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Roster stability and coaching are the most important factors when it comes to the difference between rookies looking like 15 year olds and rookies having situational value plus it's really exciting to see the development process of a 20 year old potential future superstar.

Unfortunately teams that have the best odds at landing the most enticing talent usually are poorly coached and don't have a stable roster.
Following well coached middle of the pack teams w/o a true superstar integrate a rook in their roster is usually hella fun.
Myles Turner is probably the only reason I watch the Pacers at times this season. Frank Vogel is a very good coach, but the team is in no mans land. And they most likely won't be able to add legit talent to put them back into contention.
Every time I tune in it also saddens me to see Monta Ellis suffering from not having Nowitzki as the screener and multiple other guys who want to handle the ball a lot, but amplify Ellis's weaknesses so much.
 
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Phoenix Suns forward T.J. Warren will miss the rest of the season with a broken foot, league sources tell @TheVertical.
 
Impressed with how well Goodwin is playing. I never really expected him to amount to much, but he is showing his potential.
 
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Some trade buzz: BOS intends to move David Lee by Feb. 18 deadline, or buy him out. Lee is out of rotation and wants a role somewhere.
 
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Toronto, I'm told, also showing interest in Suns' Markieff Morris; PHX widely seen as a LOCK to do at least one deal before Feb. 18 deadline
 
The Bucks have let other teams know that Greg Monroe is available for the right price, and the team is also receptive to trading Michael Carter-Williams, reports Gery Woelfel of The Journal Times. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the only Bucks player completely off-limits for a deal, though it would take a “crazy” offer to pry Jabari Parker or Khris Middleton from Milwaukee, a league executive said to Woelfel. Several people around the league have said they’d be surprised if the Bucks don’t make a significant trade, with the deadline looming two weeks from today, Woelfel adds.

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2016/02/bucks-open-to-trading-greg-monroe-carter-williams.html
 
The Bucks have let other teams know that Greg Monroe is available for the right price, and the team is also receptive to trading Michael Carter-Williams, reports Gery Woelfel of The Journal Times. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the only Bucks player completely off-limits for a deal, though it would take a “crazy” offer to pry Jabari Parker or Khris Middleton from Milwaukee, a league executive said to Woelfel. Several people around the league have said they’d be surprised if the Bucks don’t make a significant trade, with the deadline looming two weeks from today, Woelfel adds.

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2016/02/bucks-open-to-trading-greg-monroe-carter-williams.html

Exum for Parker, and trade for Teague?
 
Exum for Parker, and trade for Teague?

You think they're gonna draft Jabari 2nd, watch his rookie season get shortened by injury, then trade him for the 5th pick in that draft the next season, who just so happens to be out for the season??

Their fans would call for the GM's head if it worked out any less than perfectly.. It's an absurd amount of risk..

Main reason I posted the article was to toot my own horn on the Antetokounmpo being untradable part. I've been saying he'd steal Jabari's spotlight since before the pick was in... On another site I post on, people really thought I was an idiot for saying that -- 1½ years later it looks damn good.
 
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