He has a no trade clause.If Cleveland continues to stink this badly, would they try to trade Lebron? He's got a year on his contract after this year, right?
He has a no trade clause.If Cleveland continues to stink this badly, would they try to trade Lebron? He's got a year on his contract after this year, right?
Nah, he's a free agent after this year. Iguodala + Livingston + Swaggy P works in the trade machine, though... ;-PIf Cleveland continues to stink this badly, would they try to trade Lebron? He's got a year on his contract after this year, right?
And 13 assists, so he's not going full Kobe out there.He's up to 56 points.
Uhhh...I don't think so.I think you can probably make a case that LeBron, Durant, Curry and Harden are the four best offensive players ever.
Even if he was, he's 19/25 so no one would care. Ridiculous game.And 13 assists, so he's not going full Kobe out there.
The online boxscore I was looking at said he had only played 20 minutes so far. That HAS to be wrong.Harden might legitimately be having the most efficient scoring game in league history right now.
'Zards end up winning by 19 sans John Wall. Although Lowey was apparently ejected midway through 2Q.Wizards blow a 16 point lead against the Raptors on the road. Lots of blown leads today.
5 wins in their last 6 now, they only lost to HOU.Looks like the Knicks are going to pull off the comeback. Porzingis with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 6 blocks on 15/24, 2/2, 8/9 shooting. Ntilikina with 10 points, 7 assists, 2 rebounds and 3 steals on 4/7, 2/3, 0/2 shooting. He looked really good tonight.
1. Harden 19/25, 7/8 3PT, 11/12 FTHarden might legitimately be having the most efficient scoring game in league history right now.
Totally open to other nominees. I specified "on a volume + efficiency basis" which I think is a pretty simple and fair proxy for "best" in terms of scoring. And I added the important caveat about three-pointers — the fact that 3 is 150% more than 2 is a big deal.Uhhh...I don't think so.
Yeah, that pick ain’t happening.Lakers are up 22 in the 3rd at home vs Memphis. If they win, they are 5-5.
3 point game, Memphis ball. 42.5 seconds left.Yeah, that pick ain’t happening.
After shooting 84.5% last year and comfortably over 80% throughout his career. The anti-Drummond? FT shooting is such a weird and psychological thing. I'm actually surprised it's as consistent year-to-year in most players as it is.98-94 game, Westbrook has a chance to get it within 1 and misses all 3 FTs with 20 seconds left. 2/7 for the game. He's shooting 58.8% at the line for the year. 30/51.
Dallas, Atlanta, Sacramento, and Chicago are all lost causes. None of those teams will win more games than LA. Clearly, Cleveland, OKC, and Milwaukee will move ahead of them. Really comes down to Brooklyn and Phoenix.3 point game, Memphis ball. 42.5 seconds left.
Also, the Lakers have played 7 home games and only 3 road games.
If they trade for Bledsoe, I like the Pistons to be a top 4 team in the East. Have a lot of the elements but you're right about Reggie Jackson, of course.They don't seem for real to me at all. They fail the always-reliable eye test, for one thing, though maybe that's just because they start Reggie Jackson. But they're also just not particularly good at anything, and mostly average at everything. Offensive Rating is ninth, which is only borderline good -- and part of that is because Tobias Harris and Avery are shooting admirably but unsustainably well from deep -- and their Defensive Rating is 15th. The only thing that stands out from the stats is they're second in the league in forcing turnovers, but that's true of any team who's faced the Warriors because they play with a greased watermelon. If they end up top four in the East, they'll still get pasted in the playoffs by any one of the Bucks, Raptors, Celtics, etc.
No worries. That Sacramento pick next year looks better and better with each passing game.Yeah, that pick ain’t happening.
Just hope it's 2 and not 1No worries. That Sacramento pick next year looks better and better with each passing game.
Yup, the Suns were never in a million years getting Brogdon or Maker for Bledsoe. Mid to late first-rounder sounds about right to me.If Parker comes back fully healthy, they could be the best team in the East.
It seems about fair value to me. I think Bledsoe is pretty run of the mill, injury prone and had a limited number of teams he could go to.
Well played, Ryan McDonough. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. And nice move putting the freeze on Josh Jackson so the C's had no choice but to pick Jayson Tatum.Pending those additional moves, this return for Bledsoe has to be considered something of a disappointment. Consider that the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Ricky Rubio last summer for a first-round pick and no salary in return. Rubio's value surely wasn't as high as Bledsoe's at the time, and while the first-rounder the Timberwolves got no longer looks as good as Milwaukee's because the Oklahoma City Thunder subsequently added Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, Minnesota got huge benefit from clearing enough cap space to sign Jeff Teague and Taj Gibson as free agents.
Last summer was surely the time to move Bledsoe, whose unhappiness on a losing team was predictable -- particularly after the Suns sat him out after last year's trade deadline to pursue a better pick. Bringing Bledsoe back, and subsequently sending him home after his apparent subtweet, did nothing to improve his trade value.
Never try to outsmug Danny Ainge. Just don't do it. McDonough should have known this, though he has probably been on tilt since the IT theft which was part of the sequence of moves that also saw him move the Lakers pick we now own for Brandon Knight.Well played, Ryan McDonough. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. And nice move putting the freeze on Josh Jackson so the C's had no choice but to pick Jayson Tatum.
What do you mean by this? Does ESPN not want him to do what they bought him for?Bucks get Bledsoe and Woj continues to Bomb; not afraid of Skipper.
ESPN put out a policy that news was not supposed to be broken on social media.What do you mean by this? Does ESPN not want him to do what they bought him for?
Meh... the Bucks have a good, young core. If they don't get a pick in that 11-16 range this year or next, odds are it's in the 20's in 2020. Hard to see them collapsing to a bottom-7 team by then and having that convey (and be valuable) in 2021.Pick protection is actually pretty interesting, and makes the value somewhat better for the Suns:
Edit for mobile: First-round pick protection: 2018: Suns get Bucks pick between 11-to-16. 2019: 4-to-16. 2020: 8 to 30. 2021: Unprotected.
I thought they gave special dispensation to Woj and SchefterESPN put out a policy that news was not supposed to be broken on social media.