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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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NotHype Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:19 am Post subject: |
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If you were starting a franchise today and could sign any player in the NBA, who would it be?
1. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee – 30%
2. Anthony Davis, New Orleans – 23%
3. Kevin Durant, Golden State – 20%
4. LeBron James, L.A. Lakers – 17%
5. Stephen Curry, Golden State – 7%
6. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia – 3%
Last year: Karl-Anthony Towns – 29% |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:23 am Post subject: |
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Giannis gets the vote because he is younger, if LeBron was the same age he would be the undisputed #1 guy to start a franchise with. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | Giannis gets the vote because he is younger, if LeBron was the same age he would be the undisputed #1 guy to start a franchise with. |
Yea the only reason Giannis Antetokounmpo is #1 has to be age. Cuz he's not better than 4 of those guys, imo. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:28 am Post subject: |
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epak wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | Giannis gets the vote because he is younger, if LeBron was the same age he would be the undisputed #1 guy to start a franchise with. |
Yea the only reason Giannis Antetokounmpo is #1 has to be age. Cuz he's not better than 4 of those guys, imo. |
Surprised.. Curry didn’t get a lot of votes, I would honestly take him over Giannis if I wanted a guy to lead my franchise, especially with his great success so far. |
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LakerSD Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:34 am Post subject: Re: NBA GM Survery for 2019 season |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | http://www.nba.com/gmsurvey/2018
Lots of respect towards the Lakers |
Lots of love for sure, but survey loses a little credibility with best center in the league. It’s definitely Mason Plumlee. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:36 am Post subject: |
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What’s more interesting to me than Giannis being #1 choice to start a franchise
Is how KAT completely fell off the list. |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:50 am Post subject: |
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NotHype wrote: | What’s more interesting to me than Giannis being #1 choice to start a franchise
Is how KAT completely fell off the list. |
I agree it’s kinda crazy that a guy who puts up 25/10 every game basically isn’t even on the list, do these GMs see something we don’t? |
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chantruong Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Not even on the list of promising young core |
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NotHype Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | NotHype wrote: | What’s more interesting to me than Giannis being #1 choice to start a franchise
Is how KAT completely fell off the list. |
I agree it’s kinda crazy that a guy who puts up 25/10 every game basically isn’t even on the list, do these GMs see something we don’t? |
I think it’s mainly due to the fact that Embiid was injury proned
Now that Embiid showed he can play majority of a season, he’s clearly above Towns |
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I love the Greak Freak but, why do people think that he is better than Anthony Davis? I think AD is better by a sizable margin.
Last edited by Harlemlakerfan on Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:26 am; edited 1 time in total |
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AFireInside619 Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:20 am Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | NotHype wrote: | What’s more interesting to me than Giannis being #1 choice to start a franchise
Is how KAT completely fell off the list. |
I agree it’s kinda crazy that a guy who puts up 25/10 every game basically isn’t even on the list, do these GMs see something we don’t? |
Soft on defense. Dogs it sometimes running up the court. Refuses to put his differences with Butler aside and basically taking his team and his city out of the running for a championship. His numbers a great, but so were Dwight Howard’s, right? |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:20 am Post subject: |
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NotHype wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | NotHype wrote: | What’s more interesting to me than Giannis being #1 choice to start a franchise
Is how KAT completely fell off the list. |
I agree it’s kinda crazy that a guy who puts up 25/10 every game basically isn’t even on the list, do these GMs see something we don’t? |
I think it’s mainly due to the fact that Embiid was injury proned
Now that Embiid showed he can play majority of a season, he’s clearly above Towns |
You can’t go wrong either way if it’s a choice between Towns and Embiid, if Towns becomes a good defensive player, not sure if choosing Embiid over him becomes easy. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:24 am Post subject: |
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Harlemlakerfan wrote: | I love the Greak Freak but, why do people think that he isn't better than Anthony Davis? I think AD is better by a sizable margin. |
Giannis has been more durable, other than that Davis’ numbers are better across the board...
Giannis is a year younger, and pretty much the same size as Davis with better ball handling. GM’s are probably taking him banking on his ability to develop a good 3pt shot. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:31 am Post subject: |
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NotHype wrote: | Harlemlakerfan wrote: | I love the Greak Freak but, why do people think that he isn't better than Anthony Davis? I think AD is better by a sizable margin. |
Giannis has been more durable, other than that Davis’ numbers are better across the board...
