NBA 2018-2019

[Day2]

Deadspin | Kawhi Leonard Is The NBA's Executive Of The Year

Deadspin | Kawhi Leonard Is The NBA's Executive Of The Year

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Maybe it’s obvious at this point, but it needs to be said: the Lakers were his third choice. We live in a world where the Nets and Clips are winning bidding wars against the Knicks and Lakers, respectively.

 

[Briancuse]

Deadspin | Kawhi Leonard Is The NBA's Executive Of The Year

Deadspin | Kawhi Leonard Is The NBA's Executive Of The Year

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Maybe it’s obvious at this point, but it needs to be said: the Lakers were his third choice. We live in a world where the Nets and Clips are winning bidding wars against the Knicks and Lakers, respectively.

Its really hard to believe we live in a different world.

 

[OrangeDW]

PG: Rajon Rondo - Quinn Cook
SG: Kyle Kuzma - Danny Green- KCP - Troy Daniels
SF: LeBron James - Jared Dudley
PF: Anthony Davis
C: DeMarcus Cousins - JaVale McGee

Guessing whatever cap space they have left is going for Morris at the PF spot. That is their hole right now.

Move Kuzma to the backup SF/PF and I think you’ve got it. PF is his best position, in today’s NBA. I doubt Dudley plays much when the team is full strength.

 

[jncuse]

Apparently per a few Toronto Raptors Masai Ujiri on Friday night finally gave in and believed that in the end Kawhi was going to go to LA either way. Clippers was his preferred team, but if the Clippers don't get George he would have went to the Lakers.

If the Raptors had outbid the Clippers for George, then Kawhi would have chose the Lakers. So Toronto ends up with a gutted team with George and possibly Westbrook.

The Raptors were in a no win situation this week. But we won the title.and it was all worth it. We can re-tool, re-build, and have tonnes of cap sapce.

 

[OrangeDW]

Basically Presti did a surprise late match run in and cleared the ring with a steel chair.

He left the Raptors lying on the floor and rolled the Clippers on top of the Lakers just as the groggy ref recovered just enough to make the slow 3 count.

 

[jncuse]

Real GM Raptor board in the past week, had a Kawhi Free Agency Watch Thread that went up to Part 17.

Each part made up of 100 pages or 2000 posts. So in the last week there was over 30,000 posts on the Raptors board on the topic alone.

My personal favourite was that their is a way on the net to track the movement of every plane. On Friday morning, the Raptors jet landed in San Diego, and 3,000 people were watching the San Diego Airport Authority feed of their runway to see what was happening.

Some people were going crazy this week. I followed enough, but I wasn't going nuts either,

 

[Day2]

Apparently per a few Toronto Raptors Masai Ujiri on Friday night finally gave in and believed that in the end Kawhi was going to go to LA either way. Clippers was his preferred team, but if the Clippers don't get George he would have went to the Lakers.

If the Raptors had outbid the Clippers for George, then Kawhi would have chose the Lakers. So Toronto ends up with a gutted team with George and possibly Westbrook.

The Raptors were in a no win situation this week. But we won the title.and it was all worth it. We can re-tool, re-build, and have tonnes of cap sapce.

Of course they’re going to say that. They don’t want anyone thinking they passed on having Leonard, George, and Westbrook. But it doesn’t make sense. It would make Leonard one of the most vindictive people in all of sports. Why would he screw over the Raptors? Why would he court PG all week, only to screw him over, too?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

"load management"

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I think Siakim’s career arc over the next 5 years looks better than Westbrook’s.

What's Siakim's ceiling? Is he Clint Cabela? Or can he bè better

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Am I delusional to think we should resign the Bald Mamba? I kind of liked his development.

Love the Bald Mamba!

 

[kirbivore]

Deadspin | Kawhi Leonard Is The NBA's Executive Of The Year

Deadspin | Kawhi Leonard Is The NBA's Executive Of The Year

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Maybe it’s obvious at this point, but it needs to be said: the Lakers were his third choice. We live in a world where the Nets and Clips are winning bidding wars against the Knicks and Lakers, respectively.

he's a better GM than LeBron

 

[Cusefan0307]

 

[OrangeDW]

So New Balance already had a Clippers colorway ready? SMH.

 

[Arangeman]

So New Balance already had a Clippers colorway ready? SMH.

Those will fly off the shelves

 

[Arangeman]

Love the Bald Mamba!

He may look like he should be renting you shoes at a bowling alley but he can play.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Kind of a weak sauce statistical model. At least one team, and often one or two more, wins more than 60. Look at how bunched up those records are. This model skews to the mean.

 

[orangenauburn]

Kind of a weak sauce statistical model. At least one team, and often one or two more, wins more than 60. Look at how bunched up those records are. This model skews to the mean.

I can see the west being accurate as that will be a grind

The east should show Mil Phi and Bos with more wins

 

[rrlbees]

It’s not a big deal because the NBA doesn’t care but players under contract can’t be recruited. If they are FAs or pending FAs talking about the future it’s fine.
In this case George was under contract for 3 more years and it’s pretty freaking obvious what happened.
I don’t care but by the rules it’s tampering.

It’s not tampering because Leonard was doing the “tampering” and he was a FA.

 

[Pearl309]

The “LA madness” as they’re calling it has been so bonkers
I don’t think a coherent sentence was spoke today on the AM dial
Wild stuff

 

[Pearl309]

So New Balance already had a Clippers colorway ready? SMH.

Those are actually nice looking

 

[Day2]

So New Balance already had a Clippers colorway ready? SMH.

Already sold out.

 

[Arangeman]

Those are actually nice looking

I think they look like a cross between British Knights and wrestling shoes but to each is own.

Dudes are dressing like they are in Duran Duran nowadays so what do I know? Maybe they will be a hit.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Vegas is high on LA -- Clippers & Lakers.

Sports Betting News and Vegas Odds

 

[Fireball Jr.]

 

[Day2]

Column: Why did Lakers lose Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to Clippers? Their biggest weakness

As the balloons continue to fall upon the most joyous party in Clippers history, it is time to acknowledge the purple-faced elephant in the room.

www.latimes.com