Lue has to be owed around $10-12m on his contract to boot. It's nice to be Tyronn Lue today.
I''m sure Cleveland would love to get rid of the final two years and $15m Korver is due.
He's too old...….and not injured enough. I'm sure they'd be interested in Lonnie Walker though.
Maybe more appropriate here...
(Pretty good sports day in the SRN household: saw the Warriors dispatch the Nets at Barclay's at 5 pm, then rushed home just in time for the WS opening pitch.)
(Pretty good sports day in the SRN household: saw the Warriors dispatch the Nets at Barclay's at 5 pm, then rushed home just in time for the WS opening pitch.)
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Not to get off topic but Sundays in October are my favorite days of the year.
8:30 Dunkies
9:30 London game
1:00 Pats game/Red Zone and open the windows
4:30 NFL prime time game
7:00 NBA League Pass games (with a 5pm/6pm start blended in)
8:00 World Series
8:20 NFL Sunday Night Game
Pitino wants back into the league...
Adrian WojnarowskiVerified account @wojespn 1h1 hour ago
Story on ESPN: Rick Pitino hires agent, wants chance to become NBA coaching candidate. “I want to develop teams and develop players and build a winner. I want to fit into an organization. At this stage, that’s all I’m interested in.”
Adrian WojnarowskiVerified account @wojespn 1h1 hour ago
Story on ESPN: Rick Pitino hires agent, wants chance to become NBA coaching candidate. “I want to develop teams and develop players and build a winner. I want to fit into an organization. At this stage, that’s all I’m interested in.”
It didn't smell right to me when Pitino said he was finished coaching. That's all he knows.....coaches coach. I mean if an owner evaluated Thibs, saw all of his obvious leadership flaws, and gave him complete autonomy of the organization I'm sure there is someone out there intrigued by Pitino.
As a GM/VPOps he failed on several levels. As an NBA Head Coach however he was clearly in the upper half at the time he was in the league in getting both the Knicks and Celtics to overachieve the talent on the floor.
Recency bias alert, but I'd seriously consider taking the Clippers' bench mob — Lou Williams, SGA, Scott, Harrell, Boban, sixth man Teodosic — over the LOLWizards' starting five. Pretty sure it's been mentioned here already, but I think a lot of people are massively sleeping on the Clips. I'd bet even money on them to make the playoffs, and wouldn't really relish drawing them in the first round.
Yup, I really like this team and they have the perfect coach for that roster. They are built for regular season success with so much depth but I wouldn't expect much out of them in the playoffs as that tournament favors the top heavy rosters.
Boban can be very effective too. So skilled.
I don't know how skilled Boban is-- his defense leaves something to be desired--but he can dunk without jumping.
I agree about the Clips, though. As for the Wizards, they are giving up 140 ppg and already fighting among themselves. But Grunfield will blame it all on Scott Brooks and then overpay for a few more mediocre players.
I agree about the Clips, though. As for the Wizards, they are giving up 140 ppg and already fighting among themselves. But Grunfield will blame it all on Scott Brooks and then overpay for a few more mediocre players.
Raptors @ Bucks tonight. Should be a really good game. The Bucks have been destroying everyone since game 1.
Pelicans at Nuggets should be a good one too.
Pelicans at Nuggets should be a good one too.
Fultz looks not good. Opposing PG or whoever is defending him are barely above the foul line. He is not even looking to shoot in the slightest
Warriors are beating the Bulls in Chicago, 92-50 at half time. Thompson is 12-16 and 10-14 from 3 with 36 points. Curry has 23. lol.
One of the Warriors few “issues” in the early going was Klay’s three-point shooting. He had been an unfathomable 5-36 through the first seven games.
Tonight in Chicago: 10-14 from three for 36 points ... in the first half.
So... what would happen if Klay went nuclear with Steph and KD playing at their obscene level, against a bad team like the Bulls?
92-50 Warriors at the half. Dear lord. (Now watch the Bulls cut it it to 7).
Tonight in Chicago: 10-14 from three for 36 points ... in the first half.
So... what would happen if Klay went nuclear with Steph and KD playing at their obscene level, against a bad team like the Bulls?
92-50 Warriors at the half. Dear lord. (Now watch the Bulls cut it it to 7).
Klay so hot his head is bleeding. 44 points, 12-17 from 3, still 8 minutes left in the 3rd...
Just tied the NBA record with 7 minutes left in the 3rd...
Hahaha, and the record falls — 14 threes — after the team just spent 4 minutes running no offense other than “feed Klay.”
Just tied the NBA record with 7 minutes left in the 3rd...
Hahaha, and the record falls — 14 threes — after the team just spent 4 minutes running no offense other than “feed Klay.”
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Broke it. 52 points with 4:53 left in the 3rd. Scored the last 14 for GS.
edit: Probably done for the game.
edit: Probably done for the game.
That's the second time in a week the Warriors have had a player score 50+ in the first three quarters. And in between KD went for 42, although it took him four quarters to do it -- slacker.
