2015 NBA Draft/Off-Season Thread: Deal With It, Tyven

[kisada]

i think you make a good point about perkins. he's not someone i'd have classified as a modern, good defender anymore in this current era so i think it means that they have some kind of chance with kanter. but that said....

a lot of people like to point out that ibaka will make up for kanter's deficiencies and to me i don't get that line of thinking at all. i mean, kanter was literally just on a team with someone who will end up being the best anchor in the nba for the next 10 years and another pretty good frontcourt guy in favors and they SKYROCKETED when kanter was moved. ibaka isn't even gonna come close to gobert alone, let alone gobert and favors so how does kanter do anything but sink that boat? i don't think the logic for ibaka saving kanter holds.

to me i think if the team values him then yes, max him out now and lock in his value, even if he is only slightly net positive, because you can't just let players go in a year when you need to pamper durant. but oh man they might really regret it come next year when horford is floating around asking for new max money that could have been had if kanter weren't there.

[Siccmade]

Seth Curry out there doing it, leading all scorers in Vegas. I'ma be weak if he crashes the league.

[Andalusian girls]

Rox grab Ty Lawson for spare change and a 40

west is gonna be a bloodbath at the top

[Moss]

what a steal of a trade, makes no sense to me. I realize he has the DUI issue but come on. peanuts and a protected 1st (which will be late 1st), and the nuggets are even sending what could be a high 2nd

[kisada]

pretty sure lawson wasn't gonna fetch much more. his value had dwindled to an all time low. aside from the 2nd i'd say they did fairly well. besides, pg is the strongest it's ever been in the league: there are so few bidders that it's not like anyone was gonna come calling with much. move lawson and his partying ways and clear the way for mudiay completely. maybe now they'll just go for the straight tank job and send wilson chandler somewhere else.

sending a 2nd back though, that's just awful. nuggets fans are suffering under the new reign of pete d'allesandro. first tim conolly and now him? that hurts.

[Cail]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13...mer-league-mvp

Forward Kyle Anderson became the latest positive development in the San Antonio Spurs' offseason Sunday when he was named MVP of the NBA summer league.

The 30th overall pick of the Spurs in 2014 out of UCLA, Anderson has averaged 22 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals in Las Vegas, leading the team to a 5-1 record and into Monday's championship game against the eighth-seeded Phoenix Suns.

Anderson and the Spurs are being coached by Becky Hammon, the first woman to be head coach of a summer league team.

Anderson also was honored by being selected to the summer league first team, where he was joined by Seth Curry of the New Orleans Pelicans, Doug McDermott of the Chicago Bulls, Norman Powell of the Toronto Raptors and T.J. Warren of the Suns.

Denver Nuggets rookie point guard Emmanuel Mudiay headlines the second team, which also includes the Pelicans' Larry Drew II, Dwight Powell of the Dallas Mavericks, Noah Vonleh of the Portland Trail Blazers and Alan Williams of the Houston Rockets.

Anderson put together his best performance on July 16 against the Brooklyn Nets, scoring 25 points to go with eight rebounds, two assists and two blocks.

"I had a tough May and June of working hard, not really competing against people," Anderson said on July 4. "But to finally get out here and compete, I just want to show all the work I've put in to myself since June and May. [I'm] just coming out here to have fun, play basketball, find some mistakes that I've made during these games so I can correct them for when October rolls around."

Anderson's strides in the summer league are encouraging for the Spurs, as he's a prime candidate to take on a more significant role in 2015-16. Although San Antonio landed LaMarcus Aldridge and David West and re-signed Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, it had to part ways with key role players such as Aron Baynes, Tiago Splitter, Cory Joseph and Marco Belinelli.

"I think I've improved tremendously since the first day I got drafted," Anderson said. "I think I didn't really know a lot about the NBA game coming into the season last year. I think I know a little bit more, but there's still room to improve, still a lot to learn.

"I know we're going to have a great roster put together. I want to be out there on that floor. So I'm going to put [in] whatever work I need to. We have a great starting lineup already, great core guys. So I'm just going to do whatever it takes to get on the floor."

The summer league featured 23 NBA teams and the NBA D-League select team playing in 67 games over 11 days.

[Dimmauk]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13...mer-league-mvp

Slo-mo looked like shit in the first couple summer league games, but went beast mode to MVP. I TOLD YALL WHEN THE SPURS DRAFTED HIM, HE WAS BORN TO BE A SPUR.

[Gredival]

SHAQTIN' A FOOL

http://www.thescore.com/nba/news/797348

[kisada]

damn pippen fucking wrecked him on that last one

[Moss]

Kristaps interview

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...life-in-the-us

Carmelo Anthony reached out to me after I got drafted. He said, "Congrats, welcome to the team." I didn't have his number, so I texted back, "Who's this?" And then a few minutes later, he said, "This is Melo" with his No. 7 as the "l."

soooo lame lol

[Cail]

Seeing he's biggest into basketball, Bill Simmons reached an agreement with HBO

[tyven]

Seeing he's biggest into basketball, Bill Simmons reached an agreement with HBO

ALREADY POSTED IN NFL THREAD. DESTROYED YES

[tyven]

Kristaps interview

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...life-in-the-us



soooo lame lol

lol

-Ty7en

[Mertron]

that's not how this works, tyven

-Mer7ron

[tyven]

Whatever, Spaghe77i

[Cail]

ALREADY POSTED IN NFL THREAD. DESTROYED YES

didnt see til after i posted here =(

[tyven]

didnt see til after i posted here =(

thats okay 7ail

[chazzyphizzle]

i sme77 a new tit7e for next season's thread

[Siccmade]

Kings signed the Sous Chef, if he nabs some play time I can't wait to see the Dubs. Steph on some "lil bro gon' learn today!" type shit. Eh, I'm reaching for anything that'll make the Kings fun to watch and that possible match up will be something. Especially since I'm a Transformer and ride for both sides, its a win/win.

[Dimmauk]

JIMMER TO THE SPURS