Do Midseason NBA Trades Work? | The Ringer 

Gasol made Vucevic look like a child in the first round too

FACTS all I can say

Imo the second most important player behind Kawhi last year.

He was def a trade for playoff match ups. JoVal is nice but Marc opened up options for spacing with the 4 other guys along with his passing. Marc also made Vuc a nonfactor in the Magic series (but regardless the Magic were a nonfactor anyway), held his own against Embiid (which the Sixers leaned on JImmy Buckets harder) and of course battled under the post against Brook Lopez. Plus you knew Marc was going all out knowing this could be his last shot making the playoffs with a squad that can go deep possibly into the Finals. When teams know they are guaranteed to go deep to the playoffs, being able to win lineup matchups is what decides if the team can go as far as the Conference Finals or even in the NBA Finals.

@@t4d0W held is own against ambiid? He defenetely clowned embiid a few times that series.

**** Don DeMarco ****

Beat me

and deservedly, he got very drunk

Ben Morgan I was at that parade he got ruined!!! Had a bottle in both hands

Beer Papi is awesome

@@jay4341 I don't blame him. Think about all that disappointment he had to put up with year after year with Memphis.

I won't say he saved the Raps (The Raps had no business in the Finals without Kawhi to begin with) but he improved those playoff match ups tremendously. I don't think Nurse would have as much confidence against the Sixers matchup if he still had JoVal against Embiid. And if Embiid could have his way in the middle while Jimmy Butler doing his damage, that series definitely changes dramatically.

What is dime drop?

@@timon753 it was the channel that the guy who makes these videos used to be on before he came to the ringer

@@timon753 his name is j kyle man

Lol! Poor poor Jeremy. Too bad, I had dinner with him and a mutual friend once. He’s such a down to earth, nice, all around normal and easy going dude. He got paid well to do something he loves so I don’t feel too too bad for him. Very funny comment though!

Vicente Felino He has The Dime Drop Pod but barely posts

This would be dope. Man that voice is soothing! 😂

He should just cohost with Thinking Basketball

Thinking Basketball w/ J. Kyle Mann is the bet duo in basketball pods

@Hugh Mungus have you listened to the j kyle mann episode? Works pretty good for me

Because the main section of the video focused on trades where teams won the title that very same season.

besides games of course?

Sike

Chris What?

It was cuz melo was being a drama queen and just wanted the NY spotlight so bad. If he really wanted to win then he would have not let his future team trade away a bunch of pieces. I will say though, melo has changed for the better now and has revived his career.

Melo is now and always has been selfish. Whined his way out of Denver, screwed over the Knicks by forcing a trade instead of signing in the off season knowing the team would be better. Passed up going to Chicago to team up with Rose/Noah and the rest of that strong Bulls team. Whined and pouted in OKC/Houston because he couldn't accept coming off the bench even tho he was on strong teams and he could have anchored the 2nd unit on both. Every opportunity he had to win he made things about himself. Plays 0 defense. Plus he's been a walking black hole for most of his career. Pass em the ball and ya never see it again. He chose $ and ego over winning. And he will retire with 0 rings because of it.

@@roboninja3194 definitely agree with you. But, you cant deny the man can ball out. He has one the smoothest mid ranges I've seen.

@@roboninja3194 Um New York didn't have to make that trade to appease Melo. They are not owned by Melo and instead are ran by an impatient, incompetent front office.

Well probably not as much as you'd think. They probably can't drink most of the time so they wouldn't have built a tolerance to it.

Doug Janicke nah he would of messed up Prince development and messed up the teams chemistry refusing to guard anyone and hogging the ball,wade or even bosh would of been a better fit

Watch the vid

They only got truly better because they brought up a superstar and an all-nba caliber player.

I don't think you're right, considering they never even won a chip.

@@hockeyfan1799 i think he meant dallas? won after 3 years though

legofan1799 They may not have win a chip, but it’s still one of the best examples of how a midseason trade can drastically improve a team.

Those are the times where a mid-season trade arguably allowed for a team to win a championship. Many similar trades happen every year, where contenders try to improve, but not many ultimately pan out.

Trading Marc away was not nearly as lopsided as the one for Pau. To be fair I wouldn't have really guessed it at the time, but Valanciunas is lowkey balling out in Memphis.

@@michaelhaydenbell Its not Memphis is playoff bound anytime soon so they can use all the help they can get, even for JoVal in the post for a cheap cost. But when Memphis finally gets it together and are looking for the 5th best player on their team to solve matchups, best believe JoVal will be traded out. He couldn't even be the 5th best player in a championship Raps team as Marc earned that spot well.

This from a Celtics fan btw

Mavs bombed, Suns are TBC and Lakers are flying.

I'll take him over that screaming bafoon Chris Vernon anyday.