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RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - cow - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 12:44 AM)Omega_Supreme Wrote: I was thinking that too. My god has he fallen off. I noticed how once the game was out of hand he started to play better. He cannot handle the pressure as the number 2 guy right now. I'd argue that Wiggins has never been good so there isn't much to fall off from. haha RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - Branduil - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 12:44 AM)Omega_Supreme Wrote: I was thinking that too. My god has he fallen off. I noticed how once the game was out of hand he started to play better. He cannot handle the pressure as the number 2 guy right now."Fallen off" implies Wiggins was ever good. This is who he always was. The posters arguing for the Mavs to trade for him always drove me insane, he's legitimately one of the worst basketball players in the entire NBA and he gets paid max money. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - sefant - 12-23-2020 (12-22-2020, 10:52 PM)Branduil Wrote: Gasol, Harrell, and Wes were dumb pickups by the Lakers IMO. They went for names instead of guys who fit. Probably won't matter in the end though.Lakers also ass with Lebron on the bench, nothing new. He was +2 today. AD is just the most "weird" player ever, how did he manage a negative on/off difference last year. I am wondering what happens if Lebron would be out 4-8 weeks. Imo they can't rest Lebron nor play him low minutes. Might work against plenty of teams, but not against elite/good teams. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - Omega_Supreme - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 12:56 AM)sefant Wrote: Lakers also ass with Lebron on the bench, nothing new. He was +2 today. I agree and like others have said the roster choices were poor. Wesley Matthews is Devin Bookers best friend. He will light his ass up if they have Wes guarding him. I think they were over confident and under valued the guys they had as well as the chemistry RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - Mavs2019 - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 01:16 AM)Omega_Supreme Wrote: I agree and like others have said the roster choices were poor. Wesley Matthews is Devin Bookers best friend. He will light his ass up if they have Wes guarding him.Wes will be fine, once he has been re-programmed. He has gone from the zebras worst enemy (Mavs) to their best friend (LeBron). He just needs to learn to start grabbing, tripping, slapping, spitting on people to stop them. It´s only actual real defense, he can´t do. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - Mavs2019 - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 12:52 AM)Branduil Wrote: "Fallen off" implies Wiggins was ever good. This is who he always was. The posters arguing for the Mavs to trade for him always drove me insane, he's legitimately one of the worst basketball players in the entire NBA and he gets paid max money.We are fantasy GMs. There is not a single player we haven´t talked ourselves into. The earliest reports I read out of Minny were always Lavine is a workhorse and Wiggins is lazy. Maybe he just does not like basketball, but for $150M most "poor" people would do a job they don´t like, probably do a job they don´t like anyway. Very few people would do a good job/try to get better at a job they hate, when they know they are guaranteed to be set for life after that job is over. You´d do the bare minimum not to get fired. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - dirkfansince1998 - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 12:52 AM)Branduil Wrote: "Fallen off" implies Wiggins was ever good. This is who he always was. The posters arguing for the Mavs to trade for him always drove me insane, he's legitimately one of the worst basketball players in the entire NBA and he gets paid max money. I think no one ever argued that Wiggins was good. It was more about Mavs getting draft compensations or a quality starter like RoCo as well. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - SleepingHero - 12-23-2020 (12-22-2020, 11:31 PM)Kammrath Wrote: https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/1341601623127318529 I really respect KOC but I can't say I agree with this take. Blazers were destroyed by injuries last year and still managed to claw their way back from the brink into the playoffs. The same Blazers managed to grab one of- if not the best- 3 and D wing in the league. I think they could be a 3rd seed. They can also be a 6th seed. In any case they're playoff locks. Can't bet against Dame. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - wisco - 12-23-2020 (12-22-2020, 07:46 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: Where is Draymond? If they choose that route, they better trade Curry as long as he has this value and start a complete rebuild. Their time is over, they wont compete in this era anymore. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - SleepingHero - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 03:25 AM)wisco Wrote: If they choose that route, they better trade Curry as long as he has this value and start a complete rebuild. Their time is over, they wont compete in this era anymore. Curry is their Dirk. A lot of teams wanted us to trade Dirk too. Don't see the Warriors ever doing Curry like that. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - Branduil - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 02:20 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: I think no one ever argued that Wiggins was good. It was more about Mavs getting draft compensations or a quality starter like RoCo as well.Nah there were definitely people who argued that Wiggins could be good if he was just given a chance on the right team. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - HoosierDaddyKid - 12-23-2020 (12-22-2020, 10:32 PM)Hypermav Wrote: poor wes is being abused by kl Kawhi abuses a lot of people, and Wes is at the end of his rope anyway. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - HoosierDaddyKid - 12-23-2020 (12-22-2020, 07:19 PM)mtrot Wrote: Mercy me, now watching the Nets/Warriors game on TNT. Wow, the Nets are going to be trouble, have scored 23 points in less than six minutes! They've got a deep bench too. If they stay healthy, they will be a problem. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - ClutchDirk - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 12:45 AM)BolsDamols Wrote: Regular Season P is actually still pretty good My fav is Playoff P...guaranteed to choke everytime and let his team down... RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - Kammrath - 12-23-2020 https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1341634517413457920 RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - HanspardsShowerVoice - 12-23-2020 (12-22-2020, 11:05 PM)Tyler Wrote: Their payroll is just as broken as their roster. My big question is how long the Warriors will be willing to fund the most expensive non-playoff team of all time before admitting the title days are over and moving on. While everyone expects them to reload via trade, I can also see a timeline where they end up doing whatever they can to unload a bunch of money. By the end of the year, Golden State could have 2 of the top 5 worst contracts in the league between Draymond and Wiggins. And I believe Draymond has all kinds of trade kickers. If he continues his physical decline it's not long until he's basically Paul Millsap with a gigantic ego and poor shot selection with 4 years/100 milliion remaining on his contract. The shelf life of 6'6" 4/5s isn't long. I know part of the appeal of Wiseman is kicking Draymond to more of a fulltime conventional 4, but that takes away part of what made Draymond unique. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - HanspardsShowerVoice - 12-23-2020 I guess we'll hold off on reserving Talen Horton-Tucker's space in the basketball Hall of Fame for a little while longer. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - michaeltex - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 04:19 AM)Branduil Wrote: Nah there were definitely people who argued that Wiggins could be good if he was just given a chance on the right team. I think the talk when Wiggins was traded was that he was a reclamation project that Kerr and GS thought could be made to fit their system. Unfortunately, he's been there through a lot of team injuries, Curry/Green/Thompson, and has never had the luxury of not being a first or second option. I'm not defending him. I think he's a bit of a bust myself and I'm glad he didn't become a DAL problem. RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - cow - 12-23-2020 (12-23-2020, 09:44 AM)HanspardsShowerVoice Wrote: I guess we'll hold off on reserving Talen Horton-Tucker's space in the basketball Hall of Fame for a little while longer. I want him for nothing else besides his 7'10 wingspan. haha RE: AROUND the NBA: Harden pushing to be traded, is he the next domino to fall? - Kammrath - 12-23-2020 https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1341765325990277120 https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1341767037484470272 https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1341774357727744009 https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1341775058247802881 |