NBA Offseason

[ousdahl]

On one hand Zion has as much star potential as anyone, but on the other hand I kinda get the feeling he’s gonna end up all fat.

[CrimsonNBlue]

Definitely not sold on Zion yet, but you have to take him and seems like a 98.5% chance he's going to be a max player in Contract 2.

[JayhawkInIowa726]

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/06/stephe ... ball-lying

[PhDhawk]

95% of the time twocoach brings substance to his arguments.
Illy was closer to 30% of the time.

Illy brought more than twocoach ever has...and it's not even that close.

[ousdahl]

Too bad Illy isn’t here to argue that you’re totally wrong about that










...then in the very next post argue with himself about how maybe you aren’t wrong after all.

[PhDhawk]

Too bad Illy isn’t here to argue that you’re totally wrong about that










...then in the very next post argue with himself about how maybe you aren’t wrong after all.

Exactly, illy was right precisely half of the time.

[Lonestarjayhawk]

Lonzo is both (a) a promising young player who may end up getting a max deal when the time comes, and (b) the very very obvious choice to get squeezed out of New Orleans when the bill comes due for Ingram's (and then Zion's) deals.

And, he is second best player in the family...third if you ask Daddy Ball.

[pdub]

Dedric Lawson over/under draft position set at 55.5.

[Sparko]

Yeah. LeBron isn’t the best GM

[twocoach]

Yeah. LeBron isn’t the best GM

Doesn't he have 9 NBA Finals appearances and 3 NBA titles? Seems like he is doing just fine.

[jfish26]

Yeah. LeBron isn’t the best GM

Doesn't he have 9 NBA Finals appearances and 3 NBA titles? Seems like he is doing just fine.

...and yet, barring some intense late-career luck, he'll finish behind Michael (and Kobe and Duncan) in titles.

[twocoach]

Oh no. The horror.

It's amusing that some KU fans can think of a million reasons and stats to rank KU over Kentucky, Duke and Carolina despite less titles, claiming "there's more to a season that the tourney results" but continue to hold NBA titles up as the measuring stick of an NBA players greatness.

Which is it?

[jfish26]

Oh no. The horror.

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but a good amount of people will say Kobe had a better career, based on the titles.

Nevermind - I am saying that's wrong. But lots and lots of people will think this.

[twocoach]

Oh no. The horror.

I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but a good amount of people will say Kobe had a better career, based on the titles.

Nevermind - I am saying that's wrong. But lots and lots of people will think this.

Oh, I know. But just a reminder that just because "lots and lots of people" think doesn't mean it's a good idea...

4 in 10 Americans dont know what Auschwitz was.

37% of polled Americans could not name a single right protected by the Bill of Rights and 33% could not name one branch of the government.

25% of polled Americans thought the sun orbited the earth.

34% or Americans reject evolution entirely.

We are a nation with "lots and lots" of morons.

[jfish26]

Agreed! But if Bron wants a bulletproof GOAT argument, he's got to at least tie MJ. He's not going to, in my opinion largely because of his own failings as a pseudo-GM.

[pdub]

This pseudo-GM still got him to the finals v Golden State four times - of which he won one.
It also got him two titles in Miami and to the finals every year he was there.
I don't think he was a 'psuedo-GM' in his first stint in Cleveland.

Maybe this last Lakers decision was a bad one ( we'll see ) but I don't think three titles in eight chances, with all eight chances resulting in a Finals appearance, is really a 'fail' if we are considering him a pseudo-GM.

His psuedo-GMing just ran into a juggernaut of a Warriors team.

[jfish26]

This pseudo-GM still got him to the finals v Golden State four times - of which he won one.
It also got him two titles in Miami and to the finals every year he was there.
I don't think he was a 'psuedo-GM' in his first stint in Cleveland.

Maybe this last Lakers decision was a bad one ( we'll see ) but I don't think three titles in eight chances, with all eight chances resulting in a Finals appearance, is really a 'fail' if we are considering him a pseudo-GM.

His psuedo-GMing just ran into a juggernaut of a Warriors team.

Honestly, they shouldn't have even won the one against Golden State.

In any case, my opinion is that he hasn't handled his post-Cavs time in a way optimized to win multiple additional titles.

[pdub]

Post-Cavs being his going to the Lakers?
Or his going to Miami?

[CrimsonNBlue]

This pseudo-GM still got him to the finals v Golden State four times - of which he won one.
It also got him two titles in Miami and to the finals every year he was there.
I don't think he was a 'psuedo-GM' in his first stint in Cleveland.

Maybe this last Lakers decision was a bad one ( we'll see ) but I don't think three titles in eight chances, with all eight chances resulting in a Finals appearance, is really a 'fail' if we are considering him a pseudo-GM.

His psuedo-GMing just ran into a juggernaut of a Warriors team.

Honestly, they shouldn't have even won the one against Golden State.

In any case, my opinion is that he hasn't handled his post-Cavs time in a way optimized to win multiple additional titles.

There were a lot of bad signings in Cleveland in the first stint, too (Mo Williams, anyone), that were made, at worst, after nudging by LeBron to sign whatever was available.

They probably got screwed by Boozer, but it's interesting he didn't want to play with LeBron.

[jfish26]

Post-Cavs being his going to the Lakers?
Or his going to Miami?

Sorry, the Lakers part.