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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 7:00 pm    Post subject: Annual GM Poll

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Which team will win the 2017 NBA Finals?
1. Golden State – 69.0%
2. Cleveland – 31.0%
Last year: Cleveland – 53.6%


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Who will win the 2016-17 MVP?
1. LeBron James, Cleveland – 46.7%
2. Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City – 23.3%
3. Stephen Curry, Golden State – 10.0%
    James Harden, Houston – 10.0%
5. Kevin Durant, Golden State – 6.7%
6. Paul George, Indiana – 3.3%
Last year: LeBron James – 39.3%


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Which team will be most improved in 2016-17?
1. Minnesota – 56.7%
2. Utah – 23.3%
3. New York – 10.0%
Also receiving votes: Boston, Houston, L.A. Lakers
Last year: Oklahoma City – 25.0%


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Which active player will make the best head coach someday?
1. Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers – 27.6%
2. Jared Dudley, Phoenix – 10.3%
    Ronnie Price, Oklahoma City – 10.3%
4. Manu Ginobili, San Antonio – 6.9%
    Jason Terry, Milwaukee – 6.9%
Also receiving votes: Steve Blake; Matt Bonner; Avery Bradley, Boston; Stephen Curry, Golden State; Mike Dunleavy, Cleveland; Draymond Green, Golden State; Shaun Livingston, Golden State; T.J. McConnell, Philadelphia; Andre Miller; Mike Miller, Denver; Jameer Nelson, Denver
Last year: Chris Paul – 25.0%


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Which player is the best leader?
1. LeBron James, Cleveland – 57.1%
2. Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers – 14.3%
3. Stephen Curry, Golden State – 10.7%
    Draymond Green, Golden State – 10.7%    
Also receiving votes: Tim Duncan; Dwyane Wade, Chicago
Last year: LeBron James – 44.6%


Tim Duncan?

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:09 pm    Post subject:

Ronnie Price made the list! Begin preparations for the four horsemen, y'all ...
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:12 pm    Post subject:

Did Utah make some big moves in the off-season?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:26 pm    Post subject:

jonnybravo wrote:
Did Utah make some big moves in the off-season?


I think the expectations stem from their interesting roster, with a good defensive foundation. Their Hayward, Favors, Gobert core is maturing into the prime phase of their careers. Then they have the return of Exum this season to see if he's going to pan out, along with the acquisitions of Joe Johnson, George Hill and postseason veteran Boris Diaw for veteran leadership. Hood and Lyles are two promising young guys, and Burks is too, although he's a bit older than the other two. I think they're lacking a #1 and a strong #2, to be honest, but they probably have three or or four very solid #3 players on that roster, along with four or five key rotation players. With one superstar, that roster could be poised to compete ...

I don't know what to expect, but it should be an interesting season in SLC ...
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:32 pm    Post subject:

Chris Paul as a HC? I keep getting flashes of Byron Scott.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 9:17 pm    Post subject:

Who the (bleep) voted Draymond Green for future best head coach?

Also, guess Byron's not the only one who loves Ronny Price.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:06 pm    Post subject:

jonnybravo wrote:
Did Utah make some big moves in the off-season?
They won 40 games plagued with injuries last year. Their young talent has time to mature, and no one is really over the hill.

Very good bet for most improved team, health permitting.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:55 am    Post subject:

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Ronnie Price made the list! Begin preparations for the four horsemen, y'all ...


If you had asked me four years ago to measure my enthusiasm for Luke Walton to be coaching this team it would have been just as low. We'll see how Price fares in his post-playing career. Most of the better coaches were mediocre players probably because they had to develop their basketball minds and leadership to make up what they lacked in talent.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:18 am    Post subject:

Not bad. Don't know how Duncan got a vote lol
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:19 am    Post subject:

numero-ocho wrote:
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Ronnie Price made the list! Begin preparations for the four horsemen, y'all ...


If you had asked me four years ago to measure my enthusiasm for Luke Walton to be coaching this team it would have been just as low. We'll see how Price fares in his post-playing career. Most of the better coaches were mediocre players probably because they had to develop their basketball minds and leadership to make up what they lacked in talent.


Completely agreed re: the bolded above ... and the ones who were "above average" as players were typically highly-cerebral athletes anyway (i.e., that ability to "see the game" was really their principal strength as a player). I don't know if Price satisfies that criterion, but we'll have to wait and see. As for Luke, I think he was touted as a likely head coaching prospect long before I was personally sold on the idea, but it seems like it's been an inevitably for some time. He was on these lists, IIRC. I guess I just showed up late to that party ...

Incidentally, on the topic of coaching prospects (as it relates to Luke), ESPN published an interesting article today highlighting Golden State's ongoing struggles with Draymond Green swirling around in the vortex of their success. I'm certainly no Green fan, but I think the article is a very good one. It paints him fairly sympathetically (as far as I'm concerned), but what a mess overall. Takeaway: I'd be very surprised to see Green in a Warriors uniform two years from now.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 12:32 pm    Post subject:

I read that the Chuckster has weighed in again. It's interesting how he continues to characterize GSW as a jumpshooting team. Not that he's incorrect, but CLE isn't exactly a low-post power team (is anybody these days?). They were third in the league in 3's attempted, second during the playoffs. They don't chuck up quite as many, and did go to the basket more often in the finals (and were rewarded with a win). But still, Cavs put up more than their fair share. It's not wrong to say that a "jumpshooting team" won the title last year.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:16 pm    Post subject:

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Not bad. Don't know how Duncan got a vote lol


Is it confusing because he's retired or because you don't think he was a good leader?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:40 pm    Post subject:

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22 wrote:
Not bad. Don't know how Duncan got a vote lol


Is it confusing because he's retired or because you don't think he was a good leader?


because he's retired
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:34 pm    Post subject:

Lebron won't win MVP his minutes will continue to go down and he probably doesn't care about winning it this late in his career. Im going with Leonard.
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