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    10 minutes ago, Franchise408 said:

    It's Summer League. It literally means nothing.

    Insert more of those laughing emoji's here.

    I feel the fanboyism is super high to believe that Gordon or Osaac are better scorers than Thomas.

    Last season, Gordon was virtually equal per 36, but more efficient . Even inefficient Gordon was basically just as good a scorer. Gordon is Young and should improve. Thomas is older and injured, less likely to bounce back.

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    3 minutes ago, Ibn Battuta said:

    we disagree on the definition of risk.

    If he doesn't prove he's at least capable of being in the rotation, then we aren't going to give him a QO. We will have wasted a year on a PG who will not be on our roster next year, AND wasted our 2nd round pick (whichever it is the 2019 or 2020 one). That time could have been given to another player, or the pick could have been used elsewhere. That is a big risk. Don't count on Mozgov to do anything but cheerlead. 

    There is almost no chance he's not capable of being in the rotation. Do you know anything about this kid? He was one of the better backup PGs in the league last year. He's just about to enter his prime, and he's improved every year. Even if it does happen that he can't contribute, you're considering risking a second round pick on a guy who's almost definitely at least a really solid back-up to be a big risk? Really? What do you think we should be getting with second round picks?

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    8 minutes ago, Ibn Battuta said:

    Grant is now on his third team in what will be four seasons.

    Isaiah Thomas, Kyle Lowry, and Goran Dragic all played on three teams by the time they were 26. Just saying. Sometimes it takes a while for a PG to get it all together, and often guys who haven't put it together but look like they have potential get traded because they have value.

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    I feel like there's a good argument to be made that Jerian was the better PG on the Bulls last year. And the age difference between him and Dunn is negligible. If we'd gotten Kris Dunn, people would be very excited, acting like we got a possible future starter. What is really the difference between the two? Dunn gets more steals, but he turns the ball over way more. Jerian is coming off a very solid season, and he's improved visibly every year in the league.

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    11 minutes ago, HeHateMe said:

    Dipo/Harris/AG < Issac/AG/Bamba 

    I disagree so far. But only because I have a very high opinion of Dipo. I think he'll get better against double teams (why not? He's gotten better at everything else), and be a top 10 guy in the league. He's a rare two-way guard who can be an elite scorer and defender. There are very few of those in history.

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    Just now, HeHateMe said:

    I feel like Marcus Smart starting and running this offense would be awful. He’s nice off the bench and a great gritty defender but his scoring is EP bad. 

    And you could absolutely be right. But I never thought scoring was what made EP bad (at least, not the biggest thing). EP couldn't/wouldn't (both?) defend consistently. The problem with Smart is that his offense is actually worse than EP's, because he takes just way too many bad shots. EP knew his limitations (perhaps too well) on offense, and thus played timid. That hurt. But is it worst to be timid or overconfident? Depends just how bad a shooter you are, I guess.

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    8 minutes ago, The Boss said:

    Good post. How do we feel about Smart running an offense? Didn't see much of him in college but it seemed like he was a full time PG but at Boston he didn't really play that role. His intensity and bulldog tenacity could be what our bunch of guys need.

    He was a weird player in college, too. Very different from his NBA role so far. He ran the offense, but he was very high-usage (29% as a soph), inefficient shooter. He did have a good assist % and a decent TO% that sophomore year, though. I think he can run an offense, and it's conceivable that it might actually help him take fewer bad shots. Just the change in mind-set might help.

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    I wish I could understand my weird love for Marcus Smart as a basketball player, but I want us to get a deal done for him so bad. He just fits the defensive nastiness that I want to see from a PG. And I guess my thinking is that no one's shooting can stay bad for that long - hell, even Rubio is downright average now. He's a solid FT shooter. He just seems to take awful shots. I keep thinking that a change of coaching staff, different direction offensively, could really help him. Kemba improved his shooting quite a bit under Clifford. Aaron has improved here. If Smart could just improve to Rubio's level - look at the similarities in shooting their first 4 years, for reference - he could be a very, very good player.

     

    I guess my point is that I'd give up Vuc and the OKC pick in a sign-and-trade for Smart and call this off-season glorious. Smart seems pissed that Boston is playing games with his RFA. Rumors are he might take the QO and then Boston would likely lose him for nothing next year as he'd be unrestricted; they'd have to lock up Rozier, especially if they can't re-sign Kyrie - doubt they'd have the ability to spend big on Smart. They get Vuc's expiring and a cost-controlled player with OKC's pick, and they don't have to worry about salary for their future. Between Terry, Tatum, and Brown, they have some big contract decisions to worry about.

