/nba/ general - OFFSEASON THROWBACK edition

First for Celtics signing Hayward, then trading for Butler and Robin Lopez.

Thomas/Rozier
Butler/Smart
Hayward/Brown
Horford/Jerebko
Lopez/Zizic

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>>76679370

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who RBL/BBB megabroship here?

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Randle + Lopez actually make a lot of sense

Lopez can't rebound and Randle is an excellent rebounder. Lopez has a decent 3 point shot, while spreads the floor.

Of course, Lakers might move Randle + 27th + 28th by the end of the day for PG, so it will be interesting to see.

I think you keep Clarkson over Randle if Nick Young leaves, if Nick Young stays, I think you move Clarkson instead.

>>76679375
Where's Chowder?

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>>76679425
right here famjam

>>76679460
Out the door in trades.

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Along with the Lakers and Cavs’ aggressive pursuit of George, the Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards, and Los Angeles Clippers are also reportedly interested in acquiring the All-Star forward.

The Lakers brass, however, appears to have all the leverage with George due to the fact he wants to wear purple and gold when it is all said and done. This makes trade talks tricky for the Pacers as they likely won’t get full value for him in a deal with teams not willing to take the risk of acquiring him only to see him leave for Los Angeles next summer.

On the eve of the NBA Draft, things will certainly get interesting with the Pacers potentially feeling the pressure to make a deal while the rest of the interested teams can only sit and wait to find out if they’ve won the George sweepstakes.

>Report: Content with Bulls, Jimmy Butler wants Kyle Lowry to join him in Chicago

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Here are my thoughts on the Lakers future.


Right now, your best assets are the #2 pick and Brandon Ingram.


Next you have Randle, Zubac and Nance Jr.


Finally, you have Clarkson, Nwaba, Lopez.


Obvious Deng will need to be moved.


The first group I see as untouchable, at least for the next two years.


The second group can be traded, if a superstar presents himself.


The third group is guys with end of the bench guys, guys who've reached their limit or unlikely to get resigned.


The issue we have is what to do with Deng.


Much like with Mozgov...


in order to move him we would have to package him with some legit assets


I think if we assume that PG13 isn't coming


...this year (we'll know in 24 hours)


Then we should move Clarkson, the picks and Deng to somewhere.


I think Deng is making like 18 million or something insane


That's way too much for a player of his talent


Furthermore Deng is better served as a 4 now in his career


However it's already stacked with Randle and Nance Jr


So let's look at possible places for Deng to land


The way cap space is available it's unlikely the Lakers will be able to find a suitor for him


At best, they can move him for someone who has 1 or maybe 2 years less on his deal


Another option would be to stretch his contract out


In truth, I feel like we shouldn't blame Magic Johnson for the sins of Mitch Kupchek


iirc Mitch lost a child and ever since then he hasn't been the same


being a GM puts a tremendously large amount of strain on a person so it makes sense that Mitch eventually slipped up


I believe the Lakers should (if possible) keep Nick Young at his 5.5 mil player option


With Lonzo Ball or Fox, Young will have another good year and probably be more efficent than ever


Expect Young to have one more huge payday next year if he does opt in this year


What do you guys think?


how many wins do the lakers finish with?


Is Brandon Ingram going to improve


By how much


Gonna be an interesting year

>>76679762
never make another post like this again

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>>76679762

>>76679762
>tfw when you meant to click Reddit in your favorites but click 4chan instead, then click your /heem/ image instead of your /nba/ image, because you're so high you can't see straight, and then try to play it off like you meant to do that

Downvote.

>>76679375
Why would they shake up their entire lineup when they only need one guy to become a true contender

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>>76679762
can someone give me the gist of this lakers post?

>>76679893
To beat the Warriors you need three superstars, or two superstars and excellent coaching. So the Celtics need two and the Cavs need three.

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>>76679762
we outchea

>>76679895
Mitch lied, Deng died

>>76679895
Weed

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>>76679956

>>76679935
IT is a superstar though

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Soon.

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PG: Simmons
SG: Fultz
SF: Covington
PF: Saric
C: Embiid

Is this the new "death lineup"???

>>76680077
If by "death lineup," you mean "everyone in the lineup is dead with a knee/foot/whatever injury" then yes.

>>76680077
Pretty much. Fultz is already better than anyone on the Celtics. Once you realize this one absolute truth, you'll realize why the Celtics hate us 76ers fans so much.

>>76680090
No unless you have another of that jersey to take fabric from

>>76680090
Just lose weight

>>76680077
Not a single meme shot was made that day

>>76680077
>bust
>bust
>literally who
>role player
>injured

There gonna win 25 games max

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>>76680090
>gowiz is a fatass
lmao

>Told POR is still interested in attaching a pick to shed a salary, but may need to wait until the draft, pending who is available at time.

Most surprising move so far?

To me its Ainge trading the first overall pick. Lots of fans here in Boston are upset, it's rare to see people criticize Danny from in house but I do really think Fultz is a star.

