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NBA Regulera Season 2018-2019 |OT| National Banned Anime
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It is their problem right now, but it is the whole league's problem at some point unless things change.
I agree that the goal is to make money and one important aspect of that is creating stability and a structure that incentivizes teams to act in ways that helps the league. Right now, teams are incentivised to take actions that undercut the perception that the league is about competition. That's bad. You can't fix it by just punishing teams, as long as the incentives are there, they will continue to do whatever they can to skirt the rules.
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It is a great deal for Toronto, not only do they get a piece they can use, they also deny him from the 76ers who could have really used him.
he had some good games as a hornet. good enough to get that starting pg money from brookLin
They already fell in love with him when he beat us seven years ago! All those cheers and we were the home team lmfao.
I don't think Americans properly understand/comprehend just how many Chinese people actually live here. Or how Asian Toronto is lol
Lin is better than FVV, but I suspect they play a lot together as Nurse loves 2 PG lineups. Also Nurse sucks. :(
im just glad he's not wasting away with the hawks anymore. If he stays healthy, a back up PG on a playoff squad seems right
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...redicted-sweep-of-defeated-cavs-before-game-4
His friend and former teammate at Washington State, Marcus Capers, told Jayson Jenks of The Athletic that Thompson predicted the sweep mid-series:
"I was going to get a flight for Game 5 of the Finals in Oakland. He was like, 'Nah, we're about to sweep this. We can tell, they're just defeated, so come to Cleveland.' After Game 3, they won and we were sitting there chilling. I was like, 'Alright, bro. What do you want to do?' We were just sitting there catching up. And as we were catching up, he brought out a Nintendo 64. Like, he traveled with it everywhere, and we played 'Super Smash Bros.' until probably 3 in the morning."
His friend and former teammate at Washington State, Marcus Capers, told Jayson Jenks of The Athletic that Thompson predicted the sweep mid-series:
"I was going to get a flight for Game 5 of the Finals in Oakland. He was like, 'Nah, we're about to sweep this. We can tell, they're just defeated, so come to Cleveland.' After Game 3, they won and we were sitting there chilling. I was like, 'Alright, bro. What do you want to do?' We were just sitting there catching up. And as we were catching up, he brought out a Nintendo 64. Like, he traveled with it everywhere, and we played 'Super Smash Bros.' until probably 3 in the morning."
Lin would be fine as a nominal 2guard next to Fred. Norm can switch to the 3.
Only person losing minutes is McCaw.
There is a large Asian population there. Toronto already loves Lin.
Didn't realize he's so old already. Linsanity didn't seem that long ago. I think this is going to be like his 5th team?
Didn't realize he's so old already. Linsanity didn't seem that long ago. I think this is going to be like his 5th team?
They'll probably play Lin and FVV together. Lin is a better passer and he can actually see over the defense. VanFleet can go back to his thing of being an off ball spot up scorer instead of runnin the second unit
As long as he doesn't expect to earn money, I see no issue. You can't expect to refuse to play and make 20 million though. Pelicans are the ones paying him, so they decide if they want to play him and playing him right now is just stupid.
How does it become a league problem? What is there to change? If a player is healthy, and able to play, and wants to play, teams should act in good faith and play them. If the team and player want to come to some agreement to sit the player in the best interest of both parties (what you saw with Carmelo, what we've seen with tanking teams in the past) that's another story. That Davis publicly asked for a trade, that the Pelicans didn't feel obligated to agree to (as they should, the decision is theirs) doesn't mean they can now just sit a healthy player. What's to stop a team from sitting a guy as a form of punishment? Whats to stop a team from sitting player to avoid them making an All NBA team, so they can pay them less come time for a new contract?
They don't. If he's healthy and they are sitting him only to avoid injury, or to help their tank odds, the league is going to step in, as they have, and as they should.
If he outright refused to play for them the team could probably extend his contract by a year until he suits up.
You're right that, in reality, they don't. Just trying to differentiate those two situations.
If Nurse doesnt start Gasol tonight over Ibaka I am going to start protesting outside the arena.
Pels could have avoided all this, now they lose. I think Dell Demps will probably be fired in the next 24 months anyways.
Players take notice, good luck getting anyone to sign there, see how they treat their players.
Players take notice, good luck getting anyone to sign there, see how they treat their players.
He travels with a N64? At first I thought he was talking about his college days or something.
lol, I'd sure hope he's getting fired. Assume he gets axed in the offseason and a new GM is hired with the understanding that his first job is the AD situation. Keeping Demps would be abysmal.
They got rid of Mozgov and they drafted Kuzma, so it turned out ok. They also got Brooke Lopez for a year.
We got Brook Lopez and Kyle Kuzma (draft pick) and essentially LBJ (cap space since we also included Mozgod)
Uhh, KAT is far better, as is Porzingis if he can come back healthy. Booker too.
Which is why nobody sane goes by "current record" when evaluating individual talents.
Not the best player from the 2014 draft has to do something about it imo :p
I'd give you maybe KAT but as far as Porzingis, we have no idea the type of player he will be once he comes back and i'd say he's about the same as Booker.
DLo is the only one contributing on a winning team so I think that says something.
This Lakers/Simmons thing is hilarious because he's about the worst type of fit next to LeBron imaginable lmfao. Replicates all of LeBron's strengths without any shooting at all. As if LeBron is gonna play off-ball and just ball-watch Simmons run the offense. And if LeBron runs things, Simmons is near useless unless he wants to play primarily in the post, which he doesn't. So whatever, this whole thing is going nowhere.
The caveat is "when healthy". Booker I think is essentially a better version of what D'Lo gives you. Don't really care about records. By that logic is Russell better than AD?
The Nets have a competent front office who despite not making any flashy moves have put thought into things like roster construction and coaching hires. The Wolves....hired Tom Thibedau and gave him total control. And have an owner who handed a guy an undeserved max deal so long as he promised to try harder.
Booker is a very one-dimensional player, whereas DLo is more rounded. That's not even the logic I am using since team record has to do with your team as whole but it says something when a player can put a respectable stat line on a good team.
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