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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 17, 2022 7:38:23 GMT
Let's Do It Baby!
NBA Draft and Free Agency right around the corner!
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 17, 2022 7:42:06 GMT
The Wiz have announced their 2022/23 City Edition Alternate Unis -
Interesting.....
I like em
A bit like the Heat's Miami Vice Unis
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 17, 2022 7:50:15 GMT
Per CBS Sports -
Key Dates -
June 23: 2022 NBA Draft
July 2-3: California Classic in San Francisco – Lakers, Heat, Kings, Warriors)
July 5-7: Salt Lake City Summer League (Grizzlies, Thunder, 76ers, Jazz)
July 7-17: NBA Summer League in Las Vegas
Sept. 30, Oct. 2: Warriors, Wizards to play preseason games in Japan
Oct. 6, Oct. 8: Bucks, Hawks to play preseason games in Abu Dhabi
Jan. 19: Pistons, Bulls to play regular-season game in Paris
Feb. 17-19: 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend/All-Star Game in Salt Lake City
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 17, 2022 14:31:18 GMT
Toronto 4 - Clippers 3
It's Raps, not Rapts.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 17, 2022 17:16:35 GMT
Toronto 4 - Clippers 3 It's Raps, not Rapts. Interesting
I always emphasize the 'T' - a hard 'T' if you will and over pronunciate to add a little oomph.
Rumors swirling the Blazers are dangling the #7 pick in the Draft for OG Anunoby......
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 18, 2022 7:21:16 GMT
NBA Mock Draft - Top 10 - per nbadraftroom.com
1. Magic - Jabari Smith Jr. - PF - Auburn 2. Thunder - Chet Holgrem - C - Gonzaga 3. Rockets - Paolo Bancharo - PF - Duke 4. Kings - Keegan Murray - PF - Iowa 5. Pistons - Jaden Ivey - SG - Purdue 6. Pacers - Dyson Daniels - PG - G League Ignite (Australia) 7. Blazers - Jalen Duren - C - Memphis 8. Pels - Adrian Griffin Jr - SF - Duke 9. Spurs - Ousmane Dieng - SF - New Zealand Breakers (France) 10. Wiz - Shaedon Sharpe - SG - Kentucky
Can't wait to see how Holmgren pans out and if he manages to put weight on
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 18, 2022 15:19:05 GMT
NBA Mock Draft - Top 10 - per nbadraftroom.com 1. Magic - Jabari Smith Jr. - PF - Auburn 2. Thunder - Chet Holgrem - C - Gonzaga 3. Rockets - Paolo Bancharo - PF - Duke 4. Kings - Keegan Murray - PF - Iowa 5. Pistons - Jaden Ivey - SG - Purdue 6. Pacers - Dyson Daniels - PG - G League Ignite (Australia) 7. Blazers - Jalen Duren - C - Memphis 8. Pels - Adrian Griffin Jr - SF - Duke 9. Spurs - Ousmane Dieng - SF - New Zealand Breakers (France) 10. Wiz - Shaedon Sharpe - SG - Kentucky Can't wait to see how Holmgren pans out and if he manages to put weight on OKC is the right city for him, I think at best he's a poor man's Jokic. I don't think he'll ever be a team's 1 or even 1A option, yet he could bring his distribution skills & secondary scoring. Frankly, I would never draft his body type. Injury risks... recovery time investments... can't do it. As for the draft, I'm reading more trade hype all around which will be interesting.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 18, 2022 23:09:25 GMT
NBA Mock Draft - Top 10 - per nbadraftroom.com 1. Magic - Jabari Smith Jr. - PF - Auburn 2. Thunder - Chet Holgrem - C - Gonzaga 3. Rockets - Paolo Bancharo - PF - Duke 4. Kings - Keegan Murray - PF - Iowa 5. Pistons - Jaden Ivey - SG - Purdue 6. Pacers - Dyson Daniels - PG - G League Ignite (Australia) 7. Blazers - Jalen Duren - C - Memphis 8. Pels - Adrian Griffin Jr - SF - Duke 9. Spurs - Ousmane Dieng - SF - New Zealand Breakers (France) 10. Wiz - Shaedon Sharpe - SG - Kentucky Can't wait to see how Holmgren pans out and if he manages to put weight on OKC is the right city for him, I think at best he's a poor man's Jokic. I don't think he'll ever be a team's 1 or even 1A option, yet he could bring his distribution skills & secondary scoring. Frankly, I would never draft his body type. Injury risks... recovery time investments... can't do it. As for the draft, I'm reading more trade hype all around which will be interesting.
Was thinking more a poor man's this guy (if he stays healthy)
I fear for the kid getting broken in half.
OKC would be a nice spot. No spotlight on him like L.A. or New York.
