NBA 2015-2016 Season Thread

[Your Mom]

So does this Dunn guy suck? Everyone said he was going 3 and a couple said maybe 2

[Tyrone]

So nobody actually knows how old Thon Maker is?

[En Dub]

43 minutes ago, Little Red Srarvette said:

So does this Dunn guy suck? Everyone said he was going 3 and a couple said maybe 2

He's actually really good and Minnesota got a steal him going that late. He's an all star defender in the making which is just what they needed. The one and two picks were never a question, both were announced in advance. Boston....I dunno about Boston. Danny Ainge talks so much about trading then takes a solid forward because we don't need any more guards and Dunn is comparable to Marcus Smart (though I thought we were taking Hield). Phoenix continues to confuse me and I think Minnesota were just surprised he was still around. 

Though apparently your Bulls are in talk for Dunn in a ridiculous trade. Bulls give up Jimmy Butler and get Dunn and one other played. Bulls want LaVine but Minnesota is offering Rubio, according to reports.

 

[Mofoticon]

Serge Ibaka to the Magic for Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova and the Sabonis guy just drafted at 11.

[Your Mom]

3 minutes ago, En Dub said:

He's actually really good and Minnesota got a steal him going that late. He's an all star defender in the making which is just what they needed. The one and two picks were never a question, both were announced in advance. Boston....I dunno about Boston. Danny Ainge talks so much about trading then takes a solid forward because we don't need any more guards and Dunn is comparable to Marcus Smart (though I thought we were taking Hield). Phoenix continues to confuse me and I think Minnesota were just surprised he was still around. 

Though apparently your Bulls are in talk for Dunn in a ridiculous trade. Bulls give up Jimmy Butler and get Dunn and one other played. Bulls want LaVine but Minnesota is offering Rubio, according to reports.

 

 So we are giving up Butler? Oh man maybe I picked a bad time to start paying more attention 

[VerbalPuke]

Great deal for OKC. Wow

[En Dub]

2 minutes ago, Little Red Srarvette said:

 So we are giving up Butler? Oh man maybe I picked a bad time to start paying more attention 

I can give you a definite....maybe. I mean NBA trades have fallen through for a lot less, but I'm hardly an expert on either team. Who is our resident T'Wolves fan? @Quom?

 

I really thought Butler was going to be your centerpiece going forward. I know Boston had been pursuing him all week. 

 

EDIT: And yeah, OKC cleaned up. Prepping for a future possible rebuild while also clearing money to throw at Durant or Westbrook. 

Edited June 24, 2016 by En Dub
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[Your Mom]

Looks like you might get Butler for cheaper @Quom

[Tyrone]

Kinda surprised to see Orlando give up Victor Oladipo. Don't think he had the makings of a superstar, but he looked very impressive this year. OKC definitely won that deal.

[gunnar hendershow]

OKC fleeced Orlando. They get the kind of player they needed in Oladipo, don't have to make a crazy offer to keep Waiters, and get rid of the one expendable player they had in Ibaka.

Meanwhile what the hell is Orlando doing? They get Ibaka for one year!

[Plubby]

The one thing i've learned from the last couple decades of Magic basketball is that it's a great place for big guys to leave.

[Your Mom]

Damn it I want to know if we traded Butler or not! I think Denzel looks like a good pick for us too

[gunnar hendershow]

Sounds as if deal fell apart.

[Your Mom]

Good to hear. He needs to run our team next year

[En Dub]

Yeah that isn't a trade I expected to happen. I mean they were declining offers from Boston centered around the number three pick, presumably coupled with other picks and young talent. So it confused me that they were so immediately willing to trade for Dunn and LaVine. 

[Your Mom]

So teams just draft guys even though they might not even come over and play?

[En Dub]

Yeah, there's a term for it that's escaping me at the moment. Some of them will be used as trade pieces later, other will just remain in D-League or overseas but with exclusive rights to a team for a few years if they turn into something. But, for example, Boston has 8 picks tonight. We don't have 8 roster slots open. So unless we can trade some of these picks or new players? We are gonna have to just cut some of these guys. 

 

That being said, WHY IS THE BEST TRADING GM UNABLE TO MAKE ANY TRADES TONIGHT. Sorry. I'm okay. 

[Meacon Keaton]

I'd imagine Minnesota has to be absolutely tickled to get Dunn at #5. A lot of opinions I've read/heard like him more than Ingram, and feel he's the real #2 player in this draft. 

[VerbalPuke]

The Pistins got Ellenson. Everybody seems to like it. Stretch-4 that can rebound and had been projected higher.

I can dig that.

[Quom]

I AM SO ERECT! KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OUR TEAM

In regards to the Bulls, we offered LaVine and the fifth pick, we then offered LaVine and Dunn (Bulls were desperate to trade with Boston because they wanted the third pick to nab him). They turned both down. Which is totally fine by me.

Supposedly Thibs is being a dick and trying to give Rubio away to anyone that will take him. 

I'm a bit thing. I really like this team as is. LaVine, KAT, Wiggins are all super tight, Rubio is also good friends with them all. I really don't want to rush something so it happens two years earlier. I'd much rather bide our time and have a core that is all reaching max potential simultaneously. Gutting the team and breaking up the core to sniff playoff basketball a year earlier seems ridiculous.