2021 NBA Offseason Thread

[cavsfever]

Funny thing Lebron shot .37% from 3 that series against GSW. He was the second best Cavs after Lebron on a team with JR smith, Kevin Love, and Frye

Lebron shot 37% from 3 on 5 3P shots per game in that series, Kevin Durant shot 35% from 3 on 5 3P shots per game last year (before his achilles tear). Just saying

If Durant is seriously impacted by the achilles tear (and there is every reason to believe that he will never be the player he once was) the Nets are going to be an absolute shitshow next year.

I really don't understand how everyone seems to assume that a 32 year old coming back from probably the most devastating injury you can have is still going to be a superstar. I mean, he's tall and can shoot, I guess those don't go away, but your achilles tendon gets used every time you jump, run, or cut, including jump shots.

 

[Man Called X]

Lebron shot 37% from 3 on 5 3P shots per game in that series, Kevin Durant shot 35% from 3 on 5 3P shots per game last year (before his achilles tear). Just saying

If Durant is seriously impacted by the achilles tear (and there is every reason to believe that he will never be the player he once was) the Nets are going to be an absolute shitshow next year.

I really don't understand how everyone seems to assume that a 32 year old coming back from probably the most devastating injury you can have is still going to be a superstar. I mean, he's tall and can shoot, I guess those don't go away, but your achilles tendon gets used every time you jump, run, or cut, including jump shots.

Literally one guy in the history of the sport that recovered from an achilles tear and came back a superstar. One. And that was 30 years ago.

Color me skeptical that Durant looks anything like a superstar next season.

 

[Cassity14]

I'm of the belief that this inevitable failure to the Nets experiment is going to continue to prove that LeBron and (to a lesser extent) Curry truly are transcendent, all-time greats.

 

[cavsfever]

Literally one guy in the history of the sport that recovered from an achilles tear and came back a superstar. One. And that was 30 years ago.

Color me skeptical that Durant looks anything like a superstar next season.

Yeah, only Dominique Wilkins had anything like the all-star form they had before. (Amazing when you consider his game relied on jumping). But more recently Kobe, Rudy Gay, DeMarcus Cousins, all could return to play but looked like a very significant downgrade on the player they were before. You have to assume they all had the best care possible. A significant downgrade on Kevin Durant would still easily be a good NBA starter, but assuming he is going to be your locomotive to bring you to the Finals seems...insanely optimistic.

 

[Vipra]

Just before the finals began, FiveThirtyEight had Miami with 73% chance of winning the finals.
Even this morning it was Heat with 52% chance of winning.

Finally, the dude woke up, read some newspapers, realized that LeBron no longer plays for the Heat, and has put Lakers as favorites (66%)

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

Kyrie Irving doesn't see Nets as having a 'head coach' despite recent hire of Steve Nash

Kevin Durant also called it a 'collaborative effort' between the players and coaching staff

www.cbssports.com

However, during "The ETCs Podcast with Kevin Durant" Thursday, Irving proclaimed that he doesn't believe that the Nets have a "head" coach in terms of leading the team despite Nash being hired at that exact position.

"I don't really see us having a "head" coach," Irving said. "K.D. could be a head coach, I could be a head coach [some days]."


Durant agreed with Irving's stance on the leadership of the team and says it's a "collaborative effort." The All-Star forward also added that assistant coach Jacque Vaughn could be a head coach if necessary.

I probably need to actually listen to this podcast to hear their conversation. I know some on here did.

I somewhat understand what they’re saying, and for most players I think it’s be OK, but knowing what we know about Kyrie him coming in with this mindset would alarm me just a little bit.

 

[Rich]

Kyrie Irving doesn't see Nets as having a 'head coach' despite recent hire of Steve Nash

Kevin Durant also called it a 'collaborative effort' between the players and coaching staff

www.cbssports.com

I probably need to actually listen to this podcast to hear their conversation. I know some on here did.

I somewhat understand what they’re saying, and for most players I think it’s be OK, but knowing what we know about Kyrie him coming in with this mindset would alarm me just a little bit.

That whole thing alarms me a ton.

This, I have to believe, is going to blow up.

KD is always in his feelings. He can't ignore the noise and takes everything personal. Kyrie is weird, has an overinflated sense of his own skills, and seems to always be malcontent. He reminds me of Jimmy Butler only w/o half the leadership skills or pure will to win. And Nash is a rookie coach.

Oh, and KD is coming off of the worst injury a basketball player can have.

This is going to fail.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

That whole thing alarms me a ton.

This, I have to believe, is going to blow up....

....This is going to fail.

Unless someone happens to be a fan of the Nets, it may be more entertaining as a shitshow than a cause for alarm.

 

[Alec]

Speaking of Kyrie, good luck to Brooklyn coach Steve Nash. He’s going to need it.

"I want somebody who is going to understand that I am a human being first. I serve my community first.”

... I don’t even know what that means in the context of coaching.

Poor Steve. What a nightmare.

 

[Alec]

Just before the finals began, FiveThirtyEight had Miami with 73% chance of winning the finals.
Even this morning it was Heat with 52% chance of winning.

Finally, the dude woke up, read some newspapers, realized that LeBron no longer plays for the Heat, and has put Lakers as favorites (66%)

That is completely idiotic. 538 continues to be a joke.

 

[Walter White]

So the Heat are just going to stay in a zone to get their ass whooped? They won't at least try to have a little faith in their defenders? Lakers shot and bricked an insane amount of threes, yet they still dominated the inside anyway.

What is the point of having Butler, Crowder, and Iggy for defense if you are just going to run zone? Unless the answer is that they are all extremely overrated defenders. Nobody is going to "stop" a great player. In fact, nobody can match up with AD specifically. But at least try to make LeBron a scorer and trust these defenders.

I guess it doesn't matter at this point. I'm just surprised they are just sticking with this. LeBron and AD are destroying the zone, even with all the missed threes from the rest.

 

[YuenglingGator]

The only competition left in this series is whether AD or LeBron will win finals MVP...

 

[Sebastian]

It is typical Cleveland luck that LeBron leaves and the league opens wide open.

Not that there aren't some good teams, but the Big Three would have torn all these teams to shreds. This Lakers team doesn't have a true peer given the inevitable Clippers implosion. Weak sauce.

Just once it would have been nice to not meet a Warriors wall. I would have loved to have seen the Cavs play a different, good Western team.

 

[Mr. Orange]

KD was the bitch. And at the end of the day, LeBron still comes out on top. He’s won with his best friend, won in his hometown, and now is going to win in Los Angeles and just own that town like Magic for the next 30 years.

My feeling is Lebron becomes a minority owner of the Lakers at some point, runs his production company and occasionally comes back to Akron in the summer to do some things for his school.

 

[YuenglingGator]

It is typical Cleveland luck that LeBron leaves and the league opens wide open.

Not that there aren't some good teams, but the Big Three would have torn all these teams to shreds. This Lakers team doesn't have a true peer given the inevitable Clippers implosion. Weak sauce.

Just once it would have been nice to not meet a Warriors wall. I would have loved to have seen the Cavs play a different, good Western team.

I'll still never forgive Houston for missing 1.2 million threes in a row that G7. And then the Warriors having injuries finally catch up to them in the Finals the exact year LeBron leaves. Solid chance LeBron wins 3 or so rings in Cleveland if things bounce a little different.

But I'll never forget the 1 we got!