OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - June 2021

In the context of his mediocre career?

 

I hope Dame work on his floater like Trae

 

if you were starting a rebuild, which PG would you rather have: Trae Young or Ja Morant?

 

Damn this has been a crazy finish

 

Damn, the Blazers picked the wrong Collins

 

Always has been the case

 

Portland's 2017 draft was a major fuckup. And the guy who fucked up is still in charge

 

Hawks almost choked that game away.....yeeeeeesh

 

Nate’s Hawks on a roll… amazing

 

our team would be so much better if Collins, bam, or Mitchell was drafted instead

 

That is grim!

 

No.....Jody is in charge
Thats the issue I have with the Vulcans running this team.

 

Nate helped out by calling to intentionally foul Simmons twice in the last minute.

 

Clips lost every game this series when wearing their black jerseys. Won every one with their white jerseys. Sure, let's wear the black ones. We'll get them THIS TIME.

 

luka toying with the clippers, but guy has no help outside of hardaway jr

porzingis is not playing his best bball, hes been pretty average whole series

 

Hardaway Jr. would be a good side kick to Dame.

 

Smart move by Nate. Philly was down 6 with 38 seconds to go. They needed 3s and Simmons went 1-2 from the line......twice. (3-10 for the game)

 

2012:

11 Meyers Leonard
35 Draymond Green
39 Khris Middleton

2013:

10 CJ McCollum
15 Giannis Antetokounmpo

27 DEN Rudy Gobert
31 CLE Allen Crabbe
39 POR Jeff Withey
40 POR Grant Jerrett
45 POR Marko Todorović
46 UTA Erick Green

(a little complicated but while Portland was maneuvering to draft Crabbe, trading two future 2nds for him, Utah traded the 46th pick (Green) + Cash for Gobert; Portland had three 2nd's better than the pick Utah got Gobert with)

2016:

19 Malik Beasley
20 Caris LeVert
27 Pascal Siakam
36 Malcolm Brogdon

(the 19th pick, Beasley, was the pick Portland traded for Afflalo)

2017:

10 Zach Collins
13 Donovan Mitchell
14 Bam Adebayo

19 John Collins
22 Jarrett Allen
23 OG Anunoby

26 Caleb Swanigan
29 Derrick White
42 Thomas Bryant
45 Dillon Brooks

2018:

24 Anfernee Simons
27 Robert Williams
33 Jalen Brunson
34 Devonte' Graham
36 Mitchell Robinson

now, the point isn't my usual Olshey-bashing (maybe a little) because even good GM's will occasionally whiff in the draft, especially as you get toward the later picks. But the great GM's don't whiff often, and don't whiff on elite players often at all

Portland has missed opportunities to add Draymond Green, Khris Middleton, Giannis, Gobert, Pascal Siakam, Malcolm Brogdon, Donovan Mitchell, & Bam Adebayo. Two MVP's, 3 DPOY's, and 15 all-star games in that list

they have also missed chances to add Caris LeVert, John Collins, OG Anunoby, Derrick White, Thomas Bryant, and Dillon Brooks

which makes it more frustrating that right now Portland seems at risk of alienating the best player the franchise has ever had because they don't have anybody as good as several they've whiffed on. NBA teams don't get too many chances to pair elite players. Portland has had several over the last 9 years and missed every time. That doesn't even take into account all the wasted cap-space on stupid max contract offers, or Portland sitting on the sidelines while players like PG13, Jimmy Butler, Kawhi, and Harden were traded, a couple of them traded more than once

Portland's current situation is not a result of a lack of opportunities, but rather a lack of vision. OK yeah, sorry, went after the soap star again...couldn't help myself

 

Jody Allen didn't order Olshey to draft Zach Collins

 

Many other GM's missing on those guys too.I mean look where they were drafted.