Eating Crow 7

[tradejunkie101]

Well, I haven't exactly kept a dialogue of everything I've said. But I did make some predictions in my signature so take a look. Thought it would be fun, and it was. Ate some crow in the process. Shame about the word limit though. I could've put down at least 10 trades in there. If a friendly mod out there could double up my signature space I could put more stuff in there next time.

The biggest takeaway from my predictions is that, although none were correct, I did think Keef was being traded for a 1st round pick. If it didn't happen now the Suns would have waited until the off-season and got their 1st then. But I wouldn't have picked Washington, not even if I had 10 bites at the apple instead of 4. I picked Detroit. I would've picked Toronto with them having a couple extra 1sts. And I definitely would've picked the Pelicans for Ryan Anderson in a 3 team trade.

[Skeezo]

Morris will play hard... especially against the teams that passed on him and doubted him...

he plays well against Aldridge since he was almost shipped out to make room for Aldridge.


raptors will regret it...unless they get a stud PF in the off season... they wanted to really buy low on Morris and hoping suns gm caves.


dont get wrong... Morris is a douche and very un professional...but i think money talks and he has high pride... so he will do wizards right and hope to get a massive contract in 3 years.

Actually, everything that has been reported since (including Z.Lowe and M.Stein) is that the Raptors actually had ZERO interest in M.Morris... There was interest in Tucker from Phx, but at PF, we looked at Young, Faried, Anderson, and Horford... The only team that had a chance at the NYK pick would have been ATL for Horford... Anybody else thinking they were going to pry P.Patterson and a pick for the above-mentioned players was mistaken

[Gomagic44]

I'll eat it,

I believed the hype in Milwaukee.

I thought Tyson Chandler still had game.

I thought Portland would suck this year.

I thought Boston would suck.

I thought the Wizards would improve.

I thought the Hawks would remain top tier.

I expected more out of Anthony Davis.




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[Smitty731]

I never thought a first that was higher than 20 would go for Markieff Morris, so we seem to be basically 100% on everyone eating crow on that one.

I though the Trail Blazers would potentially be the worst team in the league. Couldn't have been more wrong on that.

I thought Miami would be the second best team in the East. I loved their roster and starting lineup.

I really thought Detroit had the potential to stink. Definitely wrong there.

And I thought Monroe was great for Milwaukee. I guess I forgot someone needs to play defense.

I'm sure there were plenty more, but those were the ones off the top of my head.

[Domejandro]

I forgot about Portland, I thought they would be among the bottom feeders.

[HartfordWhalers]

Same.

[MoneyTalks41890]

I mean Portland lost 4 starters. I think that was a pretty widely held belief around here. Not ready to effuse praise until I see how Vonleh turns out, but they did a very good job of putting the right team around Lillard with what they had. CJ is a stud. and obviously Lillard is other-worldly.

[bondom34]

I didn't think Portland would be quite this good but I thought they were a solid 35ish wins. Lillard alone to me had them over Minnesota and Denver in the division.

[gom]

I wanted to trade Josh McRoberts for a sandwich. Since the All-Star Break he has been one of our best players. I'm still skeptical, but I'm sorry about trying to trade him for... well, anyone (or anything.)

[Colbinii]

I didn't think Portland would be quite this good but I thought they were a solid 35ish wins. Lillard alone to me had them over Minnesota and Denver in the division.

I thought Minnesota would be better, but then our gm/coach died...

[The59Sound]

I said I didn't think Shelvin Mack was good enough to qualify as a stop-gap for Utah at point guard. He's been excellent in his two games with the Jazz and already has the starter's job.

[Texas Chuck]

In some longer running crow eating---I thought Lance was one of the best free agents available 2 years ago.

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[jazzfan1971]

I think they should play Globetrotters music to that video.

[The59Sound]

In some longer running crow eating---I thought Lance was one of the best free agents available 2 years ago.

You definitely weren't alone on that. There were even a fair amount of Jazz fans saying we should've signed Lance instead of Hayward. Really goes to show you how right Larry Bird was about the Pacers' support system. I was never a huge Lance fan, but not in a million years did I imagine this drop off.

Last year, I said CJ McCollum could be as good as Damian Lillard if given starter's minutes. Even with McCollum being MIP, I'm embarrassed that I said that because Lillard is on a whole other level and is proving he can be the best player on a very good team.

Let's see... what else...

- I thought Kemba Walker "was what he was" and expected another sub-40% shooting season. Instead, he's taken a big step and is having a good year.
- I thought Paul Pierce had more left in the tank.
- I thought LeBron and David Blatt would work out their issues.
- I thought Nick Stauskas would show something in Philadelphia.
- I predicted a big year for Mozgov.