(04-15-2025, 02:57 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: [Haynes] "League sources told me that earlier in the season, Coach Budenholzer met with Bradley Beal and he told Bradley Beal that he wanted him to be the Jrue Holiday of the team. And to tell a player of Bradley Beal's caliber that... it wasn't well received"

(04-15-2025, 09:49 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I haven’t been following closely but I just read that Kuminga has been out of GS rotation since coming back from injury.  The reason is him, draymond and Butler have limited spacing.  Sound familiar.

kuminga is a restricted free agent this summer.  With only a few teams with cap space, both may need each other this summer.  The player to secure a payday and GS to keep an asset to trade.

(04-15-2025, 10:13 PM)F Gump Wrote: About the often bragged about OKC draft haul this season (maybe 5 extra picks, and 4 1st-rounders in total !!!!!!!) looks like this as the season ends.

If they don't get lucky with play-in longshots, lottery, or coin flips, they are going to end up with (including their own picks)...
1 pick 25 (swap with LAC)
2 pick 45 (ATL 2nd)

That's it!

(04-16-2025, 01:06 AM)omahen Wrote: Of course Phi, Mia and Utah still owe them their FRP next season if they are not settled in this one. Miami unprotected, Philly top4 protected and Utah top9 protected.

(04-16-2025, 01:49 AM)F Gump Wrote: While true, it's rarely a path to a great pick. Teams who tank to keep their pick in one year typically get way better the next year when they have no pick protection. The coaching decisions on lineups get smarter. The odd baffling injuries become scarce. The bad losses to tanking teams stop happening. It's almost like magic!!!

PHI should get everyone back healthy, and be a playoff team with a pick in the 20s. MIA will find a way to be much better too after this "baffling collapse" of unexpected losing down the stretch. (Who could have predicted that, with MIA, when they had a pick with full lottery protection? Oh yeah, everyone!) UT will be bad again, of course - because, why not milk it while they can? Look for a really bad year for them. They have top 8 protection next year, and if they land in top 8 with that protection, OKC gets nothing, ever.

(04-18-2025, 08:47 PM)omahen Wrote: Great game between Atlanta na Miami with Miami advancing as the first 10th seed. Miami has a group of hard working guys again. Atlanta also found several great defenders and young guys with potential. I though Trae led them well on offense, but he just doesn't play defense. Davion Mitchell killed them in the OT as Young was just leaving him open

(04-19-2025, 07:10 PM)MaxiThreeba Wrote: I know Timmy was a lightning rod during his Mavs time.  But he seemed like he was nothing short of a great teammate here and had some big moments.  His dad is an idiot but that’s not his fault.

Happy to see him having some very early success in this DET-NY game 1.  18 points on 7-10 shooting so far.

(04-19-2025, 10:35 PM)omahen Wrote: Anemyc performance by Lakers in game 1. Bad on both sides of the floor.

(04-20-2025, 06:31 AM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: The Lakers and Mavs both have roster construction issues post trade. The Mavs don’t have a stretch big and thus have awful spacing, and the Lakers lack a paint protector. It may take an off-season to figure out, though the Kyrie injury injury also means the Mavs lack a dynamic perimeter player. Maybe the two teams should get together for one more swap involving Reaves, filler and a couple of the Mavs front line Dawgs.