2014 NBA Off-Season; Paul George suffers a double-compund-fracture, likely out for season. Speedy re

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

Prime Wade is IMHO top 5 SG of all time...

..ehhh....ehhhhhh

Jordan, Kobe, AI. Gotta throw some old timers like Clyde the Glide and Gervin in there too.

However, I see your point tho..

 

[PRIME]

Prime Wade is IMHO top 5 SG of all time...

..ehhh....ehhhhhh

Jordan, Kobe, AI. Gotta throw some old timers like Clyde the Glide and Gervin in there too.

However, I see your point tho..

Usually when I think AI I think PG.

But yeah, Clyde and Gervin are up there too. A lot of great guards over the years

 

[duba169]

Am I crazy for thinking the Heat can finish in the top four in the East?

No

 

[bonez7]

Nope. Especially if we sign boozer.

... boozer.

As bad as it sounds your ryte, but he will show out this year play for a contract and once signed to an actual long term contract, he's kicking his feet up, so long term u don't want him..


@prime..yea I think pg when I hear Ai as well

 

[Ja's 2¢]

Bucks already considering doing something drastic: :x if it works out

POINT GUARD GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO?
by: Scott Howard-Cooper

LAS VEGAS – Bucks coach Jason Kidd was asked about the point forward.

“The what?” Kidd responded, hearing the question just fine about Giannis Antetokounmpo handling the ball a lot more but not liking the position description.

OK. The point guard.

“Thank you,” Kidd said.

The Bucks and their new coach are not hiding it. They are not disguising the long look of Antetokounmpo initiating the offense as some test drive in the safety of summer league, not downplaying the Greek Freak with the ball in his hands, some in the first game and a lot in the second, Monday night in Thomas & Mack Center against the Jazz, as Kidd experimenting to learn more about his players.

Milwaukee is serious about this for the regular season, maybe even as the starter at the point. Antetokounmpo is serious about this.

At the very least, even if the idea goes bad in 2014-15 and the Bucks stick with Brandon Knight and Nate Wolters as conventional decisions, it just became a long-term subplot in Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo, having measured at 6-9 and 190 pounds last September and 6-10 ½ and 217 pounds at the end of the season, growing into a starting point guard, possibly and maybe even likely 6-11 by then. That doesn’t even get into imagining the day of the 7-foot point guard.

“We’ve seen it in practice, and so when you see a player’s comfort level with the ball no matter what size, we want to see it in game action and we slowly have started letting him have the ball and running the offense,” said Kidd, bound for the Hall of Fame as a point guard.

“With the group we have right now, with B-Knight and Giannis, we have additional playmakers and when we have that on the floor, it makes the game easy. We’ll see how the roster shakes out, but we’re not afraid to play him at the point, as you see.”

That was Monday night, after Antetokounmpo played a large portion of his 32 minutes at the point, registering five assists against four turnovers along with 15 points on six-of-16 shooting, and some with Wolters on the court. This is now officially an audition.

“Handling the ball, as time goes on, I feel more comfortable,” Antetokounmpo said.

He will get more time, here and almost certainly into training camp. The Bucks see the possibilities, from putting opponents in matchup hell to creating more versatility so the second-year player from Greece fits with Jabari Parker, the second pick in the draft who some teams think can be a small forward, Antetokounmpo’s primary position last season, or power forward.

Antetokounmpo at point guard and Knight at shooting guard would be a strain because neither have great range, but would work because Knight could defend the point guards and Antetokounmpo the bigger opponent in the backcourt. Then it could be Parker, Ersan Ilyasova and Larry Sanders in the front court.

“Whatever coach wants me to do,” Antetokounmpo said. “If he tells me to do that, I’m going to do that. If he tells me to be on the wing and to be aggressive on the wing, I’ll be aggressive there.”

Perfect. Because the Bucks are thinking about an aggressive move at point guard.

 

[imlive365]

... boozer.

As bad as it sounds your ryte, but he will show out this year play for a contract and once signed to an actual long term contract, he's kicking his feet up, so long term u don't want him..


@prime..yea I think pg when I hear Ai as well

Boozer would just add to our depth. Rio,wade,deng,bosh don't know who our 5 would be could plug boozer into the 4 and bosh into the 5 maybe.

 

[pmatic]

@ShamsCharania Free agent Jason Smith has signed a one-year, $3.3M deal with the New York Knicks, source tells RealGM.

Another big that can't rebound for the Knicks. Good pick and pop player though.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Giannis will play that Livingston role.

 

[offset pow clow]

Giannis will play that Livingston role.

Knight is more effective off ball, young jason terry

 

[rck3sactown]

 

@ShamsCharania Free agent Jason Smith has signed a one-year, $3.3M deal with the New York Knicks, source tells RealGM.

Another big that can't rebound for the Knicks. Good pick and pop player though.

great at sniffing out the run and stopping the runner too

 

[kevin cleveland]

That was awesome.

 

[PRIME]

That tackle

 

[nick.]

Jason Smith was the guy who took out Blake!? Great signing

 

[johnnyredstorm]

sign me up

 

[AEA18]

Blake is going to injure himself with those wildly over exaggerated flops

 

[T0INE]

Am I crazy for thinking the Heat can finish in the top four in the East?

Not at all.

There really is no outright favorite in the East anymore since the Heatles disbanded.

Losing Lebby was a huge blow for Miami, but they rebounded by re-signing Wade and Bosh (both overpaid but still), got Deng, brought back Birdman, but most importantly they re-signed Top 10.

If Bosh dipped to Houston then I would've put the Heat nearer the bottom of the East because no telling what you're gonna get out of Wade this season and how many games he can play. Can't afford to do that "maintenance" routine again with no LeBron to shoulder the load.

 

[jjs07]

There is just a ridiculous amount of parity in the East. The conference will be much improved.

 

[hand2handking]

so yall dudes wont be talkin bout the east is trash outside of like 3-4 teams by the time like november hits? 

or complaining how the east dont win against the west

edit:almost forgot

the 8th seed in the west would be like the 3 seed in the east

 

[pmatic]

Can't forget the Hawks!

 

[freeze]

 

lmaooooooo is that latex paint? how come his scalp wrinkles still show through two fresh coats?

those are his waves b

 

[ballinsam23]

Cant wait for Cole Aldrich to average 8-12-3 in the triangle

 

[johnnyredstorm]

See Kobe's home listed as Philly. Should be Italy though. Dude's more of an Italian than a Philly native.

 

[awwsome]

Boozer going to sign with Cleveland for a bottle of Black Ice and a megaphone while Chicago pays him 4 million more than they are paying Noah.


Game all ****** up.

 

[champcruthik]

There is just a ridiculous amount of parity in the East. The conference will be much improved.

Your Wiz kids in good shape.

Watch out for Charlotte. Got them in the playoffs.

 

[bonez7]

Boozer would just add to our depth. Rio,wade,deng,bosh don't know who our 5 would be could plug boozer into the 4 and bosh into the 5 maybe.

What I'm saying is hes gonna trick yall into resigning him then after he signs something lengthy he's dead weight..

Loosing Bron leaves alot to cover..
Honestly I don't know what Miami needs more offense or defense..
But yall got deng to fill lebron which in all reality isn't bad at all..