Official Speculation Thread (Regular Season Wind Down Edition'14-'15)

Orlwillbeback · Post #301 » by **Orlwillbeback** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:38 pm

Tayswagzzz wrote:Dang. ESPN ranked us 23/30 for front office. They ranked our GM 21/30. James Borrego ranked 27/30. Yikes.

Thats not too bad

purpleswordfish · Post #302 » by **purpleswordfish** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:15 pm

Orlwillbeback wrote:
Tayswagzzz wrote:Dang. ESPN ranked us 23/30 for front office. They ranked our GM 21/30. James Borrego ranked 27/30. Yikes.

Thats not too bad

Considering the results this year and the two years prior, I'd say that ranking is very generous. The idea that this team has tradeable assets is really its best quality at the moment.

shadrock · Post #303 » by **shadrock** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:27 pm

MAGICian619 wrote:
Orlwillbeback wrote:Serge ibaka is really a terrible comparison for towns...

Yah I see him more as a less skilled but more powerful Anthony Davis.

Myles Turner is a better comp for Ibaka I think...

Post #304 » by **Def Swami** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:08 pm

Tayswagzzz wrote:Dang. ESPN ranked us 23/30 for front office. They ranked our GM 21/30. James Borrego ranked 27/30. Yikes.

Can't argue with them when your team is bottom 5 in record.

seeingstars · Post #305 » by **seeingstars** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 4:04 pm

Def Swami wrote:
Tayswagzzz wrote:Dang. ESPN ranked us 23/30 for front office. They ranked our GM 21/30. James Borrego ranked 27/30. Yikes.

Can't argue with them when your team is bottom 5 in record.

That's not so bad, especially since they consider our interim to be a better coach than three others. How many other interims are coaching the NBA right now?

Nyce_1 · Post #306 » by **Nyce_1** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:19 pm

Durant needs another surgery to repair his foot and is out 4-6 months. With this news, I'm happy about the limited minutes AG plays, if that's part of the rehabbing process and would prevent another surgery.

tooler · Post #307 » by **tooler** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:05 pm

I noticed Bucks fans talking about how their team has lost a lot of games lately because the second unit (filled with veterans) has sucked.

I wonder if they'd be in the same position as us if they had our crappy veterans. The defense should still be a lot better.

Boston is another example.

How often do teams do well when their top 6 or 7 players are still on rookie contracts? Maybe we should've expected this.

Post #308 » by **Def Swami** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:09 pm

Nyce_1 wrote:Durant needs another surgery to repair his foot and is out 4-6 months. With this news, I'm happy about the limited minutes AG plays, if that's part of the rehabbing process and would prevent another surgery.

That's the problem with the Jones fracture. I thought they had brought him back way too early. What was it? 6 weeks? Usually takes 8-10 weeks at least. I was surprised they were so fast with him the first time around.

woosah · Post #309 » by **woosah** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:13 pm

Def Swami wrote:
Nyce_1 wrote:Durant needs another surgery to repair his foot and is out 4-6 months. With this news, I'm happy about the limited minutes AG plays, if that's part of the rehabbing process and would prevent another surgery.

That's the problem with the Jones fracture. I thought they had brought him back way too early. What was it? 6 weeks? Usually takes 8-10 weeks at least. I was surprised they were so fast with him the first time around.

Yeah he came back early and played heavy minutes when he did. I hope he can come back from this and it's not a Rose type of thing.

InFlames · Post #310 » by **InFlames** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:48 pm

Shaq just said that knowing what he knows now he would have stayed in Orlando.

OrlandO · Post #311 » by **OrlandO** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:46 pm

tooler wrote:I noticed Bucks fans talking about how their team has lost a lot of games lately because the second unit (filled with veterans) has sucked.

I wonder if they'd be in the same position as us if they had our crappy veterans. The defense should still be a lot better.

Boston is another example.

How often do teams do well when their top 6 or 7 players are still on rookie contracts? Maybe we should've expected this.

They'd easily be worse than us if they had JV/JB and our bench.

woosah · Post #312 » by **woosah** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:25 pm

InFlames wrote:Shaq just said that knowing what he knows now he would have stayed in Orlando.

Wonder what he meant by that. Interesting comment.

Optimus_Steel · Post #313 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:30 pm

tooler wrote:I noticed Bucks fans talking about how their team has lost a lot of games lately because the second unit (filled with veterans) has sucked.

I wonder if they'd be in the same position as us if they had our crappy veterans. The defense should still be a lot better.

Boston is another example.

How often do teams do well when their top 6 or 7 players are still on rookie contracts? Maybe we should've expected this.

Yes we do lose fact, including me, that we have a rookie starting pg, all our main guys are in their early 20s and we have no vets that are of significance. Young teams don't win in the NBA.

Viper1500 · Post #314 » by **Viper1500** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:49 am

Now that the season is pretty much over..

The Delights:
Oladipo
Elfrid Payton
Vucevic

The good(bleh):
Tobias Harris
Aaron Gordon
Dedmon
Fournier

GTFO:
Coach(es)
Frye
Willie Green

Optimus_Steel · Post #315 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:02 pm

They've obviously given up for the season.

MoMM · Post #316 » by **MoMM** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:46 pm

woosah wrote:
InFlames wrote:Shaq just said that knowing what he knows now he would have stayed in Orlando.

Wonder what he meant by that. Interesting comment.

When did he say it?

RickB-Orlando · Post #317 » by **RickB-Orlando** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:41 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:They've obviously given up for the season.

I think the more surprising thing is that it took so long for it to happen.

Nemesis21 · Post #318 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:09 pm

InFlames wrote:Shaq just said that knowing what he knows now he would have stayed in Orlando.

I don't believe him, he's saying that to save face.

j-ragg · Post #319 » by **j-ragg** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:25 pm

Viper1500 wrote:Now that the season is pretty much over..

The Delights:
Oladipo
Elfrid Payton
Vucevic

The good(bleh):
Tobias Harris
Aaron Gordon
Dedmon
Fournier

GTFO:
Coach(es)
Frye
Willie Green

Just my opinion

The good:
Elfrid and his hair
Oladipo turned it up a notch, efficiency and scoring wise
Gordon looks more NBA ready than we thought
Another top 5 pick probably heading our way

The bad:
Frye and his contract
Willie Green's odd surplus of minutes
Vuc's defense

The ugly:
Having the softest front court in the league
Our joke of a coach
22 wins

T-DOT KEEZY · Post #320 » by **T-DOT KEEZY** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:52 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:They've obviously given up for the season.

Yup. Gotta save the strength for the groupies and side pieces after hours.
It takes energy to keep up with the ladies.