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    11 minutes ago, Nyce_1 said:

    Don't watch the numbers, watch actual games. Lonzo's instincts and court vision is elite. I'd take Lonzo's passing over EPs 10 out of 10 times.

    I don't really care what it looks like if it doesn't translate to results. This isn't a knock on Lonzo. Payton has very good passing instincts.

     

    Honestly, I think Lonzo probably is a better passing PG prospect than Payton. My point is simply that he isn't on some wholly different level. I think Payton's assists are somewhat inflated by his fear of shooting because he can't and fear of driving because he can't hit FTs if he gets fouled. I think Lonzo is similar, except he's less terrified to call his own number. So I give Lonzo the benefit of the doubt that he's a somewhat better passer. But Payton taught me not to trust defensive potential in a PG, only production, and to understand the limitations of a PG who can't hit shots, even FTs. I'll talk myself into Ball if we trade for him, but I don't want him at this point. Too many flaws for this flawed offensive team to cover for, in my opinion.

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    22 minutes ago, Malik Buttface said:

    Payton's passing fails in comparison to Lonzo's, hands down. And the knee issue apparently was old news, I'm not too worried about that. If people still believe in Jabari (in the sense of production, not stardom) with two ACL injuries I think we can take a gamble on a torn meniscus. 

    Wanna guess which rookie had a higher assist %?

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    4 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said:

    Our fan base is so damn impatient. We gave up on Dipo and now he's an all star. AG is years younger than Dipo and yet still some of our fans want to trade him or let him leave in free agency. 

    The fact that anyone wants to let him leave is ridiculous. Worst case scenario (meaning matching the max and he doesn't improve much), he's the equivalent of Kevin Love for the Cavs. Big contract. Good but not great player. His contract isn't hurting you, really. If he doesn't improve much at all, he's still a solid 3rd option on offense and a decent defender on defense. Any contract we match will be done by the time Mo is off his rookie deal.

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    6 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said:

    I think the Warriors would still be better. Also, if the Lakers get that strong that fast, we need to go to conference-less playoffs next year. 1-16 make it, 17-30 in the lotto

    The original post mentioned KD on a team with LeBron, Paul George, and Kawhi. Without KD, Godlen State doesn't make the finals against that squad, unless they literally have G-Leaguers playing every other spot (which we know they wouldn't, because all the slightly past-it guys would play there on minimum contracts like they have at times in Golden States. Fortunately, this is never going to happen. KD isn't leaving Golden State. He has nothing to gain leaving. He's dominating and sweeping championships where he is. Why leave to play with LeBron, the only guy less likely to pass it to KD with more than 5 seconds on the clock than Westbrook?

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    2 minutes ago, Magicfan1987 said:

    id love this. we wont be competing for 4 years anyways

    I cannot for the life of me think of why anyone would love this. I mean, I guess as a LeBron fan you would just like watching LeBron's team dominate; but, as a basketball fan, as a sports fan, what exactly is fun about watching a team you know basically can't lose? All of the fun of sports and basketball in particular is taken out of the game at that point. And don't tell me you just like watching great players make great plays. Go watch the Globetrotters if you just want to see some crazy shots and awesome dunks. Sports are fun because they are unpredictable. Sports leagues go out of their way to instill parody in their leagues for a reason. Competition requires some level of parody. Are you the type of person who likes getting your grown men friends together and challenging a bunch of middle-schoolers?

     

    Don't get me wrong. Dominant teams can be great, under the right circumstances. But the Showtime Lakers were only fun because they had the Celtics right there with them. Jordan won six championships, but there was reason to believe he could have lost any one of them. LA had Magic, and a better supporting cast than people remember. Portland had Clyde and one of the most balanced lineups I've ever seen. Phoenix had Charles and Kevin Johnson and a good supporting cast behind them. the 72-win team was a pretty good bet, sure. But the Jazz were better teams throughout the season and took them to six hard-fought games. The NBA will not survive one team hammering everyone else like a nail year after year. This trend of everyone just getting together to form the most dominant team... it has to end sometime, or the NBA will fade.

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