The Suns on the same day also gave up their 2017 Lakers pick for Brandon Knight.
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I remember that day, there were like a million trades involving PG in the last hour before the deadline
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I still don't think they can beat Cleveland, but man am I going to enjoy watching IT while they are still rolling. What a performance last night.
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A dude his size scoring like that is just something else
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On the flip side, focusing on this trade hides the fact that Phoenix got Isaiah on an amazing contract!
Seriously though, as much as I still don't believe teams should max him out, it's incredible what he's turned into after literally every team passed on him multiple times. First, everyone passed on him once or twice in the draft, and then everyone passed on signing him as a cheap free agent.
While I was at lunch today, a TV in the background was on FS1 and Colin Cowherd and some radio guest were debating whether or not Isaiah is the best player in the NBA lol. That's extreme hyperbole on their parts but it still kinda sums up how much he's blossomed this year.
Isaiah is getting a max deal with the Celtics now. This playoff run has cemented it.
If they beat Washington and avoid a sweep with Cleveland. Boston will pursue Blake Griffin and Gordon Heyward in FA and Paul George in trade talks.
They will add another max contract this offseason and then offer IT the max deal after this offseason so they can maximize their cap space and then go over for Thomas.
IT isn't a top 5 player but he is a 10-15 player in the league.
If they beat Washington and avoid a sweep with Cleveland. Boston will pursue Blake Griffin and Gordon Heyward in FA and Paul George in trade talks.
They will add another max contract this offseason and then offer IT the max deal after this offseason so they can maximize their cap space and then go over for Thomas.
IT isn't a top 5 player but he is a 10-15 player in the league.
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Heyward I can see, Blake just has so many injuries, I don't know why anyone would take the risk. Celts seems too smart for that at this point. Agree though, boston moves to compete for a title next year
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Weren't there some chemistry issues with Isaiah? I don't think he and Boogie got along at least.
Not sure I agree. He's had an amazing year scoring, but it's a huge outlier, and he's a terrible defender. RPM has him as the second worst defender in the entire league, 467 out of 468. Maybe he's not that bad, but he gives back a huge amount on defense. RPM has him 58th in the league; you can go through many guys ahead of him and discount them because they are bench guys or whatever, but top 10/15 is a stretch, I think.
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Olynyk's my least favorite, or at least in the top 5. Too bad Oubre lost his cool and knocked over Olynyk and got ejected because the Wiz are not deep up front, but I'm sure there are a lotta players applauding Oubre right now, including Kevin Love.
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Majority are talking about how dumb he is. Young and mentally soft.
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Who's the majority? Has a poll already been taken.
Yes, Oubre, young kid, took offense to a raised arm to his face, but Olynyk walks a fine line, he's lucky most players have more discipline.
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Anyone with the brains to separate needless bs from the playoffs. They're down 2-0 and have a chance to win at home. He took a hard legal screen and acted like a baby. Mental softness. Put his team in a terrible position because he can't keep his cool.
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The entire world can clap for him. That won't replace the 10-15 points he just took off the wizards final score.
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I smell a Celtics fan(atic).
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That's OK, he gives up 20.
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I promise you if Marcus Smart or a Celtics hot head did that I'd be laughing at their stupidity just as hard.
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Olynyk is dirty, but that play wasn't dirty IMO. Oubre got hit hard for the second time, by a dirty player who he probably already disliked, and lost his cool.
He should've been mad at his teammate for not calling out that screen too, because he didn't appear to see it coming at all.
He should've been mad at his teammate for not calling out that screen too, because he didn't appear to see it coming at all.
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Cheap shot? He didn't see Oubre coming? He pushed him.
Plus, I think he flopped. (I hate to insert smiley faces, but this is tongue-in-check -- kinda; Jalen Rose just said on the halftime show that Olynyk flopped.)
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golden state is unreal. I think you could give the US the rest of the nba, and golden state could win gold in the Olympics. I watch the other playoff series, and I think to myself, these teams are good. but then you watch the warriors and there is no comparison.
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I guess we disagree on the definition of "cheap shot". To me, a cheap shot is more like a sucker punch. What Oubre did isn't okay by any stretch, but he certainly didn't sneak up on Olynyk. Hell, Olynyk saw it coming and was able to flop to the ground to sell it even more.
Edit: Not exactly recent anymore, but when I think of modern day cheapshots, I think of what Bynum did to Barea.
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