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"when healthy"
Name all the NBA players who came back a significant fraction of their prior performance level after torn ACL. (Hint: there is only one player)
The odds of Durant coming back a top 5 player are infinitesimally small. He'll probably still be top 30-50ish, as he can still shoot over people.
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Not sure why the heat think they will be good if they get Jimmy Butler seems like a lateral move by time they move heaven and earth for him.
Also Dallas had a lot of space and now come away with Olynyk and Curry?
Portland is doing well... they must not trust Collins at all... brought in whiteside to replace Nurkic for the year. I’m happy to have him in the division... Rudy gonna put it on him.
Also Dallas had a lot of space and now come away with Olynyk and Curry?
Portland is doing well... they must not trust Collins at all... brought in whiteside to replace Nurkic for the year. I’m happy to have him in the division... Rudy gonna put it on him.
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Yeah, this seems like a very odd move. They dont need Whiteside when they have Nurkic as their starter.
Portland is making themselves worse which is good for the Jazz. I am not sure how they are going to build a good team going forward especially with Lillards contract exploding. They dont have cap space to do much going forward.
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They are gonna need it to pay Lillard that supermax...
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I’m guessing this means they’re not expecting Nurkic to play this year
From a torn ACL there are a ton of players.
From a torn achilles there have been a few. I already listed them. There is no way he drops off that far. That is just hopefully hater talk from someone who does not like Durant. Matthews, Boogie, Gay, and Wilkins have all bounced back from this injury just fine. The players that have not were already about to retire anyways and well past their prime. Billups and Kobe were not going to be good players at that point anyways regardless of their injury. There are also tons of examples of players in other sports that have come back. Athletes can get back to full strength after this injury with proper rehab and hard work. Durant is notorious for working hard, I feel pretty good about him making a solid comeback even if he is slightly less athletic.
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Yeah maybe they avoid the tax. The big athletic forward... either Aminu or Harkless has been a key to their defense holding up.
Oh, yeah. I guess that is true I forgot about that. They still are not going to be a good team. They lost a lot of depth and not have a lot of financial flexibility going forward. I expect them to be a playoff team if Lillard and CJ are healthy but probably more of a 6-8 seed.
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Looks like Harkless, Leonard and Whiteside are all on expiring deals. And Whiteside makes around $5 million more than those two. I guess Portland really thinks Whiteside is a game changer for them. And maybe Portland is fine going with Bazemore and Hood on the perimeter.
Still kind of bizarre.