Is their job to predict, but sometimes you have to take risks that might not pan out. Nobody knew Wes and Afflalo would get hurt. It was the right risk to take at the time. We'd trade Leonard or let Ezeli walk to resign Plumlee. Simple. And yeah, Crabbe has less trade value because he's making $18M, but what would be his trade value to us if he was playing for the Brooklyn Nets?
australia? female!! ARGGGGHHH NZ isnt hazardous really, we have had a couple of decent sized earthquakes, but not a lot of death. some good damage tho. Auckland is awesome, thats where im at. I work here and its summer here atm there are TONS of places to visit, depends on what you like. beaches - tons. nature shit - tons. good food - tons. wine - epic tons. fishing? - tons. north island has more individual places to go - 90 mile beach, Lake Taupo, Coromandel, on n on. south island is more sparse of people, much more mountains as its cut down the middle by a fault line n range. but the top of the south island, Nelson area etc is super cool. cant even tell you the last time i saw a sheep, australia has more, we have a higher sheep to human ratio, but then again the combined weight of all termites on the earth is more than the combined weight of all humans, so everything is relative and open to percption.
looking just at the numbers, maybe his contract isn't that bad - but he sure as hell is that bad. but he's worse than last year, and he sucked last year. doesnt use any of his physical 'gifts' to his advantage, shoots like shit, and regularly gets fucked up by his opposite. he's trash when we signed him, and more trash now his career avg PER is 11.7 (15 is league avg) aka was always a below avg player, this season he's pulling in a stellar 7.7 hence the fuck meyers all day, err day
Excuses aren't great, but Leonard started the season way earlier than expected with his injured shoulder. A lot of teams would look at his size and his career .373 3pt shooting an 8.7 rebounds/36 and his 12.6 points/36 and would take him and his $10M salary.
holy fuck. that's a treasure trove of gold. "“I feel that I have the ability to affect the game statistically and outside of statistics,” Leonard said. “I really feel that I have a major effect offensively, even if it doesn’t show up in a stat book, because teams’ bigs struggle to guard me at the three-point line" - barely hitting 3's..... "Defensively, I feel like I am much improved. The game is way slower on the defensive end of the court. I could care less about statistics, but they want me to rebound out of my area, they want me to go after more. Sometimes I get boxed out and I could go get it or I could let the ball drop and let the guard grab it. I do need to be more assertive." wow... 'member the Kings game? yeah, i 'member. “It’s insane, man,” Leonard said about his changes in the offseason. “I feel so much more comfortable out there. I didn’t play at the end of the year. I didn’t even get to train this summer and I didn’t get to play this summer. I just feel so much better out there. I know now that I’m no longer a defensive liability at all. I’m feeling better at the rim, I’m feeling better at my rebounding. Offensively, I feel like I’m doing more. Rather than just shooting, I can cut to the rim. I’m just feeling comfortable and confident. I know that I can be a very effective player and someone that can help this team win.” feeling his best, playing his worst, doesnt care about stats, basketball is what he does not who he is. wow. fuck this guy. still.
If we had let him and Meyers go, we could have signed Plumlee without going into the luxury tax. But hey, what do I know, maybe Paul Allen actually does want to 200 million on a non playoff team.
That would be NO's job. I'm fine with what he's done and his track record. I'll let him contact whatever teams he wants.
I just see Meyers as a guy who'll be a career role player...some games won't see the court....sort of Matt Bonner or Brian Scalabrini type long ball shooter you can trot out and spare your core bigs from foul trouble
