Dr. Dinger

Power Rankings - Week 4 [TABLE=width: 277] [TR] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD]Team Name[/TD] [TD]TOTAL[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Raining Bricks[/TD] [TD]9.0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Fear The Dunk[/TD] [TD]4.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]The Monstars[/TD] [TD]3.6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]The KAT's Ass[/TD] [TD]3.4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]A Giannis Among Men[/TD] [TD]2.7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Regular Season Coast[/TD] [TD]2.2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Tune Squad[/TD] [TD]-2.0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Quadruple Doink[/TD] [TD]-2.2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Swipa da Fox[/TD] [TD]-3.4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]Abomination[/TD] [TD]-3.6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]Connor’s Ballers[/TD] [TD]-5.4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]This team suxxxxxxxx[/TD] [TD]-8.4[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

McDavid-Draisaitl is Gretzky-Messier/Lemieux-Jagr/Crosby-Malkin Stupid

Sorry, you're a few months early for best-shape-of-his-life season.

I really wouldn't know.

You'd probably be a lot better off had you accepted my Draisaitl for Tavares offer last season

@Laika Not exactly. The main thing with the NBA salary cap is that trades have to be (roughly) equal in current-year salary, irrespective of future year salaries. There are many exceptions to this and it's convoluted, but that's the main driver. Because Norm has a salary that is about 1/2 to 1/3 of a good (ie max contract) player, guys with contracts like Norm are essential when you want to trade for a superstar, because the young guys you have to add (who actually are good and have value) don't have salaries that can make the trade work. Also paramount in NBA trades is the concept of expiring contracts, because teams want to shed salary at specific times in order to create cap space to chase their target free agents. Teams who are in the middle and rebuilding don't mind taking on a guy like Norm because they can collect extra draft picks along with him for shorter contracts (eg. Redick, Bogdanovic) and then he can align better with when they want to free up salary and/or he can be a salary ballast trade chip when they want to take their swing on a major trade for a superstar (eg. Anthony Davis). There's also the fact that Norm is a viable rotation player with some plausible upside. All of that is to say that he doesn't have tremendous trade value in a vacuum, but his contract size and length makes him a trade chip for teams in specific scenarios.

Nein.

Sorry, I should have said “Redick will be off the books in time to throw money at Giannis.” Which Norm will not.

Matt Thomas is really just a spot-up shooter from what I’ve seen so far, and just as porous on defence. JJ is lethal all around the arc and can run pin downs and get his shot off with an inch of space. He’s basically what you hope Thomas could be in a best case scenario. Importantly though, he’s an expiring contract which rids of us Norm’s money and he’s got a ton of big game experience.

His 3 pt shooting would be absolutely lethal on our 2nd unit.

Some trade target ideas, assuming these teams continue to fall out of contention and the Raptors continue to impress with strong play from Siakam/Lowry/FVV/OG. Bogdan Bogdanovic for Norm Powell + future Top 20 protected 1st Lamarcus Aldridge for Gasol or Ibaka + Top 10 protected 1st Danilo Gallinari for Ibaka + a Top 10 protected 1st JJ Redick for Norm Powell + 2nd rd pick The main idea here would be to add either a dead-eye 3PT shooter or a big man who can create offense without adding a big salary that extends beyond next season. Shedding Powell's $10M salary for 2021 would also be considerably beneficial to us while he still holds some upside for small market rebuilding teams who can't attract marquee free agents.

We basically need Gasol for his positional defense against big bruising centres like Embiid. His offense is worthless now but we do need him in that niche.

Lol I totally forgot about Powell. Well I guess that says something. He’s a trade chip at this point strictly based on his mid-level salary.

Loving Boucher. If only Marc Gasol had the balls to jack up 3s as ruthlessly as Boucher! Also I still can’t tell the difference between Patrick McCaw and Malcolm Miller and neither of them should ever get minutes. Siakam Lowry VanVleet Anunoby Ibaka Gasol Boucher Hollis-Jefferson Davis Sometimes Matt Thomas against weak second units Should be the rotation in descending order of minutes when everyone is healthy

Pascal Siakam might actually win Most Improved Player two years in a row.

Power Rankings - Week 3 [TABLE=width: 313] [TR] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD]Team Name[/TD] [TD]Total[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Raining Bricks[/TD] [TD]9.8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Fear The Dunk[/TD] [TD]7.7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]A Giannis Among Men[/TD] [TD]4.5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]The Monstars[/TD] [TD]3.0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]The KAT's Ass[/TD] [TD]2.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Tune Squad[/TD] [TD]0.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Regular Season Coast[/TD] [TD]-0.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Swipa da Fox[/TD] [TD]-2.6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Quadruple Doink[/TD] [TD]-4.4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]Abomination[/TD] [TD]-5.2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]Connor’s Ballers[/TD] [TD]-6.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]This team suxxxxxxxx[/TD] [TD]-8.4[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Kawhi: *gouges out OG’s eyeball* Ref: All ball.

Championship contender Lakers getting roasted on home court by G-league all-stars. Lol this is f***ing awesome!

Lol f***ing Boucher is throwing down blocks on Lebron James! What universe am i in

Since cocaine started getting super adulterated.

Hey Abom can we trade our whole teams?

I've called up Dante Fabbro, he can be removed from my farm.

Gasol is looking to pass before he even receives the ball and the word is definitely out that you can play off him at this point. He’s really a black hole on offence right now. His midrange game is atrocious.

A quick word about draft order for next year. The bottom 6 (non-playoff) teams will all be in the lottery with equal odds. Picks 7-12 will be in reverse order of final playoff standings (ie champion will pick 12th). This will not be a snake draft and pick order is in effect each round. Picks are not tradable. A reminder that there will be 6 keepers per team.

How the f*** does any team let WAS score 150+? The Harden-Westbrook experiment is a powderkeg.