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2021 NBA Offseason Thread

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CBBI said:
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Best thing about that is the second clip, where LBJ is the guy guarding Fultz when he scores. You can see LBJ do his patented "But it wasn't my fault!" move, clearly blaming one of his teammates for a defensive lapse that was entirely LBJ's own fault.
 
Didn't the Bucks walk right through Boston last year? Are we saying Kemba Walker is more playoff proven than Kyrie Irving?
 
JMoneyYourHoney said:
Regular season wonders, just like your Rockets.
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How'd LeBron's postseason go last year, boss?

Your dick is raging hard for me. I get it. I'm awesome.

But it makes no actual sense to declare a team that made the ECF last year as "regular season wonders." Because, by definition, the 1st and 2nd round of the playoffs arent the regular season.

In fact, that entire Bucks roster has been further in the playoffs than the real regular season wonders, Anthony Davis.
 
So I never saw it mentioned, but Chandler Parsons was hit by a drunk driver recently. Traumatic brain injury amongst other things. Truly awful.
 
Rich said:
Didn't the Bucks walk right through Boston last year? Are we saying Kemba Walker is more playoff proven than Kyrie Irving?
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Well, yes, Boston is better with Kemba than Kyrie. But the biggest difference IMO, is the improvement of Jaylen Brown and Gordon Hayward getting back to full health.

Sprinkle in Jayson Tatum’s growth and they’re a stout team. I don’t love what they have at the Center position and loss of Horford was a big loss, but 1-4 on the court, I love Boston’s line-up. I like that any of those guys can get it going......Giannis is a stud, but I don’t love that roster around him. I think it will show come the playoffs. Middleton is a nice complimentary piece, but he’s not a Championship #2 player IMO. Lopez, Bledsoe, and Wes Matthews don’t do anything for me at all.....
 
billmac91 said:
Well, yes, Boston is better with Kemba than Kyrie. But the biggest difference IMO, is the improvement of Jaylen Brown and Gordon Hayward getting back to full health.

Sprinkle in Jayson Tatum’s growth and they’re a stout team. I don’t love what they have at the Center position and loss of Horford was a big loss, but 1-4 on the court, I love Boston’s line-up. I like that any of those guys can get it going......Giannis is a stud, but I don’t love that roster around him. I think it will show come the playoffs. Middleton is a nice complimentary piece, but he’s not a Championship #2 player IMO. Lopez, Bledsoe, and Wes Matthews don’t do anything for me at all.....
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Boston fleecing Philly in the Tatum-Fultz trade could have low key been a major NBA turning point, at least in the Eastern Conference.
 
billmac91 said:
Well, yes, Boston is better with Kemba than Kyrie. But the biggest difference IMO, is the improvement of Jaylen Brown and Gordon Hayward getting back to full health.

Sprinkle in Jayson Tatum’s growth and they’re a stout team. I don’t love what they have at the Center position and loss of Horford was a big loss, but 1-4 on the court, I love Boston’s line-up. I like that any of those guys can get it going......Giannis is a stud, but I don’t love that roster around him. I think it will show come the playoffs. Middleton is a nice complimentary piece, but he’s not a Championship #2 player IMO. Lopez, Bledsoe, and Wes Matthews don’t do anything for me at all.....
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Who is the championship number 1 on Boston?
 
Rich said:
Who is the championship number 1 on Boston?
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More of a Detroit Pistons vibe but it’s 4 All-Star level players with a Center by committee approach. I’ll take that over an MVP level player, Khris Middleton, and role players.

Will be interesting to see how Giannis’s game continues to develop, but I do not think he’s elite enough to carry that roster.
 
The thing is, by any measureable, Khris MIddleton is better than Brown, Tatum, and Hayward. He's shooting absolutely lights out this year.

Bigger problem Boston has is no one to even pretend to slow down Giannis. Philly has a better shot, because they can go big and make him a shooter. He'll just run over Brown or Tatum and get into the paint no matter how far back they want to be. And DanielTheiss and Enes Kanter aren't scaring anyone away from the rim.

I would be very surprised if Boston doesn't try and get Henson.
 
The Bucks have multiple good roleplayers: they don't have stars but they don't really have weak players either. Makes them tough as it's hard to find a weak point to expose on offense/defense.

Also George Hill is playing like he did in Indiana: not sure what happened with him but he gone Benjamin Button similar to D Rose
 
Man Called X said:
So I never saw it mentioned, but Chandler Parsons was hit by a drunk driver recently. Traumatic brain injury amongst other things. Truly awful.
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Pretty sure that is lawyer shock speak for mild concussion.....and Lawyers trying to use media to take insurance company to the cleaners. I thought his career was over 4 years ago.
 
Rich said:
The thing is, by any measureable, Khris MIddleton is better than Brown, Tatum, and Hayward. He's shooting absolutely lights out this year.

Bigger problem Boston has is no one to even pretend to slow down Giannis. Philly has a better shot, because they can go big and make him a shooter. He'll just run over Brown or Tatum and get into the paint no matter how far back they want to be. And DanielTheiss and Enes Kanter aren't scaring anyone away from the rim.

I would be very surprised if Boston doesn't try and get Henson.
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I disagree on Middleton.....good shooter, yes. Creator? Not at all. Middleton is one dimensional IMO. He relies on guys to get him open and lacks any explosiveness at all. He can certainly get hot, but I don't view him as a guy who can just take a game over in event Giannis is struggling and needs a "Robin".

And Philly messed up horribly bringing Horford in. I said it at time when everybody was applauding the move, but in what universe is it a good idea to put Horford next to Embiid and Ben Simmons? Terrible roster construction. Sam Hinke was crying as they made that move.

But we'll see.....
 
Nathan S said:
Glad Claxton's getting some burn. He was one of my favorite upside swing guys in the 2019 draft.
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Thought Nick might be related to Speedy, but apparently not.

He is the son of another NBA player, Charles, though - who even was briefly on the Cavs - and like Speedy is of Carribbean heritage, but different islands.
 
Man Called X said:
So I never saw it mentioned, but Chandler Parsons was hit by a drunk driver recently. Traumatic brain injury amongst other things. Truly awful.
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Just terrible. Disc herniation and a torn labrum also. I'm not sure he comes back from this.
 
Rich said:
How'd LeBron's postseason go last year, boss?
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What the fuck does LeBron have to do with my post, general? Never mind, he's actually a very convenient lynchpin to this discussion: see how he was the MVP in 2009 and 2010 on teams surrounded by role players. Remind me again what they accomplished?

Rich said:
Your dick is raging hard for me. I get it. I'm awesome.
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Your galactic faith in the Rockets two seasons in a row was so awesome, they choked on it. And I thought that was pretty awesome.

Rich said:
In fact, that entire Bucks roster has been further in the playoffs than the real regular season wonders, Anthony Davis.
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Who besides you is taking Khris Middleton as a #2 over Anthony Davis in the postseason? Hello? Anybody?
 
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