I loved the Bulls move as was discussed in one of those preseason threads. Obv I’m a DeRozan apologist, always was pro-Lonzo (remember when people said he can’t shoot?) but even I didn’t expect this and I was concerned about their bench. It’s all come together pretty incredible for them in the regular season. Even if they land a 1-seed however I don’t expect them to go very deep once the playoffs arrive.
nice, I was also left scratching my head at how low-rated the Bulls off-season was graded?
The Bulls came right out of the gate in the preseason as well which has value as has been discussed in the past.
Here were Hoops Hype ratings (JM3 was kind enough to post them at the time). I always like going back over these things during All-Star weekend*. If anyone has any other media Summer grades please post.
How have you fared with your NBA team over/under wins so far? that's usually in your wheelhouse
Yeah and the year before I was staring at like 8-1 under three of the teams had massive reversals in the final two weeks. The Covid year was a crusher though as I had invested more than triple of previous years.
It really seems like he’s getting bad advice from the people around him (agent/family/hanger ons).
Is it bad advice though? He has a broken foot, is (very) overweight, and reportedly doesn’t want to be in New Orleans. Pulling the Simmons card is certainly in play here and it won’t even cost him anything this year.
...but he's going to play tonight for a few minutes!!!
I'm quite certain it didn't since he's in the west. Might have cost someone like Conley
Meh. It’s his spot. If he can go for a little bit I don’t have a problem with it. Each year we always seen a guy or two on each team banged up a little so they get one rotation and call it a night. The honor isn’t about the game it’s about everything that goes on around the game……at least that’s how I feel.
Ha, I don't follow it close enough. All thrown into a draft BUT you're right they get selected via WC//EC first.
I saw Harden showed up. I imagine he couldn't give a darn about the game and is there for the adult entertainment
I flipping loved that Cleveland booed the shit out of him in his introduction. It was so random and unexpected. It felt like a boo from the nba community as a whole
Especially in retrospect ... having the same two Finalists four straight seasons from 2014-15 to 2017-18 is one of the more bizarre phenomena in hoops/sports history. The fact that those teams were the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors is bizarrer still. Imagine if someone had told you in like 2012 (Cavs 21-45, Warriors 23-43) that that would occur?
Had the Lakers not tapped out in 86 against Houston, it would have been four straight.
Lebron is a basketball savant. Even if he has lost two steps, he'll almost certainly still be a valuable player absent a significant injury. Throwing a low first at his kid to get him is probably a no brainer for a lot of teams, and he knows that.
ESPN has their high school rankings online going back to 2007:
Yeah, I didn't want to do the effort of seeing how likely someone at #43 is to make the league. Just looking at a few years at random at players ranked in the 40s who made the NBA (off the top of my head).
I think at this early stage, whether or not Bronny makes it will still be up to him and his growth, whether that be in terms of skills or physical attributes. I browsed these lists and there are a few players in every class around or below #43 that stuck around to be, at the very least, useful NBA players for a few seasons. A non-exhaustive list of the names I noticed:
He could always go undrafted and have some team give him a 2 way. That probably just adds the the whole "He's only here because of LeBron" factor but heh.
On February 15, Windhorst recorded a podcast with Ramona Shelburne and Dave McMenamin to talk about the Lakers’ inactivity at the trade deadline, but it played out as a dispute by proxy between the Lakers and Lebron. Shelburne is deeply connected with Jeanie Buss and McMenamin likewise with Klutch.
IIRC early-mid March was the timeline I heard for his return. I would think that if some of these random guys like Joe Johnson, Lance Stephenson, etc. could get signed on short notice and presumably be in game shape, that Simmons could at least get on the floor and play 10-15 minutes. You would think you'd want him in Brooklyn ASAP, thinking you would want him as ready as possible for the playoffs.
Agree with a lot of this, but supposedly Westbrook, a 1st (2027) and THT for Wall and Wood was on the table from Houston. For a team that's going nowhere, I don't see how the Lakers don't do that deal (if it was indeed offered). They get rid of the Westbrook albatross for a guy in Wall who is no better and likely worse, but has accepted that, so will be okay with a bench role. That puts LBJ back into playing point which is where he should always be and is why the trade for Westbrook was so incredibly dumb (aside from his ineffectiveness, he also filled a hole the Lakers didn't have, didn't fill holes they did have, and trading decent roleplayers for him opened up other holes). And then you add Wood who is definitely a head case, but also talented. Wood would be a great fill-in for AD while he's injured and would seem to fit well with AD when (if?) he's back.
But isn't he capable of playing? Wall is a weird one. Lotta guys who can play sitting out nowadays.
View: https://twitter.com/alec_sturm/status/1495925396189106180?s=21
Because that's my take. My take is all in ones are dumb. Bpwiac even mentioned teams are getting away from those because they offer nothing from a team building perspective and tell you nothing about fit. I even said I wanted more numbers that honed in on specific skill sets and fit. That's what he said teams are looking for too! Shocker. All in ones are made for lazy fans.