Giannis is a year younger, and pretty much the same size as Davis with better ball handling. GM’s are probably taking him banking on his ability to develop a good 3pt shot. |
Is Giannis better on D? That might be a reason why GMs prefer him over AD. |
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AFireInside619 Franchise Player
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Quote: | What rule (regarding play, Draft/Lottery, playoff format, etc.) most needs to change?
1. Playoff seeding (1-16) – 18%
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The last question to GM’s brought tears to my eyes. We need a 1-16 playoff seeding, regardless of coast or conference. Especially now that Lebron is in the West, we want him in the playoffs as much as possible. Also, enough of the better Eastern conference teams with their cakewalking through the first couple of rounds. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:43 am Post subject: |
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AFireInside619 wrote: | Quote: | What rule (regarding play, Draft/Lottery, playoff format, etc.) most needs to change?
1. Playoff seeding (1-16) – 18%
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The last question to GM’s brought tears to my eyes. We need a 1-16 playoff seeding, regardless of coast or conference. Especially now that Lebron is in the West, we want him in the playoffs as much as possible. Also, enough of the better Eastern conference teams with their cakewalking through the first couple of rounds. |
Yeah, it is time to change that. |
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chantruong wrote: | Not even on the list of promising young core |
Yep, I noticed that. I never thought that our young core was rated as highly around the league as some people on this board claim that it is. After a long off-season of puffing, it's good to let some more air out of the hype balloon. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Harlemlakerfan wrote: | I love the Greak Freak but, why do people think that he is better than Anthony Davis? I think AD is better by a sizable margin. |
I agree.....Giannis is unique and can cause all kinds of matchup problems, but he is not as talented as AD. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Durant ranking 5th in defensive player is a joke. I know he got a lot of hype early in the year last year, but he regressed to being a poor defender throughout the season. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:56 am Post subject: |
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adkindo wrote: | Durant ranking 5th in defensive player is a joke. I know he got a lot of hype early in the year last year, but he regressed to being a poor defender throughout the season. |
But that long wingspan |
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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AFireInside619 wrote: | Quote: | What rule (regarding play, Draft/Lottery, playoff format, etc.) most needs to change?
1. Playoff seeding (1-16) – 18%
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The last question to GM’s brought tears to my eyes. We need a 1-16 playoff seeding, regardless of coast or conference. Especially now that Lebron is in the West, we want him in the playoffs as much as possible. Also, enough of the better Eastern conference teams with their cakewalking through the first couple of rounds. |
That would result in way too much travel trying to balance the number of games between East and West opponents. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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AFireInside619 wrote: | Quote: | What rule (regarding play, Draft/Lottery, playoff format, etc.) most needs to change?
1. Playoff seeding (1-16) – 18%
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The last question to GM’s brought tears to my eyes. We need a 1-16 playoff seeding, regardless of coast or conference. Especially now that Lebron is in the West, we want him in the playoffs as much as possible. Also, enough of the better Eastern conference teams with their cakewalking through the first couple of rounds. |
I didn't think this was a big deal last year. If anything the top eastern teams had a harder time in the earlier rounds than the western teams did.
If you did a 1-16 seeding, the Nuggets would have made the playoffs instead of the Wizards -- no big deal to anyone except the team's fans. I don't know that the playoffs would have been any better overall.
In fact, that may have been a reason that this rule change actually lost a lot of support compared to last year. |
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 5:16 am Post subject: |
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venturalakersfan wrote: | AFireInside619 wrote: | Quote: | What rule (regarding play, Draft/Lottery, playoff format, etc.) most needs to change?
1. Playoff seeding (1-16) – 18%
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The last question to GM’s brought tears to my eyes. We need a 1-16 playoff seeding, regardless of coast or conference. Especially now that Lebron is in the West, we want him in the playoffs as much as possible. Also, enough of the better Eastern conference teams with their cakewalking through the first couple of rounds. |
That would result in way too much travel trying to balance the number of games between East and West opponents. |
yeah, I am 100% against changing the playoff structure |
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Who is that idiot Washington writer who thinks we will miss the playoffs? |
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