>>76680090
What was this post?

>>76680429
some jackass asking if a tailor could let out a jersey like they would with a pair of pants

>>76680404
hawks trading dwight after one year when he chose to go there and he took a pay cut for the privilege.

its really funny cause atlanta is a basketball hotbed, and now that THE home town kid just got traded only one year after signing him theyre gonna lose all credibility for future FAs

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Based Hinkie trusted the process of the Earth revolving around the Sun

>>76680404
Lelkers trading Snitchy D.

>Celtics finally received Josh Jackson's medicals, but he still won't workout for Boston. C's still debating but appear to be leaning Tatum

>>76680404
boston moving down to 3 for me....makes no sense, ainge is retarded

>>76680481
I still don't understand why they did this unless they actually expect sign a better player this summer or if Dwight asked to be traded.

>>76680514
what is going on over there, is it all smokescreen? because its working if it is.

>>76680404

It really boggles the mind why Danny thought that was a good idea, worst is our fans are defending him

>>76680535
only time will tell, either their new GM is gonna be a genius or a jackass by the end of this off season

>>76680404
Dwight, Celtics in that order

Lakers trade makes sense to me but then again I was never high on D'Angelo, like I always said, he was a nick van exel type stopgap

>>76680482

how would he get out of his drive way throughout the winter? His car would just get snowed in

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>>76680404
Probably Ainge trading the number one pick. The Russell trade is the second surprising move

Where the fuck are my Wojbombs today?

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>>76680404
Well i didnt see the Dwight trade coming... Hometown team and all
Dumbest move was Ainge but Celtics are stupid that's nothing new

>>76680617

stop being so impatient, it's only tuesday and paul george isn't being traded to the lakers till thursday.

jimmy butler isn't being traded at all, neither is carmello anthony, or porzingus, or anyone else. PG is the only big name moving this summer. There might be a couple more mild shockers, but nothing too crazy

The dumbest people are the ones judging a trade before the #1 pick even plays a single minute in the NBA, before we know what the LAL/SAC pick is even going to be, before we know what Boston is going to do this offseason, and even before we know what the player Boston ends up drafting (if they draft one at all) ends up being

It's so fucking stupid.

Hey guys, remember when Atlanta traded Dwight Howard and moved down in the draft, and got Miles Plumlee and Marco Belinelli in return?

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>>76680717
>it's only tuesday

>Ice Cube Says Chauncey Billups Leaving BIG3 for Cavs Job

>>76680732
Lmaooo shook

http://www.gq.com/story/lavar-ball-lonzo-and-the-master-plan

>“I told my boys that one of them wasn’t going to make it.
>He says, right in front of everyone, that he thinks it’ll be his middle son, LiAngelo, who doesn’t make it.
>At least Gelo is the handsomest of his sons, he says—if basketball doesn’t work out, maybe he could be a model.
>Tina says: “All my boys are handsome.”

topfuckingkek

>>76680826
A dangerously insane man

>>76680745
>tfw slowly losing track of the weeks, days and my own sanity

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post some small ballers

>>76680562
>thought that was a good idea
He wasn't high on Fultz to begin with. Most of the top rookies also ducked out the Celtics for zero reason.

Instead of taking the guy he wants at #1 he flipped it for a top 3 pick plus another high first rounder for the next draft.

DRAFT IT TOMORROW LADDOS!

IT'S ALL HABBENING! JEWISH TRICKS ARE BEING USED RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SOME DANK DEALS.

>>76680879
He's so crazy he's looped back around to brilliant. LaVar is a genius.

>>76681118

danny ainge draft a guy named fab melo who is literally dead right now

he doesn't know shit

>>76680826
I really want Lakers to not pick Lonzo just so I could witness the hilarious Lavar chimpout.

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>>76680826
jello will make the /nba/

screencap this post


and yes i just asked my sisiter she said jello is the hottest one and she's a whore

>>76681118
>zero reason
Its because they know they wont get minutes and Ainge treats players like assets rather than people

>>76681161
He's already world famous and about to be a millionaire. The absolute madman really did it.

>>76681118
Danny Ainge is so bad at drafting, a person who got drafted by him literally died 5 years later from it

>>76679762
>However it's already stacked with Randle and Nance Jr
Stacked by two shitty players?

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>>76681175
kys my man, after we get ball we get boogie.

>>76681207
he owns a house in chino hill he's already a millionaire

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>>76681243
>we get boogie
Now that is something I want to see.

>>76681118
The trade itself isn't bad, it's not taking Fultz that's ludicrous have you seen the dude play?

>>76681295
PAY

>>76681295
PAY FOR MY HEALTHCARE

>>76681295
Boogie at pf
Lopesz at C

both can hit the meme, we sign pg and bron. it's that simple. i can literally go outside and GM a team right now

>>76681207

Is lavar ball the sam hinkie of normal people?

