Trade deadline discussion

[idiot]

It doesn't... I'm not being very clear so its not your fault. I'm saying you put it out there that Muscala can't play and it takes some league heat off of you for not playing your best players more. (its a legit injury but very convenient)

Remember the SGA plantar injury.

If they were sitting both Muscala and Williams more than they should with no health explanation it looks a little worse. I still can't believe the league stepped in with Philly and lets OKC openly do whatever they want. I'm cool with it but its a wild double standard.

I get your point, and I know the OKC funny business well. I'm just perplexed since you're seeming to say that Muscala's injury seems to cover for Williams's playing time somehow.

If you're saying that the heat is coming from the league, I'm not sure I'm buying that. I think heat from the league comes only when they shut guys down (except maybe in the rare case of an Anthony Davis type talent; it might move into the playing-time realm then). I doubt OKC is feeling heat from the league from not playing Kenny Williams more.

But we've both made our points. We disagree partially. That's fine. There's probably not much more to say at this point.

 

[idiot]

Kenny is the main course. I think Muscala is the dessert... and the dessert could be really good for us. We need a non-whiteside option in the playoffs. We just do.

I'm with you here

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

We can target any combination of the following:

Marcus Morris.
Marcus Smart.
Jason Hart.
Kenny Rogers Roaster.
And I’ll even add Moose for the hell of it.

Sign any combination of House, Dunn, or Ekpe.

Include as many used condoms as necessary to make any of this happen.

Tell Snyder he must confide in a coach superior to him and ask for honest feedback, then implement it. Also require him to save his used condoms for the above.

Look you suggest some washed guys but Jason Hart... **** man just go get Earl Watson.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I get your point, and I know the OKC funny business well. I'm just perplexed since you're seeming to say that Muscala's injury seems to cover for Williams's playing time somehow.

If you're saying that the heat is coming from the league, I'm not sure I'm buying that. I think heat from the league comes only when they shut guys down (except maybe in the rare case of an Anthony Davis type talent; it might move into the playing-time realm then). I doubt OKC is feeling heat from the league from not playing Kenny Williams more.

But we've both made our points. We disagree partially. That's fine. There's probably not much more to say at this point.

Its a terrible argument on my part. I mean if they were going to get heat it would be when they just straight shut down Al Horford last year.

Its wild that OKC actively tries to suck but they have a functional good environment and end up winning too much at times... and then teams like the Kings try to be good and short cut as much as possible and yet only a couple games separate the two.

 

[idiot]

This report from Marc Stein on the Jazz doesn't sound promising. Says there is internal instability that stems from a growing suspicion that Ainge wants to make major changes. Also says it's a borderline soap opera right now.

David Smith is now walking back the phrasing of his original tweet passing along this quote from Stein. David Smith is a BYU guy and is probably trying to get off of the implication that this is Ainge's fault.

I'm probably more likely than he is to think that Ainge has heavily contributed to/created much of the supposed chaos. But who knows? Maybe it's Ryan Smith? Maybe it was the DL/QS thing that never was resolved? Maybe it's all been "unsalvageable" all along and we've just been getting by on smoke and mirrors for the past season and a half? Whatever the case, I don't have much faith that Ainge will fix it in anything like the short term (next 2-3 years). Hope I'm wrong.

 

[LoPo]

This Jazz-Celtics Trade Involves Marcus Smart To Utah

The Celtics and Jazz are both struggling this season, so could they come together to make a trade ahead of the NBA trade deadline?

www.nbaanalysis.net

These pie in the sky trades annoy me, but I like this one.

Smart and a 1st for Clarkson and Butler

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[idiot]

Its wild that OKC actively tries to suck but they have a functional good environment and end up winning too much at times... and then teams like the Kings try to be good and short cut as much as possible and yet only a couple games separate the two.

Yep, great point.

 

[Jingled]

David Smith is now walking back the phrasing of his original tweet passing along this quote from Stein. David Smith is a BYU guy and is probably trying to get off of the implication that this is Ainge's fault.

That's fine. But the stuff about internal instability because of suspicions that Ainge wants to make major changes and the part about the Jazz being a borderline soap opera came from national NBA reporter Marc Stein and not David Smith.

 

[416Klawzz]

Unless there is some falling out or revelation about Rudy and Don's relationship, I don't think the fanbase could handle the earthshattering ramifications of trading Don or Rudy

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We gotta be real with eachother they don't get along and can't co exist on the court. They are not wired for one another off and on the court. Let's branch off trade Gobert get what we can to rid ourselves of that horrible contract and get players to compliment Donovan or else he is gone and no one near his stardom will ever come back here. Rudy is replaceable Don is not

 

[LoPo]

That's fine. But the stuff about internal instability because of suspicions that Ainge wants to make major changes and the part about the Jazz being a borderline soap opera came from national NBA reporter Marc Stein and not David Smith.

If simply the presence of Ainge makes people panic, then there were already issues there that he was brought in to resolve.



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[idiot]

That's fine. But the stuff about internal instability because of suspicions that Ainge wants to make major changes and the part about the Jazz being a borderline soap opera came from national NBA reporter Marc Stein and not David Smith.

Yes, of course. I'm not a huge Stein fan, but I'm likely to believe him here to some degree (though I'd like to see a more fleshed-out argument from him before just accepting this rather vague assessment without details.)

 

[LoPo]

We gotta be real with eachother they don't get along and can't co exist on the court. They are not wired for one another off and on the court. Let's branch off trade Gobert get what we can to rid ourselves of that horrible contract and get players to compliment Donovan or else he is gone and no one near his stardom will ever come back here. Rudy is replaceable Don is not

I think many of us have thought this was the case for quite some time.

If they really can't coexist, the best time to separate them is now. If our season continues tanking and we unravel to end the season or playoffs, we actually lose value if other teams know that we are going to blow it up in the off-season.

I don't know. All of this seems fishy.

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