Offseason Thread VOL 4- MILLSAP MANIA

[Daffy]

FIRM HAND SHAKES



TO



MILLSAP MANIA

I'm in tears at the handshake gif. Lmfaooo

[greg4012]

I dono why you guys still listen to icc…we went from Duncan gone first at 601 pm then Tyler then of course things go quiet and then oh no action til after 4th of July then now every team has gone cold

Whatever happpened to those done deals on day 1?

You know he lost his credibility the second those deals didn’t happen

Shhhhhh. Greg will come for you and get on your case if you start making too much sense.

Keep it cute toots

[greg4012]

How much you wanna bet that there will be multiple times where he is going to be wide open from that same exact spot with no one within 20 ft of him, but he will still be looking at people on the bench to pass to before even dreaming of looking at the rim and letting it fly.

Bam Simmons everyone, Heck of a passer and defensive player but don't ask for a lick more.

Name every player in the league giving you 19-10-4 while being arguably the best defender in the world

Same could have been said about Simmons no? All-defensive team, great passer, guards anybody 1-5 but when you need points Ben refuses to shoot, Bam refuses to even look at the rim unless there is no one on his way to the basket.

Don't get me wrong Bam is not trash. What makes me frustrated is that there is no reason he shouldn't be better on the offensive end. He has the tools, he has the skills. So either the team doesn't want him scoring or he simply doesn't have it in him. Either way when you have a big three, one of your 3 can't be a guy afraid of taking a PG on a 1 v 1 to the basket. You punish that every single time until they start bringing help. Then you go into your bag and whip out the passing and everything else.

When is Simmons guarding 5s or playing big? How are his screens and rebounding?

[Daffy]

I dono why you guys still listen to icc…we went from Duncan gone first at 601 pm then Tyler then of course things go quiet and then oh no action til after 4th of July then now every team has gone cold

Whatever happpened to those done deals on day 1?

You know he lost his credibility the second those deals didn’t happen

Shhhhhh. Greg will come for you and get on your case if you start making too much sense.

Keep it cute toots

Oh, you're still on my case toots? You must really want this friendship. Fine. I'll be your friend. Only in the off-season though.

[Daffy]

Name every player in the league giving you 19-10-4 while being arguably the best defender in the world

Same could have been said about Simmons no? All-defensive team, great passer, guards anybody 1-5 but when you need points Ben refuses to shoot, Bam refuses to even look at the rim unless there is no one on his way to the basket.

Don't get me wrong Bam is not trash. What makes me frustrated is that there is no reason he shouldn't be better on the offensive end. He has the tools, he has the skills. So either the team doesn't want him scoring or he simply doesn't have it in him. Either way when you have a big three, one of your 3 can't be a guy afraid of taking a PG on a 1 v 1 to the basket. You punish that every single time until they start bringing help. Then you go into your bag and whip out the passing and everything else.

When is Simmons guarding 5s or playing big? How are his screens and rebounding?

Hey friend!! Simmons is actually good at screens and rebounding. Can defend smaller 5s decent enough. Guys like Jokic, Giannis, Embiid are gonna kill him though.

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[greg4012]

Shhhhhh. Greg will come for you and get on your case if you start making too much sense.

Keep it cute toots

Oh, you're still on my case toots? You must really want this friendship. Fine. I'll be your friend. Only in the off-season though.

I'm not speaking to other posters about you, so IDK who is on whose case. But I do accept your friendship and know you won't be able to say no once the season starts

[Daffy]

Keep it cute toots

Oh, you're still on my case toots? You must really want this friendship. Fine. I'll be your friend. Only in the off-season though.

I'm not speaking to other posters about you, so IDK who is on whose case. But I do accept your friendship and know you won't be able to say no once the season starts

I don't really post during the season. The game threads are too toxic once things aren't going perfect.

[IggieCC]

Churro Mania >>>> Millsap Mania

Someone please photoshop Millsap’s face onto this:

Spoiler:

[IggieCC]

Lakers are so dumb.

when you are trying to dump Westbrook, you beg for it and grovel over, you don't get to be picky.

we're getting LeBron OP

[Vertical Limit]

I think the offseason is basically over for us. Bring back caleb, start oladipo. Dont add any additional bad contracts to the team unless theyre one year deals.

If utah’s season goes down that lottery hole, which has a strong chance to happen, i can see mitchell requesting a trade before the deadline and we could try to explore that option again..

Unfortunately as i predicted we would do nothing. And that team in the ECF minus tucker will start the season. Even if we brought tucker, thats not a good thing.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

How much you wanna bet that there will be multiple times where he is going to be wide open from that same exact spot with no one within 20 ft of him, but he will still be looking at people on the bench to pass to before even dreaming of looking at the rim and letting it fly.

Bam Simmons everyone, Heck of a passer and defensive player but don't ask for a lick more.

Name every player in the league giving you 19-10-4 while being arguably the best defender in the world

Same could have been said about Simmons no? All-defensive team, great passer, guards anybody 1-5 but when you need points Ben refuses to shoot, Bam refuses to even look at the rim unless there is no one on his way to the basket.