>be born kind of big but not yet NBA talent
>do intense research on the genetics of NBA players
>find woman who matches criterion for giving offspring most likely to have NBA genes and breed with her
>only problem is kids will come out ugly and weird looking but it's all good
>teach kids to live, breath, and sleep basketball
>eventually they become NBA
>Lavar gets millions off of branding them
>BBB becomes the new Nike
>even if BBB fails, Lavar will never have to work another day in his life due to Lonzo's Lakers contracts


he literally trusted the process all the way to a million dollars. He probably had this shit all mapped out in his head 20 years ago

>>76681173
>>76681234
Fab Melo wasn't penciled as a star nor there were any expectations from him.

There are very few players picked 20th to the end of the first round that are still in the NBA.

>>76681385
SHOTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

This place is cancer

>>76681118
And since when Ainge's talent evaluation is good ? Can you really with a straight face tell me you're confident that Ainge is right about Fultz ?

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>>76679310
did you apologize yet

>>76681536
you can't even see his face faggot.

>>76681536
Well he pick Bradley and Olynyk, went out of his way to grab Thomas and Crowder, the man brought in players that allowed him to build a 1-seed ECF team while simultaneously accumulating a bunch of useful assets.

>>76681385
He and Hinkie are the basketball masterminds of today

Whatever happened to that NBA awards show? Did they cancel it because it's pointless?

>>76681618
isnt it like next month or something?

>>76681385

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-shabazz-muhammad-inc-20130322-dto-htmlstory.html


Its really nothing new. Although he did have the fortune of having 3 sons to spread the risk factor

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>The #Sixers' 14,000 season tickets sold for the 2017-18 season are a franchise record and currently the most sold in the #NBA.

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IM LIKE BITCH WHO IS YOUR MANS, AYH
CANT __________

>>76681706
KEEP MAH DICK IN MAH PANTS

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>>76681699
>81 tabs

stop sleeping on my heat /nba/

>>76680238
>Busts
>Neither have played a single NBA game yet

>According to a Cleveland source close to the situation, several of the Cavaliers who had been prodding Butler to push for a trade from the Bulls the last five days were now warning him to stay away from a suddenly volatile situation. With the ouster of Cavaliers general manager David Griffin on Monday, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love could be headed for an unforeseen early breakup

>>76681720
Deangelo=harry
Kobe=rest of /nba/

Casual nba fan here, is this year's draft really this good, or do pundits just have nothing else to talk about right now?

After watching this I think Jayson Tatum is gonna bust.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV4BmIA-x14

>There’s certainly one person who won’t miss D’Angelo Russell now that he is departing Los Angeles: ex-girlfriend Niki Withers. After news broke Tuesday the Lakers point guard was being traded to the Brooklyn Nets after two seasons with the team, the USC volleyball beauty took to Twitter to weigh in on the developments with three little letters. Niki Withers: L O L

>>76681874
Tatum would be a really good player 15 years ago

Jonathon Simmons > Ben Simmons

>>76681873

The top 3 picks would have gone higher than everybody except Simmons last year. There's a boatload of guards with allstar potential too outside of the top 3 like Fox, Smith, that french guy, etc. If you need guards then this is the draft for you

>>76681536
People love to meme about Ainge's picks but most of them are trash mid-late first rounders. Sure he did miss out on steals but so did the other 29 GMs in the league.

>>76681873
The draft is deep. There are a number of players who could become all-stars.

>>76681873
Meme draft. No super stars among the bunch.

>>76681873
>is this year's draft really this good
after you watch basketball long enough, every fucking year the draft is "stacked" or "loaded", there are players good every year.

>>76681873
I'm just hyped to see Lavar charge the stage and punch out Adam Silver once the Lakers pass on Lonzo

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>>76681948
>there are players good every year.
Except for 2014.

No one in that class has smashed the ceiling yet.

Why on earth should the celtics use this 3rd rd pick? I thought they want to win ASAP

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>>76670241

>spend 6 years in draft pools just to trade all the young talent away for a bunch of guys who are either ring chasing or out for max contracts

I understand any team we can put together won't be able to compete with GSW until their core falls apart, so why were we making short term moves for old talent this season {Moz/Deng} and continuing the same practice into the new season?

It's fucking aggravating how short sighted the front office is

>>76681618
>>76681648
Do you think you're funny or something?