Of course I always thought Charlotte would be a nice spot for Adam Morrison (just thinking of other Zags with a ton of hype coming into the draft)
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 18, 2022 23:26:57 GMT
NBA Mock Draft - Top 10 - per nbadraftroom.com 1. Magic - Jabari Smith Jr. - PF - Auburn 2. Thunder - Chet Holgrem - C - Gonzaga 3. Rockets - Paolo Bancharo - PF - Duke 4. Kings - Keegan Murray - PF - Iowa 5. Pistons - Jaden Ivey - SG - Purdue 6. Pacers - Dyson Daniels - PG - G League Ignite (Australia) 7. Blazers - Jalen Duren - C - Memphis 8. Pels - Adrian Griffin Jr - SF - Duke 9. Spurs - Ousmane Dieng - SF - New Zealand Breakers (France) 10. Wiz - Shaedon Sharpe - SG - Kentucky Can't wait to see how Holmgren pans out and if he manages to put weight on OKC is the right city for him, I think at best he's a poor man's Jokic. I don't think he'll ever be a team's 1 or even 1A option, yet he could bring his distribution skills & secondary scoring. Frankly, I would never draft his body type. Injury risks... recovery time investments... can't do it. As for the draft, I'm reading more trade hype all around which will be interesting. Skinny big men don't fare well in the NBA. Short shelf lives. Ralph Sampson, Sam Bowie, Manute Bol
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 18, 2022 23:40:33 GMT
OKC is the right city for him, I think at best he's a poor man's Jokic. I don't think he'll ever be a team's 1 or even 1A option, yet he could bring his distribution skills & secondary scoring. Frankly, I would never draft his body type. Injury risks... recovery time investments... can't do it. As for the draft, I'm reading more trade hype all around which will be interesting. Skinny big men don't fare well in the NBA. Short shelf lives. Ralph Sampson, Sam Bowie, Manute Bol
Couple of outliers
Manute actually played like a decade
Shawn Bradley hung around for like a decade too (actually managed to put some weight on as he got older/matured/metabolism slowed down)
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 19, 2022 0:00:22 GMT
Skinny big men don't fare well in the NBA. Short shelf lives. Ralph Sampson, Sam Bowie, Manute Bol
Couple of outliers
Manute actually played like a decade
Shawn Bradley hung around for like a decade too (actually managed to put some weight on as he got older/matured/metabolism slowed down)
Sampson was a four time All Star. One of the best CBB players I've ever seen. But injury prone. None on the skinny ones ever became a Ewing or an Olajuwon.
EDIT: and Holmgren make Bradley and Sampson look like a Sherman Tank. He's not skinny, he's emaciated.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 19, 2022 9:59:42 GMT
Per ESPN -
20 players have been invited to attend Draft Night
Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren, Paolo Banchero, Jaden Ivey, Keegan Murray, Bennedict Mathurin, Dyson Daniels, Shaedon Sharpe, Jalen Duren, AJ Griffin, Johnny Davis, Ousmane Dieng, Jeremy Sochan, Ochai Agbaji, Mark Williams, Malaki Branham, TyTy Washington, Tari Eason, Jalen Williams and MarJon Beauchamp
I always feel bad for the last guy sitting there alone in the middle of Round 2 -
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 20, 2022 7:55:35 GMT
Per ESPN -
Kenny Atkinson, afraid of challenge and failure, has informed the Charlotte Hornets he will not become their new head coach and will remain with the Warriors as an assistant.
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Post by NJtoTX on Jun 20, 2022 12:27:54 GMT
Per ESPN - Kenny Atkinson, afraid of challenge and failure, has informed the Charlotte Hornets he will not become their new head coach and will remain with the Warriors as an assistant. Why would anyone other than KD want to get off that Warriors train? He moves up to Mike Brown's top assistant position.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 20, 2022 18:19:04 GMT
Shams Bomb!
Please Lakers or Knicks -
'Sources: Kyrie Irving, Nets are at impasse in conversations about his future in Brooklyn, clearing way for the seven-time All-Star to consider the open market. Lakers and Knicks expected to emerge among potential suitors.'
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 21, 2022 7:47:44 GMT
Shams Bomb -
'Miami’s PJ Tucker will opt out of his $7.4 million player option for the 2022-23 season and enter free agency, sources tell @theathletic @stadium. Several championship contending teams are expected to compete for Tucker, who was a key part of Milwaukee’s title run in 2021.'
PJ is one of those tough vets every contender needs
Guy is an alpha dog that doesn't take sh*t from anybody
Sixers please - been trying to get him for years for bench toughness
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 21, 2022 15:16:00 GMT
WOJ Bomb!
'Mike D’Antoni is set to meet with Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan on the franchise’s coaching job today, sources tell ESPN. D’Antoni was the other Charlotte finalist before Kenny Atkinson changed his mind on accepting position and stayed in Golden State on Saturday.'
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 21, 2022 20:03:26 GMT
WOJ Bomb! 'Clippers F Nic Batum will decline his $3.3M player option and become a free agent, sources tell ESPN. There’s expected to be mutual interest with Clippers and Batum on reaching a new deal in July.'
Shams Bomb!
'Toronto Raptors‘ Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk has exercised his $1.9 million player option for the 2022-23 season, sources tell @theathletic @stadium.'
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 21, 2022 21:14:44 GMT
Draft in 2 nights is going to be a blast Windy Bomb! 'The Sixers and Suns are showing interest in trading for Eric Gordon, per @windhorstespn.'Yes please. Would look nice at the '3'.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 22, 2022 7:52:38 GMT
Woj Bomb!
'Kendrick Nunn, as expected, has elected to opt in for his contract with the Lakers for next season, sources tell ESPN.'
Shams Bomb!
'Houston Rockets’ John Wall’s agent, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul, has informed the organization that the guard exercised his $47.4 million player option for the 2022-23 season, sources tell @theathletic@Stadium.'
Pompey Bomb!
Sounds like Morey is trying to get the Band Back Together (from Houston)
Sixers trying to clear space to offer PJ Tucker a 3 year $30 million deal. Rockets want a 1st Round Pick for Eric Gordon - Sixers have the 23rd pick in the Draft
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