Don't get me wrong Bam is not trash. What makes me frustrated is that there is no reason he shouldn't be better on the offensive end. He has the tools, he has the skills. So either the team doesn't want him scoring or he simply doesn't have it in him. Either way when you have a big three, one of your 3 can't be a guy afraid of taking a PG on a 1 v 1 to the basket. You punish that every single time until they start bringing help. Then you go into your bag and whip out the passing and everything else.

That’s part of development, he’s only 24. Not a finished product

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Ok so I actually like that Kyrie news. It’s still KD/Kyrie/Mitchell or bust

[MartyCONLONNN]

Watchout has always been a liar. He guessed 1 thing right and been posting based on that since then. Dalembert was a done deal, Kenyon Martin.. he drops that are already reported in hope they turn out right and once every 10 times if you use some common sense you will be right. Last offseason I could have come in here and said I can confirm Lowry is a done deal and all of you would have thought I had sources, even though it was the most obvious turnout and we'd been in the mix for him for some time.

As for ICC, he said PJ rumors were just smoke. PJ was 1 of the first free agents to sign after several reports confirmed it was a done deal. You think Miami FO had zero idea even though several insiders were reporting it? We either think the FO is really smart or really stupid... while you decide on that, just know that the 1 certain thing none of these people know a thing. Woj knew every pick in the league except for ours yet you're going to believe an anonymous poster that has contradicted himself on the basic CBA rules as well as being wrong on several other things? LOL

[greg4012]

Same could have been said about Simmons no? All-defensive team, great passer, guards anybody 1-5 but when you need points Ben refuses to shoot, Bam refuses to even look at the rim unless there is no one on his way to the basket.

Don't get me wrong Bam is not trash. What makes me frustrated is that there is no reason he shouldn't be better on the offensive end. He has the tools, he has the skills. So either the team doesn't want him scoring or he simply doesn't have it in him. Either way when you have a big three, one of your 3 can't be a guy afraid of taking a PG on a 1 v 1 to the basket. You punish that every single time until they start bringing help. Then you go into your bag and whip out the passing and everything else.

When is Simmons guarding 5s or playing big? How are his screens and rebounding?

Hey friend!! Simmons is actually good at screens and rebounding. Can defend smaller 5s decent enough. Guys like Jokic, Giannis, Embiid are gonna kill him though.

So Simmons is really a 1-4 defender, when he doesn't have a broken back.

Defending "1-5" is becoming a BS narrative people pump about defenders when it's only true for a small handful of players in the league (and Marcus Smart is really NOT one of them).

Further on simmons, he hasn't proven to have much of an appetite to do much big man work, which is part of the problem with him (among many other things). Just as a basis of comparison, in Simmons last healthy season he averaged 1.6 screen assists per game (compared to 4.7 for Bam in that same season). Part of that is role, but I'm VERY suspect of Simmons suddenly becoming an ego-less team player taking on the brunt of the big man work on a team.

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[Daffy]

When is Simmons guarding 5s or playing big? How are his screens and rebounding?

Hey friend!! Simmons is actually good at screens and rebounding. Can defend smaller 5s decent enough. Guys like Jokic, Giannis, Embiid are gonna kill him though.

So Simmons is really a 1-4 defender, when he doesn't have a broken back.

Defending "1-5" is becoming a BS narrative people pump about defenders when it's only true for a small handful of players in the league (and Marcus Smart is really NOT one of them).

Further on simmons, he hasn't proven to have much of an appetite to do much big man work, which is part of the problem with him (among many other things). Just as a basis of comparison, in Simmons last healthy season he averaged 1.6 screen assists per game (compared to 4.7 for Bam in that same season). Part of that is role, but I'm VERY suspect of Simmons suddenly becoming an ego-less team player taking on the brunt of the big man work on a team.

I honestly feel Smart is overrated as a defender.

[carnageta]

So this was all just a 'ploy' by Durant/Kyrie and the Nets to ensure that other contenders don't sign key free agent pieces.

LMAO well played.

[greg4012]

Hey friend!! Simmons is actually good at screens and rebounding. Can defend smaller 5s decent enough. Guys like Jokic, Giannis, Embiid are gonna kill him though.

So Simmons is really a 1-4 defender, when he doesn't have a broken back.

Defending "1-5" is becoming a BS narrative people pump about defenders when it's only true for a small handful of players in the league (and Marcus Smart is really NOT one of them).

Further on simmons, he hasn't proven to have much of an appetite to do much big man work, which is part of the problem with him (among many other things). Just as a basis of comparison, in Simmons last healthy season he averaged 1.6 screen assists per game (compared to 4.7 for Bam in that same season). Part of that is role, but I'm VERY suspect of Simmons suddenly becoming an ego-less team player taking on the brunt of the big man work on a team.

I honestly feel Smart is overrated as a defender.

[Kobewade11]

Might be time to wave the white flag and pivot to finding a starting 4