The 2020-21 NBA Thread: Raptors in 7

[dn0s]

Watching this Clippers-Mavs game and the Clippers PA announcer is the worst thing in basketball.

[FrostyAU]

Ben Simmons is looking godlike. It’s essentially his rookie season but he’s not playing like one

[Reiraku]

If some rich prick in Vegas moves the Suns here, I’m going to laugh my ass off.

[locoghoul]

Did someone say Seattle???

[Reiraku]

The Suns may have set, but the Sonics will rise again!

[kimterran]

Seattle Suns. Lol. There’s no fucking sun there it’s always raining

[Psychoblue]

Phoenix has a new arena being negotiated and would likely veto any deal that would move the Suns out of Phoenix, but at the same time, with all of these #SarverOut posters going around the city, Sarver seems like the kind of dickwad that would move them out of Phoenix just to spite the entire city for not bending over and kissing his ass.

[jae_hoon]

Also Seattle is blackballed until they build a new stadium that is publicly funded.

[CTG]

Sixers feeling the burn of tanking Okafor’s value. You won’t get much for a guy who you don’t play and signaled to everyone you’re done with him by not picking up his 4th year option.

I think this was Hinkie’s last draft and believe it or not - he wanted Porzingis! Ownership forced him to take Okafor since it was thought as a no-brainer and he was more known to the fanbase. Hinkie nor the fanbase wanted any part of Okafor.

On the right team, he’d be ballin’ right now though. He’s completely changed his body and put up good numbers in the scarce playing time he’s gotten. I’d call the Suns and see if they’d take him for Bledsoe - just so we can have a nice piece for trade deadline time.

Porzingis may be balling out right now but there was a TON of apprehension when he was drafted as high as he was, even here on SRK.

No doubt, completely agree. However, these dudes are in the basketball business. They trust Hinkie to tank the team and draft talent for the future, but lost their courage in the end. It was the first sign that Hinkie was out the door. Nobody here wanted Okafor not b/c of talent (he has tons), but he wasn’t right for the style we wanted to play. Hinkie told them Kristaps was the guy.

Just image Simmons, Embiid and Porzingis. That’s not even fair.

[FrostyAU]

Seattle Suns. Lol. There’s no fucking sun there it’s always raining

The weather is a lot like where I live. One of the pro teams is called the Storm.

Name change?

[GeoG2]

Shams Charania (ShamsCharania)

That Kardashian curse tho.

[Plaid_Unicorn]

Sixers feeling the burn of tanking Okafor’s value. You won’t get much for a guy who you don’t play and signaled to everyone you’re done with him by not picking up his 4th year option.

I think this was Hinkie’s last draft and believe it or not - he wanted Porzingis! Ownership forced him to take Okafor since it was thought as a no-brainer and he was more known to the fanbase. Hinkie nor the fanbase wanted any part of Okafor.

On the right team, he’d be ballin’ right now though. He’s completely changed his body and put up good numbers in the scarce playing time he’s gotten. I’d call the Suns and see if they’d take him for Bledsoe - just so we can have a nice piece for trade deadline time.

Porzingis may be balling out right now but there was a TON of apprehension when he was drafted as high as he was, even here on SRK.

No doubt, completely agree. However, these dudes are in the basketball business. They trust Hinkie to tank the team and draft talent for the future, but lost their courage in the end. It was the first sign that Hinkie was out the door. Nobody here wanted Okafor not b/c of talent (he has tons), but he wasn’t right for the style we wanted to play. Hinkie told them Kristaps was the guy.

Just image Simmons, Embiid and Porzingis. That’s not even fair.

The Knicks thank the 76ers for their incompetence. Porzingis was number 2 on Phil’s big board under towns though so I’m guessing he would have made it happen if they thought there was a risk someone else would have taken him

[kimterran]

Sixers feeling the burn of tanking Okafor’s value. You won’t get much for a guy who you don’t play and signaled to everyone you’re done with him by not picking up his 4th year option.

I think this was Hinkie’s last draft and believe it or not - he wanted Porzingis! Ownership forced him to take Okafor since it was thought as a no-brainer and he was more known to the fanbase. Hinkie nor the fanbase wanted any part of Okafor.

On the right team, he’d be ballin’ right now though. He’s completely changed his body and put up good numbers in the scarce playing time he’s gotten. I’d call the Suns and see if they’d take him for Bledsoe - just so we can have a nice piece for trade deadline time.

Porzingis may be balling out right now but there was a TON of apprehension when he was drafted as high as he was, even here on SRK.

No doubt, completely agree. However, these dudes are in the basketball business. They trust Hinkie to tank the team and draft talent for the future, but lost their courage in the end. It was the first sign that Hinkie was out the door. Nobody here wanted Okafor not b/c of talent (he has tons), but he wasn’t right for the style we wanted to play. Hinkie told them Kristaps was the guy.

Just image Simmons, Embiid and Porzingis. That’s not even fair.

If you drafted Kristaps you probably don’t have Simmons

[GeoG2]

https://twitter.com/A_W_Gordon/status/925876220864204800

Man there’s so many dumb people on Twitter, especially when it comes to basketball.

