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He was a Top 5 offensive PG last season, and below average defensively as usual. That's definitely starting material and a surefire all star in the east.
Lawson is a very borderline starting PG. Hopefully, he's over himself by now.
He was a Top 5 offensive PG last season, and below average defensively as usual. That's definitely starting material and a surefire all star in the east.
I guess I under-rated him. But I just don't think he's as good as people think. IMO, he's a guy better suited to 20-25 MPG than 35 MPG.
They still need a scoring punch from either SG or PG spot, and i think Rodney Hood will be up for that task. He seems like a good kid with brain screwed correctly ala Kawhi & Danny.
They have Burks coming back as well.
Can't wait to see the Timberwolves shock the league. KG has so much firepower!
Houston and Memphis, but the Spurs wouldn't surprise me at all.
Jazz, Pels, T-Wolves, Kings are sort of X-factors for me. There's a lot of variance in how well they may do.
Nuggets could hover around .500 too if Mudiay and Malone pan out immediately.
Haven't studied their roster; but I have the Nuggets penciled in for about 27 wins.
That's realistic if Mudiay is not ready for big mins. Roster about the same as last year minus Lawless.
Why don't Adam silver just swap 2 teams from both conference that could change the league and make the league better. Take Memphis and OKC and move them to eastern conference and bring Detroit and Atlanta to western conference. That would even up the strength of each conference. Who says no besides Altanta,Detroit and LeBron but this would be a better league. They gotta make changes or were just going to be bringing this up ever year why the western conference is brutal and eastern conference is a cakewalk. If they're going to give division winners and award them a better seeding then other teams that have a better record then they do. I'm so sick of of these owners meeting in the NBA because what the has changed, nothing. At least in the NFL they make changes for good of the league and it's like that every year but in NBA I don't think anything has changed. They need to make Europe rule about the goaltending call. U can hit the ball as long as it hits the rim. The flop rule and fine is a joke and it doesn't do anything but let everyone know in the world that player X got busted for a flop. Who gives a flying . What u guys think? NBA needs changes
"Some hope" should be disbanded. The Jazz should be moved up to the "On the bubble" tier and the Timberwolves and Lakers should be moved down to the "Not going anywhere" tier.
Out of the four "On the bubble", I'd lean towards the Pelicans and Jazz, but I don't think it's as clear cut as some make it out to be.
Lakers have no hope. Not sure how TD 21 came to the conclusion that they'd possibly be anything at all. And the Kings frankly have some hope, too. They have significant pieces in their primes.
Don't underestimate having Exum replace Burke in the starting lineup and letting Burke go up against backups. Should be additive. Add in Hood and it's a start.
Well, Exum will be out for a while it seems. I don't like both Burk(e)s of the Jazz, Alec & Trey, defensive sieves that put a lot of pressure on Rudy to clean up their mistakes on the perimeter.
It's ironic that the GM that trashed on Jimmer and the Jazz fan base drafted the shiesta that is Exum at number four overall.
To be fair, Exum showed more raw potential in his first 12 months in the league than Jimmer did in 4 years.
Dafuq are you smoking?
Dude was a killer defender in spurts but lacked consistency. I guess you have to watch the games rather than look at the stats.
Man that's a tough conference. I feel the Spurs tend to get relatively more early season wins compared to other teams because of their corporate knowledge. This year though they'll be one of the team's incorporating new significant pieces so we'll see. Can't afford to start slow.
The Jazz look good. It'll be between them and Mavs for the last slot.
I figured he and Gentry were the reason the Pels aren't in the lock column.
Gentry actually has a very good resume. He got the Suns to the WCF. Great assistant stints. Players like him.
Exum's defensive rating was terrible even with Gobert backing him. And his offense was even worse. Saying he showed more potential? Potential's a pretty finicky judgment call to begin with...But the stats definitely aren't translating to this: "Exum showed more raw potential in his first 12 months in the league than Jimmer did in 4 years."
Jimmer career PP36: 16.2, 41.2 FG, 38.1 3 FG (and led the league in deep 3 shooting at one point)
Exum career PP36: 7.8, 34.9 FG, 31.4 3 FG
Yes, Exum has the quickness and long arms and people are rightfully hopeful that he buds nicely. But come on, man. You can't be so haphazardly selling Jimmer short.
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