They were the clear 3 seed in the west before he got hurt. They dropped to 8th without him and had to win their last game at home to make the post season.
He is that good
Jimmy Butler traded to Philly for Robert Covington and Dario Saric. Jimmy plans to re-sign.
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They were the clear 3 seed in the west before he got hurt. They dropped to 8th without him and had to win their last game at home to make the post season.
He is that good
Deep_Black_Conscious
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No he's not.
I'm not going to get in into a back and forth with you over this. Agree to disagree.However, I do believe he is the perfect 3rd piece aka 3rd option. He reminds me a lot of Paul George. I for a very long time always felt like Paul George was overrated and would best serve as a 3rd option as he is too damn streaky to be a reliable 1st or 2nd option.
According to stats the Thunder are an elite team with Andre Roberson (when the big 3 started to click) and were on a roll before he got hurt. Does that mean Andre Roberson is an elite player? Absolutely not. Some players play a very important specific role or roles for their team and that what makes them special for THAT TEAM e.g. Draymond Green
This is what is lost in the age of analytics. People put too much focus on the numbers and don't pay attention to
1) the eye test
2) context
3) attention to detail
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Kang Deezy
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They were out in five games. They weren’t one piece away from a contender and jimmy only had two years left on his deal.
You don’t mortgage your future for a one round elimination. I don’t care what your excuse is, it’s stupid.
beenz
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I remember when that trade went down, I was
as hell cuz we didn't get wiggins over lavine. looking at the money and productivity, lavine is the better deal.
in hindsight, the :butler: deal looks like a heist now getting dunn, lavine and markanan for :butler: and the nikka the wolves drafted with the broken foot.
ALonelyDad
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LV Koopa
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They were out in 5 because Jimmy was hurt and...uh...they played Houston. This concept of mortgaging your future must be something you heard but don't understand.
They went to the 3rd seed, top of the league in offense and middle of defense with Jimmy. 37-11 Record. 10-14 without. Aka back to right outside the lottery. They also had extensions for Wiggins and Towns. There is no waiting - those guys are about to get paid AND Lavine has an extension on the table.
You have to be a stone cold idiot to pay 3 dudes over $350 million and not even make the playoffs. The Warriors were allowed to do this because this were A.) before the cap spike and B.) they had Steph on a $44 million deal.
Minnesota's management may be complete shyt but they understood how bad it would look to be paying luxury tax for a non-playoff team.
Kang Deezy
Overall Nice Guy
I don’t agree with the Wiggins contract either
Bad work all the way around by the front office
do it mitch 
Did you really just compare Andre Roberson to Jimmy Butler?
And "the eye test, context, attention to detail" is NOT lost in the "age of analytics" - y'all not to stop saying that nonsense. We live in an age where all those things are paid more attention to than ever before.
No he's not.
However, I do believe he is the perfect 3rd piece aka 3rd option. He reminds me a lot of Paul George. I for a very long time always felt like Paul George was overrated and would best serve as a 3rd option as he is too damn streaky to be a reliable 1st or 2nd option.
According to stats the Thunder are an elite team with Andre Roberson (when the big 3 started to click) and were on a roll before he got hurt. Does that mean Andre Roberson is an elite player? Absolutely not. Some players play a very important specific role or roles for their team and that what makes them special for THAT TEAM e.g. Draymond Green
This is what is lost in the age of analytics. People put too much focus on the numbers and don't pay attention to
1) the eye test
2) context
3) attention to detail
3rd option. You are fukking stupid.
Andre Roberson doesn't avg fukking 24/6/5 on 47% shooting along with 86% from the line
Andre can't shoot nor can he hit FT's
STFU. You just compared Butler to Andre. You don't know basketball.
beenz
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sounds like glen taylor (wisely) went over :coachthibs: head with this :butler: thing.
We were the 3 seed and like 3 games away from the 8 seed. Not the "clear 3 seed." Would've probably dropped even if he didn't get hurt, especially with the way he would ballhog in game winning situations.Then we played the toughest stretch of our schedule right as he got injured.
