Clippers easy dub lol...
Clippers easy dub lol...
Wilt Chamberlain was a pick. So too was Lew Alcindor. And I believe Michael Jordan and Akeem Olujawon were picks as well. Picks can be good.
Viva la vida locas wrote:
Wilt Chamberlain was a pick. So too was Lew Alcindor. And I believe Michael Jordan and Akeem Olujawon were picks as well. Picks can be good.
#1 or #3 picks, not #26 picks.
coach wrote:
Viva la vida locas wrote:
Wilt Chamberlain was a pick. So too was Lew Alcindor. And I believe Michael Jordan and Akeem Olujawon were picks as well. Picks can be good.
#1 or #3 picks, not #26 picks.
I figured I’d compile a list of amazing players drafted around #26...
Nah. You’re right. That’s some thin pickings.
Serge Ibaka and Kyle Lowry went around there but for the most part it’s a wasteland.
Samuel Dalembert
Derek Fisher
Sam Cassell
Taj Gibson
Other than that I was like, WHO?
I think Draymond Green was drafted 32nd or something like that.
RossiCheated wrote:
coach wrote:
#1 or #3 picks, not #26 picks.
I figured I’d compile a list of amazing players drafted around #26...
Nah. You’re right. That’s some thin pickings.
Serge Ibaka and Kyle Lowry went around there but for the most part it’s a wasteland.
Samuel Dalembert
Derek Fisher
Sam Cassell
Taj Gibson
Other than that I was like, WHO?
I find it funny what you said. I too figured there were so great players taken at no. 26 but there basically nothing. I even checked the no. 25 picks and again nothing.
coach wrote:
Viva la vida locas wrote:
Wilt Chamberlain was a pick. So too was Lew Alcindor. And I believe Michael Jordan and Akeem Olujawon were picks as well. Picks can be good.
#1 or #3 picks, not #26 picks.
Some of those picks are years down the road. George has a 2 yr deal. Leonard a 4. When those deals are up they may leave as the clippers may be a wasteland because they were star dependent with no picks and then they have no stars.
Those picks aren't going to do much in the next few years. But the clippers probably sacrificed the second half of the next decade.
If they win a championship probably worth it. I hate the Lakers but I think Lebron will be back with a vengeance this year.
Primo Numero Uno wrote:
coach wrote:
#1 or #3 picks, not #26 picks.
Some of those picks are years down the road. George has a 2 yr deal. Leonard a 4. When those deals are up they may leave as the clippers may be a wasteland because they were star dependent with no picks and then they have no stars.
Those picks aren't going to do much in the next few years. But the clippers probably sacrificed the second half of the next decade.
If they win a championship probably worth it. I hate the Lakers but I think Lebron will be back with a vengeance this year.
LeBron is 35. He and AD and KL could have done it maybe but LeBron will be no spring puppy. His window is closing.
When I said picks, I didn't mean they fleeced OKC. I meant that they didn't have time give up any of there core and depth. They made the playoffs last year without a superstar and gave the warriors some trouble. That same team is intact for 2020 with the addition of Kawhi and Paul George, 2 superstars. They are the favorites to win, and I'm excited to see Kawhi introduce George to load management after he broke his shoulder carrying OKC :)
What I love is that all of the NBA self-appointed experts had no clue who was going to land where. Leonard was always going to the Clippers and he was always going to made the decision slow and on his terms.
Primo Numero Uno wrote:
coach wrote:
#1 or #3 picks, not #26 picks.
Some of those picks are years down the road. George has a 2 yr deal. Leonard a 4. When those deals are up they may leave as the clippers may be a wasteland because they were star dependent with no picks and then they have no stars.
Those picks aren't going to do much in the next few years. But the clippers probably sacrificed the second half of the next decade.
If they win a championship probably worth it. I hate the Lakers but I think Lebron will be back with a vengeance this year.
The real issue is that if and when any of those picks become stars they will force their way out of OKC. The days where a small market team like the Spurs can win multiple championships are gone.
Kawhi wrote:
What I love is that all of the NBA self-appointed experts had no clue who was going to land where. Leonard was always going to the Clippers and he was always going to made the decision slow and on his terms.
So great to have you here - you knew all along who was going where. Why are you not on ESPN or Fox? Ohhh. because you are a blowhard! LOL
BronBron is a turd and has shafted every team he joined. Look at every team he left and the condition he left them in. He comes in, it's a whirlwind of good times, then it becomes tedious as he holds the franchise hostage for marginal veteran shooters on big contracts, and then poof, he's gone. In every case he's left his teams with bare cupboards and bad feelings. He's just a selfish diickhead. I cannot WAIT for the real world to bittch slap him ASAP. Suckk on it BronBron.
The NBA is fast becoming a glorified AAU for quasi-adults. These pampered manchildren, surrounded by sycophants and hangers-on, have so many dollars showered on them by the current short-sighted owners that they don't feel any obligation to team nor contract. They decide they want to leave their team with two years left on a contract? Done. Want to team up with their buddies? Done. The owners and Slender Man character Adam Silver (is he a vampire?) have completely lost any semblence of team, fairness, competitive balance, fan friendliness.
