2016 Official NBA Off-Season Thread: Former Greatness

[wavycrocket]

explain.

soft =/= untalented

you can have skills and still be warm cookies fam.

The only thing that he does during games are the stupid fouls he sometimes does that takes him out the game. I get that is not being mentally strong in an aspect.

But y'all fronting like he can't be valuable and coachable in the right situation.

Kobe did one of the most selfish and "softest" things I've seen a player do in a playoff series (quitting on his team).

Dwight is just unlikeable. Unlikeable =/= "soft"

 

[shoeking2102]

Wouldn't touch Dwight if I'm any GM in the league.

Gonna be interesting to see the market for dwight.

He may get a big number on a one or maybe two year deal but thats it

 

[casper90403]

Baseball needs more steroids.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Gonna be interesting to see the market for dwight.

He may get a big number on a one or maybe two year deal but thats it

I wouldn't sign him either

But don't get it twisted, teams, that's plural, will offer him the full max with the full years

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Will never understand how y'all think Dwight is "soft" because Kobe said so . That's so lazy man. But it's easy to run with. Shaq, Kobe TNT, Skip Bayless....drove this narrative home. A guy that's had the success...particularly in the playoffs that he has....isn't "soft". It is what it is.

Anyway, WNBA is cool with the right teams. Maya Moore is a MUST WATCH when she's on TV. She'll go down as the greatest women's basketball player to lace em up when she's done.

Who said anything about Kobe?

Dwight is mentally soft cuz that's what he's shown. Dude has admitted that he cares too much about what people say. He said he practices moves but when he gets in games he doesn't do them cuz if he misses people will talk bad about him. It's obvious he struggles with his confidence.


Every team he goes to it's the same story. "Dwight's not happy about this and that."

 

[addict4sneakers]

No way someone offers him the max. But then again

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Convenient 

http://www.grizzlybearblues.com/201...ncy-primer-analysis-dwight-howard-rajon-rondo

1). WWDD - What Will Dwight Do? -€” Nearly any team that gives Dwight his max him will cap themselves out, but in this market, if you have a need at center getting Dwight Howard on a two- or three-year deal is better than settling for Festus Ezeli on a longer deal.

Go figure what that Dwight guy wants. You could probably teach behavioral economics classes on exactly how irrational his decisions have been. Years ago, he opted into a player option in Orlando which extended Dwightmare for 12 months. He then left LA for Houston, leaving an extra year, bigger raises, and about $25mm on the table.

And that last decision might have actually paid off. At 30 years old, he has opted out right when the salary cap spikes so precipitously that about 40% of the league can offer him his max without making major sacrifices. This is a major lesson in how uncertain the future is. When Dwight inked his deal in Houston, the league was crying poor and nobody had even heard of the new TV deal.

But will any team max him? Will Dwight prioritize money, being "the man", or winning? It's anybody's guess. The one thing that seems clear is that he isn't returning to Houston.

I think the most likely suitors are Dallas, Chicago, and New York. One team I would advocate going after him is Brooklyn. They have so much space (and will probably trade Brook Lopez eventually) that signing Dwight at even 3 years $90mm wouldn't preclude them from getting another guy or two, and it also ensures that whoever does get him has to outbid that offer, which will be a recurring theme of this piece.

 

[noblekane]

Y'all tripping with this baseball talk.
Can't wait till my Cubs start making noise in October.

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[CVO_RN95]

How's Jeff pitching for you guys down there?

 

[freeze]

explain.

soft =/= untalented

you can have skills and still be warm cookies fam.

The only thing that he does during games are the stupid fouls he sometimes does that takes him out the game. I get that is not being mentally strong in an aspect.

But y'all fronting like he can't be valuable and coachable in the right situation.

Kobe did one of the most selfish and "softest" things I've seen a player do in a playoff series (quitting on his team).

Dwight is just unlikeable. Unlikeable =/= "soft"

I'm not one of them. I def think he has value. he does have some huge flaws though. being his body and his inability to be on the court during crunch time due to free throws and/or foul trouble. as a bench center, and thats not to disrespect him, but in strategy, he'd be really solid again

 

[noblekane]

How's Jeff pitching for you guys down there?

great until his last few starts

hes been awful lately

 

[freeze]

baseball buns. bof of em.

 

[CVO_RN95]

great until his last few starts

hes been awful lately

Felt like you guys overpaid for him tbh. Cueto too.

 

[buc em]

So the sixers just planning on keeping 4-5 capable starting big men on their roster? Please dont tell me they're planning on starting the season with this type of unnecessary frontcourt depth when they can easily move a couple of them for pieces they need.

PF - Simmons, Saric
C - Noel, Okafor, Embiid

At least one, if not both, of Okafor and Noel will be moved. And I'm pretty sure Harrison Barnes is going to end up being a Sixer.......

 

[IATT]

Women's soccer is way more entertaining than the WNBA
Women's volleyball too

Easily..

But to be honest, I'd rather watch the us women's soccer team before I watched the us men

And women's tennis > men's

 

[freshbottoms]

You rather have thon maker or embiid right now if you had to choose??

 

[MVP]

Wojpop:

Sources on @TheVertical: Kevin Durant's free agent meetings will be staged in the Hamptons on Long Island (N.Y.) Friday and Saturday.

Hopefully there's a quick decision.

 

[noblekane]

Felt like you guys overpaid for him tbh. Cueto too.

cueto has been worth every penny

11-1 so far

him and madbum gonna be hard to beat if we get into the playoffs

and remember giants win it all in even years lol

 

[Bert.]

You rather have thon maker or embiid right now if you had to choose??

I'll take thon easily

At least dude is healthy. I know people aren't high on him but I think he's a nice project player and could pan out wth the right coaches and teachers and of course hard work and dedication

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

You rather have thon maker or embiid right now if you had to choose??

I'll take thon easily

At least dude is healthy. I know people aren't high on him but I think he's a nice project player and could pan out wth the right coaches and teachers and of course hard work and dedication

He might be in his 30's, though.

 

[noblekane]

Wojpop:

Sources on @TheVertical: Kevin Durant's free agent meetings will be staged in the Hamptons on Long Island (N.Y.) Friday and Saturday.

Hopefully there's a quick decision.

its ridiculous. they should just let players sign july 1st

 

[noblekane]

He might be in his 30's, though.

lol might

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Wojpop:

Sources on @TheVertical: Kevin Durant's free agent meetings will be staged in the Hamptons on Long Island (N.Y.) Friday and Saturday.

Hopefully there's a quick decision.

Hopefully we get DJ part II

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Someone please post the article where dwight talks about wanting to cry when he's not in the finals, people hurting his feelings, and the difficulty of playing defense while wearing soiled tampons

Bruh is unequivocally and unapologetically soft. There is no defending his mentality

 

[nick.]

Wojpop:

Sources on @TheVertical: Kevin Durant's free agent meetings will be staged in the Hamptons on Long Island (N.Y.) Friday and Saturday.

Hopefully there's a quick decision.

the Hamptons are less than an hour from my house

might need to head over there & make my pitch