2017 NBA Off-Season

[Paulius]

Cmon man

He declined a trade earlier by saying he would opt out after his contract ended
Then on the day he was traded to boston, he signed a 3 year extension

Its not like they just traded him to the best offer. He was involved

Dont think he demanded a trade to the celtics tho or was in on it iirc. It wasnt like that back then. GMs did the work. The opportunity arose to be on a nice team and he signed the extention, doubt it was some big KGs master plan

 

[BNC]

Does he? Why

Cause he sucks

 

[BNC]

Dont think he demanded a trade to the celtics tho or was in on it iirc. It wasnt like that back then. GMs did the work. The opportunity arose to be on a nice team and he signed the extention, doubt it was some big KGs master plan

Damn, look at what KG being loyal to the Wolves got him: shipped the fuck out without any say

 

[Paulius]

Cause he sucks

Hes a good energy guy off the bench. Rebounds really well, puts effort into defense even tho hes not that good but plays hard. Can occasionally hit the jumper, can finish at the rim. Hes servicable.

 

[Mexi]

Did you forget david lee was a celtic a few year ago?
Pretty sure stevens stopped playing him and he was released, then went to dallas

 

[Paulius]

Damn, look at what KG being loyal to the Wolves got him: shipped the fuck out without any say

Well, that ones on the wolves for not building a team around him

The cassell, sprewell, olawakandi, wally, hudson team the best they could do for him? Shame on them

If you want your guys to be loyal to the organization, gotta put some effort into building a team. Look at OKC

 

[BNC]

Reading up on the KG trade and I stumbled upon this:
”As draft day approached it appeared as if Ainge might have to use the No. 5 pick after all. He had targeted Chinese forward Yi Jianlian, whom Ainge rated as the player with the most upside in this draft”
 
Given Ainge’s drafting history this is pretty funny, also that clinic Yi put on against that chair must have been incredible

 

[Paulius]

Reading up on the KG trade and I stumbled upon this:
”As draft day approached it appeared as if Ainge might have to use the No. 5 pick after all. He had targeted Chinese forward Yi Jianlian, whom Ainge rated as the player with the most upside in this draft”
 
Given Ainge’s drafting history this is pretty funny, also that clinic Yi put on against that chair must have been incredible

Lol what year draft was that? 08 or some shit?

 

[BNC]

Hes a good energy guy off the bench. Rebounds really well, puts effort into defense even tho hes not that good but plays hard. Can occasionally hit the jumper, can finish at the rim. Hes servicable.

Effort on defense doesn’t matter if you can’t actually defend anyone

 

[BNC]

Lol what year draft was that?

The one where Yi was drafted

 

[Paulius]

The one where Yi was drafted

Bruh lmao

 

[Paulius]

Effort on defense doesn’t matter if you can’t actually defend anyone

Ok lets not act like every big off the bench who plays 12ish minutes is a lockdown defender. Hes servicable

 

[BNC]

Bruh lmao

It was too easy. Use google and look up Yi Jianlian Chair

 

[Paulius]

It was too easy. Use google and look up Yi Jianlian Chair

Bnc, whos the better team in your eyes


Okc or boston?

 

[BNC]

Bnc, whos the better team in your eyes


Okc or boston?

Idk, i’d say Boston because I trust Stevens more and the roster feels like it was constructed to fit/play together. OKC doesn’t seem like they will fit together all that well

 

[Paulius]

Idk, i’d say Boston because I trust Stevens more and the roster feels like it was constructed to fit/play together. OKC doesn’t seem like they will fit together all that well

Ill argue the fit

Remember Adams beasting in 2016 playoffs, expect to see that again because now he'll have the paint all to himself to operate like he did with Ibaka out on the perimeter. Taj and Sabonis clogged the paint too much for him last year and he gets uncomfortable playing one on one when its too crowded

Ppatt stretching the floor, PG stretching the floor. Open lanes for Russ all day

Andre and PG on the wings is really scary defensively

Kanter off the bench for instant offense, with Abrines , Grant and Dougie. Grant did really well in the playoffs, especially defensively being able to switch on almost all positions. Abrines is a hell of a shooter but his defense was an issue so hopefully he worked on that more. And then Felton bringing that veteran presence to calm them all down and playmake


Defensively, OKC will be scary man. Now add PG and Ppatt to spread the floor and hit some threes, not to mention what PG can do on his own, and were looking at a team better than the Celtics

Coaching part ill give the nod to the Celtics sure, but Billy isnt some chump either.

 

[BNC]

Ill argue the fit

Remember Adams beasting in 2016 playoffs, expect to see that again because now he'll have the paint all to himself to operate like he did with Ibaka out on the perimeter. Taj and Sabonis clogged the paint too much for him last year and he gets uncomfortable playing one on one when its too crowded

Ppatt stretching the floor, PG stretching the floor. Open lanes for Russ all day

Andre and PG on the wings is really scary defensively

Kanter off the bench for instant offense, with Abrines , Grant and Dougie. Grant did really well in the playoffs, especially defensively being able to switch on almost all positions. Abrines is a hell of a shooter but his defense was an issue so hopefully he worked on that more. And then Felton bringing that veteran presence to calm them all down and playmake


Defensively, OKC will be scary man. Now add PG and Ppatt to spread the floor and hit some threes, not to mention what PG can do on his own, and were looking at a team better than the Celtics

Coaching part ill give the nod to the Celtics sure, but Billy isnt some chump either.

They don't have guys that can both shoot and defend, and that's gonna be a huge problem.
 
As for the coaching I'm not sure how great Billy is, but Stevens is the second best coach in the league

 

[Hurricane Season]

I truly think the wolves are overrated and will suck. So when people are surprised they suck again after being built up as an up and coming team, think of me

They can still make the playoffs cause the west is pretty weak after about the 4 or 5 seeds. But the wolves are going to be another "disappointment "

 

[Paulius]

They don't have guys that can both shoot and defend, and that's gonna be a huge problem.
 
As for the coaching I'm not sure how great Billy is, but Stevens is the second best coach in the league

Can Kyrie defend?
Can Jaylen shoot?
Can Morris shoot or defend better than Ppat?


I mean, both teams have flaws. No ones comparing them to GSW

 

[Paulius]

Russ > Kyrie
Andre = Jaylen
Pg > Hayward
Ppatt = Morris
Adams < Horford(only bc of playmaking)


I mean obviously you're gonna act like the Celtics are better bc Bron is in the East so its in your favor to say that he'll play one good team but OKC is better.