***Official NBA Thread***

[Teja.]

I really hope we meet the Suns in the playoffs again just for the tension from the insane range of storylines going on now between the teams.

 

[andruid]

Bridges is really good and Cam is very talented but injury prone

Their ages align with Nets core plus we got a boatload of picks with the latter ones being potentially really good

KD was never going to play for us again and Suns are banking on health of old, injury prone players

We have seen this from the Suns & Nets for the last few years and it hasn’t worked

Bridges is on my fantasy team. That is how i found out about the trade. He is useful-ish, in a his peak is randomly winning you a first or second round playoff match on account of exploiting a good match up.

 

[social]

Bridges is on my fantasy team. That is how i found out about the trade. He is useful-ish, in a his peak is randomly winning you a first or second round playoff match on account of exploiting a good match up.

So what you’re saying is that he’s better than Chris Paul.

It’s like the same idiots who say that the Nets should trade Simmons for LaVine or Beal

Fkn great

We get perennial losers back & pay $10 million plus picks for the pleasure of getting worse

 

[andruid]

So what you’re saying is that he’s better than Chris Paul.

It’s like the same idiots who say that the Nets should trade Simmons for LaVine or Beal

Fkn great

We get perennial losers back & pay $10 million plus picks for the pleasure of getting worse

Not really. More a wing level equivalent of the likes of Brandon Bass and Kelly Olynyk (they both randomy exploded for 20 something points and won a second round playoff match for the Celtics). He will do a job in the starting 5 but he ain't setting the world on fire.

 

[Anil]

suns will be contenders this season provided their core of paul, durant, booker and ayton are all healthy come playoff time...

 

[Teja.]

The nets return from the 2 sales + cam thomas seems too talented for a complete burn it down team even accounting for keeping the best pieces to attract other talent. Dinwiddie and Bridges are both on 18 ppg (38% from 3) career years as No.2s of major teams due to injuries. DFS, Cam Johnson and Jae Crowder are quality role players who would play 25 mpg+ on most good NBA teams. Outside of Bridges and maybe Thomas, they have the type of boringly good talent who would be highly appreciated role players on even contending teams but not really a major draw for stars.

Are they still one of the top 8-9 teams in the east? I wonder if they'll try to hold on to even hold on to a playoff spot this year considering they have a big headstart to it.

 

[Anil]

Brooklyn may still make the playoffs but they are essentially done for this season…

 

[andruid]

The nets return from the 2 sales + cam thomas seems too talented for a complete burn it down team even accounting for keeping the best pieces to attract other talent. Dinwiddie and Bridges are both on 18 ppg (38% from 3) career years as No.2s of major teams due to injuries. DFS, Cam Johnson and Jae Crowder are quality role players who would play 25 mpg+ on most good NBA teams. Outside of Bridges and maybe Thomas, they have the type of boringly good talent who would be highly appreciated role players on even contending teams but not really a major draw for stars.

Are they still one of the top 8-9 teams in the east? I wonder if they'll try to hold on to even hold on to a playoff spot this year considering they have a big headstart to it.

Crowder's been flipped to Miwaukee

 

[duffer]

Thomas Bryant is a great pickup for us and something we've been crying out for. We have no depth at guard now though

 

[Anil]

Thomas Bryant is a great pickup for us and something we've been crying out for. We have no depth at guard now though

yeah why did the lakers trade him? he was playing so well for them, anyway as you said a great pickup for us.

 

[duffer]

yeah why did the lakers trade him? he was playing so well for them, anyway as you said a great pickup for us.

Apparently they didn't want to pay him and he was complaining about minutes. So they trade him to backup the reigning MVP, lol

 

[duffer]

He's ass on D though but hopefully it's not DeAndre level ass

 

[social]

Brooklyn may still make the playoffs but they are essentially done for this season…

Nets are the deepest team in the NBA but probably capped at 2nd round unless Simmons does a Lazarus

In other news, wtf are the Bulls doing?

I get that they can’t tank but why not try to improve?

 

[social]

He's ass on D though but hopefully it's not DeAndre level ass

Jordan is basically unplayable & has been for years

No idea why he’s still in the NBA and yet the Nuggets signed him on Day 1

 

[duffer]

Jordan is basically unplayable & has been for years

No idea why he’s still in the NBA and yet the Nuggets signed him on Day 1

Boogie gets demonised but he gave us big time spark from the bench last season. Cutting him for DAJ was lame af

 

[social]

Boogie gets demonised but he gave us big time spark from the bench last season. Cutting him for DAJ was lame af

Dwight is certifiable but still levels above DAJ

It’s common knowledge that DAJ was only given a Nets contract because the Big 3 idiots insisted upon it

He ended up DNP in spite of their influence & he’s been elsewhere since then

 

[duffer]

Boogie being DeMarcus Cousins ftr

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Boogie gets demonised but he gave us big time spark from the bench last season. Cutting him for DAJ was lame af

He wasn't re-signed because he was toxic in the locker room. Got in a bust up with Will Barton of all people and clashed with coaches all the time.

That he's still sitting there unsigned is all the confirmation you need.

 

[duffer]

Booth basically traded a disgruntled Bones for Reggie and Thomas Bryant. Our bench got stronger just in time for the tilt. Let's do this thang!

Edit: traded Davon too but damn that's solid maneuvering from Booth that TC wasn't capable of

 

[andruid]

Brad Stevens getting Muscala for a garbage timer may be the low key deal of the deadline