2015 NBA Off-Season Thread

[jonathanlambert33]

Not very. I'd still have the Thunder, Spurs, Rockets, Warriors, Grizzlies, Pelicans and Clippers ahead of them. If the Suns get Aldridge I'd have to see them play, but I think I'd take them.

Think the Warriors and Thunder are your elite of the elite teams, with the Spurs and Rockets on their tails. But they could fall back into the tier with the Grizzlies and the Pelicans If things fall a certain way. They're in the tier with the Clippers, Suns, and even the Jazz.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Damian Lillard about to average 37.9 PPG lol.

 

[elcheato]

https://twitter.com/rashadalaiyan/status/617162799647580160

 

[RipCity32]

Refreshing to see players saying no to big markets (New York, LAL) to sign with winning/up and coming teams.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Somebody is going to throw cash at Earl and Josh lol

 

[dez]

Refreshing to see players saying no to big markets (New York, LAL) to sign with winning/up and coming teams.

 
Only cause of each teams star players... nobody wants to play w/ Kobe or Melo
 
And I dont blame them..
 
Melo will shoot a contested 3 in the middle of a designed play
And Kobe still thinks he's 24, wanting LA to "Fill Pau's Role"

 

[dez]

LA bouta trade for Roy doe!! lol

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Refreshing to see players saying no to big markets (New York, LAL) to sign with winning/up and coming teams.

I'm so sick of this fucking statement, and I see it all the time. Name 12 stars who have signed with the Knicks and Lakers in the last 10 years. You can't. Even if you include the Nets it's a stretch to reach 12

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Think most force trades there before.

 

[Pugz]

its more the media than anything else

 

[bosoxlover12]

Lakers hardly ever had cap room to sign Free Agents, because they had successful rosters, with Kobe, Pau, and Odom carrying high enough cap hits to prevent a Max FA from signing
 
 
But they got Pau from Memphis. They got Dwight from Orlando. The should have gotten Chris Paul from New Orleans. They also had smaller moves like singing MWP, Nash, etc that were considered big at the time but just never played well.
 
 
Name me other teams that acquired that much talent over that time span. I have the Celtics, Heat, Rockets, and Cavaliers.
 
 
LA absolutely has the big market allure. And the Knicks would too if it werent obvious to everybody that Dolan is awful.

 

[elcheato]

Cleveland is such a desirable location, we got the biggest and best.

 

[dez]

Kyle OQuinn s&t

I remember bruh from the NCAA tourney, iirc he put up some solid numbers at the beginning of the year while Vucevic was out

 

[cruzg24]

Afflalo, Lopez, and OQuinn. Shit we got 7th seed on lockdown.

 

[dez]

Hey don't forget about former number 2 pick Derrick Williams lol

 

[cruzg24]

Hey don't forget about former number 2 pick Derrick Williams lol

Damn I forgot. Fuck it, top 4 seed, calling it.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Kobe and Kwame Brown 2.0!!!!

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

 

Kosta Koufos and the Kings agreed to a four-year, $33 million deal.

 
The Kings were able to pry Koufos away from teams like the Clippers, but they did have to pay up for a backup big man. Coach George Karl was a fan of Kosta in Denver and he may use him at power forward. He fared very well at rim protection last season, but that was in a terrific Memphis system. Koufos wasn't able to step up in three starts last season, so he doesn't have great handcuff value. Plus, he only had an 11.5 usage rate as a power forward next to Marc Gasol last season. The Kings have arguably the best center in basketball, but they drafted a center at six and their biggest contract of the offseason was also to a center.

 

[Hurricane Season]

I love the Kings.

 

[Rios15]

Raptors signed Bismack. Our front court is much stronger this season I think