NBA Playoffs Thread

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Hinkie might succeed if he comes back, I just mean I'd like to see him come back because it'd be a good storyline.

He made big mistakes, but actually did a good job finding value in periphery players. Since the core is already there, his track record indicates he might be able to get the right supplementary players.
 
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volnbama_ said:
Bc winning isn’t something he knows how to do. He has a below average drafting record as well. He also developed a losing culture in his stint
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How do you know that.... he told the fans and the organization the plan from the beginning..... the nba put pressure on the organization and they didn’t let him finish it.... there is no such thing as a losing culture in the nba....get good players and you win period.
 
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volnbama_ said:
Flip Saunders completed “The process” in Minny much quicker and didn’t have to openly tank to do it.

RIP
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The timberwolves have had one season above . 500 since 2005... all of that losing is what built their team and gave them the assets to get Butler.
 
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volbeast33 said:
How do you know that.... he told the fans and the organization the plan from the beginning..... the nba put pressure on the organization and they didn’t let him finish it.... there is no such thing as a losing culture in the nba....get good players and you win period.
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You might want to recheck the losing culture statement. You don’t think Minnesota had a poor culture for years? What about Sacramento now?
 
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volbeast33 said:
The timberwolves have had one season above . 500 since 2005... all of that losing is what built their team and gave them the assets to get Butler.
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Flip took over in 2013-2014. Scrapped the team after year 1 and accumulated Wiggins, Lavine, and KAT over the course of a year
 
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n_huffhines said:
Hinkie might succeed if he comes back, I just mean I'd like to see him come back because it'd be a good storyline.

He made big mistakes, but actually did a good job finding value in periphery players. Since the core is already there, his track record indicates he might be able to get the right supplementary players.
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Yeah I would love to see him have the chance.... good or bad
 
#1,337
#1,337
volbeast33 said:
How do you know that.... he told the fans and the organization the plan from the beginning..... the nba put pressure on the organization and they didn’t let him finish it.... there is no such thing as a losing culture in the nba....get good players and you win period.
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He deserves another shot but the talk of him being a genius is overblown
 
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volnbama_ said:
You might want to recheck the losing culture statement. You don’t think Minnesota had a poor culture for years? What about Sacramento now?
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The culture chang s bc they got enough good players.... same will happen with Sacramento.... they made horrible decisions which hindered their winning.... had little to do with culture
 
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volnbama_ said:
Flip took over in 2013-2014. Scrapped the team after year 1 and accumulated Wiggins, Lavine, and KAT over the course of a year
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You do know that is hinkie took over and it took each the same amount of time to win and Minnesota had more assets to deal with
 
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volbeast33 said:
You do know that is hinkie took over and it took each the same amount of time to win and Minnesota had more assets to deal with
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Hinkie traded his biggest asset for Nerlens Noel. Minnesota had Kevin Love and parts. Minnesota only “tanked” one season and that was mainly bc they were building around two 20 year olds.
 
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volnbama_ said:
If they trade up for Bomba it’s gameover
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I was thinking they might go after Doncic if he slips out of the top 3. Your move might make more sense tho, considering Horford needs to be replaced sometime soon and Bomba could guard Embiid.
 
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n_huffhines said:
I was thinking they might go after Doncic if he slips out of the top 3. Your move might make more sense tho, considering Horford needs to be replaced sometime soon and Bomba could guard Embiid.
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I saw a report they were looking to trade up for him. Stevens would turn him into longer Clint Capela
 
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#1,346
n_huffhines said:
I was thinking they might go after Doncic if he slips out of the top 3. Your move might make more sense tho, considering Horford needs to be replaced sometime soon and Bomba could guard Embiid.
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It gives them a ton of roster flexibility based off of matchups. Against Philly they can go matchup with Embiid and Simmons. Horford can check Simmons, at least until he develops a jump shot. Ive also seen Bomba working really hard on his outside game and he becomes a scary prospect if it develops
 
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#1,348
volnbama_ said:
Hinkie traded his biggest asset for Nerlens Noel. Minnesota had Kevin Love and parts. Minnesota only “tanked” one season and that was mainly bc they were building around two 20 year olds.
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Actually they traded jrue holiday who was way worth more in clearing his salary off the books, and elfrid peyton for Dario Saric,nerlens Noel, and a another first round pick.... they got two 20 year olds by trading Kevin Love and sucking bad enough to get the 1st pick in the draft.... who cares if they ranked or not if the team still sucked?
 
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Oh yes trading Jrue Holiday’s 4/44M contract to sign..........oh wait they didn’t sign anyone. Holidays contract came off the books last year anyways so they still would have the cap space.
 
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volbeast33 said:
That’s true Ainge is a heck of a GM
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Bill Simmons was talking about how close Ainge was to never being relevant as a GM. I guess he wanted Robert Swift, but the Sonics took him. If that hadn't happened, they wouldn't have had Jefferson to trade for Garnett. He had traded some popular players and failed, so his days were numbered until he pulled that trade off.
 
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