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  1. brendan f

    The 2025 NBA Trade Deadline Thread

    Awkward phrasing and awkward in general. Also, factually incorrect (not that they were going to admit they were shopping him). I think I mentioned this in another thread, but according to Ramona Shelburne, Charlotte called the Lakers. As a trade piece in another deal? Seems destined to get...
  2. brendan f

    The 2025 NBA Trade Deadline Thread

    I think he's a capable on-ball defender but i don't see him as a some sort of lockdown guy. Maybe having some big guys behind him will allow him to be more aggressive and make more plays but none of his defensive stats really jump out at you (he's also consistently rated poorly in defensive...
  3. brendan f

    The 2025 NBA Trade Deadline Thread

    I'm going to walk back what i said slightly. You're right--you probably do that trade 10/10 times if you're the Cavs, especially since they didn't give up much capital. Hunter fills a specific need as a guy who can guard strong wings (ahem...in theory) in the playoffs. With Strus, Jerome and...
  4. brendan f

    Guess who’s back….back again : Josh McDaniels is the OC

    Right, I meant "undervaluing" (relative to most draft boards). To be clear, I'm not professing to know anything either. Fair. If that risk is real then, yeah, obviously not worth it. Curious to me that so many mocks have him graded so highly/mocked so high if he's indeed seen by many as a...
  5. brendan f

    The 2025 NBA Trade Deadline Thread

    I guess you're higher on him than I am. Lavert is sort of a chucker but he's also a decent playmaker, and pretty good bench guy and Niang was functioning well in their system. Hunter is a zero when it comes to passing and he shoots about as well as LaVert as a forward. So my point is the trade...
  6. brendan f

    The 2025 NBA Trade Deadline Thread

    This has been his best NBA season by a lot so to believe in him you have to believe what he's done so far is what you can project from him moving forward and he hasn't shown much reason to believe it. He's been a pretty bad pro. This is not necessarily a trade that is going to work in their...
  7. brendan f

    Lakers 2024-25: Does Luka tip the scales enough to make LA heavy favorites?

    Oh, the offense on paper is going to crush teams. The obvious question is health (especially now with Williams, too) but they may end up being the team the Suns were supposed to be (or, if you take the negative, they could just end up being the Suns).
  8. brendan f

    Guess who’s back….back again : Josh McDaniels is the OC

    Yeah we'll see how his arms measure out. Looking at Thorn's write-up it's interesting because he says Campbell is easily the top OL prospect in the draft but does say at the end he's "a prime candidate to move inside" (though seems to praise a lot of the work he did at tackle?). And even after...
  9. brendan f

    Lakers 2024-25: Does Luka tip the scales enough to make LA heavy favorites?

    Yeah...but also that draft pick could be gold. Still not sure who is supposed to be defending on the Fakers. They need to trade Reaves for a wing defender.
  10. brendan f

    Guess who’s back….back again : Josh McDaniels is the OC

    I think you're both underrating him. Jeremyah has him ranked 8th, Matt Miller has him mocked going 7th, Renner has him ranked 12th (but mocked him to the Pats at 4). Zierlein gives him about the same grade as Mason Graham. Obviously to draft him at 4 you have to be 100% convinced he's going to...
  11. brendan f

    Guess who’s back….back again : Josh McDaniels is the OC

    Daniel Jeremyah, Mike Renner. Also an unnamed source who Lindsay Rhodes talked to at the Senior Bowl, said she really trusts this guy's O-line evals but she didn't name him. I wouldn't be "livid" with him at 4. I would be disappointed if Hunter or Carter aren't there, but if they're gone, not...
  12. brendan f

    Guess who’s back….back again : Josh McDaniels is the OC

    I sort of panned the McDaniels hire and I was probably in the wrong. I think with some time on the college circuit, he's going to incorporate some new ideas and use Maye appropriately. Hopefully he's simplified some of his terminology to make it easier for the WRs. Vrabel has compiled what seems...
  13. brendan f

    Lakers 2024-25: Does Luka tip the scales enough to make LA heavy favorites?

    What's hilarious to me is that reportedly Charlotte called Pelinka about the Williams deal. Luka had told Rob he wanted a lob threat so when the phone rang Rob prob was like, oh cool, let's do it. Guy hasn't initiated anything, just answered his phone. Great aura or something.
  14. brendan f

    Luka traded to Lakers for AD!??!???

    He wasn't just critical to their defense, he was their defense. But, agreed. Well, yeah. The risk is that Dallas was tired of him being out of shape and he becomes even more bloated with a bloated contract. It's crazy they couldn't get more for him than AD and a bad first, but he has a lot of...
  15. brendan f

    Guess who’s back….back again : Josh McDaniels is the OC

    I'm somewhat encouraged by the Edelman interview that he'll tailor his offense more to Maye and allow for some RPO stuff; Maye will be able to get the system down so it could work out really well, but I'll be fascinated to see if JM adapts his system to better fit Maye. Cassel was on an...
  16. brendan f

    Robyn Glaser out?

    This sounds like a perfect encapsulation of this entire bogus report. I'm not even sure it's fair to characterize it as a demotion or relegation, more like she appears to be going back to doing the job she's always done as opposed to the expanded role she had under Mayo as a support person for...
  17. brendan f

    Next Coordinators - who do you want?

    One candidate Reis mentioned was Dave Ragone. He could be an interesting hire as he is currently the Rams QB coach and also served as Falcons OC for three seasons under Arthur Smith, who was the OC under Vrabel. It's not clear how much input he had in Atlanta as OC since Smith was calling their...
  18. brendan f

    Next Coordinators - who do you want?

    I think people are putting too much emphasis on McDaniels being a good hire because he'll never be a head coach again, so we don't have to worry about him leaving. If the coordinator runs a good system and gets Maye and the offense where we all hope it can go, it's a good thing if the...
  19. brendan f

    Next Coordinators - who do you want?

    These are all really important points and for me is exactly why he's not a good hire. Maye is going to have to learn all of this archaic terminology that no one uses, do all of these pre-snap reading which--at least in part contributed to Mac Jones's struggles--and then all of it will have no...
  20. brendan f

    Next Coordinators - who do you want?

    I don't think Saleh and Vrabel are a good fit. Vrabel likely wants a smaller personality as his DC and I'd be surprised if Saleh had much interest. I'm with you on McDaniels. I could see it happening but I'm lukewarm. The problem is most of the guys who are up and coming have (obviously) never...