The most "exciting" part of the NBA is the off-season.
That doesn't exactly bode well for the league.
Everyone is enjoying this Warriors fall to earth so much yet theyre gonna get a really high lotto pick and be immediate title favorites next year when Steph and Klay come back.
Everyone is enjoying this Warriors fall to earth so much yet theyre gonna get a really high lotto pick and be immediate title favorites next year when Steph and Klay come back.
But the Hawks wanted Young. Young wouldn't have lasted the Magic at 6th. I heard that the Hawks were just messing with us.
I think you can and should be mad at Lebron and Dinwiddie. Again, 1 win against the Nets and we have a potential dynasty.
Im pretty sure thats a fact. Seems like as a kid i do remember seeing a clip of it. Too many people have talked about it for it not to be true.Is it true that Joe Charbonneau could open beer bottles with his eye sockets? I had always HEARD but I never saw actual footage.
Everyone is enjoying this Warriors fall to earth so much yet theyre gonna get a really high lotto pick and be immediate title favorites next year when Steph and Klay come back.
Let's assume they get lucky and get the top pick.... Just ask Phoenix how easy the draft is... Also, Green is declining, Steph will turn 33 during the next season, Klay will have lots of rust and might never get back to his top form. They will also need to fill the remaining roster spots... They have their work cut out for them. I think the possibility of them hitting the ground running is like 3%...
I will enjoy them getting pounded by every team in the league. I will then enjoy them drafting a bust. Then I will proceed to enjoy Steph/Draymond/Klay being shells of their former selves, and I will also enjoy their front office doing a sub-par job surrounding them with good pieces. If you really think about it, it's the golden age for being a Worrier-hater.
Here's the the thing about really high draft picks.
Their odds of succeeding go up drastically when placed on a really good team.
now that rarely happens because really good teams generally don't have really high draft picks. But here comes an exception.
I think a healthy Clippers team is the strongest candidate, but it's not like it has been the last few yearswith one clear favourite.
About Luka, i said that would be a historically bad trade for the Hawks and i still stand by it. Trae is good and will be solid for long probably, but Luka is just on a whole other level.
Gotta feel ok about Trae though. I mean at least he didn't totally bust, but yeah. I would rather have Luka than Trae + Reddish.
Everyone is enjoying this Warriors fall to earth so much yet theyre gonna get a really high lotto pick and be immediate title favorites next year when Steph and Klay come back.
Trae has done a lot better than just "not bust". Definitely a top 3 player from that class.
Luka is a legit MVP candidate in year 2 though, so it will forever be a total screw-up, especially if Cam Reddish busts which I'd bet money on. Plus, Trae is going to need to be protected big time defensively if they ever want to truly compete. And Trae won't ever even be in Steph's stratosphere defensively which is somewhere between below average to average. And Steph had Draymond who's best defensive seasons are all-time great, and truly can guard 1-5 in an elite fashion. Klay is an elite perimeter defender and could handle the hardest PG's, can guard 1-3. In GS 1.0 Barnes was a good wing defender with size, in GS 2.0 Durant was a menace at the rim and absolutely seamlessly fit with Draymond in the front court. Iguodala was an absolutely elite wing defender. Bogut was a total monster defensively too until the latest rash of injuries. David West as well could defend .
Schlenk is trying to model after GS but defensively he's not even close. I like Hurter and Collins but neither project to be anything to write home about defensively. Hunter is a good start but while I like him he'll be lucky to ever be 75% as good as Iguodala or Green on that end.