The Official 2020/21 NBA Thread
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Kelly Olynyk will replace him nicely for Thad young
We're used to it, dude always on the sidelines
I see Kyle Lowry in Miami even though I wouldn’t do that for a guy that’s gonna be a FA unless he resigns but even then ehhhh
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This makes sense. Elfrid is good enough be a backup pg on a good team.
Elf just not a starting pg like he is on the knicks.
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Andre Drummond is the biggest name. Drummond will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason and had an extremely limited trade market one year ago when the Pistons dealt him to Cleveland. The Raptors are among the teams interested in Drummond now, league sources say.
– via Kevin O'Connor @ The Ringer
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– via Kevin O'Connor @ The Ringer
NBA Power Rankings: Can Anyone Catch the Lakers?
Kawhi Leonard looks better than ever. Joel Embiid is making a strong MVP case. And Donovan Mitchell’s Jazz now have the NBA’s best record. But can any of them topple the champs for the no. 1 spot?
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Late Saturday evening, I received a flurry of texts from multiple executives around the league who said the Celtics were up to something. What they’re up to is unclear, but league sources have long said Boston is searching for upgrades to bolster its wing and big man position. Tristan Thompson became trade eligible this weekend, and with a $9.3 million salary, he could be a perfect fit for a deal. So could Daniel Theis with his expiring $5 million contract.
– via Kevin O'Connor @ The Ringer
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– via Kevin O'Connor @ The Ringer
NBA Power Rankings: Can Anyone Catch the Lakers?
Kawhi Leonard looks better than ever. Joel Embiid is making a strong MVP case. And Donovan Mitchell’s Jazz now have the NBA’s best record. But can any of them topple the champs for the no. 1 spot?
www.theringer.com
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The sad truth is that Denver doesn’t need Barton anymore. With a $14.7 million player option for next season, his deal will be up soon. The Nuggets are expected to be aggressive in pursuing opportunities to trade for a star, so it’d be surprising to see him finish that deal in Denver, let alone get extended. Maybe he will offer something to a new team. I hope he can. As I found out, moving on can be best for both sides of a relationship.
– via Kevin O'Connor @ The Ringer
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– via Kevin O'Connor @ The Ringer
NBA Power Rankings: Can Anyone Catch the Lakers?
Kawhi Leonard looks better than ever. Joel Embiid is making a strong MVP case. And Donovan Mitchell’s Jazz now have the NBA’s best record. But can any of them topple the champs for the no. 1 spot?
www.theringer.com
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Talen Horton-Tucker will be a restricted free agent this offseason, and it could take a lot of money for the Los Angeles Lakers to keep him. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported on The Hoop Collective podcast there is significant interest in the guard around the league. “People think that he can get the Tyler Johnson poison-pill contract,” Windhorst said
The 20-year-old appeared in just six games as a rookie but played well in the G League for the South Bay Lakers with averages of 18.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. He has continued to perform for the Lakers this season when given a chance, averaging 7.4 points and 1.0 steals in just 16.6 minutes per game. With per-36-minute averages of 16.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game, it’s easy to project the guard as an impact player in the future. “He has legitimate star potential,” Dave McMenamin added on the podcast, noting he could be a “20-5-5 guy.”
– via Rob Goldberg @ Bleacher Report
The 20-year-old appeared in just six games as a rookie but played well in the G League for the South Bay Lakers with averages of 18.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. He has continued to perform for the Lakers this season when given a chance, averaging 7.4 points and 1.0 steals in just 16.6 minutes per game. With per-36-minute averages of 16.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game, it’s easy to project the guard as an impact player in the future. “He has legitimate star potential,” Dave McMenamin added on the podcast, noting he could be a “20-5-5 guy.”
– via Rob Goldberg @ Bleacher Report
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Damn, the Utah disrespect in those rankings, u would think @Hustlelitó is the one that made the rankings.The sad truth is that Denver doesn’t need Barton anymore. With a $14.7 million player option for next season, his deal will be up soon. The Nuggets are expected to be aggressive in pursuing opportunities to trade for a star, so it’d be surprising to see him finish that deal in Denver, let alone get extended. Maybe he will offer something to a new team. I hope he can. As I found out, moving on can be best for both sides of a relationship.
– via Kevin O'Connor @ The Ringer
NBA Power Rankings: Can Anyone Catch the Lakers?
Kawhi Leonard looks better than ever. Joel Embiid is making a strong MVP case. And Donovan Mitchell’s Jazz now have the NBA’s best record. But can any of them topple the champs for the no. 1 spot?
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This brings us to the Utah Jazz. They’ve seemingly perfected their mix around the unique rim-running skills of Rudy Gobert by flooding the floor with knockdown shooters. Of their top six perimeter players — a group who plays the lion’s share of the minutes and would figure to play virtually all of them in a playoff series — five are making better than 40 percent from beyond the arc. It would be six, but that slacker Jordan Clarkson is at 38.7 percent (see chart). As a team, the Jazz are shooting 40.3 percent from 3, and they shoot 3s a lot — a league-leading 42.8 bombs per 100 possessions. Don’t just look at the percentages in this chart, but the insane frequency. Clarkson has the second-highest 3-point frequency in the league; Mitchell and Conley rank in the top 25.
The other subtle piece of Utah’s excellence is that it eliminates all the easy stuff. The Jazz don’t give up 3-point shots because Gobert is good enough in switches to take away a lot of mismatch situations (and the accompanying help), and the other Jazz defenders know they can hug up on their man because Gobert is behind them. Meanwhile, Utah’s guys never foul, with the league’s lowest opponent free throw rate in non-garbage time. Add it all up, and Gobert is a stealth MVP candidate despite averaging just 13.3 points per game. Surely he is the favorite for Defensive Player of the Year.
– via John Hollinger @ The Athletic
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The other subtle piece of Utah’s excellence is that it eliminates all the easy stuff. The Jazz don’t give up 3-point shots because Gobert is good enough in switches to take away a lot of mismatch situations (and the accompanying help), and the other Jazz defenders know they can hug up on their man because Gobert is behind them. Meanwhile, Utah’s guys never foul, with the league’s lowest opponent free throw rate in non-garbage time. Add it all up, and Gobert is a stealth MVP candidate despite averaging just 13.3 points per game. Surely he is the favorite for Defensive Player of the Year.
– via John Hollinger @ The Athletic
Utah's leap, Derrick Rose trade, Jae'Sean Tate Ds up
Rudy Gobert is making it work for the Jazz (and is an MVP candidate), the Knicks trade and don't try to take Jae’Sean Tate off the dribble.
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he should come home to phiily.
Both stars for the rockets not playing B2B kinda iffy but there’s hardly any anymore so it shouldn’t be too bothersome
If Simmons goes I don’t see the point
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