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  • Ragnar53
    Pro
    • Mar 2014
    • 538

    #2491
    Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

    I know these highly touted draft picks don't really get it until they see it for themselves but they HAVE to know they need to hit the weight room right?

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    • The 24th Letter
      ERA
      • Oct 2007
      • 39373

      #2492
      Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

      I'm sure this will be a distant memory by mid season once the takes get going, but Lue was pretty complimentary on his experience coaching LBJ (cue: "Lue was the coach? [emoji38])

      As the sixth head coach of LeBron James' 15-year career, Tyronn Lue will have plenty to share with the seventh, the Lakers' Luke Walton, when they have breakfast together on Monday.


      "My thing, I just want to let him know, the s--- that people say and you read, Bron's not like that," Lue said. "Like, they make it seem like he's hard on the coach, he's hard on [the organization]. He's nothing like that. That's the most important thing I want to convey with him: that he's not like that.

      "My biggest thing is the zoo comes from just the outside media. It's really not coming from within because everybody he deals with -- Maverick [Carter], Randy [Mims], all those guys -- are professional. So it won't be no problem from any of those guys, and Bron carries himself the right way. So the biggest part is just having to deal with the media scrutiny. But he's not like that. I don't want people thinking Bron's an a--h--- or Bron's this and that because he's not."
      Walton has also reached out to Spoelstra to pick his brain about coaching James, sources told ESPN.

      It's the same thing that Lue did in 2016, when he was elevated to the Cavs' head coach after Blatt's dismissal, and their mutual experience coaching James in the pressure cooker created a natural bond.

      "I think talking to Spo helped me because I didn't know what to expect because, I mean, Bron was my friend before I coached him," Lue said. "But my transition happened so fast. Luke, he's going to have a whole summer with him and really putting things in order and do things the way he wants to. Mine, it was on the fly. I get the job, and the next day I'm coaching him in a game. I didn't have a chance to really see what worked, me and him sitting down and talking about things.

      "Spo was helpful with the things that Bron likes, the things he's good at, whatever. Just getting the knowledge from a championship coach who had dealt with him for four years, I got to see what his strengths were, what he liked, what he didn't like, how he used him in certain situations and stuff like that. It was pretty important for me."

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      • The 24th Letter
        ERA
        • Oct 2007
        • 39373

        #2493
        Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

        Zaza is a Bad Boy

        Free-agent center*Zaza Pachulia*has agreed to a one-year, $2.4 million contract with the*Detroit Pistons, according to multiple reports.
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        • ojandpizza
          Hall Of Fame
          • Apr 2011
          • 29807

          #2494
          Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

          Apparently a "Wizard's insider" claimed the Lakers offered Ingram, Hart, and Deng for Bradley Beal and Washington is mulling it over.. Surely that ins't accurate? Because that seems like a horrible move for the Lakers. Get's rid of that Deng contract, but that's a big haul for a big contract like Beal who's not really a Kawhi level return..

          Also, from the Wizards standpoint, why would they want Ingram with Porter and Oubre, unless Oubre came back in the trade with Beal. They also signed Rivers, so not sure on the back up guard role from Hart as well.

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          • Vni
            Hall Of Fame
            • Sep 2011
            • 14833

            #2495
            Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

            Originally posted by ojandpizza
            Apparently a "Wizard's insider" claimed the Lakers offered Ingram, Hart, and Deng for Bradley Beal and Washington is mulling it over.. Surely that ins't accurate? Because that seems like a horrible move for the Lakers. Get's rid of that Deng contract, but that's a big haul for a big contract like Beal who's not really a Kawhi level return..

            Also, from the Wizards standpoint, why would they want Ingram with Porter and Oubre, unless Oubre came back in the trade with Beal. They also signed Rivers, so not sure on the back up guard role from Hart as well.

            If not for Kawhi why would the lakers try to get rid of Deng now ? Honestly Beal isn't worth all of that regardless. I call BS.

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            • The 24th Letter
              ERA
              • Oct 2007
              • 39373

              #2496
              Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

              Can Deng physically still play? Just curious...

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              • Jeffx
                MVP
                • Jan 2007
                • 3045

                #2497
                Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                Originally posted by lilteapot
                I'll overlook his *******ery just to see him work on the court.

                It's a shame that every single Knick game I've seen in person since the Melo era began has been in a losing effort. Not a single close game.
                The Melo era? Dude, this franchise has been **** since Jeff Van Gundy left. I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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                • georgiafan
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 11099

                  #2498
                  Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                  Spurs sign Bertans 4 year for 20 million.... Is this a good move 24 ?

                  https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/250638/Davis-Bertans-Agrees-To-Four-Year-$20M-Deal-With-Spurs
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                  • turty11
                    All Star
                    • Apr 2013
                    • 8923

                    #2499
                    Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                    the contracts going around this summer are so wack man.
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                    • lilteapot
                      MVP
                      • Aug 2013
                      • 4550

                      #2500
                      Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                      Originally posted by Jeffx
                      The Melo era? Dude, this franchise has been **** since Jeff Van Gundy left. I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
                      Well yeah but we haven't lost every single game for 20 years as much as it feels that way lol

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                      • The 24th Letter
                        ERA
                        • Oct 2007
                        • 39373

                        #2501
                        Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                        Originally posted by georgiafan
                        Spurs sign Bertans 4 year for 20 million.... Is this a good move 24 ?

                        https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/250638/Davis-Bertans-Agrees-To-Four-Year-$20M-Deal-With-Spurs
                        It's uh, interesting to say the least.....im wondering who we were bidding against exactly?



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                        • Yeah...THAT Guy
                          Once in a Lifetime Memory
                          • Dec 2006
                          • 17294

                          #2502
                          Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                          Originally posted by The 24th Letter
                          I really like that signing for the Bucks....I keep forgetting that Bropez isnt even 30 yet. Hes strung 3 seasons of 70+ games together and added a 3 point shot...still has Hibbertitis when it comes to rebounding but I have always liked him as a player..

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                          Brook's teams have pretty much always rebounded better whenever he's on the floor. He's almost certainly an upgrade rebounding wise from Henson/Thon.

                          Originally posted by ojandpizza
                          Great fit for the the Bucks offensively, but still doesn’t help as far as them needing some sort of rim protection.
                          Brook's ranking in terms of rim protection the past couple years (ranking among starting Cs):

                          2018: 9th
                          2017: 12th
                          2016: 6th
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                          • ProfessaPackMan
                            Bamma
                            • Mar 2008
                            • 63852

                            #2503
                            Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                            I see all this Lopez love and I’m over here like “WTF was all this at from y’all when he was with the Nets???” Lol
                            #RespectTheCulture

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                            • Majingir
                              Moderator
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 47579

                              #2504
                              Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                              lol

                              The Toronto Raptors also generated buzz as a potential destination for Leonard. With LeBron James out of the Eastern Conference, perhaps Raptors President of Basketball Operations Masai Ujiri is willing to swing for the fences and move DeMar DeRozan or Kyle Lowry in such a deal.

                              Given what Spurs want for Kawhi vs what teams would want to give up for a guy who'll leave after this upcoming season, I really doubt we'd see any kind of Raptors-Spurs deal unless Spurs somehow get tricked into trading Kawhi for Lowry.

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                              • TheShizNo1
                                Asst 2 the Comm Manager
                                • Mar 2007
                                • 26341

                                #2505
                                Re: 2018 Off-Season Thread

                                Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
                                I see all this Lopez love and I’m over here like “WTF was all this at from y’all when he was with the Nets???” Lol
                                Ain't nobody trying to see you shine, Pack lol

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