OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: FEBRUARY 2025

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  1. Pinwheel1

    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    This is why you shouldn't wait until the last few days before the deadline to make trades.
     
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    You must really miss CJ, huh.
     
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    It’s almost depressing that the Sixers are likely to get a better pick than us in this draft. We deserve it more dammit!
     
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    Oh, Maxey is a starting SG?

    And he averages more than double CJ’s assists.

    But the answer to your question is no.
     
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    I agree we do deserve it and we could have taken what we deserve but opted to let this roster "see it through" because we somehow "owed it" to them.

    That being said the Sixers are in a bad spot they have two superstars on that team that will likely never again be healthy enough to make them contenders. Embiid is on a supermax until the 28-29 season and PG13 is on a contract that hits 51.6M next season and keeps ascending in salary until it's done after the 27-28 season. In the 2027-28 season the Sixers will have a cap hit of just under 112M for these two guys who can't get healthy now. Yikes.
     
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    But at the same time have a young player who is easily better than any young player that we have.
     
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    I think if we lose our next 3 or 4 games, we might pivot into a tank again.
     
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    All that tanking, all the All Star teammates for Embiid and yet they’ve never reached a conference final.
     
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    Easily? I don’t think Maxey is better than Camara.
     
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    It’s close. I value Camara’s defense a lot. So you bring up a good point
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I've actually seen that plate before. I hawk-tuah'd on that thing.
     
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    Giannis injured and out for weeks.

    "So the guy that has missed five of the last seven post seasons and was out the entire last postseason, and missed the majority of the one before that....Giannis, is hurt yet again."

     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    AD out indefinitely
     
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    Well shoot… I’m thinking about driving my kids down to Sacramento to watch the Kings play the Bucks during spring break. Maybe he’ll be back by then?
     
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    Tankdefinitely
     
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  19. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Yep

    Knew it
     
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  20. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    We were right
     
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