http://i.imgur.com/XpLVsCO.png
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
#2 prospects skipping college to play in china for a cool milli http://sports.yahoo.com/news/will-emmanuel-mudiay-s-jump-to-china-be-the-start-of-a-trend-for-recruits-203740980-nba.html
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
"I think the new snack money will convince kids to go to school," joked Louisville coach Rick Pitino as he watched the AAU Nationals here earlier this month, referencing the NCAA initiative to provide unlimited food to players.
"We've got free Power Bars," he continued.
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
Kristaps Porzingis is an intriguing and somewhat pynchonian name.
― my friend, Gater (Clay), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link
wow Oubre in the top 5 is surprising
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 01:03 (nine years ago) link
Todd Wright @Twright502 2mWillie Cauley-Stein 21 points 12 rebounds 3 steals & 5 blocks.
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 December 2014 02:31 (nine years ago) link
Brow: TNG
― Clay, Saturday, 6 December 2014 02:35 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/HLRBfWi.png
― moullet, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
wow lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
haha this guy is so terrible he goes through a whole list of being wrong then misunderstand why it was wrong, literally wrong about being wrong http://grantland.com/the-triangle/ncaa-tournament-x-nba-draft-looking-to-last-year-for-a-reality-check/
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 07:13 (nine years ago) link
The part about Brandon Knight being some fringe guy who only went high because he went to UK is really bad
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 07:17 (nine years ago) link
This draft is really good but I kind of hate okafor and towns, it's weird
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 07:18 (nine years ago) link
haha this guy is so terrible he goes through a whole list of being wrong then misunderstand /why/ it was wrong, literally wrong about being wrong http://grantland.com/the-triangle/ncaa-tournament-x-nba-draft-looking-to-last-year-for-a-reality-check/ --lag∞n
this dude is the fucking worst, prob the strongest argument you could have against that site's non-Lowe NBA writing
― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 10:59 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 3:13 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is just so lazy...no shit most nba rookies are pretty bad, could you possibly be bothered to look back 3-5 years?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
my early take:
Okafor: boringTowns: boringMudiay: cool I guess but what can you really tell from CBA ball?Stanley Johnson: really awesomeMario Hezonja: sex on legs
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 10 April 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
look at this gazelle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUcrZ4y_Ccg
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 10 April 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
Okafor: boringTowns: boring
Well, they aren't Anthony Davis, if that's your point.
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Friday, 10 April 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
lol never change matt armstrong.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 11 April 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link
i do think towns is more of a high floor guy than a high ceiling guy and okafor is maybe just improved greg monroe
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 11 April 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
yeah exactly. Very unsexy number 1 picks.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 11 April 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
think there's a decent if not definite chance cauley-stein goes higher than towns but who knows
lol Matt that hezonja clip is aight but slow yr roll
― slothroprhymes, Saturday, 11 April 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
That hezonja clip shows some good athleticism, but the opposing defenses are not so active that hezonja's athleticism was decisive in getting the shots off, so it only shows he knows a bit about showmanship.
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Saturday, 11 April 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link
i have sort of a bad feeling about cauley-stein
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 11 April 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Saturday, April 11, 2015 7:08 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
idk the takes off the dribble are pretty good man
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 11 April 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
good athleticism is kinda underselling what those clips show too
he's a fucking beast you guys. Might be a bust cuz he seems like a flake but come on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d4vqiqSMOY
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 11 April 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
cauley-stein old
― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 April 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
I feel like the Twolves really don't need another big man, but then again they don't really "need" anything since they have young talent at every position.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Do you see Muhammad or Wiggins as a SG? Otherwise they could use someone there. They both seem like forwards to me.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
yeah but not really a true SG in this draft
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
lavine probably their future SG
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
Right now I have it 1. Towns2. Hezonja3. Okafor
Okafor looks realllly vucevic/Al Jeff/Eddy Curry to me.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
Towns is wacky and I hate watching him but he does a lot of things
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:33 (eight years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2015/05/nba_draft_lottery_2015_how_to_fix_the_broken_nba_draft_system_and_prevent.single.html
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 22:50 (eight years ago) link
that is actually brilliant
― Clay, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 22:59 (eight years ago) link
wouldn't this lead to 2nd level tanking that's even more flagrantly awful tho
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 23:03 (eight years ago) link
I guess it prevents a team from being systemically bad which is boring compared to thrown games
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 23:04 (eight years ago) link
one cool think is it wld create grudges between the teams that got picked to be the worst and those that picked them
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link
could you trade for the YTW pick that named you, ie if the Knicks picked the nets as the worst could the nets trade for the Knicks' pick and then tank
― Clay, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah morey picking the mavs as the worst every year no matter his position would be great theater
― Clay, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 23:07 (eight years ago) link
I wish there was some way to make the lottery totally transparent so we could have the full gamble experience
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 23:10 (eight years ago) link
these dudes will be reppin' their teams on lottery night https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CE-4Fs6UUAAFzGi.jpg:large
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:14 (eight years ago) link
lottery 2nite
kinda want like a team like detroit to win this lottery for watch-the-world-burn reasons, i am just imagining hinkie's face (wherever he will be lurking) if he doesnt get in the top 5
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
sadly it's almost impossible for him not to
this isn't a draft where you really need to get number 1 or number 2 though, I could see the best player going 10th for sure.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
hopefully the lakers win to prove its all rigged
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
to me the big question of this draft is: how high can you draft a guy who changed his middle name to Trill?
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
as high as a team wants
"best player" is mattarm-speak for that hezonja doofus i'm guessing?
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4:10 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
def passes the psych test
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 8:13 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
highly unlikely he slips to 10
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link
Singh has some Steven Adams qualities about him
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 03:58 (eight years ago) link
so happy that Pat Connaughton justified my one Blazers t-shirt. but he might still just play baseball?
― mad maxwell's wasteland death suite (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 26 June 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
he looks sluggish, but they showed him shooting long range so he's basically new dirk
― not a garbageman, i am garbage, man (m bison), Friday, 26 June 2015 04:00 (eight years ago) link
I see we've moved into the ignoring picks portion of the draft on ESPN
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 04:00 (eight years ago) link
the hawks picked an extremely skinny swedish shooting guard who recently suffered a torn ACL
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Marcus-Eriksson-6114/stats/
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 04:02 (eight years ago) link
Stephen A Smith live via satellite to dis the Porzingis pick
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 04:24 (eight years ago) link
i have to turn the volume down about 50% as soon as he starts talking.
― Spottie, Friday, 26 June 2015 04:25 (eight years ago) link
cliff alexander was a consensus top 5 recruit last year, went undrafted http://247sports.com/Season/2014-Basketball/CompositeRecruitRankings?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 June 2015 04:31 (eight years ago) link
Chad Ford @chadfordinsider 4h4 hours agoHere’s the problem with replacing your front office right before the draft. Vlade & Karl had never seen Mudiay play. Mudiay > WCS
for the love of god man
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 June 2015 04:38 (eight years ago) link
#TrustTheProcess is a pretty fun hashtag to search for Philly gallows humor
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/614279771850051584
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 June 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/CardboardGerald/status/614467376055107585
riles getting the last laugh at ainge's expense once again
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 June 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
I love how Adam Silver was doing bro hugs with the players last nighthttp://media.sunherald.com/smedia/2015/06/25/23/20/647-1Mit3.AuSt.55.jpeg
― Spottie, Friday, 26 June 2015 16:42 (eight years ago) link
i was trying to figure out why the nba is bro-hug on draft night and the nfl is full-on hug
― call all destroyer, Friday, 26 June 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Friday, June 26, 2015 12:30 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sure man
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
truth hurts
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 June 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
i support yr heat fandom jordan :)
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
"Hollis-Jefferson can defend three to four positions, is a terrific athlete, a solid playmaker and a great teammate. Stacey Augmon might be his floor, but someone like Andre Iguodala could be his ceiling."
