i have something to say about the offseason THE 2016 NBA OFFSEASON

Heat depends on bosh

the bulls are NOT missig the playoffs in that raggedyass conference. miami, a 2016 playoff team, just got its guts ripped out.

oh yeah the east is still pretty bad haha

bulls will make the playoffs but like this:

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.@DwyaneWade will make the game easier for Butler and Lopez, and Rondo will make the game easier for @DwyaneWade.

is just dumb nonsense.

they will all fight for touches/FGA and itll be a weird lineup. theyll still be p good.

probs gonna be like

cavs

raps
pacers
celtics

bulls
bucks
pistons

hawks? idk

and the rest

lol pacers.

mike dunleavey to CLE btw which is a decent low-level move.

he's 35!

haha im looking at this eastern conf 2016 standings and i forgot how tightly packed all that mediocrity was from seed 3 to 10. miami was #3, figure theyll fall below .500.

last year, next year predix
1 - cleve
2 - toronto
3 V Miami
4 V Hawks
5 ^ Celtics
6 - Hornets
7 ^ Pacers
8 ^ Pistons (no roster changes, but a young team getting exp w stan van is an up imo)
9 ^ Chicago
10 - Washington

orlando and nyk are interesting bc both were bad last year and they could be playoff challengers tho i have no idea about orlando's backcourt and whether biyombo is going to be worth it, and whether nyk can take all those reclamation projects and make it work.

xp it's not like they can just sign whoever and he can still shoot

i dont think the bucks are gonna do jack shit, that roster is still a mess despite the talent on it

^^agree

forgot to dock toronto for losing biyombo. knock em down a peg.

i dont think the bucks are gonna do jack shit, that roster is still a mess despite the talent on it

― 6 god none the richer (m bison)

imo giannis/delly/middleton/parker/henson is pretty sound

xp it's not like they can just sign whoever and he can still shoot

― call all destroyer, Thursday, July 7, 2016 1:23 PM

oh yeah, and i knew he was old, just didn't expect him to be that old

he turns 36 in september!

theres no way the bulls make the playoffs

6 god none the richer (m bison)
Posted: July 6, 2016 at 7:42:04 PM
This is so wild and fucked up and carefree I fucking love it

lol shits crazed

seems like wade n riles just had enough of each other

Riley been exposed since bron left

i dunno they were one game away from the conference finals w/ their starting PF and C from the beginning of the season not playing

finding whiteside, josh richardson & tyler johnson was prob some of his best ever GMing

whiteside was some near miraculous gming for sure

if bosh is healthy im slightly more optimistic regarding the heat than the rest of you. dragic's game was totally neutered playing next to wade & he showed in the playoffs he can still be a game changing force. they almost certainly don't have the sheer talent to seriously compete w/ the cavs, raps, celts etc but a penetrating guard like dragic with an alley ooper/rim protector like whiteside and a mobile stretch 4 like bosh is at least moving in concert with the modern nba stylistically speaking. they'll still need more shooting but they have a lot of cap space to play with now.

again if bosh can play i think they'll be in the fight for seeds 5-8. if he has to retire then they're fucked on several fronts.

i dont think the bucks are gonna do jack shit, that roster is still a mess despite the talent on it

― 6 god none the richer (m bison)

imo giannis/delly/middleton/parker/henson is pretty sound

― micah, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 10:31 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u r high af, delly is garbage, middleton is a good stats on a shitty team HOFer, all these guys are completely untested and won 33 games last year. lots and lots and lots of teams are bad for years and draft lots of young talent and dont go anywhere with it and bucks are that team.

i think bosh is done, thats why i think miami falls. if he's healthy enough thatll cushion their fall.

i would have paid wade but i can't fault riley for wanting to be a year early on getting off of wade's contract than two years too late

theres no way the bulls make the playoffs

― ciderpress, Wednesday, July 6, 2016 11:39 PM (19 minutes ago)

they play in the east and their lineup is rondo/wade/butler/mirotic/rolo, they'll be a playoff team

don't know why everyone thinks the pacers are good now ive been seeing that everywhere

bucks are on upward trajectory but prob still like 10-12th

sounds reasonable tho i dont even know who starts at 2 for them then whos the backup and then winslow at the 3 their wing production cld be real bad, losing wade and deng is a lot

xp jord

u knows whos weird that everyone thinks will be good is the jazz

the final 3-4 playoff spots will prob be determined by a few games difference in record and there's a lot of downside w/ the bulls if wade's body breaks down like it did in the few seasons before this one. if he gives them the season he just gave the heat this year then i'd agree they're likely in the playoffs.

also they had tons of bad vibes there last year. hoiberg seemed in over his head & jimmy does not seem to have been a positive presence behind the scenes. throw in rondo & desperate wade.... i could see them having another disaster year.

jazz are definitely good

they still have so little playmaking just like last year and r insanely slow great defensive team prob but theure not gonna be able to score their big addition is the famously non penetrating george hill

re jazz

sounds reasonable tho i dont even know who starts at 2 for them then whos the backup and then winslow at the 3 their wing production cld be real bad, losing wade and deng is a lot

xp jord

― lag∞n, Thursday, July 7, 2016 12:05 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah i dunno they'll have to get creative. richardson prob plays the 2 for them and they'll need him to shoot really well again. a starting 5 of dragic-richardson-winslow-bosh-whiteside could be something i think but they have no bench. it will all be hanging by a thread for them and like the bulls the downside is pretty big. but there were a lot of bad parts to wade's game that i think the heat will benefit from flushing out.

on the new zach lowe pod him & arnovitz agree that the jazz are the 4th best team in the west

this seems crazy to me

they barely made the offs last year and didnt add anyone that good

like what % of jazz possessions ended w an off balance hayward 20 footer as the shit clock expired

lol shit clock

jazz missed the playoffs by 1 game without starting an nba quality point guard all season

also they had a bunch of injuries apparently

yeah wow the west is kind of top-heavy now. top 3 are obviously warriors-spurs-clippers, but after that there's not clear 4th. hard to tell who the best of the mavs/thunder/rockets/jazz bunch is. what did the blazers do this offseason?

paid evan turner a lot of money

they gave evan turner $75 million

oh shit right

yikes

i think the jazz will be better than dallas. prob memphis too.

yeah there are like 5 teams overall you can pencil in for at least 50 wins next year and after that who knows

blazers bout to get ezili too

ciderpress
Posted: July 6, 2016 at 10:15:12 PM
jazz missed the playoffs by 1 game without starting an nba quality point guard all season

george hill is no ones savior, especially that team who desperately needs someone that can break down the D

+ u just cant win the the nba walking the ball up