Around the NBA: 2020-21 Season

[R3AL1TY]

The Rockets getting Oladipo in this deal makes their roster still pretty good. If everyone can stay healthy and get good contributions from the bench, they should be in the mix for the playoffs.

They're the all injury team.

Indeed. Oladipo, Cousins, and Wall have proven to be unreliable health wise, so it wouldn't be surprising if 1-2 out of them gets injured again.

[FriedRise]

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[Ice Man]

So either one comment changed how every NBA referee treats Trae, or he's had a poor stretch of games. I will go with the latter.

[Jimako10]

I will never understand the Pistons letting Christian Wood walk for Mason Plumlee.

[Mbrahv0528]

So either one comment changed how every NBA referee treats Trae, or he's had a poor stretch of games. I will go with the latter.

Or it's somewhere in between.

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[Butler4thewin]

if trae lost thos cheap fould that team will be in deep water

[DASMACKDOWN]

People have said Danny Ainge was a good GM but to me he is worst kind of GM.

The man has had a wealth of assets to his credit, but when its time to pull the trigger to get a piece to really them over the top, he always chickens out.

So now after all these years, he has actually had more assets walk out the door than come in.

[Andi Obst]

The Hornets aren’t good yet but that team is so fun to watch. Definitely one of my favorite League Pass teams right now.

[TheStig]

People have said Danny Ainge was a good GM but to me he is worst kind of GM.

The man has had a wealth of assets to his credit, but when its time to pull the trigger to get a piece to really them over the top, he always chickens out.

So now after all these years, he has actually had more assets walk out the door than come in.

I'm pretty sure he's happy to have Tatum and Brown on the team. All the deals over the years started with one or both of those guys.

Keep in mind it's great to land a superstar but they have short deals these days. Harden would have only been under contract for 2 years, AD was going into his last year, Kawhaii was in his last year but they had Tatum and Brown on rookie deals and were assured at least a 3 year extenstion at better prices.

I think he made the right move.

I'd also point out that Ainge did trade for a star in Kyrie and sign Hortford, Hayward and Kemba. I think he's been a damn good GM. It's a shame Kyrie flamed out so bad but that's the chance you take with stars and Boston isn't a LA/NY.

[MrSparkle]

People have said Danny Ainge was a good GM but to me he is worst kind of GM.

The man has had a wealth of assets to his credit, but when its time to pull the trigger to get a piece to really them over the top, he always chickens out.

So now after all these years, he has actually had more assets walk out the door than come in.

I'm pretty sure he's happy to have Tatum and Brown on the team. All the deals over the years started with one or both of those guys.

Keep in mind it's great to land a superstar but they have short deals these days. Harden would have only been under contract for 2 years, AD was going into his last year, Kawhaii was in his last year but they had Tatum and Brown on rookie deals and were assured at least a 3 year extenstion at better prices.

I think he made the right move.

I'd also point out that Ainge did trade for a star in Kyrie and sign Hortford, Hayward and Kemba. I think he's been a damn good GM. It's a shame Kyrie flamed out so bad but that's the chance you take with stars and Boston isn't a LA/NY.

I can't think of a better long-term GM besides Buford.

Ainge opened up cap for Durant, but he chose GSW. He's managed to replace each declining star for another low-risk star (Isaiah for Kyrie, Horford out Kemba in). Kyrie, Hayward and Kemba all had more injuries than anyone expected; and Kyrie's just turned out to be a headache, but that trade was really low-risk (Sexton, broken Isaiah, and declining Crowder - in the end).

These star offers all came down to sacrificing either Brown and/or Tatum, cap-space, future FRPs and some key rotation players. Seeing as Brown/Tatum are the youngest legit contending core in the NBA, I'd say he made the right move every time. IND wasn't gonna send PG13 to BOS for anything reasonable.

The one specific time where I think Ainge should've just gone for it, was when MIN had to move Butler. Hayward plus Rozier would've gotten it done, but they seemed committed to Hayward's recovery. The chemistry was shot that year, but Jimmy might've perked Kyrie up for that crazy 2019 post-season. Obviously that team had issues, and the Durant Warriors were still a thing, but a low-risk Jimmy rental had a slither of a chance of working out, a bit like Toronto's Kawhi gamble. Expiring Jimmy's reputation was shot, and that was the right time to send a Saric/RoCo offer.

[MrSparkle]

This Keldon Johnson fella keeps getting better. He caught my eye earlier in the season. You know, just another one of those do-it-all 3D wing with solid handles and great hands and instincts, drafted by San Antonio at the end of the 1st Rd... with 1y of development..

Missed last game, but he had a career night:

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[R3AL1TY]

LeBron isn't going to sit back and watch superteams get formed elsewhere. Rumorville has it that the Lakers and couple other teams are interested in Bradley Beal.

[ZOMG]

Sooooooo... are we sure the Bulls aren't responsible for the current NBA covid epidemic, with Hutch as Patient Zero?

Several fanbases seem to think we started it.

[WindyCityBorn]

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Good the foul drawing crap he did against us was trash.

[dice]

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Good the foul drawing crap he did against us was trash.

something tells me that nash won't be talking about the way harden plays

[dice]

People have said Danny Ainge was a good GM but to me he is worst kind of GM.

The man has had a wealth of assets to his credit, but when its time to pull the trigger to get a piece to really them over the top, he always chickens out.

pardon me, but hasn't danny ainge traded for kevin garnett, ray allen and kyrie irving?

[dice]

as i expected, the knicks are right back to knicking

[TheStig]

LeBron isn't going to sit back and watch superteams get formed elsewhere. Rumorville has it that the Lakers and couple other teams are interested in Bradley Beal.

But what do they have to deal for Beal? They've got no picks, no young star and nothing really of value to a rebuilding team. It's nice to want beal but the guy in their price range is oladipo.

[sco]

A good read https://sports.yahoo.com/the-draymond-generation-why-undersized-bruisers-are-ideal-in-todays-nba-140009989.html

[Grodoboldo]

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@Pacers: Caris LeVert will be out indefinitely after an MRI revealed a small mass on his left kidney during a physical prior to finalizing the four-team trade. LeVert will undergo further medical tests and more details will follow as needed.
https://t.co/3HSGQLXTvD

Ugh, this sucks. Hope everything turns out OK.