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    1 minute ago, Fultz4thewin said:

    That's the debatable one and the one I was against. It was time we moved on. 

    You just gotta hope he has significant value on the trade market and the front office has objective proof of that which we don't. 

    He is often in the rumor mill, but not with anything concrete like "____ team is thinking of offering _____ for Vuch". It just feels like we have locked ourselves into being the team that we are, and it is difficult to feel excited about that, as it feels like the things that could make us exciting/different/competitive in the long run are being restricted. That doesn't mean it will/would work out without him, but just seemed time to move in that new direction.

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    1 minute ago, Fultz4thewin said:

    It's only bad if they're untradable.

     

    Ross was a good signing regardless because he has some value and 12-13 million contracts are crazy important for salary filler in trades because you can trade him for a guy making 7 million or a guy making 17 million. I'm never going to regret that move. 

    Aminu was fine and would have been all over the place in rumors this week until he blew out his knee. 

    I think resigning Vuch wasn't the smartest idea.

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    5 minutes ago, Jay Magic said:

     

    Didn't like either of the Magic trades listed under the Magic.

    The Denver trade would be interesting. We'd be buying low on Gary Harris and Malik Beasley.

    Also wouldn't mind taking Ed Davis and a second for Birch. Would force Bamba to be played more. We'd be adding a small amount of salary next year, but we would already be over the cap anyway. Davis hasn't been good this year, but maybe he can get back to being the solid back up big that he has been in the past.

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    23 minutes ago, Jay Magic said:

    If you really think about it. He did nothing apart from the Lakers game.

    We must have something in the works 

    At least statistically, he was fine in the golden state and charlotte games.

    I mean, he'd be a back-up. What really is our expectation here? He looks like a solid young guy that still has some room for improvement, and who can play some meaningful minutes.

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    10 minutes ago, magicdoc1 said:

    They were talking about the trade with The hawks. That they are in need of another PG but looking for expiring deals and DJ was a very attractive option. 
    also the lakers were interested in DJ. 

    The only player I could see us wanting is Robert Covington. DJ and Birch + a second for Covington, who says no?

    Though this puts us in the position of needing a back-up PG still.

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    2 hours ago, 3rd Quarter Collapse said:

    I find it weird how national analysts think we’re on some sort of playoff bubble. I know we’re small market, but it’d take something close to a collapse for Chicago to overtake us.

    Fivethirtyeight has consistently been giving us around 85-90% chance to make the playoffs, even during our worst stretch (Right now they have us up to 95% chance!). The teams below us almost all have more difficult schedules than us for the second half of the season. We have been playing pretty consistent even with all of the injuries.

    I think some in the national media are labeling us as "on the bubble" because we probably are stuck in the 7-8 seed, so we aren't a contender or even the next step down.

    This is a weird season where teams are basically playoff teams or not. The only spot that seems really up for grabs is the final spot in the west.

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    24 minutes ago, Magicpassion said:

    Be careful if you critique AG on this board, the AG lovers will give you a -. You're not allowed to speak the truth, but excellent observation; it's been 6 years; we expect more, that's all.

    I think AG has been disappointing to a lot of us. I've been hoping he would make the jump for a while now, which just doesn't seem to have happened. But it is pretty obvious that he has been playing through an injury at least over the past few games.

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    16 hours ago, JJZFL said:

    Actually that could be a plus.  I hate the Fultz/Augustin combo lineups.  If Dinwiddie couldn’t play with Fultz it would force Clifford to only use one point guard at a time, which to my mind would be a good thing.  

    Why? They are actually (surprisingly) one of our best two man pairings (at least according to NBA.com). They have shared the floor for 188 minutes, and have an offensive rating of 112.9 and a defensive rating of 99.2.

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    43 minutes ago, crisby pancakes said:

    I will second you on that. We are not 'parked' in the 8th spot. We have one more win than Chicago and Charlotte and only two more than Detroit. I don't remotely believe for one second that the coaching team are doing this now in the hopes of 'going on a late season run'. Trying new things and playing starters smaller minutes is what you do when you're an elite team and a lock for the playoffs, we are neither.

