2021 NBA Offseason Thread

[Real Deal]

Ty Lue might win y'all back just a lil bit lol

 

[natedagg]

This x10. His last year or so in Cleveland was so boring to watch. Zero imagination! I know we wont be that good this year but i'd much rather watch this years Cavs team vs Lebron's teams.

Oh I loved watching it last night. The ball pounding. The fatigue. The lack of chemistry. It was beautiful basketball watching the Lakers.

We won’t get it but my immature hope is that they just never get it together and start to break apart as a team. I need finger-pointing, passive aggressive media quotes and body language, and lots of L’s. I want to grab my butter & Lakers tears popcorn and stay up late to hear Scott Van Pelt dissect what’s going on in LA, and then I want to set my alarm to hear Skip Bayless tell me that LeBron should be coming off of the bench. I want fans turning their back on the Lakers and embracing Kawhi. I want to hear the Jordan-would-never-let-this-happen chatter at the water cooler at work. I want misery for Lakers fans, the franchise, and the player that left us.

 

[Cavatt]

Ty Lue might win y'all back just a lil bit lol

He walked over there to do that lol

 

[Ohio]

Ty Lue might win y'all back just a lil bit lol

This is amazing

T Lue stock rising

 

[TyGuy]

He's gonna stay terrible for a good long while. His habits in college were bad. Very bad. He's not gonna break them anytime soon, I don't think.

Plus hes small and a guard. Small guards just rarely ever make positive impacts on defense.

 

[stick]

The list of PG's they could get for Kuzma is pretty underwhelming.

Agreed.

The only player that I could find where a Kuzma swap (salaries similar) "makes sense" is Monté Morris.

Morris still has a lot to prove (he balled out last year, his 2nd in the league, but primarily off the bench: he did have a poor playoff showing...), but I like his game in Denver (he's in 2nd place on the team for guards in terms of FG% unassisted last year). Honestly, Denver would probably rather keep him, but they are completely stacked at guard (or is their system and Joker inflating the guard's production??) and when his contract is up after next year, I doubt they will keep him. Unless... they can move from Gary Harris? Not sure if Kuzma helps them too much (I'm not big on Kuzma), but he could be a good bench scorer for the Nuggets. There may be better options for Denver than Kuzma should they explore trades with Morris.

 

[Derek]

Agreed.

The only player that I could find where a Kuzma swap (salaries similar) "makes sense" is Monté Morris.

Morris still has a lot to prove (he balled out last year, his 2nd in the league, but primarily off the bench: he did have a poor playoff showing...), but I like his game in Denver (he's in 2nd place on the team for guards in terms of FG% unassisted last year). Honestly, Denver would probably rather keep him, but they are completely stacked at guard (or is their system and Joker inflating the guard's production??) and when his contract is up after next year, I doubt they will keep him. Unless... they can move from Gary Harris? Not sure if Kuzma helps them too much (I'm not big on Kuzma), but he could be a good bench scorer for the Nuggets. There may be better options for Denver than Kuzma should they explore trades with Morris.

I don’t know why Denver would want Kuzma. Morris does a lot more for them as a guard off the bench than Kuzma would.

 

[Nathan S]

Doncic stepbacks are gonna be a problem for teams this season.

 

[Alec]

Oooook Dave

 

[Rich]

Im gonna have to illegally stream Dallas games. I think they're a serious dark horse. An easy playoff team. No question.

 

[Jordan]

This Mavericks team is so fun. Doncic and KP are unreal, Seth Curry is a great spark plug, and Finney-Smith is a great defensive wing.

 

[Ohio]

 

[Rich]

Finding it hard to pick the West playoff teams.

I think Dallas makes it. With the Lakers in, that means I gotta take two out.

OKC and GSW seem like the easy choices but....i think both can make it. And picking against San Anotnio making the playoffs seems foolish so....i just dont know.

 

[Los216]

 

[Los216]