2016 NBA Offseason Thread

[King_B_Mack]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

The salary cap increase is where the confusion comes in. He'll be paid about what he should be getting when the huge jumps are over. Better to pay him now than get ****ed over giving him more later


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[ProfessaPackMan]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

He's getting the low end of the max contract spectrum as well:

Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders estimates starting max contracts under a $92 million cap at roughly $21.6 million for players with up to six years experience; $25.9 million for players with seven to nine years experience; and $30.2 million for playes with 10 or more years. Kevin Durant, Mike Conley Jr. and Rajon Rondo would fit into the middle category while LeBron James would command the $30+ million deal. Hassan Whiteside and Bradley Beal, on the other hand, would "only" qualify for the $21.6 max.

[ProfessaPackMan]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Biyombo opting out and will become a FA this offseason and his starting floor for salary could be as high as $15 Mil, per Marc Stein.

Couldn't have picked a more perfect time to opt out and get paid.

Also, Toronto are expected to begin extension talks with Dwane Casey as well.

[ggsimmonds]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Collectively, are NBA GMs the worst out of the 3 major sports?

[jfsolo]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Biyombo opting out and will become a FA this offseason and his starting floor for salary could be as high as $15 Mil, per Marc Stein.

Couldn't have picked a more perfect time to opt out and get paid.

Also, Toronto are expected to begin extension talks with Dwane Casey as well.

At the beginning the season, EVERYONE alive would have thought that someone would have to be insane to say this, but he may get that 21.6/per max deal.

[jfsolo]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Collectively, are NBA GMs the worst out of the 3 major sports?

Nope, baseball is the worst because of no cap. Some of the deals in baseball are like the equivalent the Lakers paying Nick Young, Lou Williams, Ryan Kelly, and Robert Sacre, deals ranging from 12-18 million per year each.

[ggsimmonds]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Nope, baseball is the worst because of no cap. Some of the deals in baseball are like the equivalent the Lakers paying Nick Young, Lou Williams, Ryan Kelly, and Robert Sacre, deals ranging from 12-18 million per year each.

True enough that baseball contracts are absurd, but it seems like the top teams in baseball change more often than the other 2.

[ojandpizza]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Collectively, are NBA GMs the worst out of the 3 major sports?

Not even close.

It's a little more difficult in the NBA though. In no other sport does a single player have as much impact or responsibility.

[ggsimmonds]

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Not even close.

It's a little more difficult in the NBA though. In no other sport does a single player have as much impact or responsibility.

How is it not even close?

The one player having a larger impact can also make it easier.

I'm not asserting that they are, just thinking out loud.

[dsallupinyaarea]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Being an NBA GM is a lot more difficult than anyone on this forum could imagine.

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[ggsimmonds]

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Being an NBA GM is a lot more difficult than anyone on this forum could imagine.

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Of course it is, no one implied that it was an easy job

[ProfessaPackMan]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Being an NBA GM is a lot more difficult than anyone on this forum could imagine.

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I blame 2K into putting that thought into people's heads that it's simple.

[ggsimmonds]

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I blame 2K into putting that thought into people's heads that it's simple.

What thought? That it is an easy job?

Who has that thought in their head??

[ProfessaPackMan]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Dre you hear about this:

Chris Bosh missed the second half of the 2015-16 season with a reoccurrence of the blood clots that kept him out much of last season, and the situation was clouded by a lack of clarity. Reports emerged closer to the playoffs that Bosh and the Miami Heat disagreed about the handling of Bosh’s condition, that he wanted to play and doctors wouldn’t allow it. The Miami Herald‘s Barry Jackson has some new details of their disagreement, which centered around Bosh wanting to play while on blood thinners.

According to a team source, the Bosh camp spent considerable time exploring the idea of Bosh continuing to take those blood thinners, but at a time of day (such as early morning) that the medication would be out of his bloodstream by game time.

Someone with knowledge of the situation said blood tests indicated the medication was out of Bosh’s system after 8 to 12 hours, which would significantly lessen the risk for Bosh playing. But the Heat and team doctors rejected that idea.

None of the doctors involved in Bosh’s case is commenting, but Robert Myerburg — an expert on treatment of athletes and a cardiologist at U-Health – said even though some of the newer blood thinners can be out of a patient’s system within 12 hours, “I would not use that strategy [that the Bosh camp explored]. There’s too much at risk.

“The drug being out of the system is not what worries me as much as the unprotected time” during games and other times when the blood thinner is out of his system, even more so if he’s subjected to trauma in an area where there was past clotting (in his leg and calf). He said patients with atrial fibrillation can sometimes be taken off thinners when they go on a skiing trip, but this is different.

As much as Bosh believed the blood thinners would be out of his system, the Heat were right to handle it the way they did. Even if timing the medication differently lessened the risk of playing, the Heat were still the ones responsible for what happened when he played. If something were to happen to him, the Heat would have to be the ones to explain how they let their medical staff be overruled by Bosh and allowed him to be placed in a life-threatening situation. Both Bosh and the Heat are apparently optimistic that he’ll be able to return next season, but blood clots are nothing to play around with, and taking an overly cautious approach this season was better than the alternative.

[King_B_Mack]

re: 2016 NBA Offseason Thread

Man blood clots are nothing to play around with. Bosh has two rings, there's no need to be taking that kind of risk for a title run this year. Especially when they probably weren't good enough to beat anybody to come out of the west this year.


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