(11-06-2024, 12:54 PM)omahen Wrote: You don't consider their current starting wing Strus (starter on Miami team that went to the finals in 22/23) or his back-up LeVert (regular starter in Indiana before coming to Cleveland) as starting level SF?

(11-06-2024, 12:54 PM)omahen Wrote: You don't consider their current starting wing Strus (starter on Miami team that went to the finals in 22/23) or his back-up LeVert (regular starter in Indiana before coming to Cleveland) as starting level SF?

(11-06-2024, 06:56 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Great point.  IMO, both Strus and LeVert are meh, especially compared to Allen/Mobley/Spider/Garland.  Naji wouild be perfect for them, actually.

(11-06-2024, 10:12 PM)BigDirk41 Wrote: Looks like the Warriors might be legit. They beat the Celtics in Boston tonight to move to 7-1. I didn't see this coming.

(11-07-2024, 07:52 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Denver has had a rocky start. They are 5-3 but even some of their wins have not been very impressive.  Then you see last night against one of the favorites you see Jokic go for 23, 20 and 16 and it makes it all better.  When you have the best player in the league, it can hide a lot of things.  We will see if they can find guys off the bench to help out during the long season.

Sixers go to 1-6...albeit without two of their main guys.  George played his first game last night.  Tied for the worst record in the East with the Bucks.  Just how we predicted it.    Man, I was hoping for at least one of these teams to be a legit competitor to Boston.  Long season, but tough starts for both.

(11-08-2024, 09:05 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Now Philly has lost perhaps their best player for a few weeks in Maxey to a hamstring injury.

(11-08-2024, 10:18 AM)michaeltex Wrote: Hearing AD is suffering from plantar fasciitis. Word is that you can play with it, but compensating puts you at risk for other injuries, like an achilleas problem, hamstring strain or even a knee issue. He's been know to have problems in the past.

(11-09-2024, 04:14 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: @ShamsCharania
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson suffered a hamstring strain and is out indefinitely. Williamson will be re-evaluated in the coming weeks, sources tell ESPN.

(11-09-2024, 07:24 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: KD out with a calf strain.  Will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

Ja Morant week to week with hip.

Zion out. Maxey out.

Luka questionable against Denver with a groin strain.

Im not questioning the validity of the injuries but I feel like the first four months of the NBA season have pretty much become irrelevant.  You dont know who is really injured, who is really out of shape, who is really trying.  Wake me up at the trade deadline.

(11-09-2024, 04:14 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: @ShamsCharania
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson suffered a hamstring strain and is out indefinitely. Williamson will be re-evaluated in the coming weeks, sources tell ESPN.

• Contract details per The Athletic/Mike Vorkunov (12/21/23)
  
  
  • Guaranteed seasons became non-guaranteed due to games played clause:
    
    
    • 2024-25: 50% guaranteed, fully guaranteed 1/7/25
      
    • 2025-26: non-guaranteed, fully guaranteed 7/15/25
      
    • 2026-27: non-guaranteed, fully guaranteed 7/15/26
      
    • 2027-28: non-guaranteed, fully guaranteed 7/15/27
      
  • Guarantee triggers exist if certain criteria has been met: 
    
    
    • 20% of 2025-26 salary becomes guaranteed if passes all six of his weigh-in checkpoints during the 2024-25 season
      
    • 40% of 2025-26 salary becomes guaranteed if plays >= 41 games during 2024-25 season, additional 20% if plays >= 51 games, remaining 20% if plays >= 61 games.
      
      
      • Salaries for 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons can be re-guaranteed if above metrics are hit the season prior
        
  • Further protections via:
    
    • Weight must be less than 295 lbs; body fat monitored
      
    • Injury sustained to right foot
      

(11-11-2024, 01:42 AM)Knutsen Wrote: Chet Holmgren out at least 8 to 10 weeks with a fractured hip.

I guess better now with enough time to recover and come back this season than at a later date, but really tough blow for him and the Thunder. That‘s what I fear most with these ultra long and skinny guys like him and Wemby, that it‘s just a matter of time before they get injured…

(11-11-2024, 01:42 AM)Knutsen Wrote: Chet Holmgren out at least 8 to 10 weeks with a fractured hip.

I guess better now with enough time to recover and come back this season than at a later date, but really tough blow for him and the Thunder. That‘s what I fear most with these ultra long and skinny guys like him and Wemby, that it‘s just a matter of time before they get injured…