ATL: Cavs Fire Blatt, per Woj

[M-C-G]

Lon Babby and McDonough deserve the exit more than Hornacek did. Suns had a lot to work with in terms of assets the last few years and these guys botched it.

It is almost like alienating all your best players, somehow doesn't correlate to success?

[Willie Colon]

At least the trolling about the Bucks letting Knight go has stopped.

True. EastSide hasn't retweeted anything pro-Knight and anti-Middleton in a minute. I came close to unfollowing him back when Knight had that short stretch of good games.

[worthlessBucks]

Knight has been out for awhile now though. I'm sure he'll put up some big #s when he gets back thanks to the freedom and opportunity to chuck. TBD on if they shut him down.

[Badgerlander]

[blazza18]

20 seconds left in the game and we have a Monta iso. He held the ball for 18 seconds and then took an awful shot.

[RiotPunch]

Off topic, but just ran into Chris Douglas-Roberts at my work. Really took me back...

[Baddy Chuck]

Off topic, but just ran into Chris Douglas-Roberts at my work. Really took me back...

Was he applying for a job?

[RiotPunch]

Off topic, but just ran into Chris Douglas-Roberts at my work. Really took me back...

Was he applying for a job?

Not qualified.

[trwi7]

Off topic, but just ran into Chris Douglas-Roberts at my work. Really took me back...

Was he applying for a job?

Not qualified.

I don't think you realize what 3 years of school at Memphis can do for your job qualifications.

[H2tObes]

Bulls are free falling and Bobby Portis has been awful. Two things that should make people on here happy

[Prince12]

Always happy when the Bulls are losing. Now just hoping MDJ returns and gets his teeth knocked out by someone.

[Badgerlander]

[humanrefutation]

Woj Bomb:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/694591032630087680[/tweet]

The looming, growing threat of Golden State in the pursuit of Kevin Durant. @WojVerticalNBA column.. http://yhoo.it/1Ko2jXU

That would be interesting. I'm not sure I like Durant on GS.

[H2tObes]

Durant + Curry would win the title the next 5 years. Especially with Lebron and the Spurs getting older

[bdpecore]

Woj Bomb:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/694591032630087680[/tweet]

The looming, growing threat of Golden State in the pursuit of Kevin Durant. @WojVerticalNBA column.. http://yhoo.it/1Ko2jXU

That would be interesting. I'm not sure I like Durant on GS.

This would have to be done in a sign and trade situation since GS is already over the cap. Maybe Barnes, Iggy and a 1st for Durant?

Curry, Thompson, Durant, Green, Bogut is a pretty sick starting lineup. Then they still have Livingston, Looney and Ezeli coming off the bench along with some veterans willing to take the minimum to chase a title.

[brettski]

Pretty sick may be the biggest understatement I've read on these forums... You have 3 point shooting and threats to score 30 in a game at spots 1-4 and a big who is more than happy to finish a game with 0 points, 10 rebounds, a couple of blocks/assists complementing them and setting big screens.

[H2tObes]

That's the greatest starting lineup of all time in my opinion

[Ron Swanson]

I doubt there's any way OKC willingly trades Durant to GS. He can't sign there outright and they'd prefer a better return than what? Iggy, Barnes, and some late 1st's?

Heck, if that Clippers rumor is true then they'd easily take Blake instead. That said, I doubt that Durant leaves OKC at all, why would he?

[Baddy Chuck]

I mean they might not have a choice. If Durant says he wants to sign with Golden State they could easily dump the necessary salary to to sign him I'd imagine. I mean you're talking about dumping guys like Iggy and Bogut, people would want them.

[Nowak008]

I would hate Durant for forever if he did that. Would be 100x worse than what Lebron did.