>>76681918

Good GMs and FOs hit on a lot of their later picks like the spurs, warriors, heat, etc. Some clown was even praising Ainge for picking man bun when he could have had fucking Giannis. Ainge is a fraud and only still has a job because he was gifted KG and Ray

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What are you fellas listening to whilst waiting for the draft?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JdciQoPyg0

>>76681957
1 1 Andrew Wiggins SF/SG Canada Cleveland Cavaliers Kansas (Fr.)
1 2 Jabari Parker SF United States Milwaukee Bucks Duke (Fr.)
1 3 Joel Embiid C Cameroon Philadelphia 76ers Kansas (Fr.)
1 4 Aaron Gordon PF United States Orlando Magic Arizona (Fr.)
1 5 Dante Exum PG/SG Australia Utah Jazz Australian Institute of Sport[n 2]
1 6 Marcus Smart PG United States Boston Celtics Oklahoma State (So.)
1 7 Julius Randle PF United States Los Angeles Lakers Kentucky (Fr.)
1 8 Nik Stauskas SG Canada Sacramento Kings Michigan (So.)
1 9 Noah Vonleh PF United States Charlotte Hornets (from Detroit)[A] Indiana (Fr.)
1 10 Elfrid Payton PG United States Philadelphia 76ers (from New Orleans,[B] traded to Orlando)[a] Louisiana–Lafayette (Jr.)


Andrew wiggins busted hard.

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>>76681983
>rap

>>76681976
no they dont

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>>76682001
i listen to country aswell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rekyv7L-h6o

I always cringe when I see a grown man listening to hip hop

>>76681873
There are a lot of players with first round grades but not very high first round grades.

So it's a loaded roleplayer draft.

>>76681989
>wiggy busted
>Parker's eternally injured
>Embiid is eternally injured
>Gordon is bretty gud
>Exum is a bust
>Smart is a role player
>Randle is a TRex
>Stauskas was drafted by the Kings
>Vonleh was a bust
>Payton is meh
What a shitty draft.

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>>76681957
Yet.

>>76681976
Wiggins and Payton aren't busts.

Parker and Embiid are really good but got destroyed by injuries.

Gordon, Smart and Randle are serviceable roleplayers.

Stauskas, Vonleh and Exum are ultra busts. When a guy drafted at 20ish is scoring more than Australian Kobe you JUST know he's a bust.

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>>76681886
L O L

>inb4 Lonzo walks up on stage wearing a BBB cap

>>76682055
Whoops, for >>76681989

LeBron James is one finals loss away from losing as many series as Michael Jordan won

Did you guys see? Lonzo Ball said he isn't even gonna wear his own shoe on the court. Even he is admitting his shoes are trash.

>>76680238
>They won more games this year without 2/5 of that roster

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>>76682093
>trying to reason with frothing Sixers haters
No point, really.

>>76681199
Wasn't that what they said Hinkie did while Danny Ainge was the GM you'd want?

>>76682106
First it was "Tanking will kill basketball in Philadelphia". Then it was "Embiid will never play and Saric will never come over". Followed by "Simmons isn't a winner", now it's "They'll never get good". Soon it'll be "They'll never win a championship"

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>>76682121
My favorite is the Celtics fans praising Fultz as their next franchise player weeks ago have now switched to the Danny Ainge brand of damage control.

>h-he sucks
>we never wanted him
>fox is better
>tatum is better
>muh assets

>>76682155
Fultz needs a haircut desu. the hair will get in the way of his shooting

>>76681531
Sorry that the Celtics wasted a Nets pick anon

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The celtics are going to pick Tatum over Jackson and it will be the dumbest move of the draft excluding trades

>>76681918
>>76681564
>Marcus Smart at 6 ahead of Saric, LaVine, Nurkic, Gary Harris, Rodney Hood, Capela..
>Offered 4 picks for Justise Winslow
>Actually traded up to get Olynyk ahead of Giannis, Schröder, Gobert, Dieng

And yeah, mid round picks are not great but all those years you can't even get one of them right ?

>>76681886
Fucking roastie, I dont like D'Angelo but gold diggers have no place to talk

There are no all star caliber players in this draft.

>>76682229
Gold diggers>Snitches

>>76682232
Fultz and that's it. We all knew about this from the beginning. Nice one mr obvious.

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>>76682182
*blocks your shot*

>>76682247
Nope, not even Fultz.

>>76682155
On one hand you have the consensus hype that Fultz is #1, on the other you have a deep draft where there's not much difference in the top 5. He looks like the next Dlo tbqh

This draft is even weaker than last years.

>>76682229
L O L

lauri markkanen is he gonna be any gud? who gonna get him?

>>76682232
>>76682247
>>76682252

You are retards. In terms of sheer talent there's a bunch of allstar potential in this draft

>>76682269
Imagine actually thinking this

>>76682274
Screencapped

>>76682258
>On one hand you have the consensus hype that Fultz is #1, on the other you have a deep draft where there's not much difference in the top 5
nigga what

If you seriously think there's no difference between Fultz/Ball/Jackson and the rest of the crop you don't know shit about basketball.

>The media is pushing the "Muh veteran presence" for the 76ers

>>76682272
Great shooter but dosent offer much else because hes a weak boi. Think Ryan Anderson. Will probably get drafted in the 9-14 range.

