The Basketball Thread

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I think the Oden/Durant picks of a few years back has showed that picking defensive centres with bad knees high is a pretty big risk. This draft reminds of 2006 where there were no stars and the draft was pretty wide open.

[Amblève. 4,995]

The draft's been PURE madness so far

[The Skipper 20,593]

Loving it.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Somebody please tell me that 76ers didnt just give up Jrue Holiday for Norlens Noel......please somebody tell me that they werent that stupid to do that.

Noel is good, but to give up JRUE HOLIDAY! :lol2:

also Portland TrailBlazers had the best draft so far. CJ McCollum will be a Steph Curry 2.0 coupled with Damien Lillard and Aldridge........Damn!

[Amblève. 4,995]

Somebody please tell me that 76ers didnt just give up Jrue Holiday for Norlens Noel......please somebody tell me that they werent that stupid to do that.

Noel is good, but to give up JRUE HOLIDAY! :lol2:

They also get the Pelicans (lol) first round pick of 2014. Sixers kinda like damaged knees lol...

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

They also get the Pelicans (lol) first round pick of 2014. Sixers kinda like damaged knees lol...

Well i didnt get that part, i guess its not as dumb as a straight swap but still would have waited out to see what Bynum was willing to give you.

but by doing this trade your basically pressing the restart button and will in all likelihood let Bynum walk now. HA!

[Amblève. 4,995]

Well i didnt get that part, i guess its not as dumb as a straight swap but still would have waited out to see what Bynum was willing to give you.

but by doing this trade your basically pressing the restart button and will in all likelihood let Bynum walk now. HA!

Yep. Wiggins is the real target here, I think.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Brooklyn Nets now have a championship calibre starting 5.

Deron Williams - Joe Johnson - Paul Pierce - Kevin Garnett - Brook Lopez. Beastly. Good trade by both teams - allows Boston to truly rebuild and now Brooklyn can challenge on all fronts if they can marry the talents.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Brooklyn Nets now have a championship calibre starting 5.

Deron Williams - Joe Johnson - Paul Pierce - Kevin Garnett - Brook Lopez. Beastly. Good trade by both teams - allows Boston to truly rebuild and now Brooklyn can challenge on all fronts if they can marry the talents.

If the Lakers taught us anything last year it's that big names don't guarantee a title. BKN lacks youth, an elite wing-defender, athleticism and an excellent coach that can handle the egos as well as initiate great plays.

[The Skipper 20,593]

If the Lakers taught us anything last year it's that big names don't guarantee a title. BKN lacks youth, an elite wing-defender, athleticism and an excellent coach that can handle the egos as well as initiate great plays.

Oh yeah I agree, that's why I said if they can marry the talents. For Brooklyn this completely changes them from a decent perimeter floor shooting team depending on how Deron is playing into a multi-faceted side with 2 big men who not only can drive to the basket but also are decent shots from inside the paint in KG and Lopez, then you have PP and Joe (if 100% healthy) as spot shot makers, and then Deron to run the show. Defensively in the interior - it's KG, PP is a decent wing defender - can't say they're exactly slouches.

Like I said, it's all down to if they marry the talents. If they do then I can see them going far next season providing everyone important stays healthy.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

lol that nets team is being coached by jason kidd, unreal, they employed him as a head coach with so many infinitely better options available

anyways good starting 5 for sure though and i don't think egos will be a big problem, especially not with kg and pierce, they were part of a super team before they will be fine

joe johnson and brook lopez arent big enough starts to have egos, deron is the only one you'd worry about especially considering his past history with utah but thats where kidd could earn his bucks since he's a hall of fame PG, so hopefully deron respects him if he doesnt the others

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

I really don't like the trade tbh because they will get max one more year out of KG and two max out of Paul Pierce. Not to mention the bench, which is lookin awfully weak in comparison to last years.

Marshon Brooks is a great talent and 2 first round picks? I know those picks won't be high but still that is wayyyyy to much to give up for such little return from Paul and KG.

The only reason the nets made this trade was to get rid of Gerrald Wallace's horrible contract that was keeping them from making really any moves, wish they could have found another way of getting rid of him that would have allowed them to get a free agent....oh well.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Also,

Can't wait for free agency,, really want to see where Josh Smith and D12 end up.

Seems like the later has to choose between Dallas Mavs and Houston, but will in all likelihood move to Houston. Him and harden would be an immense combo to rival OKC for years to come. And it would be like the Magic team D12 was on only instead of Jameer Nelson they got Harden as that other superstar. Can't see why or how he doesn't end up there. And at 28 its about damn time he settle down, gets his attitude sorted out and tries to get back to an NBA finals.

And for Josh Smith I hope he leaves Atlanta, he is a great talent--a real stat sheet stuffer. I heard Bulls are lookin to get rid of Carlos boozer maybe for Josh Smith but that seems highly unlikely.

Haven't heard or read where else he could be destined to go.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Hope Howard goes to Rockets. Harden and Howard combo would be so insane. Then you have Chandler Parsons on your perimeter - imagine Harden driving to the basket and kicking it to Parsons for a three, or if Parsons gets closed down it leaves Harden for an easy drive or an easy pass off a D12 pick and roll... Then you have J.Lin who's an okay mid range shooter and a decent ball distributor. Thomas Robinson is a decent PF too who could form a nice front court with D12 (one of the latter two would have to be traded for D12 to come in though I'd presume).

I can't wait for next season.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Hope nobody recognizes that 'Dala's a FA

[The Skipper 20,593]

Pelicans are building a real nice roster. They just got Tyreke Evans and don't forget Jrue Holiday who they got earlier. Add a fit Eric Gordon and Anthony Davis to that and that's a decent core of players.

[OReillyD36 311]

Dwight chooses the Rockets

[Amblève. 4,995]

Nuggets nation, we're screwed.