NBA 2013-14 Season - Page 205

On February 27 2014 07:13 jmbthirteen wrote:

its not just the 9ppg. its the 9ppg at 36% shooting. thats just down right awful

On February 27 2014 10:03 zulu_nation8 wrote:
So after buying out Granger, the Sixers pretty much just traded away Evan Turner, their top pick who's finally developing into a decent player but due to be a FA, for literally nothing. I'm kinda confused, they had to have spent a bit to buy out Granger, but the money won't count against them in the cap. They would've gotten nothing if Turner didn't re-sign. Did Philly know Turner wasn't going to re-sign or they didn't wanna have to match bids or something? Cuz the FA class isn't that great and bottom feeders like Philly probably shouldn't be cutting assets like this. Even if they draft another forward, Turner can just take a smaller role. There's little chance they'll find better value with the money saved unless they had to offer Turner the max or something ridiculous.

On February 27 2014 11:37 RowdierBob wrote:
Turner won't sniff $10 mill in FA. He's due $8.7 mill next year per his QO and that's way overpriced.

He's barely worth half that IMO.

On February 27 2014 13:35 zulu_nation8 wrote:
What I don't get is why Philly was so intent on cutting him loose, is it some behind the scenes stuff?

On February 27 2014 13:41 Doraemon wrote:


what's the point of keeping him though? he's pretty much peaked on a pretty large contract, the future is MCW + this year's draft.

On February 27 2014 14:10 zulu_nation8 wrote:


He had a breakout year this year and he's still 25. Keeping Turner doesn't conflict with MCW's development. Turner can still be useful even sharing minutes with whoever they draft this year, which will surely be Wiggins or Parker unless they get the #1 pick. It's really bad for a rebuilding team to just let go one of their top assets like this for nothing. Philly will have the cap space to pursue a big time FA next year even if they keep Turner. Now that I look at the 2014 FAs, Turner would easily get more than his QO in the open market.

Philly seems to have this thing where they let go of their assets early when they don't see them being championship pieces or something. With Holiday they made a good trade, but not many projected MCW to be the real deal and they could've easily been without a PG. They let Vucinic go which was a mistake. Trading away Hawes is understandable with Noel coming back and Hawes in his final year. But with Turner, there are honestly not that many players in the league who are versatile and can play the same positions. There's really no reason not to keep him for one more year, even at 8m it wouldn't scare teams. Filling out an NBA roster is pretty hard to do. Everyone can talk about whether this or that guy is overpaid, but the value is determined by the market and if you don't shell out that extra 2-3m a year then you end up with having to sign min players to fill your bench.

For example what happens if Philly doesn't sign anyone above their midlevel this offseason? They tank for another year with an inexperienced starting lineup and a scrub bench and there's no guarantee their 18m+ w/e cap space will be able to attract a star in 2015. And if they decide to spend on someone, who can they realistically attract? Give Avery Bradley 10m? Offer Hayward the max? When on one wants to play for you you have to pay more than other teams. More importantly you have to at least have a plan to win instead of just keep tanking till you hit the jackpot.

On February 27 2014 11:53 Doraemon wrote:


derozan is getting 9M a year from memory...if waiters chucked that many shots he'd average 20 a game too.

turner gonna get paid, what people are worth hardly ever reflects how much they get paid.

bulls really dunno how to tank. and for all the hype the dubs get, they're only like 2 games above 9th (memphis)

not watching the game, but why did westbrook take another crunchtime 3?

On February 27 2014 18:05 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I hope Philly do pull out a smart move cuz trading for Bynum certainly wasn't.

On February 27 2014 17:54 DystopiaX wrote:

East is too bad to tank, even if we tried we might make the playoffs. That and Thibs hates losing and Noah literally doesn't know how to play less than 100% at all times, like he was even playing D during the ASG

On February 27 2014 18:28 DystopiaX wrote:
As horrible as our offense is we're still to good to not make the playoffs in the East sadly. And our defense is still good.

On February 27 2014 18:36 AxionSteel wrote:
Clippers are top 3 in my hate list, but the other two you picked are in my top 5 favs