So far 0-3 in this stretch of several hypothetically winnable games. Denver up next.
And then for the rest of December they're going to face the top of the power rankings. Except for @philly, it looks like a string of blowouts unless teams start Popoviching them like the Clippers did.
Poor guys can't catch a break.
They are showing a little life lately. At least enough to make this a 3 team race.
What? How can the Nets not sign him for a year? Wouldn't passing a team physical be part of matching the offer? If they didn't clear him, they didn't technically match the terms, right?
Here is how Larry Coon (of cbafaq fame) summarized:
Steps 5 and 6 lose me entirely but I'm not going to complain.
For the same reason. If you don't have it, you can just play a prolonged game of chicken. This system ends that.
Prettt safe..esp w the draft shaping up to be a fairly deep lotto. This isnt a two horse consensus like last year. Fultz will likely emerge w a pack of talent behind him a la the 3-7 in this years draft where opinions will vary.
Lin's back which helps this Nets team immensely. Don't sleep on my binkie Caris LeVert who was also recently activated....he was a certain lottery pick had it not been for his foot problems. This team is now very deep and guys will be competing for minutes.
As long as they have the worst defense in the league I'm not going to worry about their depth, especially if it means running out a bunch of rookies every night.
Is DA more likely to make a deal with the Nets with the (possibly) added benefit of better draft status? Hmmm......
It really was terrible basketball, but I do like Embiid. And Lin does give the Nets a bit of a spark.
Have to hope the Nets can trade Lopez and Lin at the deadline for some assets. Then there will be nothing to stop them from being completely horrible.
Lin is their marketing piece to tap into the NY Asian market just as they did with Yi Jianlian 6-7 years ago . The Nets have invested a lot of time an energy in this area with Lin. He isn't going anywhere.
100%. I don't know how this is borne out in actual ticket sales as my experience with it is through basketball forums, but Lin fans are nuts about the guy. When he goes to a new team, that team is suddenly inundated with a bunch of new fans who will follow him to the ends of the earth.
Many more years. His long, below market extension just started and he's only 23.
But they're not even close to being a good team despite having maybe the best player in the league. What are the odds they can surround him with enough talent in the next five years to win a title?
The Celtics don't have a combination of picks and players to make New Orleans want to move Davis. Few teams do....actually there probably isn't a team who does when everything is factored in. It's a superstars league and when you're fortunate enough to land that guy you don't trade him. They have him under contract on a well below market deal through the spring of 2021.
I doubt New Orleans' ownership is in "title or bust" mode. And if they're going to be bad, then that means they're going to have some high lotto picks to add around him or to use as trade bait. They're not likely to be a title contender by 2021 but neither are like 80% of the league.
