NBA Season - now 24/25
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Harden is tricky to shoehorn in. He is a ball dominant shooting guard, who doesn't seem keen to get engaged off the ball when he doesn't have possession. Can play defence if he is in the mood but not known for it. He needs a big man and shooters around him. Kind of what he had pre-micro ball in HOU but with higher quality players. He loves the 3 too much for my liking, and I don't like his general aesthetic and the way he generates fouls
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@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
Harden is tricky to shoehorn in. He is a ball dominant shooting guard, who doesn't seem keen to get engaged off the ball when he doesn't have possession. Can play defence if he is in the mood but not known for it. He needs a big man and shooters around him. Kind of what he had pre-micro ball in HOU but with higher quality players. He loves the 3 too much for my liking, and I don't like his general aesthetic and the way he generates fouls
Kyrie and Harden are very similar players. Hybrid guards that really are score first options. Yeah Harden gets assists but if you look at a lot of them they are kick out to 3-ball shooters when the defence collapses. He used to run a lot of pick n roll with Capella but that was it.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
Harden is tricky to shoehorn in. He is a ball dominant shooting guard, who doesn't seem keen to get engaged off the ball when he doesn't have possession. Can play defence if he is in the mood but not known for it. He needs a big man and shooters around him. Kind of what he had pre-micro ball in HOU but with higher quality players. He loves the 3 too much for my liking, and I don't like his general aesthetic and the way he generates fouls
Kyrie and Harden are very similar players. Hybrid guards that really are score first options. Yeah Harden gets assists but if you look at a lot of them they are kick out to 3-ball shooters when the defence collapses. He used to run a lot of pick n roll with Capella but that was it.
Thats why Marks would be wise not to go for him. I just can't see where he fits well, certainly no teams that are close to contention anyway
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@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season 20/21:
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
Harden is tricky to shoehorn in. He is a ball dominant shooting guard, who doesn't seem keen to get engaged off the ball when he doesn't have possession. Can play defence if he is in the mood but not known for it. He needs a big man and shooters around him. Kind of what he had pre-micro ball in HOU but with higher quality players. He loves the 3 too much for my liking, and I don't like his general aesthetic and the way he generates fouls
Kyrie and Harden are very similar players. Hybrid guards that really are score first options. Yeah Harden gets assists but if you look at a lot of them they are kick out to 3-ball shooters when the defence collapses. He used to run a lot of pick n roll with Capella but that was it.
Thats why Marks would be wise not to go for him. I just can't see where he fits well, certainly no teams that are close to contention anyway
The thing about today’s NBA it’s really a game of creating mismatches and exploiting them. So the more options you have that can do that the better chance you are. Kyrie and Harden are in the top 10 in that regard and KD in the top 3!
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
Bit over a month until the NBA gets underway again.
This week is pretty good. The Draft is the 18th, negotiation period starts20th, with the trade period starting the 22nd.
Few heavy rumours around
Sounds like they are blowing the Rockets up. Westbrick wants out, which might be tough given what the Rockets paid for him/are paying him. I just read that Harden to the Nets is a real possibility?
CP3 from the Thunder to the Suns
Talk has ramped up in a possible Wall and Westbrook swap. Wall has possibly the worst contract in the NBA...
Just catching up on the CP3 news, OKC get Rubio, Oubre, Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque and draft compensation.
CP3 must hold some sort of NBA record for the total number of players involved in his trades over the years.
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@barbarian said in NBA Season 20/21:
Draft day today. Think it's going to get wild. Already Sixers have traded Al Horford and a few picks to the Thunder for Danny Green.
Think there will be a lot more movement to come.
OKC have a ton of picks over the next few years
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@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
@barbarian said in NBA Season 20/21:
Draft day today. Think it's going to get wild. Already Sixers have traded Al Horford and a few picks to the Thunder for Danny Green.
Think there will be a lot more movement to come.
OKC have a ton of picks over the next few years
Its something like 17 or 18 1st rounders in the next 6yrs. Insane
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@voodoo said in NBA Season 20/21:
@canefan said in NBA Season 20/21:
@barbarian said in NBA Season 20/21:
Draft day today. Think it's going to get wild. Already Sixers have traded Al Horford and a few picks to the Thunder for Danny Green.
Think there will be a lot more movement to come.
OKC have a ton of picks over the next few years
Its something like 17 or 18 1st rounders in the next 6yrs. Insane
That's a lot of bargaining chips
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@KiwiMurph Ball went at 3 to the Hornets
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
@KiwiMurph Ball went at 3 to the Hornets
Cos Jordan is known for picking well....
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@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season 20/21:
@KiwiMurph Ball went at 3 to the Hornets
Cos Jordan is known for picking well....
i reckon he is a bust as well. He'll be back in Australia...
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@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
Hampton is off to the Denver Nuggets - he looks seriously dejected!
The Nuggets are great.
I never thought Hampton looked all that good in teh NBL, certainly didn't do anything to the level that Ball did.
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@voodoo said in NBA Season 20/21:
@gt12 said in NBA Season 20/21:
Any ideas about that the OKC trade will mean for Adams?
Time to ship him off? I heard Celtics.
Also sounds like Klay got hurt again too....
Achilles I heard. So shit for him. Such an awesome player and bloke.
Another lost season
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Google Steve Adams potential trade it's pretty interesting the potential three team deals to get him to the celtics. Basically direct to celtics or Adams and jj to tics thunder get three of this year's rookies plus a million picks and pels get Hayward and someone else. Or one via the clippers celtics and thunder.
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@KiwiMurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
Hampton is off to the Denver Nuggets - he looks seriously dejected!
Not a good endorsement of the NBL with Ball going lower than expected too. There were a number of PGs taken ahead of Hampton but the criticisms of his outside shooting and defence seem fair.
