"OFFICIAL" Around the NBA - November Thread

Would Phoenix really want to help us? I could see T-Rob, Claver, and a 1st round pick

 

Their POINT guard depth, not their shooting guard depth. But, while I think Phoenix might be able to get the most use out of TRob or Will, I don't necessarily want Green. He can shoot, but I'm not convinced he's a Stotts player. Is he smart? Is he unselfish? I don't think so.

I think they're probably shopping Isaiah Thomas like crazy. That was an odd signing from the word go.

 

If I was Phoenix I would be shopping Dragic. He's gone after the season. The Bledsoe/Dragic experiment isn't working. I think he'll go somewhere that doesn't have two other point guards to share duties with.

 

I think it's pretty obvious that the player we're most likely to get for a package of the players Stotts won't play is Jeff Green. But (as we've said many times) it's unlikely Olshey will budge from his "maximum free cap space in the Summer" plan. Unless Paul Allen really insists on it.

 

5,000 Total Rebounds

Andrew Bogut 4,858 142 to milestone
Brendan Haywood 4,851 149 to milestone
LaMarcus Aldridge 4,836 164 to milestone
Gerald Wallace 4,785 215 to milestone
Nene Hilario 4,695 305 to milestone
Nazr Mohammed 4,676 324 to milestone
Andre Miller 4,611 389 to milestone
Joakim Noah 4,596 404 to milestone
Kevin Love 4,585 415 to milestone
Paul Millsap 4,527 473 to milestone

 

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FYI link is ESPN "Insider"

 

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So do we have enough cushion?

 

If Pelton is right and they are projected at 48 wins then we need to play about .600 ball to have about 51 wins

 

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Thats .682 ball they need to play.

.600 ball puts us at 52 wins

If we cant play .600 ball and they can play .700 then we dont deserve it anyway

As a point of reference, everyone talks about fast start and how we slowed down last year. From the all-star break on (which includes LMA's injury) we were 18-11 which is .620 ball. That includes a stretch of 13 games where we went 4-9. That streak included a 4 game losing streak and a three game losing streak. So again if we cant play at least .600 ball and/or the Thunder play .700 to .800 ball then we didnt deserve it anyway. Keep in mind this year is with a better bench and a defense that is even better so than the second half of last year.

 

OKC will still lose games occasionally with Westbrook. I think we have enough of a cushion but I wouldn't tell our players that or want them to believe that.

 

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Celtics up by 15 vs the Bulls

 

Annnnnd its tied at 68-68. Rose with 19 so far

 

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Some pretty good teams in there including us. Roughly half their games against potential playoff teams

 

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Oh man, paging karma, karma line zero please

 

14 games, with a swing of less than 3 wins?

I think Durant is a little more important than that but I guess we will see

 

Ridiculous how much respect the Thunder are getting. We don't even know if durant and Westbrook are going to be 100% or even if they are improved from last season, yet ESPN is ready to put them in the playoffs. I'm sure they won't lose more than they win but cmon.

 

Or are they saying that Westbrook is more valuable than Durant? Interesting

 

Westbrook hacked pelton's account.