EPTNBA 2016-17 Season - Page 15
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JimmiC
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Ace
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JimmiC
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Ace
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On December 13 2016 06:32 JimmiC wrote: I wouldn't think trading there second best player would be a good move. I think keeping the 3 hyper athletic stars in lavine towns and wiggins would be key. Then fill around them with shooters to space the floor. Also, not rush and try to fix it, they are young let them grow. But with any "trade this guy" thing I guess it always matters what you get back. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/pvXCtP5.gif) User was warned for this post | ||
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andrewlt
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They remind me of those Chicago Thibs teams that would beat Lebron's team every year but end up with mediocre records. You don't get extra wins for beating the good teams in the regular season. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17007 Posts
 i wonder if the bench hardly played in the other games you brought up. amazing display of athleticism here.. the steal.. cuts thru 2 players.. breaks away all alone.. and .. https://streamable.com/spn6 | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
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oneofthem
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Djagulingu
Germany3605 Posts
On December 14 2016 12:52 oneofthem wrote: minny's shit defense reflects on towns current defensive ability as well as levine/wiggins. they dont have an ibaka to cover up pnrs Gorgui Dieng, the Poor Man's Ibaka, doesn't cut it I guess. | ||
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JimmiC
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oneofthem
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JimmyJRaynor
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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18280618/nba-players-union-verge-new-labor-deal-sources-say like any NBA exec thibodeau will rarely be completely honest about what his top priorities are regarding player acquisitions. so what he says you can take with a grain of salt. Minnesota needs are: 1. a ball distributor who is at least somewhat of a scoring threat Rubio just ain't that good. its time for Minnesota to admit that drafting Rubio 5th in the 2009 draft was a mistake. Teams/Orgs have trouble admitting they drafted wrong and let guys like Rubio hang around far too long. I'm sure Rubio is a great human being and a solid citizen. That makes it all that much harder to lower his minutes. Its time to make Rubio their back up PG or have him leave the team entirely. As a back up PG Rubio is at least average. b) A wholly owned D-League Affiliate If they plan on moving up the standings they won't be drafting from the top and they'll need a place to develop the high ceiling raw players you find lower in the 1st round. Unless they plan on drafting low ceiling ready-made players which is prolly a bad idea. iii.) a bench. playing several starters 40 minutes a game all year long is a bad idea. Putting Rubio on the bench helps this. | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
even brooklyn's bench almost got up | ||
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Djagulingu
Germany3605 Posts
On December 15 2016 09:34 JimmyJRaynor wrote: new labour deal imminent... .YA! http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18280618/nba-players-union-verge-new-labor-deal-sources-say like any NBA exec thibodeau will rarely be completely honest about what his top priorities are regarding player acquisitions. so what he says you can take with a grain of salt. Minnesota needs are: 1. a ball distributor who is at least somewhat of a scoring threat Rubio just ain't that good. its time for Minnesota to admit that drafting Rubio 5th in the 2009 draft was a mistake. Teams/Orgs have trouble admitting they drafted wrong and let guys like Rubio hang around far too long. I'm sure Rubio is a great human being and a solid citizen. That makes it all that much harder to lower his minutes. Its time to make Rubio their back up PG or have him leave the team entirely. As a back up PG Rubio is at least average. b) A wholly owned D-League Affiliate If they plan on moving up the standings they won't be drafting from the top and they'll need a place to develop the high ceiling raw players you find lower in the 1st round. Unless they plan on drafting low ceiling ready-made players which is prolly a bad idea. iii.) a bench. playing several starters 40 minutes a game all year long is a bad idea. Putting Rubio on the bench helps this. If they have a DL Affiliate, they can have both 1 and 3. Adreian Payne, Tyus Jones and Kris Dunn all have that ceiling. Shabazz too. Those 4 guys just need one step up in their game, each. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On December 15 2016 09:34 JimmyJRaynor wrote: new labour deal imminent... .YA! http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18280618/nba-players-union-verge-new-labor-deal-sources-say like any NBA exec thibodeau will rarely be completely honest about what his top priorities are regarding player acquisitions. so what he says you can take with a grain of salt. Minnesota needs are: 1. a ball distributor who is at least somewhat of a scoring threat Rubio just ain't that good. its time for Minnesota to admit that drafting Rubio 5th in the 2009 draft was a mistake. Teams/Orgs have trouble admitting they drafted wrong and let guys like Rubio hang around far too long. I'm sure Rubio is a great human being and a solid citizen. That makes it all that much harder to lower his minutes. Its time to make Rubio their back up PG or have him leave the team entirely. As a back up PG Rubio is at least average. b) A wholly owned D-League Affiliate If they plan on moving up the standings they won't be drafting from the top and they'll need a place to develop the high ceiling raw players you find lower in the 1st round. Unless they plan on drafting low ceiling ready-made players which is prolly a bad idea. iii.) a bench. playing several starters 40 minutes a game all year long is a bad idea. Putting Rubio on the bench helps this. generally true but you also can't assume thibs knows what he actually needs. i agree that rubio is really limiting but they do need a rim protecting guy too. wiggins, not sure what his problem is between lack of effort and just lack of awareness. his inconsistency within season and even within games points to the former. he can play good for a few quarters but really disappear too. | ||
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JimmiC
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JimmyJRaynor
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i don't think resting healthy players can be regulated. Teams will just become better at making up excuses. They'll be "dying" distant relatives... guys will intentionally flunk strength tests to prove they are in "pain" etc. So I think the only way to deal with it is to space out the games more and hope teams opt for resting players less often. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
i dont really care about rebounding but his assists is troublingly low | ||
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