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RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 03-09-2025
(03-09-2025, 02:53 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: So, for $8m/yr., who do you like: Westbrook or Thybulle?
Thybulle? Is he still in the league? He was once touted as being this great defensive wing, but I haven't heard his name in years.. I'd take Russ, at least he's still playing..
RE: AROUND the NBA: - DallasMaverick - 03-09-2025
(03-09-2025, 03:20 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Thybulle? Is he still in the league? He was once touted as being this great defensive wing, but I haven't heard his name in years.. I'd take Russ, at least he's still playing..
Me, too.
Ok, how about Westbrook or Dinwiddie at the vet minimum?
RE: AROUND the NBA: - FireNicoHarrison - 03-09-2025
Thybulle is a bluff, he is behind Josh Green in Aussie NT rotations. OMG.
Dinwiddie is fool's gold, he is red hot every 15 games and in the others he is a disaster.
That Brandon Williams is 10X better than him and he is barely a NBA player.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Chicagojk - 03-12-2025
Psst....the Bulls trade for Josh Giddey is not bad. Maybe win/win. The Bulls took a lot of heat for not getting any picks. I thought it was a solid gamble on a buy low guy who had a rough playoffs. Look at Giddey's last two months in Chicago. He is even shooting the three better. He is still just 22 years old. Now, he will probably get a big payday this summer, but as of now it has turned into a nice talent evulation by Chicago.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - mvossman - 03-12-2025
(03-12-2025, 10:24 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Psst....the Bulls trade for Josh Giddey is not bad. Maybe win/win. The Bulls took a lot of heat for not getting any picks. I thought it was a solid gamble on a buy low guy who had a rough playoffs. Look at Giddey's last two months in Chicago. He is even shooting the three better. He is still just 22 years old. Now, he will probably get a big payday this summer, but as of now it has turned into a nice talent evulation by Chicago.
Yeah, the biggest winner of that trade was Giddey, much like Grimes was the biggest winner of his trade.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 03-12-2025
This Boston/OKC game is bananas! 3pointers falling like butter for both teams.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 03-12-2025
Thunder beat Boston, 118-112 behind Shae's 34 pts and Chet's 23 pts and 15 rebs. They sweep the season series. Boston shot 20-63 from 3 and still lost. Brown was held to 10 pts and fouled out.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Knutsen - 03-13-2025
(03-12-2025, 09:08 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Thunder beat Boston, 118-112 behind Shae's 34 pts and Chet's 23 pts and 15 rebs. They sweep the season series. Boston shot 20-63 from 3 and still lost. Brown was held to 10 pts and fouled out.
And there second or third best player didn’t even play in Williams. I guess the Thunder are for real this time.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - omahen - 03-13-2025
(03-12-2025, 09:08 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Thunder beat Boston, 118-112 behind Shae's 34 pts and Chet's 23 pts and 15 rebs. They sweep the season series. Boston shot 20-63 from 3 and still lost. Brown was held to 10 pts and fouled out.
I watched half of game. I was really surprised by Chet. He was very aggresive and plays much stronger than one would assume he is capable of looking just at his frame. OKC still has one weak spot in the starting line-up on offense. Wiggins was 0-9 in this one, Caruso (didn't play) is not really a high volume offensive threat and neither is Wallace. I guess opponents will still be playing off those guys to make life more difficult for the other four guys. If they put Joe in on this spot, he will be attacked on defense. But I agree, OKC looks very dangerous so far. Their defense can be suffocating.
Boston mostly just shot threes whole game and they were not really good doing it (just 31 %). Since they shot 60 of them, if they made just three more, their overall percentage would still be below 40 %, but game could look very differently. They did have 12 more overall attempts due to good rebounding (seems like another OKC weakness). With every game I am more surprised by Horford and how well he can play at his age. I think he is their glue guy, perhaps even most important player.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 03-13-2025
I agree about Horford. He's a savvy vet. Very underrated for what he does for them. Hits big shots, still plays adequate defense at his advanced age, just the type of player every team needs.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - omahen - 03-13-2025
(03-13-2025, 05:40 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: I agree about Horford. He's a savvy vet. Very underrated for what he does for them. Hits big shots, still plays adequate defense at his advanced age, just the type of player every team needs.
His defense its awesome. Couple of days ago he defended both LeBron and Luka very well when isolated. He repeated this in this game.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Chicagojk - 03-13-2025
Mavs Film Room ??
