Et tu Brute
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This is not what happened
Paul George and Kawhi to the Clippers
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This is not what happened
TheStormofWar
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I felt the Clippers were still looking like a possibility, despite everyone saying Toronto or Lakers. They really were the only ones to keep their traps shut. That George deal is an amazing haul for Presti. Clippers are looking like a top three team now. Lolkers.
Et tu Brute
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So what move could he have made that did NO ONE dirty?
Like, if you're gonna do a team dirty who deserves it the most?
Jack Strop
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Probably not even 8th. Stupid Lindsey and Zanik. We should have sold Mitchell to the Clippers for that haul and Gobert to the Celtics. Time to rebuild. There's just no hope.
Sarcasm Alert: the above post is not serious.
West was always going to be a bloodbath. Lakers had they gotten Kawhi would have been amazing. They'll still be good. I think it comes down to Clippers and Jazz in Finals. EC will be exciting to watch: Bucks, Sixers and Cetics are probably a toss up.
TheStormofWar
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Clips/Utah is going to be fun next year. Unlike the Lakers, the Clippers have some depth still, but Utah is superior there. Those are going to be defensive grinds, but fun I think.
Lakers....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO*breath*LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Lakers....LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO*breath*LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
TheStormofWar
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Clippers look good, but so do we. This really does nothing but makes the Clippers viable contenders, but I don't think they're really better than Utah at this point. We do have weapons to counter George/Kawhi (as much as anyone can). That said, we still have top end talent of our own and better depth. This is going to be a fun year.
Plus is literally screwed the Lakers, so that's always a bonus. I feel for Toronto. They didn't get Hayward'ed insomuch that Kawhi didn't really lie to them like Lord Voldemort did to Utah. However, that still has to sting. They did get some rings out of a it, so there is that though.
Did them dirty?
Bruh, the Lakes didnt have to pursue Kawhi. He doesnt owe them anything.
I mean, the Lakers depth sucks, but they still have the best duo in the NBA.
I think the top 6 teams are all on a fairly level playing field in the West.
(Blazers, Jazz, Lakers, Clippers, Rockets, Nuggets)
TheStormofWar
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Lakers are one injury away from the lottery and don't frighten me in the least. I personally think Davis might be kind of overrated (how much playoff success has he had despite good teams around him?) and LeBron is getting older. Dude still puts up phenomenal numbers, but he can't be the workhorse he once is. Lakers are a glass house built on quick sand.
rjfan
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And i saw comparison between kawhi and hayward, well, i'd say 2 ir 3 things, kawhi weren't drafted there and took 6/7 years to really reach all-star level and than said goobye on a players tribune love letter to his college coach, when they got him, it was well said that he wanted la, indeed he were profesional there and paved their way to the promised land, listened to their pitch on free agency. Another thing that stands, is that raptors would'n have cap to add really much to their team, unless they went reaaally creative on some sign and trades. All they had were the full mle anyway, and they still have their players to trade for something and start some rebuild if they want.
Haywood on the other end dragged us to have a lot of cap to being stuck on the udoh, thabo, jerebko type of deals, cause any posible contributor like gallinari, or send some overpay for otto porter (that we could work to be some s&t) were out of the table by the time he left, and that after we spent a lot of picks trying to turn up to competitive mode, instead of clearly stating "i'm going out" so at least we could had not thrown exum under hill rental and mack (and problably at least know more of what he's capable or not instead of giving him his actual contract based on expectation but fully unknown if we may be able of getting something out of it), let favors focus on get his back healed way sooner instead of trying him to play through painkillers whenever posible for more than a year, get more for hood than merely crowder, and get something of his *** on a trade, instead of losing assets to let him go for nothing (as previously stated). In reality, if it wasn't for the real strike that Mitchell were on the draft, we'd be condemned to be tanking right now.
Haywood on the other end dragged us to have a lot of cap to being stuck on the udoh, thabo, jerebko type of deals, cause any posible contributor like gallinari, or send some overpay for otto porter (that we could work to be some s&t) were out of the table by the time he left, and that after we spent a lot of picks trying to turn up to competitive mode, instead of clearly stating "i'm going out" so at least we could had not thrown exum under hill rental and mack (and problably at least know more of what he's capable or not instead of giving him his actual contract based on expectation but fully unknown if we may be able of getting something out of it), let favors focus on get his back healed way sooner instead of trying him to play through painkillers whenever posible for more than a year, get more for hood than merely crowder, and get something of his *** on a trade, instead of losing assets to let him go for nothing (as previously stated). In reality, if it wasn't for the real strike that Mitchell were on the draft, we'd be condemned to be tanking right now.
A lot of teams are one injury away from the lottery.
If Gobert tore his acl in game 7 the Jazz probably dont make the playoffs. Same for the Rockets and Harden. Or Nuggets and Jokic. Or Thunder and Russ.
Lakers have nowhere to spend the money
Toronto is still really good. This just opens up Siakim to achieve star status.
TheStormofWar
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Utah is more built to withstand a minor injury that LA is my point. Utah has depth enough to compensate for a typical sprains and pulls during the normal course of a season that LA. No team is really built to lose top end talent for a season, but being able to hold serve is important (i.e. around .500). Say Utah loses Mitchell due to a sprain for a few weeks, we can still beat a few teams while he's out because we still have guys like Conley, Bogey, Royce, and Gobert to help carry some of the load. Lakers have.... Yeah.
rjfan
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yeah, they have a pretty good team there, but they may need to give pg and kawhi some rest - what they may be able to do, since they have enough depth and firepower, more than a posible lakers big3, and the lakers duo has now - and are not a superteam as the big 3 of lebron, kawhi and ad are, so i'm good with it. and i also believe Rudy may dominate that paint if all they have there is zubac and harris
East all stars will be filled with 5th team all nba talent.