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buddha Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 rumors are that zach lavine wants to test free agency. would you give him a 4 year max deal? athletic as hell. can score one on one. plays no defense. kinda dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 Lavine isn't terrible but I don't like the fit. Those knees are also a concern to anyone giving him a huge contract. I would pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 Mama, there goes that coaching career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 The NBA is going to play a preseason game in United Arab Emirates. Did Liberty Media just buy the NBA? NBA Announces Bucks, Hawks To Play 2022 Preseason Games In Abu Dhabi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 47 minutes ago, Deleterious said: The NBA is going to play a preseason game in United Arab Emirates. Did Liberty Media just buy the NBA? NBA Announces Bucks, Hawks To Play 2022 Preseason Games In Abu Dhabi homosexuality is punishable by death in the uae. abortion is also a crime, even if its rape or incest. i wonder if steve kerr will speak out against the nba doing business with such a country. maybe he'll check with his brother first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 rip to the dobber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 Knicks, Pistons, Pacers Expected To Pursue Jalen Brunson In Free Agency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 lets double down on being the least athletic team in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betrayer Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Really not interested in Brunson. Can you imagine a lineup of Cade, Brunson, Bey, Paolo, and Stewart? That will easily be the least athletic lineup in the entire NBA. On top of the lack of athleticism, I've been watching Brunson in the playoffs and he looks more like a sixth man of the year candidate to me. The kind of guy you bring off of your bench, give him the ball, and let him go to work while everyone else stands around watching him on offense, because he doesn't bring much else and isn't an off the ball player. Only 17% of his shots were catch and shoot. 29% of his shots come off of 7+ dribbles and another 34% come off of 3-6 dribbles. He pounds the the ball and creates offense for himself. Great for the Mav's "your turn, my turn" offensive system...and probably something Casey would love since that's his offensive scheme as well (see Toronto), but not what I want to see for this team. On top of that, it seems like they want to be a switch everything defensive team like Boston and Miami. Ok, but you have to have switchable personnel for that scheme to work. We saw how bad that was with a tiny guy like CoJo last year - teams just targeted him every time down the court - and Brunson is 2" shorter. I just don't see how paying him 25M a year is going to help this team be better. If we don't land Jabari, I really hope we wind up with one of the athletic guards (Sharpe, Ivey, Mathurin) so we don't feel compelled to pursue Brunson. Of course, from what JEIII has been saying the organization is really high on Murray, so even if we fall out of the top 3, we may wind up taking Murray over one of those guards anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 Betrayer summed it up well. Another thing, Dallas isn't letting him go. Teams over the cap like Dallas cant afford to let guys go for nothing since they wont have cap space to replace him. He is a second round pick, so there are different rules for Dallas matching. I don't think they can just match a max offer. But I imagine they will match as much as the rules allow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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buddha Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, Deleterious said: the bulls pretty much have to offer him the max or he'll walk. i wonder if new management has the stones to let him leave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 53 minutes ago, buddha said: the bulls pretty much have to offer him the max or he'll walk. i wonder if new management has the stones to let him leave? Maybe max money per year on less than max years. New TV contract coming in 2-3 years. You sell him on that and how good it would be to become a free agent then and sign a much bigger deal do to the cap going up because of the new TV deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, Deleterious said: Maybe max money per year on less than max years. New TV contract coming in 2-3 years. You sell him on that and how good it would be to become a free agent then and sign a much bigger deal do to the cap going up because of the new TV deal. rumor is lavine might go to portland. if the bulls lose lavine, they wont be very good. they lost a lot to injury this year and that killed them, but when lavine wasnt 100% they still had derozan playing better than he ever has and vucevic and they were very bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 I don't think Portland has the cap space. So maybe if he does want to go there then Chicago could work out a sign and trade and get some value back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, Deleterious said: I don't think Portland has the cap space. So maybe if he does want to go there then Chicago could work out a sign and trade and get some value back. that would be the play. not sure what portland could give them back, but if he really wants to leave that would be a way to make sure the bulls dont get stiffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 bledsoe, a lottery pick, little....a trade exception? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 If I was Portland I give up a first but a future one. Then use this years to trade for another player. If they are going all in, then actually go all in and don't half ass it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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buddha Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, Deleterious said: If I was Portland I give up a first but a future one. Then use this years to trade for another player. If they are going all in, then actually go all in and don't half ass it. they already owe the bulls a protected first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, buddha said: they already owe the bulls a protected first. Offer to lower or even drop the protection on that pick. Chicago would deserve something. I just feel a lottery pick is a bit much for a S&T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 cade is first team all rookie. cade, barnes, franz, mobley, and green. cade, barnes, and mobley were unanimous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Suggestion online that the Pistons trade Grant, Olynyk and Joseph to the Nets for Ben Simmons. Um, I wouldn't trade a bag of dirty laundry for Mr. Softee. Simmons is a loser. He doesn't have mental illness he has mental weakness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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