Around the NBA - Haha, just kidding, always knew the Nuggets would take it

jvsimonetti0514 · Post #141 » by **jvsimonetti0514** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:50 am

K-DOT wrote:
jvsimonetti0514 wrote:

Read on Twitter

It's not a bad run considering he ran into a Jordan's Bulls type team for much of it

I mean, that's not wrong

This was only the 2nd time in the last 6 years they didn't meet the Warriors in the playoffs

You can say small ball doesn't work, and I think that's true for the extremes the Rockets went to, but their end point always seemed to be where they met the Warriors, which means it's kinda hard to tell how good they were exactly.

I don't think you can really say they even did it to an extreme. Gasol and Ibaka barely got any minutes in the 2nd half of the Celtics and Raptors last night either. At the end of the day, as good as AD was Lebron is the one that just dominated the Rockets here.

NoDopeOnSundays · Post #142 » by **NoDopeOnSundays** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:56 am

F N 11 wrote:They be like Mitch won’t have an impact. Yeah okay, bam, theis, and AD not impacting nothing...

Bam leads the Heat in assists in the playoffs, AD is the best big in the NBA capable of scoring 40+ in a playoff game, and Theis shoots the three and is making $5 million this season.

If Mitch can lead the Knicks in assists per game or space the floor while making $5 million per or score & defend like AD, sign me up.

F N 11 · Post #143 » by **F N 11** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:28 am

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
F N 11 wrote:They be like Mitch won’t have an impact. Yeah okay, bam, theis, and AD not impacting nothing...

Bam leads the Heat in assists in the playoffs, AD is the best big in the NBA capable of scoring 40+ in a playoff game, and Theis shoots the three and is making $5 million this season.

If Mitch can lead the Knicks in assists per game or space the floor while making $5 million per or score & defend like AD, sign me up.

I am talking about defense

stuporman · Post #144 » by **stuporman** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:42 am

If the Knicks trade for Westbrook....no they won't, they can't...please no, don't do that to Knicks fans....ugh. I will literally buy a Rose jersey just to burn it.

robillionaire · Post #145 » by **robillionaire** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:50 am

F N 11 wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
F N 11 wrote:They be like Mitch won’t have an impact. Yeah okay, bam, theis, and AD not impacting nothing...

Bam leads the Heat in assists in the playoffs, AD is the best big in the NBA capable of scoring 40+ in a playoff game, and Theis shoots the three and is making $5 million this season.

If Mitch can lead the Knicks in assists per game or space the floor while making $5 million per or score & defend like AD, sign me up.

I am talking about defense

he currently has the impact of javale mcgee

robillionaire · Post #146 » by **robillionaire** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:58 am

RHODEY wrote:
jvsimonetti0514 wrote:

Read on Twitter

How come "Hell no!!" isnt an option?

i'd happily do it. RJ is the only thing of significant value and let's be real no matter how high you are on RJ he's not going to be harden, he didn't even have a really good rookie season. 8 and 27 will probably be busts and then you have the late first round mavs picks. And as an added bonus we get rid of randle? We don't even have to trade one of our own picks? and we get one of the best players in the nba

houston would laugh and hang up

thebuzzardman · Post #147 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:42 am

robillionaire wrote:
F N 11 wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:

Bam leads the Heat in assists in the playoffs, AD is the best big in the NBA capable of scoring 40+ in a playoff game, and Theis shoots the three and is making $5 million this season.

If Mitch can lead the Knicks in assists per game or space the floor while making $5 million per or score & defend like AD, sign me up.

I am talking about defense

he currently has the impact of javale mcgee

Oh snap! Shammgod, are you going to tolerate this?

Montmorencie · Post #148 » by **Montmorencie** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:18 am

All these 40, 50, 60 points streaks in regular season thrown right in the freaking bin. I mean every season the same thing happens to Harden, from 'the best offensive player of all time', to 25ppg in playoffs and eliminated in second round.

spree2kawhi · Post #149 » by **spree2kawhi** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:48 am

What do y'all make of lebron claiming "I'm a winner, I've always been a winner. [...] It's never about you." In the same ten seconds :lol:

knicks94 · Post #150 » by **knicks94** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:59 am

Give me a player who can win in the playoffs over a guy who sets regular season scoring records.

Post #151 » by **Thugger HBC** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:00 am

F N 11 wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
F N 11 wrote:They be like Mitch won’t have an impact. Yeah okay, bam, theis, and AD not impacting nothing...

Bam leads the Heat in assists in the playoffs, AD is the best big in the NBA capable of scoring 40+ in a playoff game, and Theis shoots the three and is making $5 million this season.

If Mitch can lead the Knicks in assists per game or space the floor while making $5 million per or score & defend like AD, sign me up.

I am talking about defense

They know how to play defense without costing themselves and their teams. Mitch aint nowhere close to them.

