Around the NBA - 2024-25 Season Continued

[god shammgod]

I don't like Kessler's face so I'm glad I don't have to look at it when I watch the Knicks. He's got a murderer face and I don't like it.

and you morons co-signed all of this.

Wait, where are people getting the option to sign off on transactions? Nobody ever asks me and I've specifically told them to.

you know what i mean. and i don't blame you anyway, as usual i blame mpharris.

[Capn'O]

I don't like Kessler's face so I'm glad I don't have to look at it when I watch the Knicks. He's got a murderer face and I don't like it.

and you morons co-signed all of this.

Wait, where are people getting the option to sign off on transactions? Nobody ever asks me and I've specifically told them to.

you know what i mean. and i don't blame you anyway, as usual i blame mpharris.

That's correct.

I do know what you mean. I'm just sayin', it was always too many picks but I don't make the rules.

I do like Mikal tho. I hope he's able to make a little more impact with us. The fit wasn't great this first year.

[god shammgod]

Reasonable nuanced take that i can support. And fully agree. If he was 5'9" he would be a state trooper.

Absolutely. Really, 6'8" and under.

Also, I didn't directly state that he's ugly but I should have.

The implications was clear.

Idc, if it would have made more basketball sense to have traded for kessler over mikal. This goes beyond winning. And I admire that you had the courage to state it.

we had kp here who literally looked like a mutant soldier created by scientists that worked for adolf eichmann and now we're too good for ol cop face ? plus i don't know how it is out west but in new york cops look like thibs but heavier.

[Capn'O]

Absolutely. Really, 6'8" and under.

Also, I didn't directly state that he's ugly but I should have.

The implications was clear.

Idc, if it would have made more basketball sense to have traded for kessler over mikal. This goes beyond winning. And I admire that you had the courage to state it.

we had kp here who literally looked like a mutant soldier created by scientists that worked for adolf eichmann and now we're too good for ol cop face ? plus i don't know how it is out west but in new york cops look like thibs but heavier.

he did look like Ivan Drago.


That might be an east coast/west coast thing actually.

[3toheadmelo]

i will be rooting for atlanta this evening because f*ck miami. i know some of you hate trae but i've hated that miami franchise for decades and so i'll enjoy seeing them fail more.

This is the right side of history.

If the Hawks miss the playoffs the Spurs get 2 lottery picks which dramatically increase the odds of them landing 1

Leave the spurs alone, it’s already bad enough you cursed Wemby

[NoDopeOnSundays]

This is the right side of history.

If the Hawks miss the playoffs the Spurs get 2 lottery picks which dramatically increase the odds of them landing 1

Leave the spurs alone, it’s already bad enough you cursed Wemby

Sorry, I am a duppy conqueror like Bob, no obeah or bad juju this way (double entendre don't even ask me how).

[3toheadmelo]

If the Hawks miss the playoffs the Spurs get 2 lottery picks which dramatically increase the odds of them landing 1

Leave the spurs alone, it’s already bad enough you cursed Wemby

Sorry, I am a duppy conqueror like Bob, no obeah or bad juju this way (double entendre don't even ask me how).

Guan0 it looks like you’re gonna have to find a new team for the west. Nodope is going to ruin Wemby even more now

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Leave the spurs alone, it’s already bad enough you cursed Wemby

Sorry, I am a duppy conqueror like Bob, no obeah or bad juju this way (double entendre don't even ask me how).

Guan0 it looks like you’re gonna have to find a new team for the west. Nodope is going to ruin Wemby even more now

Trying to pit people against one another that all want to see your downfall, tragic misplay. Guan0 has invited me to his Militia many times over as he sees my disdain for capitalism, while you relish in the system constantly promoting Oreos free of charge for a multi billion dollar corporation. This is deeper than rap.

I hope every team that isn't the Knicks fails, can you say the same, comrade?

[nykballa2k4]

Perry was one of the people in the FO who advised against trading for Donovan Mitchell. Which you and I agree was a debacle.

He also - along with Mills - hired Fizdale, drafted Knox, drafted RJ over Garland, and moved KP only to fail to sign Durant in free agency.

He did sign Randle and he did draft Mitch with a second round pick, but he was overall incompetent and there's little doubt in my mind the Knicks were headed towards the abyss with him steering the ship.

What I am hearing is the Perry was competent.

Anyone who has the marbles to have avoided the Jazz Spida trade is clearly a cut above.

The fact that anyone would have signed off on Grimes, Mitch, RJ + picks galore for Spida is deplorable.

I mean perhaps at this stage you can also revisit your stance on the topic.

