NBA Season 2016/17

[LaHug]

I wouldn't put that on Magic doing a great job. Mitch was already shipping Lou for the same reasons - get a first and help the tank. Rumours were Washington (which would be a slight better pick) or Utah (same) before the front office blew up. I'm not saying either of those deals were necessarily going to go through but I think we have to wait a while to see if getting rid of Mitch was a good move (or at least not a bad move).

regardless if he did it or not im sure he wont stuff up the pick like Mitch would have.

Three years in a row, Mitch has picked well in both the 1st and 2nd round. What are you on about stuffing up picks??

[RiOtChEsS]

Duuuuude, Kupcrap is a jabroni, Magic is an upgrade even if he is putting in Phil Jackson hours

Traded for Pau Gasol, Chris Paul (not his fault it was vetoed), Dwight Howard & Steve Nash (can't blame him for Dame Lillard destroying Nash with a freak break and nerve injury). Drafted Clarkson, Nance, and Zubac all in the second round (as well as obvious first round picks of Randle, Russell, and Ingram). He's orchestrated the beginning of what looks like a very good rebuild and then he's shown the door.

How the hell can you have bad things to say about Mitch outside of overpaying free agents during a period where nobody wanted to go to LA?

How about we just throw out there he gave Kobe 30m a year when basically nobody else was even getting 20m a year, what about the inability to land a single big name FA at any time when you are pitching the LA Lakers, one of the most storied franchises in the history of basketball...

[Holz]

I wouldn't put that on Magic doing a great job. Mitch was already shipping Lou for the same reasons - get a first and help the tank. Rumours were Washington (which would be a slight better pick) or Utah (same) before the front office blew up. I'm not saying either of those deals were necessarily going to go through but I think we have to wait a while to see if getting rid of Mitch was a good move (or at least not a bad move).

regardless if he did it or not im sure he wont stuff up the pick like Mitch would have.

Three years in a row, Mitch has picked well in both the 1st and 2nd round. What are you on about stuffing up picks??

Ingram was a consensus top 2 so no credit for taking him.
Dont like the Russel pick at all, would have gone Okafor (who would have ended up better) or punted on Kristap.
Randall is a okish pick

i worded what i meant to say poorly though. He has drafted ok but i think he is ruining the development of his picks and also the team just doesn't fit together.

but the biggest issue is attracting free agents, you cant have a bunch of talented young guys who dont fit together.

They have to get a star and then pick up other guys in free agency to join. its LA it shouldnt be too hard if it was detriot or something i would understand.

[valkorum]

This was the dunk that Aaron Gordon was attempting to do at the Dunk Contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cilqmNV9Bg0

[R.Griffen]

Andre Drummond also on the move, changing twitter avatar?

This deal looks done

[RiOtChEsS]

Andre Drummond also on the move, changing twitter avatar?

This deal looks done

Celtics?

[Jay]

Magic will probably be bad given the history of great players that go into a GM role (see: Bird, Isiah). But if there are people surrounding him who know the CBA inside and out, have an understanding of analytics etc. then having him as the figure head will probably be a good thing for the Lakers.

Certainly got a pretty good return for Lou Williams, who although is having a really good season, he is a niche player and you basically have to change your whole bench system to 'give the ball to Lou and get out of the way' if you bring him in.

[Mat0369]

The Kings at one point had Boogie Cousins, Isaiah Thomas, and Hassan Whiteside on their roster all at the same time.

Now they don't have any of the 3

[valkorum]

The Kings at one point had Boogie Cousins, Isaiah Thomas, and Hassan Whiteside on their roster all at the same time.

Now they don't have any of the 3

To be fair Whiteside was flowering terrible while with us.  Was useless in D-League too.  He had to go to China to get better and even he has admitted that.

I still can't believe we got rid of the original Pizza Guy Isaiah Thomas.  If I remember correctly the reasoning was he was too small.

I am not upset about trading DMC, I am extremely upset that we got less than a bag of chips in return for him.

[RiOtChEsS]

The Kings at one point had Boogie Cousins, Isaiah Thomas, and Hassan Whiteside on their roster all at the same time.

Now they don't have any of the 3

To be fair Whiteside was flowering terrible while with us.  Was useless in D-League too.  He had to go to China to get better and even he has admitted that.

I still can't believe we got rid of the original Pizza Guy Isaiah Thomas.  If I remember correctly the reasoning was he was too small.

I am not upset about trading DMC, I am extremely upset that we got less than a bag of chips in return for him.

you could tell IT was gonna be an upper echelon scorer with more minutes in SAC, was drafting/holding him in fantasy then they traded him to PHX and he got stuck behind Bledsoe and Knight ::) was a frustrating couple years watching IT because you knew he was a gem in the right situation

[Mat0369]

Sixers trading Ersan  :(

[RiOtChEsS]

Sixers trading Ersan  :(

The 76ers are finalizing a trade that will send Ersan Ilyasova to Atlanta in exchange for Tiago Splitter and two second-round picks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Sixers are expected to receive one second-round pick, while swapping another one.

[Holz]

Sixers trading Ersan  :(

The 76ers are finalizing a trade that will send Ersan Ilyasova to Atlanta in exchange for Tiago Splitter and two second-round picks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Sixers are expected to receive one second-round pick, while swapping another one.

must be waving him.

hopefully they are making a huge splash for Paul George.

Simmons Saric George Embiid would love that combo

[RiOtChEsS]

Sixers trading Ersan  :(

The 76ers are finalizing a trade that will send Ersan Ilyasova to Atlanta in exchange for Tiago Splitter and two second-round picks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Sixers are expected to receive one second-round pick, while swapping another one.

must be waving him.

hopefully they are making a huge splash for Paul George.

Simmons Saric George Embiid would love that combo

PG13 was born and schooled in LA

George was born on May 2, 1990 in Palmdale, California, and is the son of Paul George Sr. and Paulette George.[1][2] He grew up with two older sisters: Teiosha, who played basketball at Pepperdine, and Portala, who played volleyball at CSU-San Bernardino.[1] Although George idolized Lakers star Kobe Bryant,[3] he grew up rooting for the Los Angeles Clippers.

[killerbees]

Sixers trading Ersan  :(

The 76ers are finalizing a trade that will send Ersan Ilyasova to Atlanta in exchange for Tiago Splitter and two second-round picks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Sixers are expected to receive one second-round pick, while swapping another one.

must be waving him.

hopefully they are making a huge splash for Paul George.

Simmons Saric George Embiid would love that combo

Who is shooting in that line up? Saric and George bith super streaky and I'm a pacers fan.

If we can't get him help I reckon we will flip him to avoid walking for free, which will be beyond upsetting.

Kings could have had Klay/Dame and boogie at once with better lottery picks, you could float Giannis too but i thin kwith those three they are too low in Giannis year to get him.

They needed shooting and defence on wings and they took Jimmer over Klay and Kawhi