Harden to Clips
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at best right now the clips are a 5 seed and that is will everyone playing they are closer to the 7/8 range
as far as balance right now i only see 6-8 teams that can win it all East Bos Milw West Den phox then maybe GS LAL
Expand by 2 teams will hurt earlyone bench
its a fair point i just think it wouild be a deeper league if couild have zion on the knicks ingram in philly sikam in boston pablo being the prize in a re-draft
This is what I disagree with. If they all play, I put them much closer to the top. My concern is they won’t play.
I don't think it's a given that Harden was getting maxed by a non-Philly team in 2022. There was not much cap space that offseason (as has been the case as less players move via FA) and 2021-2022 Harden was looking kind of washed. The Knicks and the Spurs had north of 30M. Maybe NY would have been interested, but the Brunson contract seemed like a done deal. No way Pop was going after The Beard. There were a handful of teams in the 20's, but they were all rebuilding teams none of which seemed liked reasonable destinations.
There was a lot of Harden's going back to Houston talk in the second half of last season. Multiple folks, with varying degrees of credibility, reported that Houston was prepared to spend big on Harden until they hired Ime, who but the kibosh on the deal.
if they're healthy it feels like they're in there with golden state and Phoenix in the tier just below Denver in the west.
Anyone looking for a fun clip, check out Chris Broussard. Not just does he question Hardens mental facilities, but he even started to talk about putting his mentally challenged cousin out to...well...who knows where he was going with it.
Good times all around.
Good times all around.
Poor Chris, underrated comment by the cohost:
Q:Is the man Rslurred?
A: You shouldn’t use that word but sure
…is he saying yes “sure, he’s regarded”
and by the way, the bro in the middle’s eyes. Segment should win an Emmy
View: https://twitter.com/stuartfeiner/status/1719432303464632729?s=46&t=WNUE08imv33kOt1BO6WMzQ
For those who didn't watch the video, he didn't actually use the R word again in his apology. That would have been wild.
Somewhat lucky for the Celtics that the timing worked out this way. Clippers 2028 pick unprotected and 2027/2029 swaps unprotected are a lot higher value than 2024 GSW 1-4 and 2029 Cs unprotected. I don't think TL+Brogdon do much to close that gap either.
Most relevantly, Portland definitely values the draft assets of aging assetless teams a lot, based on what we saw in the Dame deal.
If the Harden urgency had picked up a month ago, I think Jrue would be a Clipper or (gulp) a Sixer today.
Most relevantly, Portland definitely values the draft assets of aging assetless teams a lot, based on what we saw in the Dame deal.
If the Harden urgency had picked up a month ago, I think Jrue would be a Clipper or (gulp) a Sixer today.
Heard him a lot, didn’t know what he looked like. Assumed younger from the pod.
I don't think it would be a deeper league. You'd still have the teams that would be scraping the bottom of the barrel (cough, tanking, cough) and the talent would accumulate at the top.
We would have epic battles though of teams with multiple HOFs battle in the playoffs. That would be something else.
AKA as the various Laker/Celtics Finals matchups in the 60s and 80s.
PHI has to be hoping TOR doesn't get its act together. Otherwise, what's left, DeRozen? Maybe KAT if MIN goes south? (I know Lowe and Marks talked about this on Lowe's podcast but I haven't gotten all the way through yet).
Embiid, Siakam, Harris, Melton, and Maxey, with Paul Reed, Oubre, and one or two of RoCo / Pat Bev / MaMo / Jaden Springer / House coming off the bench is a pretty good team but their parts seem pretty redundant and they seem defendable, unless Maxey takes a huge leap as a playmaker (as opposed to a shotmaker).
But I'm sure Morey would be happy to take his chances with this squad.
Kevin Wildes expression is absolutely hilarious.
Also, in his "apology" after this clip, Broussard said that he has a family member who is mentally disabled...
There's no way the guy should be on the air. He's absolutely awful at his job even without the offensive slip-ups
ESPN offers a (mostly Morey-tinted) retrospective on the divorce of Daryl Morey and James Harden, with plenty of quotes from people involved:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38790362/paintings-silence-history-final-straw-james-harden-daryl-morey-era
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38790362/paintings-silence-history-final-straw-james-harden-daryl-morey-era
Given his age, he may have kids of an age where moving/or just Dad moving sucks more than the weather.