Flip gave KG burn right away…His first stint with the Wolves, yeah, he played rookies that could play. Garnett, Marbury, Wally, those guys played right away. I think Rasho played a lot as a rookie, although that might have been looking at his roster and seeing that Dean Garrett was the only other C there.
how was he with youngins in Washington?
I can't really speak to his Wizards run, but I think he had a pretty veteran heavy team by design, no? He was behind the Rubio trade.
They had a lot of young talent. Looking at the mins he seemed to have played Wall, Thorton, Young, McGee and some others a lot of mins.. Think his Det teams were Vet heavy.
GM and owner beef??? only in the NBA
I hope they have a steel cage match
Rockets general manager Daryl Morey responded to Mavericks owner Mark Cuban's latest swipes against him, saying in a published interview that if the money is equal, free agents will always pick Houston over Dallas.
The Mavericks signed away Chandler Parsons from the Rockets this offseason when Houston chose not to match the offer sheet. Cuban said in an interview with KRLD-FM in August that snagging Parsons was satisfying after Dwight Howard chose to sign with Houston instead of Dallas in 2013, adding, "all good business is personal."
Cuban questioned the Rockets' approach to chemistry in that interview when answering a question about Morey's inquiries with Dallas to see whether Dirk Nowitzki was available via trade in 2013. He also took a dig at Houston for putting images of Carmelo Anthony in a No. 7 jersey in the windows near one of the entrances to the Toyota Center when the then-free agent visited this past summer even though Jeremy Lin was still on the team at that time.
In an interview with Yahoo! Sports, Morey said Cuban is directing his fire at the Rockets because the Mavericks' other in-state rival, the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, aren't an easy target. "So he's directed his bully pulpit onto us," Morey said. "Our owner stays above the fray, so I'm outgunned honestly."
But Morey told Yahoo! that the Rockets are a more attractive landing spot than Dallas.
"But let's be clear: If the money's equal between the Rockets and Mavericks, I think players are picking Houston. Every time," he told the website. "For Dwight, I just don't think it was a hard choice between us and Dallas. If you want to win, you're going to want to join our organization. We have a first-team All-NBA player in his prime [James Harden]. They have an enormously talented superstar [Nowitzki, 36], but he obviously isn't 24 years old.
"The choice was pretty obvious between the two teams. Dwight is the smart guy in this."
The Rockets' general manager dismissed Cuban's comments about Houston ignoring team chemistry, pointing out that the Mavericks' owner doesn't have a great track record in that department.
"Our teams have had great chemistry, and it's something we believe in. Hey, if Mark believed so much in chemistry, he wouldn't have busted up a title team for cap room. He's trying to reunite a lot of those people now, bringing back the center [Tyson Chandler] from that title team. Maybe he's got some chemistry religion recently," he told Yahoo!
At Mavs media day Monday, Cuban took particular aim at Morey's "chemistry" comment, noting that the league's new collective bargaining agreement was the primary factor in his decision to break up the Mavs' title team. Cuban joked that he can't help being a bully and admitted he enjoys public exchanges with rivals, as he used to do with former Lakers coach Phil Jackson.
"The only reason I'm even responding is because I respect and like Daryl, who's smart," Cuban said. "He's got some Donald Trump in him where he doesn't really understand media all that well, but he's a smart guy and one of the smartest general managers in the league. So we can have some fun going back and forth."
Cuban, who has occasionally referenced the fact that the Rockets have won only one playoff series since 1997, laughed off Morey's claim that players would choose Houston over Dallas if they wanted to win.
"I'm not sure how he would know that," Cuban said. Cuban said Morey "kind of got it started" with the trade inquiry about Nowitzki in the summer of 2013 and again with his comments about developing players when Parsons signed with Dallas.
"If you throw the punches – I just don't think he realized he threw them, so I had some fun responding," Cuban said. "There's no personal animosity whatsoever, but we're competitive. Like I said, he's smart and it's fun to pick on him."
I hope they have a steel cage match
lmfao did anyone see this fake interview with Chalmers?
Trending on Twitter. I wish this was real so bad.
First meeting between these teams is going to be great
Oooooo I feel better nao.
Grantland has been killing it with their articles lately. Loved the Rockets/league piece on the shorter contracts. Lowe writes so much better than he talks on his podcast.
Grantland has been killing it with their articles lately. Loved the Rockets/league piece on the shorter contracts. Lowe writes so much better than he talks on his podcast.
Oooooo I feel better nao.Yeah, good piece.
Grantland has been killing it with their articles lately. Loved the Rockets/league piece on the shorter contracts. Lowe writes so much better than he talks on his podcast.
And he does write better. he seems to have a busy mind and needs the time to put it altogether.
Why is Gondo defending idjots on GAF? Might have to demote you to Baronet now…What are you talking about?
Kid who got beat down on the field.He deserves to get prosecuted for trespassing. Taking away a full-ride scholarship is overkill.
Sleeves are such a plague.Those unis would be horrible even without sleeves.
