Around the NBA 2018-2019 (Non-Celtics Talk)

leper-con · Post #521 » by **leper-con** » Mon May 7, 2018 5:39 pm

If I was Ainge i'd circle the Pistons and try and steals some assets and or players form them. that franchise is a rudderless disaster.

leper-con · Post #522 » by **leper-con** » Mon May 7, 2018 5:40 pm

Eastern teams that will blow it up next year or make significant changes:

Raptors-they just can't come back as currently constituted., Casey will be gone and one of Lowry or Derozen will have to be traded.
Pistons: just fired SVG-what direction are they now going to go in?

robdog_5 · Post #523 » by **robdog_5** » Mon May 7, 2018 5:58 pm

Raptors should try to make a run at Kawhi. Not sure all their assets but Derozan and parts

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #524 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Mon May 7, 2018 5:59 pm

Read on Twitter

sam_I_am · Post #525 » by **sam_I_am** » Mon May 7, 2018 6:07 pm

leper-con wrote:Easter teams that will blow it up next year or make significant changes:

Raptors-they just can't come back as currently constituted., Casey will be gone and one of Lowry or Derozen will have to be traded.
Pistons: just fired SVG-what direction are they now going to go in?

I honestly think Toronto should not blow it up. They need to trust the process too. They have a solid deep roster and their young guys are going to get better. DeRozen is a seriously flawed star so grabbing a quality veteran with a winning track record - like a Tony Parker for example to help him out mentally is what I’d do. Rebuilding in Toronto is near impossible but there was once a time when the Dallas Mavs looked just as hopeless in a deep West and then shocked the world by beating the Big 3 Heat.

leper-con · Post #526 » by **leper-con** » Mon May 7, 2018 6:16 pm

sam_I_am wrote:
leper-con wrote:Easter teams that will blow it up next year or make significant changes:

Raptors-they just can't come back as currently constituted., Casey will be gone and one of Lowry or Derozen will have to be traded.
Pistons: just fired SVG-what direction are they now going to go in?

I honestly think Toronto should not blow it up. They need to trust the process too. They have a solid deep roster and their young guys are going to get better. DeRozen is a seriously flawed star so grabbing a quality veteran with a winning track record - like a Tony Parker for example to help him out mentally is what I’d do. Rebuilding in Toronto is near impossible but there was once a time when the Dallas Mavs looked just as hopeless in a deep West and then shocked the world by beating the Big 3 Heat.

I think that core is finished. Lowry and Derozen are B side singles. They have maxed out. Rolling it back next year would probably put them behind Boston, Phillie, and most likely Miami and Millwaukee. It's to bad, I have nothing against the raptors and they have loyal fans. That Mavs team had Nowitzki who was at one time a top 5 player. None of those on this Raptors team. But Masai has already started to shift he identity of the team to the modern day NBA. One of Derozen or Casey will go.

Marvel · Post #527 » by **Marvel** » Mon May 7, 2018 8:20 pm

Iguodaladon wrote:Pelicans look baaaad right now

They have no one to check KD. He went MVP KD on em in that 1st quarter and the Pels just never recovered. **** KD.

Marvel · Post #528 » by **Marvel** » Mon May 7, 2018 8:24 pm

Slax wrote:
SMTBSI wrote:Man, what are you guys doing to get in these PM wars? I think I've maybe had one or two PMs here in my career that didn't involve communication with a mod or administrator.

Is there like a whole second level to this forum that I'm missing out on?

I recently got a PM from someone telling me I was going to burn in hellfire for my sins and referring me to some proselytizing web sites after I made a pretty mild off color joke comparing Joe Ingles to Jesus.

I'm glad they brought the PMs back. Get me in on some this action man this **** is hilarious. :lol:

Iguodaladon · Post #529 » by **Iguodaladon** » Mon May 7, 2018 8:53 pm

Marvel wrote:
Iguodaladon wrote:Pelicans look baaaad right now

They have no one to check KD. He went MVP KD on em in that 1st quarter and the Pels just never recovered. **** KD.

I don't know why they didn't put AD on him; Warriors weren't really using any true Centers yesterday

Curmudgeon · Post #530 » by **Curmudgeon** » Mon May 7, 2018 9:23 pm

Win or lose against the Sixers, we all need to root hard for the Raptors tonight. Jaylen needs a little more rest than he will get if the Cavs sweep.

Ben-N1ce · Post #531 » by **Ben-N1ce** » Mon May 7, 2018 11:56 pm

76ers are going to slow down the game the rest of the series. It reduced their turnovers

ViperGTS · Post #532 » by **ViperGTS** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:15 am

Raps are nearly done. Damn..Cavs get extra rest.

Post #533 » by **Froob** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:16 am

Bet $100 on Cavs moneyline, all season Cavs screwed me and now they’ll poised to win me $101 over the course of these four games if they close this out.

CelticsPride18 · Post #534 » by **CelticsPride18** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:17 am

Looks like we will get an 8:00 pm game on Wednesday.

PierceFan4ever · Post #535 » by **PierceFan4ever** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:22 am

Anyone feel bad for our Canadian brothers or nah? Man this is so embarassing, the best team in their franchise history allow to get swept by Lebron again in the 2nd round, a weaker Lebron team that is. The golden age of the raptors dynasty is over lmao.

BigTrade92 · Post #536 » by **BigTrade92** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:22 am

CelticsPride18 wrote:Looks like we will get an 8:00 pm game on Wednesday.

8:30 they’re saying

ViperGTS · Post #537 » by **ViperGTS** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:29 am

Assuming they get swept, aren’t the Raps the most overrated 1 seed ever, as they said the Cs were last year?

31to6 · Post #538 » by **31to6** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:31 am

good sweet lord Toronto. I didn't realize that the real reason dinosaurs went extinct was because they had no testicles.

Post #539 » by **K For Three** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:32 am

Cavs are getting hot at the right time too though TBH. They will beat us in a 7 game series but not sure how long it would go.

ViperGTS · Post #540 » by **ViperGTS** » Tue May 8, 2018 2:33 am

31to6 wrote:good sweet lord Toronto. I didn't realize that the real reason dinosaurs went extinct was because they had no testicles.

Reports are the Raps may fire Casey as well. From coach of the year to fired. Poor guy...