Recent content by rjfan

Yeah, that's right. A deal wouldn't make sense for the Jazz without one of them. Still should be a quite good team even in Embiid absence (and potentialy special in his presence). Still is a "is it worthy for the Sixers to mortgage whatever future assets they still have for betting on Embiid's...

They do have Maxey, hit a gem in McCain and got VJ (outside of other decent role players). It's hard to say whether there's anything left in Embiid knees, but I think that by getting Lauri, the Sixers could lessen the burden on Embiid. Both in terms of not needing to force himself to play...

I know things as culture and locker room enviroment are important, both for the proper development of our younger guys, and maybe keeping Lauri. But at this point in our rebuild when 3 years into It we still don't have a new face of the franchise (Lauri is a number 2 at best, not a FP), not...

I mean, ain't the case that guys that should be available for a 5/6th pick in the 26 draft having a better projections so far than the ones by 5/6th this year ? Not that I disagree with the notion that shooting for the worst record and getting the 5th pick doesn't suck, nor that I actually...

Man, that's some fun exercise. A shame I wasn't checking the board before. Amazed the one I'd go for my 1st pick wasn't picked yet (tho I definitely would have some strong recency bias)

Good news is I'm problably not losing my sleep tonight

Does Flip pass the added 15 pounds meter ? Not so sure

Unfortunate. I was hoping to watch some of at least one of Ace or WCJ. Might settle for some Flip hype.

A lot satisfied with this trade. It actually points towards playing our youth, and, dare I joke about It, big game hunting

Yeah But at rookie scale contract deals - only guys being kept to a 4th year being dudes that either have no market, that might not even get a second contract, or too good to be traded, at least for peanuts - not near max rookie extension

Aside from the obvious Ace, my major curiosity revolves around Flip and Hendricks

As much there's work to be done on defense, he could use some work on shooting efficiency You know, there a reason why some players gets minutes despite minutes limitations, they help their team get buckets. But If you're gonna struggle to reach 40% fg and 35% fg3...

I'll be okay If we be keeping one of Nurkic or Collins, not for trying to win, but to provide competition, accountability and a functioning system for the young players to grow. But If It gets just about prioritizing vets that have no business being a core part of a future contending team, then...

So we traded up for... Another guard They might really like him.

That's my biggest fear in any trade talk for him. Could he make us give a 9~14 pick of a loaded draft to a Championship team (already loaded in young talent and high upside picks) that plays in our own division ?