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I was going to say Chandler Parsons, but then I saw NYK gave Noah 4 years, all fully guaranteed. The guy is 31 and played in 29 games last season, shot .383 FG% and .489 FT%. How is that even possible The guy is 7' tall and his average FG distance is 2.9 feet. Take out dunks and he shot .315 FG% last season. And, how the fuck do you suddenly forget how to shoot FTs? I know he's always had that horrendous, weird, sideways rotation shooting form, but he had 5 seasons in a row where he was around 75% from the line. This year, he's down to .436 FT%. That's Andre Drummond/DeAndre Jordan bad. For this, they reward him with a 4-year $72 million contract.

So yeah, I'd say it's a toss up between Parsons at 4 years $94 million and Noah at 4 years $72 million for worst contract in the league.

BNM

 

He stopped smoking weed.

 

Napier is lebrons boy and that's all you need to know.

 

Thing is, even with those Parsons/Biyombo/Mahinmi deals you could see an ounce of logic. Parsons was good at Dallas, Biyombo had this great two games against Miami (it was still mad to give him that contract) and Mahinmi has a good season for Indiana last year. All were terrible contracts but those teams had money to burn, everyone did last season, and from the start of FA it was clear that these players would be getting crazy deals.

From day one I did not understand why anybody was offering Noah a good deal. First Washington were linked, then New York came with this monstrosity of a contract.

I think cap going up by $24M/30% in a season is very bad for the sport. It m gives teams permission to overpay for free agents and basically puts these free agents from that season in a much more favorable position than class from another year. Even this season deals will not be anywhere near this crazy (which is why teams like Nuggets were right to wait). It's unfair advantage to that free agency class.

 

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/chicago-bulls-exploring-trade-market/

Are either of those players even worth a low first rounder? I am not so sure.

 

Which is why the League wanted the cap smoothing, but the players veto'd it. Instead of doing what is best for the NBA, it became a stupid pissing match between the Player's Union and the league.

 

The players' union didn't agree to it because the league couldn't assure them that the players wouldn't end up losing any revenue with their smoothing scheme. It wasn't a pissing match, it was the thing these negotiations are always over: money and who gets it.

 

McDermott is not worth anything. Robin Lopez is a good player.

 

Chicago gave up two firsts - Jusuf Nurkic and Gary Harris - for McDermott, and both those players are better and have more trade value than McDermott. If I was a Bulls fan I would be pissed.

 

Absolutely not. At this point, Mirotic is Aminnu without the defense (and crazy, out of control dribbling). He COULD bounce back, but do we really want to add another sub-.300 3-point shooter to this roster?

BNM

 

Ya and his contract isn't horrible but we just got Nurkic's who's is a lot better. Maybe we would have gave a very late 1st otherwise but not sure his value is as high as CHI is hoping.

 

Not sure how real this is

 

It was Lopez and/or McDermott that the article was talking about. But basically what you said goes for at least 2 of the 3 anyways.

 

We all make mistakes...

 

I not sweating losing out on Okafor if he has indeed been traded yet.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/does-jahlil-okafor-have-a-place-in-todays-nba/

 

does this mean AD is available???

Lets go all in for him. Crabbe/Harkless/Leonard/Davis and anyone else plus all our picks.

Dame
CJ
Who Cares
AD
Nurkic



Hmmmmmmmmm......

 

No. It means that NO has determined that AD is not a Center but is instead his best position is PF for them.

 

Mannn... Rain stops outside, but you keep it going in here don't you... raining on my parade.....

 

How many points of Molly do you take on a daily basis? Lol

 

He's always been his best at PF. Which is why it made ZERO sense when they gave us Rolo for nothing.

If you're going to start Okafor at center, AD is your best case PF. He has the length and lateral quickness to help erase Okafor's mistakes on the defensive end, and the face up jumper to allow Oakafor to operate on the long block on the offensive end.

One of the few trades NOP have made since drafting Davis that actually makes sense.

BNM