The Goat Pen

I don’t always get it right. Like that time I thought the Celtics should trade one of the best players for a rookie that’s too short and can’t shoot.

I think the Hornets are trying to cover all the felonies.

"I will be rooting my nuts off for the Warriors"

That won't take much effort...

Tree wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 6:55 am I don’t always get it right. Like that time I thought the Celtics should trade one of the best players for a rookie that’s too short and can’t shoot.

Brown can’t dribble and isn’t worth crippling the franchise’s cap with his super max on top of tatum’s super max to say nothing of brown not being worth it.

hedge wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:58 am "I will be rooting my nuts off for the Warriors"

That won't take much effort...

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Hedge would suck my nuts off any day of the week, and twice on Sundays.

How old are you?

Suns have to be the favs going into next year. Beale, Booker, and KD are going to be a handful.

Lakers will be there too. Don't forget their two best players were banged up this year and they still laid the strap to everyone up until the Nuggets.

Go Nuggets!

Harrison Barnes with a big contract. 85 mil guaranteed. Kings will be in the top half of the West along with the Suns, Nuggs, Warriors, Lakers, and possibly the Clips depending on what trades they make.

LOL

Am I reading these new contracts right this morning?

Yep. I think some dude just got 43 mil per year.

Grizz paid Bane, Pacers paid Halliburton

I'm stoked for next year. Boston is either going to be better and make the EC finals or miss their glue players and be worse. No telling atm. If Dame goes to Miami they will be far and away the best team in the East. Not so sure about if he goes to Philly. Something there just doesn't smell right and it's not all James Harden's fat ass. Would love to see him as a Knick too but that's probably not happening.

Nuggets will probably be tops in the West, but there is a chance the King and his sidekick will get healthy and do some real damage if they can work out the role players. Same for the Warriors. Time will tell.

Boston will have growing pains early on given the transition away from Smart at point and without Williams on the bench while also adjusting to having a consistent third scorer who can average 20ppg again.

The defense will take another step back, but the offense -- theoretically -- should improve, but I still doubt that this team has what it takes to bring home a championship.

Hands?

Jaylen Brown doesn't have a left hand as evidenced by the lack of dribbling ability when he goes towards his left side...

The idea that you need your #3 to deliver 20 a night is a myth. Very few teams have had that. Garnett, Pierce, Allen and Steph, Klay, KD were exceptions. You need 2 alpha studs and then a small group of guys one of which can step up and snag 20 on any given night. Like the Lakers had last year. There's a reason they aren't making any big moves. Problem with the Celts is their 1 and 2 are still young. They will both be beasts very soon. Whether it happens next year remains to be seen.

Tree wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:10 pm The idea that you need your #3 to deliver 20 a night is a myth. Very few teams have had that. Garnett, Pierce, Allen and Steph, Klay, KD were exceptions. You need 2 alpha studs and then a small group of guys one of which can step up and snag 20 on any given night. Like the Lakers had last year. There's a reason they aren't making any big moves. Problem with the Celts is their 1 and 2 are still young. They will both be beasts very soon. Whether it happens next year remains to be seen.

Brown isn't going to get much better than he is now. Tatum has some room to move further along -- mentally than physically/skills) -- but they've got 13 years experience between them (7 for Brown and 6 for Tatum). They're beyond the "young" stage now. It's time to produce.

In today's NBA, you need two elite scorers to win a title with a third major scoring threat.