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AJ Lawson scored 28 points and Quentin Grimes scored 29 as the Raptors beat the 76ers 118-105
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 03-13-2025
(03-13-2025, 07:57 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Mavs Film Room ??
@MavsFilmRoom
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11h
AJ Lawson scored 28 points and Quentin Grimes scored 29 as the Raptors beat the 76ers 118-105
Lawson had 32 pts and 12 rebs in a win over the Wizards on Monday. He's getting an opportunity to play and taking advantage of it. Grimes has turned into a primary scorer due to the Sixers injuries.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Scott41theMavs - 03-13-2025
(03-13-2025, 07:57 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Mavs Film Room ??
@MavsFilmRoom
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11h
AJ Lawson scored 28 points and Quentin Grimes scored 29 as the Raptors beat the 76ers 118-105
Need the Alec Baldwin pillow cry gif.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Chicagojk - 03-13-2025
(03-13-2025, 08:09 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Lawson had 32 pts and 12 rebs in a win over the Wizards on Monday. He's getting an opportunity to play and taking advantage of it. Grimes has turned into a primary scorer due to the Sixers injuries.
Goes to show you not to fall in love with our two way guys (who are playing really well). Someone needs to score points...even on bad teams. Good for AJ though. Just like some current Mavs, shooting was his swing skill. Just never proved he could hit open threes. The rest of his game is NBA quality.
I have liked what I have seen from Caleb. Need to see more though. I think there is a case that some teams would prefer Caleb over Grimes. I don't think Grimes is a 20 pt per game player on a good team. Probably 10-12. He was good in Dallas though.
What still pisses me off is we gave up a high second round pick in that trade. Not only that, but the trade handcuffed us of any flexibility if we wanted to add another player. And then Martin doesn't play for a month after the trade. It is just so bad negotiating. I would have walked away from the trade after it was determined Martin was hurt than giving up that second. Morey sensed we were desperate for some reason.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - mvossman - 03-13-2025
(03-13-2025, 10:26 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: What still pisses me off is we gave up a high second round pick in that trade. Not only that, but the trade handcuffed us of any flexibility if we wanted to add another player. And then Martin doesn't play for a month after the trade. It is just so bad negotiating. I would have walked away from the trade after it was determined Martin was hurt than giving up that second. Morey sensed we were desperate for some reason.
That has been his MO since he got here. He sent a second round pick in that terrible (from an asset perspective) KP trade. Hell, he sent out a 2nd round pick in the freaking Luka trade. The only year he showed any kind of reasonable restraint was when Linsey was here.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 03-13-2025
(03-13-2025, 10:26 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Goes to show you not to fall in love with our two way guys (who are playing really well). Someone needs to score points...even on bad teams. Good for AJ though. Just like some current Mavs, shooting was his swing skill. Just never proved he could hit open threes. The rest of his game is NBA quality.
I have liked what I have seen from Caleb. Need to see more though. I think there is a case that some teams would prefer Caleb over Grimes. I don't think Grimes is a 20 pt per game player on a good team. Probably 10-12. He was good in Dallas though.
What still pisses me off is we gave up a high second round pick in that trade. Not only that, but the trade handcuffed us of any flexibility if we wanted to add another player. And then Martin doesn't play for a month after the trade. It is just so bad negotiating. I would have walked away from the trade after it was determined Martin was hurt than giving up that second. Morey sensed we were desperate for some reason.
Morey sensed probably that Dallas wasn't going to re-sign him. Grimes is looking for a bump in pay. It was asinine to include a pick like you said. Now the ball is in Philly's court. Let's see if they let him walk.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - bubbler86 - 03-13-2025
Cooper down.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - Chicagojk - 03-13-2025
How are the Suns this bad? I have watched them, they are awful. Mavs are 2-8 in the last 10 games and the Suns have gained 1 game of them in standings per Locked on Mavs. They have a really tough schedule coming up. They don't even own their pick this year. It is just shocking having both KD and Booker that the rest of the roster is that poor. Hopefully it is a flashing light warning to the Mavs paying three guys top money.
RE: AROUND the NBA: - HoosierDaddyKid - 03-13-2025
(03-13-2025, 02:26 PM)bubbler86 Wrote: Cooper down.
His coach says he may be doubtful for the rest of the Conference Tournament.