Around the NBA - 2024-25 Season Continued Again

[Iron Mantis]

okc is overrated, edwards is way better than fraud sga.

I pray the wolves are smart and punish okc in the post with randle

The OKC defense is not fun to play against. They're not the geriatric Lebron & Fat Luka Lakers or play-in Warriors.

Playoff leaders:

[WargamesX]

okc is overrated, edwards is way better than fraud sga.

I pray the wolves are smart and punish okc in the post with randle

The OKC defense is not fun to play against. They're not the geriatric Lebron & Fat Luka Lakers or play-in Warriors.

Playoff leaders:

How are we not on any of those lists?

[Iron Mantis]

I pray the wolves are smart and punish okc in the post with randle

The OKC defense is not fun to play against. They're not the geriatric Lebron & Fat Luka Lakers or play-in Warriors.

Playoff leaders:

How are we not on any of those lists?

IDK but the Thunder's defensive rating this playoffs is a cruel 101.6. No other team is even close.

This will be a real test for the Wolves....But if they pull it out, I like how we matchup against them instead of the Thunder.

[K_ick_God]

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They gave he Bulls Josh Giddey. We don’t have a player of that equivalent to give up for Caruso.

Ya it’s a bad example

[Chanel Bomber]

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that's not fair. the grimes who emerged late in the season was not the guy we traded. the bulls never would have took that.

Yet Giddey was all it took for the Bulls to bite? He was awful for OKC. Can you say the same thing if Grimes had a respectable half-season?

Giddey was always a more highly regarded prospect. He has more offensive talent than Grimes.

That was an awful trade for the Bulls though. Caruso was easily worth 2 unprotected firsts.

[K_ick_God]

Maybe “they had to do it” but trading SGA … nah they didn’t have to do it lol

[WargamesX]

Maybe “they had to do it” but trading SGA … nah they didn’t have to do it lol

It was a massive mistake by the new owner. Sort of like how the Suns new owner traded Johnson and Mikal to Brooklyn for KD and sent them a bunch of draft picks too.

[ezmoney707]

that's not fair. the grimes who emerged late in the season was not the guy we traded. the bulls never would have took that.

Yet Giddey was all it took for the Bulls to bite? He was awful for OKC. Can you say the same thing if Grimes had a respectable half-season?

Giddey was always a more highly regarded prospect. He has more offensive talent than Grimes.

That was an awful trade for the Bulls though. Caruso was easily worth 2 unprotected firsts.

If the Giddey production after the trade deadline continues you could look at that as an even trade.

Coming off that bad playoffs performance and the off the court stuff they probably could have gotten more value out of the Thunder at the time though.

[Chanel Bomber]

Yet Giddey was all it took for the Bulls to bite? He was awful for OKC. Can you say the same thing if Grimes had a respectable half-season?

Giddey was always a more highly regarded prospect. He has more offensive talent than Grimes.

That was an awful trade for the Bulls though. Caruso was easily worth 2 unprotected firsts.

If the Giddey production after the trade deadline continues you could look at that as an even trade.

Coming off that bad playoffs performance and the off the court stuff they probably could have gotten more value out of the Thunder at the time though.

A lot of players can produce on a bad team. I'm not convinced this level of production from Giddey will ever lead to a winning record, or that he could average anywhere near those numbers on a winning team.

I think Caruso's just a much better player. You can put him on any team and he'd improve them. Giddey? I'm not sure personally. Good points on the playoffs and off-the-court stuff.

[offense]

each conference finals has a former knick

[Juco24]

each conference finals has a former knick

Was literally just saying that very thing

[WargamesX]

each conference finals has a former knick

Was literally just saying that very thing

Yeah somebody on the team two years ago is getting a ring.

[Iron Mantis]

each conference finals has a former knick

Was literally just saying that very thing

Yeah somebody on the team two years ago is getting a ring.

Knicks vs Obi Toppin

Randle vs I.Hart

[iLLSonChandla]

Wolves are gonna get hosed in the WCF

Don't trust the refs at all

[Guano]

It was a team loss but Denver really got blown out in the Westbrook minutes.

-34 in 22 minutes.

It's something to watch for if we make it to the Finals, because OKC left Denver's non shooter wide open so they could crowd their best player and completely obstruct the paint.

It sucks seeing westbrook not be effective anymore cause he is a solid dude and would like to see him win.

Me too but sadly I think the ship has sailed.

Im not a stat nerd but I think these might be bad

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[3toheadmelo]

Giddey was always a more highly regarded prospect. He has more offensive talent than Grimes.

That was an awful trade for the Bulls though. Caruso was easily worth 2 unprotected firsts.

If the Giddey production after the trade deadline continues you could look at that as an even trade.

Coming off that bad playoffs performance and the off the court stuff they probably could have gotten more value out of the Thunder at the time though.

A lot of players can produce on a bad team. I'm not convinced this level of production from Giddey will ever lead to a winning record, or that he could average anywhere near those numbers on a winning team.

I think Caruso's just a much better player. You can put him on any team and he'd improve them. Giddey? I'm not sure personally. Good points on the playoffs and off-the-court stuff.

The bulls went 17-13 since they traded Lavine and Giddey averaged 20/10/8.5 on 49/45/80 splits during that stretch (20 game sample). That was a great trade for the Bulls because he has all nba potential if he can replicate that. He was just a really bad fit on OKC.

[Wildcat]

T-Wolves/OKC going to be an interesting series. T-Wolves did well in guarding the perimeter during the GS series and OKC has struggled mightily from 3PT range.

[Wildcat]

If the Giddey production after the trade deadline continues you could look at that as an even trade.

Coming off that bad playoffs performance and the off the court stuff they probably could have gotten more value out of the Thunder at the time though.

A lot of players can produce on a bad team. I'm not convinced this level of production from Giddey will ever lead to a winning record, or that he could average anywhere near those numbers on a winning team.

I think Caruso's just a much better player. You can put him on any team and he'd improve them. Giddey? I'm not sure personally. Good points on the playoffs and off-the-court stuff.

The bulls went 17-13 since they traded Lavine and Giddey averaged 20/10/8.5 on 49/45/80 splits during that stretch (20 game sample). That was a great trade for the Bulls because he has all nba potential if he can replicate that. He was just a really bad fit on OKC.

I think a lot of people's beef with the trade was Giddey's stock was pretty low after last season, and the deal strengthen OKC while allowing them to keep their assets. I compare the move to Boston landing Holiday. Chicago should have been able to land a pick at the very least.

[3toheadmelo]

A lot of players can produce on a bad team. I'm not convinced this level of production from Giddey will ever lead to a winning record, or that he could average anywhere near those numbers on a winning team.

I think Caruso's just a much better player. You can put him on any team and he'd improve them. Giddey? I'm not sure personally. Good points on the playoffs and off-the-court stuff.

The bulls went 17-13 since they traded Lavine and Giddey averaged 20/10/8.5 on 49/45/80 splits during that stretch (20 game sample). That was a great trade for the Bulls because he has all nba potential if he can replicate that. He was just a really bad fit on OKC.

I think a lot of people's beef with the trade was Giddey's stock was pretty low after last season, and the deal strengthen OKC while allowing them to keep their assets. I compare the move to Boston landing Holiday. Chicago should have been able to land a pick at the very least.

The deal looked bad back then when it was initially made, but from a prospect standpoint he's basically the best you could ask for from a young PG with the way he looked after they moved Lavine. If they got picks instead, the Bulls would be hoping to draft someone with Giddey's potential. I think it worked out for both teams imo.

[thebuzzardman]

There goes the Knicks championship dreams