NBA Season 2016/17

[Holz]

Celtics through after a gruelling series. Reckon they get swept by the Cavs?

low low chance

Cavs in 5 or 6.

[Jay]

Celtics through after a gruelling series. Reckon they get swept by the Cavs?

Yes but I don't care right now! ;D

[plumdog millionaire]

Celtics through after a gruelling series. Reckon they get swept by the Cavs?

Yes but I don't care right now! ;D

Getting to the ECF is a success. Taking one or two would be icing on the cake!

[Mat0369]

[plumdog millionaire]

See ya NBA

[Mat0369]

All hail Hinkie. That pick swap got us a top 3 pick. It would have been better had the Lakers and Suns swapped spots. That would have got us 3 and 4 which would have been perfect.

[Holz]

ok so Cs get 1 and Lakers get 2.

conspiracy time the 2 biggest teams get the top 2 picks.

Sixers getting 3 is very very good.


you would assume Celtics take Fultz or Jackson. To me Fultz the best pick but jackson the much much better fit.
Ball to LA basically guranteed
Then sixers would instantly take jackson if avilable as perfect fit. Fultz would be tough as they have Simmons.

i guess you could stick Fultz at SG for either the Celtics or Sixers though.

Simmons Fultz/Jackson Sairc Embiid i would love to see if they can all stay healthy.

Ball George Ingram would be interesting too, would trade Russell i really dont like him.

Fultz/Jackson IT Horford another fun combo.

poor suns though

[Mat0369]

Simmons is the PG. They get Jackson to play on the wing with RoCo and their wing defense is going to be insane. Add JoJo in the middle and good luck scoring on them. Mills/Lowry/Holiday in FA to get another PG and the team is in the playoffs next year.

They also have Korkmaz in Europe who is a legit shooter, two picks next year (thanks LA) and two the year after  (thanks Kings).

[LaHug]

Holz, what's wrong with Russell?

[valkorum]

1: Celtics (via Nets)
2: Lakers
3: Sixers (via Kings)
4: Suns
5: Kings (via Sixers)
6: Magic
7: T'Wolves
8: Knicks
9: Mavericks
10: Kings (via Pelicans)
11: Hornets
12: Pistons
13: Nuggets
14: Heat

Winners: Kings --- Jump from 8 to 5
Losers: Suns --- Drop out of top 3 and miss out on Fultz, Ball or Jackson

[Toga]

Losers: also Kings, dropping out of the top 3 :P

[LaHug]

Lakers probably biggest winners out of this. Not because we jumped a lot but because we get to keep this year's pick and 2019 pick.

[JBs-Hawks]

Holz, what's wrong with Russell?

Killer on 2k  ;D

[Holz]

Holz, what's wrong with Russell?

Well if they take Ball he is your PG and i just dont think Russell is very efficient FG or 3 points. doesnt strike me as a guy who would take a box seat.

so if you have Ball distributing to guys like George and Ingram then he seems a little redundant and i dont see him liking that.

Just seems smart to move him on a nice 3 and D player at SG probably looks a better move. George a pretty good 3 point shooter but not sure on Ingram and also not sure on Lonzo in the NBA.

Another option would be getting a rim protector and a guy for ball to set up dunks for.

he isnt a must sell but if you can get a better fit then do it.

Rumours are already out of teams contacting lakers about Russell.

magic need a point guard I wonder if you would trade Russell for pick 6 + something for their bench. Picking up Jonathan Isaac wouldnt be a terrible move.

Ball George Ingram Isaac Randle

[R.Griffen]

Since I watch college basketball rather than the NBA, I'll give my take on this

Pick 3 is my first problem. While I disagree with it, there a possibility of Monk going 3. Are 76ers the right team (not too sure). I don't see pick 4 being a huge let down for the suns(don't need a guard), sure it would be great getting a higher pick but I see Tatum being just as good as Jackson etc. Reading over twitter post, facebook comments etc I see Smith has been the forgotten man. I am not a huge fan of him went about his work quietly but certainly has a lot of talent

Without taking picks into account this would be my order (exluding Ntilikina because I have no idea about him)
Fultz, Ball, Jackson, Tatum, Smith, Fox, Isaac, Monk, Markkanen, Collins

Any of Jackson, Tatum, Smith, Monk could fall at 3. While Smith and Fox are serviceable players who have the potential to slide

Just a couple of other thinks, Fox is my favourite player right now in the top 10 of the draft however probably less potential than the others. Only way I see Monk falling at 3 like I said earlier is NBA scouts love upside and his upside was already shown off dropping 47 vs UNC (But he can have some awful nights)

I am expecting a lot of trading of picks this year