Around the NBA - July 2017 Edition

CP3 or Griffin?

 

Griffin.... I was listening to the radio when they announced he had opted for free agency.

 

Ew wheres the unlike button. lol


But on paper he's the perfect 4 to get you over the top against GSW.
Unfortunately basketball is played on the court, not on paper.

 

Blake Griffin is so 2 years ago. Happy days jumped the shark, Griffin jumped the KIA...

 

Take Andrew Wiggins' offensive abilities, and combine them with Josh Jacksons defensive potential and you have someone who plays a lot like Lebron James.

 

Will that statue with him with the ball in the air like that picture some day be in front of the Moda. Very Hakeem like.

 

So, he's destined for the Knicks?

 

As much of a tool as Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. If Paul had won several championships, it would be called "grim, unflinching will to win." Since he's popularly conceived of as a choker (due to lack of playoff wins, despite playing well in the playoffs) he's a jerk. Both are true, as it is for a lot of guys. He wants control.

If he goes to the Spurs, I think it'll be interesting to see how his personality interacts with that of Gregg Popovich. Popovich also values control, so that could cause butted heads. On the other hand, both are meticulous and detail-driven, both are perfectionists, so that should endear them to each other.

 

Kobe and Jordan never pulled the cheap shit on the court that Paul does. As I said, he's a tool.

 

The context was how Paul grates on his teammates. Unless you think his cheap shots to opponents are what bother his teammates, which I sincerely doubt.

 

If you're talking about on the court, cheating/bending the rules I know of a super famous shot by MJ that on replay shows him grabbing the defenders arm, and yanking it to get the defender off balance.
I'm sure if I thought hard enough on it, I could remember things Kobe did as well. Or rather David Stern.

If you're talking about the nut shots he's took over the years, yeah I agree with you. I don't remember Kobe or MJ ever doing something like that.

 

Griffin is from Oklahoma....I could see him signing there...they are shopping Kanter and young Sabonis had a disappointing rookie year there...they could use him...Westbrook and Griffin would be a pretty good duo

 

To me, a person who does stuff like this would be a douche in all aspects of life.

 

Will just leave this here.

 

I think there's a pretty stark difference between selling a foul and running over to a guy who is walking up the court and literally flying off of him.

 

About draft again - why did Magic virtually give #25 away for absolutely nothing? They get a top 20 protected 2020 Thunder pick which will very likely become two second round picks in 2022 and 2023, and the worse of NYK or BKN 2020 second round picks. That's terrible.

Great for 76ers to get Pasecniks. They will use Okafor in trade now.

 

Lillard got the answer right.

 

Those guys numbers are their draft position...?
Do they have not yet decided and change it later ? Or they really made it like that ?