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Paul Zuvella posted:Why would the Bulls care about trading Rondo? He literally has 0 value and his contract has only 3 million guaranteed next year. They want the problem to go away. Since Rondo's next year is only partially guaranteed another team may be willing to take a chance. Bulls either get a worthless asset (protected 2nd or something) or some other expiring disappointment player, but at least now they don't need to keep figuring out what to do with Rondo. If they let Rondo rot on the bench it'll be a huge distraction and will do a lot of damage in terms of getting future FAs. This is how you get him out of your team and make Rondo, agents, and the rest of your team happy by sending him somewhere that wants to test him out. Sounds like no one else wants to take the bait though. Even then it still helps you since you are letting Rondo know you are trying to find him a better landing place.
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Jan 23, 2017 19:14
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Someone floated out the idea of Afflalo and Collison for Rondo and the pick rights back. It's like the a do-over for both teams! But  at the idea that our pick will be outside the top 10
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Jan 23, 2017 19:18
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attackmole posted:I'm gonna watch the Raptors game today, hope they don't drop another turd in my mouth. gently caress lmao just saw this
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Jan 23, 2017 19:19
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Normally I would suspect this is a move for a team tanking. Too bad it's the Nets and they don't have their pick. That KG, Paul Pierce, Jason Terry trade was really worth it.
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Jan 23, 2017 20:01
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The Nets dealings are going to go down in sports history as like the worst way to tank your franchise for a decade. Like I can't imagine even pretending to have hope for that team until like 2025 at the earliest. I feel bad for anyone who legitimately has to root for them.
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Jan 23, 2017 20:16
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Barclays has good food, and rock-bottom ticket prices. Not too bad if you want to see another team play.
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quote:When the Mavs signed Barnes to a max contract in the offseason, you could hear the guffaws from all over the league. Before training camp started, Rick Carlisle warned people not to expect Barnes to do too much too soon, saying he needed to be eased into a bigger role in Dallas. Good for you, Harrison. 
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Jan 23, 2017 20:23
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He wasn't just a guy who spotted up in the corner for the Warriors though. They ran a handful of looks out of the high post for him every game
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Jan 23, 2017 20:32
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Only one man can save the Nets. He has a process
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Jan 23, 2017 20:38
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Hinkie is clearly coming to Sacramento and he's bringing back the pick with him
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Jan 23, 2017 20:42
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Also I think most people thought the Barnes deal was pretty reasonable considering what Parsons, Bazemore, Turner, Beal, and Crabbe got this summer.
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Jan 23, 2017 20:44
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People freaked out because they weren't converting the new cap number in their heads. Barnes was getting a rookie max no matter what.
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:Also I think most people thought the Barnes deal was pretty reasonable considering what Parsons, Bazemore, Turner, Beal, and Crabbe got this summer. Barnes deal looks incredible compared to all of those now
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I read that quote about Harrison Barnes earlier this morning on the Ringer. This is the next paragraph: "The Mavs have moved Dirk Nowitzki to the 5, partly because he is too slow to guard most power forwards these days, and partly because Barnes has been too good at the 4 to bump him down a position. Just like Dirk did a generation before, Barnes has done his part in redefining the power forward position. What Harrison Barnes has become is a far cry from the player who couldn’t stay on the floor just seven months ago." OK, I admittedly haven't watched very much of the Mavs this season, but Barnes numbers aren't exactly popping out at me. Is he actually "redefining the power forward position"? I'd write that it off as colorful language, but they did choose Barnes over Giannis for MIP, so I'm wondering if there's something more that isn't coming through in the box score.
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Sheriff posted:I read that quote about Harrison Barnes earlier this morning on the Ringer. This is the next paragraph: I wouldn't call what he is doing as redefining the position. It seems more like he is going along with the trend guys who would play the 3 last decade playing at the 4. (especially on offense.) On offense they are running lots of Dirk's old sets for him. That quote seems to be nice about why Dirk is playing the 5. Part of why Dirk is starting at the 5 is him and Bogut have not really been able to play well together. (For the few games both are healthy.) Bogut hasn't played in a while and Carlisle doesn't trust Mejri with big minutes that often. When Carlisle calls an angry timeout this season, usually Mejri or Anderson are on the floor and will be taken off after the timeout. (or the offense forgets how to score for 4 minutes.)
