Discussing Other Teams' Moves - Part 6

Post #1401 » by **Ruzious** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 1:16 pm

How did it take Orlando so long to figure out that Aaron Gordon is a PF and not a SF? He's doing great this season. Vucevic outplayed Cousins as Orlando goes to 5-2.

Kanyewest · Post #1402 » by **Kanyewest** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:25 pm

Ruzious wrote:How did it take Orlando so long to figure out that Aaron Gordon is a PF and not a SF? He's doing great this season. Vucevic outplayed Cousins as Orlando goes to 5-2.

Gordon is shooting 59% from 3. He's living up to some of his pre-draft hype.

closg00 · Post #1403 » by **closg00** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:43 pm

GSW didn't pick up Kevin Looney's option, I wonder what his health status is? High BBIQ and plays good defense

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tontoz · Post #1404 » by **tontoz** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:48 pm

Ruzious wrote:How did it take Orlando so long to figure out that Aaron Gordon is a PF and not a SF? He's doing great this season. Vucevic outplayed Cousins as Orlando goes to 5-2.

Orlando has been one of the biggest surprises so far.

closg00 · Post #1405 » by **closg00** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:56 pm

tontoz wrote:
Ruzious wrote:How did it take Orlando so long to figure out that Aaron Gordon is a PF and not a SF? He's doing great this season. Vucevic outplayed Cousins as Orlando goes to 5-2.

Orlando has been one of the biggest surprises so far.

Yup, i've been following, the battle for those 8 playoff spots is going to be fierce.

Kanyewest · Post #1406 » by **Kanyewest** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:18 pm

closg00 wrote:
tontoz wrote:
Ruzious wrote:How did it take Orlando so long to figure out that Aaron Gordon is a PF and not a SF? He's doing great this season. Vucevic outplayed Cousins as Orlando goes to 5-2.

Orlando has been one of the biggest surprises so far.

Yup, i've been following, the battle for those 8 playoff spots is going to be fierce.

Cavs are right now the 12th seed. The East also has a winning record against the West.

closg00 · Post #1407 » by **closg00** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:04 pm

closg00 wrote:GSW didn't pick up Kevin Looney's option, I wonder what his health status is? High BBIQ and plays good defense

Watch on YouTube

There is also this
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1626536

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #1408 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Wed Nov 1, 2017 5:27 am

Kanyewest wrote:
closg00 wrote:
tontoz wrote:
Orlando has been one of the biggest surprises so far.

Yup, i've been following, the battle for those 8 playoff spots is going to be fierce.

Cavs are right now the 12th seed. The East also has a winning record against the West.

At the end of today (10/31) the top 8 East teams have a combined record of 35-20. The top 8 West teams are 35-22.

http://www.nba.com/standings#/

The West actually won out 3-1 in games against East tonight. We can feel better about the Lakers loss. They beat Detroit by twenty tonight.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #1409 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Wed Nov 1, 2017 5:32 am

closg00 wrote:
closg00 wrote:GSW didn't pick up Kevin Looney's option, I wonder what his health status is? High BBIQ and plays good defense

Watch on YouTube

There is also this
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1626536

He's a modern day small ball C. He can also play PF or SF. The guy's NBA career isn't going to be over after this season.

Like Ruzious and others have posted, it would be great to approach Golden State on a humanitarian level and request a trade. He CAN play for the Wizards. Way the hell better than Mahinmi.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #1410 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Wed Nov 1, 2017 5:33 am

tontoz wrote:
Ruzious wrote:How did it take Orlando so long to figure out that Aaron Gordon is a PF and not a SF? He's doing great this season. Vucevic outplayed Cousins as Orlando goes to 5-2.

Orlando has been one of the biggest surprises so far.

Johnathan Simmons and Terrance Ross have helped. So has getting rid of Jeff Green.

closg00 · Post #1411 » by **closg00** » Wed Nov 1, 2017 1:52 pm

verbal8 wrote:
closg00 wrote:The Spurs sent Tony Parker to their G-League team to shake-out the rust, how-many teams would send one of their stars to the G-League?
http://gleague.nba.com/news/san-antonio-assigns-tony-parker-austin-spurs/

It is a bit chicken and egg situation with the Spurs stars. Not sure if they pick stars who are team first, or if they have a system that is team first and the stars reflect that.

Boston sent Marcus Morris to the G for rehab/practice as-well

pcbothwel · Post #1412 » by **pcbothwel** » Wed Nov 1, 2017 2:27 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
tontoz wrote:
Ruzious wrote:How did it take Orlando so long to figure out that Aaron Gordon is a PF and not a SF? He's doing great this season. Vucevic outplayed Cousins as Orlando goes to 5-2.

Orlando has been one of the biggest surprises so far.

Johnathan Simmons and Terrance Ross have helped. So has getting rid of Jeff Green.

Ross has been terrible, it really comes down to Fournier, Simmons, Augustin, Vuc, and Gordon (essentially their starting 5) playing far beyond their track record. They'll come back down to earth.
Those 5 are shooting 50% from 3...50!!!

