sydneybrown Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 DJ Augustin is on OKC now too. So they turned Perkins/Jackson into Kanter/DJ. That's pretty damn impressive. The #1 seed in the West is the absolute worst spot to be in right now. I'm not feeling this trade as much as some. Just felt like the person with the brightest future was the one the Thunder gave away. I like Kanter, but I don't know how much of a major contribution he'll make once Adams gets back. Augustin is a much better PG than I initially realized, but the trade feels almost lateral to me, aside from the cash they're saving by dumping Perkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Kanter's better than Perkins by a pretty considerable distance. And Reggie was walking the second the season ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfredoE Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I dunno who's on what team anymore...except I know the Lakers didn't make a deal, which I approve since they need to tank, tank hard! Hoping the TWolves can get inspired by KG and the Lakers can dip down a spot. Its not so much wanting the top pick, but keeping it. Also, think Lakers were better off not going after Dragic because if they stay in that 3-5 range, they might end up drafting a point guard anways. VERY UPSET AT THE SIXERS!!!! They were playing so well and now they seem to be making sure they stay even worse the rest of the season and have a bunch of draft picks. BTW, It would be hilarious if someone created a Sixers jersey with the number of picks w/ the word "draft picks" on it. Isn't Brandon Knight a free agent this summer or still restricted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Kanter is better than Adams by a considerable amount as well. Looks like they added Kyle Singler in that deal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfredoE Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 JaVale McGee = New Sixers Point Guard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Kanter's better than Perkins by a pretty considerable distance. And Reggie was walking the second the season ended. Oh, I agree about Kanter, though I think Perkins is someone whose experience will be much more valuable once the playoffs start. And unless I've reading it wrong, Kanter is a restricted free agent so he could potentially walk at the end of the season too. Hey, I hope I'm wrong about this, it's just after all the buzz of making trades, I'm just kinda left with a "that's it?" feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfredoE Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 This is great! Joel-Hans Embiid @JoelEmbiid Welcome bro bro...... We're gonna kill it @JaValeMcGee34 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfredoE Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Phoenix gave up the rights to the Lakers top-5 protected pick for this year to the Sixers. That might be the worse trade the Suns made. Lakers are bad, but Knicks and Sixers got a lot worse. I think LA plays the Sixers twice. LA has come close to winning games, but Byron's been able to pull guys out at the right time late in games OR we have Jeremy Lin turning the ball over to get us the loss. LA's 4th worse right now. All it would take is 2 teams leapfrogging LA w/ those ping pong balls for the Sixers to end up with the 6th pick. That's a good gamble trade for the Sixers. Worst case, they end up with another 1st round pick that might not be as high as it is this year. Even if LA improves slightly for next season, they're still a long way from being good. Maybe a low lottery pick or something in the 15-18 range next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It's admirable of the Suns to try and salvage a sinking ship, and Brandon Knight is the player for the job, but yeah.. giving up that pick was BAD. In the long run they have about the same chance of holding on to the 8 seed as they did a week ago. Which is almost no chance. I guess Knight will be cheaper to hold on to than Dragic, but not by much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I get the feeling that McGee won't play a game for Philly. This is the season of buyouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 This trade deadline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 .http://grantland.com/the-triangle/lightning-round-nba-trade-deadline-day-where-wtf-happens/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Sam Hinkie's obsession with "ping pong balls over players" officially just got ridiculous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Fine with the Sixers trades. Been obvious for a while MCW isn't in the long term plans. I think his hideous turnover rate will improve on a better team. Plus it won't matter as much that he can't shoot. I look forward to seeing the posts on realgm blasting the Sixers when these same people have spent the last year talking about how awful MCW is. I gave up on caring if McDaniels came back last month. McDaniels started out relatively strong. Has been worthless when in the starting lineup. His production has been on a steady decline. He was good value for where he was drafted had he signed for more than 1 season. Made for some good highlights though. McDaniels court time is better served going to Covington and Grant. Both are better prospects. McDaniels can't dribble or pass so once the 3s stopped dropping made no sense to have him out there. He would easily hold the NBA record for turnovers from stepping out of bounds if that was tracked. Getting to go and play for Jason Kidd was the best thing that could happen for MCW. Hope it works out for him. Hopefully Kidd can get through to him that body language and confidence matter when you are trying to be the floor general. Stop pouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Sixer fanbase civil war has begun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Basketball is not my forte but this is still quite entertaining on its own: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/lightning-round-nba-trade-deadline-day-where-wtf-happens/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Watching this Dallas-OKC game, I don't like the body language of the Mavs. Guys just weren't hustling for rebounds, waiting for OKC to set their defense while arguing about who was going to take the ball out, standing around, hoping someone else would pick up their man. I know it is just one game but the Mavs don't scare me as much as they did like a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Magic Johnson just said the Bucks just acquired the next Jason Kidd in MCW. He's watched basketball this year, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Maybe the Rondo trade screwed them up, he's been pretty bad from what I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 At his best, Reggie Jackson is a guy that could give the Pistons race for the 8th spot the push it needs. But he's not been that great this year, so I'm in wait and see mode. On one hand, the Pistons also brought back an old, slowing down veteran who used to be a great wing defender. On the other they brought back the guy who made my favorite play in NBA history. Welcome home Tay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Chris Bosh is currently hospitalized and Heat Twitter is rumor mongering that he may have a pulmonary embolism. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. http://deadspin.com/reports-chris-bosh-in-hospital-undergoing-lung-tests-1686929166 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Damn, that's awful. Shaq is so sensitive over the hack-a-Shaq strategy that Pop implemented on Jordan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jrag Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Are you ready for Kirk Hinrich to take all of Tony Snell's minutes back? Because that is 100% happening tonight. Over the break Thibs made a point to tell reporters that the Bulls are 11-5 when Kirk plays 30+ minutes. He failed to mention that we are 8-2 when Kirk plays 0 minutes. Tony is 18-22 in his last two games. Kirk might not make 18 shots in the next 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 So.. the rumor going around is that Bosh might be out for the year. Scratch most of my posts from the last page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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