2016-17 NBA PLAYOFFS THREAD

[The Midnight]

Golden State hasnt payed a LT the last 3 years man. A small market team could have done what they did. So far it has nothing to do with there market size. They drafted extremely well, found a great coach, and got lucky their transcendent super-star had some bad ankles and blew up after he signed a bargain contract. They did all that so well it attracted a super-star who was tired of playing in an isolation "my turn/your turn" system who happens to be one of the best scorers of all time. It's just a lot of freak occurrences that will probably never happen again. Enjoy it while it's here and dont cry about it too much. Golden State and Cleveland had been terrible franchises for decades, so you got your wish of seeing different teams at the top of the NBA pecking order.

Yeah but they did went and got Durant and Durant joined them because he knows GSW will be willing to pay the Luxury Tax going forward.


On the other hand OKC has had to trade away Harden because it didn't want to pay the Tax. Had that been a New York team with Durant, Westbrook and Harden, they would have kept them all and paid the Tax.

 

[Joncolton]

Next year, the Dubs will have:

Curry-36.0M
Durant-36.0M--assuming he opts out and re-signs which makes sense (72.0M)
Klay-17.286M (89.286MM)
Draymond-16.4M (105.686M)
McCaw-1.313M (106.999M)
Looney-1.234M (108.233M)
Jones-1.224M (109.457M)

That's just for seven guys. Assuming they re-up some of their own guys (since they'd already be over the cap) and use the MLE, I gotta think they end up somewhere north of 140M. Maybe even 150M.

Klay would still have two years left and Draymond would have one left.

Most playoff teams only play 8 players anyways. A couple of vets will jump on board for the veterans minimum and they will be back in the finals next year.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yeah but they did went and got Durant and Durant joined them because he knows GSW will be willing to pay the Luxury Tax going forward.


On the other hand OKC has had to trade away Harden because it didn't want to pay the Tax. Had that been a New York team with Durant, Westbrook and Harden, they would have kept them all and paid the Tax.

I doubt teh Knicks want to pay the tax. You dont know a lot about their ownership, do you?

 

[The Midnight]

I doubt teh Knicks want to pay the tax. You dont know a lot about their ownership, do you?

Are you telling had the Knicks had Westbrook, Durant and Harden and they're winning 1-2 titles together, the Knicks (or any big market teams) would be unwilling to pay the Tax to keep those guys together to win more titles?

 

[elan_prodigy]

Tonight, Kevin Durrant said if fans don't like the blowouts, they should stop watching.



Kevin Durrant ought to hire a pr rep. He can't seem to stay out of his own way.

He's morphed from the #slimreaper to the #skinnycoward

 

[elan_prodigy]

KD has been terrible the last few years with PR.

But in fairness to him, what's he supposed to say to that? Is he supposed to apologize? Didn't most of us see this coming? The warriors set a record for wins last year. Then they added KD. It's like the 96 bulls after beating down Seattle in the finals adding Malone or Shaq that summer.

He could just stay humble considering he is just a leech.

Maybe something along the lines of "Hey, its unfortunate that we've run into teams who have been injured but we can't take our foot of the gas, we need to stay focused and continue to play our best bball over 4qtrs..."

That fans could handle, the whole "Lump it or Leave it" just irks people, especially coming from that coward.

 

[The Midnight]

He could just stay humble considering he is just a leech.

Maybe something along the lines of "Hey, its unfortunate that we've run into teams who have been injured but we can't take our foot of the gas, we need to stay focused and continue to play our best bball over 4qtrs..."

That fans could handle, the whole "Lump it or Leave it" just irks people, especially coming from that coward.

KD has changed quite a bit since the 'You da real MVP' press conference.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Are you telling had the Knicks had Westbrook, Durant and Harden and they're winning 1-2 titles together, the Knicks (or any big market teams) would be unwilling to pay the Tax to keep those guys together to win more titles?

Quite possibly. Their owner only cares about profits, not winning.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Golden State hasnt payed a LT the last 3 years man. A small market team could have done what they did. So far it has nothing to do with there market size. They drafted extremely well, found a great coach, and got lucky their transcendent super-star had some bad ankles and blew up after he signed a bargain contract. They did all that so well it attracted a super-star who was tired of playing in an isolation "my turn/your turn" system who happens to be one of the best scorers of all time. It's just a lot of freak occurrences that will probably never happen again. Enjoy it while it's here and dont cry about it too much. Golden State and Cleveland had been terrible franchises for decades, so you got your wish of seeing different teams at the top of the NBA pecking order.

Yeah, this sums up my thoughts pretty well. A lot of things went the Warriors way. Curry signing that 4-year $44M deal and Draymond being a 2nd-round pick helped them out the most. They were a 73-win team without Durant and won a title as a team already.

There is no reason to be mad at them for believing in Curry when he had bad ankles and drafting extremely well.


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[The Midnight]

Yeah, this sums up my thoughts pretty well. A lot of things went the Warriors way. Curry signing that 4-year $44M deal and Draymond being a 2nd-round pick helped them out the most. They were a 73-win team without Durant and won a title as a team already.

There is no reason to be mad at them for believing in Curry when he had bad ankles and drafting extremely well.


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I'm not mad at them currently, they really lucked out with the Curry contract, but I'm mad at them in anticipation going forward if they're able to keep all 4 All Stars and paying the Luxury Tax even with Curry getting a raise.

 

[elan_prodigy]

Hard cap is stupid. I dont agree with putting a limit on how much people can make if people are able to pay them.

There already is a limit, its called the MAX contract.

Hard cap is the way to go, it means FO's have less room for error and will need to be more creative, also teams will be better constructed. Will aso stops players from demanding the MAX when they aren't worth it (looking at you Chandler Parsons).

 

[The Midnight]

There already is a limit, its called the MAX contract.

Hard cap is the way to go, it means FO's have less room for error and will need to be more creative, also teams will be better constructed. Will aso stops players from demanding the MAX when they aren't worth it (looking at you Chandler Parsons).

This.