FAH1223 · Post #1413 » by **FAH1223** » Tue Nov 7, 2017 3:46 pm

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closg00 · Post #1414 » by **closg00** » Tue Nov 7, 2017 7:04 pm

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Great deal for the Bucks, Monroe was expiring and they flip him for an upgrade at PG.

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payitforward · Post #1415 » by **payitforward** » Wed Nov 8, 2017 7:10 pm

Suns want to trade Monroe. If they can't get anything for him, they're going to buy him out.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21333075/phoenix-suns-prefer-trade-greg-monroe-rather-buy-out

Guess who might just help them out here?

Welcome to the Wizards local product Greg Monroe; goodbye Ian Mahinmi -- & a couple more draft picks!

I_Like_Dirt · Post #1416 » by **I_Like_Dirt** » Wed Nov 8, 2017 7:26 pm

payitforward wrote:Suns want to trade Monroe. If they can't get anything for him, they're going to buy him out.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21333075/phoenix-suns-prefer-trade-greg-monroe-rather-buy-out

Guess who might just help them out here?

Welcome to the Wizards local product Greg Monroe; goodbye Ian Mahinmi -- & a couple more draft picks!

Okay, this is too real. We need a technical foul button to complement the and1 for when posts get to real.

Just watch, when that falls through because Ernie doesn't have enough draft picks, Ian goes with Mahinmi and a couple picks for Enes Kanter because the Knicks are clearly on to something.

payitforward · Post #1417 » by **payitforward** » Wed Nov 8, 2017 7:29 pm

pcbothwel wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
tontoz wrote:
Orlando has been one of the biggest surprises so far.

Johnathan Simmons and Terrance Ross have helped. So has getting rid of Jeff Green.

Ross has been terrible, it really comes down to Fournier, Simmons, Augustin, Vuc, and Gordon (essentially their starting 5) playing far beyond their track record. They'll come back down to earth.
Those 5 are shooting 50% from 3...50!!!

It's true that Ross has been terrible -- yet they're still giving him 28 minutes a game -- & winning! Aside from the guys you mention, their rookie Jonathan Isaac is also playing pretty well -- & so are Speights, Shelvin Mack, & even Mario Hezonja!! Go figure.

Post #1418 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Nov 8, 2017 7:30 pm

payitforward wrote:Suns want to trade Monroe. If they can't get anything for him, they're going to buy him out.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21333075/phoenix-suns-prefer-trade-greg-monroe-rather-buy-out

Guess who might just help them out here?

Welcome to the Wizards local product Greg Monroe; goodbye Ian Mahinmi -- & a couple more draft picks!

If they trade another 1st rounder to kill another bad signing... Ted's gotta give Ernie the axe right then.

payitforward · Post #1419 » by **payitforward** » Wed Nov 8, 2017 7:51 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
closg00 wrote:
closg00 wrote:GSW didn't pick up Kevin Looney's option, I wonder what his health status is? High BBIQ and plays good defense

Watch on YouTube

There is also this
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1626536

He's a modern day small ball C. He can also play PF or SF. The guy's NBA career isn't going to be over after this season.

Like Ruzious and others have posted, it would be great to approach Golden State on a humanitarian level and request a trade. He CAN play for the Wizards. Way the hell better than Mahinmi.

With Looney it's just a question of whether his injuries have made him too slow & stiff -- or if it looks to be a sure thing that they will do that in the short term.

Given that the Warriors have 9 guys for next year who will cost them $130m, & therefore are certainly in need of good/cheap/young players, the fact that they didn't pick up his option makes me think he may dead-ended physically. If so, too bad -- he has a lot of ability.

payitforward · Post #1420 » by **payitforward** » Wed Nov 8, 2017 8:03 pm

Ruzious wrote:
payitforward wrote:Suns want to trade Monroe. If they can't get anything for him, they're going to buy him out.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21333075/phoenix-suns-prefer-trade-greg-monroe-rather-buy-out

Guess who might just help them out here?

Welcome to the Wizards local product Greg Monroe; goodbye Ian Mahinmi -- & a couple more draft picks!

If they trade another 1st rounder to kill another bad signing... Ted's gotta give Ernie the axe right then.

No way.

Ernie is respected around the league -- Ted knows that's true, because he heard the words come out of his very own mouth.

Plus, Ernie got Markieff at a bargain salary, & he's an established player. Plus, we gave nothing for him. That is, we have nothing that we gave for him. Which isn't really that different, ok?

Also, Ernie has stuck with "the plan." You remember the plan, don't you? The heart of it was "build through the draft by trading your picks for guys who are either crappy or expiring. That way, when you get worse you'll have higher picks & be able to trade them for even more such guys -- there's no way to lose! It's kind of amazing that no one but us gets it!"

Finally, Ernie's incredibly conceited -- as I'm sure you notice. Tell me, have you ever seen a conceited guy who wasn't outstanding at his job? I mean... otherwise, what would make him so effing conceited?

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