Do you have a source for the dismissal angle? All the reporting I've heard/read over the last couple of weeks was that they wanted him back and where waiting on his decision.
I am not sure you are wrong and we all saw Snyder on the sidelines since early March. There are clearly more things going on behind the scenes with him. The only question is how severe they are.
Even beyond that, the chatter around Utah is that they needed to make changes given their results and Snyder was an obvious point of focus. Trading a Gobert, for instance, is a lot more radical than replacing the HC.
This is a weird one. The Blazers made a statement that "the team remains not for sale", but Adam Silver said last week:
Apparently, the trust that Paul Allen set up (which now holds the Seahawks and the Blazers) requires that by some date certain all of the assets in the trust are to be liquidated and the money donated to a number of different causes. The NBA has a strong interest in having an owner whose ownership is outright, and not subject to the terms of a trust, so I'm sure they'd prefer to see the team sold. Seems like selling it to a guy like Knight would ensure the team stays in Portland, at least for a while.
Pretty sure that is what is being alluded to.
Charlotte finished tied for last in the east in opponent PPG. D'Antoni seems like a logical fit. They already suck on defense. May as well try to outscore everyone.
It would be fun, but they’d likely peter out after a short spell and not advance past the second round. D’Antoni’s coaching life cycle seems pretty well established at this point. Maybe that’s enough for them. With Atkinson you might at least catch lightening in a bottle with a team/coach.
I agree on both coaches but like Kenny Atkinson more with a young roster
Yeah, their draft recently has been ok. But the roster build is wildly bad, they have no real bigs at all and haven't for like 5 straight seasons.
Plumlee'd
Part of it is they have been mediocre as opposed to outright terrible; which hasn't allowed them to get a lot of high-lottery picks. The only one they had was LaMelo and that was a good pick.
I hate to defend D’Antoni, but this isn’t really true. If you look at the Phoenix Suns’ roster in those days they had two biblical disasters playing D at very important spots. Nash at the point of attack and Amar’e Stou’emire at the C spot. And yet they got surprisingly above average results.
The have a decent chance of grabbing one in the draft. Duran and Mark Williams are projected to go in the 9-15, and the Hornet pick at 13 and 15. They also have a few extra seconds if they wanted to move up a slot or two.Plumlee'd
Trez is a nice backup. Maybe they are players in the Ayton sweepstakes? Nurkic?
PJ Washington for Wiseman may help both teams
Bouknight has to be on the block, maybe him & PJ get them a different young BIG
Thought Oubre was a nice pick-up for them last offseason. Atkinson could probably do something with this lump of clay
Ah, yes, the go-to excuse for troopers to follow someone who "doesn't look right"
and wait until either a tire touches a lane-line or the car "follows too closely" to another.
I read this and immediately thought of that Chris Rock clip “How to not get your ass kicked by the police” and one of his recommendations to “Find a white friend.”Ah, yes, the go-to excuse for troopers to follow someone who "doesn't look right"
This one in NH made a career out of it....until he didn't:
N.H. ex-trooper fired for illegal search, false statements, records show | New Hampshire Public Radio (nhpr.org)
At the same time, getting popped with loads of weed these days is like getting caught shoplifting Jugs magazine --- in 2022 there's easier ways to get that shit.
Not in all states: still an opportunity for non-equal law enforcement. Plus if you can get them on felony possession amounts then you can take away the right to vote.
Christian Wood has put up stats on bad teams. Whether the he can contribute to winning basketball remains to be seen. If he weren't in a contract year, I would dislike the deal for the Mavs. He's also the new version of a tweener in the NBA in its current iteration - someone who is most effective as a 5 on offense - but does not allow you to build an effective defense if he plays center.
Meh, not really. If you liked Hassan Whiteside in Miami than you probably love Wood. Maybe being part of a contender will motivate him but he floated up and down the floor for the past two years jacking up open 3’s bc nobody was bothering to defend on night they were playing the Rockets. Here’s an athletic freak with size who was passed on by every team on draft night not once but twice due to personality and/or personal red flags. It doesn’t seem that his reputation has changed much but at least he’s shown that when he feels like it he can compete at the NBA level sometimes.
This is where I am at. I think Wood is basically a garbage time player. He's put up some numbers on tanking teams. In the end I think Houston did well getting a late first for him.
Arent they also banking on Kidd and staff being able to get him started/build some solid groundwork on the defensive end? If they can, this might be a great deal for them.
This. Dallas gave up very little of actual NBA value in the transaction. Imo, its a decent risk/reward profile.
A no-brainer for the Mavs.
Yeah, exactly.
