EPTNBA Offseason Thread 2009
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XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
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Ace
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ProwL
United States56 Posts
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Xeris
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72AND10
United States93 Posts
Other than that, althought it isn't 2010, it's still an interesting offseason concerning free agencies. | ||
CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
nesterovic is comin back, fuck ya! | ||
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bdams19
United States1316 Posts
Biggest drop off: Celtics I highly doubt LA will repeat... they can't keep Bynum, Gasol, and Odom. I think they are going to get rid of Odom personally. | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
please explain for me  | ||
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72AND10
United States93 Posts
On June 17 2009 03:06 bdams19 wrote: Most improved teams: Thunder, Bulls (although they did plenty well for themselves this year), Warriors, Wizards Biggest drop off: Celtics I highly doubt LA will repeat... they can't keep Bynum, Gasol, and Odom. I think they are going to get rid of Odom personally. Apparently Odom is willing to take a paycut; we'll see. But don't forget to add Ariza to that list; he's coming off a great run in the playoffs and will most certainly be asking for more money. | ||
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Zozma
United States1626 Posts
On June 17 2009 03:06 bdams19 wrote:Biggest drop off: Celtics Well, to be fair, they didn't have Garnett. | ||
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bdams19
United States1316 Posts
On June 17 2009 03:14 Ace wrote: did you put Warriors on that list?! please explain for me It's just a hunch. The Warriors are one of the most vastly under performing teams in the league. They are literally loaded with young talent but yet no one gets consistent playing time and they have no chemistry. Beidrins and Ellis missed a large part of the season with injuries, and Stephen Jackson played 40+ minutes a game every game THROUGH injuries. As a result, Crazy Don Nelson experimented with ridiculous rotations. With Ellis, Biedrins, and Jackson healthy again, their rotation will revert back to normal. Ellis will run the point again, which will shift SJax back over to his natural position at SG. Maggette is as solid a 6 man as you can find in the NBA as far as scoring threats go (Jason Terry aside). Biedrins was having a break out year, improving in every single category but he still gets too many fouls too quickly and the same goes for Turiaf. If they can develop their raw players games a little, I feel like they are going to have pretty good team. Also, play defense lol. | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14886 Posts
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
About Golden State: They have lots of young talent but bad management, which means they are wasting it. Monta Ellis is still a bit overrated and needs to mature his game. Stephen Jackson = a fucking monster on the court. He's very overlooked because he always plays for bad coaches or bad teams. Biedrins is solid. Everyone else, except Jamal Crawford because he is always screwed is an iffy case for considering playoff bound talent. Maggettee falls into the Ben Gordon trap - shoot first, never ask questions about if they should stop shooting. | ||
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XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
On June 17 2009 03:21 72AND10 wrote: Apparently Odom is willing to take a paycut; we'll see. But don't forget to add Ariza to that list; he's coming off a great run in the playoffs and will most certainly be asking for more money. Odom previously stating that he is willing to take a pay cut, the expectation that many teams will be reluctant to spend money this summer because of the economy, the leftover good will from being on a championship team, and maybe even Kobe opting out and taking less money (slim to none, but still worth pondering), gives LA some hope in retaining this group. | ||
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Elegance
Canada917 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On June 17 2009 04:24 bdams19 wrote: It's just a hunch. The Warriors are one of the most vastly under performing teams in the league. They are literally loaded with young talent but yet no one gets consistent playing time and they have no chemistry. Beidrins and Ellis missed a large part of the season with injuries, and Stephen Jackson played 40+ minutes a game every game THROUGH injuries. As a result, Crazy Don Nelson experimented with ridiculous rotations. With Ellis, Biedrins, and Jackson healthy again, their rotation will revert back to normal. Ellis will run the point again, which will shift SJax back over to his natural position at SG. Maggette is as solid a 6 man as you can find in the NBA as far as scoring threats go (Jason Terry aside). Biedrins was having a break out year, improving in every single category but he still gets too many fouls too quickly and the same goes for Turiaf. If they can develop their raw players games a little, I feel like they are going to have pretty good team. Also, play defense lol. This is where your prediction goes horribly wrong. Anyways, it's too early to predict anything because of the draft/FA signings. Except that the Warriors and Clippers will suck. We can predict that. | ||
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72AND10
United States93 Posts
 And yeah... With the current outlook, I would put my money on the fact that the Warriors and Clippers are going to continue to suck next year. Especially because they're in the west. | ||
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poor newb
United States1879 Posts
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Xeris
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