Around the NBA, Season 2017-2018

sipclip · Post #361 » by **sipclip** » Thu Feb 8, 2018 10:14 pm

Kings are now waiving Papagiannis who they took 13 in last years draft. I thought he actually looked pretty good last year. The kings continued ability to waste lottery picks is one of the craziest things I have ever seen. At some point you have to at least luck into a quality player but not the kings. Since taking Cousins they have drafted Jimmer at 10, THomas Robinson at 5, Ben McLemore at 7, Nik Stauskas at 8, Willey Cauley Stein at 6 and Papagiannis at 13. Stein is now the only player still on the team and who knows how much longer that will be.

Rauxcee · Post #362 » by **Rauxcee** » Fri Feb 9, 2018 12:35 am

sipclip wrote:Kings are now waiving Papagiannis who they took 13 in last years draft. I thought he actually looked pretty good last year. The kings continued ability to waste lottery picks is one of the craziest things I have ever seen. At some point you have to at least luck into a quality player but not the kings. Since taking Cousins they have drafted Jimmer at 10, THomas Robinson at 5, Ben McLemore at 7, Nik Stauskas at 8, Willey Cauley Stein at 6 and Papagiannis at 13. Stein is now the only player still on the team and who knows how much longer that will be.

Jeez. Everytime Jazz fans are feeling bad about the direction of the team, they should look at that to make themselves feel better.

stitches · Post #363 » by **stitches** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:34 am

Read on Twitter

Damn... Bam will be a good one methinks.

ForeverRDjazz · Post #364 » by **ForeverRDjazz** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:06 pm

Rauxcee wrote:
sipclip wrote:Kings are now waiving Papagiannis who they took 13 in last years draft. I thought he actually looked pretty good last year. The kings continued ability to waste lottery picks is one of the craziest things I have ever seen. At some point you have to at least luck into a quality player but not the kings. Since taking Cousins they have drafted Jimmer at 10, THomas Robinson at 5, Ben McLemore at 7, Nik Stauskas at 8, Willey Cauley Stein at 6 and Papagiannis at 13. Stein is now the only player still on the team and who knows how much longer that will be.

Jeez. Everytime Jazz fans are feeling bad about the direction of the team, they should look at that to make themselves feel better.

We have a opening?

Post #365 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:28 pm

sipclip wrote:Kings are now waiving Papagiannis who they took 13 in last years draft. I thought he actually looked pretty good last year. The kings continued ability to waste lottery picks is one of the craziest things I have ever seen. At some point you have to at least luck into a quality player but not the kings. Since taking Cousins they have drafted Jimmer at 10, THomas Robinson at 5, Ben McLemore at 7, Nik Stauskas at 8, Willey Cauley Stein at 6 and Papagiannis at 13. Stein is now the only player still on the team and who knows how much longer that will be.

They also drafted Isaiah Thomas at 60 and Hassan Whiteside at 33. Their problem is less with drafting (not that they are especially good at it) and more with building a team around their talent, developing their talent (they give up on players way too early), and overall management of the team is terrible. It's not like their free agency signings are good either, and they can't resist firing a coach every 2 seasons or so.

sipclip · Post #366 » by **sipclip** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:22 pm

stitches wrote:

Read on Twitter

Damn... Bam will be a good one methinks.

Beast. I still have no clue how he dropped to 14. I had him at 5 on my big board.

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KqWIN · Post #367 » by **KqWIN** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:19 am

Been watching some other games around the league of teams that are in the playoff race...so frustrating to watch them get away with wins because the other team chokes in crunch time. This BKN vs NOP game has had some serious facepalm moments. It feels like these teams are doing everything they can to lose.

KqWIN · Post #368 » by **KqWIN** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:39 am

OMG...just when you think BKN has this game, the refs blow one of the most obvious foul calls ever. What is the point of having refs late in the game if they are too afraid to make calls?

KqWIN · Post #369 » by **KqWIN** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:51 am

I'm going to cut my eyes out if I ever see Russell or Dinwiddie try to attack Davis on a switch again...I have no idea what gets into these players heads sometimes.

The Nets came all the way back from down 28, then they decided that they want to attack Davis over and over on switches like he was Kanter.

Post #370 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:19 am

KqWIN wrote:Been watching some other games around the league of teams that are in the playoff race...so frustrating to watch them get away with wins because the other team chokes in crunch time. This BKN vs NOP game has had some serious facepalm moments. It feels like these teams are doing everything they can to lose.

The Jazz had also benefited from teams choking in the clutch, whether they tried to lose or not.

Post #371 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:20 am

Ever since that last game between the Suns and the Jazz, Bender has been on a tear. I would love it if we could get him somehow.

KqWIN · Post #372 » by **KqWIN** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:56 pm

If George Hill competes, he's going to be one hell of a pickup for the Cavs.

KqWIN · Post #373 » by **KqWIN** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:17 pm

Hopefully this Cavs game is a sign of things to come. Anyone but the Warriors.

dr0welf · Post #374 » by **dr0welf** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:22 pm

Hood looking good so far for the Cavs against Boston. This will be a good change of pace for him.

Crunch 99 · Post #375 » by **Crunch 99** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:41 pm

KqWIN wrote:If George Hill competes, he's going to be one hell of a pickup for the Cavs.

Yep, Lebron has some new life with his new teammates. Hill, Hood and Clarkson are all having very productive first games against Boston as Cleveland blows Boston out in Boston! This makes the East exciting again.

Hill is in the top five with Ingles this season for leading three point percentage in the NBA. They are both "Qualified" leaders, but Hill has nonetheless attempted only half the number of three pointers that Ingles has. He sat out ten games at Sacramento, but I am not certain how many games he sat out for nagging injuries versus sitting out as part of Sacramento's play the young guys-tank program. Hill was actually in the top five with Ingles at one point of last season as well, but he was never a qualified leader and his percentage dropped a lot by the end of the season.

stitches · Post #376 » by **stitches** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:03 pm

It's incredible how good Hood is from the straight away 3.

BudTugly · Post #377 » by **BudTugly** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:18 pm

LeBron has got to be relieved to be able to sit for a couple minutes without his team getting flushed.

dr0welf · Post #378 » by **dr0welf** » Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:26 am

stitches wrote:It's incredible how good Hood is from the straight away 3.

He played confident, good to see

TNJazz · Post #379 » by **TNJazz** » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:31 pm

Glad to hear Hood played well. I always liked him and was a fan, but like pretty much everyone else, wanted more consistency and less missed time to injury or illness. Keep up the good work work, Rodney, I hope you continue to grow as a Cav!

pickIBL · Post #380 » by **pickIBL** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:24 pm

Anyone else notice Blake is getting sued by the mother of two of his kids?