2020-21 Around the NBA Thread

[Mainstreet]

It may not matter a lot in the above play but I bet the Nuggets spend a lot of time thinking about letting Jerami Grant walk.

 

[95pro]

It may not matter a lot in the above play but I bet the Nuggets spend a lot of time thinking about letting Jerami Grant walk.

You could just see he was right there during the bubble playoffs. The stuff he did was amazing at least for me, i appreciate hustle and defense. To be able to guard AD, block LeBron and other intangibles just had me like, this guy is going to be available and we need a 4. Still bummed we didnt get him.

 

[Mainstreet]

You could just see he was right there during the bubble playoffs. The stuff he did was amazing at least for me, i appreciate hustle and defense. To be able to guard AD, block LeBron and other intangibles just had me like, this guy is going to be available and we need a 4. Still bummed we didnt get him.

Yeah, Jerami Grant was my favorite free agent if the Suns were not going to keep Oubre.

 

[Cheesebeef]

It may not matter a lot in the above play but I bet the Nuggets spend a lot of time thinking about letting Jerami Grant walk.

yeah... losing him will be JJ-esque like the Suns in 2005, IMO. They will still be good moving forward, but he was the dynamic third piece that would have made them title contenders every year instead of pretenders they are now.

 

[Mainstreet]

yeah... losing him will be JJ-esque like the Suns in 2005, IMO. They will still be good moving forward, but he was the dynamic third piece that would have made them title contenders every year instead of pretenders they are now.

I liked Grant in free agency but I didn't believe he would be this good. He is a tall versatile defender who can play inside or outside. Grant would have looked good in a Suns uniform.

 

[Mainstreet]

Durant will be out through All-Star Break.

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Good for Domantas Sabonis.

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[GatorAZ]

Durant could only come back as a 3 & D guy and they’d be impossible to outscore let alone adding a top-10 all around offensive player ever.

 

[Russ Smith]

Melo Ball has 10 points in the first quarter. He's guarding Oubre, who has 13 points, 10 of them against Ball, all 10 on dunks. Ball switched out onto Steph once who beat him downcourt for a layup. He got caught another time on Wiggins, who backdoored him for a dunk. So of the 29 the Warriors have so far, 14 of them have been against Melo.

He made a 3 over Steph and started woofing, then Oubre ran downcourt got the pass and dunked while Melo wondered where his man was. Next time down Melo drove and missed a runner looking for a foul they ran it down and Wiseman got a dunk. Melo ran back, shot an airball 3 against oubre who then blew kisses and surprisingly didn' get a T.

Draymond has 8 assists in the first.

Don't get me wrong Melo is going to be a very good player but he is so bad on defense right now it's not funny. And Curry only has 2 points they're using him as a decoy or screener on most of their baskets.

 

[Hoop Head]

It may not matter a lot in the above play but I bet the Nuggets spend a lot of time thinking about letting Jerami Grant walk.

Grant wanted to be the man, and he got that in Detroit. It wasn't really that Denver let him walk. They made him big money offers but he wasn't going to move ahead of Jokic and Murray without having to really earn it on the floor, which he hadn't. So the idea Denver let him walk is a little.off.

 

[Mainstreet]

Grant wanted to be the man, and he got that in Detroit. It wasn't really that Denver let him walk. They made him big money offers but he wasn't going to move ahead of Jokic and Murray without having to really earn it on the floor, which he hadn't. So the idea Denver let him walk is a little.off.

That's fair. How about, the Nuggets really miss Jerami Grant.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Melo Ball has 10 points in the first quarter. He's guarding Oubre, who has 13 points, 10 of them against Ball, all 10 on dunks. Ball switched out onto Steph once who beat him downcourt for a layup. He got caught another time on Wiggins, who backdoored him for a dunk. So of the 29 the Warriors have so far, 14 of them have been against Melo.

He made a 3 over Steph and started woofing, then Oubre ran downcourt got the pass and dunked while Melo wondered where his man was. Next time down Melo drove and missed a runner looking for a foul they ran it down and Wiseman got a dunk. Melo ran back, shot an airball 3 against oubre who then blew kisses and surprisingly didn' get a T.

Draymond has 8 assists in the first.

Don't get me wrong Melo is going to be a very good player but he is so bad on defense right now it's not funny. And Curry only has 2 points they're using him as a decoy or screener on most of their baskets.

Oubre is starting to ball for that team. If he finds his role there and Klay is able to be Klay-ish next year, with another year of seasoning under Wisemen’s belt, that team can be right back to contender status with Stef/Klay/Oubre/Draymond/Wisemen starting. And they might have a great pick from Minnesota to dangle in trade to get even better.

 

[Phrazbit]

Oubre is starting to ball for that team. If he finds his role there and Klay is able to be Klay-ish next year, with another year of seasoning under Wisemen’s belt, that team can be right back to contender status with Stef/Klay/Oubre/Draymond/Wisemen starting. And they might have a great pick from Minnesota to dangle in trade to get even better.

He's going to be a free agent. His return to form is a bit of a double edged sword for them. They already have an insane 160+ million in salary committed for next year, it's going to be next to impossible for them to retain him unless he takes a serious discount.

 

[Cheesebeef]

He's going to be a free agent. His return to form is a bit of a double edged sword for them. They already have an insane 160+ million in salary committed for next year, it's going to be next to impossible for them to retain him unless he takes a serious discount.

that franchise will spend the money, unless he gets something ludicrous like a MAX deal from someone.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Bulls-Raptors game has been postponed.

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[Mainstreet]

@Russ Smith

I thought you might enjoy this.

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[JCSunsfan]

Durant will be out through All-Star Break.

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Good for Domantas Sabonis.

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Ah. I wanted Sabonis so badly from that draft. But of course, if we had drafted him, we would have been roundly criticized for reaching and not trading down to get him.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ah. I wanted Sabonis so badly from that draft. But of course, if we had drafted him, we would have been roundly criticized for reaching and not trading down to get him.

He might have been better than Bender and Chriss.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Ah. I wanted Sabonis so badly from that draft. But of course, if we had drafted him, we would have been roundly criticized for reaching and not trading down to get him.

Only at the time of the draft, not once he showed who he is.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Only at the time of the draft, not once he showed who he is.

True but we were a weak team and a poorly run franchise, who knows how many chances he would have been given to show what he was capable of. He had a horrible rookie season for OKC, that might have been the end of him had he been playing for Phoenix. He took off shortly after being traded to Indiana the next year but that was also a much better run franchise than the Suns were.

 

[GatorAZ]

Durant will be out through All-Star Break.

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Good for Domantas Sabonis.

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@slinslin

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

True but we were a weak team and a poorly run franchise, who knows how many chances he would have been given to show what he was capable of. He had a horrible rookie season for OKC, that might have been the end of him had he been playing for Phoenix. He took off shortly after being traded to Indiana the next year but that was also a much better run franchise than the Suns were.

I hadn’t remembered how bad he looked as a rookie. That’s possible.

man do I salivate at the trajectory of his FTAs. 1-3-4-5-6 growth from season to season. Wish Ayton could do that.

 

[Ronin]

Grant Riller is tearing it up in the g league.

Now that's a player!

Sorry I wanted to sound like a jerk.

How did I do?

 

[Ronin]

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[Mainstreet]

Grant Riller is tearing it up in the g league.

Now that's a player!

Sorry I wanted to sound like a jerk.

How did I do?

I'm glad to hear about Riller.

We need to include Desmond Bane in the conversation too although he is with the Grizzlies.

Both were being promoted as possible draft choices for the Suns.

 

[Ronin]

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