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D'Evils said:
To match salaries and cap relief...

Dedmon also had 3 years left...
Parker 2... Len is in his final year...
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That could be more added into the deal for Capela...

Rockets have over 12 million dollars in TPE's... correct me if I'm wrong but that does mean we can still take back more salary/players in the trade.

Again, someone PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Yeah I don't know about that one Miami....If that's the move you wanted maybe they should've tried to offer something up for Covington. Its a bunch of 3 and D guys around this league....
 
dik cashmere said:
Joel Embiid blames 76ers' struggles on lack of offensive identity

All-Star center Joel Embiid is in one of the worst stretches of his career, and his Philadelphia 76ersare digging themselves a hole in the Eastern Conference, losing three in a row going into Thursday's game against the Bucks in Milwaukee.
Embiid acknowledged to reporters Wednesday that the 76ers (31-20) don't have an offensive identity right now.
"Like I say from time to time, you don't know what you're getting," Embiid said Wednesday. "I don't know if I'm getting into the game and if I'm getting the ball or not.
"Spacing is an issue," he said. "Sometimes we play fast, sometimes we play slow. But at the end of the day, when you think about it and as we try to get ready for the playoffs, the game slows down. It becomes a half-court game, and that's where we struggle the most. So hopefully we do a better job the next few games."

Embiid said the issue is not that players have tuned out coach Brett Brown.
"We haven't been winning. Our offense has not been good," Embiid said. "But I always say, coaches are not out there to make shots for us, they don't make plays. They can do a better job of setting everything up, but at the end of the day we make the plays."
On Saturday night in a 116-95 loss to the Boston Celtics, Embiid finished with 11 points on 1-for-11 shooting to go with 5 rebounds, 4 turnovers and a game-worst minus-25 in 23 minutes.



Embiid said that he sometimes struggles with trying to find the right balance between needing to be at the 3-point line and needing to be in the post.
"I got to spend a lot of time at the 3-point line, just to make sure there's some spacing," he said. "Everybody keeps saying, 'Get in the post!' But if you actually understand basketball, you've got to find that balance.
"It's not about me, it's about the team. Whatever I can do to help my teammates -- the spacing has been a struggle for us, [but] I got to do it. If it means I've got to stay at the 3-point line all game, I got to do it, at the same time still maximize what I do best. There's also a bad aspect: Every team is doubling me every game. It's hard, but you have to find that balance, have to keep going."
On Monday, the Sixers suffered their worst loss of the season, falling to the Miami Heat 137-106, and Ben Simmons called them "soft."
Sixers center Al Horford was asked if somebody needs to stand up and call somebody out.

"There's some stuff going on in our locker room. We'll keep that internal," Horford said. "But we all know we need to do better, we need to step it up, and it's a great opportunity to do it [Thursday]."
Brown, in his seventh year as coach of the team, also said he believes the players are still listening to him.
"I do," Brown said, then added, "You'd be better off asking them. When you speak to them, speak freely, and I understand the question. ... I'm not naive enough to not understand why you've asked about what you've asked. But I've answered it the way I have answered it.
"I look forward to coaching them. When it gets to an epidemic stage, this thing you are talking about, I'll admit that. I don't at all right now."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...lames-76ers-struggles-lack-offensive-identity
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Brown did his job weathering the rebuild...

Now he needs to go...
 
Amajorfucup said:
Pat Riley ho ass just gave washed up Iguodala $30 million but refused to gave Wade $25 4 years ago.
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A GMs job is to win games and make tough decisions. Wade was washed and Miami didn’t have assets to move because Miami was stuck with Bosh max contract and Whitesides max.
 
Duece said:
And here is the problem.

He's already good now, yet Minnesota can't put anybody around him to help him because nobody is signing with Minnesota.
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Simply Sickenin' said:
*Insert pic of KG here*
Same shit, different day. Some markets just can't attract big names. Who the fuck wants to live in Minnesota.
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Simply Sickenin' said:
*Insert pic of KG here*
Same shit, different day. Some markets just can't attract big names. Who the fuck wants to live in Minnesota.
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I don't want to live in Minnesota either but I think these smaller, unsexy markets get unfairly criticized for being shitty franchises and when the truth is, nobody worth a damn is gonna sign with them some of these teams should just take the floor with "You can't win" by Michael Jackson playing in the background.
 
Simply Sickenin' said:
That's not the same. Giannis didn't sign with the Bucks in free agency, he was drafted. The real test is gonna be seeing if the super max is enough to keep him in a Bucks jersey, if they don't come out of the East this year.
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Giannis is the building block that was drafted, so was KAT.

KAT was also a higher pick than Giannis.

The point is, the Bucks have a system that they made work. Yes they brought players there but not All-Stars or high level players known for winning.

KAT had Jimmy and other solid players, but they’re not winning. It’s the culture.

My point was, the Bucks are in a small market and didn’t attract high level outside talent. Minnesota can win without attracting high level talent.
 
Picasso said:
Giannis is the building block that was drafted, so was KAT.

KAT was also a higher pick than Giannis.

The point is, the Bucks have a system that they made work. Yes they brought players there but not All-Stars or high level players known for winning.

KAT had Jimmy and other solid players, but they’re not winning. It’s the culture.

My point was, the Bucks are in a small market and didn’t attract high level outside talent. Minnesota can win without attracting high level talent.
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Shit it’s about getting the right pieces at the right time...
 
Simply Sickenin' said:
*Insert pic of KG here*
Same shit, different day. Some markets just can't attract big names. Who the fuck wants to live in Minnesota.
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The NBA seriously needs to look into getting rid of some of these teams. These non glamorous destination cities aren't ideal to draw others to come play with homegrown talent they might hit on in the draft. I don't care how much money's on the table, if it's not a city with a storied basketball history or a destination city, these guys ain't staying. They're just NBA teams filled with players too good to be in the D League. Eventually the big boys will come a'knockin and they will dip
 
Mask said:
Shit it’s about getting the right pieces at the right time...
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You’re Exactly right!

I’m just saying, everyone says that the reason small markets aren’t winning is because they can’t attract high level talent. Although they usually don’t, that’s not the reason they’re not winning.

But quick question, how many times have the “Huge” market teams won titles in the last 10 years?

I’ll wait...
 
Picasso said:
You’re Exactly right!

I’m just saying, everyone says that the reason small markets aren’t winning is because they can’t attract high level talent. Although they usually don’t, that’s not the reason they’re not winning.

But quick question, how many times have the “Huge” market teams won titles in the last 10 years?

I’ll wait...
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Lakers 2010
Miami 2012, 2013

I've never been to Dallas or Toronto, but I'm sure people from those cities would argue that they're not small markets. :dunno:
 
spider705 said:
The NBA seriously needs to look into getting rid of some of these teams. These non glamorous destination cities aren't ideal to draw others to come play with homegrown talent they might hit on in the draft. I don't care how much money's on the table, if it's not a city with a storied basketball history or a destination city, these guys ain't staying. They're just NBA teams filled with players too good to be in the D League. Eventually the big boys will come a'knockin and they will dip
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Getting rid of a few teams would also make the season shorter and mean less travel time for the players.
 

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