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Ever try to get people to talk about your team hiring the guy they already fired six years ago but they're too busy talking about teams actually playing in the playoffs? This is the thread for you. It's specifically for news and views about eliminated--or teams that never qualified in the first place--without having to deal with the pesky good teams dominating the conversation. You can also post about fishing, or just fish if you want.
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# ? Apr 16, 2018 21:47 |
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Who do you want your teams to draft? I'm a Pistons fan so unfortunately mine won't have a first round pick.
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# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:01 |
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https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/985926832737476608 I assume if Charlotte hires Stack that they're planning on detonating things Henchman of Santa posted:Who do you want your teams to draft? I'm a Pistons fan so unfortunately mine won't have a first round pick. Assuming the Hornets don't jump, whoever's left between Mikal/Shai/Miles/Knox in that order morestuff fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Apr 16, 2018 |
# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:09 |
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Hiring former UNC star Coach Stack would put the franchise extremely back on their bullshit
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# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:12 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:Who do you want your teams to draft? I'm a Pistons fan so unfortunately mine won't have a first round pick. Luka mf Doncic
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# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:25 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:Hiring former UNC star Coach Stack would put the franchise extremely back on their bullshit I never really mind as long as they're qualified, so many people passing through NC in their careers is one of the few advantages they have as a franchise
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# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:44 |
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fire garpax
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 02:08 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:fire garpax That's not fair. They've FINALLY finished their rebuild!
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 02:12 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:Who do you want your teams to draft? I'm a Pistons fan so unfortunately mine won't have a first round pick. Landry Shamet. He might be available in the second round still!
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 02:36 |
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Henchman of Santa posted:Hiring former UNC star Coach Stack would put the franchise extremely back on their bullshit just to be clear, the the Kupchak hire already put them there; can't wait for the inevitable Wayne Ellington for the max signing
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 02:38 |
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Coach Stack with assistant coach Sheed
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 02:48 |
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Another year, another 9 seed. Gotta move Faried, Arthur, and finally roll Wilson Chandler's corpse off the boat. It's time. Unfortunately, exactly none of those things is going to happenHenchman of Santa posted:Who do you want your teams to draft? I'm a Pistons fan so unfortunately mine won't have a first round pick. 3 and D SF or playmaking PG. Maybe a Bridges? No idea. Who's good in the end lotto range?
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# ? Apr 17, 2018 15:53 |
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It’s very exciting that a third seed is the first team eliminated.
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 08:52 |
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Indeed. Welcome Portland Trailblazer fans. What does the future hold for you?
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 10:30 |
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Portland should try to hold everything together as best they can, but Nurkic is going to get a healthy contract from somewhere and I am not sure which of their other, expendable contracts are easily dumpable. No Nurkic means a big drop in defense I think.
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 16:50 |
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Lockback posted:Portland should try to hold everything together as best they can, but Nurkic is going to get a healthy contract from somewhere and I am not sure which of their other, expendable contracts are easily dumpable. No Nurkic means a big drop in defense I think. Hmm why do you think they should hold everything together? Dame just had his best year by a mile, they outperformed all expectations, got the third seed and proceeded to vomit all over themselves in the postseason. They are absolutely not equipped to be successful in the playoffs and they have some of the worst contracts in the NBA - I thought the consensus was that Olshey and Stotts are in huge danger of losing their jobs and anyone but Dame is available to be shipped out. You're the first person that I've seen suggest they keep it the same, can you elaborate on why? Not saying you're wrong, it's tougher to blow a team up than people think, but I don't see how Portland gets better with this current set of players
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 16:58 |
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Cool Buff Man posted:Hmm why do you think they should hold everything together? Dame just had his best year by a mile, they outperformed all expectations, got the third seed and proceeded to vomit all over themselves in the postseason. They are absolutely not equipped to be successful in the playoffs and they have some of the worst contracts in the NBA - I thought the consensus was that Olshey and Stotts are in huge danger of losing their jobs and anyone but Dame is available to be shipped out. You're the first person that I've seen suggest they keep it the same, can you elaborate on why? Not saying you're wrong, it's tougher to blow a team up than people think, but I don't see how Portland gets better with this current set of players By this logic you'd blow up the Warriors the offseason before they won their first finals. Or the Raptors who right now have a the best vegas odds of making the Finals. It is really hard to get a team to around 50 wins and you almost always need some stroke of luck to take the next leap. Lillard and McCollum are both in their prime, Nurkic is promising and seems to be a good fit. I mean, if you can dump Harkless or Turner's contracts for cheap absolutely. You never know if you might find a draft gem late or sign a guy who blows up. I don't think you ever should try to blow up a team that got a home court advantage in the West, regardless what a knee-jerk playoff series reaction is. For what it's worth, the difference between 3 and 6 (and even 3 and 9) was unusually close this year so I don't think this is a giant failure like other seasons would be. They got a bad matchup and went against a red-hot Pelicans team, it happens.
