OKC Sign Carlson

[Duffman100]

11-2 team signs him but not good enough for a 2-11 team?

Lol what kind of logic is this?

That poster has logic ?

[BCbudraptorfan]

lol presti a weirdo what a random signing

[Kingsway_fan]

Not certain why people worked up.
A 25 year old C who was not good enough to be on a last place team --- a team that has zero depth at C, lol....

Now our "Hope" Chomche can start and get the fast track development minutes on the starting lineup, playing against better competitors... let's see how he does.

[treerollins]

Lol calm your teets. He's just a 7 foot body they can use for a few weeks until Chet is back, then back to the G league he goes. I liked him in summer league, but he's clearly not ready to be a full time NBA player.

chet is out a few months and might have a long recovery period after that. they’ll be happy if he’s 100% for the playoffs. but hartenstein will be back in a few weeks so this is really just a stopgap signing. he does fit their system so it’s a good opportunity.

[Spates]

We're so bad we should've kept him over Fernando...

[Thaddy]

We should have kept him instead of Fernando. That decision was another dumb decision even though its on a small scale. The last 5 champions all had a stretch big man (or Draymond).

[LarSiN]

I promise we won't miss him lol

[nikster]

I've seen some pointless negativity on this board but complaining about missing out on Carlson has got to be an alltime low.

Some people are so obsessed with a 3 point shot they overlook everything else that makes an NBA player

[Duffman100]

We should have kept him instead of Fernando. That decision was another dumb decision even though its on a small scale. The last 5 champions all had a stretch big man (or Draymond).

Except you actually need the stretch big man to actually ... ya know... play.

[Shakril]

Okc gm is being cheap here. They are a contender and they sign someone who couldn't even beat Burno for a spot on a nba team?

they should be cheap cause ur really just signing ur 3rd string center

Not, when your top 2 options are injured for a longer period of time. You can always trade/sign someone just for the rest of the season that still is better than a G-league player.

[Shakril]

We should have kept him instead of Fernando. That decision was another dumb decision even though its on a small scale. The last 5 champions all had a stretch big man (or Draymond).

Wrong:

Lakers had Dwight (AD was playing as a PF back then and he isnt even good at 3)
Warriors - sorry you cant exclude them only cause its draymond, the literally are playing without a center or Looney
Denver - Jokic is their main guy, like embid, you build around those, so it doesnt matter if they can shoot the 3 or not
Milwaukee - yes Lopez i give you that
Boston - JP was essentially injured, Al horford played can shoot the 3, but was not the reason he played. But i am willing to give you that.

Out of the last 5,
two didnt have a strech 5,
1 was a superstar that just happen to be good at shooting 3, but he would have played regardless if he is a shooter or not,
1 team had so many shooters that it wouldnot have mattered if they have a strech 5 or not.
Only with the Bucks i believe it was important for them to have a strech 5 to win the title.

The obsession with shooting bigs or 3s in generell makes people blind to all the other things that go into winning a title.

[Thaddy]

We should have kept him instead of Fernando. That decision was another dumb decision even though its on a small scale. The last 5 champions all had a stretch big man (or Draymond).

Except you actually need the stretch big man to actually ... ya know... play.

He's 24 so I would see him as a draft pick that's immediately playable. I think if we ramped him up he could have been at least as usable as Mogbo or similar to Fernando in production.

[Duffman100]

We should have kept him instead of Fernando. That decision was another dumb decision even though its on a small scale. The last 5 champions all had a stretch big man (or Draymond).

Except you actually need the stretch big man to actually ... ya know... play.

He's 24 so I would see him as a draft pick that's immediately playable. I think if we ramped him up he could have been at least as usable as Mogbo or similar to Fernando in production.

I think you comparing Carlsson to the stretch bigs (Jokic, Draymond, Porky, Horford) is laughable and not a genuine argument

[Thaddy]

We should have kept him instead of Fernando. That decision was another dumb decision even though its on a small scale. The last 5 champions all had a stretch big man (or Draymond).

Wrong:

Lakers had Dwight (AD was playing as a PF back then and he isnt even good at 3)
Warriors - sorry you cant exclude them only cause its draymond, the literally are playing without a center or Looney
Denver - Jokic is their main guy, like embid, you build around those, so it doesnt matter if they can shoot the 3 or not
Milwaukee - yes Lopez i give you that
Boston - JP was essentially injured, Al horford played can shoot the 3, but was not the reason he played. But i am willing to give you that.

Out of the last 5,
two didnt have a strech 5,
1 was a superstar that just happen to be good at shooting 3, but he would have played regardless if he is a shooter or not,
1 team had so many shooters that it wouldnot have mattered if they have a strech 5 or not.
Only with the Bucks i believe it was important for them to have a strech 5 to win the title.

The obsession with shooting bigs or 3s in generell makes people blind to all the other things that go into winning a title.

AD shot nearly 40% in the playoffs during the championship run and played 60% of his minutes at C.

Draymond played the 5 and he did shoot 3s. The conversion rate wasn't great but he did. Looney played 20 minutes a game in the playoffs for them. They played Poole more total minutes than Looney. They can fight against the stretch 5 recommendation because they have overwhelming amounts of shooting between Klay, Steph, and Poole. However you can't say they are disregarding 3pt shooting as much as the Raptors are today.

Horford is a stretch 5 and he was the starter for 15/19 games in their championship run where he played over 90% of his minutes at the 5.

Denver similar to GSW are a specific situation where they don't need a roleplayer that is a stretch 5 because of overwhelming superstar talent. When you have a superstar you don't have to build the perfect team.

[Duffman100]

Zack Edey has a the potential of Shaq.

It was a mistake letting go of an undrafted 25 year old because he would have started on a championship team.

My god what is happening to this forum lol

[Johnny Bball]

I think Presti is going to Danny Ainge himself the next few years and **** up every salary cap edge he had this year and the last two years. This was a prime example of why he should have been trading picks for depth in the frontcourt.

[DreamTeam09]

This just means our eye for players is on the up n up again.
We got 2nd rounders and 2 undrafted players on NBA rosters from our family tree. Shead Mogbo Battle and Carlson.

Carton n Chomche Kennedy Chandler and Gurrier have looked good for the 905 too. I can see Quincy being picked up

[Thaddy]

Except you actually need the stretch big man to actually ... ya know... play.

He's 24 so I would see him as a draft pick that's immediately playable. I think if we ramped him up he could have been at least as usable as Mogbo or similar to Fernando in production.

I think you comparing Carlsson to the stretch bigs (Jokic, Draymond, Porky, Horford) is laughable and not a genuine argument

Where did I compare him to those players? My point was good teams have some kind of stretch 5 on their roster. That's a clear skill he has over Fernando.

[OakleyDokely]

11-2 team signs him but not good enough for a 2-11 team?

Lol what kind of logic is this?

It doesn't take much time to google OKC to learn why they needed to add some frontcourt depth with all their injuries.

[MEDIC]

The only thing I dislike about this is that it weakens the 905 & I am going to 3 games this season.

The good thing about it is I get to see more Chomche.