Mitchell will be on the All-NBA first team this season, meanwhile the Cavaliers won 64 games this season with a small backcourt, and they supposedly paid a steeper price than Ainge's ask from us when the two organizations reportedly got close to an agreement, which was RJ, Grimes, 2 unprotected firsts, a protected first, and possibly another first rerouted to dump Fournier.

RJ is largely an irrelevant NBA player, so is Grimes, and the outgoing draft capital would've been less than what we gave up for Mikal, not to mention that we would have restocked on tradeable future firsts since 2022.

I mean you can say you disagree for reason X, Y, or Z, and that's fine, but to call trading for an All-NBA 1st team player and a future HOFer a "deplorable idea" is where you lose me completely. This is not Eddy Curry here, Mitchell is one of the best players in the NBA.

We used RJ to get OG
We used those picks to get Bridges
Mitch is our only center left

If we did the trade we would be worse that we are today.
To trade for Spida, we would have lost all the pieces we would have needed to build around him. it would have been horrific. It would have been the Melo trade all over again.

[3toheadmelo]

Sorry, I am a duppy conqueror like Bob, no obeah or bad juju this way (double entendre don't even ask me how).

Guan0 it looks like you’re gonna have to find a new team for the west. Nodope is going to ruin Wemby even more now

Trying to pit people against one another that all want to see your downfall, tragic misplay. Guan0 has invited me to his Militia many times over as he sees my disdain for capitalism, while you relish in the system constantly promoting Oreos free of charge for a multi billion dollar corporation. This is deeper than rap.

I hope every team that isn't the Knicks fails, can you say the same, comrade?

You out here rooting for the spurs on the low

[nykballa2k4]

This is hilarious.

Read on Twitter

The Kings traded an all-NBA PG to get him, and then another all-star PG this year all to circle back to needing a PG. I would have fired McNair three times over.

Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Just brain dead ownership, I cannot fathom why you'd trade the younger of the two players that play the same positon, he's on a rookie contract and gave you more room to try and build. The fact Fox left and they couldn't even get Castle, Vassell, Sochan or their pick this year is even more dumbfounding.

The coup de grâce to the season is that the Hawks get their pick if it's outside 1-12, because they traded a first for Huerter

FWIW they could get someone like IQ to pair with Lavine, Murray, Sabonis. The team becomes VERY expensive VERY fast.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Guan0 it looks like you’re gonna have to find a new team for the west. Nodope is going to ruin Wemby even more now

Trying to pit people against one another that all want to see your downfall, tragic misplay. Guan0 has invited me to his Militia many times over as he sees my disdain for capitalism, while you relish in the system constantly promoting Oreos free of charge for a multi billion dollar corporation. This is deeper than rap.

I hope every team that isn't the Knicks fails, can you say the same, comrade?

You out here rooting for the spurs on the low

You don't believe it because you're a Cedar Block Celtic and Gangster Wolves Disciple that wants everyone else to bang other sets. Accusing others of things you do is crazy, this board is a microcosm of the world today and all your moves are right out of a fascist playbook, only a matter of time before you try to overthrow the mods.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Just brain dead ownership, I cannot fathom why you'd trade the younger of the two players that play the same positon, he's on a rookie contract and gave you more room to try and build. The fact Fox left and they couldn't even get Castle, Vassell, Sochan or their pick this year is even more dumbfounding.

The coup de grâce to the season is that the Hawks get their pick if it's outside 1-12, because they traded a first for Huerter

FWIW they could get someone like IQ to pair with Lavine, Murray, Sabonis. The team becomes VERY expensive VERY fast.

That team is cooked, they need a complete tear down and to basically just dump everything other than Ellis, Carter and Murray. And I'm iffy on Murray cause he needs a contract soon.

[nykballa2k4]

Just brain dead ownership, I cannot fathom why you'd trade the younger of the two players that play the same positon, he's on a rookie contract and gave you more room to try and build. The fact Fox left and they couldn't even get Castle, Vassell, Sochan or their pick this year is even more dumbfounding.

The coup de grâce to the season is that the Hawks get their pick if it's outside 1-12, because they traded a first for Huerter

FWIW they could get someone like IQ to pair with Lavine, Murray, Sabonis. The team becomes VERY expensive VERY fast.

That team is cooked, they need a complete tear down and to basically just dump everything other than Ellis, Carter and Murray. And I'm iffy on Murray cause he needs a contract soon.

Honestly, I would give it a year (maybe a half). Lavine is going to be hard to move, he is good enough to be part of a winning team. Sabonis is also good, so you have 2 guys right there. I don't see any big blow away offers for their players, Fox would have been the only one, but they got back a suspect return for him.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

FWIW they could get someone like IQ to pair with Lavine, Murray, Sabonis. The team becomes VERY expensive VERY fast.

