The Official 2015 NBA Free Agency/Off-Season Thread

[street heat]

tristan thompson is replaceable. he needs to understand this. im sure they can use the money elsewhere and be just fine

 

[jaguar paw]

tristan thompson is replaceable. he needs to understand this. im sure they can use the money elsewhere and be just fine

 

[42 Monks]

Its kinda funny tho - without TT, their ability to trap and pressure guards becomes trash.

I'm positive that LBJ wants him so bad because he provides one of the key parts of what made Miami's defense so good. No idea where this max money shyt came from, but I understand LBJ's reasoning on this one. They'll get bombed the fukk out by any team likely to come out of the West. Cleveland may get a solid part of their scoring back, but ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh their D is gonna be extra suss without him.

 

[NatiboyB]

Its kinda funny tho - without TT, their ability to trap and pressure guards becomes trash.

I'm positive that LBJ wants him so bad because he provides one of the key parts of what made Miami's defense so good. No idea where this max money shyt came from, but I understand LBJ's reasoning on this one. They'll get bombed the fukk out by any team likely to come out of the West. Cleveland may get a solid part of their scoring back, but ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh their D is gonna be extra suss without him.

And it's not like he's a shot blocker or anything he's very active and a demon on the boards.

 

[Black]

And it's not like he's a shot blocker or anything he's very active and a demon on the boards.

That nikka is a hustle guy similar to faried no way in hell you max him out.

 

[holidayinn21]

Oh, and coach Dave Joerger is looking for a team already known for hard play to play "nasty." Joerger explained what he meant in a recent interview with Ronald Tilley of the Memphis Commercial Appeal (a pay site):

• • • 
      " 'It means more full-time physicality. We’re tough but a part of our toughness is that we play hard all the time. I think we can be more physical. I’m looking forward to being more physical. People look at physicality as a guy goes to the rim and you put him on the floor. OK. That’s one part of physicality. But when you look at those (Coach Jerry Sloan) Utah Jazz teams they screened hard and they cut hard and they just kept coming at you. They were nasty. And they would hard-foul you. That’s fine and that’s what I meant by that.' "

So the answer to your offensive woes.....................is by acquiring matt fukking barnes and playing more physical with the 2nd oldest team in the league Man fukk joerger.


See, if a team constantly made moves to put together a championship puzzle, and couldn't get it done, okay, at least you put forth your best efforts. But never in my years of watching basketball, have I seen a team who called themselves a contender, self-impose their own ceiling. These fools are more concerned with the grit n grind gimmick and struggle offense, and attempting to hold teams to 70 points and making the fans happy than to consistently score 100 and try to switch things up.

If i'm conley, I'd walk after this year and play in a system that would utilize his talents.

 

[NatiboyB]

That nikka is a hustle guy similar to faried no way in hell you max him out.

I cosign to the fullest the contract he was offered was way beyond someone of his production.

 

[AkaDemiK]

if they don't resign TT.....it's a reynold's wrap

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Heat Check: Is Pat Riley’s Rebuilt Squad the Most Intriguing Team in the NBA? - Lowe's latest piece.

That #2 spot is up for grabs in the East. Riley with that quick rebuild, while Hinkie turning over the same ole stones.

 

[42 Monks]

Heat Check: Is Pat Riley’s Rebuilt Squad the Most Intriguing Team in the NBA? - Lowe's latest piece.

That #2 spot is up for grabs in the East. Riley with that quick rebuild, while Hinkie turning over the same ole stones.

The only thing Miami has going for them, and its a damned good thing if I'm not hating, is Bosh + Whiteside. That shyt is gonna crush buildings. People think that Gasol and Z-Bo are a problem... I don't think that B/W is quite the absolute controlling force that those guys are, but offensively they're waaaay more versatile and in the East there won't be half the competition.

Everything else on Miami's roster is a questionmark or

And I still think Spoelstra is one of the league's more overrated coaches.

I got Indy, Chicago, and darkhorse Hornets as the surprises in the East this year.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The only thing Miami has going for them, and its a damned good thing if I'm not hating, is Bosh + Whiteside. That shyt is gonna crush buildings. People think that Gasol and Z-Bo are a problem... I don't think that B/W is quite the absolute controlling force that those guys are, but offensively they're waaaay more versatile and in the East there won't be half the competition.

Everything else on Miami's roster is a questionmark or

And I still think Spoelstra is one of the league's more overrated coaches.

I got Indy, Chicago, and darkhorse Hornets as the surprises in the East this year.

Dragic/Chalmers*
Wade/Green
Deng/Winslow
Bosh/McRoberts/Stoudemire
Whiteside/Stoudemire/Anderson*

That roster shyts on every squad, except for Cleveland. If they're healthy when the postseason rolls around, and all the other matchups fall in place - we'll be looking at a Cavs/Heat ECF.

 

[42 Monks]

Dragic/Chalmers*
Wade/Green
Deng/Winslow
Bosh/McRoberts/Stoudemire
Whiteside/Stoudemire/Anderson*

That roster shyts on every squad, except for Cleveland. If they're healthy when the postseason rolls around, and all the other matchups fall in place - we'll be looking at a Cavs/Heat ECF.

Dragic is the questionmark, every one of those guys bolded could be dead by January and guaranteed to be gassed by March.

 

[Box Factory]

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Dragic is the questionmark, every one of those guys bolded could be dead by January and guaranteed to be gassed by March.

All those guys will be managed accordingly, so they're fit and healthy for the postseason. Unless there's a long-term hiccup, they'll be straight.

 

[Serious]

All those guys will be managed accordingly, so they're fit and healthy for the postseason. Unless there's a long-term hiccup, they'll be straight.

shut up nikka.