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Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:51 pm
by NyCeEvO
With media days and training camps beginning, the 2018-19 season has officially begun.
Here is a link to our
2017-18 season thread.
And to get this thread started, I saw this tweet today.
When I first saw this, my heart skipped a beat because he meant AD was traded to the Lakers.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:22 pm
by vincecarter4pres
The scary part is they legitimately have the assets to get him when he ultimately winds up on the block.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:43 pm
by shakendfries
Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler are nice. AD is the only franchise altering impending free agent.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 10:25 pm
by NyCeEvO
vincecarter4pres wrote:The scary part is they legitimately have the assets to get him when he ultimately winds up on the block.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 10:56 pm
by MrDollarBills
and there goes any chance of Davis playing for the Nets lol
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:15 am
by Papi_swav
MrDollarBills wrote:and there goes any chance of Davis playing for the Nets lol
Why you say that ?
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:43 am
by vincecarter4pres
shakendfries wrote:Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler are nice. AD is the only franchise altering impending free agent.
Kawhi. Kyrie is borderline, but more along the lines of Butler.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:12 am
by MrDollarBills
Papi_swav wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:and there goes any chance of Davis playing for the Nets lol
Why you say that ?
Are you serious?
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:48 pm
by Papi_swav
MrDollarBills wrote:Papi_swav wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:and there goes any chance of Davis playing for the Nets lol
Why you say that ?
Are you serious?
Just cause he switched agents ?
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:07 pm
by MrDollarBills
Papi_swav wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:Papi_swav wrote:Why you say that ?
Are you serious?
Just cause he switched agents ?
Klutch Sports is Lebron James' agency.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:28 pm
by vincecarter4pres
MrDollarBills wrote:Papi_swav wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:
Are you serious?
Just cause he switched agents ?
Klutch Sports is Lebron James' agency.
Well so is Eric Bledsoe, John Wall and Ben Simmons amongst others.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:24 am
by vincecarter4pres
Is Jimmy Butler a top 10 player?
There's a topic about it on the GB, but I can't comment in there lol, so what does our board think?
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:11 am
by DarkXaero
vincecarter4pres wrote:Is Jimmy Butler a top 10 player?
There's a topic about it on the GB, but I can't comment in there lol, so what does our board think?
Borderline, yes. It's arguable but there's no way you can say that he isn't top 15 at least.
In no order,
Lebron
Curry
KD
Harden
Anthony Davis
Kawhi
Westbrook
Giannis
Paul
Butler
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:47 am
by Prokorov
shakendfries wrote:Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler are nice. AD is the only franchise altering impending free agent.
Kahwi is better then davis
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:47 am
by Paradise
Prokorov wrote:shakendfries wrote:Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler are nice. AD is the only franchise altering impending free agent.
Kahwi is better then davis
That’s debatable. I love Kawhi and all but he doesn’t deserve to be considered better right now than guys who were very close to winning an MVP award. He’s also got to prove he’s 100% a Top 5 Player still.
AD was putting up monster numbers carrying an awful supporting cast to the second round while Kawhi was being a “fun guy” by playing hooky on the Spurs for a whole year. I know AD could ask out real soon but he’s definitely capable of an MVP award this season in a tougher conference.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:14 am
by kamaze
Prokorov wrote:shakendfries wrote:Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler are nice. AD is the only franchise altering impending free agent.
Kahwi is better then davis
He's my fav player but he's not enough to carry a team in the west to the playoffs AD carried a team with no shooting guards he makes that much of an impact. He can shoot from 3 post up, block shots and rebound a swiss army knife at center.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:45 pm
by MrDollarBills
I would have to think about that one. Klay isn't a scrub but Butler may have more impact overall.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:50 pm
by MrDollarBills
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:55 pm
by TheNetsFan
George, Embiid, Irving & possibly Lillard are ahead of Butler in my opinion. At worst, they're on the same tier.
Even if everyone considers him a lock top-15 player, the bigger question is how much longer will he be in the top 15? When does hes start slipping, and younger guys start passing him up? It's likely that Lebron, Paul & Butler are the first guys on that list that start sliding.
Re: Around the NBA, 2018-19 Season thread
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:04 pm
by MrDollarBills
I don't think I would argue against that.
Jimmy's probably not going to fall off until after age 34. I expect at least for the next 3 seasons he'll still be in the top 15 barring injury.