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HelloAgain

robj55;1634093 wrote:Even if Melo does go, DRose is an unknown at this point. I played against a dude today who plays in Switzerland professionally and he said he recently played against Derrick Rose in some summer thing. The jist of the story is that he said DRose was terrible, couldn't score and couldn't defend anyone. Said it looked like he had lost all passion to play the game after being out for two years basically. Take it with a grain of salt or whatever but DRose may never even be close to what he was before. His entire game was based on athleticism.

If Carmelo goes to Chicago and they don't have to give up Gibson, they are the favorites to win the East in Vegas. That's not really in question.

And your friend sounds like a fucking idiot. I'm shocked Rose wasn't going 100% coming off a near career-ending injury in a pickup game against a guy who spends his free time trying to take over YMCA pickup games.

robj55

KB0938;1634099 wrote:I kinda doubt Derrick Rose would be putting up much effort in an off season pick up game, or show any real passion for playing pick up in the summer lol. I dont think hell be 100% of what he is, but even 80-90% of what he was is better than almost every PG in the NBA

Right that's why I was saying take it with a grain of salt. The guy I talked to said he looked terrible though, like he had lost all confidence and passion to play the game.

robj55

HelloAgain;1634101 wrote:If Carmelo goes to Chicago and they don't have to give up Gibson, they are the favorites to win the East in Vegas. That's not really in question.

And your friend sounds like a fucking idiot. I'm shocked Rose wasn't going 100% coming off a near career-ending injury in a pickup game against a guy who spends his free time trying to take over YMCA pickup games.

He's not my friend just some dude I played with, I said take it with a grain of salt but apparently you didn't read the whole post. He said he was terrible. Doesn't mean anything just thought it was interesting.

HelloAgain

robj55;1634104 wrote:He's not my friend just some dude I played with, I said take it with a grain of salt but apparently you didn't read the whole post. He said he was terrible. Doesn't mean anything just thought it was interesting.

He's playing in pickup games that you're apparently good enough to hang in and you buy his shit about playing in a pickup game with Rose?

Pick6

Chicago doesn'y even have cap space right now. They would need to do a lot of clearing and would look quite a bit different if they were to land melo.

HelloAgain

Pick6;1634106 wrote:Chicago doesn'y even have cap space right now. They would need to do a lot of clearing and would look quite a bit different if they were to land melo.

Sign and trade with NY

gport_tennis

Amnesty boozer free's up most of that

KB0938

robj55;1634100 wrote:I disagree, DRose isn't the player he was, plus they won't be able to play off of each other with chemistry. They both need the ball in their hands and are ball stoppers. They would be good but not better than those Cavs. All hypothetical of course because we don't know what's going to happen, doesn't look like Melo is going to go to Chicago.

I dont know if Rose will be the player he is until he steps on the court, not sure how you could know hes not the player he was before he even plays a game either.

And as far as Melo being a ball stopper. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1959538-is-carmelo-anthony-really-a-one-dimensional-player-for-ny-knicks Hes actually very good at passing out of double teams and finding the open man. Hes no lebron, but hes not a black hole by any means. But yeah like you said doesnt matter bc hes not going to Chicago anyways

robj55

HelloAgain;1634105 wrote:He's playing in pickup games that you're apparently good enough to hang in and you buy his shit about playing in a pickup game with Rose?

It was an observation, good god lol Let's make a huge deal about it. I just thought it was interesting. Me playing with him has absolutely nothing to do with it.

robj55

KB0938;1634109 wrote:I dont know if Rose will be the player he is until he steps on the court, not sure how you could know hes not the player he was before he even plays a game either.

And as far as Melo being a ball stopper. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1959538-is-carmelo-anthony-really-a-one-dimensional-player-for-ny-knicks Hes actually very good at passing out of double teams and finding the open man. Hes no lebron, but hes not a black hole by any means. But yeah like you said doesnt matter bc hes not going to Chicago anyways

I don't know for sure, no one does. But it's hard to imagine that he will be the same player mentally, let alone physically. He shot 35% from the field last year in a small sample size but that's not good obviously. Melo has a reputation as the biggest ball stopper in the league, his whole game is based off isolation. Now if he were going to play with an unselfish star then I think he could do well as a catch and shoot player but Rose isn't that player.

gport_tennis

So apparently Wiggins just signed a close to $100mill shoe deal with adidas....

Pick6

gport_tennis;1634114 wrote:So apparently Wiggins just signed a close to $100mill shoe deal with adidas....

not sure where you're seeing this. Rovell just reported 2 mil a year.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11193663/adidas-signed-cleveland-cavaliers-draft-pick-andrew-wiggins-shoe-deal-according-sources

gport_tennis

Check out @SpearsNBAYahoo's Tweet: https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/486721029566263297

gport_tennis

Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) tweeted at 11:58 PM on Tue, Jul 08, 2014:
Andrew Wiggins' new Adidas shoe contract their most for rook & in "ballpark" of Damian Lillard's new 10-year close to $100m deal,source said

Pick6

well someone is way off lol. hope its that doucher rovell.

Pick6

Lebron in a Cavs uniform makes the front page of USA today.

Lovejoy1984

Hornets gave Hayward the max.

KB0938

HighRoller74;1634124 wrote:Hornets gave Hayward the max.

Lmao this is gonna be on one of those lists in 10 years as one of the top horrible contracts

lhslep134

4 yrs 63 lololol

that's the sh*tty team tax ya gotta pay. glad it wasn't us

Classyposter58

Haha I will admit I think D-Rose at 20% beats me in a pickup game. Lmao "lost the passion"

friendfromlowry

A few thoughts:

robj55;1634071 wrote:Is Cleveland a championship level team if Lebron returns?

1. I think it'd be between them and Chicago in the east, depending on what 'Melo does.

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2. I'd be very surprised if we didn't have answers re: Lebron and/or Melo by the end of the day.

3. I just don't see how Lebron goes back to Miami. IMO, Bosh is incapable of being that solid, dependable #2 guy to pick up the slack. Wade played 2/3 of the season and had a limited impact, and he'll be another season older. As it stands, they certainly haven't gotten better so far. I think you could argue they've gotten worse.

4. God only knows what goes on behind the scenes. Lebron/Wade/Bosh/Riley could be working on some super-secret deal to bring in 'Melo, Kobe, Duncan, Brett Favre, Mike Trout, Manziel, and Jordan out of retirement. I say that jokingly, but obviously these guys wheel and deal on their own, behind the scenes.

robj55

Classyposter58;1634128 wrote:Haha I will admit I think D-Rose at 20% beats me in a pickup game. Lmao "lost the passion"

Again, not my words. Just what was said to me.

friendfromlowry

Classyposter58;1634128 wrote:Haha I will admit I think D-Rose at 20% beats me in a pickup game. Lmao "lost the passion"

Haha oh man it'd be close though he probably only beats you by a couple points!!

like_that

friendfromlowry;1634131 wrote:Haha oh man it'd be close though he probably only beats you by a couple points!!

Haha, but for real though i am pretty good at basketball. I could score a couple points.

/classy

GOONx19

That picture of Bennett is exciting. Looks like he took the off-season very seriously. I hope it shows up in his game, too.

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