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nba_4_life wrote: View Post
its because of the media, they keep on anointing them as the best team in the east and give them excuses why they fail.
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Demographic Shift wrote: View Post
Love these things surfaced by agents and media types stoking the NBA hype machine. .
Great points... and add in there is only 1 ball.
The classic NBA line of has been trotted out numerous times for failed personnel experiments, most recently the Harden/Paul and the Harden/Westbrook flops and the resulting divorces.
So who of Harden or Irving is going to relinquish the ball to become a spot up three point shooter?
I'm sure that Kevin Durants ample ego would not allow him to become a 5th wheel in the Chris Bosh reprise
Never say never.. but thats a hard one to see financially and on the floor.
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inthepaint wrote: View Post
Ok, sorry if this is a dumb question with a very simple answer but how the heck are they gonna pay for these three guys? Never mind the chemistry, locker room and on-court fit. Their combined salary is 107M. That's 98% of the cap. Is someone taking a paycut? It's funny when the raps contemplate a trade or a FA signing all of a sudden there's tons of cap constraints, but if it's Harden to the Nets where 2 guys are already eatinng up 70M it's like, "woah that team would e stacked!"
It makes it tough moving forward.. but an owner with rich pockets that just wants to win can make it happen.
What's tougher is when you have 3 max players all wanting to be free agents at the same time. Like the Heatles. They all had to take pay cuts. But if you are bringing in guys off of trades, there is a little more wiggle room to make the acquisition work.
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inthepaint wrote: View Post
Ok, sorry if this is a dumb question with a very simple answer but how the heck are they gonna pay for these three guys? Never mind the chemistry, locker room and on-court fit. Their combined salary is 107M. That's 98% of the cap. Is someone taking a paycut? It's funny when the raps contemplate a trade or a FA signing all of a sudden there's tons of cap constraints, but if it's Harden to the Nets where 2 guys are already eatinng up 70M it's like, "woah that team would e stacked!"
A mix of WWE, soap operas, high school like rivalries from players barely 2 or 3 years removed from a high school cafeteria make for good publicity.
The NBA..nuthin like it. It doesn’t have to make sense to sell this stuff. Just that it’s buyers are still listening and watching.Last edited by Demographic Shift; Mon Nov 16, 2020, 09:11 PM.There's no such thing as a 2nd round bust.
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planetmars wrote: View Post
Teams can go above the cap. In a trade you can bring back 125% + $100K more than what you give back. Harden for Dinwiddie/LeVert/Prince/Allen I believe works. They have much less depth but can use draft picks, minimum contracts, etc to fill out their roster. If the Nets don't care about paying tax they can pull it off.
It makes it tough moving forward.. but an owner with rich pockets that just wants to win can make it happen.
What's tougher is when you have 3 max players all wanting to be free agents at the same time. Like the Heatles. They all had to take pay cuts. But if you are bringing in guys off of trades, there is a little more wiggle room to make the acquisition work.
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Thats a good haul for the thunder. Oubre looked awesome at points last year and could be an all-NBA defender at some point. Jerome is a knock down shooter and they add another 1st round pick.
CP3 made the thunder in the middle of the playoff pack and they had a lot less talent the the suns have. Could see phx in a similar spot OKC was last year. CP3 might be able to unnlock Ayton with the PNR and Booker can play off ball more. The west just keeps getting tougher.To be the champs you got to beat the champs
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Rudy Bargnani wrote: View PostThis should take Phoenix out of the VanVleet picture. His market could shrink.
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golden wrote: View Post
Just an observation, but free agents who talk so brashly about “getting paidâ€, often have that backfire on them. Isaiah “brinks truck†Thomas and 2Pat come to mind. Deyonta Davis did that as a rookie and dropped right out of the first round. I think it kind of pisses off owners to hear that stuff out in the open. Not a class move by FVV.
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nba_4_life wrote: View Post
george hill, bledsoe and picksTo be the champs you got to beat the champs
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