2020-21 Around the NBA Thread

[Hoop Head]

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My how his value has fallen. He was All Defensive Team just 2 years ago also. He's proven he can't carry a team on his own or be a good 2nd or 3rd option. He has a hefty contract that pays him like that though. In reality he's a place holder as a starter or a good backup, if he buys into that role.

Kind of funny that there's no talk of going to LA to team with LeBron considering how many rumors were there years back about him being someone LeBron wanted in Cleveland to replace Kyrie.

 

[Mainstreet]

Offer an extra draft pick between the lottery and rest of the 1st round? Just an idea.

I think they could also use the teams that fail to get in the playoffs through the play-in games in a short tournament. Of course the issue then is what if its a team with a large international presence? A team like Dallas could never represent the NBA/USA because they'd be awful without Luka, not to mention everyone else.

I think they'd need to combine 2 teams. That would help cover for international talent that wouldn't play for the US

I'm not sure how they would do it but I think U.S. Olympic basketball team should concentrate on using an existing team or teams and let them supplement their roster with willing NBA players. It could also be two teams as you say. Anyway this would give some continuity to the Olympic team.

I'm not sure how incentives would factor into the equation. Maybe it could be monetary. Teams could volunteer or somehow be selected randomly.

 

[Hoop Head]

Maybe send the G League championship team and allow a handful of NBA players to be added to it from that teams affiliate. That's a real team. It would boost the G Leagues perception and allowing affiliate team players would help them fill weaknesses and add more skill.

 

[Finito]

Maybe send the G League championship team and allow a handful of NBA players to be added to it from that teams affiliate. That's a real team. It would boost the G Leagues perception and allowing affiliate team players would help them fill weaknesses and add more skill.

this is the best solution I’ve seen. Send a team full of the best G league players like you said it helps everyone. You know these guys would play there butts off because it’s a super high profile audition and it helps these kids who are taking the G league route instead of going to school

thats a really good idea

all while boosting the profile of the G league. We don’t need to be sending NBA players anymore. We did it to expend the game globally and it worked like crazy

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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Eric Bledsoe, contract hot potato.

 

[Folster]

I'm so over NBA pros playing for Team USA basketball. It hasn't been special for 2 decades. I would much rather see hungry college kids out there competing their butts off.

They just make too much money and representing the USA is not a top priority which I completely understand.

 

[Ronin]

“With a big group of combo/scoring guards bunched together in the early 20s through early 30s, NBA executives say the Lakers have explored the option of moving down a few slots from the No. 22 pick while acquiring one or more second round picks.”

2021 NBA Draft rumors: Lakers exploring moving down from No. 22

The Los Angeles Lakers, who own the No. 22 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, could trade down in the first round in exchange for second-round picks.

clutchpoints.com

 

[Bufalay]

Does anyone else notice that the ball seems to bounce weird in FIBA tournaments? Do they use a different ball? It seems lighter and bouncier. Shots that hit the rim seem to bounce higher or something and it seems many america players have a harder time controlling their dribble. For some reason that has always really bothered me when I watch FIBA games. Same for WNBA games, the ball bounces weird.

College balls seem to bounce normal.

Anyone else notice this????

 

[Proximo]

I'm so over NBA pros playing for Team USA basketball. It hasn't been special for 2 decades. I would much rather see hungry college kids out there competing their butts off.

They just make too much money and representing the USA is not a top priority which I completely understand.

They are not good enough anymore.

Pros play for all the other countries, we have to do the same to compete.

 

[Mainstreet]

Earl Watson will be joining Raptors coaching staff.

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Proximo]

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Interesting trade.

I like Valanciunas quite a bit more than Adams, and am not much of a fan of bledsoe so I feel like this downgrades Memphis a bit. They must like someone at 10.

 

[Ronin]

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[Cheesebeef]

Interesting trade.

I like Valanciunas quite a bit more than Adams, and am not much of a fan of bledsoe so I feel like this downgrades Memphis a bit. They must like someone at 10.

I like that deal for the Pelicans, especially if they can sign Lowry.

Lowry
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Ingram
Zion
Valaciunas

is a pretty versatile and big starting lineup that has range.

 

[Chaplin]

I like that deal for the Pelicans, especially if they can sign Lowry.

Lowry
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Ingram
Zion
Valaciunas

is a pretty versatile and big starting lineup that has range.

They need a defensive guard that is tall enough to defend wings, but yeah, that's a nice lineup.

 

[GatorAZ]

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Hard to believe a Klutch guy would…

 

[Ronin]

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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Like I said, Bledsoe is now a contract hot potato. Glad we aren’t the one left holding it.

 

[Finito]

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Hard to believe a Klutch guy would…

he just flat out doesn’t get it. All the talent in the world but just no desire to get better at all

 

[GatorAZ]

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[Chaplin]

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Wow, I would have jumped at that. Shows how little I know about the top of the draft I guess.

 

[GatorAZ]

Wow, I would have jumped at that. Shows how little I know about the top of the draft I guess.

Same. SGA is a stud.

 

[Hoop Head]

I haven't watched a lot of Cade Cunningham so maybe I'm missing something but I don't see the hype. At best he looks like a more solidly built SGA but not quite as good of a shooter.

That trade seems like a steal for Detroit. I can see some of their fans being upset because they seem to have taken to Cade already but they'd get over it once the season starts.

 

[Finito]

I haven't watched a lot of Cade Cunningham so maybe I'm missing something but I don't see the hype. At best he looks like a more solidly built SGA but not quite as good of a shooter.

That trade seems like a steal for Detroit. I can see some of their fans being upset because they seem to have taken to Cade already but they'd get over it once the season starts.

I don’t see it either. I see good players at the top but no legit turn your franchise around type players. I would of taken that deal