OT: Jimmy Buckets to the Heat

[LuCane]

McCollum is THE BUSINESS.

He can’t d up like Klay, though.

Portland is good, but the Warriors are superior top bottom.

With more scoring at the sf, another shooter off the bench, and a little more defense, they could compete with the Warriors better.

Now that KD is gone, I really look forward to that matchup.

The West just got real interesting. The Lakers are the wild card.

NBA is shady for Lebron. Wouldn't surprise me in the least when they sign Kawhi. A more interested mathematician would have to come up with the odds of the Lakers getting the #4 pick to trade to NOP while the NOP wins the lottery to replace AD in the Zion draft. All of that made the AD trade far easier and facilitated the pathway Rich Paul had tried to pull off for about a year. I think the NBA wants superteams and the ratings behind having a villain.

 

[TruCane81]

I don’t have harden in the top tier. The way he plays doesnt work in the playoffs

A lot harder to get those foul calls in the post season.

Chris Paul is the weak link, though . Quality player but his salary is too high.

They need two all star players quality players to get Harden over the top.

I disagree about him not being top tier, even though his defense still sucks lol. He is like Kyrie in that he needs a lot of help to win a title because of the spectacular, but not well rounded, nature of his game.

 

[TruCane81]

Not sure why Wall is a dump for them. I think hes one of the best players in the league when healthy. His speed with the ball is unseen. Lacks a jump shot but does everything else at an elite level.

Hard to win with a pg that can’t shoot.

Put him with the right team with a superstar forward and shooters, he could definitely help a title run.

He looks faster than even AI or Westbrook in the open floor when healthy. That’s saying something.

 

[moshated305]

NBA is shady for Lebron. Wouldn't surprise me in the least when they sign Kawhi. A more interested mathematician would have to come up with the odds of the Lakers getting the #4 pick to trade to NOP while the NOP wins the lottery to replace AD in the Zion draft. All of that made the AD trade far easier and facilitated the pathway Rich Paul had tried to pull off for about a year. I think the NBA want superteams and the ratings behind having a villain.

Watching that lottery I thought the NBA was going to hand them Zion and then once they hit #4 I said they will get AD now. It's just too obvious. NBA Finals ratings down, cue LeBron's team back to the top.

 

[moshated305]

Hard to win with a pg that can’t shoot.

Put him with the right team with a superstar forward and shooters, he could definitely help a title run.

He looks faster than even AI or Westbrook in the open floor when healthy. That’s saying something.

That's exactly what he needs around him but outside of Beal, Washington hasn't put any other great pieces around him. They've had some decent guys just not enough.

 

[AUcane]

Not sure why Wall is a dump for them. I think hes one of the best players in the league when healthy. His speed with the ball is unseen. Lacks a jump shot but does everything else at an elite level.

huge no thanks on Wall.

1) he's coming off a second major injury. He is always banged up and will likely see a wade-like precipitous decline in athletic ability over the next several years.
2) he's not exactly a good lockeroom guy
3) his contract is a monster
4) he's a black hole on offense

 

[TruCane81]

Watching that lottery I thought the NBA was going to hand them Zion and then once they hit #4 I said they will get AD now. It's just too obvious. NBA Finals ratings down, cue LeBron's team back to the top.

That’s what happens when you have Toronto in the finals.

I still don’t understand why they don’t get the Knicks right. Philly and Boston are relevant and it helps. Still the top teams in the east are MILWAUKEE and TORONTO.

A squad in MSG is what you need if you want big ratings, but they just let Dolan run it into the rocks.

 

[mikemike]

Harden is defentily tier 1

Paul is done... He needs to go but nobody is going to take on his crazy contract

 

[mikemike]

Hard to win with a pg that can’t shoot.

Put him with the right team with a superstar forward and shooters, he could definitely help a title run.

He looks faster than even AI or Westbrook in the open floor when healthy. That’s saying something.

Wall is done

He will never be the same but yea a couple of years ago he was unstoppable and defentily one of the best PG in the league by far

He was faster then Westbrook coast to coast which is crazy because Westbrook can GOOOO

 

[brock]

There’s rumblings

 

[Katzenboyer]

There’s rumblings

Everyone loves Beal. If it turned out that Washington was open to trading him, there are a bunch of NBA teams that could top what the Heat could offer, even if they'd be willing to eat Wall's contract.