The Offical 2017 NBA Offseason Thread

[BadJerry20]

Josh Jackson is a damn TO machine.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

And the offseason is over *****es

It's offseason until the playoffs start.

 

[BadJerry20]

It's offseason until the playoffs start.

You all need to fix your record players, they're broken.

 

[n_huffhines]

Over/Under teams of interest:

Celtics = 56.5
Rockets = 55.5
Cavs - 53.5
OKC = 51.5
TWolves - 48.5
Nuggets = 45.5
Clippers - 43.5
Hornets - 42.5
76ers - 42.5
Jazz - 40.5
Grizz - 37.5
Bulls - 21.5

I think I might put $ on the under for the C's and the over for the Jazz.

 

[LittleCat]

Doubt the Hornets get 42. 76ers will be close. Celtics under. Clippers under. Jazz close but I think over. Grizz over.

 

[n_huffhines]

Everybody is taking the over on the Jazz. They're getting -130 already and all 4 guys on the Simmons podcast took them.

Jazz won 50 games and lost Hayward and Hill (who missed a ton of games). We don't have as much talent but the team all fits together better now. If we are healthy, I don't think there should be a drop-off in record.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Over/Under teams of interest:

Celtics = 56.5
Rockets = 55.5
Cavs - 53.5
OKC = 51.5
TWolves - 48.5
Nuggets = 45.5
Clippers - 43.5
Hornets - 42.5
76ers - 42.5
Jazz - 40.5
Grizz - 37.5
Bulls - 21.5

I think I might put $ on the under for the C's and the over for the Jazz.

The Bulls should consider it a failure to come close to 21 wins. Gotta get Porter.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Nic Batum out for 3 months is a real punch in the nads.

 

[Stoked]

The Bulls should consider it a failure to come close to 21 wins. Gotta get Porter.

Would you take Porter over Bagley?

I think I would go with Porter, he's like KD with more weight he can really shoot the ball. But Bagley is more athletic and versatile, and seems like the better defender out of the two.

 

[n_huffhines]

Steven Jackson was saying he puts OKC at even odds with GSW to win it all.

 

[Stoked]

Steven Jackson was saying he puts OKC at even odds with GSW to win it all.

I hope he's right.

 

[n_huffhines]

Cavs starting 5 has been announced

Rose
Wade
Lebron
Crowder
Love

That lineup makes no sense to me. Until IT gets back, I would go:

Lebron
Shump/Wade
Crowder
Love
Thompson

 

[volnbama_]

Playing Rose and Wade together is a bad idea. Having Love at Center helps the spacing but that's still a bad shooting lineup

 

[zjcvols]

I will say it........

I do not believe signing Embiid is a good idea.

 

[zjcvols]

Playing Rose and Wade together is a bad idea. Having Love at Center helps the spacing but that's still a bad shooting lineup

I would bring Rose off the bench and go with

Wade/Smith/Bron/Crowder/Love

 

[Stoked]

I will say it........

I do not believe signing Embiid is a good idea.

Why not?

 

[n_huffhines]

I will say it........

I do not believe signing Embiid is a good idea.

I was floored by that contract for a guy that played significantly fewer games in his first 3 years than Oden....but I heard the contract is the most complicated in history and I assume that means it's incentive based.

 

[Kingston Vol]

I was floored by that contract for a guy that played significantly fewer games in his first 3 years than Oden....but I heard the contract is the most complicated in history and I assume that means it's incentive based.

Yeah, there's crazy protections in it if he gets hurt.

 

[Stoked]

I was floored by that contract for a guy that played significantly fewer games in his first 3 years than Oden....but I heard the contract is the most complicated in history and I assume that means it's incentive based.

I think he'll get a 30 million dollar bonus if he gets MVP, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd team All-NBA. It's a huge gamble for Philly, but they really can't afford to let Embiid walk.

 

[n_huffhines]

Kenyon Martin, who has tattoos of Chinese characters, called out Jeremy Lin for cultural appropriation

"Do I need to remind this damn boy that his last name Lin?" Martin said in the video. "Like, come on, man. Let's stop this, man, with these people, man. There is no way possible that he would have made it on one of our teams with that bulls--- goin' on on his head. Come on, man. Somebody need to tell him, like, 'All right, bro, we get it. You wanna be black.' Like, we get it. But the last name is Lin."

 

[BadJerry20]

What does he mean "these people"?

 

[volsarelife1]

Lin's response. Here's why you don't go at someone with that Harvard education.

 

[n_huffhines]

Over/Under teams of interest:

Celtics = 56.5
Rockets = 55.5
Cavs - 53.5
OKC = 51.5
TWolves - 48.5
Nuggets = 45.5
Clippers - 43.5
Hornets - 42.5
76ers - 42.5
Jazz - 40.5
Grizz - 37.5
Bulls - 21.5

I think I might put $ on the under for the C's and the over for the Jazz.

Shoulda put money on them, but I would have been writing them both off as losses in January.

 

[BadJerry20]

Prepare yourself for a quick exit. Russ and the Thunder own the Jazz.

 

[BadJerry20]

What the **** thread am I in