Metta World Peace: The NBA Offseason & Lockout Thread.

Over/under as to when we'll get our first regular season game?

I say no earlier than January 15th...

 

Hey, Sactown, it's Jimmer Time.*
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*Pending the lockout, of course...

 

My thoughts on yesterday are quite mixed. There really wasn't any logical reason to dump Beno and the 7 pick for Salmons and the 10 pick. He's been our most steady player these past 2 years and while he was his short-comings on D, he's a capable floor general and plays well off of Evans. That being said, if the trade didn't go down there would be a glut of PG's with Thomas and Jimmer (if they play him there) being added to the fold and Jeter still on the books (for now). I'm not trilled at all about Salmons but he was fairly productive when he was here. If he isn't still suffering from tunnel-vision it could work out.

As for the draft itself we got good value at all 3 picks. I can't complain at all. At each pick we got the player we originally targeted. It should be fun to see Jimmer and Thomas light up the scoreboard off the bench whenever basketball starts up again.

 

Can someone explain to me how the Sacramento backcourt is supposed to work? Are they going to play with two balls?

Has a combo-guard pairing ever worked well?

 

Cowherd has prettly relentlessy bashed Fredette as a certain bust so it's not suprising he's bashing the team that selected him. Cowherd is kind of a spaz, IMO.

Spurs had an interesting draft for once. Pop came out and said after the Memphis loss that the Spurs were going to move aggressively to get back to being a defense first squad. And then they went out and traded their best perimeter defender.

Apparently Kawhi is a good defender as well but this move doesn't make a ton of sense to me right now. They must really see something in him.

 

Thornton and Evans will start. Thomas and Jimmer will come off the bench. We don't have a choice other than to pair up 2 combo-guards down the road with Jimmer and Evans. Will it work...probably not. We are still a lottery team.
I don't see us making a move for Parker or Jameer Nelson. Now that Miller and Felton are off the board it looks like we will stay put.

We are a joke. The Maloofs have tied Petrie's hands and essentially called the shots. They've left him with little fiscal leeway and we've been bleeding money for years (though we have boo-coo cap space). We have made few sensible moves outside of the past 3 drafts aside from getting Thornton. If everyone wants to join in and bash us go right ahead. I have no comebacks anymore.

 

Not incredibly excited about the Rockets draft, though I don't what you could expect from this years last lottery pick.

They got Marcus Morris, who doesn't know whether he's a 3 or a 4. If he turns out being a 3 then he starts ahead of Budinger. If he's, most likely the case, a four than he sits behind Scola. I have no idea what this means for Patrick Patterson and Jordan Hill. And Chandler Parsons? Enjoy the D-league big fella.

Motiejunas, is the desperation let's get a big guy for God's sake pick. Rockets hoping that Motiejunas won't suck or Thabeet won't keep sucking, and/or Yao Ming has a miraculous recovery. 1000/1 any takers? Chuck Hayes is not the future at the Rockets 5, that's for sure.

Ugh, looks like another 42-40 season give or take. We need to make moves, and then there's the lockout.....F@&#

I just love staying in the middle of the pack.

 

That Jan Vesely guy looks like he'll either be a success or a total bust, not much chance for any middle ground with him...

 

They'll be fun to watch. John Wall, running things with McGee and Vesely in tow. Should be cool. I have no idea where their scoring is going to come from though. They're probably setting themselves up for next years draft, which has a lot of talent. Same with the Bobcats.

 

It is July 1, 2011 and it is official - NBA lockout.


Shannon Brown, Lakers guard, will test the free agency and opted out.

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6725536&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines

 

Sasha Vujacic going to Turkey. Howard is considering China. Williams wants to go overseas (forgot which country). I am sure there will be more.

 

Deron Williams is headed to turkey and will play for Besitkas(sp)

 

Would you or anyone know what the big competitive leagues in Europe?

In soccer, we would consider Premiership, La Liga, Serie A, and Bundesliga as the so called big leagues. What comparable leagues are there in Europe in terms of basketball?

 

Honestly couldn't tell you. I don't follow European basketball but from what I've read it sounds like countries like Spain, Italy, Turkey and Greece have decent basketball leagues.

 

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John Wall isnt a score first PG.

The scoring will come from Nick Young [17 ppg] and Jordan Crawford [16.3 ppg], as well as Blatche [17 ppg]. I think that these numbers will only get better. Nick Young had a coming out party last season after Arenas was traded. In 3 games vs. the Heat [one of the better defensive teams in the league] he averaged 27 points. 19 against the bucks 3rd in pts allowed. 27 in 2 games vs. Hornets.

Im not sure if the Wizards will make the playoffs next year, but one thing I dont think I will be worried about is where the scoring will come from. Its defense.

This is my introduction into the basketball, lockout thread...