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NBA Off-season thread: Duncan and Garnett retire

Me too. I am hoping he has a Paul Pierce like career, but I wish he were a few inches taller.
 
BiffTannen said:
He's an average player. That's what average players make. Spencer Hawes is going to make almost $6 million next year.
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Thanks for the laughs. Your indignation is about approximately $1M of an NBA salary. We have a margin of error disagreement and you are making into a war.

This is hilarious and shows your pettiness. Thanks for playing.
 
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jaybone said:
Me too. I am hoping he has a Paul Pierce like career, but I wish he were a few inches taller.
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He's not like Pierce. Paul Pierce was always a physical presence. Hield is a better shooter but not as strong.

I agree that Hield is going to score a lot and be a really good pro.
 
RJKarl said:
Thanks for the laughs. Your indignation is about approximately $1M of an NBA salary. We have a margin of error disagreement and you are making into a war.

This is hilarious and shows your pettiness. Thanks for playing.
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The lack of self-awareness is just incredible.
 
RJKarl said:
He's not like Pierce. Paul Pierce was always a physical presence. Hield is a better shooter but not as strong.

I agree that Hield is going to score a lot and be a really good pro.
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Maybe a different Pierce then - my main man Ricky Pierce circa Seattle Sonics 1990-1993, or other Sonics shooters Dale Ellis OR - most boring shooter of all time - Hersey Hawkins.
 
jaybone said:
Maybe a different Pierce then - my main man Ricky Pierce circa Seattle Sonics 1990-1993, or other Sonics shooters Dale Ellis OR - most boring shooter of all time - Hersey Hawkins.
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Other than Hawkins those guys came off the bench. I think Hield will be a long time starter and should make more All Star Games than Hawkins.

Didn't Hawkins average something crazy like 35 ppg as a senior?
 
Dude. My main man Ricky Pierce started for about 10 years, averaged over 20pts a game for at least 6 years. You are talking to serious Sonics homer here as as a young buck I lived in Seattle during the Rain Man and GP's reign. Pierce was a starter in Milwaukee traded to Seattle (I think perhaps for Dale Ellis) who started in Milwaukee and then for a few years in Seattle before he hit his early 30s.

Know your Pierces! I always say.

Edit to add: Ricky Pierce started for only 2 years in Seattle a half a season in Milwaukee, was a super sub; Dale Ellis was a starter for Seattle though for 3 or 4 years before being traded. So I don't know my Pierces, which is a bummer for me as I AM a Pierce going back to the Declaration of Independence so very embarrassing not to know my family tree
 
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jaybone said:
Not going to predict draft busts, but I do think there are few players who will outperform their draft spot (a la Porzingis and Lillard): Buddy Hield, Henry Ellenson, Denzel Valentine, Forkan Korkmaz, Brice Johnson, Gary Payton Jr., Malcolm Brogdon, Aj Hammons, Michael Gbinji, Cat Barber, and Jake Layman
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next Niky Shooter potential?
 
jaybone said:
Dude. My main man Ricky Pierce started for about 10 years, averaged over 20pts a game for at least 6 years. You are talking to serious Sonics homer here as as a young buck I lived in Seattle during the Rain Man and GP's reign. Pierce was a starter in Milwaukee traded to Seattle (I think perhaps for Dale Ellis) who started in Milwaukee and then for a few years in Seattle before he hit his early 30s.

Know your Pierces! I always say.


Apparently you don't know much about Ricky Pierce. In his 16 season NBA career, Ricky only started as many as 50% of his team's games THREE times. (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/piercri01.html). I'm guessing three is still less than ten.

Also he only 20ppg three times. Is that still less than six?

Oh yeah, two of those three years were as sixth man. :)
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so, back to the draft...

If you were your team's GM, then who would you pick?

I hope the Clippers take Bembry and Ulis.
 
If I were the Celtics GM, I'd take bmoney.

I can't believe Ainge turned down Okafor for the 3rd pick. Hell, if I were Coangelo, I would have demanded the 16th pick as well. There's no one in the draft after #2 who is nearly as good as Okafor.

I would also offer the Suns Okafor and #26 for #4 and #13. Then take Hield/Dunn and the French guy or Valentine. OR, if Brown is still available at #7-9- offer #13, Noel and #26, to get Brown.

If I were RC Buford, I'd see if I could trade #29 and Danny Green to move up to #12-18. You could get a younger Green and free up $10M+ to go after Durant. I'd also be talking to Tony about his future. Because I'd want to be making a big play for Conley to look to the future.
 
palmab03 said:
8 mil a year is pretty solid under this cap. #12 should be shit.
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The money isn't really the issue, but the Jazz aren't going to compete next year anyways, so why not go high-risk, high-reward at the #12 pick and spend a fraction of that? It's not like you're locking up your back-up PG for the next several years or anything.
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
The money isn't really the issue, but the Jazz aren't going to compete next year anyways, so why not go high-risk, high-reward at the #12 pick and spend a fraction of that? It's not like you're locking up your back-up PG for the next several years or anything.
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Why don't you think the Jazz will compete next year?

The Jazz were a handful of games out of the playoffs last year and have a lot of intriguing guys on that roster in Hayward, Favors, Gobert, Hood, and Burks. They'll also have Exum playing as a redshirt rookie, so it could be nice to pair him with a versatile guard.

Hill is kind of a perfect fit, if not a year or two too old, but nevertheless a guy that could help Utah leapfrog Houston, Memphis, and Dallas in the standings and develop a franchise-caliber point guard in the meantime.
 
It's likely Hayward won't be there or they will get nothing for him.
 
Looks like Philly is trading Noel or Okafor tonight, I wonder who gets kicked off the island.

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I'm kinda low on Hayward. Not good enough to be a #1, but puts up good numbers. Like Bosh on the ptors. And the rest of that backcourt is meh.
 
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