buddha

too high: kobe, allen iverson, david robinson, and probably isiah. too low: kareem, wilt, tim duncan, not to mention bill walton. criteria would matter. in no universe is allen iverson better than oscar robertson, but their criteria may include "social influence" or something. if that's the case, dont you rank magic/bird either just below jordan or just above him? those two saved basketball.

usa today's list of the top 25 american basketball players of all time: 1) Michael Jordan 2) LeBron James 3) Kobe Bryant 4) Stephen Curry 5) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6) Magic Johnson 7) Larry Bird 😎 Bill Russell 9) Wilt Chamberlain 10) Shaquille O’Neal 11) Tim Duncan 12) Kevin Durant 13) Allen Iverson 14) Oscar Robertson 15) Elgin Baylor 16) Jerry West 17) Julius Erving 18) Moses Malone 19) Kevin Garnett 20) Charles Barkley 21) Karl Malone 22) David Robinson 23) Isiah Thomas 24) John Havlicek 25) George Mikan

lets hope he understands the assignment and cade spends the night at the line.

raymond is young and prolific, but he's small and now has been injured late in the year multiple times. he's going to carry a lot of value in the league because of his production and his contract, so if you want to pull back a STAR, i think he'd be likely to be in the conversation. what kind of team do you want to be? do you want to be heavy and physical? or small and speedy? i dont think the wings have a plan. or if they do, it hasnt been executed very well, because now theyre not physical, not especially speedy, and not all that skilled. so what are you?

they'll start by asking for seider. they MIGHT settle for edvinsson, but seider would be where any trade discussion for tkachuk or matthews begins. what did his brother get traded for? weegar, huberdeau and picks? huberdeau was coming off a 115 point season and weegar was a top 15 defenseman in the league. now, matthew was younger and had bettee scoring numbers than his brother. but the wings dont have a player with the numbers huberdeau had. the closest equivalent is larkin. what about danielson and raymond for tkachuk?

if actually true, yes. they would have to be. unfortunately, we gave up our #1 pick already.

win this one and theyre back to being the favorite.

always liked wout. wears his heart on his sleeve. seixas is the biggest thing in france outside of their rugby/soccer teams. i assume he's doing the tour this year, but maybe they let him to the vuelta or giro instead so he has a chance to win. vingegaard is done. if seixas isnt up to it, the tour will be a foregone conclusion for tadej this year.

tadej never loses. gets a little boring.

A+ draft. maybe the second best draft in lions history after the one that brough sewell and amon ra.

bad news for mekhi wingo.

second round picks are allowed to play in the nhl? since when?

brad never listens to me. its very discouraging. i do all these mock drafts for you, brad!

skyler gill-howard undersized, injured defensive tackle. cool.

Elite

Trajan treated this team like he didnt believe in it. they didnt go for it. didnt make a big move. instead all he did was trade up in next year's draft. like he still doesnt think the pistons are good enough to get robin to cade's batman.

i think orlando is a bad matchup for detroit because theyre so big. i thought they'd beat orlando (and they still might) because orlando is soft and hate their coach. but not if duren is MIA and no one else shoots well other than cade. detroit can still win but they have to PLAY HARD for the whole game and cade has to be engaged for 40 minutes, not just the last 5. detroit would be favored over atlanta and new york and maybe toronto, but not cleveland or boston.

how much harder to defend would this team be if you swapped out duren for lauri markkanen? yeah yeah, he gets hurt a lot. i get it. but an elite 4/5 who can space the floor would allow cade so much more room. how about zion? someone - ANYONE - other than cade who can get their own shot. how about a wing who can shoot? you can have duren and ausar on the team but its hard to win with both of them because theyre both incapable of making a shot over 5 feet from the basket. they may have to choose this offseason.

all year long we've all (well, all of us that arent blinded by pretty stats against bad teams) said this team was flawed and cade dependent. all year long weve all said they are a try hard team who beats teams that dont care. all year long we said they didnt have enough spacing and teams would take away the lane/pick and roll come playoff time. and that's exactly what has happened so far. theyve played better than orlando in ONE quarter so far. thats it.

the whole team was **** other than ausar and tobias. and ausar showed his limitations late when they needed a bucket, they just left him alone and he wouldnt shoot. which is probably wise because he cant. same with duren. whenever he got the ball outside of the paint - which was rare - they left him alone. he either dribbled his way into a bad spot or forced a layup that he missed. put backs and lobs, that's all he can do.

still have some draft crushes left. dontay corleone john michael gyllenborg eli heidenrich dallen bentley kaytron allen isaiah world jc davis

he was terrible until the 4th quarter. played in slow motion. no intensity. its the freaking playoffs, can you stop sleepwalking?

ron holland, top 5 pick in the draft. dnp-cd

jalen duren: 27 minutes, 8 points, 9 boards. paul reed: 7 minutes, 4 points, 5 boards.

cade got tired and the rest of the team cant score without him.