Official 2016 NBA Off Season Thread!

[Miramonti]

The Pistons played against Bird's Celtics and Magic's Lakers. Rodman would have likely been up against Worthy on the Lakers. Possibly, Bird on the Celtics. Possibly McHale.

Pushovers.

 

[lupi]

Looks like we found sp33demon true identity.


http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...eves-oklahoma-city-thunder-won-2016-nba-title

 

[QueBert]

Looks like we found sp33demon true identity.


http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...eves-oklahoma-city-thunder-won-2016-nba-title

OKC's up 3-1 and they lose
Cav's are down 1-3 and they win

Iguodala is either a huge hater, or he needs to have an MRI done because he has a concussion.

 

[lupi]

And here's the next chapter for sp33demon's hero.


http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...olden-state-warriors-apologizes-picture-penis

 

[zerocool84]

And here's the next chapter for sp33demon's hero.


http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...olden-state-warriors-apologizes-picture-penis

He definitely has a thing for penis in general it seems, during games and in snapchat.

 

[smackababy]

Lol. Draymond shows again he's not the most intelligent.

 

[Miramonti]

Lol. Draymond shows again he's not the most intelligent.

Yep, I suspect it was his best brain pic.

 

[zinfamous]

And here's the next chapter for sp33demon's hero.


http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...olden-state-warriors-apologizes-picture-penis

This is the best

We're all one click away from placing something in the wrong place and I suffered from that this morning.

It's a nice warning for all pro athletes.

 

[manly]

It's nearly unanimous amongst ESPN writers that the Warriors will raise the trophy.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17870524/2016-17-predictions-nba-champs

For some reason, I don't expect a Cavs vs Dubs Finals to complete the trilogy (although it sounds really weird to bet against LeBron in the East, short of major injury).

 

[UncleWai]

It's nearly unanimous amongst ESPN writers that the Warriors will raise the trophy.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17870524/2016-17-predictions-nba-champs

For some reason, I don't expect a Cavs vs Dubs Finals to complete the trilogy (although it sounds really weird to bet against LeBron in the East, short of major injury).

The Cavs need a backup pg, I think Jarrett Jack fits perfectly in there. But if I was the gm, i would go for a gamble and flip shumpert & k love for brandon knight, tyson chandler + a decent scrub like TJ warren.

 

[Miramonti]

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What a disaster watching the knicks. As expected, but I hoped for better. Porzi needs to come off the bench. There isn't enough touches for him with the starters, and their bench really sucks. I thought Rose went after and kept up with Irving really well in the first half, but got lazy.

Great to see the Warriors destroyed last night - like most I'm sick of hearing about them. I honestly don't know how they increase their title hopes with no interior defense (McGee? lol), so I have to assume obtaining one through trade is a major objective here on out.

 

[tygeezy]

The Cavs need a backup pg, I think Jarrett Jack fits perfectly in there. But if I was the gm, i would go for a gamble and flip shumpert & k love for brandon knight, tyson chandler + a decent scrub like TJ warren.

They are going to give their rookie kay felder a chance. He was concussed last night from practice, but will be available soon. He's going to turn heads in my opinion.

They already had jack; he was terrible for them. Kevin Love is so underrated it's not even funny. Any trade with Phoenix would need to include booker and I would as soon keep love because his rebounding and ability to space the floor is crucial.

He had 23 points and 12 rebounds and 3 steals yesterday in 25 minutes. I think you're going to see more of the guy that resembled Minnesota Love whom was a top 10 player easily. He will have lineups that feature him and he also put on more strength as he wasn't recovering from a shoulder injury from the year prior.

https://youtu.be/yO76eItLTws

 

[tygeezy]

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What a disaster watching the knicks. As expected, but I hoped for better. Porzi needs to come off the bench. There isn't enough touches for him with the starters, and their bench really sucks. I thought Rose went after and kept up with Irving really well in the first half, but got lazy.

Great to see the Warriors destroyed last night - like most I'm sick of hearing about them. I honestly don't know how they increase their title hopes with no interior defense (McGee? lol), so I have to assume obtaining one through trade is a major objective here on out.

I don't like the moves the knicks made. Rose has always been overrated, but now that his athletic ability has declined his basketball flaws are showing.

Zingus needs to be playing center #1. I have no idea why they paid joakim all that money to play the knicks best prospects position. He hasn't been good in three years.

If I were the knicks I would have picked up another big wing to get play next to melo at the 3/4 and used porzingus at center.

Having rose is just a guy to take shots away from him and porzingus needs to be developing. Rose chucked up 17 shots and had 1 assists, so bad.

 

[manly]

The Cavs need a backup pg, I think Jarrett Jack fits perfectly in there. But if I was the gm, i would go for a gamble and flip shumpert & k love for brandon knight, tyson chandler + a decent scrub like TJ warren.

Jack is the worst kind of PG: ball-dominant shooter. Good thing you aren't a GM, why would you want Brandon Knight's contract or Tyson Chandler's age?

I don't like the moves the knicks made. Rose has always been overrated, but now that his athletic ability has declined his basketball flaws are showing.

Zingus needs to be playing center #1. I have no idea why they paid joakim all that money to play the knicks best prospects position. He hasn't been good in three years.

If I were the knicks I would have picked up another big wing to get play next to melo at the 3/4 and used porzingus at center.

Having rose is just a guy to take shots away from him and porzingus needs to be developing. Rose chucked up 17 shots and had 1 assists, so bad.

Well said, it's hilarious every time D-Rose tells a reporter about his total self-confidence or other Knicks talk about how good their team can "potentially" be as the season develops.

 

[Childs]

Funny to think the only reason I remembered Harvey Grant was an NBA player, and related to Horace, is because his kid thought it was a good idea to talk trash to KD. Also interesting to think about what the Warriors are now on offense is what OKC could have looked like when they had Harden and Serg. If only they had a coach that could have gotten them to share the ball.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Jack is the worst kind of PG: ball-dominant shooter. Good thing you aren't a GM, why would you want Brandon Knight's contract or Tyson Chandler's age?

Maybe he is a Suns fan? When I see stupid trade suggestions I wonder if the person actually watches basketball. 34 year old Chandler that averaged 7 points, 9 rebounds a game that clogs the paint on both ends and can't play uptempo. And in return Cavs give up Kevin Love, a stretch four averaging 16 and 10.

I like Brandon Knight though. But I wouldn't pay 13 million for a backup guard.

 

[lupi]

Cavs have agreed to a trade for Korver. Should put the east in cruise control for them.