NBA off-season Thread

• Hb31187

  

  Rubio will amount to nothing im betting
• Hb31187

  

  robj55;804121 wrote:a jason williams without the elite quickness/speed and jumper

  
  So pretty much nothing like him except that he can pass haha
• robj55

  

  Hb31187;804136 wrote:So pretty much nothing like him except that he can pass haha

  
  well there is the craftyness and ball handling, I think Rubio will be better than most expect, it's a pick and roll league now and he's been running that at a pro level since he was a teen, he will need to get stronger and get better on d
• Hb31187

  

  I really dont think hell do much at all, if anything. I really dont like how slow, non explosive he is. I mean if you can shoot, it wouldnt be so bad . But he has no outside shot, and showed in the FIBA championsihps that he has trouble finishing with long athletic players in the paint. I think hell be average at best, but I may be surprised
  
  Edit: not to mention he doesnt have much to work with in Minny aside from Love
• jordo212000

  

  Luckily for the Twolves they picked another great young PG in that draft. Jonny Flynn. Oh... Wait? Haha no on second thought he's not good either. Kahn sucks so bad
• SportsAndLady

  

  Been hearing a lot of good things about Norris Cole, from Cleveland State, at these pre-draft workouts. Lot of people think he's the 2nd best PG in this draft.
• Hb31187

  

  I dont know if he was a product of his conference being not that great...or if hes just a beast. But the numbers he put up this year were pretttty daman impressive
• hoops23

  

  For the record, I've never been high on Rubio either.
  
  I don't think he'll be as good as he was hyped up to be, but I do think he could become a serviceable PG just because of his playmaking ability.
• wildcats20

  

  Hb31187;804161 wrote:I dont know if he was a product of his conference being not that great...or if hes just a beast. But the numbers he put up this year were pretttty daman impressive

  
  Norris Cole?
  
  I think he is legit.
• Hb31187

  

  wildcats20;804203 wrote:Norris Cole?
  
  I think he is legit.

  Yeah I was talkin about Cole, sorry. Kinda looks confusing with all the Rubio talk.
• like_that

  

  Surprised there is no talk about the lockout looming. Will there even be a season next year? If not what will be the implications? Based off the few articles by "NBA Player X," it doesn't sound good.
• hoops23

  

  like_that;804242 wrote:Surprised there is no talk about the lockout looming. Will there even be a season next year? If not what will be the implications? Based off the few articles by "NBA Player X," it doesn't sound good.

  
  I wouldn't be surprised at all if the NBA is canceled or at least shortened up big time. It'll be 10X worse than the current NFL lockout.
  
  The NBA is screwed up in finances as is.
• dazedconfused

  

  like_that;804242 wrote:Surprised there is no talk about the lockout looming. Will there even be a season next year? If not what will be the implications? Based off the few articles by "NBA Player X," it doesn't sound good.

  
  i'd be shocked if there wasn't a substantial lockout...like at least until january or february
• jordo212000

  

  Yeah a lockout is coming but Stern, the owners, and players are complete morons if they miss any substantial time. Find a way to make a deal. The league is more popular than ever and has a lot of positive momentum. A lockout would wreck that. Just ask the nhl what a work stoppage will do to your league. Heck it took MLB several years to get back to where it was
• BR1986FB

  Not really a "rumor" out there but a caller called in to WKNR and proposed a hypothetical trade that involved Carmelo Anthony and Lebron. The on air guys seemed to agree that it would be a good fit for both sides. Lebron would be able to have the ball in his hands and Wade would have it in his with Melo as an option. Not something that would happen but the conversation was interesting.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Miami would hurt in that deal as Melo doesn't play any defense and in NY LeBad Games would screw up the team bc he plays defense.
• jordo212000

  

  The Gasol trade just became mainstream. They talked about it on PTI earlier
• wildcats20

  

  jordo212000;807969 wrote:The Gasol trade just became mainstream. They talked about it on PTI earlier

  
  ???
• jordo212000

  

  wildcats20;807976 wrote:???

  
  They mentioned the rumored deal to the Twolves
• wildcats20

  

  jordo212000;807978 wrote:They mentioned the rumored deal to the Twolves

  
  Yeah sorry just looked it up...
  

  From salary cap expert and ESPN contributor Larry Coon on Twitter: "Heard there's something to it. Lakers may have offered [Pau] Gasol for [Kevin] Love and the No. 2 draft pick. No indication that Minny even has Love on the table, although the No. 2 can be gotten. Doubt Minny would do Love and No. 2; doubt LA would do Gasol just for the No. 2. Is there a compromise in the middle somewhere?"
  
  It's been said that Gasol, after Andrew Bynum, is likely the Lakers' best trade chip. And with new acting owner Jim Buss a big fan of Bynum and unlikely to trade him, Gasol becomes the de facto top trade chip for the aging Lakers.
  
  So while a deal such as this may not see the light of day, it could indicate the Lakers are open to moving Gasol to get some younger talent.

  So Love and the #2 pick for Pau. If it's a possibility and I'm Mitch, I'm really thinking about this....
• karen lotz

  

  Saw someone tweet about that earlier. They said if they were Gasol and the Lakers traded him to Minnesota, he would retire on the spot.
• devil1197

  Love and the #2 for Gasol would be terrible for Minny.
  
  They would get a player who obviously wouldn't wantto play for them.
• wildcats20

  

  devil1197;807984 wrote:Love and the #2 for Gasol would be terrible for Minny.
  
  They would get a player who obviously wouldn't wantto play for them.

  
  It's Minny. They drafted 3 PGs in one draft.
• jordo212000

  

  Love and the #2 for Gasol would be terrible for Minny.
  
  
  
  They would get a player who obviously wouldn't wantto play for them.

  They are close in talent level, but I love Kevin Love's game. In a year or 2 Love will be the better player. Kupchak should get exec of the year if he talks them into giving him the number 2 as well.
• karen lotz

  

  Absolutely nothing would shock me with KAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNN.