2013-2014 NBA Season Thread

[elcheato]

I always thought Jonny Flynn sucked, because for all but his rookie year he did, but I can't imagine David Kahn drafting and signing every PG that came available helped his mindset.

 

[BwareDWare94]

black people look a lot better than white people when theyre covered like that. white people look better with some skin left in between.

 
I couldn't even see LeBron's sleeves until he shot free throws. JR is a little more obvious.

 

[BwareDWare94]

I always thought Jonny Flynn sucked, because for all but his rookie year he did, but I can't imagine David Kahn drafting and signing every PG that came available helped his mindset.

 
Yeah. David Kahn damn near destroyed Minnesota's franchise.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I thought you were a Minny fan BWare?

 

[Pugz]

 
I couldn't even see LeBron's sleeves until he shot free throws. JR is a little more obvious.

hes lighter skined.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

As a Sixers fan, I've been thinking a lot about the future of this team. I was looking at the cap situation, and I realized something. In an absolute best case scenario, we could end up with an all time great team as soon as next year.

Before I get into any of this, I want to say that there is almost no chance that everything I'm going to propose will work. I'm just saying that it is possible.

At the end of this season, we have only $17,122,270 on the books. I'm going to assume that Jason Richardson accepts his player option, so that total will really be $23,723,395. Next year's salary cap is estimated at $62,100,000. That is a lot of cap room.

Now remember, this is a best case scenario, so the Sixers end up with the 1st and 6th overall picks in the upcoming draft. With those picks, they will select Andrew Wiggins and Julius Randle. This adds a total of $7,080,500 to our books, leaving the Sixers with $31,296,105 in cap room for free agency.

Now here comes the really big stretch. The Sixers renounce the rights to Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen, freeing up that cap space, and sign Lebron James to a deal worth $25,000,000 a year. That leaves the Sixers with $6,296,105 left under the cap, which they use to sign some floor spacing. For example, maybe Jimmer Fredette and Matt Bonner

This leaves them with this depth chart.
•PG: Michael Carter-Williams, Tony Wroten, Jimmer Fredette
•SG: Andrew Wiggins, Jason Richardson, James Anderson
•SF: Lebron James, Hollis Thompson
•PF: Julius Randle, Thaddeus Young
•C: Nerlens Noel, Daniel Orton, Matt Bonner

This team is scary now, and downright unfair in the future. And it's all technically possible.

Now, obviously this probably isn't going to happen, but it goes to show how good of a job Sam Hinkie is doing in setting up this team for the future.

I got dumber reading this.

 

[elcheato]

I did that in 2k14, signed LeBron, but drafted Parker, Exum & Seldon instead.

 

[Pugz]

did bosox plan that out?

 

[Teagz]

did bosox plan that out?

Was just about to post that lol

 

[elcheato]

That team would be a perfect example of how not to space the floor

 

[bosoxlover12]

SMH, y'all know I woulda chosen Jabari over Wiggins lol

 

[elcheato]

I'd take both Wiggins & Embiid over Parker.

 

[Mexi]

Kyrie has 7 career double doubles

 

[elcheato]

It's not as if people were hyping him up as some elite passing PG. Dude sucks now because he can't score efficiently.

 

[buzzy]

Oh come on, he's not that bad.
 
*Looks up last boxscore*
 
NEVERMIND

 

[Mexi]

I drafted kyrie over paul george in fantasy and it freaking haunts me

I made 2 picks before I had to get autod
Kyrie and lamarcus

 

[elcheato]

I can't even point to something and say there's hope. Dude is just missing everything. Jump shots, lay ups. Thunderstruck 2 Electric Boogaloo, some kid is out crossing over fools in a JV high school game

 

[BwareDWare94]

I thought you were a Minny fan BWare?

 
I watch a lot of Minnesota sports because that's what we get in North Dakota. I've come to like every team, though I primarily like Texas teams in the NFL and NBA. Otherwise, my primary teams in the MLB and NHL are the Twins and Wild.
 
But yeah, I follow the Wolves pretty closely. I'm very glad that Kahn is gone.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I think you could write a book on Kyrie's struggles. It's more than just one reason.

The way Mike Brown is structuring the offense, isn't exactly leaving much to the imagination. Isolations, high pick and rolls, no movement on offense. The Cavs and Kyrie are making themselves easy to guard.

I also don't think Irving and Waiters playing together is a good thing. You essentially have two SG's, who both like to take bad shots and have pretty bad tunnel vision. And it goes back to what I said, no movement, stationary on offense.

 

[elcheato]

Kyrie missing jumpers and lay ups has nothing to do with Mike Brown. Kyrie sucks when Dion is off the floor. I wouldn't say either have tunnel vision either. They look to shoot first because that's their bread and butter. I'd much rather them take contested shots than swing it out to Alonzo Gee or Earl Clark for 3.