Warriors got much better. Spurs got better. Thunder got worse.... but I still think they make the playoffs. Clippers are basically the same team, but still probably 4th best in the west. We got better... so far. I guess we will see how things go with our RFA guys. Dallas, imo, got worse. Dirk is older, Parsons (when healthy) was better than Barnes. Bogut simply isn't a big enough improvement. Memphis got better. Houston..... got worse. They suck. Utah got better. Minnesota got better. The west is going to be super interesting next season.
I'm in holding pattern on the Spurs. Leonard is good but everyone else keeps getting older older etc... Will be curious to see how Lamarcus and Gasol play together.
Yeah don't they need a high-low game for it to be effective? Which means LMA needs to stay down low...Gasol is a good passer, and Pop is a good coach, so it should work. Still they seem a little soft together. A stretch 4 will be effective against them
Turner is better than Henderson. We just straight upgraded our roster, on paper. Dunno where the step back is in that.
They actually have almost identical career averages in 3pt% 2pt% and ft% and ppg. Evan Turner averages 2 more assists, and 2 more rebounds per game though.
Turner in place of Henderson is a "better" move. He'll play b/u PG and also some SG and SF, I believe. He'll allow one of Dame and CJ to always be on the court. I also think W's, Grizzlies, Jazz, T'Wolves and Blazers are clearly better than last year. Spurs, Clippers and Mavericks are basically same. Thunder and Rockets are clearly the losers this offseason, and will fall a bit. Thunder drop into 5-9 seed and Rockets are lottery. We need to re-sign our 3 RFA's and then hope that Vonleh and Leonard take a giant step forward. Crabbe can remain at his last-years level and be a valuable asset to us. Harkless also needs to improve shooting.
As long as we are dealing with so many players maxing out there contracts and having a "soft cap" we are going to be seeing "ring chasers" like David West. I've no problem with players making loads of money. But once you become a multi- millionaure priorities change. It's an era of super teams. We need a hard cap, maybe a franchise tag and allow small market teams to allow a single contract to take up a large part of the pay role. So much so it will that the franchise player will choke on the weekly wage. It's the only way to save any type of parity for the future. If the NBAPA is unwilling to discuss this there needs to be a lockout. (And I honestly hope there is.) I'm not talking about the any type of a future until there is the possibility there could be one. We are playing checkers nd the Warriors, Spurs and Cavaliers are playing chess. I've had it.
You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out. You fail to get Whiteside and the fans scream and shout. You sign an Evan Turner and act like it was the plan all along. That's what it's all about!
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2...where-players-are-going-whos-still-available/ CBS Sports ranks Turner 23rd best FA of who was/is available. Of guys who didn't re-sign with their current teams, Turner is #8. Using that metric, Neil made a big play for the #3. I think Waiters and Smith might leave their current teams, but both teams have incentives to keep them. All things equal, I'd rather have Turner over Waiters anyhow.
Now Brian Roberts is gone. Isn't Napier a step down from Roberts? I'm so confused. Does Olshey even have a game plan, or is all this just desperation? It sure feels like the latter.
If you're gonna have a 3rd string PG, you might well take the 24 year old that might have some potential rather than the 28 year old.
Common thought process on here is that the Blazers failed to sign players that they "had a chance" to sign. It's more like they are players that fans WANTED to sign. Whether we had a chance we don't know.
