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Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
July 09 2016 20:05 GMT
#341
If they had had more cap space last year, they could have used the space to try to build assets in mid tier players. They might have even been able to convince a decent player to come over with the expectation that they could lure another player this year. It's hard to get two free agents to come over at once. Much easier to lure them once you already have a few good players signed. Lakers are currently dogshit. They aren't going to be able to get any good without first not being dogshit...unless they hit a homerun in the draft that is.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17807 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-09 20:26:09
July 09 2016 20:10 GMT
#342
On July 10 2016 04:28 Taf the Ghost wrote:
I know everyone likes to mention Zika, though it's really nothing much of a worry. (Rio isn't in the heavily effected areas.) No, the raw sewage and every other facility is the worry.

i prolly should not have brought it up. it makes for worthy debate material in another thread.

3 more spots are available for the Olympics. i mentioned teh filling of 1 spot in a previous post. Also Serbia plays Puerto Rico today with the winner getting a spot at the Olympics as well. and Italy versus Croatia with the winner going to the Olympics as well. So lots of basketball to watch today and tomorrow

Harden and the Rockets have a deal.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16928325/james-harden-signs-new-contract-houston-rockets
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Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
July 09 2016 21:12 GMT
#343
The Harden deal is pretty fascinating. They pretty much just paid him an extra ~21 Million for 1 more assured year under contract that they're going to pay him 30.5 million to play. (4th year is a Player Option.)

Can't say the Rockets didn't move to keep Harden happy, especially as they just used their spare cap-space to do it and their roster was already full.
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
July 10 2016 00:30 GMT
#344
I mean, Houston is between a rock and a hard(en) place. Harden is their best player but also brings a lot of limitations. Maybe we're just seeing those limitations because the supporting cast is lacking. Regardless, Houson has lost a lot of talent the last few years, Lin,Parsons, Howard all gone.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
July 10 2016 01:00 GMT
#345
On July 09 2016 11:29 zulu_nation8 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2016 10:56 Scarecrow wrote:
On July 08 2016 10:35 zulu_nation8 wrote:
ok, warriors are fucked

Bookmarking this for when they go back 2 back. Ezeli's pretty irrelevant. Durant, Draymond, Zaza and West will do fine.


I hope so. They do still need another center and the FA market is getting thin.

Looks like they might get Sanders if he can keep his shit together.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
July 10 2016 02:07 GMT
#346
Oh shit, I forgot about that guy.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
July 10 2016 02:46 GMT
#347
if larry sanders goes to the warriors that'd be funny. he's really good, lol
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Cyanocyst
Profile Joined October 2010
2222 Posts
July 10 2016 03:11 GMT
#348
On July 10 2016 06:12 Taf the Ghost wrote:
The Harden deal is pretty fascinating. They pretty much just paid him an extra ~21 Million for 1 more assured year under contract that they're going to pay him 30.5 million to play. (4th year is a Player Option.)

Can't say the Rockets didn't move to keep Harden happy, especially as they just used their spare cap-space to do it and their roster was already full.

Personally think it was a pretty silly move. Think this is how the conversation went.

Daryl Morrey : "Hey 'Hard-man' we see you’re under contract for way below your market value, now that the cap has increased. If you give us one additional year of your impeccable defense, longer than your current contract, we’ll increase your annual salary proportional to the cap increase. "

Harden: "Don’t mind if i do"

Doesn't make sense to me, if you want to keep Harden happy, use the space to bring in more talent around him.

And all the Rockets really received was one additional year, not a lot of value for being so inexplicably nice to him.
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Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
July 10 2016 09:43 GMT
#349
They had 10 million or so left in Cap Space, which, at this point in Free Agency, does them very little. There's no one of any significance left to add, so it's actually a useful use of their cap-space. If Harden was going to stay, they'd have actually been paying him higher for the year he added, anyway.

What matters to the Rockets now is who decides to blow things up by Christmas, as the Rockets will be looking for trades. Granted, that doesn't defend the decision to bring in D'Antoni.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17807 Posts
July 10 2016 15:13 GMT
#350
In one of these Olympic Qualifiers Serbia had 37 baskets and 37 assists
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Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
July 10 2016 19:11 GMT
#351
What was wrong with bringing in D'Antoni?
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
July 10 2016 23:04 GMT
#352
Portland matched Crabbe, spent 150M on Turner and Crabbe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
July 11 2016 00:40 GMT
#353
Just in case you were wondering, Nene is on the Houston roster.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
July 11 2016 00:57 GMT
#354
On July 11 2016 04:11 Jerubaal wrote:
What was wrong with bringing in D'Antoni?

Defense was a big reason they underperformed last year. Now they've lost Dwight and added a coach that neglects defense. Unless it's some sort of stealth tank, it doesn't make much sense.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
July 11 2016 01:48 GMT
#355
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Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
July 11 2016 03:25 GMT
#356
On July 11 2016 09:57 Scarecrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 11 2016 04:11 Jerubaal wrote:
What was wrong with bringing in D'Antoni?

Defense was a big reason they underperformed last year. Now they've lost Dwight and added a coach that neglects defense. Unless it's some sort of stealth tank, it doesn't make much sense.


doesnt really matter who they brought in - that defense is going to be shit anyways.
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
July 11 2016 04:09 GMT
#357
I guess with the warriors and spurs it's not like they're in legit contention. Might as well play an exciting brand of O for the fans instead of trying to staunch the bleeding at the other end.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
July 11 2016 04:26 GMT
#358
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Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
July 11 2016 04:37 GMT
#359
I think Morey and D'antoni just want to hang out in their treehouse together.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
July 11 2016 04:46 GMT
#360
On July 11 2016 13:26 JimmiC wrote:
If I'm a Cavs fan there is a small part of me growing every day gnawing me from the inside saying " what if he doesn't sign here?"

Probably, just because he is so enigmatic. However, IMO the risk is next year because he intends to make the CBA Lebron -friendly when it comes up.
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