You might think this is a good thing. The players are the talent, good for them if they run the league. If you are a top-tier star player, it's all roses. If you are a front office trying to build a team, eff you. If you are a lesser player, eff you since the top 25 players now eat up almost all of the salary cap. If you are a fan, seriously EFF YOU because unless your team is in a brief "window" that includes the luck to have one of the top 10 players, well you are going to watch a feeder team, an essential AAA team equivalent.
I'm ready for the shhiittty NBA to implode, just fall the eff apart through strike or shut down. NBA owners need to meet with NFL owners and find a way to wrestle control of their business away from the entitled dirtbag employees. If I live in a smaller market, I want to know the league aims for parity and competitive balance, I want TEAM basketball, I want to be able to root for great players without knowing they're going to stick it to me when they walk and leave my team with nothing.
Kawhi? Ugh. KD? Ugh. Kyrie? Cancer. BronBron? Can't wait for you to fall apart. PG? Thanks for nothing, said all of the fans in Indiana and KC, you dikkheadd. Break a leg bud.
EFFTheNBA
Long ass post
Pretty much agree with a lot of his post.
However, who are these "NBA owners" you post about?
Sounds old antiquated. ;)
I see what you did there. I also agree. Time for the owners to take a hammer to the players. The union represents them poorly. The current deal ensures that the few at the top have complete mobility and eat up almost the entire cap. The rest of the union members are left to eat scraps off of the floor. Same for fans X10. Time for a recalibration!
EFFTheNBA wrote:
PG? Thanks for nothing, said all of the fans in Indiana and KC, you dikkheadd. Break a leg bud.
I see what you did there and YES they are the OWNERS! They OWN the teams and run the organizations that support the manchildren who comprise the "talent", the EMPLOYEES. The players are employees, which only disingenuous and fad-driven 'woke' SJW clowns conflate with slavery. While I'm at it, EFF YOU DRAYMOND GREEN, idiot.
New cc runner wrote:
EFFTheNBA
Long ass post
Pretty much agree with a lot of his post.
However, who are these "NBA owners" you post about?
Sounds old antiquated. ;)
EFFTheNBA wrote:
BronBron is a turd and has shafted every team he joined. Look at every team he left and the condition he left them in. He comes in, it's a whirlwind of good times, then it becomes tedious as he holds the franchise hostage for marginal veteran shooters on big contracts, and then poof, he's gone. In every case he's left his teams with bare cupboards and bad feelings. He's just a selfish diickhead. I cannot WAIT for the real world to bittch slap him ASAP. Suckk on it BronBron.
The NBA is fast becoming a glorified AAU for quasi-adults. These pampered manchildren, surrounded by sycophants and hangers-on, have so many dollars showered on them by the current short-sighted owners that they don't feel any obligation to team nor contract. They decide they want to leave their team with two years left on a contract? Done. Want to team up with their buddies? Done. The owners and Slender Man character Adam Silver (is he a vampire?) have completely lost any semblence of team, fairness, competitive balance, fan friendliness.
You might think this is a good thing. The players are the talent, good for them if they run the league. If you are a top-tier star player, it's all roses. If you are a front office trying to build a team, eff you. If you are a lesser player, eff you since the top 25 players now eat up almost all of the salary cap. If you are a fan, seriously EFF YOU because unless your team is in a brief "window" that includes the luck to have one of the top 10 players, well you are going to watch a feeder team, an essential AAA team equivalent.
I'm ready for the shhiittty NBA to implode, just fall the eff apart through strike or shut down. NBA owners need to meet with NFL owners and find a way to wrestle control of their business away from the entitled dirtbag employees. If I live in a smaller market, I want to know the league aims for parity and competitive balance, I want TEAM basketball, I want to be able to root for great players without knowing they're going to stick it to me when they walk and leave my team with nothing.
Kawhi? Ugh. KD? Ugh. Kyrie? Cancer. BronBron? Can't wait for you to fall apart. PG? Thanks for nothing, said all of the fans in Indiana and KC, you dikkheadd. Break a leg bud.
You sound like an NHL / NASCAR type of guy.
LMFAO wrote:
When I said picks, I didn't mean they fleeced OKC. I meant that they didn't have time give up any of there core and depth. They made the playoffs last year without a superstar and gave the warriors some trouble. That same team is intact for 2020 with the addition of Kawhi and Paul George, 2 superstars. They are the favorites to win, and I'm excited to see Kawhi introduce George to load management after he broke his shoulder carrying OKC :)
I'd assume Westbrook will leave soon as well. No way he sticks around through rebuilding. Think of who okc at at one time:
Ibaka, Durant, Westbrook, Harden, etc...
When Paul George re-signed with thunder, it was very confusing. Everyone knew that he wanted to get back to California, his home state. So everyone thought that the move to OKC would just be a rental, and nothing more. He was expected to sign with the Lakers after his one year in OKC. But Westbrook shockingly convinced him to stay.
With that being said, it's not surprising that Paul George is a Clipper, nor is it surprising that Kwahi is a Clipper. They both wanted to get back to their home state.
Everyone knew that Kawhi was a rental for Toronto and that he was going to leave for Cali. Everyone knew that.
It was the same thing for Paul George, but shockingly Paul George re-upped.... but in the end it worked out well for everyone.
This is a great move for the NBA, and there is going to be a lot of parity. A lot of teams have at least 2 star players, so one team isn't more loaded than the other.
Who cares? NBA is boring as F. They need to raise the rim to 12 feet and double the size of the court.