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Post#81 » by chrbal » Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:27 pm

jakebernat wrote:the league has moved to eliminate the restrictions on the game limit for 2-way players. this will undoubtedly affect saben lee, who will probably remain on his 2-way status for the rest of the season now, leaving us with an open roster spot for trade flexibility.

just some food for thought since previously, it looked like he was assuredly playing his way into a contract after Blake’s buyout.


Once they announced that, I felt they’d keep him a two way for the rest of the season.

Basically they would have to open up more roster spots and/or find someone they really wanted to add on a two way contract.
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Post#82 » by Snakebites » Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:35 am

Someone needs to let the Rockets know that it’s still possible and at least occasionally advisable to score more points than the other team.
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Post#83 » by Piston Pete » Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:39 am

Wall and Wood are set to return next week, reportedly
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Post#84 » by chrbal » Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:06 pm

Snakebites wrote:Someone needs to let the Rockets know that it’s still possible and at least occasionally advisable to score more points than the other team.


Wood and wall are coming back soon, but look at their lineups of late. They are basically fielding a summer league team.
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Post#85 » by Snakebites » Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:24 pm

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Snakebites wrote:Someone needs to let the Rockets know that it’s still possible and at least occasionally advisable to score more points than the other team.


Wood and wall are coming back soon, but look at their lineups of late. They are basically fielding a summer league team.

That and Oladipo pretty transparently wants to be anywhere but there and his play of late has reflected that.
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Post#86 » by chrbal » Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:59 pm

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chrbal wrote:
Snakebites wrote:Someone needs to let the Rockets know that it’s still possible and at least occasionally advisable to score more points than the other team.


Wood and wall are coming back soon, but look at their lineups of late. They are basically fielding a summer league team.

That and Oladipo pretty transparently wants to be anywhere but there and his play of late has reflected that.


It’ll be interesting to see what they field post deadline, you almost feel bad for wall and Wood
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Post#87 » by Snakebites » Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:33 am

Rockets got a late first for PJ Tucker.

Is it really that big a sellers market? PJ Tucker has been awful this year.
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Post#88 » by vege » Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:30 am

Snakebites wrote:Rockets got a late first for PJ Tucker.

Is it really that big a sellers market? PJ Tucker has been awful this year.


The way I see it it's even worse value to Houston. The deal was really good for Milwaukee.

They eat Augustine terrible deal and gave up an early 2nd + PJ Tucker for a late 1st.

To make the deal work they had to swap Milwaukee's 22 1st for a 23.

The only scary part for Milwaukee is that the 23 1st is unprotected, and they're terrible without Giannis (that could possibly be the #1 pick if Giannis misses thhe entire 2023 season, which is unlikely but you never know)
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Post#89 » by tmorgan » Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:31 am

Bucks are nowhere near the worst team in the league without Giannis, vege. Middleton, DDV, Jrue, Lopez, Portis... heck, if they knew Giannis would miss a year and had time to change their approach, that roster could probably finish .500 in the east.
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Post#90 » by vege » Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:14 am

tmorgan wrote:Bucks are nowhere near the worst team in the league without Giannis, vege. Middleton, DDV, Jrue, Lopez, Portis... heck, if they knew Giannis would miss a year and had time to change their approach, that roster could probably finish .500 in the east.


DDV is bad and Lopez declined badly. Middleton and Jrue are good.
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Post#91 » by Pharaoh » Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:47 am

The Bucks are gonna have to retain Jrue this off-season no matter what though.

That's a Max or close to it deal on their books in addition to Giannis and Middleton

If I'm a Bucks fan I look at the roster and wonder how they can upgrade from here.

It's a tax paying team for sure, spending exceptions only and hunting the bargain bin.

Throw in the coaching issue they obviously have and you gotta wonder how long it'll last.



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Post#92 » by ducler » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:20 am

LeBron and Davis out for some time.
Lakers have 30 games left, they can quickly go 10-20 in that stretch to finish 38-34 (52,78%). They would currently be 8th in the West with that victory pourcentage.

What's your opinion on them, will they stay in the top 6, play the play-in (7th to 10th) or completely fall out of the playoffs?
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Post#93 » by Snakebites » Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:45 pm

Man, you hate to see those high impact injuries.
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Post#94 » by detroitKG » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:34 am

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Post#95 » by tmorgan » Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:44 am

He played 15 minutes, had 2 points, 2 boards and a block, and still looks slow as molasses.
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Post#96 » by Snakebites » Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:45 pm

tmorgan wrote:He played 15 minutes, had 2 points, 2 boards and a block, and still looks slow as molasses.

But...he dunked!

Surely this is proof that he's secretly still been an all star the whole time and was dogging it the whole time with us.
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Post#97 » by chrbal » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:42 pm

tmorgan wrote:He played 15 minutes, had 2 points, 2 boards and a block, and still looks slow as molasses.


Got to defend Beal one on one and got a block. I’m not impressed, I’m embarrassed for Beal.
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Post#98 » by ElectricMayhem » Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:06 pm

Orlando is staking claim on the EC cellar with these trades. Their tank is tankier than our tank.
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Post#99 » by whitehops » Thu Mar 25, 2021 6:54 pm

lou williams got traded for rondo, maybe that opens minutes up for kennard? he's only playing 19 MPG this season (14 MPG in march) but he is shooting 48% from 3.
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Post#100 » by flow » Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:58 pm

Chicago won the day, acquiring Vuc. They are now suddenly a formidable eastern conference contender.

And LAC takes silver in acquiring Rondo. They finally have not only a floor general, but the floor general. They are a true threat to take the west now.

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