Official Speculation Thread Pt.LXII

[tranjSAIC]

Magic Rookie Victor Oladipo Wants to Participate in 2014 Slam Dunk Contest

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1836977-magic-rookie-victor-oladipo-wants-to-participate-in-2013-14-slam-dunk-contest

Am I the only one who would rather not see him on the dunk contest?

I would love to see him a dunk contest, lets more casual fans know who the hell he is. The only downside I can see is if it turns him into another Dwight. Dwight seemed like a good kid until all the attention he got from the dunk contest stuff went to his head and he tried to become more Hollywood.

[OrlandO]

listening to NBA lockdown podcast with bruce bowen and he said vaughn told him he has to kick oladipo out of the gym because he works so hard

[Def Swami]

OT but this was just awesome. Had to share.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Y4TS3pCF4&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

[Neato]

that was so much better than his recycled "look how far we caaaaaame"

[PigsEatHam]

Anybody else buying mobile league pass? Since I'm a Sprint user they have a deal. 39.99 for the season, good deal?

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Great deal far as I'm concerned. I can watch all of Orlando's games (since I'm located out of state), it's a third of the price of League Pass Choice broadband, and the stream of live games thus far as been way above my expectations (clear feed generally and no lags). Would I prefer to watch on a larger screen, maybe, but my Samsung Galaxy screen is very serviceable, as I suspect most smart phones are.

Definitely recommend.

[Supreme]

OT but this was just awesome. Had to share.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Y4TS3pCF4&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

Great work there but Victor is feeling himself a little too much, if you know what I mean. 1:18 made me

[KillMonger]

Anybody else buying mobile league pass? Since I'm a Sprint user they have a deal. 39.99 for the season, good deal?

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Great deal far as I'm concerned. I can watch all of Orlando's games (since I'm located out of state), it's a third of the price of League Pass Choice broadband, and the stream of live games thus far as been way above my expectations (clear feed generally and no lags). Would I prefer to watch on a larger screen, maybe, but my Samsung Galaxy screen is very serviceable, as I suspect most smart phones are.

Definitely recommend.

thanks for the reply I'm assuming you have it so I have one question. Can you watch archive games? Like say I missed the clippers game tomorrow night would I be able to watch it Thursday? If so then I'm sold

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[rcklsscognition]

"Knicks lottery-bound?" On the front of the ESPN NBA page. Love what it means for us. There is no protection on the Nuggets or Knicks pick. Still likely to be about 20th, but the longer Bags is on the Knicks, the greater the chance we get a pick in the teens.

Potential here for us to get a top 10, a top 20 in 2014. Then an extra 2nd rounder next year + whatever we can snag for a vet in a trade, then a 2016 1st rounder from Philly followed by the Lakers' 1st rounder in 2017. Gonna be good.

[PigsEatHam]

Anybody else buying mobile league pass? Since I'm a Sprint user they have a deal. 39.99 for the season, good deal?

Sent from my HTCONE using RealGM Forums mobile app

Great deal far as I'm concerned. I can watch all of Orlando's games (since I'm located out of state), it's a third of the price of League Pass Choice broadband, and the stream of live games thus far as been way above my expectations (clear feed generally and no lags). Would I prefer to watch on a larger screen, maybe, but my Samsung Galaxy screen is very serviceable, as I suspect most smart phones are.

Definitely recommend.

thanks for the reply I'm assuming you have it so I have one question. Can you watch archive games? Like say I missed the clippers game tomorrow night would I be able to watch it Thursday? If so then I'm sold

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Only have had it for a few days so I don't know how far back the archive holds games, but I missed the season opener against Indy but caught it the following day, so I'm going with yes.

Additionally, it's an ongoing free trial until the end of the day, so you can likely check it out before buying.

Overall seemed like a good deal to me.

[Optimus_Steel]

listening to NBA lockdown podcast with bruce bowen and he said vaughn told him he has to kick oladipo out of the gym because he works so hard

Love this kid! And he is really humble, not fake humble like Dwight.

