Official NBA Offseason/Player Movement Thread
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The News Herald doesn't believe that Hamilton will fit with Ben Gordon in Detroit, and Utah has been rumored to prefer the younger Paul Millsap at power forward all along. -
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LMAO. Andy leaving over 6 million on the table deciding to opt out makes me
Dice would be a good catch for you.. Forget Wally and Andy though, unless they sign for the minimum forget em.
Frye is worthless IMO. Just worthless. Forget him as well. No time to take a risk on gambling for Frye to be ready to contribute to a championship team. He's yet to find an identity on this level.
Best case scenario for CLE is any two of this combo: Dice/Marion/Parker/Kleiza
Fegan also says Marion isn't taking a mid-level deal unless there is absolutely nothing else out there for him, and Kleiza can't guard 3's or 4's. At least Wally did a good job banging in the post. Dice and Parker would be nice, but then Dice can't guard a quick 4, so again we would still have a hole unless we pick up a really cheap backup SF. Grant Hill would have worked beautifully in a small lineup, but Parker can guard a SF also, so again, Id love to get him in here. Everything I read still has Dice going back to DET though, and we might as well pick Joe Beast back up if all we want is an old PF with a 15 footer
I wish Mike Brown would give Kinsey some burn, he actually played well when called upon. He should be fitting in right where Shannon Brown has in La La.Hank's Custom Collectibles 3D printer/painter extraordinaireComment
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he probably hasn't got over the loss of Billups yet..f@$# cry babyNBAComment
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Okay, the Marion to Dallas deal would have zero benefit to the Raptors. They'd still have zero capspace and and only enough to sign Hedo. They would still lose their MLE and LLE.
So basically Colangelo is doing this for Marion because he drafted him and he wants to do him a favor by getting him a better deal.Comment
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Actually, that move wouldn't make sense for Utah because they're taking on way too much salary once they acquire Rip's contract, which would really hurt their chances to re-sign Paul Millsap and Mehmet Okur -- both of whom they wish to keep long term. But I wouldn't be mad if this deal happens. It gives the Pistons a lot of flexibility to make big moves while retooling the roster during the summer of 2010 along with putting out a fairly competitive team on the court for this upcoming year.
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No, it doesn't. I don't know where he would have been on that team, but if he was knocking down almost 48% of his 3s and playing solid defense, it'd probably be about where he was this year.
Carter was 9th in points, Kleiza was 9th in minutes. Take your pick of standards.
They were playing at high levels for rookies, but they weren't even All Stars or 3rd team All NBA in 2004. Now they're MVP winners and 1st and 2nd team All NBA.
Sure I can.
We didn't send the NBA MVP and best PF. We didn't send our top 2 centers. We didn't send our top 5 guards. How did we not send a "weak team"? Of the 12 American All-NBA players, we sent 1. Of the 20 American All Stars, we sent 2. That's the definition of a "weak team."
The "Redeem Team" won every game by double digits and 7 of the 8 games by 20+ points. And that was missing the top 2 American PFs in the NBA. The Redeem Team wasn't the Dream Team, but it was the closest thing to it.
Lastly, I'm not sure that the 2008 Spain team is a team to overly disparage. 4 of their players are 10+ PPG players in the NBA and another would likely have been the #2 pick if he was willing to sign.
International basketball has come a long way. The Dream Team was the best team ever and likely won't be surpassed, but the 2004 team was a terrible team by USA standards. The 2008 team was not the best the US could have sent yet was the second best basketball team ever assembled.But I think what is being lost is my original post is my claim that the depth of NBA Basketball isn't what it used to be.
It was probably a bad idea for me to use the 2004 Olympics as proof that American Basketball has slipped - yes, that team was poorly constructed and the wrong players were playing. Really though, and I will believe this until the day I die, the 1992 version of the 2004 team, i.e. the "C" team, would have still waxed any International foe. I'm thinking players like Joe Dumars, Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, and maybe even guys like Kevin Johnson, Reggie Miller, etc. I just feel like in 1992 the overall talent was better, the players shot the ball better, weren't as athletic, yes, but were smarter, hungrier, and more fundamentally sound.
I just see so many flawed players in the NBA now that are overpaid, players that IMO would never have been much of a factor back in the NBA's hey day because their weaknesses would have been absolutely exploited. Do you really think someone like Charlie Villanueva, a guy that coasts through most games, would be as coveted as he was back in the day? Are NBA GM's really that dumb nowadays? Take Ariza, for example. He has ONE good playoffs so Houston throws $33 million at him. Really? This "5th or 6th option" is worth that much? My how times have changed.
Am I biased because I grew up in the 80's and 90's? Possibly. But I trust my basketball observations, and I just think the quality of NBA Basketball has dipped, and so too has the interest level of the fans."He who controlleths the backboard, controlleths the game." - Adolph RuppComment
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Why do people think trading away Boozer will help Utah? Millisap isn't half the player Boozer is. Everything Millisap does, Boozer does better. Boozer's negatives is that he's a crappy shot blocker and pretty much a crappy defender. But he rebounds well. Thats Milisap's only positive.
Trading away Boozer for Rip would make Utah much much worse.Comment
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trade away Boozer because he will leave at the end of next season anyway. If you don't trade him, you have to match any offers for Milsap or you could end up with no powerforwards next season.
Problem with that is, if you match for Milsap, that puts you waaaaay over the cap and you still would only have 11 players on the roster. I wouldn't trade for Rip and his contract but I would trade him somewhere.Ericmaynor3.com
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Boozer isn't so much better than Millsap.
He averaged 16 points and 11 boards as a starter when Booze was out. Those are David Lee numbers and he wants 10 million.
Boozer will probably want max money which he doesn't deserves because he can never stay healthy.Comment
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Bobby Simmons and a draft pick for Boozer. Get'er done, Thorn.#RespectTheCultureComment
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Uhm, you forget the fact that Boozer can create his own offense out of the post. And actually has post moves. and range. Millisap can't shoot, period. It's all based on garbage.Comment
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Millsap's grit almost close the talent gap between him and Booze.
Boozer has turned into a jump shooter, which was puzzling. Maybe he was feeling the effects of that injury, but last year in my view the difference between the two was minimal. Once again it could have been that injury to Boozer, but Millsap looked better at times.Comment
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It's being reported that Avery Johnson is out of the running as Pistons head coach now.
Source: Pistons no longer considering Johnson
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Millsap's grit almost close the talent gap between him and Booze.
Boozer has turned into a jump shooter, which was puzzling. Maybe he was feeling the effects of that injury, but last year in my view the difference between the two was minimal. Once again it could have been that injury to Boozer, but Millsap looked better at times.
you can't run your offense around milisap. you can run it around boozer. which makes him that much more valuableComment
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Of course you can't run offense around Milsap, he isn't that type of player. Depending on the surrounding personnel, Milsap could be more valuable.
I'm not saying Milsap>Boozer
I am saying that you're exaggerating, but I'm not really here to change your mind just stating my opinion. When it comes to Player A vs. Player B discussions, they rarely stay productive.Comment
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