The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing

[pmatic]

I really though Derrick Williams was going to be an All-Star. Figured he be the perfect PF as basketball was transitioning in the 2010s.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Fully healthy we're smacking them with or without Embiid. I got a bag on that too

ill be here

$100

$500

$1k

you name it

* im only wagering if embiid plays though

I need a holding fee for making this bet happen

 

[ballinsam23]

I'm down. If we're doing $500-1000 there's gotta be a middleman (mod) to hold the money.

 

[WASHED KING]

Jayson Tatum

 

[ballinsam23]

How do players like Banchero pan out, but a Beasley or Derrick Williams dont.

Keldon Johnson still out there chucking but Derrick Williams cant avg 10ppg

 

[xxpizzo]

I'm down. If we're doing $500-1000 there's gotta be a middleman (mod) to hold the money.

many people in here can vouch for me

but i got no issue with that

i ****s with you ( no homo) i really wanna take Mister Meaner money though

 

[king j]

 

[RustyShackleford]

Tyreke Evans, not a superstar, but his rookie year made me a believer.

 

[WASHED KING]

How do players like Banchero pan out, but a Beasley or Derrick Williams dont.

Keldon Johnson still out there chucking but Derrick Williams cant avg 10ppg

Beasley 100% got drafted to the wrong team.

 

[pmatic]

Stats are inflated, but yeesh.

 

[addict4sneakers]

How do players like Banchero pan out, but a Beasley or Derrick Williams dont.

Keldon Johnson still out there chucking but Derrick Williams cant avg 10ppg

Banchero can pass. They couldn’t

Keldon is a 3. He has nothing to do with this

 

[smedroc]

Stats are inflated, but yeesh.

Wildest part is his career high is only 44.

 

[HIM]

Yaroslav Korolev looked like the next great European forward in his last year with CSKA Moscow.

 

[broncos19dm]

I fw Shai

 

[rolaholic]

The difference in effort has really helped them shoring up their defense that looked horrible all season before the All-star break

 

[dacomeup]

The injury thing is a problem of course but this can apply to every team in the league

If any team lost one of their top 3 guys, or one of their two superstars, they won't be in trouble.

Yea but these dudes were built around already having injury history. KD and Beal are just going to miss games at this point of their careers. It’s a built in factor that you should consider when putting this team together.

 

[dacomeup]

If I told you PHX top 4 guys would all be healthy enough come playoff time, is there any team other than Denver that you’d absolutely have beating them without thinking twice? I don’t see it.

Lot of #SameTier

If you told me all 4 of their top guys would be healthy I’d be shocked. Therein lies the problem. Health is a skill.

 

[smedroc]

That's a wild statement tbh.

 

[wavycrocket]

If you woulda told me Randle would have the better career….I would’ve laughed. Especially after this season . Him & Giannis were looking like they were going to be a crazy 1-2 forward punch. Milwaukee ain’t even need it in the end.

 

[toneboi76]

KD already writing his next chapter??

 

[gaiiige]

LMFAOO

 

[rolaholic]

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

KD already writing his next chapter??

“Stuff I can’t talk about because it’s private” whilst tweeting it is crazy

 

[RustyShackleford]

Yea but these dudes were built around already having injury history. KD and Beal are just going to miss games at this point of their careers. It’s a built in factor that you should consider when putting this team together.

Dude, I get you want to criticize the Suns lack of depth, ok. But it don't how roster construction overcomes one of your stars being injured when it comes to winning a chip. Which is what the Suns are trying to do in the near term. All that does is save you a couple extra wins in the regular season. If one of your stars are out, a team has little to no chance of championship anyway.

Like what specific criticism did you have of the Suns?

It would have been the better play. Keeping Chris Paul? Trading Paul for Jordan Poole instead?

You were calling Nurkic a big downgrade from Ayton. But look now the Trailblazers can stand dude either, and I think most people would take Allen+Nurkic instead of Ayton and Toumani Canara.

So what is the specific criticism then, the KD trade? That seems like the one that might be the one with more powerful arguments against it. Because the Suns passed on going after John Collins for that.

Maybe having those three instead of KD makes them a better regular season team, maybe gives them more options in future, but I dunno if it makes them a better chance at a championship team than what they have now.

Is you argument just with Book entering his prime, the Suns should have punted going for a championship for a couple years?

 

[rolaholic]