NBA 2015-2016 Thread

[Cnasty]

Cavs can't afford him.

Pay the man Riles!

Then you possibly lose flexibility in next year's free agency spectacle.

Live in the now!!

Don't play for tomorrow!

[shel311]

and if Lebron wants Wade in Cleveland, he can slip him the extra cash thru some 3rd party business deal and nobody would ever know.

That's what I was thinking.

Slip Wade $10mil, with all the businesses they have, I'd imagine it's not THAT hard to pull off, relatively speaking of course.

That is one hell of a friendship to just give him that much money, but Wade has sorta done it for Lebron already, and by all accounts, they're about as close as can get. There was an interview where, I forgot the exact context, but Wade said something to the effect of it being a no brainer that he was either close to LeBron or Lebron knew him better than his wife did. They're pretty darn tight.

[shel311]

Cavs can't afford him.

Pay the man Riles!

Then you possibly lose flexibility in next year's free agency spectacle.

Live in the now!!

Don't play for tomorrow!

Riley doesn't play for 3 seeds and 2nd round exits, he's going big!!!

[DRiccio21]

Cavs can't afford him.

Pay the man Riles!

Then you possibly lose flexibility in next year's free agency spectacle.

Live in the now!!

Don't play for tomorrow!

Riley doesn't play for 3 seeds and 2nd round exits, he's going big!!!

if Wade goes to Cleveland i'd expect a super snarky retirement press conference by Riley in about a week.

'players just aren't the same, blah blah blah'

[nick]

seems like Wade isnt going to Cle. they can only offer 3.4

[Cnasty]

Hence the discussion above based on my previous post of...cleveland not able to afford him.

[nick]

well Miami offered 2/40 so if he took 3.4 over 20 i'm sure NBAPA would lose their shit

[nick]

Many fans across the league were perplexed by Kevin Durant's decision to leave a championship-ready organization like the Oklahoma City Thunder.

In addition to the fact that Durant could've earned far more money had he stayed put, his pairing with a fellow top-five player in Russell Westbrook and a host of useful role players propelled the Thunder to the Western Conference Finals in four of the last six seasons.

So why did Durant leave?

Apparently he got "frustrated" with Westbrook, and felt like the team had "plateaued," a source told Howard Beck of Bleacher Report.

"Ultimately he got frustrated and felt that they had plateaued," said a person with insight into Durant's thought process. "(Billy Donovan) came in, and he still had the same issues that he had with Russ under (Scott Brooks). The offense didn't change much. He still had to take a ton of contested shots every game; and that's when he had the ball at all."

For almost the entirety of their eight seasons together, there was an ongoing debate about who should be the lead dog in OKC. Both Durant and Westbrook were worthy of taking over - but there's only one ball.

Last season, it was Westbrook who led the Thunder in usage despite Durant being the far more efficient scorer.

The Thunder also favored running isolation-reliant offenses, and that might be what prompted them to change coaches, but those same problems persisted when Donovan took over for Brooks.

Durant wanted to keep the ball moving, but the Thunder ranked dead last in passes per game.

The Warriors, perhaps cognizant of KD's frustration, pitched him on how much easier he'd have it in Golden State. Head coach Steve Kerr runs the league's deadliest offense, which is predicated on passing, cutting, and shooting.

[Cnasty]

Wade to the Bulls

[DRiccio21]

crazy

[nick]

wonder if Masai is working the phones to try and see if Bosh is available

also poor Hassan Whiteside.

[cougnix]

D Rose and Joakim are like, WTF? We can't be a Big 3?

[shel311]

also poor Hassan Whiteside.

Whiteside backs out of his deal with Wade leaving
Signs with Dallas
Dallas doesn't sign Barnes/trade for Bogut
GS can't find a suitor for Bogut
GS can't afford to sign KD



Madness!!!!

[shel311]

The new Bulls backcourt has a 3pt FG% of 52.4%...combined.


Wade/Rondo.

[LetsGoPeay]

Tim Duncan retires

[Uuaww]

Tim Duncan retires

greatest ever athlete from the Virgin Islands. The only billboard on St. Croix was a welcome sign with his photo on it.

[DRiccio21]

Duncan was probably the best player of our generation, say post 2000, not named Lebron.

yet the vast majority of Americans who don't watch basketball probably don't know him at all. hysterical to see him go out like this the same year Kobe does his world tour.

[shel311]

He's definitely ahead of Kobe on the all time rankings scale. It's criminal that probably 90% of fans wouldn't even think about having him ahead of Kobe.

[LetsGoPeay]

Duncan was probably the best player of our generation, say post 2000, not named Lebron.

yet the vast majority of Americans who don't watch basketball probably don't know him at all. hysterical to see him go out like this the same year Kobe does his world tour.

Yeah, but the two different ways in which they leave are so typical of their personalities. Duncan was a great who didn't need to be told he was great. And Kobe, well.... you know.

[DRiccio21]

Duncan was probably the best player of our generation, say post 2000, not named Lebron.

yet the vast majority of Americans who don't watch basketball probably don't know him at all. hysterical to see him go out like this the same year Kobe does his world tour.

Yeah, but the two different ways in which they leave are so typical of their personalities. Duncan was a great who didn't need to be told he was great. And Kobe, well.... you know.

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