Re: Around the League Discussion - 2018-2019 (Playoffs)
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2019 11:08 pm
The Orlando fans are sounding like us re:Fultz.
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the_process wrote:The Orlando fans are sounding like us re:Fultz.
the_process wrote:The Orlando fans are sounding like us re:Fultz.
Stanford wrote:the_process wrote:The Orlando fans are sounding like us re:Fultz.
lol, they're even posting that draft express strengths video.
LordCovington33 wrote:Stanford wrote:the_process wrote:The Orlando fans are sounding like us re:Fultz.
lol, they're even posting that draft express strengths video.
Hopefully, they didn’t buy a Fultz jersey like me. Mine is gathering dust. In my wardrobe I also have Redick and Butler.
LordCovington33 wrote:Stanford wrote:the_process wrote:The Orlando fans are sounding like us re:Fultz.
lol, they're even posting that draft express strengths video.
Hopefully, they didn’t buy a Fultz jersey like me. Mine is gathering dust. In my wardrobe I also have Redick and Butler.
Kobblehead wrote:An argument can be made that we're a fake contender like Milwaukee was last year.
Loaded rosters with an MVP candidate, sure. But said MVP caliber players (Giannis and Joel) cannot close games.
If you don't have a superstar on the ball that can score from multiple levels, you ain't winning a championship.
cool93 wrote:Kobblehead wrote:An argument can be made that we're a fake contender like Milwaukee was last year.
Loaded rosters with an MVP candidate, sure. But said MVP caliber players (Giannis and Joel) cannot close games.
If you don't have a superstar on the ball that can score from multiple levels, you ain't winning a championship.
And we are also capped out while teams like Clippers and Bucks have enough contracts to go after some quality players like Lowry or Paul at the deadline.
We need big improvement from Joel and Ben. Without that we are pretenders.
BullyKing wrote:
If the consequence of not having moveable contracts is we can't trade for Paul or Lowry, I'll sleep just fine at night.
cool93 wrote:BullyKing wrote:
If the consequence of not having moveable contracts is we can't trade for Paul or Lowry, I'll sleep just fine at night.
I'm not saying we need them. Just saying that we can improve only internally, while our main rivals can adress their weaknesses during the season. Lowry would be pretty much ideal PG for Clippers who luck playmaking right now. And I believe that Bucks would be a lot better if they traded Bledsoe + fillers for Paul.
Sixerscan wrote:cool93 wrote:BullyKing wrote:
If the consequence of not having moveable contracts is we can't trade for Paul or Lowry, I'll sleep just fine at night.
I'm not saying we need them. Just saying that we can improve only internally, while our main rivals can adress their weaknesses during the season. Lowry would be pretty much ideal PG for Clippers who luck playmaking right now. And I believe that Bucks would be a lot better if they traded Bledsoe + fillers for Paul.
Bledsoe makes $23 million less than Paul. Wouldn’t just handwave the “fillers” part.
Kobblehead wrote:Josh Richardson is an insanely movable contract.
Sixerscan wrote:Bledsoe makes $23 million less than Paul. Wouldn’t just handwave the “fillers” part.
BullyKing wrote:Sixerscan wrote:cool93 wrote:
I'm not saying we need them. Just saying that we can improve only internally, while our main rivals can adress their weaknesses during the season. Lowry would be pretty much ideal PG for Clippers who luck playmaking right now. And I believe that Bucks would be a lot better if they traded Bledsoe + fillers for Paul.
Bledsoe makes $23 million less than Paul. Wouldn’t just handwave the “fillers” part.
Yeah, when you're talking about a guy like Paul, there's no real contender that's got $40 million in useless salary lying around.
That said Cool, I do agree with your larger point that not having any real deadweight salary to move for matching purposes is an issue and certainly something I've been harping on. But I also don't think we're going to be in the market for a $20+ million bench player. The bigger problem is we're going to have a heck of time even being able to match for like a $10 million dollar player.
cool93 wrote:Kobblehead wrote:An argument can be made that we're a fake contender like Milwaukee was last year.
Loaded rosters with an MVP candidate, sure. But said MVP caliber players (Giannis and Joel) cannot close games.
If you don't have a superstar on the ball that can score from multiple levels, you ain't winning a championship.
And we are also capped out while teams like Clippers and Bucks have enough contracts to go after some quality players like Lowry or Paul at the deadline
We need big improvement from Joel and Ben. Without that we are pretenders.
cool93 wrote:Kobblehead wrote:An argument can be made that we're a fake contender like Milwaukee was last year.
Loaded rosters with an MVP candidate, sure. But said MVP caliber players (Giannis and Joel) cannot close games.
If you don't have a superstar on the ball that can score from multiple levels, you ain't winning a championship.
And we are also capped out while teams like Clippers and Bucks have enough contracts to go after some quality players like Lowry or Paul at the deadline.
We need big improvement from Joel and Ben. Without that we are pretenders.