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>>76679310
>Celcucks

>>76682272
>is he gonna be any gud?
Maybe, if he can bulk up and defend better
>who gonna get him?
My bet is the Sacramento Kangs, unless the Knicks actually trade Porzingis

>>76682283
They do need some veteran presence on 2-3 year deals or they will continue to be losers

>>76682092
No he implied he has the freedom to wear whatever shoes he wants unlike when you sign a exclusive nike on/offcourt shoe contract

He probably likes to wear Jordans off court for fashion

>>76682109
Hinkie wasnt heartless, didnt he drive MCW or someone to the airport after he traded him?

Hinkie broke the rules and that makes him scum. But those who abandon their friends (Ainge) are worse than scum.

>>76682241
>>76682270
One reply only please, samefagging makes you look pathetic

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>go from being point guard of the future for the Lakers & having a hot volleyball player as a gf to kicking rocks in brooklyn with pasty Jersey transplants


top kek

I love LeBron James

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>Josh Jackson literally did not work out for the Celtics
>Danny Ainge will take some bust over the next Iguodala

>>76682283

Well it's true. Young teams don't win shit in the nba. Every championship team has a dog that makes hustle/dirty plays, a savvy vet or 2 that fucks with the other team or makes clutch plays, and a rah rah guy.

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Name a more powerful bloodline than the Kobe family?

>Westbook had a son
>Kobe had a daughter shortly before
>mfw they will combine to create the greatest basketball player in history and elevate the bloodline into godhood

>>76682316
Women in pretty much every state are hotter than Californian plastic women

Celtics fans are pathetic, just admit it! Danny screwed up.

>>76682316
>that
>hot

Thats like a 6 in Cali bruh, I can walk 5 minutes out to the boardwalk and find you 100 girls better looking than that

do you guys research players past the top 10? because i don't know anyone past the top 5-6 desu. Or do you guys just look at who your teams is targeting.

>>76682316
Dloading? More like Dbusting.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>76682302
So currently looking at it, the "Veteran presence" could come from Tiago Splitter, Gerald Henderson, and Jerryd Bayless, no? If not, can't they get it from someone in the free agency class?
>>76682325
But it's not like those guys are unicorns. Even the worst of the process teams had guys like that (Luc M'bah a moute for example)

Is the draft tonight?

>>76682289
ok
>>76682300
knicks would be nice. not much winning there but atleast famous team and city

>>76682329
t. Fat fuck from Ohio

I've been to Cleveland. It sucked.

>>76682349
tomorrow you faggot faced faggot.

7pm eastern cuck time (ET), 4pm based coast time

>>76682280
I know Washington went 9-22

>>76682316
>hot

Please get your eyes checked

>>76682338
Casual

>>76682328

>kobe can't stop having daughters


REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>76682328

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>>76682336
>>76682363

she's certainly better than fucking up your future prospects with Iggo Azale thats for sure

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>>76682316
That's what you get for being a punk ass snitch

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>>76682229
Gold diggers wouldn't exist if retarded easily enslavable men like you we're castrated at birth.

>>76682361
Because Murray and Chriss scurried off to the NBA, and their coach got fired. Fultz still played amazing the entire year, or do you not watch CBB at all?

>>76682316
Thats like a 4 in LA my man

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>>76682363
>Please get your eyes checked

>>76682367
God's punishment for raping a bitch.

>>76682316

>kicking rocks in brooklyn

sure the nets are shit but brooklyn is the most expensive borough rn, tons of shit going on there, if d'lo is still a fuck up with the nets it's probably because the nightlife in brooklyn and manhattan

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>>76682422
Kobe was proven innocent of rape.

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>>76682364
casual me? lol no. Why should i waste my time on late picks if they're just going to bust, look at IT4, got taken late in the draft and busted.

I do research once they get to play against real competition. For example i didn't know shit about Dejounte Murray or Skal Labissiere until they got actual meaningful play time. Better to evaluate or critique them when they're playing against real talent.

fugg off

>>76682428
Brooklyn doesn't take kindly to snitches.

>>76682328
Incredibly RARE edition of Kobe right there.
Have not seen a cute Kobr in ages.

Nothing wrong with snitching on a cheater, it's called being a decent human being.

>>76682447
This

He'll get shot down in a week.

>>76682386
On the bright side he looked good in the box score while getting BTFO

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>implying you wouldn't

/nba/ autists would spill their spaghetti trying to get at her

>>76682338
They don't research anyone, that's why everyone here is so hooked on the idea that fultz is this can't-miss prospect. All they know is media hype.

Will Lavar go on stage with Lonzo?

>>76682447

the expensive parts of brooklyn are gentrified hipster dungeons so he'll be okay

Jeremy Lin is the best player on the Nets so are the Nets gonna run with the backcourt of Lin and Russell?

>>76682474
She's a nigger so no I wouldn't. Niggers smell and their brown pussies are gross looking

>>76682462
Get off /nba/ snitch, lakegods don't need the dead weight

>>76682447
>thinking brooklyn is still hard
kek its full of rich preppy people now. Softest borough desu.
t.brooklynite

>>76682338

I'm interested in that GIles kid from Duke. He was supposed to be great coming out of highschool but he had a ton of injuries. He might turn into the steal of the draft

>>76682474

I'm intimidated by black women so no thanks.

