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Marvel wrote:Ed Pinkney wrote:Marvel wrote:
Good, glad to hear he got a decent contract in a pretty good situation. Avery is one of the good guys.
He is but what's also interesting is the benchmark this sets for Marcus.
ViperGTS wrote:Marvel wrote:Ed Pinkney wrote:
Good, glad to hear he got a decent contract in a pretty good situation. Avery is one of the good guys.
He is but what's also interesting is the benchmark this sets for Marcus.
Avery can actually shoot though. Knocks about 2-3 AAV off of Smarts potential deal.
PLO wrote:Tatum played OK - took advantage of a few mismatches - decent on the defensive end. He is what we thought he was going into the season - a technically very proficient player operating close to his career ceiling as a rookie.
PLO wrote:Tatum played OK - took advantage of a few mismatches - decent on the defensive end. He is what we thought he was going into the season - a technically very proficient player operating close to his career ceiling as a rookie.
Roddy wrote:Dwight Howard still unsigned...I want him in the Lebron superteam !
Add Rondo who's a hot head and there's bound to be a team brawl. 
Oh and I forgot LaVar.PLO wrote:Tatum played OK - took advantage of a few mismatches - decent on the defensive end. He is what we thought he was going into the season - a technically very proficient player operating close to his career ceiling as a rookie.
PLO wrote:Tatum played OK - took advantage of a few mismatches - decent on the defensive end. He is what we thought he was going into the season - a technically very proficient player operating close to his career ceiling as a rookie.
ElCapitano (whatever his name was) burning all his Rondo jerseys as we speak.
FlatearthZorro wrote:Btw, IT could hepl the Pels if he's healthy. I mean healthy and motivated he's still a mighty scorer.
Parliament10 wrote:JR Hawks wrote:Hard cap coming with next CBA.
If I'm Adam Silver, I wonder if the growing lack of competitiveness ends up costing me my job. Frankly, he's been awful on this issue and a strong case could be made for his firing...the credibility of the league is in doubt.
There is no way the Warriors don't win the championship next year. Guaranteed champions. When was the last time that could be said in major professional sports?
Check is in the Mail. -- And the Championship is in the Bank.
This is really very bad for the League. They really need some type of Harder Cap Rules.
celticfan42487 wrote:Parliament10 wrote:JR Hawks wrote:Hard cap coming with next CBA.
If I'm Adam Silver, I wonder if the growing lack of competitiveness ends up costing me my job. Frankly, he's been awful on this issue and a strong case could be made for his firing...the credibility of the league is in doubt.
There is no way the Warriors don't win the championship next year. Guaranteed champions. When was the last time that could be said in major professional sports?
Check is in the Mail. -- And the Championship is in the Bank.
This is really very bad for the League. They really need some type of Harder Cap Rules.
Screw hard cap the stars will just take less money to never have to compete again in their lifes.
We need franchise tag rules like the NFL just to start but with the ability to tag them every year for up to at least 8 consecutive seasons.
After the second contract, they can sign or be franchise tagged and forced to stay. Screw that enjoy your leverage of having nothing and we can have a league again. The only way to get around it would be how the original Warriors did of just drafting extremely well and having very, very, very late blooming superstars in the splash brothers. Or do very well in a trade for a star when teams never have to give theirs up (so the way we did it in 2008 most likely knowing the stars self life is ending and you want to rebuild).
But would anyone really be upset if it was the original splash brothers version beating a KD/Westbrook team (probably still dumb enough to trade Harden). Or a LeBron Irving team? I'm guessing not.
CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Just get rid of max contracts. That is it. That prevents super teams.
Dogen wrote:Celtics win despite Smart having -1 points for the game.
Scoonie wrote:
As I've said, Marcus Smart is the 3rd or 4th option for the few teams with cap space.
celticfan42487 wrote:CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Just get rid of max contracts. That is it. That prevents super teams.
That's a fast way to become baseball though and we just have super rich owners and big market teams having all the stars.
Like I know we have the issue right now with superteams. But at least it's GS, and before then MIA with outside chances for OKC and SA during these runs.
I don't need to watch the NY Yankees of basketball and the LA Dodgers every single **** season for eternity.
At least it's the Warriors, at least it's a new fanbase. At least there's a chance we become that if we get lucky enough in the draft.
I still also think that gives superstars the option to just join for less money than they'd make elsewhere and form these super teams, it just means they'll always happen to the teams will be the Knicks and Lakers and then one or two owners like Dallas.
Honestly I think the only way to fix this is to take the ability for the players to fix the league away.
Banks2Pierce wrote:Because of the restricted status. They know we'll likely match unless they pay well over his expected market.
Dogen wrote:Celtics win despite Smart having -1 points for the game.
Scoonie wrote:Banks2Pierce wrote:Because of the restricted status. They know we'll likely match unless they pay well over his expected market.
Very true, the market has been very quiet on all of the bigger name restricted free agents like Clint Capela, Jabari Parker, Zach Lavine, Jusuf Nurkic, Marcus Smart, etc. I think we are going to be able to bring Marcus Smart back at an affordable price.