Johnson was traded for MPJ. Cam Thomas, the guard, is still on the team.