A new NBA thread (HYPER HYPED DRAFT SUPER EDITION)

[Sobchak]

what the fuck are the cavaliers doing

[badfo]

It's a great time to be alive.

[fallenchicken]

It's a good thing they traded Andrew Wiggins for a year of Kevin Love.

[badfo]

Westbrook sporadically regressing to 2011 Westbrook is an unwelcome development.

[fallenchicken]

On my Jazz forum, we're already prepared to offer Gobert the max.

[Sobchak]

Pistons goin to da ship.

[fallenchicken]

Good game Utah@OKC did you watch it bado? Of course I'm the only in the person in the world who defends Waiters and he buries a crunch time three. Last time I ever try to be encouraging. Gobert had seven blocks, and I think Steven Adams had some tears in his eyes. Perkins looks like an old buffalo. Westbrook outright shoved Ingles and got away with it because Westbrook gets away with horseshit. Reggie Jackson is kind of awful or at least is whenever I watch him. Trevor Booker had a crazy trick shot. Hayward is worth contract. Durant duranted us down the stretch. I had tears in my eyes.

[badfo]

Jackson was our best or second best player just a game ago, though that's not saying much.

Brooks has done two really annoying things this year: less small ball so he can can give both Perk and Adams minutes and resting Russ, Durant and Ibaka all at the same time. It's not worth playing Collison-Perk lineups.

Phoenix killed my Brandan Wright dreams.

[fallenchicken]

The Westbrook/Durant pick and roll is a nightmare. It's impossible to stop. They should just run it every time, like spamming a cheese move in a fighting game, until they get the ship.

Old Buffalo in the post, or anywhere on the floor, or on the bench, less so. Perkins and Adams did move Gobert around a lot and got offensive rebounds. Strength is the biggest thing Gobert needs to work on going forward.

Fire sale in Boston. I'm not crazy about Jeff Green, but he could be huge in a small role with Memphis. I guess Boston just decided to make the West even better? Can we just cancel the first round of the eastern conference playoffs this year?

[Sobchak]

Fire sale in Boston. I'm not crazy about Jeff Green, but he could be huge in a small role with Memphis. I guess Boston just decided to make the West even better? Can we just cancel the first round of the eastern conference playoffs this year?

Jeff Green and VC as your rotation small forwards is nasty, even with ancient VC these days. Ideally he won't be the ballstop Rudy Gay was back when. I like mempis (Broussard spelling).

Portland gunning for Wilson Chandler it sounds like. He could be better than Batum, who is having a pretty shitty season. The backups (Crabbe and D-Wright) aren't much better. I'd rather not give up Thomas Robinson in the trade but we'll see how it goes.

[fallenchicken]

http://instagram.com/p/xreb_EufcV/ my favorite part is Westbrook's face at the end.

Batum is french though sobchak.

Those poor cartoonists who were massacred were french.

Ergo if you trade Batum, Portland doesn't support freedom of speech. If I were Portland, I would support free speech.

[Sobchak]

http://instagram.com/p/xreb_EufcV/

DO I SMELL ESPY?

I'm 90 percent sure the First Amendment only applies to ameriCANs, chicken.

[Sobchak]

Brook Lopez for Jeremy Lamb????

[badfo]

Woj says no deal tonight, meaning Brooklyn and Charlotte are going to come to their senses.

[fallenchicken]

Brooklyn and Charlotte? Come to their senses? No, you'll be find. Billy King is going to find some assets he hasn't given away yet to throw in overnight. In the morning: "Ok Presti, I'm willing to throw in our first rounder in 2029. I figure I'll be at the bottom of the Hudson by then anyway, so..."

Also, I don't mean to player hate, seems like a nice guy, hope it works out, but,

Austin Rivers! getting traded for by his dad the gm and then coached by his dad the coach, that's kind of hilarious. I hope it works out in LA because if not they'll never here the end of it.
(I don't hope he works out; i wish nothing but pain and misery for this Clippers team.)

[Sobchak]

Austin Rivers! getting traded for by his dad the gm and then coached by his dad the coach, that's kind of hilarious. I hope it works out in LA because if not they'll never here the end of it.
(I don't hope he works out; i wish nothing but pain and misery for this Clippers team.)

I don't really see where Austin Rivers fits. Taking Farmar's five minutes a game?

[badfo]

I think it's crazy people don't talk about how crazy Doc has been as a GM.

[Sobchak]

I've seen a lot of eyes rolled at his pickups but I suppose I haven't seen a whole lot from sportswriters. Though we lost to them last night, I think the Clippers are about as weak this season as they've been in the Chris Paul era.

[fallenchicken]

Yeah he's been really bad. That nut Balmer is in a tough situation, but he probably needs to quietly take control of the front office from Doc and, you know, bring in some other people.

FATHER SON DUO. I can't wait until the late game situation when Austin Rivers is inexplicably on the floor.

Or like, what if Doc doesn't play him? Does he get shit from his wife/other kids for not playing Austin enough?

Such a bad idea. Can't wait to see what happens next.

[Sobchak]

Yeah he's been really bad. That nut Balmer is in a tough situation, but he probably needs to quietly take control of the front office from Doc and, you know, bring in some other people.

FATHER SON DUO. I can't wait until the late game situation when Austin Rivers is inexplicably on the floor.

Or like, what if Doc doesn't play him? Does he get shit from his wife/other kids for not playing Austin enough?

Such a bad idea. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Yeah we'll see. I guess it's not too bad if all he's doing is giving his kid a paycheck until he hits free agency.

[fallenchicken]

Yeah I mean take the last name away--the Clippers cut Jordan Farmer and traded Reggie Bullock to get Austin Rivers. That's just a bad trade.

Jordan Farmer is probably at this moment better than Austin Rivers, or at least as good, and Bullock can actually shoot unlike Rivers. Phoenix be sneaky grabbing interesting pieces for nothing... bado can't like this trade for that reason.

[badfo]

Brooklyn came to their senses.

[Sobchak]

Would have been a hell of a deal. Maybe Portland should grab Brooke, we'll be like Phoenix and the Morris twins. Brooklyn can have Meyers or T-Rob or Claver or Barton (not Barton :c)

[fallenchicken]

Westbrook seems like a fun dude to interview. So chill and generous.

[fallenchicken]

carnage.