I was referring to Boban's offensive ball skills, footwork and natural scoring ability. He can be exploited defensively especially in todays game but he's a flat out beast offensively in the minutes that he does get. He has 51 points in 56 minutes while shooting 76% from the field......in the preseason he scored 60 points over 51 minutes on 69% shooting.
Over his career he's only dunked on around 15% of his FGA....his offensive game isn't like a Muresan used to be. Watching Boban play is one of my favorite parts of the NBA.
I think the Spurs are going to be better than people think. DeRozan has been outstanding this season; I know they have crappy PGs, but DeRozan is averaging 8.5 assists right now and I think having bad PGs isn't that big of a deal as long as another perimeter player is creating for others. Aldridge is still a solid #2 option, Rudy Gay has been a good PF for them; Pop is going to get the most out of the role players; I think they are going to surprise people with how well they finish.
So it is hard to disentangle Pitino's record as GM from his record as a coach, but one way is to look at the season where he was fired. 12-22 under Pitino, 24-24 under Jim O'Brien, with basically the same personnel. They went on to have 2 reasonably good seasons under O'Brien, although by then the talent was better.
Not buying Pitino as an above average NBA coach.
Apparently, first game in NBA history between teams that both enter with a record of 6-0 or better.
Lots of future bar bets to be won with this trivia question.
Doncic is good. HRB is going to be eating all those negative words he had to say 
31 points last night, to go with 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. For the season is 20/6.5/4 and shooting 39% from three
31 points last night, to go with 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. For the season is 20/6.5/4 and shooting 39% from three
Yup. I was on Team Spurs as well and though people were underselling what Pop could do with a flawed but still somewhat talented team. And this was before Murray and Walker went down, which was a huge blow.
Nice. Seems to me like the biggest thing he has to work on is his body, which is also one of the easiest things for young players to work on, with armies of nutritionists, chefs, workout gurus, etc. at their beck and call. Give him a year to work off the baby fat and get into a lither, stronger, more Manu-like body, and look out.Doncic is good. HRB is going to be eating all those negative words he had to say
31 points last night, to go with 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. For the season is 20/6.5/4 and shooting 39% from three
Houston is really really fragile. They were already really shallow against the Dubs, and lost Ariza from that. Add in the fact that Melo is almost unplayable now, and they're in trouble. I don't want to overreact to early season stuff, but at the least, I'm comfortable saying that they look like a 6-8 seed. It's hard to be top half in the West with those types of depth issues.
Wolves may need to re-think Houston's offer of 4 firsts for Butler. This could be a crystal ball to the Rocket's future in a few years.
Fire Thibs...hire Sam Hinkie... start The Process Part II
Why are you ignoring the turnaround of both the Knicks and the Celtics once he was hired? Records aside, Pitino was one of the first to integrate analytics into the college and later the NBA game. He's a pioneer in that regard. This isn't Larry Drew or Tyronn Lue weren't talking about here.
The stuff he was doing at Providence was never taught at the college level and now it is a fixture of every program. He was criticized for how his Knicks were playing because "NBA players won't do that" while now everybody incorporates the systems that Pitino helped bring to the league.
I get the hatred of the person. You gotta look past that though. The guy helped revolutionize the game.
This is what happens when Carmelo and Dwight jump on board. Shit, Dwight hasn't even had to play to make an impact!
Funny article on the 'Zards here: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/10/30/18040508/washington-wizards-john-wall-bradley-beal-chemistry.
Didn't know Howard was out with a sore butt muscle. You can't make these things up.
Woof, Suns had 2 top 8 picks in the 2016 draft, 4 and 8.
They just declined the option on #4 (Bender, who I have to admit I thought was going to be good)
#8 was traded away for Ryan Anderson... and the Rockets declined his option.
Top 10 picks almost never have the option declined barring major injury, and somehow the Suns drafted 2 of them in the top 8 of the same draft
They just declined the option on #4 (Bender, who I have to admit I thought was going to be good)
#8 was traded away for Ryan Anderson... and the Rockets declined his option.
Top 10 picks almost never have the option declined barring major injury, and somehow the Suns drafted 2 of them in the top 8 of the same draft
Which is one of the many reasons that Ryan McDonough no longer has a job.
Funny enough, the Suns moved up to #8 from #13, where the Kings eventually took Georgios Papagiannis, who is already out the league.
If you look back at our 2016 draft poll, Bender was our runaway favorite for the Celtics to take at #3 that year, with 40.8% in favor (including myself, shamefully). Dunn came in 2nd at 21.5%, and Murray 3rd and 14.6%. Jaylen was 4th at 13.8%. I blame Porzingis; after the Knicks hit on him the year before, the idea of a 7 foot Euroleager who could shoot threes and switch on defense got us all salivating. But worth noting that McDonough wasn't totally out of left field on that one.
At least we were generally right about Criss - dead last of the named options, at 3.1%. So we can rightfully laugh at McDonough for that one.
And as always, Danny knows way, way more than we collectively do.