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Thunder would be idiots to get rid of Jackson. Then again... Harden...
lol knicks building championship teams in other cities, this is fail
Thunder would be idiots to get rid of Jackson. Then again... Harden...
I would be shocked, shocked if OKC used the TPE for Waiters. They are currently at 75M in salaries and the LT line is what, 77M? Taking on Waiters would put them over the LT line by 2-3M. They would surely not pay tax for Dion Waiters if they weren't willing to for Harden. They would have to be sending someone out or move someone after this.
Maybe they're trying to shop Jackson for a 1st? Wonder who'd be re ed enough to bite...
We gonna repeat now.
of a coup for OKC if true. Sure, Dion Waiters isn't anything special, but he's at worst a lateral move to what they have at SG now, so it's a low-risk/high reward gamble.
Meanwhile, the Spurs are standing "pat" like they always do.
Oh wait the monkey Jackson is not yet gone? Cancel repeat
No trade will matter if Leonard isn't 100% tbh.
of a coup for OKC if true. Sure, Dion Waiters isn't anything special, but he's at worst a lateral move to what they have at SG now, so it's a low-risk/high reward gamble.
Meanwhile, the Spurs are standing "pat" like they always do.
of a coup for OKC if true. Sure, Dion Waiters isn't anything special, but he's at worst a lateral move to what they have at SG now, so it's a low-risk/high reward gamble.
Meanwhile, the Spurs are standing "pat" like they always do.I wouldn't want Dion Waiters if that's what you're insinuating tbh
do you work for twitter
Well, he is shooting better than Kobe this years
Not sure if serious? Sure, if they gave up nothing for Dion, it's a solid gamble. The 2 spot, outside of C is their biggest issue and they could always use some youth/scoring. But Dion is questionably better than Morrow whom they already have and while Dion's upside is better than Morrow's and he's shown flashes, he couldn't find success playing with the easiest superstar to play with in Lebron. Imagine playing with high usuage Westbrook? It's a fine gamble if they didn't give up anything, but it's just that - a gamble.
of a coup for OKC if true. Sure, Dion Waiters isn't anything special, but he's at worst a lateral move to what they have at SG now, so it's a low-risk/high reward gamble.
Meanwhile, the Spurs are standing "pat" like they always do.
Jackson only killed us in all those regular season games. He had one good game in the playoffs iirc but that's it.
Anything that takes the ball out of Durant's hands (and Westbrook's when he turns it up) is a good thing. Waiters is a 30% 3pt shooter at best - I'm not sure how much more useful he is than Jeremy Lamb, if at all.
No, but this Leonard situation has ed us royally. We have nothing at the SF position right now, and considering he's "weeks away," we'll be pulling our hair out every game night watching Marco and KA get torched for the foreseeable future. Even Danny Green is overwhelmed playing SF.
My main concern right now is just getting into the playoffs. Phoenix is red hot right now and OKC is obviously going to make a push, so a post-season slot is by no means guaranteed. Yet the FO seems content on riding it out.
OKC potentially got a lot better at arguably their weakest position (yeah, Waiters hasn't proven much, but he could very well flourish playing alongside Westbrook and KD, and if he doesn't, they could easily nail him to the bench and continue with Lamb/Roberson, which has worked out pretty well thus far).
A lot better? I don't think there is an argument to say they got a lot better unless Dion magically decides he's going to commit 100% to be 6MOY (which he isn't). How can he flourish next to Durant/WB if he couldn't next to Lebron? He hasn't shown the ability or willingness to play off the ball and he's not a very good shooter which makes that even tougher.
TBH, this might be a good indication that Kawhi can come back 100% and healthy since the Spurs are not making a move for anyone. I'll take it tbh.
And Perry Jones was a promising , now a chucker gets his minutes.
Also, Mid, you know this - it's incredibly early for the trade season. There have just been a lot more "early" moves than usual (at least it feels that way). There's still so much time for moves to be made if the Spurs were inclined to do so and found another team willing to partner.
However, when you make B2B finals (winning one) and bring back your entire roster, trading doesn't seem to be high on the priority list.
He is false!do you work for twitter
http://downrightnow.com/twitter
"likely service disruption". damn straight. my feed hasn't been updated in almost 40 mins. Woj's page works fine for some reason...
Mine is fixed - I guess they start with the best users first then work their way down
Or they start with shortest first.
Reversed find your height?
Just kidding deeps
Ultimate point here is that OKC (and Houston with the Josh Smith deal) gave themselves a lot of roster versatility at their weakest positions, while the Spurs don't even have so much as a suitable backup for Leonard at the SF, a position that is arguably the most important to be strong at in today's NBA. Now that Leonard is out, we're witnessing the fallout of the FO's inability to sign a legitimate backup SF.
Waiters is garbage, Mid. Shump would have been the better get IMO.
The Spurs have their issues but I don't think this move affects them in anyway tbh.
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