[jae_hoon]

Now people are buying into the flat earth shit because Kyrie plays basketball.

[GeoG2]

HoopsHype has been throwing out “player vs player: who’s better” tweets for awhile. I got into an argument with a kid when they did Nash vs Kidd. Kidd is 2nd all-time in assists, 2nd all-time in steals, 3rd all-time in triple doubles, 9x all-defensive teams, and he has a ring. Dumb kid’s argument was “Nash has 2 MVPs and could shoot, he’s better.”

That’s when I knew I would never argue with people on Twitter again when it comes to b-ball.

[Plaid_Unicorn]

Man Aldridge has been playing really well at the start of this season.

The new foul rule makes zero sense on a side note.

[CTG]

Sixers feeling the burn of tanking Okafor’s value. You won’t get much for a guy who you don’t play and signaled to everyone you’re done with him by not picking up his 4th year option.

I think this was Hinkie’s last draft and believe it or not - he wanted Porzingis! Ownership forced him to take Okafor since it was thought as a no-brainer and he was more known to the fanbase. Hinkie nor the fanbase wanted any part of Okafor.

On the right team, he’d be ballin’ right now though. He’s completely changed his body and put up good numbers in the scarce playing time he’s gotten. I’d call the Suns and see if they’d take him for Bledsoe - just so we can have a nice piece for trade deadline time.

Porzingis may be balling out right now but there was a TON of apprehension when he was drafted as high as he was, even here on SRK.

No doubt, completely agree. However, these dudes are in the basketball business. They trust Hinkie to tank the team and draft talent for the future, but lost their courage in the end. It was the first sign that Hinkie was out the door. Nobody here wanted Okafor not b/c of talent (he has tons), but he wasn’t right for the style we wanted to play. Hinkie told them Kristaps was the guy.

Just image Simmons, Embiid and Porzingis. That’s not even fair.

If you drafted Kristaps you probably don’t have Simmons

Probably would - the tank job was still in full effect. It’s the reason why The Process is bearing fruit. This wasn’t some, half-baked tank job. The idea wasn’t to get one really good player and go from there, it was to get multiple good players and go from there.

The Sixers ownership group will never admit it, but they made Hinkie the scapegoat for Okafor. Had they let him take Kristaps, he’d probably still be here and we would’ve gotten much more for Nerlens than Justin Anderson.

[Plaid_Unicorn]

Sixers feeling the burn of tanking Okafor’s value. You won’t get much for a guy who you don’t play and signaled to everyone you’re done with him by not picking up his 4th year option.

I think this was Hinkie’s last draft and believe it or not - he wanted Porzingis! Ownership forced him to take Okafor since it was thought as a no-brainer and he was more known to the fanbase. Hinkie nor the fanbase wanted any part of Okafor.

On the right team, he’d be ballin’ right now though. He’s completely changed his body and put up good numbers in the scarce playing time he’s gotten. I’d call the Suns and see if they’d take him for Bledsoe - just so we can have a nice piece for trade deadline time.

Porzingis may be balling out right now but there was a TON of apprehension when he was drafted as high as he was, even here on SRK.

No doubt, completely agree. However, these dudes are in the basketball business. They trust Hinkie to tank the team and draft talent for the future, but lost their courage in the end. It was the first sign that Hinkie was out the door. Nobody here wanted Okafor not b/c of talent (he has tons), but he wasn’t right for the style we wanted to play. Hinkie told them Kristaps was the guy.

Just image Simmons, Embiid and Porzingis. That’s not even fair.

If you drafted Kristaps you probably don’t have Simmons

Probably would - the tank job was still in full effect. It’s the reason why The Process is bearing fruit. This wasn’t some, half-baked tank job. The idea wasn’t to get one really good player and go from there, it was to get multiple good players and go from there.

The Sixers ownership group will never admit it, but they made Hinkie the scapegoat for Okafor. Had they let him take Kristaps, he’d probably still be here and we would’ve gotten much more for Nerlens than Justin Anderson.

Interesting how the process will play out going forward. Looking at the Knicks and how porzingis camp isn’t guaranteeing he signs the rookie max after next season because of distrust in the org, league perception amongst players towards ownership is a huge deal I
On player destination choices.

The Knicks have alot of work to do to convince folks to want to play there again. This okafor situation could be the start of the same thing. Players are already talking about how they are doing okafor wrong (even though not signing the extension is a smart move). Philly will have a great foundation but will it be enough to attract big names going forward?

The Knicks can’t blame Dolan for the shit show Phil created, hell Dolan was out playing the blues in a bar on draft night, he checked out years ago but the culture stunk in NY

[CTG]

How they’re handling him is t a good look, but it’s far from what Phil did to the Knicks. The Sixers are trying to get anything for Okafor. Meanwhile him and his camp have lost their patience (rightfully so) and are causing a stink.

At the end of the day Simmons and Embiid will be enough to get some guys looking our way.

I’d be estactic if we could get Wesley Mathews for Okafor at this point. We need another vet like him on the roster.