Post #152 » by **Thugger HBC** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:05 am

I dont get why some of y'all do this to yourselves. These games have been entertaining for the most part. Why ruin the enjoyment by comparing actual contributing players to the Knicks?

Reign23 · Post #153 » by **Reign23** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:07 pm

the playoffs always show the difference between tier one stars (Lebron, Kawhi, KD) and the next tiers.

KnicksGadfly · Post #154 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:41 pm

robillionaire wrote:
RHODEY wrote:
jvsimonetti0514 wrote:

Read on Twitter

How come "Hell no!!" isnt an option?

i'd happily do it. RJ is the only thing of significant value and let's be real no matter how high you are on RJ he's not going to be harden, he didn't even have a really good rookie season. 8 and 27 will probably be busts and then you have the late first round mavs picks. And as an added bonus we get rid of randle? We don't even have to trade one of our own picks? and we get one of the best players in the nba

houston would laugh and hang up

Nice. Now who you gonna surround Harden with.

spree2kawhi · Post #155 » by **spree2kawhi** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:52 pm

Reign23 wrote:the playoffs always show the difference between tier one stars (Lebron, Kawhi, KD) and the next tiers.

Yup, add Steph and possibly Giannis and you just know who the top 5 are. The rest simply isn't up there (and while Giannis is probably going to get there, I'd much rather wait and see for now as we've apparently been too early with the assumptions).

I love that you included Durant. I mean this is the drawback of the internet-age. The judgment is so radical and frantic that KD who's been the best player in the league for an easy 4-5 years is generally an afterthought already. I say don't count out Curry either - those dudes have absolutely put themselves above the rest of the league.

thebuzzardman · Post #156 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:03 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:
mpharris36 wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:Is Giannis a unrestricted free agent next off season?

he is, which makes this interesting (not specifically for the knicks). But the bucks if he doesn't want to resign probably have to look to deal him because if he leaves with no return assets that franchise is f*cked for the next 10 years.

Wake up Rosey, er, Leon-y...!

thebuzzardman · Post #157 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:06 pm

mpharris36 wrote:
god shammgod wrote:
Richard4444 wrote:
He is too old to rebuild a team around him.

Fear.

you would need another star in tow right away. otherwise, he's too old. you would need to go for it right away.

I couldn't watch him on a nightly basis...sorry

Yet you love Donic, the bleached version of Harden

spree2kawhi · Post #158 » by **spree2kawhi** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:07 pm

KnicksGadfly wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
RHODEY wrote:How come "Hell no!!" isnt an option?

i'd happily do it. RJ is the only thing of significant value and let's be real no matter how high you are on RJ he's not going to be harden, he didn't even have a really good rookie season. 8 and 27 will probably be busts and then you have the late first round mavs picks. And as an added bonus we get rid of randle? We don't even have to trade one of our own picks? and we get one of the best players in the nba

houston would laugh and hang up

Nice. Now who you gonna surround Harden with.

I really think Houston has a terrible roster. I'd choose a more natural approach. While the assumption that Harden needs to play in space is probably correct, it doesn't mean that the other teams don't create space at all with more traditional lineups. What's more, if anyone could get along with a little less spacing, Harden is probably the one player in the league to do it.

That said, you'll want shooters, but obviously you don't want to sacrifice too much along the way (as Houston did in the Capela trade). Right now, only Robert Covington looks like an adequate sidekick to Harden on that roster. Going from there, you add shooting, defense and screeners/rebounders.

Harden
Hield/Gordon
Covington
Morris
Baynes

Other targets for Houston:
Turner, Aldridge, Middleton, Gobert, Markkanen, Bertans, Mitch Robinson, Love etc.

TheGreenArrow · Post #159 » by **TheGreenArrow** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:09 pm

robillionaire wrote:
RHODEY wrote:
jvsimonetti0514 wrote:

Read on Twitter

How come "Hell no!!" isnt an option?

i'd happily do it. RJ is the only thing of significant value and let's be real no matter how high you are on RJ he's not going to be harden, he didn't even have a really good rookie season. 8 and 27 will probably be busts and then you have the late first round mavs picks. And as an added bonus we get rid of randle? We don't even have to trade one of our own picks? and we get one of the best players in the nba

houston would laugh and hang up

I think rj will end up being better than harden.

thebuzzardman · Post #160 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:10 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
jvsimonetti0514 wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:The Nets could put together an offer for Harden to be honest.

Levert, Harris, Allen and some picks? Is that better than my Bucks offer? It's definitely younger but with all those trades with the Thunder you'd think they'd want to be more competitive

Levert, Dinwiddie, Allen 2 first rounders, 2 pick swaps.

Stars haven't really gotten more than that, allows them to recoup picks from the Westbrook trade while putting a semi competitive team on the floor so they can avoid losing good picks to the Thunder.

Wait, you just included a rim running big as having value after a trillion posts about they have no value?