Restart Game # 6 Toronto at Milwaukee Monday August 10th 6:30pm

[Jclaw]

Let's go Jclaw

Done and done. Well, I guess just done.

[saints91]

That's cool!

[planetmars]

[saints91]

Let's go Jclaw

[Rudy Bargnani]

Alright game starts in an hour or
so let’s get the game thread up. Lol can’t have bad luck going into the playoffs

[Tmac2darak]

Overrated

To be honest though I dont think KM was going all out on Monday.

[Tmac2darak]

So in case nobody was aware.. there is a game today. 6:30 against the 6ers.

i WAS JUST ABOUT TO POST THAT. Wondering if were getting a thread?

[planetmars]

So in case nobody was aware.. there is a game today. 6:30 against the 6ers.

[S.R.]

I've really noticed just the space Gasol occupies is much more of a deterrent than Ibaka. Gasol moves his feet really well and when he falls back into the lane he cuts off a lot of options for guys who want to go to the rim. Ibaka gets his blocks but leaves more space on the court and doesn't rotate quite as well.

[DanH]

I didn't specify halfcourt offense however I imagined sort of a Brook Lopez affect where Gasol being a more consistent threat from the perimeter opening more lanes for Siakam, and to some degree Lowry, Norm, OG...

Yeah, it could be better. But just like with Lopez, teams will dare them to shoot given the choice of letting the star go off. And note that the key point with Lopez is his effect is really good because of Giannis inside. Without Giannis its a lot less valuable.

So we agree and disagree. I agree with you that Gasol taking more shots would help the offence. I disagree that there is any scenario where the half court offence wouldn't be looked at as a weakness because of the lack of an established 1-on-1 scoring star. It would look about the same, just with a little better efficiency.

[G__Deane]

I didn't specify halfcourt offense however I imagined sort of a Brook Lopez affect where Gasol being a more consistent threat from the perimeter opening more lanes for Siakam, and to some degree Lowry, Norm, OG...

Bottom line for me, is Gasol can do a bit more without giving up D, making some nice passes and setting screens. Overall, offense would go up a touch since he would be spacing out the floor a bit more and not passing to others in worse positions.

I've been saying this for months and glad to see (again) that Nurse agrees.

[S.R.]

Overrated

[LJ2]

No team will be favourites without a superstar to run offence through. And no, I completely disagree, there is no usage for Gasol that would have driven this team to an elite halfcourt offence.

I didn't specify halfcourt offense however I imagined sort of a Brook Lopez affect where Gasol being a more consistent threat from the perimeter opening more lanes for Siakam, and to some degree Lowry, Norm, OG...

[DanH]

It's going to be fascinating and there is going to be a major divide between haves and have nots. There will be real opportunity for teams willing and able to spend money. But I would not want to be a free agent.

My point is that there is no financial benefit to cutting player salary in any extreme way. If you spend below 90% of the cap, you just have to bump up your player salary to 90% of the cap by giving your own players raises at the end of the year. Every year there are a few teams that are near the floor. Maybe this year there are more of those teams. But it won't change the fact that there are a solid bunch of teams entering this "summer" with huge cap room and no real benefit in not spending it.

[A.I]

What about overall scoring for the 5 with marc vs Serge?
Does Marc get the other 4 starters 2 more points each while Serge outscores Marc by 10?

To me, a big part of it will be to not over pay either one on long term deals

I don't think Masai or Bobby are overpaying anyone on long term deals until we know how the Giannis situation plays out.