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>>76682462
Fuck off DLo bitch nigga

>>76682474
I only date hispanic girls. I don't want my spanish blood tainted

>>76682360
Thanks lad

>With 24 hours to go what I am hearing is that the draft will go Fultz/Ball/Tatum leaving Fox or Jackson for Phoenix

>>76682490

we wont bring them to your games sir i promise

>>76682497
He was projected as a potential #1 pick before the injuries. Still, 3 different knee surgeries isn't promising.

>>76682475
agreed, if you watch tons of highlights with the fact that they are not playing elite level talent, there really is no real separation from jackson or fultz, IMO jackson and d'aaron are slightly, SLIGHTLY better than fultz in the fact that i think they're a step faster than fultz, i don't see anything that special from fultz desu. Ball is the clear #1 but don't tell philly that. He has shown he has All-star potential.

>League sources tell the @ExpressNews that #Spurs are open to trading guard Danny Green. No deal is close as of yet, though

>>76682342
For me, it's Dbuffering

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>>76682534
came here to express my profound sadness

>donald sterling browses /nba/

>>76682534
DANNY TO CLEVELAND FOR RJ AND SHUMP

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>>76682534
fuck him he needs to hit 3s

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>>76682519
>Suns getting Jackson to pair with Chriss and Booker
fucking steal of the draft right there

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>>76682490
>shouts 'n-n-nigger!; at her as he runs away, pee dripping down his cargo pants

>>76682534
He sucks.

> The Utah Jazz have made a trade inquiry on Houston Rockets point guard Patrick Beverley, multiple sources told The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday morning. The Jazz are one of 12 teams that has reached out to the Rockets in hopes of acquiring him. Utah general manager Dennis Lindsey is actively shopping for a veteran point guard, sources say.
2 hours ago – via Salt Lake Tribune

>>76682557
>hurr durr muh wingstop

>now throwing him under the bus like a bitch when you hear a trade rumor

This is how I know you're not a real Spurs fan, fuck off you dumb nigger.

>>76682474
She seems pretty cute. Would/10.

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TRUST THE PROCESS

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>>76682511
>hispanic
>spanish

>>76682560
butthurt nigger mad u ugly

ill rip your pubic hair textured head hair out of the top of your head

>RealGMVerified account @RealGM 2m2 minutes ago
More
Spurs Open To Trading Away Danny Green:

>>76682591
He sucks

>>76682531

Fultz has actual skill and can put the ball in the hoop a bunch of different ways. Fox and Jackson are 90% athleticism and their games revolve around being athletically superior.

Ball is intriguing in a different way. He's the first "real" pg probably since Wall and may be even a better prospect than Wall in terms of distributing. The only real problem I have with him is his shot mechanics.

>>76682591
I JUST NUTTED IN MY DIAPER HNNNGGGGGGGG

>>76682474
>she's 6 ft tall

WOULD

>>76682563
>one of the best defenders in the league and half of the reason you were able to beat Houston last year with unironically the best defensive wing in the NBA to nullify Harden's switches and their 1-4 P&R with Anderson
>only reason you can complete with the Warriors guarding Curry, Klay, and KD on switches along with Kawhi

>he sucks

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>>76682581
his contract is very tradeable. 10 mil for one more year. you're a fucking retard if you want to keep him given how he's played lately. simmons will more than make up for what green leaves behind, he's a great transition defender and can actually handle the ball

let's roll out the same team xD stupid motherfucker

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>>76682557
>those hips

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>>76682602
>ill rip your pubic hair textured head hair out of the top of your head
Sure you will Cletus

>>76682624
Simmons is a darky. Darkies are low iq and don't belong on the Spurs.

>>76682610
Ball literally can't shoot a midrange jumper, that's a huge fucking red flag. Right now he's like a Ricky Rubio who can shoot 3s, which is still pretty good, but not superstar potential imo.

>>76682623
If he was that good then they wouldn't wanna trade him

>>76682623
you're my nigga, in a strictly non-racist manner of speaking

>>76682624
>best defense in his career guarding Harden, Curry, Klay, and KD

>you're a fucking retard if you want to keep him given how he's played lately

>>76682557
>>76682624
Fuck off you dumb avatarfag
Kill yourself

Gasol OUT

Chris Paul IN
Paul George IN

Who the FUCK says no

>>76682684
here, go away

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>>76682624
>simmons will more than make up for what green leaves behind
I like Simmons but do you seriously believe he can replace Danny Green who is proven as a great defender? Half court defense is always more important than transition.

>>76682649

Nobody cares about midrange in today's game. If Rubio could shoot 3s he'd be a top 5 pg which is a pretty generous statement to make about Ball.