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[The Real Dalic]

"Knicks lottery-bound?" On the front of the ESPN NBA page. Love what it means for us. There is no protection on the Nuggets or Knicks pick. Still likely to be about 20th, but the longer Bags is on the Knicks, the greater the chance we get a pick in the teens.

Potential here for us to get a top 10, a top 20 in 2014. Then an extra 2nd rounder next year + whatever we can snag for a vet in a trade, then a 2016 1st rounder from Philly followed by the Lakers' 1st rounder in 2017. Gonna be good.

Yeah, Henny looks like a genius more and more as the days go by.

[NickAnderson]

If Nicholson keeps up with his improved defense and rebounding I'd like to see starting this lineup by the trade deadline.

Oladipo
Harkless
Harris
Nicholson
Vuc

Jameer sixth man.

[Viper1500]

If Nicholson keeps up with his improved defense and rebounding I'd like to see starting this lineup by the trade deadline.

Oladipo
Harkless
Harris
Nicholson
Vuc

Jameer sixth man.

Jameer will be traded before becoming a 6th man, that only brings down his trade value.

[Magicman125]

If Nicholson keeps up with his improved defense and rebounding I'd like to see starting this lineup by the trade deadline.

Oladipo
Harkless
Harris
Nicholson
Vuc

Jameer sixth man.

Jameer will be traded before coming a 6th man, that only brings down his trade value.

Good point, I agree. I don't know that I'd like Hark to be our starting 2. I may prefer to keep Afflalo or sign a better 2 in FA one of the upcoming summers with our cap space.

[NickAnderson]

If Nicholson keeps up with his improved defense and rebounding I'd like to see starting this lineup by the trade deadline.

Oladipo
Harkless
Harris
Nicholson
Vuc

Jameer sixth man.

Jameer will be traded before becoming a 6th man, that only brings down his trade value.

I don't see anyone trading anything significant for him, I think we keep him.

[OrlandoNed]

If Nicholson keeps up with his improved defense and rebounding I'd like to see starting this lineup by the trade deadline.

Oladipo
Harkless
Harris
Nicholson
Vuc

Jameer sixth man.

Hell no on Harkless playing the 2. If Oladipo plays PG, he needs a SG next to him that can be a secondary ballhandler. Harkless is a horrible 2, just look at how Oladipo and him looked in the preseason at 1 and 2.

[NickAnderson]

If Nicholson keeps up with his improved defense and rebounding I'd like to see starting this lineup by the trade deadline.

Oladipo
Harkless
Harris
Nicholson
Vuc

Jameer sixth man.

Hell no on Harkless playing the 2. If Oladipo plays PG, he needs a SG next to him that can be a secondary ballhandler. Harkless is a horrible 2, just look at how Oladipo and him looked in the preseason at 1 and 2.

Why not? I think it will work eventually all Hark has to do is play defense and knock down open shots. Harris can be the second ball handler.

[Smooth_E]

If Nicholson keeps up with his improved defense and rebounding I'd like to see starting this lineup by the trade deadline.

Oladipo
Harkless
Harris
Nicholson
Vuc

Jameer sixth man.

Hell no on Harkless playing the 2. If Oladipo plays PG, he needs a SG next to him that can be a secondary ballhandler. Harkless is a horrible 2, just look at how Oladipo and him looked in the preseason at 1 and 2.

Why not? I think it will work eventually all Hark has to do is play defense and knock down open shots. Harris can be the second ball handler.

I immediately think of OKC. Westbrook at point, Sefolosha doesn't handle at the 2 but plays good defense and knocks down 3's. Durant at the SF (Tobias for us) as the secondary ball-handler/facilitator.

[Neon1]

I immediately think of OKC. Westbrook at point, Sefolosha doesn't handle at the 2 but plays good defense and knocks down 3's. Durant at the SF (Tobias for us) as the secondary ball-handler/facilitator.

That's worked because Durant handles the ball with Westbrook. Tobias doesn't have nearly the handle Durant does. THEN they had Harden coming in behind and next to that also.

[SOUL]

Tobias has a decent handle though, it's not Harkless bad or even close.