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Yeah. So Rum. You guys lookin good in preseason?
Just being a jackass. And the injury bug is biting the Cavs hard it seems. Would really like a 2 guard that won't get hurt for a change. Our top 3 are out. |
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NEW YORK KNICKS FANS DO NOT CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK!!!!
Everybody else, LOL: ESPN.com - NBA - Trade Machine Results
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I could see David Stern making it happen. "Now, Memphis, you'd better trade Pau Gasol to the Lakers for spare parts" SI
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Now, I'm not a big fan of Simmons as his name dropping and pop culture crap just gets in the way of his sports, but I do like his trade value column and this year's is out:
The Sports Guy: Bill Simmons NBA Trade Value rankings for 2009 - ESPN Page 2 SI
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Rondo 19 pts, 15 rebounds, 14 assists.
Unreal.
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He may be the most improved player over the course of the season. I saw his month by month assist numbers have climbed from just over 6 to just over ten this season. If he ever gets a jump shot he'll make it a Big Four.
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LOL - don't mind me. I just loves me some Ray Allen.
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No mention of the trade today?
Heat swap Shawn Marion for Jermaine O'Neal - NBA - Yahoo! Sports Not exactly a secret but Jermaine O'Neal to the Heat for Shawn Marion got the official seal of done-ness. SI
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I enjoyed the column as well. Question: I admit I'm not a die-hard NBA fan, but Kobe at 6 - really? Gun to your head, it seems to me that he ought to be slightly higher than Duncan or Wade, though I recognize he's 30. Either way, tough call. PS - Manu at 16? You're saying if a team could trade a 30-year old SG with bad knees for Chris Bosh or Carmelo Anthony, they wouldn't do it? |
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NBADraft.net has Darren Collison slated as a late first round pick. Any non lottery team that picks him up will have a steal on their hands. Here's my top 10 as of right now:
1.Blake Griffin- Oklahoma 2.Brandon Jennings- Euroleague 3.Al-Farouq Aminu- Wake Forest 4.James Harden- Arizona State 5.Hasheem Thabeet- Connecticut 6.Demar DeRozan- USC 7.Jordan Hill- Arizona 8.Greg Monroe- Georgetown 9.Jeff Teague- Wake Forest 10.Stephen Curry- Davidson
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Good Trade for the Raptors for once. Finally a halfway competent SF. Yeah, Marion also doesn´t create shots but at least he gives them a legit fastbreak option (provided Calderon learns how to run one ...) and also gives them the option to play him with either Bosh or Bargnani at the 5, especially with Bargnani might work well with Bargnani as a "set-defender" who boxes out and Marion roaming a bit defensively. O´Neal really hindered Bargnani too, so that is another bonus in the "adition by subtraction" mold. For the Heat it makes sense as well, it´s not like Marion was having a big role offensively and even if O´Neal is a shadow of his former self, he´s replacing an even more messed up Magloire and Joel Anthony ... Other players involved are Jamario Moon and Marcus Banks, i guess both will play a role as well with Moon taking over partially for Marion (15-20 minutes) and Banks has the backup spot at the point up for grabs if i am not mistaken concerning Ukic/Salomon being rather shaky there. as for Rondo : He´s really fun to watch, great young PG. The Jump Shot Part won´t work out though, he´s just not "build" to be a jumpshooter. But then again, he does everything else so great it won´t be that big of a problem as long as you don´t get a ball-needy scorer next to him (sounds strange seeing the Big 3, but neither of them nescesserily needs the ball much to be effective) . Last edited by whomario : 02-13-2009 at 04:37 PM. |
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Michael Lewis has a very nice article about Shane Battier and the Rockets in the New York Times. Very long, but one of the more entertaining basketball articles I've ever read.
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Yeah I was going to post that article too - just a really excellent read.
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I was surprised to see Porter let go already, and then I read about some of the details of how his coaching style has been really bad there. Ouch.
Gentry's a decent guy, I remember from his Clips days, nice to see him get another shot, even as an interim.
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I didn't quite "get" Simmons' trade value column at first. I had to go through the first 25 players before I even figured out what exactly he was ranking. I guess it's because he assumed that everyone had read the ones from previous years, which I had not done. Ugh.
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Very good read, but I had no idea Battier was so under-rated?
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Looking at it again, I read everything except the last rule which makes it fairly clear. If that rule had been first, I would've gotten it. Instead, I read the first three or four rules or whatever and didn't know what he was measuring, so I tried to figure it out on my own. Then I figured it out after reading up on 25 players. So I know it's my fault for not reading all the rules, but I suppose I just expected a little more explanation for a column that only gets written once a year.
