so warriors/thunder has to be xmas day feature game right, assuming they don't trade Russ in a panic
― Clay, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 07:16 (seven years ago) link
If it's true that horford would have signed with the thunder that would be hard to swallow for OKC
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 09:01 (seven years ago) link
a tale of two centers
http://i.imgur.com/JuPKH6m.png
― micah, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 10:33 (seven years ago) link
league moves fast
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
bigs gotta be able to move their feet
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link
jaylen brown > ben simmons https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/750334495870611460
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
Gerald Henderson 2/18 to 76ers
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
russ needs to go to the spurs next year
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
also then move the spurs to the east
until then the nba is dead
i could see russ on the spurs
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
probably just join the warriors for the minimum tho #whynot
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
in my opinion there's been too much Signing and not enough Trading
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
this was always destined to be an offseason of signing dude to the weird cap sitch
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
i guess the problem is every former contract is under-market now so no team that's feinging contention this year can afford to trade anyone
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
yeah basically every long-term contract that was signed last year is gold
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
a tale of two centers― micah, Tuesday, July 5, 2016 6:33 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Craziest thing about this to me is that in Dallas mahinmi looked like the kind of utterly fungible big man who would end up with one more little contract probably as a practice body for a contender with no money then vanish into Europe or w/e and now he's like an ideal b-level center
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, July 5, 2016 11:20 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
been thinking about this. if okc is certain he's gone, they'll certainly trade him, but they probably won't trade him to a team he doesn't want to play for/extend long term. spurs dont have a lot of tradeable assets, but of all the teams out there that could put russ in a championship role, SA is probably about it for the foreseeable future. lotta shit can change though so who knows.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
yeah theres not really a fit for him this year other than the spurs but they don't really have enough to send back afaict
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
have to wait til free agency :)
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
too much Signing and not enough Trading
a Trade!: http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/07/05/report-magic-trading-shabazz-napier-to-trail-blazers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
damn, dude couldn't even merit a 2nd rounder in return, how far the bazz has fallen since his title with uconn
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
thats why im hoping russ either stays in okc for the season or gets traded somewhere he doesnt want to be long term as a rental. tbh tho russ might not give a shit about a ring...i think he'd be an ok fit on the spurs but he'd have to conform to the spurs way. also he would need to stop doing so many PEDs.
xp
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
russ is hardly a typical spurs acquisition. he accomplishes a lot, but you have to accept his out-of-control tendencies along with his productive ones. pops would have apoplexy some nights.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
russ wld be a great fit for the spurs hes got exactly what theyre missing attacking playmaking being a fashionable nice man etc
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yspWhT5PhyE
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
+wld be great for russ to work w one of the alltime coaches
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link
i don't really want to see russ traded this year im more curious to see the russ/oladipo/adams thunder in action one time, they're probably still a solid team
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
russ on the spurs would be interesting but it seems like they lose more and more shooting every year
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
i dont think the spurs are a good fit for russ other than being the best team without a star PG
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
thunder are probably mid-40s win team without KD
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
lma n kawhi r 2 of the better shooters + green used to be able to shoot maybe cld again, russ wld be replacing tony
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
LMA doesn't really shoot 3s tho, and kawhi's shooting sort of came out of nowhere iirc i bet he regresses a bit
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
we saw what the Thunder were like w out durant and they couldnt get into the playoffs. mid 40s is about right yeah
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link
in recent seasons, when kd was on the bench with an injury, russ has gone ballistic, putting up some astounding hero-ball numbers. this has resulted in some great wins, but there is no way he keeps it up for an entre season without exploding.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
crazy that his stats m/l stayed the same even w KD back.
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link
they won 45 in the kd injury year which a) was before steven adams broke out and b) would have been good for the 5 seed last year so who knows
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk 1m1 minute agoReport: Frustration with Russell Westbrook contributed to Kevin Durant leaving Thunder for Warriors
shocker
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link
steph better be thinking abt getting those assist numbers up, dray better be thinking abt shooting never
p much, also klay's touches are going dowwwwwn
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
dubs shd adopt a 3 seconds or less rule
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
lma, even as a multiple all-star, was pretty deferential when he first arrived in SA. kd might feel he needs to fit in on the dubs, more than the dubs need to fit themselves around him.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, July 5, 2016 12:30 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
or he might be the one teams chose to leave open
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
kd prob the worst pure shooter of the three (which is crazy)
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
cavs twitter just followed mr and mrs gabrielle union
― balls, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
yeah kd is def the least accurate 3pt shooter of the three
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
the wade stuff is getting really interesting
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
miami bout to have whiteside and... who
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
he basically can play for the most money for bad teams or can play for no money for the cavs. the heat are probably right in calling his bluff on that but if he leaves they have $20 million in cap space and no players left to spend it on.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
seemed fake until today. maybe he wants out and this way he can blame it on them?
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
i don't think he wants out but you can understand why he would be mad over the way they went about the offseason
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 July 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link