Not necessarily. Mozgov has been in the league 10 years and is being paid $64m. He is worst C I have ever seen play the sport of basketball. Like absolutely-fecking-useless.
Yeah I just meant in the sense that it's not strange that Wiggins is much better at this point. To be honest I feel in the end Wiggins will be considered an underwhelming player for his potential albeit still a good one.
Surely a joke
Obviously Pop is key, but credit should also go to RC Buford, their GM. The best in the business along with Myers.
Nope, I only listen to The Ringer Show (all the time) and Bill Simmons occasionally. From what I see it's not on Spotify, where can I find it?
I fecking don't.
But Blazers did it to themselves really.I get it from Itunes but I imagine it's on most podcast platforms. They're just salary cap nerds essentially so it can get quite dry at times. Particularly when it comes to Free Agency and trading. I don't really have a mathematical kind of mind so I struggle to always keep up but it is fascinating stuff IMO. But their knowledge of the game is also excellent and you get some pretty detailed analysis. Seems to be either people love them or aren't fans though; no middle ground.
He'd be awesome with this current iteration of the Grizzlies. It just wasn't a perfect fit a few years ago with Z-Bo and Gasol in the paint.
Well we played terribly for most of the game and still came a CJ free throw away from winning it (how did he manage to miss a free throw, it's CJ, he doesn't miss free throws) so I am not completely down about it. The two losses so far were very hard, we were also up in Milwaukee before they stole it in the last minute, and it wasn't a very good performance from Blazers either. When the team clicks and starts playing to their potential we could be looking at 46-50 wins which would be spectacular IMO.
I like The Ringer NBA Show but I find Chris Vernon's voice very annoying.
Umm...replying after a week lol
They're destroying the kid even more he starts his career...I really thought you had it when Toronto were 16 down and playing like crap but their superior experience showed in the end. It's the second time this season when a team starts running away from Lakers in the final quarter and they start to panic, like against Pelicans (although that game also involved a great comeback). You can tell this is a young team still finding their way but also short of quality IMO.
How are Sixers destroying him? If anything it's them who should be mad with him for changing his shot mechanics during the Summer and not even consulting that with anyone (not sure if it's true but if it is, it's shocking).Umm...replying after a week lol
I don't think Lonzo will be a bust, I think he'll have a good career....and you make a valid point about nba training, conditioning and even being around nba coaching will improve a player manifold. Lonzo hasn't had any of that - so, it is unfair to judge him. But minus an injury, Simmons is going to be incredible. a 6'10" PG - and because of his lateral quickness, it's a position he can play against anyone...is era defining.
He's already finding ways to score - will he ever develop a proper jumpshot, at least a midrange shot? Who knows...he might not.
FWIW I think 5 years down the line, the Lakers will be very happy with the pick they made.
Putting that aside...Sixers and Fultz
They have a history of sitting players...so, why the hell weren't they on top of Fultz and his injury.
Can't they use it like a trade exception is used i.e. get someone from another team too as long as they agree to a trade, and exceed cap? Doesn't have to be a free agent but they need to be in final year.
Will be back to the bench soon.
They are a mess. I think they were underestimating how much Kyrie meant to them.
Kyrie would not fix any of their issues right now.
He would at least make them better offensively, which they are not good at currently either. Also, the return they got for Kyrie was the wrong type.
Isaiah Thomas will replace a lot of Kyrie's scoring once he is healthy. But, they will still be atrocious defensively.
I think IT's health problems are more serious than everyone thought and they will only have him for a year anyway. That team will have to go through serious rebuilding very soon. They would have been better off keeping Kyrie as the building block after LeBron leaves but they obviously didn't have a choice.
They are always below par during regular season and turn it on for the playoffs but this is taking it to a whole new level. It usually meant losing 10 or so unexpected games with the full team available, losing 10 or so when the big three sit and losing 10 or so to strong teams. This season they lost to Knicks, Magic and Nets during the first month and with the first two they basically got annihilated by them. They struggled to beat awful Bulls at home and were absolutely crushed by Pelicans too. They've actually had one respectable game all season long, at Milwaukee.
They just need to put better effort in defense which has been pretty poor this season compared to last season when they were among the best teams defensively.
Yeah complacency. It will get better. In Cavs case I am not sure the room for improvement is as big, though certainly they will play much better too.
They'll be a mess till IT is back. Kyrie used to take off so much of the scoring burden away from LeBron and PG LeBron was fantastic last season. And they need to pray that IT provides the same amount of scoring prowess.
I feel competition for Warriors will come from West this time and Finals will be a walk if they get there. Last year nobody really challenged them in the West, Spurs most likely would have if it hadn't been for Zaza's cleverly getting rid of Kawhi for the series which while very vile, worked wonders for the remainder of series (Spurs had that first game all but nailed before this). This year they will have to do with much stronger Rockets and Thunder, as well as Timberwolves who could be really good when everything clicks and a few other good teams plus as always, Spurs with Kawhi. I expect some very good matches.
Only Rockets can challenge their offense and I think that would be the Western Conference Finals and a great series to boot.