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 17:08 |
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Lockback posted:By this logic you'd blow up the Warriors the offseason before they won their first finals. Or the Raptors who right now have a the best vegas odds of making the Finals. It is really hard to get a team to around 50 wins and you almost always need some stroke of luck to take the next leap. Lillard and McCollum are both in their prime, Nurkic is promising and seems to be a good fit. I mean, if you can dump Harkless or Turner's contracts for cheap absolutely. You never know if you might find a draft gem late or sign a guy who blows up. I don't think you ever should try to blow up a team that got a home court advantage in the West, regardless what a knee-jerk playoff series reaction is. I get your point. 3rd in the west is a legitimate achievement no matter what happens after the postseason starts, I guess the sweep just makes it really insulting and disappointing for the short term. However this leads me to wonder: which wonderfully unlucky team is going to end up with Evan Turner
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 17:13 |
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Scott's should not be fired. I'm skeptical on Nurkic, but he's still fairly young. Collins looks like their big of the future.
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 17:33 |
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Hornets have a lot of decent players on big contracts, I sort of wouldn’t be surprised to see them take on an Evan Turner type for a spare first-rounder https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/988085761600901122?s=21 It’s really hard to get a read on where this team is going. I assume a Fiz or Messina hire would mean they’re keeping Kemba but who knows
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 17:45 |
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Kibner posted:Scott's should not be fired. Portland's defense has gotten significantly better since adding Nurkic. Eye test he seems good but maybe not great, stats impact he's probably 3rd for DPOY. I suspect players don't even want to drive at him and settle for worse shots. Cool Buff Man posted:I get your point. 3rd in the west is a legitimate achievement no matter what happens after the postseason starts, I guess the sweep just makes it really insulting and disappointing for the short term. However this leads me to wonder: which wonderfully unlucky team is going to end up with Evan Turner Their contract situation is real bad, but may as well play it out and see what happens. I dunno if anybody would take Turner, and I think you just have to see if Harkless lives up to that contract.
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 17:59 |
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Cool Buff Man posted:I get your point. 3rd in the west is a legitimate achievement no matter what happens after the postseason starts, I guess the sweep just makes it really insulting and disappointing for the short term. However this leads me to wonder: which wonderfully unlucky team is going to end up with Evan Turner Turner: -can't shoot -horrible contract -from Chicago -weird Sounds like a bull
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 18:16 |
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Stotts should stick around Olshey should have been fired on the spot for the Turner contract. Imagine if the Turner money went to an actual good player
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# ? Apr 22, 2018 20:43 |
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Lockback posted:For what it's worth, the difference between 3 and 6 (and even 3 and 9) was unusually close this year so I don't think this is a giant failure like other seasons would be. They got a bad matchup and went against a red-hot Pelicans team, it happens. Something I think worth mentioning though is that of the teams in that 3-9 range, only Portland and OKC didn't have a major player miss significant (20+ games) time. I know injuries happen but if they had had one of those injuries as well, or the injuries for the stars that did miss time weren't as bad, there's a good chance they miss the playoffs. I'm not saying they didn't deserve the 3 seed, but they also pretty clearly weren't the third best team, either. Or at least that's how I look at it.
