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Season starts tonight!

New season = new thread.

Get your predictions in and what not. Some of you have done that already in the off-season thread.

Tonights predictions:

Wizards at Cavs
Celtics at Heat
Mavs at Lakers
 
#7,976 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Yeah, I think if they had kept Pau on Dirk it would've been a different game, but Clark did a great job smothering Dirk and not giving him many clean looks. DIRK appeared to be a bit off last night, as I can't recall the last time he has missed that many free throws with so few attempts.
 
#7,982 · (Edited)
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

2013: biggest name is Josh Smith(also CP3 and Dwight who will likely resign)
2014: Lebron, Melo, Cousins, KOBE, George, Bledsoe, Wade, Bosh, Bogut, Larry Sanders, Pierce, and Bradley.

:lmao

I listed those RFAs as the only one out of the four I see actually staying is Bradley. Can Pacers afford to pay Paul George the max he will be offered? Will the Kings/Sonics want Cousins or want to pay him what he'll be offered? Sanders will likely be given a Ibaka contract, but can the Bucks afford to pay him that much with Ilyasova locked up?
 
#7,983 · (Edited)
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Paul George isn't going anywhere. Literally no chance Indiana lets him walk. Sanders probably won't and shouldn't go anywhere either considering he's the Bucks best player. Ilyasova is only making 8 mil a year, not like his contract will handicap the Bucks. Cousins is a very talented player, he just has his off court issues. It all depends on where his career goes from here, too early to tell.

As far as the other names on that list go...the Heat's Big 3 probably aren't going anywhere, Melo isn't leaving the Knicks, and Kobe & Pierce will either retire or stay with their teams.

Edit: George might not even make it to free agency. If he makes the ASG next season, he'll be eligible to get an early extension apart of the "Derrick Rose Rule" in the CBA, IIRC.
 
#8,003 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Paul George isn't going anywhere. Literally no chance Indiana lets him walk. Sanders probably won't and shouldn't go anywhere either considering he's the Bucks best player. Ilyasova is only making 8 mil a year, not like his contract will handicap the Bucks. Cousins is a very talented player, he just has his off court issues. It all depends on where his career goes from here, too early to tell.

As far as the other names on that list go...the Heat's Big 3 probably aren't going anywhere, Melo isn't leaving the Knicks, and Kobe & Pierce will either retire or stay with their teams.

Edit: George might not even make it to free agency. If he makes the ASG next season, he'll be eligible to get an early extension apart of the "Derrick Rose Rule" in the CBA, IIRC.
There really is no reason you should be so certain of all this. Pacers with George would be way over the cap and so they would have to clear some cap to keep him and risk losing a lot of depth with a core of Hill, Hibbert, and George. Of course they could manage, but Ribbert would need to become a way better offensive player and Hill would need to become a way better playmaker. More realistically they would have to get rid of one of those three.

Do the Bucks match if someone gives Sanders a max? Once again, a small market team can't just be giving away cap space with the new cap rules. It will handicap a lot of teams with how they spend, that's why the rules were brought in, so you can't have a bunch of "stars" that are paid really well.

I could see Melo leaving for another big market, even the Lakers sadly, if the Knicks don't prove to be contenders and he has a larger desire to win. The chance is low, but still there depending on how the Knicks play out.

:lmao @ thinking that the big three aren't going anywhere. I don't see them all taking a huge pay cut again and wouldn't be surprised if both Lebron and Bosh left.
 
#7,985 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Great to see DOODLER back in the NBA. Word is the Celtics wanted to bring him back but couldn't due to hew buyout rules. He's such a great locker room guy. One of the best in the NBA. I think he'll make a great head coach someday.
 
#7,988 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''



He's atrocious as a defender. Like a liability.


@Joel Anthony: I'll agree that college seems like a better fit for him than the pros. I think that would ideally be his perfect position as a coach.
 
#7,987 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Hahah yeah he is.

And I could see Dooling being a coach someday. He'll probably have a hook up in the NBA with Boston like he was doing, but I could see him doing some college work too. Because truth be told, college coaches have bigger impacts on a lot of the kids. And I think that's where Dooling can truly excel: being a mentor/role model and a good player-coach. You know he ain't gonna be calling no body a ****** out there.
 
#7,990 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

I'm pretty sure that Atlanta is the worst fanbase in the NBA
 
#7,991 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

MVP chants on the road vs a playoff team, Atlanta should just fold and give their team to Seattle.
 
#7,995 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Not really, if their own fans don't give a shit about them, why should I?
 
#7,997 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

To be fair, Atlanta isn't a very good sports town in general for attendance. I think that's partially on the economy and partially with the fact that the richer fans live farther away from Atlanta and partially the fact that Atlanta can be scary at night and partially the fact that the team is boring to watch and will most likely exit in the 1st round of the playoffs and partially the fact that the Braves were playing tonight and it's early April basketball.

Lots of little things to blame, but Atlanta attendance is low in all sports.
 
#7,999 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Rondo is already practicing again. Initial reports after his injury said that if the Celtics would allow him to, Rondo could return for the playoffs due to him only having a partial tear of his ACL. Should the Celtics make it past the 1st round, could we see a Rondo return?

I doubt it but still fun to speculate.
 
#8,000 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Rondo is already practicing again. Initial reports after his injury said that if the Celtics would allow him to, Rondo could return for the playoffs due to him only having a partial tear of his ACL. Should the Celtics make it past the 1st round, could we see a Rondo return?

I doubt it but still fun to speculate.
inb4lolRose :rose2

But that would be neat for Rondo to return so early. I love that hustle and passion.
 
#8,004 · (Edited)
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

I'm sure the Pacers wouldn't have any problem getting rid of George Hill in order to keep Paul George, you know, the star of their team? I find it highly unlikely they let George walk. And like I said before George probably won't even hit free agency if he becomes eligible for the Derrick Rose Rule.

I highly doubt Larry Sanders gets the max. I would bet any money he doesn't get the max. Unless he becomes an All-Star next season. And should Milwaukee choose to sign Sanders to the max...it's not like they have another max contract. One max contract wouldn't cripple their cap or put them in position to be in the luxury tax.

The Big 3 aren't going anywhere, especially if they win more titles. Why wouldn't they take a paycut again? When the 2014 offseason comes, they'll all be approaching their 12th season probably with multiple rings. If they took paycuts the first time around, what makes you think they wouldn't do it again?
 
#8,005 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Because 32 year old Wade is not going to be a star. Bosh will be a different type of player. Lebron would have a better chance of winning in other areas with younger stars and more team flexibility such as the Cavs. :kobe8
 
#8,007 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Because 32 year old Wade is not going to be a star. Bosh will be a different type of player. Lebron would have a better chance of winning in other areas with younger stars and more team flexibility such as the Cavs. :kobe8
That doesn't automatically mean they won't be willing to take paycuts to stay with the Heat...

If the Heat players in the middle of their primes and in the middle of their careers took paycuts, what makes you think the Heat players in their 30's and with 10+ years of NBA experience along with probably multiple rings in Miami, wouldn't be willing to take less?
 
#8,006 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Or the 2014-2015 Bulls with Rose, Noah, Deng, Kobe, Thibs, and Phil Jackson. :side:
 
#8,010 ·
Re: ''Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.''

Holy cow Batman! There's three pair of brothers who are on their own respective team this year!

Hansborough brothers-Indiana Pacers
Morris brothers-Phoenix Suns

and now......
Holiday brothers-Philadelphia Sixers
 
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