Around the league 2017-2018

Negrodamus · Post #1181 » by **Negrodamus** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:31 pm

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Harris, Murray and Bledsoe? They should be worried about consolidating talent, not just adding another guy wanting minutes.

spikeslovechild · Post #1182 » by **spikeslovechild** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:44 pm

They are just trying to get him at a bargain basement price.

phiphan · Post #1183 » by **phiphan** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:47 pm

Mudiay might be a bigger bust than Okafor. He'll be out of the league soon.

phiphan · Post #1184 » by **phiphan** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:07 pm

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spikeslovechild · Post #1185 » by **spikeslovechild** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:08 pm

phiphan wrote:Mudiay might be a bigger bust than Okafor. He'll be out of the league soon.

Might be?

I know Okafor value has cratered but Hezonja, Stanley Johnson, and Mudiay are busts. At least Okafor has proved he can play in the league when he wants too

Post #1186 » by **Stanford** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:20 pm

If we're not going to have max space next year anyway, I would take on Bledsoe.

PLO · Post #1187 » by **PLO** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:30 pm

Ericb5 wrote:
76ciology wrote:
Ericb5 wrote:
The Suns are horrible, but if they have a fire sale they won’t be trading Chriss, Bender, Jackson or Booker. Those 4 are the future, but they still don’t have a franchise player.

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Chriss and Bender are super raw. Like G League level raw.

For sure, but they both have potential. Bender especially is intriguing.

The Suns have a lot of nice prospects, but none of them have superstar upside. They need to find a superstar in the next couple of drafts.

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They didn't tank properly - ended up with, like you say, "nice prospects", no superstars.

BigSleep333 · Post #1188 » by **BigSleep333** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:31 am

giannis-takeover so far. hes beastin more than ever. avg 38/10/5, a ridiculous PER of 43.53 and already got 19/8/3 at the start of the 2nd half against charlotte. hes so fun. hes my favorite next to the process himself

cksdayoff · Post #1189 » by **cksdayoff** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:41 am

im assuming giannis is how a young mj looked back in the mid 80s, just on the scoring ability and athleticism

LloydFree · Post #1190 » by **LloydFree** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:47 am

Traded to get a late 1st round pick in the 2017 draft and did not to take Jordan Bell off the board. I'm convinced Bryan Colangelo didn't watch one second of college basketball in 2017.

Negrodamus · Post #1191 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:54 am

Why think Kings mess around with Hill and doesn't give Fox the lions share of the minutes is very moronic. Fox is already better.

cksdayoff · Post #1192 » by **cksdayoff** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:55 am

LloydFree wrote:Traded to get a late 1st round pick in the 2017 draft and did not to take Jordan Bell off the board. I'm convinced Bryan Colangelo didn't watch one second of college basketball in 2017.

bell came in for a sixers workout and then was dubbed "rodman-like". of course we would pass him over

XtremeDunkz · Post #1193 » by **XtremeDunkz** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:19 am

Think it was a case of trying to be the smartest man in the room by trading up for the foreign prospect. Hopefully it works out in the long run.

James40 · Post #1194 » by **James40** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:29 am

Negrodamus wrote:Why think Kings mess around with Hill and doesn't give Fox the lions share of the minutes is very moronic. Fox is already better.

I’m not sure if it’s a lack of talent on the Kings, or Fox is that good already, but he completely changed that game tonight. The Kings lost but he looked really poised for a rookie, and played his butt off on both sides the of the ball.

Kobblehead · Post #1195 » by **Kobblehead** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:57 am

Damn, Washington now has 4 legit difference makers now that Oubre is seemingly breaking out.

The best part is that 3 (Wall, Porter, Oubre) of their 4 are defenders.

LloydFree · Post #1196 » by **LloydFree** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:36 pm

Kobblehead wrote:Damn, Washington now has 4 legit difference makers now that Oubre is seemingly breaking out.

The best part is that 3 (Wall, Porter, Oubre) of their 4 are defenders.

Yeah, Oubre is nice.

Kobblehead · Post #1197 » by **Kobblehead** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:50 pm

It's a shame their contractual decision-making was so poor in the years leading up to this, because signing Nerlens Noel this summer might have gone a long way in completing their puzzle and making them legit title contenders.

Negrodamus · Post #1198 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:58 pm

James40 wrote:
Negrodamus wrote:Why think Kings mess around with Hill and doesn't give Fox the lions share of the minutes is very moronic. Fox is already better.

I’m not sure if it’s a lack of talent on the Kings, or Fox is that good already, but he completely changed that game tonight. The Kings lost but he looked really poised for a rookie, and played his butt off on both sides the of the ball.

He was the best player on UK last year and I'm not sure it was even close. It doesn't surprise me much that he's taking over. He probably should have been the first overall pick if there weren't concerns over his shot (lolkillme).

Kobblehead · Post #1199 » by **Kobblehead** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:02 pm

I had some issues with Fox.

- dainty frame
- jumper wasn't falling, in spite of motion
- thought he was more scoring guard than distributor for most of the season
- thought his defense was overrated

But athletically, he's great and intangibly, he's off the charts. Guys like that tend to make it.

XtremeDunkz · Post #1200 » by **XtremeDunkz** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:06 pm

Kobblehead wrote:It's a shame their contractual decision-making was so poor in the years leading up to this, because signing Nerlens Noel this summer might have gone a long way in completing their puzzle and making them legit title contenders.

Nerlens was never gonna accept a back up role with us. He would have been just as stubborn as he was at the time.