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Wow...looks like the Thunder didn't have to give up any of their five first rounders over the next two seasons to acquire Tyson Chandler. Just the rights to a second round pick from last season, and the expiring contracts of Chris Wilcox and Joe Smith.
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That's another nice move by the Thunder. The success of their franchise in OKC will rest on what they do with these next two drafts- what they trade up for and draft and how they manage this young team. SI
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Youth doesn't win games. They have a great foundation, but I can see some problems.
1) They need a PG. Westbrook isn't a PG, though he can play there in spurts. Unless there is a Deron or CP in this next draft (which there isn't - but there are a few "combo-guards" like Westbrook who will go top-10), they need to look at acquiring a veteran guy here IMO. 2) PG-Westbrook-Durant-Green-Chandler. Who's the odd one out here? I say Green. He is a talented young player, but I don't think he's a PF, not of a winning team. If you can't get Blake Griffin (or maybe Monroe) in the draft, I'm trading Green and a draft pick or two and trying to get my hands on a bigman who can score and play D. With Chandler in the middle he doesn't need to be a big rebounder or shot blocker. 3) A scorer off the bench. Watson, Collison, and Kristic are all pretty good guys to have coming off the bench, but none of them are going to light up the opposition. It should be an easy task to acquire a scorer in the draft. Teague or Harden would fit the bill, but Harden likely won't be around when they pick if the Thunder keep winning games. 4) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE THUNDER DRAFT PROJECT BIGMEN! Stay the hell away from BJ Mullens and Jerome Jordan, if history is anything to go by. I have to say though, the Thunder are beginning to look like they could be in a position to rebuild Trailblazers style.
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I hear a lot about Rubio too, but don't really know much about his game (other than he looked cool in the Olympics). Is he a true PG type or is he more of the combo guard variety which we don't need as much?
Westbrook has adjusted well to the PG spot, but I agree, he's not a true PG. I would rather have him run point, however, then have him play SG because he doesn't have the range. While Durant and Green are adept at shooting 3's, the team is still low in the league in three's per game. They need someone who can fill it up from out there (but shouldn't overpay like NO did for Peja). |
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Very hard to gauge Jennings I think. He's had some good games over there, but there are a lot of borderline NBA 3rd stringer-quality PGs playing better than him - though on worse teams. I honestly have no idea how he projects in the NBA based on his performance in Europe.
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Rubio is definitely a PG, with a very strong handle and court vision. But I believe he is likely to be in the 2010 draft rather than 09 due to his current contract. When I watch him play Euro ball he doesn't stand out like perhaps you'd expect a high lottery pick with his credentials to stand out, but he shows a few glimpses each game of the sort of moves he'd be able to provide far more frequently in the NBA-style game.
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Hasheem is better than Roy Hibbert, but I don't ever see his production matching the spot where he'll likely get drafted. With his size and pretty good physical tools he should be a far more consistently dominant player than he is. When he does dominate it has more to do with his size than his raw skills, and I don't think that translates well to the NBA.
If I had a top-10 pick in the draft, my wishlist would be in this order right now: Blake Griffin James Harden Greg Monroe Jeff Teague Al-Farouq Aminu Jordan Hill Jrue Holiday Earl Clark Stephen Curry Tyreke Evans
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I'm not too worried about Jennings struggles in Italy. Things are a bit different over there. I really think he has the physical tools to be a Top-10 NBA PG. The question I have is whether he has held up mentally. I would still risk it if I needed a PG.
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Can we agree that this looks like a pretty weak draft class?
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Westbrook will fill into the PG role, albeit not in the mold of a Chris Paul PG
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Aminu is going to be a beast, I think. Not when you add the "immediate impact" caveat, though.
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Outside the lottery, sure, go nuts with the projects, but I think they need to value their lottery picks more than that.
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Yeah, so the Carter to the Rockets deals sounded interesting until this. Now the only one that makes sense for the Rockets if the TMac for Vince but there's no way I would do that if I were the Nets. As I told a co-worker at the beginning of the season, "Hey, at least you're not going to rely on hurt, hurt, and crazy to get the job done"
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TMac is just fragile. It's too bad too, because he was an absolute physical freak. Looks like he's made of glass though.
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Word is Drew Gooden, Andres Nocioni, Cedric Simmons, and Michael Ruffin to Sacramento for Brad Miller and John Salmons.
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