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Originally Posted by MichaelMcNamara
These are fair points.
I grew up a Bad Boys Pistons fan. I was 10 in 1986 and when they lost in 7 games to the Celtics and they captured my little heart. Now, of course, I'm not pining for those days to return. However, I just think we need one or two mean dudes to win a Championship. Like I said, Zion could become that guy.
Kemba Walker is expected to join the Los Angeles Clippers on a minimum deal, per sources. Roster now stands at 386, with cuts likely before season gets underway
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Not sure if this has been reported yet, but I?m told Danilo Gallinari?s guarantee date has only been officially moved back to July 8, which would suggest Atlanta is still looking to expand the Dejounte Murray trade as Hawks look for further John Collins, Kevin Huerter deals.
— Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer) June 30, 2022
Would love to get Huerter
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Zion? Mean?
Passive is as passive does. And I assure you, Zion is quite impressionable...quite pliable. He lives as the winds blow.
I would say we have a team full of John Salley and Detroit Rodmans. Maybe no Mahorn or Laimbeer type of bully tough guys, but 3 Salleys, 2 Rodmans and 2 Dumars with Zion as the Isiah in terms of being to elevate it to the highest level when he is on
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BI got that dawg in him now, CJ tapped into it. Herb, dawg. Jose, dawg. Trey and Dyson, future dawgs.
lol... BI has been ascending BI long before CJ. I'd love for someone to track BI's career before he ran the court and flew in with an overhand fist to try and end Chris Paul! I think that was the turning point in his career if we're being fair, not anything CJ did.
You (and everyone else) needs to be thinking way smaller or you are gonna be disappointed by this off-season IMO
I think we saw a mentality from BI that we had not seen prior to 2021-2022. He was a killer, and he was talking ********. I loved it
I'm team keep roster as is
I cried when the Timberwolves took Mahorn in the expansion draft. Lol.
I am too. But I have a wandering eye.......
He's likely going to Lakers or (haha) Clippers, but I wouldn't be mad about Blake Griffin on the Pels as just another big. He's not the rim protector we need, but if we move Jaxson and EJ isn't ready from day 1, I think he works. Nance has a pretty consistent injury history and with no Jaxson, we're going to need another player who can do what we're expecting from Nance until EJ is ready.
Lol adding new players is always more fun
Or just speculating on a message board......
Definitely losing the turnover battle
Adding Graham was fun? Bledsoe?
It's fandom to expect you're getting the best version of the player you traded for
Then reality hits
Definitely losing the turnover battle
I'm honestly at a point where I don't expect any real moves from the Pels, aside from maybe some small margins moves, and I am totally okay with that. I like the idea of going into the season with CJ, BI, Zion, JV, Herb, Trey, Dyson, Liddell, Jose, and just seeing what happens. Maybe we move off Jaxson before the season starts, maybe we can get off Graham, but maybe not and that's fine - I think the roster we have now is interesting and exciting.
I'd rather us do nothing than make a move just so that we can say we made a move, you know?
Basketball.
I think they are willing to talk out any Graham plus Hayes packages with teams but aren’t looking to move them at all costs. Sounds like the ideal would be to take back one guy for those two, at a shorter contract than Graham. So, a Barnes, a Bogdanovic (either one), etc without having to give up real draft equity would be ideal. But If it’s not there, there are fine going into the season as is, giving EJ a two way and making the trade later and/or cutting Temple later and signing EJ then
That's why I said it's essentially just force of habit that people want another move
Run it back szn
This fanbase is so used to having a shallow, uninteresting roster that desperately needs talent or promise that people are just reflexively requesting shakeups that don't need to happen.
Run it back!
Zion Williamson spent his morning taking the 85 or so kids signed up for his YMCA camp to the movies. You’ve seen the dunk videos but Zion really has been a visible part of the camp as much as possible. pic.twitter.com/yYHmwM4v1g
— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) June 30, 2022
Zion keeping present in the community. Follows up on his camp, and then playing basketball with random kids out in public parks.
Do you think this Pels team needs that kind of instigator tough guy to really contend? Of course can't come close to Laimbeer type knockout hits. But we saw how much Draymond's tough, crazy antics have swayed series (both ways). Tucker, Beverly, Smart kind of.
Herb actually has this level of game-shifting frustration power on defense, but is the calm-collected gentleman about it.
Man's PR team is working overtime lmao.
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