Around the League: 2020 Offseason

sodmoraes · Post #821 » by **sodmoraes** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:24 am

I think Lamelo will be better than Simmons, no kiding...

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76ciology · Post #822 » by **76ciology** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:07 am

Negrodamus wrote:
76ciology wrote:If you are not convinced that Brandon Ingram is better than Ben Simmons.

This season you will.

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Which is why...

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Coming to you in February. I'm just going to keep pushing this theory.

I believe you were also on the Ingram side, over Ben’s, during the 2016 draft right?

Which theory btw

76ciology · Post #823 » by **76ciology** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:15 am

sodmoraes wrote:I think Lamelo will be better than Simmons, no kiding...

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Shooting will determine who’s going to be better between the two.

Negrodamus · Post #824 » by **Negrodamus** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:18 am

76ciology wrote:
Negrodamus wrote:
76ciology wrote:If you are not convinced that Brandon Ingram is better than Ben Simmons.

This season you will.

Watch on YouTube

Which is why...

Read on Twitter

Coming to you in February. I'm just going to keep pushing this theory.

I believe you were also on the Ingram side, over Ben’s, during the 2016 draft right?

Which theory btw

Yes, I was because of my fear that Ben would never shoot, which came true. I also didn’t think Ben would be as good of a defender as he has, which really changed the mathematics on my evaluation of prospects.

My theory is that Houston is going to entertain all these East trade rumors but in the end will wait till Feb when a bunch of Pelicans become eligible for trade (Ingram and Kira notably) and jump on that deal plus a ton of picks, which the Pelicans happen to have.

I think all of these discussions are smoke to get the most out of NOLA when the time comes. Just my hot take theory.

76ciology · Post #825 » by **76ciology** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:30 am

Negrodamus wrote:
76ciology wrote:
Negrodamus wrote:
Which is why...

Read on Twitter

Coming to you in February. I'm just going to keep pushing this theory.

I believe you were also on the Ingram side, over Ben’s, during the 2016 draft right?

Which theory btw

Yes, I was because of my fear that Ben would never shoot, which came true. I also didn’t think Ben would be as good of a defender as he has, which really changed the mathematics on my evaluation of prospects.

My theory is that Houston is going to entertain all these East trade rumors but in the end will wait till Feb when a bunch of Pelicans become eligible for trade (Ingram and Kira notably) and jump on that deal plus a ton of picks, which the Pelicans happen to have.

I think all of these discussions are smoke to get the most out of NOLA when the time comes. Just my hot take theory.

My 3 proud moments before an NBA draft.
1.) calling wiggins is a bust when everybody was overhyping him. I even created a thread for this
2.) going to the suns board and tell them to not draft Ayton first overall and select Luka instead.
3.) having Ingram over Ben. At that point I went away from my “atleast 10BPM” bench mark and prioritized the importance of 3s and deflections.

Anyway, on one of you previous post, now it makes sense that you were talking about the Zion Harden pairing. At first I thought you were talking about pairing Ben and Harden.

Yup, I think Harden to NOLA makes a lot of sense. NOLA can turn the package they received from LA into Harden.

SixthStreet · Post #826 » by **SixthStreet** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:02 am

Are we going to see the singular brilliance of Steph Curry this year? I think he can drag that roster to the WCF.

HotelVitale · Post #827 » by **HotelVitale** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:13 pm

Kobblehead wrote:I wonder if Harden, at age 31, would be willing to commit to the militaristic culture of the Heat. Or if that's even a thing or just exaggerated by the media.

Where does idea of ‘militaristic‘ culture come from? By all accounts they have the same sort of culture as Brett Brown’s teams, everyone’s expected to show up and work and respect each other. Never heard they have excessive workouts or that people are held accountable in extreme ways.

76ciology · Post #828 » by **76ciology** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:46 pm

HotelVitale wrote:
Kobblehead wrote:I wonder if Harden, at age 31, would be willing to commit to the militaristic culture of the Heat. Or if that's even a thing or just exaggerated by the media.

Where does idea of ‘militaristic‘ culture come from? By all accounts they have the same sort of culture as Brett Brown’s teams, everyone’s expected to show up and work and respect each other. Never heard they have excessive workouts or that people are held accountable in extreme ways.

Its been reported that they have a “militaristic culture”. The kind of culture that doesnt tolerate Harden’s lifestyle. The kind of culture that thrives in the bubble thats why teams say the Heat were a fluke.

Post #829 » by **Stanford** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:24 pm

HotelVitale wrote:Where does idea of ‘militaristic‘ culture come from?

Every national podcast that has ever been published

GoSixersBro · Post #830 » by **GoSixersBro** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:13 pm

SixthStreet wrote:Are we going to see the singular brilliance of Steph Curry this year? I think he can drag that roster to the WCF.

I despised Steph during the 2015-2019 dynasty run. I guess him being out so much last year and the Warriors bottoming out humbled my view because he is incredible and the league suffers when he is not playing not just in the playoffs but even through the winter. Also the cornrows look bad ass. Still can't stand the Warriors as a team, but I'm happy he's back.

Negrodamus · Post #831 » by **Negrodamus** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:18 am

Read on Twitter

This is the best thing I've seen all day.

stormi · Post #832 » by **stormi** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:23 am

The twist being him actually cursing the arena with some enchanted incense

Post #833 » by **Stanford** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:24 am

Negrodamus wrote:

Read on Twitter

This is the best thing I've seen all day.

Kobblehead · Post #834 » by **Kobblehead** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:40 am

The parallels to Kanye are striking. LeBron and Jay-Z must have had hilarious conversations.

Kobblehead · Post #835 » by **Kobblehead** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:36 am

KZ Okpala looking like Brandon Ingram 2.0

Negrodamus · Post #836 » by **Negrodamus** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:38 am

Kobblehead wrote:KZ Okpala looking like Brandon Ingram 2.0

You just know that the Heat looked at him like "dude you're 6'9 and can dribble like a guard, we're going to force you to be decent".

Negrodamus · Post #837 » by **Negrodamus** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:50 am

It's really devastating how Durant is still a freak at scoring. I don't know why I'd expect anything else.

HardenToSixers · Post #838 » by **HardenToSixers** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:08 am

Ainge building this squad of midgets is too funny

Arsenal · Post #839 » by **Arsenal** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:14 am

Negrodamus wrote:

Read on Twitter

This is the best thing I've seen all day.

The way the Nets are destroying them, the Curse of Kyrie is even worse than the Curse of Papa Shango!!!

Negrodamus · Post #840 » by **Negrodamus** » Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:25 am

Arsenal wrote:
Negrodamus wrote:

Read on Twitter

This is the best thing I've seen all day.

The way the Nets are destroying them, the Curse of Kyrie is even worse than the Curse of Papa Shango!!!

I hope he exorcised the ghost of Auerbach and they start to suck.