That team is cooked, they need a complete tear down and to basically just dump everything other than Ellis, Carter and Murray. And I'm iffy on Murray cause he needs a contract soon.

Honestly, I would give it a year (maybe a half). Lavine is going to be hard to move, he is good enough to be part of a winning team. Sabonis is also good, so you have 2 guys right there. I don't see any big blow away offers for their players, Fox would have been the only one, but they got back a suspect return for him.

I don't think Perry can afford to give them a year, that team is going to finish with 38-44 wins next year and be out in the play in. Scott's not a big fan of LaVine either, but that's gonna be a tough player to move. Here's what he said about Zach two years ago

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Sabonis can get them a decent return, DeMar could get them something near the deadline from a team that needs a bench scorer. They have to blow that team up asap, nothing fits with it.

[Capn'O]

That team is cooked, they need a complete tear down and to basically just dump everything other than Ellis, Carter and Murray. And I'm iffy on Murray cause he needs a contract soon.

Honestly, I would give it a year (maybe a half). Lavine is going to be hard to move, he is good enough to be part of a winning team. Sabonis is also good, so you have 2 guys right there. I don't see any big blow away offers for their players, Fox would have been the only one, but they got back a suspect return for him.

I don't think Perry can afford to give them a year, that team is going to finish with 38-44 wins next year and be out in the play in. Scott's not a big fan of LaVine either, but that's gonna be a tough player to move. Here's what he said about Zach two years ago

Read on Twitter

Sabonis can get them a decent return, DeMar could get them something near the deadline from a team that needs a bench scorer. They have to blow that team up asap, nothing fits with it.

If you get a good trade option you take that but I think they kind of have to give it a year. It's a year until DDR and LaVine are expiring contracts. Maybe make moves at the margins to get draft capital and/or defensive players or players who can play a role well while their contracts get shorter.

Like you said, maybe Sabonis is the one you trade now because he's still perceived to have value.

[3toheadmelo]

Trying to pit people against one another that all want to see your downfall, tragic misplay. Guan0 has invited me to his Militia many times over as he sees my disdain for capitalism, while you relish in the system constantly promoting Oreos free of charge for a multi billion dollar corporation. This is deeper than rap.

I hope every team that isn't the Knicks fails, can you say the same, comrade?

You out here rooting for the spurs on the low

The moment you cursed Wemby

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Honestly, I would give it a year (maybe a half). Lavine is going to be hard to move, he is good enough to be part of a winning team. Sabonis is also good, so you have 2 guys right there. I don't see any big blow away offers for their players, Fox would have been the only one, but they got back a suspect return for him.

I don't think Perry can afford to give them a year, that team is going to finish with 38-44 wins next year and be out in the play in. Scott's not a big fan of LaVine either, but that's gonna be a tough player to move. Here's what he said about Zach two years ago

Read on Twitter

Sabonis can get them a decent return, DeMar could get them something near the deadline from a team that needs a bench scorer. They have to blow that team up asap, nothing fits with it.

If you get a good trade option you take that but I think they kind of have to give it a year. It's a year until DDR and LaVine are expiring contracts. Maybe make moves at the margins to get draft capital while their contracts get shorter.

Like you said, maybe Sabonis is the one you trade now because he's still perceived to have value.

Next year's draft is loaded with players, I wouldn't want to be a new GM stuck with this nasty roster without any franchise players that's capable of winning 38-44 games and taking me out of the race to get Dybantsa, Peterson, Boozer, Ament etc.

They're too good to get a good pick and too bad to be anything other than play in. Maybe they hit the jackpot and actually move into the top 3 this year and keep their pick, even if that happnes you still have to blow it up. I just don't see any path where you can miss the top end of the 2026 draft.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

You out here rooting for the spurs on the low

The moment you cursed Wemby

It's the playoffs tomorrow, this is a regular season effort. I expect better from you, Allah help you if the Wolves lose in round 1, I'm coming with Euphoria, Meet the Melos, 6:16 in Trinidad & Tobago and Not Like Me, while you're here dropping Lil Nas X bars. I expect better than this, I want better than this.

[3toheadmelo]

The moment you cursed Wemby

It's the playoffs tomorrow, this is a regular season effort. I expect better from you, Allah help you if the Wolves lose in round 1, I'm coming with Euphoria, Meet the Melos, 6:16 in Trinidad & Tobago and Not Like Me, while you're here dropping Lil Nas X bars. I expect better than this, I want better than this.