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C+/B- seems reasonable to me. Trading Ayton for Jaden Hardy was just downright dumb. At least get a guy 6’7 or taller in that deal. And taking a washed Looney instead of an athletic rim running big was equally dumb. If we land Washington or Kuminga I would bump it up to a B+

 

This pretty much says it, nice post!

 

Lol Looney is washed since UCLA days
He always was so slow,but still can get 10-12 offensive rebounds every game

 

I agree with ESPN C+ Kaminga you have an A+ championship team. Basketball is about system Splash brothers Curry Klay who you gonna guard? Can’t double team. Durant impossible cover championships.

Kobe Shaq can’t double Shaq Kobe will destroy you going to the basket can’t double Kobe Shaq at the rim that’s a bucket.


I look at Kaminga that way. The athleticism is off the charts. But the mid range is incredible. The way the team is constructed. If you blitz Luka or Reaves. Kaminga is probably 1 on 1 at the Rim that’s a basket or free throws. Wide open mid range spots. Puts everyone in their spots Kessler for a lob at the rim or an easy two points. Grimes wide open 3 ball movement.

Now Thiero posses those skills but he’s not the handler ball handler or shooter that Kaminga is.

Kaminga is an advanced scorer. He’s really good at it. It’s comical that people don’t want to add that to Luka and Reaves.

it’s not Durant with Curry and Klay but it’s pretty damn Close.

everybody talked about LeBron how’s he gonna fit in he wants to handle the ball. Draymond role. You’re essentially getting a guy who doesn’t need the ball. Doesn’t need the ball to score. Doesn’t have to handle the ball. Has two guys who can force feed him the ball and get him the ball at great spots to score. He’s a younger Kawhi Leonard without all the baggage.

if yall follow basketball some s*** doesn’t change Worthy was worthy because he complimented Magic perfectly showtime. You blitz Magic Worthy is finishing at the rim or on the break.

Luka is the conductor. What yall miss is teams will blitz Luka and Reaves. Who do they respect??? There’s no LeBron there. s*** there’s no Ayton there.

Kessler great defender. But he’s not a great offensive player. You’re putting all this in Kessler and Luka. You better get some guys that can score.

I emphasized balance. You need balance to win championships. You aren’t winning a championship with Luka scoring 40. Did Kobe win a championship when he scored averaged like 35????

so team is important. The Lakers did everything right this off season. I don’t care about money. So you’re gonna give Mamu and Grimes 4 year 50 million dollar contracts. And your nickel and diming Jonathan Kaminga for 5 million???????????? 20 -25 million???? Come on Mark Walters I thought the penny pinching was over when Jeanie sold the team. Come on Rob.

when we’re sitting in May getting swept by OKC you’ll see why. With Luka getting swarmed. I’ve seen it with Curry they just blitz these guys. You gotta make em pay. When Kaminga came in he made the defense more honest and Curry could sit.

Reddick needs to take some load off of Luka that’s how hamstrings get torn.

but hey we’re just fans.

so definitely C+ you get A+ for Kaminga. I need guys to finish at the rim and who can score. Even Rui could do that.

I’ve watched Zaire since he was in Memphis he ain’t that. Thybulle ain’t that. Definitely ain’t that. Thiero ain’t that yet.

Antonio Daniels was laughing at us for our off-season what are they doing?? Kessler is one of the best defensive Centers in the league. Lob threat, Utah is still bummed he’s gone. That was a great trade. We acquired a great Center and didn’t know what Center we could get. We got the best on the market. So Daniels is being an idiot. And I’ll tell him and call his show on Sirius. These guys don’t watch basketball they talk out the side of thier a**. And he actually does.


I get Pissed at Rob for the trading of Ayton. Giving up depth for no assurances of Kaminga. So don’t d*** this guy around. We want a championship. We want Kaminga. And we want him a part of what we’re building here. Luka only has so much of a championship window. We gotta make it happen now.

 

perfectly said.

 

LOL ..... wow!, if Rob pulls either of those guys off with the near total rebuild and as good a break up with James as possibly could have been imagined, with NO farewell tour and NO PO for this off season, plus maybe having an even stronger and deeper team than last season ..... tough crowd.



He gets one of the levels of A for sure, unless you're Vash or one of his happy clan of Rob haters IMO.

 

yeah, it sounds weird, but the difference between C+/B- and A+ is a kuminga/washington type pickup.

if lebron left, i wanted two young bona fide starters that fit with luka/reaves.

kessler is one.

grimes is a maybe.

but starting the season with an acknowledged hole in the starting lineup is an issue. plug that and i'm actually thrilled.

i'm ok right now.

 

Did you see him play last season?

 

Short term we're probably worse than last year just because of the top line talent we lost. But it's no guarantee that Smart and Lebron could make it through a season healthy anyway.

Long term, we had to do a mini rebuild when the old guys aged out - so we're doing it now rather than in 2-3 years. That's probably a much better plan for the long term to be honest.

San Antonio got better, Tobias Harris helps them at the 4. But they don't need anything apart from internal growth really.

OKC did amazing in my opinion - A+ for me. We can joke that they gained 7 second rounders, but analysts were hypothesising (and fans on this forum too) that they would have to attach capital to dump guys, they didn't and got a lot of draft capital instead. They re-signed Hartenstein too and now Cason Wallace is probably starting. They're really navigating this CBA at a much higher level than anyone else. They're going to have to trade Jalen Williams sooner or later though and that will determine alot moving forward in my opinion.

Houston and Denver - we don't know yet, they're still waiting to make some moves.

Minnesota is going to be a completely different team so hard to judge for me.

I think our off season is a B even with no other moves. Adding a starting 4 puts it at a B+ for me. It's just hard for me to judge until things play out.

 

Compare to Zion he is slow .
But Looney was injured at UCLA and he always played like that, even GSW fans didn't like him at first too

 

maaaann...this is what i was telling you all last year!

i didn't think they'd have to attach anything, and i actually thought they might get a first for dort, tbh.

disagree that they're ahead of anyone. agree that there will be a choice going forward about jalen williams, and presti has screwed that kind of choice up royally once already...

 

Part of the off-season grade is Cam Carr. Solid pickup.