Also there's gotta be a frontcourt trade brewing bc yikes that's a whole lot of mediocrity bunched together
― Clay, Monday, 11 July 2016 00:29 (seven years ago) link
imo that is a pretty unexceptional team for the amount of $ they spent
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 01:06 (seven years ago) link
all the signings except evan turner of course are defensible imo but ya taken as a group theyre not too impressive
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 July 2016 01:09 (seven years ago) link
yeah if any team is indicative of the downside of the ballooning cap and how it can hurt a team it's portland's ridiculously bad summer
― Clay, Monday, 11 July 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link
and don't forget they'll have to max mccollum prob next summer and i think plumlee will be eligible for a rich extension too. and haven't even matched whatever $50mil offer harkless eventually gets.
― Clay, Monday, 11 July 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
yeah i think the blazers may have locked themselves into an undesirable situation. their sick backcourt means they're a player away from being really really interesting and i would have been holding out for that possibility.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 11 July 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
they played the warriors really well and everyone is young and will get better and they (over)paid for some depth. Think they'll be fine. They're prob not gonna lure a big name so that's the next best thing. The turner overpay is p weird tho.
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 11 July 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
I'm sure we'll find out what happened with the Turner thing at some point. I think the idea was with the extensions they're signing next summer they had to use the money now or never use it, so the FO just outright panicked when parsons slipped away
― Clay, Monday, 11 July 2016 02:31 (seven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/S8QJMWnjoel embiid is very large
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 02:32 (seven years ago) link
"they're prob not gonna lure a big name" is what everyone says about the celtics but i'd rather keep my options open and come up empty than spend that money on guys who will be 3/4 bench players
― call all destroyer, Monday, 11 July 2016 02:33 (seven years ago) link
damn that meyers leonard contract sucks for him
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 July 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
crabbe or aminu gon be starting ahead of turner before the years out
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 July 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
Meyers had his chance to prove himself last year but underperformed and then got injured
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 11 July 2016 02:44 (seven years ago) link
the gap between evan turner and aminu or harkless or whoever you have backing him is pretty tiny (arguably nonexistent in this specific example) compared to the gap between turner and some actually good wing like say gordon hayward
there's a reason you need star players to contend in basketball and it's because the star players are just worth way more than the average players, it's not linear
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 02:46 (seven years ago) link
i think they're better than this but sorta wonder if the the turner contract is a suns-ish moment where the rebuild got sped up and inadvertantly gummed up the plans
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 July 2016 02:50 (seven years ago) link
that is a v good theory, something i've been stabbing at but hadn't really internally articulated
― Clay, Monday, 11 July 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
i think dame & CJ are too good for that but they spent a lot of money this offseason & i don't see how they got better
tho ezili at less than $8 million per year is pretty nice tho
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 July 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
tho they do still have guys like harkless and vonleh who could get a lot better suddenly
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 July 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
i really don't think harkless is significantly worse than ET and could be a fair amount better
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
they have bunch of guys w upside
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 July 2016 03:28 (seven years ago) link
jaylen brown not really showing out tonight (tbf neither is bender)
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 11 July 2016 03:33 (seven years ago) link
yabusele looks like he might be legit! (eventually.)
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Monday, 11 July 2016 03:35 (seven years ago) link
timmy out http://www.nba.com/spurs/tim-duncan-announces-retirement
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 July 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
good career
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 14:08 (seven years ago) link
retires days after release of pokemon go. coincidence?
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 July 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
aw
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 July 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
Little different from how bean went out eh.
GOAT
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 11 July 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
theyll be able to replace his production, but im legit worried what the locker room might be like! esp once manu is gone (i presume) next year. the true test of this team will be if they can win a title without him.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Monday, 11 July 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
spurs will be spurs, they won't change imo. maybe when pop retires.
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 14:53 (seven years ago) link
pop shd retire too
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 July 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
timmy played 19 seasons and the worst one was 50 wins, that's pretty fucked up
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 36s37 seconds agoDirk Nowitzki to ESPN on Timmy: "He was always about winning, never about making a brand out of himself. That's what I appreciated the most"
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 July 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
Peace out all-timer
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Monday, 11 July 2016 15:25 (seven years ago) link
swim free timmy
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 11 July 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
Miss u timmy
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Monday, 11 July 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
If the Celtics had gotten kd this year it would have been funny for Tim to retire then sign with them this spring to ring chase just to be like sorry your tanking in 1997 didn't work and you got Ron mercer instead
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Monday, 11 July 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
he owes us
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 July 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
http://www.si.com/vault/2012/05/21/106194128/21-shades-of-gray One of my favorite bball articles ever
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Monday, 11 July 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
rip to the biggest man, the fundamental, the lover of The Crow
― Clay, Monday, 11 July 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
“We, as an organization, really have to begin to question everything. Is it me people don’t want to play with? Is it Rick (Carlisle)? Is it Mark (Cuban) and some agents and players hold a grudge because he blew up the 2011 champions? Nobody truly knows. Over the last five years, we have been continuously in for the truly big names in free agency, but all we achieved in the end was that we got them more money and a better contract elsewhere,” Dirk told a German newspaper recently. “As for me personally, I don’t truly care how much I make these days, my main focus is on playing for a winner.”
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 11 July 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
i hear california is nice in the winter
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 11 July 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
its hard to imagine the spurs missing the playoffs ever again
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
theyll do it when they have to tank for the next duncan
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 July 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
Draymond arrested on assault charges at a protest?
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 11 July 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'm seeing reports of dray arrested for assault with no further info yet
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
praying that he kicked a white supremacist in the balls
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 11 July 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
lol yes
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 July 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
https://theringer.com/tim-duncan-retirement-63c201d26f48#.joiieo4co ringer got Shea, surprise surprise. Posting this here so I can read it later.
― Clay, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
Draymond I am disappoint: https://twitter.com/evansernoffsky/status/752557942763761665
― Nicholas Nickelback (Leee), Monday, 11 July 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
draymond fighting fans is sick
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 July 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link