Truth. Damn truth.
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Particularly horrible ones to me are Delly, Mozgov and Jeff Green even though that one is only 1 year. Sports money is lol.
One year deals theoretically are never bad. Two year deals with a team option are the best though.
Good deals I've seen: Fournier, Arthur, Bazemore, ish Smith, Lin,
Bad deals: Turner (LOL), Mozgov (lol), Conley (though he was gone if no max and they couldn't lose him), Parsons (Grizzlies really wanted to do last seasons injuries all over again), Delly.
I'm not sure about Howard. Bud is a great coach, definitely better than McHale and the tire fire that was Buckerstaff. Also, it remains to be seen how much of Howard sucking last year was due to team or injuries sapping his athleticism. Considering Howard's psyche, I'm leaning toward team. also, three years is a perfect contract length for both sides. Hawks probably get one solid year guarenteed, 50/50 on year two, and an expiring contract year three. Also, Howard's ceiling is higher than Horfords if used correctly.
Yeah Conley's contract is insane. I know there are other factors for players that make them even more money but for Conley have the biggest contract ever (even if temporary due to upcoming changes) is hilarious to me.
I hear what you are saying about 1 year deals it just perplexes me that teams continue to pay Green lots of money. He is one of those players that looks better than he is.
Just looked up Evan Turner's deal and yeah that's horrific. That kind of money on top of committing 4 years, just turrible.
Interested to see how the Hawks handle Dwight as well. He wants more post-ups than his current game indicates he should get. So if he becomes unhappy that is a problem but how many times can he be fed in the post to middling results? If he can accept a less prominent offensive role I think he still has some solid years of productive basketball left. He's never going to be 07-12 or so Dwight again but last year was actually much better for him than 15 so at least there is that.
Wut
KD a punk ass buster.
I hope OKC manages to pick up a decent FA and destroy the Warriors in the WCF.
Doesn't seem likely.
Unless God is a free agent I mean.
Always knew you can't trust a longhorn, they're all shit
Ya, pretty lame. He left a championship caliber team to go to the team that just knocked him out of the playoffs. Reminds me of what Ray Allen did going from Boston to Miami a few years ago, except that Allen was a glorified role player at that point and KD is one of the best players in the NBA.
It also could cause Westbrook to get traded as OKC might be afraid of Westbrook leaving via free agency next season. Feel bad for Thunder fans.
Cancel the season.
It's a good thing he waited a week tho, now we have 25mil in cap space and no one to sign
Fake Kevin Durant account is bringing the heat.
https://twitter.com/KDTray5/status/750036397373984768
Which Warrior gets MVP Curry or Durant?
Westbrook gets MVP for he will shoot 41 times a game and let no one else touch the ball. Westbrook will stay in OKC for he will get a shit ton of money.
Or...
Durant has a option to leave the Warriors after one year...so he wins title next year...and then goes back to OKC. Rofl.
Lol at OKC. Idiots. Everybody kept talking about how much better the Harden deal looked now with the emergence of Adams, and yet it probably contributed to Durant leaving. So by keeping Serge, who they kept over Harden, they ended up losing all three.
As always, if you have multiple studs IN THEIR PRIME, just pay them. Because it almost never happens.
Also, next years Free Agency is going to be crazy.
Wow can't believe KD left. I'd be willing to bet Westbrook told him he was going to leave next year for a bigger market. I won't say 0% chance (since I was wrong about KD leaving), but I can't see Sam Presti holding onto Westbrook. If he stays he'll average a triple double. I see a team like Boston coming in and offering up Brooklyn's picks plus a package of other pieces to get him. They'd have a pretty decent shot at re-signing him plus adding one more FA next year to pair with Horford and the young talent. I wish he'd resign with Sixers next year if they made a move, but don't see that happening. They definitely have the assets needed to acquire him.
Weird friggin deal. Not sure this makes the warriors better (hard to top what they did last season) but the thunder are boned.
That Ibaka deal doesn't look as good anymore.
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They swapped out Barnes for Durant. LOL.
curry and green could regress a bit and im sure theyll miss bogut/ezeli even though they have zaza now.
since when did it become a crime to want to win a championship? Anyone who is mad at KD for going to the warriors is a jackass, and from him to you through me: fuck off.
Dude doesn't owe us anything. "back in my day" teams put together the best players to try and win.
I must have missed that on SC...
I just don't understand why someone is a villain for joining a winning team when they are a free agent. It's insane. McNabb joins the skins.. you don't see me burning a McNabb jersey? And i hated the fucking guy BEFORE he did that lol.
To me his decision goes against everything sports is about. Take TAO as an example. I got my ass kicked by Netjak players a lot, but I never wanted to join them; I wanted to get better so that I could kick their ass. That didn't work out so well for me, but hey, I had fun trying to get better at this game. I sure as fuck wasn't going to go join their clan and be friends.
I joined The Badasses because I like Prof, but when I'm playing against Prof, Prof can go fuck himself. Same goes for everyone else in that clan, especially Detonation.
