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You’re being too nice to Hunter. Not as good a defender as Jaden McDaniels? He was supposed to be a better defender than Jaden McDaniels!!! He was supposed to play our OG Anunoby. Come to find out, Hunter is actually better coming off the bench.
None of your small guard comparables are scoring guards. You can't ask Iverson to lock up the opposing 1. I feel like you want to tell us "he's not getting minutes in the league, because he's not getting minutes. There's no real analysis here. His role would be to come off the bench and get buckets. Think Fred VanVleet, but bouncy. Much better comparable. If Fred had Mac explosive speed he'd be a problem. Mac is a problem now.
Blazers traded a young Norman Powel +robert Covington for one second round pick 🤣 they’re gonna hold onto jerami until no one wants him, especially that contract!
He looks slow in his G-League film. He won't make the team. If Griff has harped on shooting, especially around Zion, then Elfrid will not have a shot to make a team. Probably won't even play in the 3 preseason games.
nick cant catch passes very well at all -- hornets feel like they can make the playoffs so im not sure if they do this. back log of guards on the team already
Bates-Jiop+Jericho+ Payne + 2nd round picks after October 13 for nick richards ( and maybe Curry too) as both Curry and Payne cannot be traded till after 10/13. I think Richards for those three guys and picks is enough compensation. If they get Curry back too its because they have up several second rounders and they'd want shooting depth
During smallball Randall can play the five.. here's where the New York Knicks need to sign Marcus Morris who can easily play the 4 who can post up players for mid-range jumpers and shoot 3s.. he's experienced and a dog.
Robinson is out for the first half of season he had offseason ankle surgery so Randle might fill in and OG will play the 4 enabling Divencenzo to the starting sg spot.
@@thomastalented i like what Hart brings but Divencenso is a 3pt spark plug. I feel we will get better usage from Hart wit second unit. Either way we are in very good shape 💪
Im curious what the nets rotation will be. Not at all saying we are deep lol, but as far as players on a bad team, you wanna play your vets, you wanna play your young guys, i see 12-13 dudes that should have playing time opening night.
Somehow the Pistons will get screwed by expansion... Watch the expansion teams pick multiple Pistons players that they can't protect and / or they'll pick right in front of the Pistons in the NBA draft. There're (Spell checker corrected to There're, I didn't even know there're is a thing) but there're too many terrible teams in the NBA already, No need for more teams.
The rant about the rich was unexpected and spot on. And damn, driving and recording, props to multitasking. Apart from that, do you think the NBA will do this round of expansion all at once or stagger the teams out as the NHL has done?
Capitalistic greed sometimes gets me irate (ironic b/c my father is a SBA/entrepreneur)... I gotta get to my job that pays the bills (aka I work and study for my PhD at UMiami) and still put my thoughts out on expansion because we have been keeping tabs on it since like 2021. The NBA will pump out two at the same time, Seattle (which is foregone conclusion) and (more than likely) Las Vegas, any other team is just posturing by the league or the league gets some data from NFL/MLB/NHL that Las Vegas is not good for business (or betting scandal breaks out and sports hate gambling again) then I think Kansas City or Louisville are strong mid-markets that have NBA arenas to go too. Now expansion will happen at the same time because having 31 teams is just weird, just wait till you have 2, then its 32, and put the Grizzles and New Orleans in Eastern Conference if Seattle and Las Vegas join
@@CyroAsseo The NBA does have a history of having an odd number of teams. From 1980 to 2004, the league never once had an even number of franchises for reasons I'm not sure anyone understood. Spreading out the expansions, especially if Vegas needs to build a new arena anyway, lessens the competitive imbalance as well. I also tend to believe 32 teams means Adam Silver does away with the Eastern and Western conferences.
@@thetouchback Dude I never realized that! I just thought it was seldom years it was odd number of tea. Good looks on that tidbit! By the way, I actually agree that either top 16 teams make palyoffs or they do some weird NFC/AFC type conferences where they make it to be more about logistics and travel then rivalries