    We have played one of the most difficult schedules so far this season. Charlotte, Chicago, and Brooklyn have played three of the easiest. Don't be surprised if we do go on a late season run.

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    37 minutes ago, Fultz4thewin said:

    Our offense is now up to 25th for the year and 16th over the past 15 games because we've been 7th in 3pt% over the last 15 games. And it's pretty much just Fournier, Ross, and Bamba supporting that number. Everyone else has been below average

     Our defense is now down to 12th for the year and 20th over the last 15 games. 

    Any ideas on the cause of our defensive decline? My thought is that we might be over-rotating at times, leaving too many guys open, but don't know if that can account for all of the drop.

    Of course we just ran a gauntlet of some of the best teams in the league too, which likely didn't help much.

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    A couple of thoughts:

    1. A 9 point quarter is pretty inexcusable. Really shouldn't be expecting to win after something like that.

    2. I don't think I get these rotations sometimes. Bamba basically is the guy that gets the team going again in the first half. Gets no minutes in the third quarter. I know our starters started to play better, but it feels like a bit of a missed opportunity.

    3. While we lost the last two games, they were to the 2 best teams, record-wise, in the NBA.

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    5 minutes ago, Fultz4thewin said:

    Well yeah I don't think he'd turn the ball over at that rate typically but he's not good. He's not an NBA caliber player. He's smart and can run an offense but he can't really do anything else. There's a reason he's 30 and in the g-league. 

     

    Why do we have him on one of our two way contracts then? Surely there is another developmental guy that we could give the spot to. Just doesn't make much sense to me.

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    1 hour ago, Fultz4thewin said:

    This is going to sound really dumb but the thing I noticed most was some point in the second half he got a rebound and whoever the point guard was was getting pressed and he just casually in one motion went to the second option (which was Gordon) as an outlet. 

    It sounds like a completely unremarkable exchange but Bamba of two weeks ago stops, analyses the defense, judges whether or not he can pass the ball to the point guard because that's where it's supposed to go, panics a little searching for help because he's unsure if the pass to Gordon is dangerous because it's cross court. And it causes gordon to have to come back to the ball. And this whole thing wastes 4 or 5 seconds. 

    Not this time though. Bamba gets the ball, DJ covered, quick decision to get the ball out there to Gordon. Little things like that are important. 

    That is what I feel like I was seeing on defense too. He was moving and reacting, not hesitating.

     

    1 hour ago, Magicpassion said:

    Good observation... I hope he focuses on playing within his game which imo is protecting rim and spotting at the 3 pt line. Keep it simple for now as he literally has no post game and the longer he holds the ball the more likely he turns it over; just move the ball for now and work on post in summer. 

    Post game really isn't important. He just needs to be able to do two things around the paint. 1. Finish baskets strong when he gets the ball, either because of an offensive rebound or a teammates pass (he really shouldn't be bringing it in himself.) 2. Pass the ball out quickly if there isn't anything available to him. His 3 point shot already gives him a nice weapon that other teams need to respect (especially if he can keep hitting at similar levels). I wouldn't expect him to ever have much of a post game. Very few guys do these days and he really doesn't have the body for it.

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    I was trying to watch Bamba on defense this game and, even taking away his blocks, he seemed to be moving well, putting himself in the right positions to take up space and almost always be between the ball and the basket. He seemed aware and active.

    On the offensive end, it looks like he still needs to work on his screening, but he at least makes some contact most of the time. His three point shot also looks pretty legit- it looks smooth and he looks confident shooting it.

    The biggest thing for him to improve right now, in my opinion, is his ability to keep the ball and not turn it over. He turned over the ball 3 times, and there were a few more times where he almost lost the ball. A lot of this comes from him grabbing an offensive rebound, or getting the ball in the paint, and bringing the ball down low. If he kept the ball high, he wouldn't have these issues as much.

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    26 minutes ago, Fultz4thewin said:

    The absolute minimum Crawford can make is almost double the cost of magette and Frazier. Frazier makes 1.4 million. Magette makes $4,800 every day he's on the active roster with a maximum of $214k 

    Crawford would be at 2 6 million. 

    Not saying I want Crawford, but arent there rules around vet min contracts to keep them from being to onerous cap wise for teams?

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