This seems like a small room.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Heat fans should focus more on Hassan Whiteside continuing to be a top 5 center and less on celebrating drafting a guy who was projected to go almost exactly where they got him.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
yeah hard to imagine winslow is underrated considering where he played def a couple goofball pick above him tho
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
on Hassan Whiteside continuing to be a top 5 center
which is contingent on him managing to not have a full-on rage meltdown on the court, which is aaaaalways in play - i think it's reasonable insurance lol
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, June 26, 2015 3:20 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark
how do you focus on a player in the offseason? is he doing open workouts?
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 June 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
lol I mean what exactly are you doing other than swallowing Heat PR about Winslow, watching some Whiteside 2015 mixes isn't really different
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
u can appreciate two players at once it cool
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
i guess I'm just sick of people falling for the "we had him 4th on our board!" thing
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
it's more a function of mock draft culture
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 June 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
like the Heat saying that they thought the knicks would take him, give me a fucking break
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
there isn't any mock drafts that had winslow falling, that's all it is
he only fell a couple few spots tho
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
dude every mock had him in the 6-10 range and that's where he went xp
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
anyway it was a good pick up for miami imo he seems like a very low downside guy
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
mudiay prob a bigger steal tho
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
he fits Miami's team needs perfectly
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link
Winslow would have been a pretty odd pick for the Hornets really.
The Pistons are the team that rolled the dice. Stanley Johnson and Winslow are very close imo. I was more into Johnson but then I saw those hideous finishing numbers.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 19:53 (eight years ago) link
this is a really dumb convo but
At their draft-night availability, the Heat handed out a sheet of 20 mock drafts by prominent NBA writers or websites, and 19 had Winslow slotted between fourth and seventh; only one writer had him as low as eighth.
it's not true that winslow was in the 6-10 range. he was in the 4-8 range charitably, but really between denver and detroit. there wasn't a single mock draft, probably since april, that had winslow falling to the heat. every mock draft had the heat taking booker or johnson aka [wing player who isn't justise winslow] or myles turner.
in mock drafts, which is how people who read about the draft get information, winslow was in the tier of wing player above where the heat were drafting. he was too good to fall to the heat. but then he did! it's pretty easy to understand.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 June 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
There was no way Winslow was going in the top 4 and if there really were mocks out there that had him there they were very bad mocks. Porzingis was a top 5 lock, and the Magic weren't gonna pick Winslow.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
I guess Winslow going to the Knicks was just a wild guess based on the fact that the knicks were the only team that basically had no leaks
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link
looking at the mocks you're right, Winslow made a late push at the end to get in the 4-8 range. But throughout much of the process 6-10 was about where he was.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
I'm amazed by all the mocks that didn't have Kaminsky to the Hornets, they telegraphed that pretty hard.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 26 June 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
im most surprised that the knicks didnt do something stupid
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
celtics apparently offered 6 picks, including 4 potential firsts, to move up to charlotte's spot for winslow.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 26 June 2015 23:21 (eight years ago) link
yeah, but the hornets don't get frank and don't roll off six straight finals appearances
― balls, Friday, 26 June 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
the second round grades here are a great example of the worst kind of draft analysis. Reflexively insulting whenever a player hasn't been scouted by the writer:
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/drafttracker
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Friday, June 26, 2015 7:21 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is literally insane
― lag∞n, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
Frank must gonna be a hall of famer.
― Jeff, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
if the celtics wanted to be in the lottery so bad they cldve just not made the playoffs
― lag∞n, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
its funny they didnt even want to take the same player, they just both really didnt want all those draft picks
― lag∞n, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
tbf they were prob all terrible picks but still so many
that celtics stuff is unfathomable to me, if any team 6-9 really turned this down....
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:45 (eight years ago) link
yeah that story honestly does not scan to me
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 June 2015 08:01 (eight years ago) link
sportscenter just showed this segment on isaiah austin and it's getting pretty dusty in here, my typical cynicism be damned that was a great moment in last year's draft
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 29 June 2015 02:42 (eight years ago) link