Flip gave KG burn right away…His first stint with the Wolves, yeah, he played rookies that could play. Garnett, Marbury, Wally, those guys played right away. I think Rasho played a lot as a rookie, although that might have been looking at his roster and seeing that Dean Garrett was the only other C there.
how was he with youngins in Washington?
I can't really speak to his Wizards run, but I think he had a pretty veteran heavy team by design, no? He was behind the Rubio trade.
Flips philosophy is that he'll play you if you can have a defined skill and if you can't play you'd better find a way to get good via practice because opportunities will be rare for you to get game time. Rooks with well defined roles will get burn. Wall got burn. Beal got burn. Shelvin Mack and Jan Vesely got thrown in the trash. Mack could actually play but the coaching staff didn't have the patience.
Wiggins will get a ton of minutes. LaVine and Bennett are both going to get thrown in the bushes.
Lavine specifically is going to have to realize right away that his best chance of playing consistently is doing his best Danny Green impression.
I disagree, Gondo. He wasn't kicked out of school, but just lost a scholarship deservedly for his last year of college. To me, that doesn't seem to be a disproportionate punishment.
Methinks this struck a chord with Gondo for some reason... perhaps he's reminded of his misspent youth? :p
Methinks this struck a chord with Gondo for some reason... perhaps he's reminded of his misspent youth? :p
Cavs: Over (look at their top-line talent, and the East sucks)
Thunder: Over (won 59 last year without YNB for damn near half the season)
Spurs: Over (it's the Spurs)
Bulls: ? (Not sure I wanna touch this one... too much uncertainty)
Heat: OVER. They still have Bosh, Wade, Deng, and a good coach. Even some decent complimentary pieces like Chalmers and Birdman.
Thunder: Over (won 59 last year without YNB for damn near half the season)
Spurs: Over (it's the Spurs)
Bulls: ? (Not sure I wanna touch this one... too much uncertainty)
Heat: OVER. They still have Bosh, Wade, Deng, and a good coach. Even some decent complimentary pieces like Chalmers and Birdman.
I disagree, Gondo. He wasn't kicked out of school, but just lost a scholarship deservedly for his last year of college. To me, that doesn't seem to be a disproportionate punishment.You know you could have responded to me in that topic like a normal person, right? :lol:
Methinks this struck a chord with Gondo for some reason… perhaps he's reminded of his misspent youth? :p
Cavs: Over (look at their top-line talent, and the East sucks)
Thunder: Over (won 59 last year without YNB for damn near half the season)
Spurs: Over (it's the Spurs)
Bulls: ? (Not sure I wanna touch this one… too much uncertainty)
Heat: OVER. They still have Bosh, Wade, Deng, and a good coach. Even some decent complimentary pieces like Chalmers and Birdman.I disagree, Gondo. He wasn't kicked out of school, but just lost a scholarship deservedly for his last year of college. To me, that doesn't seem to be a disproportionate punishment.You know you could have responded to me in that topic like a normal person, right? :lol:
Methinks this struck a chord with Gondo for some reason… perhaps he's reminded of his misspent youth? :p
I don't post on GAF anymore, Gondo. :3
Draft well, checkKD is the only no-brainer pick Presti has made.
Can't sign free agents, check
stupid trades, check
He made 3 NO brainer picks in row and found Ibaka, but since then he has been less than great. The team is pretty good with super star power but is missing role players and they most likely need a better coach..
but yeah I can't see how I would think the FO is wasting their window..
Westbrook was projected to go around #10 and was drafted #4. Considered a reach by some at the time. Ibaka went 24th and was a massive project. The Harden pick looks obvious in retrospect, but there were lots of fans clamoring for Rubio or Curry. Since then, he's drafted Reggie Jackson, Perry Jones, and Steven Adams. All good picks. The only guy he really whiffed on was Cole Aldrich.
As for the role player argument--we have a good backup PG/sixth man in Jackson, a promising young center in Adams and a deadeye shooter in Morrow. We have veterans with experience like Collison and Perk. Even guys like Lamb and Jones are super-young and have shown flashes of ability. It's still a very nice roster.
I tend to agree on the coach front, although he did show more flexibility in last year's playoffs and we were possibly an Ibaka injury away from taking down a Spurs team that some seem to think was invincible. The plan is to contend every year, and I think we're on that track. Put yourself in that position enough and you'll probably break though.
Warriors, Rockets and Thunder seem like obvious overs. Rose stinks so Bulls aren't going to win 55 in a slightly better conference. That would be like a +5 shift in SRS.
Warriors, Rockets and Thunder seem like obvious overs. Rose stinks so Bulls aren't going to win 55 in a slightly better conference. That would be like a +5 shift in SRS.That Miami line seems WAY low to me as well.
They're basically predicting that the loss of LeBron will make the Heat a barely-above .500 team in the East.
Don't see it.
They were a below .500 team without Lebron (+/-) last year, IIRC. They were also one of the oldest teams so you'll expect regression and the East is better. I think the only saving grace is that you got diminishing returns with Lebron and two other ball dominant scorers, plus Deng should be good unless he's dead.