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>>76682644
rude

>>76682661
>>76682671

simmons has already superseded him

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76ers are slowly forming a dynasty while my rapties just sit there and twiddle their fucking fingers wtf??? Our only hope is to beat up on the shit teams like Boston and Knicks to win the division now for another banner....

>>76682623

Cavs need to pick him up desu
They have nothing to trade him for and a retarded coach tho

>>76682694
mid range is important to be effective at picking rolls

>>76682657
You always have to test the market for all your players.

No one is untouchable in the NBA. Even LeBron could be traded.

>>76682610
i guess, i have to watch him more, but remember it might appear that way because of the college scrubs. We'll see how much skill he has against NBA defenses but yeah you're probably right, that why people are saying he's #1.

>>76682649
>Ricky Rubio who can shoot 3s,
that would be great if that's his ceiling. Imagine a John Wall with a legit 3 pt shot. wew kobe.

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>>76682694
>Nobody cares about midrange in today's game.

>>76682693
simmons is a pretty good 1 on 1 defender but gets lost in the half court schemes. I get where you're coming from. IMO a summer of working with first and second team guys and having a defined role will help a ton. I don't know if he's straight up dumber than green at this point but I'm willing to give him a shot. I don't think jabari young would have sources blowing hot air at him. spurs are making moves

>>76682693
>Half court defense is always more important than transition.
plus danny green is actually an elite, maybe all-time transition defender.

>>76682698
I told you cucks to trade your shooting guard and rebuild but it's too late he's gonna leave in free agency and your not gonna have any assets left in your cuck shed

>>76682695
Go back to /tv/ with your jew waifu then kill yourself

>>76682726
He's the best transition defender I've ever seen. Maybe LeBron too.

>>76682706
well he doesnt have to shoot after a screen, he can dish out but he has to be at least decent at shooting in the MR so that defenses can collapse, but reports say he's working on the mid range and floaters which is good.

>>76682698

You went all in last year thinking you could challenge the cavs. You were horribly mistaken in thinking that and now have to deal with the consequences

I hate the Clippers entire design aesthetic. I don't want to drive to Inglewood to go to games. I was a Lakers fan as a little kid but switched to the Clippers in 4th grade because I was a hipster faggot and liked that I shared a birthday with newly acquired Sam Cassell. I just can't bring myself to wear a fucking Clippers t-shirt or jersey because they look like shit. Will anyone besides my brother notice if I hop on the Lakers bandwagon?

>>76682714
Yeah I mean that IS his ceiling. He has incredible court vision, and he's a decent finisher at the hoop. If his wonky ass shot actually translates to the NBA, he could be scary as fuck.

>>76682698
you're destined to waddle in the mudpools of irrelevancy with the Hawks. I wonder what bandwagon Drake will hop on this year now that the Raptors are trash.

>>76682758
Drake is a rapties fan till he dies you little bitch

It's all about getting one for da 6ix

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>>76682733

epic, simply epic. go spurs go. green has been fired from this branch of wingstop. we /startingsimmons/ now

>>76682698
IBAKA LOL

DEMARRE CARROLLE LOL BIGGEST MISTAKE VER

>>76682749
you sound like a huge faggot

>>76682756
I think it will translate. If players go under on his screens, he can pull up from deep. He's shown that in college if he has time to get his shot off he's deadly. That will open up the floor for him and allow his vision and playmaking to shine. AND he's a much better athlete than Rubio.

>>76682779
I am

>>76682694
>Lonzo can't get to the rim at will.
>Lonzo has only 1 move to create seperation, which is a stepback to his left.
>Lonzo can't go to his right.
>Lonzo can't pull-up going right.
>Lonzo can't hit a midrange jumper.

How does Lonzo score ? He's incredibly predictable and stoppable in the half court. OK he's great in transition, but in a set offense you have to be able to score in a variety of ways not only for the sake of scoring, but also to create for others.
Literally every great point guard in the history had at least 2 ways of scoring consistently. Lonzo currently translates as a good catch-and-shoot 3 point shooter and that's it.

>>76682774
Fuck off /tv/

>>76682786
>AND he's a much better athlete than Rubio.
UK BTFO MINI-SODA LOL

>>76682774
nice reddit spacing

>>76682786
It's really all dependent on that shot. Sure it worked in college, but almost every single NBA defender is faster and more athletic. Either he needs to refine it, or he'll only be useful as a spot-up guy. Which, if the Lakers get PG13 like they think they are, wouldn't be so bad, but you want a guy you take at #2 to be able to create his own shot, no?

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>>76682772
>GOLDEN STATE RUNNING PRACTICE AT MY HOUSE NIGGA WHAT AM I ABOUT?

-Drake

>>76682786
>I am older than all of the good players in this year's draft
>I will most likely be older than every player selected this year
>next year I will definitely be older than literally every single player selected in the draft
>next year my birth year will not be available for MyPlayer in 2k
I remember being excited in 2013 when you could make players born in 1994 lol
wew

>>76682155
It's almost like they're fans of a team or somethin'.