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 01:57 |
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Portland has to hope it can move a bad contract for a good PF / wing. The most egregious thing about their contact situation is the length of them. If turner had one year left at his current money it wouldn't be so hard to trade him.
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 11:38 |
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For example imagine if we got Mirotic instead of being carved up by him.
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 11:39 |
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I'm hoping Orlando has the opportunity for Doncic but if they fall outside of the top 2 then I'll settle for either Bamba or Trae Young. I'm not high on Porter, Bagley, or Ayton but I hardly watch college ball nowadays
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 11:47 |
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BIZORT posted:I'm hoping Orlando has the opportunity for Doncic but if they fall outside of the top 2 then I'll settle for either Bamba or Trae Young. I'm not high on Porter, Bagley, or Ayton but I hardly watch college ball nowadays So much depends on the coach they get it’s hard for me to even say who I’d like
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 19:31 |
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Man I'm sick of fishing. we used to be talked about as a big thing in basketball...to be fair no one got more press than the yanks but hell the knicks used to get as much respect as the giants did. now they are sub isles status in ny media.
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 20:08 |
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Cool Buff Man posted:I get your point. 3rd in the west is a legitimate achievement no matter what happens after the postseason starts, I guess the sweep just makes it really insulting and disappointing for the short term. However this leads me to wonder: which wonderfully unlucky team is going to end up with Evan Turner He'll come back to the Celtics and be decent again for the league min. Actual answer: Grizzlies
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# ? Apr 23, 2018 20:20 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdZSK7fIBW8 Not getting swept by the Warriors is pretty decent considering how hosed up this season has been for the Spurs. I don't even care how the Kawhi situation plays out, I just want it to get resolved somehow so the team won't be hobbled again next year. I hope Pop is doing OK.
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# ? Apr 25, 2018 06:44 |
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it was a truly bizarre season for the spurs i think next season is going to be absolutely critical for the franchise it'll be interesting to see how everything shakes out
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# ? Apr 25, 2018 06:52 |
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Welcome Heat and Spurs.
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# ? Apr 25, 2018 08:00 |
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Happy we got to the playoffs this year and happy to have been able to watch the 76ers win their first playoff series since 2012. But, yeah, this Heat team is pretty much topped out for the next three years. At least they have a pick next year.
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# ? Apr 25, 2018 09:12 |
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Frustrating season from the Spurs, but Aldridge really showed a ton of heart this year and I'm happy he's a spur. It's gonna either be the craziest off season ever for the Spurs, or totally boring if Kawhi just signs the supermax, but either way it'll make for a good season next year. I think the conference semis and onward are going to have some great basketball I just pray the Warriors don't win again.
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# ? Apr 25, 2018 09:29 |
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Frustrated posted:Frustrating season from the Spurs, but Aldridge really showed a ton of heart this year and I'm happy he's a spur. It's gonna either be the craziest off season ever for the Spurs, or totally boring if Kawhi just signs the supermax, but either way it'll make for a good season next year. Kawhi is under contract next year and can't opt out until 19-20. I find it hard to believe he'd sit out next year and still have a career.
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# ? Apr 25, 2018 13:28 |
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Salvor_Hardin posted:He'll come back to the Celtics and be decent again for the league min. Don’t
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# ? Apr 25, 2018 14:03 |
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I'll be sad if Manu retires, he was the only cool Spur
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# ? Apr 25, 2018 14:33 |
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MourningView posted:I'll be sad if Manu retires, he was the only cool Spur Lockback fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Apr 25, 2018 |
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MourningView posted:I'll be sad if Manu retires, he was the only cool Spur Tony was never cool exactly but loving his way through his teammates’ wives with no consequences was funny
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