seminoles1 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 22 minutes ago, TheRealMcCoy said: What’s Ja got to do with anything? 😂 He ain't scurred of a mad or motivated LeBron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 minute ago, TheRealMcCoy said: Grizzlies literally lost to the Jazz in 5 and their only win came by 3 points in a game where Donovan Mitchell didn't play and Miye Oni and George Niang got double digit minutes 😭 Lakers lost to Suns with Chris Paul playing with 1 arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMcCoy Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Just now, seminoles1 said: He ain't scurred of a mad or motivated LeBron. What about this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMcCoy Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, seminoles1 said: Lakers lost to Suns with Chris Paul playing with 1 arm. Last I checked y'all were healthy. Sit down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breesus mode Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Texansfan713 said: thats a good team... for a 1st round exit For such a young team I will take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirill Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 8 hours ago, NYRaider said: @Kirill traded Hoford to buy Kemba out and pay him $20M to play for the Knicks. Then gave up the #16 pick for future picks. Presti doing work. Yeah he’s paid these guys who did nothing for the organization so much money but couldn’t pay James harden 20M per. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirill Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I have warmed up to our draft class some. Josh Giddey reminds me of a Lonzo his play style is pure support role. Jeremiah Earl Robinson looks like an NBA big and Tre Mann has potential. but my gut instinct tells me we should’ve just traded 6,16,18, and our 3 next tradeable 1st round picks unprotected … and PHX 1st pick next season.. and a Darius Bazley for the 1st overall pick to get Cade Cunningham. We would then have two star players, Poku and Dort, and room for a max slot in free agency. I just don’t understand why our GM gets to wait until 2030 to win. This is the real world. you play to win the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 3 hours ago, TheRealMcCoy said: How do you feel? I like the moves that we made this off-season. Would still like a veteran backup PG but I think we have faith that Jared Butler and Trent Forest can give us some minutes in the regular season. The thing that killed us the past two playoffs was our lack of depth. The last two playoff runs when we had guys like Conley and Bojan miss time with injuries we had players like Miye Oni, Juwan Morgan, and Georges Niang in our playoff rotation. Those guys are G-League level players at this point and that was one of Dennis Lindsey's biggest downfall's in terms of his approach to roster construction. Instead of filling the end of our bench with proven NBA guys we've taken fliers on young developmental prospects. I'm guessing our main rotation will be 9 guys: Conley, Mitchell, O'Neale, Bogdanovic, Gobert, Clarkson, Ingles, Udoka, and Gay. But after those 9 having 3 guys in Whiteside, Paschall, and Butler is much better than what we've had in the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 23 minutes ago, Kirill said: I have warmed up to our draft class some. Josh Giddey reminds me of a Lonzo his play style is pure support role. Jeremiah Earl Robinson looks like an NBA big and Tre Mann has potential. No player named Josh can be good in the NBA though... I like Giddey but it was definitely a major reach especially considering you just tanked away an entire season and that's who you ended up with. He reminds me of a taller Ricky Rubio, great playmaker, great passer, but not a great athlete/shooter. The biggest swing factor for him will be his ability to hit 3's consistently, if he can then he should be a solid pro. I also just don't really love the fit with him next to SGA as his inability to shoot means he's going to have to be on the ball to be effective which pushes SGA off the ball. Theo Maledon also flashed last year and he's a PG/primary ball handler as well. Tre Mann was an interesting pick, I personally also like him as a prospect, but don't love the fit with the Thunder. He's another guard that's at his best with the ball in his hands. I guess the best long-term projection for him would be a 6th man type of guard that can play with Giddey or SGA and provide scoring off the bench. Robinson-Earl projects to be a solid glue guy but is kind of a tweeter and isn't a great athlete. Again, just don't see how he fits with your group of young forwards. Overall all three guys the Thunder drafted are pretty average athletically at the NBA level. I don't think Giddey or Mann will ever be good defenders and both guys need to be on ball to be successful. Just a very weird night for the Thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarcia34 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 That LeBron tweet is hilarious. Dude couldn't even keep the same energy and keep the tweet up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 16 minutes ago, agarcia34 said: That LeBron tweet is hilarious. Dude couldn't even keep the same energy and keep the tweet up. Lakers come to town, I'm showing up with a walker with tennis balls on the end, if they'll let me in with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrawkcab321 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, agarcia34 said: That LeBron tweet is hilarious. Dude couldn't even keep the same energy and keep the tweet up. Lebron has gone completely corporate. He can’t say anything negative. Disney owns him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 24 minutes ago, agarcia34 said: That LeBron tweet is hilarious. Dude couldn't even keep the same energy and keep the tweet up. The fact that he deleted it a few minutes later... Real king energy only. @beekay414 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, NYRaider said: Real king energy only. @beekay414 Man's really got such a great head on his shoulders. One of a kind. He should be the face of the NBA considering his resume by age 26 but he don't play for the Lakers, Knicks, Nets or Celtics so that's outta the question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, beekay414 said: Man's really got such a great head on his shoulders. One of a kind. He should be the face of the NBA considering his resume by age 26 but he don't play for the Lakers, Knicks, Nets or Celtics so that's outta the question. It's genuinely impossible to dislike him, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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