This is kind of a shitty analogy because TAO is an individual game. I think that if somebody beats you at something, you should try to improve at that thing, not go ask someone else for help. Certainly not ask the guy who's beating you to help. I'm not angry at KD, I just think his decision was pretty fucking lame from a competitive point of view.
i think lex has every right to be pissed here as an okc fan. I can sympathize with him as a raptors fan when we lost tmac carter and bosh.
that being said I think its lame to be pissed about this. I agree with manon that this is lame, but its kinda what happens in the nba and always has. Competitively its a shame, and the warriors should be heavy favorites again (even moreso) but I wouldnt count out the spurs, cleveland or some other strong teams.
next season is going to be exciting if u can ignore the fact that the warriors will probably win it.
So the warriors bench could be better then it was last year. damien jones and patrick mccaw were nice additions in the draft, iggy and livingston are still there and they just signed david west to a vet minimum. I dont know if theyre done yet either. What a ridiculous team lol
pg: steph, livingston
sg: thompson, mccaw
sf: durant, iggy, looney
pf: green, west
c: zaza, jones
im not sure how they can add anything else of significance to this roster depth wise but it looks ridiculous at 11 right now.
I haven't heard much talk about the subject of 73 wins and playoff fatigue. I know it cropped up when the Warriors fell behind 3-1 to the Thunder, and people started to say they shouldn't have chased the record because now they're fizzling out. But what about them losing in the Finals to a Cavs team they looked like they would beat in 5 or 6 games. Didn't sweep the Rockets or the Blazers, so those are extra games you have to play, and in the playoffs it seems like every game is extra draining. Tough, tough 7 games against the Thunder, and then 7 games against the Cavs. Curry looked beat in the Finals (I've posted about the physical nature of playoffs vs regular season). Does anyone think that if they had rested at the end of the season that the entire team would have been better off heading into the playoffs?
I'm not trying to second guess decisions, because hindsight is 20/20. No way to tell Kerr what he should have done in a certain game or at a certain point in the season. Just curious about your thoughts.
I think what people are really mad about, is the fact that the Thunder literally outplayed the Warriors, and lost due to historic three point shooting, three point shooting that then abandoned GS probably because of the tough series played against OKC.
Also, Kevin Durant had a horrible Game 6, where the Thunder led for most of the game but couldn't close it out (because Durant only does that to SA so fuck him extra for that). He had a talented enough team to beat the Warriors, and when HE and Westbrook couldn't close them out, he jumped ship to a team with 3 All-NBA players.
I can't fault a guy for wanting to leave a job for what he thinks will be a better job, but for competition, leaving a great job for...a great job seems weird? Makes me wonder just how much Durant truly disliked playing with Westbrook after this many years. For as close as they seem, it's the only thing that makes sense.
don't think it can be summed up better than this.... I think one additional factor could've been Russ telling KD hey I'm going to LA (or anywhere else) next year so if you want to go now's your chance. Also if that theory is right then Russ doesn't look like the bad guy for leaving next year since KD left before him haha
that and maybe he wanted to play in an actual system with ball movement. he said in his letter for the players tribune something about how he wanted to improve his game or maximize his potential. i would have to agree this move could really potentially make him better. Its amazing to think durant could be better then weve seen him in a system that emphasizes ball movement. Durant is a bit turnover prone, but I think in this system durant might be able to maximize his passing ability (which I pretty good). I think defensively durant could be better on this team as well. Honestly see durant being the #1 option on this team and draymond I gonna be even more of a double double machine. My bet is klay becomes entirely a spotup shooter, steph regresses a bit and plays a bit more off the ball, draymond plays a shit ton of point forward and avgs 8+ assists per game and durant morphs into an unstoppable shooting centre.
steph - klay - iggy - green - durant...
KD leaving OKC is a bitchmade move.
Also fuck Al Horford. Changed all his shit on twitter to Celtics in an instant, took 3 days to write a trash ass 2 sentence tweet with no sentiment to the fans that cheered him on.
Also fuck Lil B.
K I'm done.
1st and foremost. iggy will be the 6 man I believe.
2nd green would be C with Durant at the 4 in that situation. may even put iggy on the 4 to keep Durant at 3 at times. I think you're correct to assume Curry/Thompson will play off the ball more, but that's what happens when a superstar joins your team. Curry seems to be perfectly fine taking back seat to Durant, which I find interesting.
Golden State can't play small all the time. That's too taxing going against bigger teams. That's what wore them down against OKC. They may have picked up West and Pachulia, but they have no rim protection. For all the points they are gonna score, they're going to give up quite a bit to teams that penetrate well (Portland, Clippers, Cavs, etc). I'm also really intrigued what a healthy Clippers team can do against them. This will be the last year the current Clippers team has a chance for a title before they shake things up. Can Blake punish the Warriors because he's going to have a massive advantage as will Deandre on PnRs. Going to be interesting.
I project the Warriors will finish between 65-67 wins next year. They'll lose a few more close games, and conserve more energy during the year with a thinner bench causing more losses. In the postseason though, I expect them to be juggernauts. Unless the Clippers, Spurs, or Cavs find a way to score on them consistently, I see them making a grand run if healthy.
Also, kinda intrigued by Memphis. Gasol, Randolph, Conley, and Parsons is pretty potent IF healthy. They also have some decent bench players. Who knows but maybe they can do some damage next year as well.