OKC beat down Memphis so bad their players are already changing professions
you are far more optimistic about Bucks/Pacers than me
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It wouldnât shock me if the Bucks make a series out of it or Indiana wins in 4 or 5. T-Wolves-Lakers have already featured a wire to wire win for each team in 2 games so I think stuff can easily sway game to game
I just think the Bucks are sort of bad? Itâs Giannis and what - a 50% Dame? Bobby Portis? Kyle Kuzma? They stink! They canât defend without Lopez, but canât score with him. Their 2/3 guys have to be the worst in the playoffs, including like Miami (Kuzma, Prince, Green, Trent)
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https://x.com/MarcJSpears/status/1915037615205810430?t=GQjVH_yNMZnjHFMjk1anGA&s=19
Troy Weaver and Joe Dumars together in New Orleans.
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Amazing how bad some nba franchises are
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I think Weaver is fine as a scout/draft. The covid year draft was not good because of lack of scouting and evaluation which is true for other pro sports league draft. As long as Weaver isnât in charge with trades and signing FAs, meh.
Itâll be interesting to see how Dumars will do the 2nd time around as a GM. I do think he was handcuffed by Karen Davidson towards the end of his tenure and tried to maintain/rebuild on the fly from Going to Work era.
How theyâll handle Zion will be key for NOLA.
Hopefully Pistons can fleece them in some future deals
I would love to see the Pistons get Herb Jones. Just get him back with Vinson and get his 3 pt shooting fixed.
I like Herb. Love Trey Murphy but I canât see him being available. I want nothing to do with Zion.
Iâm not shocked that the franchise that has paid $0.00 in luxury taxes since their inception but has gotten $76 million in revenue share, who shares a training staff with the ownerâs NFL team, and until this year an EVP, who just hired a lead decision maker who hasnât been in a role or one like it for a decade without a single interview just hired, hands down, the worst GM in the past decade of NBA basketball.
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It is going to be an unbridled disaster. Itâs an unserious franchise that doesnât care about about winning games, that exists to collect revenue sharing payments hiring literally the worst people available because they donât have other job offers.
And look, if you gave Charlie Villanueva, Josh Smith, and broke-down Ben Gordon like $40 million of my money in 2014 dollars you bet your a$$ Iâd handcuff you.
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Herbâs contract is reasonable and Murphy just signed a good sized extension so I think Murphy is off the table.
Herb Jones
for
Two 2nd round picks
Fontecchioâs deal that Troy can waive and stretch
I think that makes sense for both sides.
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I would give them Sasser as well 
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Why do you guys want Herb Jones
Seems like a hat on a hat on a hat
Trey Murphy? Sure
They can basically trade him into cap-space next year, and then hope to god Beasley signs the max extension off his bird rights, and youâre cooking with gas
Duren
Thompson
Murphy
Ivey
Cade
Stew, Beasley, Harris, Holland, Sasser, Tech
bang thatâs a basketball team
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*for Alvarado.
Hereâs a good rundown of where the Hawks are. A big mess of an org and stuck in prugatory.
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Murphy would be ideal, but Herb is more attainable IMO. We just need someone who can play the 4 for the Pistons and there isnât much depth after Tobias there.
Ausar will play the 4
solved
their big thing should be to find another high level offensive player
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