They were a below .500 team without Lebron (+/-) last year, IIRC. They were also one of the oldest teams so you'll expect regression and the East is better. I think the only saving grace is that you got diminishing returns with Lebron and two other ball dominant scorers, plus Deng should be good unless he's dead.They're hyping Danny Granger as a major addition, though. Grager was done last year and just had another knee surgery.
To me, the worst ones are Heat (they hit the over) and Rockets (under).
Heat won't drop that much because the East is still very bad at the bottom. Rockets I don't see winning 50 games. They're a 1 month injury from possibly missing the playoffs, IMO. I think they'll struggle to make the playoffs regardless unless there's no 9th team competetively out West.
Not sure about that Nets line, either. They lost Pierce and Livingston and added who, again? They could be pretty bad.
Think Mavs are a good chance to clear 50 but we'll see.
Heat won't drop that much because the East is still very bad at the bottom. Rockets I don't see winning 50 games. They're a 1 month injury from possibly missing the playoffs, IMO. I think they'll struggle to make the playoffs regardless unless there's no 9th team competetively out West.
Not sure about that Nets line, either. They lost Pierce and Livingston and added who, again? They could be pretty bad.
Think Mavs are a good chance to clear 50 but we'll see.
I don't see Portland being 6 games worse than last year unless everyone believes that the core had an extremely flukey season all around and/or injuries show up.
damn
cavs, thunder, blazers, warriors, rockets (wtf), suns, heat all look like great bets
cavs, thunder, blazers, warriors, rockets (wtf), suns, heat all look like great bets
I don't see Portland being 6 games worse than last year unless everyone believes that the core had an extremely flukey season all around and/or injuries show up.i think they drop off but not to less than 50 games
Draft well, checkKD is the only no-brainer pick Presti has made.
Can't sign free agents, check
stupid trades, check
He made 3 NO brainer picks in row and found Ibaka, but since then he has been less than great. The team is pretty good with super star power but is missing role players and they most likely need a better coach..
but yeah I can't see how I would think the FO is wasting their window..
Westbrook was projected to go around #10 and was drafted #4. Considered a reach by some at the time. Ibaka went 24th and was a massive project. The Harden pick looks obvious in retrospect, but there were lots of fans clamoring for Rubio or Curry. Since then, he's drafted Reggie Jackson, Perry Jones, and Steven Adams. All good picks. The only guy he really whiffed on was Cole Aldrich.
As for the role player argument–we have a good backup PG/sixth man in Jackson, a promising young center in Adams and a deadeye shooter in Morrow. We have veterans with experience like Collison and Perk. Even guys like Lamb and Jones are super-young and have shown flashes of ability. It's still a very nice roster.
I tend to agree on the coach front, although he did show more flexibility in last year's playoffs and we were possibly an Ibaka injury away from taking down a Spurs team that some seem to think was invincible. The plan is to contend every year, and I think we're on that track. Put yourself in that position enough and you'll probably break though.
Westbrook was projected around 6 or 7. Some thought Lopez or Love might have been the better pick. Said he found Ibaka which was a great steal..
Harden was pretty much the only pick besides Evans that made sense... Westbrook had a 15 5 season his rookie year.. So drafting Rubio and waiting a year makes zero sense.. Curry would have been interesting I suppose.. But Harden had a great skill set at SG coming out of college... pretty much no brainer with the roster they had..
And did you list Perk as a positive for your team? Sam has made a number of shitty trades in a short time. You have Jackson now, but could have had Bledsoe.. got fleeced for Harden.. And the core tea is awesome no doubt, but they need help
Heat scrimmage game is on tonight. You can watch on http://www.heat.com if you are desperate for some basketball.
Hype!
Hype!
ESPN's player rankings are a joke.Yeah. Terrible.
Almost as bad as the way that they think dragging it out this long is increasing page hits.
It's doing the opposite, i forgot they were doing it at all.
ESPN's player rankings are a joke.What's the matter? Is Jimmer ranked too low for your liking? :lol:
Ty Lawson and Brian Shaw are here watching #Broncos practice today. Shaw wants Lawson to watch Peyton Manning as a leader.
wha?
Manning does what he does.. but wha?
wow scrimmage dunksI would be more impressed if someone hard fouled LBJ lol
Jeremy Tyler would be MVP is this was a metric for success
Jazz at 25.5 seems low
We were a 22 win caliber team (with some fluky end game luck getting the team to 25 wins) and our biggest player addition was a 19 year old kid straight out of high school.
I expect Quin to add several wins, but it's a pretty reasonable line.
Jazz at 25.5 seems low
We were a 22 win caliber team (with some fluky end game luck getting the team to 25 wins) and our biggest player addition was a 19 year old kid straight out of high school.
I expect Quin to add several wins, but it's a pretty reasonable line.
I imagine at least one of the young guys has to make some significant progress where they can at least add a couple wins to last year's total. Burke Favors Kanters... someone maybe even Hayward plays like he deserves his contract or Exum plays decently his first year.
