Around the League / Regular Season Thread (Upstairs Version)

[TheBallsbreakers]

Yeah, OKC's windows starts this year and if they can stay healthy, I expect them to win 4-5 rings in the next 10 years. They are already loaded, still young and have a ton of picks.

4-5 rings in the next 10 years? I don't know how you follow the NBA and still say stuff like that. There is much parity in the league compared to previous years and even the most stacked teams of yester-years were never guaranteed to win multiple rings.

[exstatic]

Indeed. That is why after an immediate time frame (2 years max) I think one should view all FRPs as subject to random variance. No one in their right mind would have forecasted the ATL25 pick to be worse than PHX25 or PHI25, but it is trending that way (though I actually expect PHI to end up ahead of ATL in the standings, and PHX still can turn things around). It's one of the beefs I had with the TOR24 trade for MIN31. If you believe in random variance 7 years out (which I'd argue is the only objectively proper way to view it), there's only around a 25% chance that pick ends up better than the one we gave up.

Or as baseline bum recently stated:

"A boat is a boat, but the mystery box could be anything! It could even be a boat!"

In a vacuum, I agree, but life isn’t a vacuum, and Minny has been bad Waaaay more than they’ve been good. It’s also Minny 31 and a Minny 2-30 swap in 30.

[Mr. Body]

4-5 rings in the next 10 years? I don't know how you follow the NBA and still say stuff like that. There is much parity in the league compared to previous years and even the most stacked teams of yester-years were never guaranteed to win multiple rings.

I'll never get over Spurs fans going ga-ga head over heels in love with the OKC Thunder. It's pathetic and shameful.

[LeBowen]

Hot take but PG's contract is as bad Beal's, he's completely washed and it's got an extra year.
50 million a year for 16/5/4 on 42/33/81 player who's a big injury risk.

5/18 tonight.

[szkorhetz]

4-5 rings in the next 10 years? I don't know how you follow the NBA and still say stuff like that. There is much parity in the league compared to previous years and even the most stacked teams of yester-years were never guaranteed to win multiple rings.

Remind me in 10 years!

[Ice009]

5/18 tonight.

No offense to Paul George as I like/liked the guy, but Kawhi is still a superior player which is why they gave Kawhi that contract and they didn't want to give PG the same/similar contact initially. Kawhi's problem is that he can't get on the court and/or stay on the court consistently.
From what I've heard through various podcasts, Kawhi still works his ass off and tries his hardest to get his body right and get back on the court. When he's on the court, he usually also performs if he's physically OK and not being held back by anything. I'm not sure if PG has the same mentality or if he works as hard?
I don't want to go defending Kawhi too much here after he screwed the Spurs, but just throwing my two cents in on why I think the Clippers were OK paying Kawhi and didn't want to give PG a similar contract until he pushed for it and started threatening to leave.

[spurraider21]

[Seventyniner]

I can't imagine someone with an ego the size of Ishbia's blowing things up. He's going to go all in as much as he can until the second apron rears its ugly head.

[ace3g]

From Bucks' beat writer

[Mugen]

Suns

[mystargtr34]

Is a Jimmy to Bucks trade possible under the cap laws?

[KingKev]

Is a Jimmy to Bucks trade possible under the cap laws?

would have to include Kris Middleton and Bobby Portia but from what I have read with some slick moves they could just avoid the 2nd apron and take on Jimmy

[scott]

Isn't MIL on Jimmy's long list of places he doesn't want to play?

[scott]

CHA trying their best to blow a 15 point 4Q lead, but PHX isn't even good enough to take advantage of it

[scott]

Hornets gonna hold on to this one, Phoenix loses again. Booker with 39/10/6, but this is what happens when you have a Big 3, one of whom doesn't perform, and nothing else.

[spursistan]

Suns really lost to the Hornets

Let's be honest, Spurs missing out on the play-in this season would be a travesty. The West is not as good as advertised.

[scott]

Damn, Zion actually looking good (and fit)

[spursistan]

Damn, Zion actually looking good (and fit)

Hopefully they beat the Wolves to cancel out our choke to the Bulls.

[djohn2oo8]

Suns

Rockets really getting another top 10 pick

[mystargtr34]

Rockets really getting another top 10 pick

You think the Rockets are gearing up for a run at Booker with those phoenix picks?

They could prob get durant and Booker if you give those picks back and throw in Jalen Green, Jabari Smith, Reed and some extra picks.

Stacked tbh.

[scott]

Can't stand Joel Meyers, glad he isn't doing Spurs games anymore... but I do like Antonio Daniels as a color guy

[djohn2oo8]

You think the Rockets are gearing up for a run at Booker with those phoenix picks?

They could prob get durant and Booker if you give those picks back and throw in Jalen Green, Jabari Smith, Reed and some extra picks.

Stacked tbh.

I think they do make a run at Booker. Absolutely. Not sure about Durant.

[exstatic]

lol Lakers,losing to a severely undermanned Mavs squad

[LeBowen]

lol Lakers,losing to a severely undermanned Mavs squad

I'll be really upset if we don't win at least one of the two upcoming games against them.

Reaves is a worse defender than Branham, they attacked hm every single possession.

[Sugus]

I'd love to see the Rockettes blow their load on Booker, tbh. Few other star players I'd like less on my team in the playoffs.