The NBA Thread.

Member when Bill Simmons saw a “top 5 player” in a guy who’s now third-best on his own team? And you were all over it because Bill Simmons said so and because stats?

 

Cool story, but it belongs in the fiction aisle, brofessor. Do your normally just make shit up and try to pass it off as something that happened? i can play.

Member when I gave your mom that Cleveland Steamer?

 

And those "stats" things you referred to. I've actually heard they're kind of important. Like, for example, wouldn't, "points" be a thing that falls under the stats umbrella? And, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't "points" the thing that they put on the scoreboard to determine who is declared the winner of a competitive basketball game? Is that how it works? Or did I get that mixed up with something else? I'll of course defer to you on the answer, because clearly you're really smart.

 

He listed him as the 4th-most valuable player in the league, explicitly called him a top-10 player which you bolded and co-signed, and said he was the best power forward in the league. Play semantics all you want, but the only “fiction” was him (or you) acting like he knew a damn thing about basketball.

 

Points on a shit team don’t mean a thing. If you took a G-League team and put it into the NBA, someone would average 18 and 10 and it still wouldn’t mean they were an elite player. Somehow, after years of being wrong, you still haven’t realized that.

 

RIP Jo Jo White

 

I’d make that trade 10/10 again

 

All day long.

 

I love that they convinced Westbrook he was the last pick in the all-star draft because his name was last on an alphabetical order list.

 

He’s a rocket surgeon and fashion expert at the same time.

 

That sucks for Demarcus Cousins

 

Blake Griffin to the Pistons, interesting.

 

So in the past seven months the Cavs have traded Kyrie Irving, Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye and a 1st rd pick for:

Jae Crowder
Jordan Clarkson
Larry Nance
Ante Zizic
Boston’s 2018 1st rd pick (via Brooklyn)
Boston’s 2020 2nd rd pick (via Miami)

 

Kyrie, Channing and a 1st, not Isaiah. But yeah, that Boston trade isn't looking so good for Cleveland now.

 

The roster was too good for LeBron to leave as a victim, won't be a problem now.

 

His absolute need to pound the ball makes everyone else a sideshow. Be diffeeent if he could shoot from any real range.

 

Cavs signing Yu Darvish as well.

 

I just got word I’ve been traded by the Cavs. I didn’t even know I played for them.

 

Cleveland traded half its team, this is fun

 

As JQK alluded to, Isaiah, Frye, Crowder, Rose, Shumpert, Wade all gone. Rodney Hood, George Hill, Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. are new Cavs.