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Dwight's issues are not fixable at this point. He is what he is.

Which is why I said "HOFers and award-winning players"...

My point is that it is much more prominent now with the everyday player, not just HOFers and award-winning players who naturally provide exceptions. 10-20 years ago, guys like Luol Deng, Matt Barnes, Jeff Green, Trevor Ariza, etc. aren't playing at PF like they are now. But yes, rule changes have an affect, as does the increased emphasis on the 3 ball.

The game has changed so much today in that being a "tweener" at the 4 is pretty much the standard. SVG was ahead of the curve when he moved Rashard Lewis to PF.

8 boards, not assists

Interesting

Jennings first needs to prove he can get back to anything near what he was pre-injury. Until then, he's not starter material. But I do think he'll have a couple +20 point games off the bench.

Yes

Rafer Alston didn't seem big at the time, but in the grand scheme of things it was

No one should be untouchable if you have the opportunity to net a star. Could definitely do what the Celtics did a few years back with KG and Ray Allen by signing KD and then swinging a major deal for another star. Possible, but obviously not probable.

Batum still doesn't make this team an instant competitor. If you're going to splurge on a guy, get a guy who can take over a game.

Damn, had no idea Horford was shooting 3s at 34% and attempting almost 3 per game. Impressive.

Dwight makes Horford redundant and vice versa, imo

You dumping Vuc? Not sure Horford at the 4 goes along with the current NBA trend. Plus, he's going to be 30 so meh.

Slightly off topic... But who in this coming FA class is going to fill the void(s)? Obviously Durant would be nothing short of amazing, but I'm not sure how you sell him on coming to Orlando. Not saying you can't, but I can't think of a pitch. What other FA out there do you try to pair him with? Horford doesn't fit, unless you're dumping Vuc since the NBA is all about playing small ball now. And don't say "no income tax".

Not enough minutes to go around.

Rockets, Heat, Hawks discussing 3-way. Howard to ATL, Horford and Teague to Mia, Dragic and Whteside, Anderson to Hou. ATL wants Winslow and Miami doesn't want to give him up.

Was at the game, had a blast. Solid attendance. This team is so athletic and entertaining, can't wait to see what the future holds. The offense kinda blows, but now we're starting to see what we have to work with. I'm still pretty happy with how last night went because you can already see the improvement across the board, especially on defense. Washington isn't an elite team, but they're not pushovers either so I'm not upset over the loss. Still a young team and we're not past the growing pains just yet. I also thought that the offense was pretty balanced in terms of touches, which will help down the road. Only thing that I wasn't a fan of was Harris not taking it right at Humphries. That's a mismatch that you have to take advantage of, imo.

Hezonja probably won't see a ton of minutes early on. Anything between 10-15 minutes is reasonable for tonight, imo.

Just got my tickets for opening night. Very excited

Slapping Eddie House was my favorite Rafer Alston contribution that year

Not sure why you would buy NBA Live to begin with

The "wow!!!!!!" at the end reminded me of those God-awful Appliance Direct commercials

I'm about 99.9 % sure that was EP in the video, though. That hair is almost impossible to replicate lol could have just been a pickup game or perhaps an entirely different league all together

Heat trying to trade Andersen to alleviate their luxury tax bill. Here's a conditional 2nd round pick in the 2018 NBA Draft