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Jan 23, 2017 20:57
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Sheriff posted:OK, I admittedly haven't watched very much of the Mavs this season, but Barnes numbers aren't exactly popping out at me. Is he actually "redefining the power forward position"? I'd write that it off as colorful language, but they did choose Barnes over Giannis for MIP, so I'm wondering if there's something more that isn't coming through in the box score. No, that part is straight up fluff or also probably the writer has never seen basketball before this year. The wing moving down to PF has been a thing for almost all of this decade. That's literally what the Warriors have been doing the past 3 seasons, and what Lebron did to win his first championship.
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Jan 23, 2017 21:07
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Tae posted:People freaked out because they weren't converting the new cap number in their heads. Barnes was getting a rookie max no matter what. People freaked out because Barnes played bad basketball in June
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Jan 23, 2017 21:08
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Harrison Barnes and Andrew Wiggin's stats look really similar. Wiggins is getting the the line which largely makes up for the shooting % differences, and Barnes is playing better defense for sure. It's funny how the tone when talking about the players is super positive for Barnes and somewhat negative for Wiggins.
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WhyteRyce posted:People freaked out because Barnes played bad basketball in June They continued to do so when he barely got minutes on Team USA and couldn't shoot in the preseason.
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Jan 23, 2017 21:10
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The mavs get good coverage . It's been a trend. Probably dirks penumbra . We've come a long way from Roy tarpley.
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Jan 23, 2017 21:11
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WhyteRyce posted:People freaked out because Barnes played bad basketball in June I mean Harden played like poo poo in that Thunder/Heat finals, but he still got an instant max from someone DeShawn stevenson played great in that Mavericks/Heat finals and he was out of the league like a year later.
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Tae posted:I mean Harden played like poo poo in that Thunder/Heat finals, but he still got an instant max from someone I'm pretty sure him playing like crap in that Finals was part of why OKC did what they did and avoid offering him a full max, or even keeping him around a year longer.
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Lockback posted:I'm pretty sure him playing like crap in that Finals was part of why OKC did what they did and avoid offering him a full max, or even keeping him around a year longer. putting harden on lebron for large chunks of time is one of the dumber things in coaching history
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Jan 23, 2017 21:24
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I would have given Harden a max immediately after watching the Dallas/OKC series the year OKC went to the Finals. He had played well during the season but that series really highlighted how good he was.
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euphronius posted:The mavs get good coverage . It's been a trend. Probably dirks penumbra . Well when you remove the media credentials from everyone who is critical . . .
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Tae posted:No, that part is straight up fluff or also probably the writer has never seen basketball before this year. The wing moving down to PF has been a thing for almost all of this decade. That's literally what the Warriors have been doing the past 3 seasons, and what Lebron did to win his first championship. Its been a thing since Elgin Baylor, and assuredly even before that
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Harrison Barnes looked like an overmatched D-League reserve during the playoffs. That's why people freaked out. It was a gamble to bet on Barnes. And I say this as a Barnes fan. The whole revolutionizing the position crap is bullshit of course.
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Yeah Barnes looked rear end every game in the playoffs not just the finals so it's not very comparable to the Harden situation at all
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Barnes and Wiggins are two of my favorite type of player, the sub .100 ws/48 20 ppg scorer
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Cool Buff Man posted:Barnes and Wiggins are two of my favorite type of player, the sub .100 ws/48 20 ppg scorer At least use winshares instead of the inferior ws/48.
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Joel Embiid will miss the next two games because of the knee contusion he suffered last Friday. Hopefully he returns this Friday night.
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This ad has been showing up in my Facebook feed for about a week.
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All this Harrison Barnes discussion reminded me that the Mavs social media thought it would be a good idea to send out a picture of Barnes handcuffed to the GM.
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Excellent trolling by The Ringer awarding Hinkie executive of the year
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Spacebump posted:At least use winshares instead of the inferior ws/48. Nope
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Cool Buff Man posted:Barnes and Wiggins are two of my favorite type of player, the sub .100 ws/48 20 ppg scorer I apologize for being a dipshit and playing devil's advocate, but who else is going to use up the usage on the Mavs? Salah Mejri?
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NotWearingPants posted:Joel Embiid will miss the next two games because of the knee contusion he suffered last Friday. Hopefully he returns this Friday night. two more losses then That's good
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Dejan Bimble posted:I apologize for being a dipshit and playing devil's advocate, but who else is going to use up the usage on the Mavs? Salah Mejri? I honestly meant that I like it, it's a throwback, sorry if that wasn't clear. And the answer of course is JJ Barea
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