NBA season 2018/19
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@shark said in NBA season 2018/19:
Yeah I suppose Nick van Exel and James Worthy might wana make comebacks.
When LBJ and Bosh went to Miami with Wade they got guys like Mike Miller, Shane Battier, Jesus Shuttleworth, lots of role players and shooters to complement the all star core
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@canefan said in NBA season 2018/19:
@shark said in NBA season 2018/19:
Yeah I suppose Nick van Exel and James Worthy might wana make comebacks.
When LBJ and Bosh went to Miami with Wade they got guys like Mike Miller, Shane Battier, Jesus Shuttleworth, lots of role players and shooters to complement the all star core
But Lakers need a ‘big 3’ so I don’t they will be giving up Ingram.
A frontline of LBJ, AD and Ingram has agility, length, outside/inside. Doesn’t really matter who the guards are, as long as they can switch on D and hit the outside shot. No need for ball handlers, or creators off the dribble. Just get to a corner and be ready to catch and shoot.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2018/19:
@canefan said in NBA season 2018/19:
@shark said in NBA season 2018/19:
Yeah I suppose Nick van Exel and James Worthy might wana make comebacks.
When LBJ and Bosh went to Miami with Wade they got guys like Mike Miller, Shane Battier, Jesus Shuttleworth, lots of role players and shooters to complement the all star core
But Lakers need a ‘big 3’ so I don’t they will be giving up Ingram.
A frontline of LBJ, AD and Ingram has agility, length, outside/inside. Doesn’t really matter who the guards are, as long as they can switch on D and hit the outside shot. No need for ball handlers, or creators off the dribble. Just get to a corner and be ready to catch and shoot.
I get where you are going but I don't think NO gives up AD without him. That and the fact that he seems to play worse when LBJ is on the court. Ingram might be a very good player in the NBA in future, maybe even very good, AD is nek level and only 4 years older
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@canefan the AD trade rumours roll on. LA have reportedly offered to absorb a bad contract and trade Ingram Ball and Kuzma for AD, but the pelicans aren't biting. Yet. Meanwhile Davis has expanded his list of preferred teams to include the Knicks and the Bucks. Sounds like an attempt to draw focus off the perception that he only wants to go to LA as I don't think either is a realistic spot for him. Now if NY got KD......
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Spurs lose to break a 5-game unbeaten streak. And even that wasn't enough to take us above 6th in the West. Mainly because all of the teams ahead of the Spurs are better.
If Golden State don't wake up a little, they may not have home court for the finals, with the Bucks keeping a pretty handy record. And the Raptors not far behind.
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I new to all this NBA trade shit - if LA and NO can come to an agreement does AD go this season?
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@Crazy-Horse said in NBA season 2018/19:
I new to all this NBA trade shit - if LA and NO can come to an agreement does AD go this season?
They have 5 or 6 days before the trade deadline. If a deal is reached he will play out the season with the Lakers
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@Crazy-Horse said in NBA season 2018/19:
I new to all this NBA trade shit - if LA and NO can come to an agreement does AD go this season?
This is a classic case of the player and the team holding out before the trade deadline (this Thursday afternoon US time).
If NO don’t deal before Thursday they will not get anything come end of the season when AD as a free agent can leave. A super max deal from NO is on the table for AD that no other team can match, but given he says he wants to go and won’t play for NO again, NO are trying to come out of it at least with something to build a future on.
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@ACT-Crusader I thought he had another year left before he becomes a FA? So that's why the Pelicans are actually in a decent position to sit on their hands?
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@mariner4life You are correct. Davis is not a free agent til 2020.
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You’re right. Makes this situation even more bizarre.
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Big move by the Sixers to get Tobias Harris.
He can create for himself, a decent outside shot and on his night can get you 35 plus.
Sixers needed another scoring threat but not just a shooter.
Now Brett Brown has to work out his rotation. They had one of the least productive bench’s in the NBA.
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@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
The Markelle Fultz 76ers era comes to an end, going to the Magic. Sixers pick up Jonathan Simmons.
No blockbuster trades in the end.
It's for the best. He can quietly rebuild himself in obscurity in the Florida sunshine. Or drift his way out of the NBA Anthony Bennett style
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Sixers, Bucks and Raptors all made very good moves that enhance their chances.
These teams smell their chance with a Lebron-less Eastern Conference.
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Are the Lakers fucked? LBJ is still awesome, but he's old.
They publicly offered up every player on the roster to try and land Davis, and missed out. That has to fuck with the locker room. In the end they didn't get shit. They are playing in the West, where you need a good record just for the privilige of being smashed by the Warriors in the first round.
No one appears to want to deal with them, so there is a chance they get no one in the off season either.
Disharmony, no big signing, LBJ to request a trade in the off-season (to the Clippers duh duh!!)
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Saw Brian Windhorst on ESPN basically say that the Pelicans just wanted to fuck with the Lakers this free agency period, as they think they've been tampering to get AD to LA.
So they suckered them into trade talks, leaked every offer they received, which in turn sowed some real disharmony in the squad.
It's a great 'fuck you' strategy, though I'm still guessing Davis wears a Lakers jersey eventually.