>>76682790
oh boy, it's the Lakers hating Turk. everyone clear out.

>>76682837
Being a fan of a team =/= shitting on a prospect you previously praised just because your GM is too stupid to draft him

Well, maybe that's how it is in Boston, anyway.

>>76682835
Your myplayer starts out age 19 no matter what you do. You have no choices anymore.

>>76682280

in all my years of watching basketball/drafts, it all just seems like elaborate guesswork and nobody really knows what they're looking for. There's maybe only a few actual talent scouts that really know what they're looking at, and the rest are just people copying their opinions or bullshitting.

Please, in your own words, describe what Lonzo Ball offers over literally anyone else in the draft besides being tall and hyped by his father. Because I honestly don't see it

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german spurs bro and angry spurs bro I'm out, gonna play some vidya. keep this thread warm for when I get back. screencap this post for when the spurs get a dank as fuck free agent

>>76682823
Yeah but even if NBA athletes go under a pick they don't recover to the ball handler. If he can make them pay, which I think he will, that's part one of being a good point guard today. Everything else will follow from there. He can improve his finishing though for sure.

>>76682871
oh lmao
>>76682749
why would anyone ever be a Clippers fan

76ers will sign Serge Ibaka

>>76682772
>being proud of some lame ass Jewish half breed

>Raptors fielding offers for Demar Derozan, sources say.

>>76682860
Markelle dodged a bullet not getting drafted by Boston. If he didn't average at least 15 in his first season, he would be hanging from a tree before the 2018 draft.

>>76682872
High IQ, high upside, solid to good athletic profile, elite playmaking, efficient scorer

>>76682872
>Please, in your own words, describe what Lonzo Ball offers over literally anyone else in the draft besides being tall and hyped by his father. Because I honestly don't see it

Court vision, scoring in transition, athleticism, and long range shooting ability. If you're telling me you didn't see any of those things watching Lonzo Ball, then I don't think you're very knowledgable about basketball.

>>76682872
upside yo

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>>76682875

Spurs are reportedly open to trading Danny Green. They are supposedly going to resign Pau Gasol to a cappreciate friendly deal. Are the Spurs really trying to sign Chris Paul or are they looking for someone else?

>>76682914
>>76682910

all of that stuff is easily taught with the right coaching system

>One NBA Exec told the Boston Herald that Ainge would love to find a way to get North Carolina State point guard Dennis Smith Jr.

>>76682872
>Because I honestly don't see it
sup pleb

Lonzo Ball:
>transition passing. court vision
>superiors 3 pt shooting >inb4 muh mechanics
>great hollywood looks
>elite interior passing
>athleticism
>leadership skills
>can handle the media (good skill overlooked)
>no off court issues >inb4 lavar
>most likely perfect for system teams

>>76682952
if they are really looking at acquiring a marquee FA, i'd put my money on millsap after also trading aldridge. but man i still kinda don't want to see danny traded

>>76682961
Uh, draft him?

>>76682959
>Athleticism and vision can be "taught"
How's it feel being the dumbest person in this thread?

>>76682961
Madman is gonna trade down again, isn't he?

>>76682909
except everyone here is half-deluded about Jaylen Brown

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Is Markelle Fultz, dare I say it, the greatest ball-handler of all time?

>>76682974
Not without trading down to get another first rounder once more. Could probably fleece Phil Jackson's retarded ass

>>76682961
I FUCKING CALLED THIS

I FUCKING CALLED THIS

>>76682961
>all these rumors

He's taking Monk, cap this bitch.

>>76682971
Give Lakers Aldridge/Green

Spurs get 27th and 28th + luol deng and Larry Nance

>>76682993
What's the point anymore? It's obvious he won't do anything but keep making picks into more picks until he is forced to pick people.

>>76680607
it rarely snows more than a foot during one storm in Philly so unless you have a really huge storm or a couple big storms back to back, it won't be a problem. Especially if you have a relatively short driveway and a big car, driving through 6 inches of snow isn't a big deal

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I think Ainge realized that this draft is stacked with everything his team doesn't need. He got the #1 pick 2 years too late and is scrambling to make it work going forward. The Philly trade just bought him more time

>>76682698
>Our only hope is to beat up on the shit teams like Boston
Are you retarded? This is fucking delusional. Boston is a better team than the craptors now and in the future

lowry is fucking leaving for nothing this summer too. You're done.

>>76682990
Offensive foul at 0:06, he's a fucking bust, cant even create shot on a kid.

>>76683017
He's gonna have the #1 pick next year as well, unless he trades that away as well.

>>76682961
another guard? that's not what the Celtics need. They need a rebounder and someone to defend the paint.

I fucking TOLD you niggas that Ainge would take Dennis Smith

>>76683043
Celtics process mandates that they draft only manlets.