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Post#221 » by MartinToVaught » Sun Jun 22, 2025 5:01 pm

Thank god we're not the ones getting fleeced for a 37-year-old for once. Rockets saving Frank from himself.
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Post#222 » by Roscoe Sheed » Sun Jun 22, 2025 6:45 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:Thank god we're not the ones getting fleeced for a 37-year-old for once. Rockets saving Frank from himself.

I'm happy they didn't cave and trade Zubac. If the Suns would have accepted the rumored trade centered around Powell that would have been great, but the Rockets certainly offered a better deal
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Post#223 » by Ballings7 » Sun Jun 22, 2025 10:06 pm

Interesting deal for Houston.. if KD's healthy definitely helps them now, boosts them offensively and experience wise, and has defensive length and size around him with Thompson/JSJ/Eason.

Any season after the next two, and probably even after the next one season.. is questionable to me, how consistent, impactful KD's level of play is when it counts.

Wonder if Cam Whitmore sticks around or gets moved.. maybe gets a consistent bench role now with both Green/Brooks gone, and Eason probably being promoted to full time starter; but I don't think Whitmore wants that and probably will be better than that in time.. he improves his jumpshot enough he'll be a very nice player at SF/PF.

Clips would benefit to go grab him.

MartinToVaught wrote:Thank god we're not the ones getting fleeced for a 37-year-old for once. Rockets saving Frank from himself.


Haha I was gonna say, y'all can't complain too much about this one :P
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Post#224 » by KL2 » Yesterday 3:46 am

What a deal for Boston. Sheesh.

What’s Portland thinking. It doesn’t sound like they’re flipping him.

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Post#225 » by wakelaunch1 » Yesterday 6:16 am

had to get off the salary. after watching the finals, the clippers have zero chance with only Harden as the ball handler. U need to have multiple guys who can bring the ball up the court and start a legit offense structure. Ty s offense sucks also. And I dont think Kawhi can make it that many games.
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Post#226 » by og15 » Yesterday 6:08 pm

wakelaunch1 wrote:had to get off the salary. after watching the finals, the clippers have zero chance with only Harden as the ball handler. U need to have multiple guys who can bring the ball up the court and start a legit offense structure. Ty s offense sucks also. And I dont think Kawhi can make it that many games.

If you have, "the system" on your team, it's very hard for any coach, despite how hard they try to have a more flow based offense. Not to mention having both the system, and Kawhi, who can play in a more flow offense, but loves iso.

There are some personnel reasons for why the offense is how it is. Even look at Indiana's offense with Hali vs McConnell. McConnell does wellz but he's not the same type of quick ball mover like TJ, so you see the difference.

Indiana's offense vs OKC, huge difference. If Shai was on the Clippers, we'd probably hear complaints about the coaches offense, but there's a part of it that is also the players game.

No one has yet to be successful making Harden move off the ball consistently.
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Re: Off season, free agency, coaching change. 

Post#227 » by esqtvd » Yesterday 6:39 pm

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wakelaunch1 wrote:had to get off the salary. after watching the finals, the clippers have zero chance with only Harden as the ball handler. U need to have multiple guys who can bring the ball up the court and start a legit offense structure. Ty s offense sucks also. And I dont think Kawhi can make it that many games.

If you have, "the system" on your team, it's very hard for any coach, despite how hard they try to have a more flow based offense. Not to mention having both the system, and Kawhi, who can play in a more flow offense, but loves iso.

There are some personnel reasons for why the offense is how it is. Even look at Indiana's offense with Hali vs McConnell. McConnell does wellz but he's not the same type of quick ball mover like TJ, so you see the difference.

Indiana's offense vs OKC, huge difference. If Shai was on the Clippers, we'd probably hear complaints about the coaches offense, but there's a part of it that is also the players game.

No one has yet to be successful making Harden move off the ball consistently.


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Post#228 » by KL2 » Yesterday 7:47 pm

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Post#229 » by Ballings7 » Yesterday 8:44 pm

I could see Bey still being moved elsewhere later. Sux for McCollum.

Trade season in full swing...

Won't be surprised if Simons explodes in Boston.
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Post#230 » by KL2 » Yesterday 10:22 pm

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Post#231 » by KL2 » Yesterday 10:50 pm

Mann to Brooklyn. Boston making moves.

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Post#232 » by TrueLAfan » Yesterday 11:12 pm

KL2 wrote:Mann to Brooklyn. Boston making moves.

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Seriously ... Porzingis has health issues, no doubt. But he's also an expiring deal that plays well when he plays. I get that Boston wants to shed more salary--but, wow. Georges Niang and a second rounder?
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Post#233 » by esqtvd » 22 minutes ago

KL2 wrote:Mann to Brooklyn. Boston making moves.

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I took SO MUCH GARBAGE from the know-nothings for telling it like it was about T.

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I never "hated" him. It's just that he has a couple good games a month and spends the rest of it running up and down the court doing nothing. The Cardio Kid, they call him. He barely saw the court in the ATL play-ins, which they lost twice.

Toldja we were lucky to dump his contract. I'm gonna bet signing him to it was Ballmer's idea and L-Frank's ace move pawning him off on the Hawks. I'm not an L-Frank fan, but I think he takes a lot of blame for Ballmer's bright ideas.

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Post#234 » by Ballings7 » 21 minutes ago

So weird to see Porzingis get traded for that..

But clearly a money thing and Boston doesn't intend to compete/contend next season.. have an entertaining team with some familiar faces, and call it a year for them.
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Post#235 » by Ballings7 » 3 minutes ago

I would like geting Xaiver Tillman at backup big. Always liked his game as a tough utility big who is an agile defender, he showed he can shoot the three ok earlier in his career with Memphis. Not over 30 either : )

Hasn't had the same kind of role with Boston as he did with Memphis on those playoff teams.

Get two different strong looks against Jokic with Zubac, and Tillman.

https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Xavier-Tillman-Sr/Summary/88905

I bet he'll be able to be had with Boston basically setting up the tanks for next Fall.
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