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  1. I'm not saying my team would win, but they would definitely be a problem.    

    Anthony Davis is so much better than Gobert that it isn't even funny.  He has been 1st team All-NBA for the 5 of the last 6 years. He is a much better offensive player and comparable defender.  And while he isn't Jokic, he is a much better passer than Gobert. 

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    And I would take Sabonis (20 pts, 12 reb, 6.7 ast)  right now over Zion (27 pts, 7.2 reb, 3.7 ast). He is a much better passer, better rebounder and better shooter (FT & out to 3).  He's also averaging more steals and comparable blocks. 

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    For me, Beal vs. Mitchell is about a wash.  Beal is a better scorer, but Mitchell is a better distributor and shooter.  Mitchell has better OWS and DWS. Beal has the better PER and VORP. For me if I'm picking teams, I take Mitchell as I think he is the better big game player.  

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    Durant is clearly better than Jaylen Brown. No question.  He would get the better of this matchup, but Brown has had a great year. 

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    I admit Murray was a stretch over Ben Simmons. I just wanted to put Murray and Mitchell on a team cause I have enjoyed watching them go at each other in the playoffs. Would be fun to see them on the same team.  But if I'm doing this for real, I probably take Ben Simmons.  And clearly James Harden is better than either Simmons or Murray.

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    Again, I would give the OP team the win, but it would be close. Experience would win out in the end and honestly I'm not going to bet against a Durant.

    Another interesting team would be:

    Trae Young + Zach Lavine + Devin Booker + Brandon Ingram + Nikola Vucevic

  2. I was actually pretty impressed how Greg Brown behaved despite getting progressively fewer minutes. He didn’t really pout and seemed to support his team well.

    The between the legs in game missed dunk was immature though.

  3. Good luck to him. He will eventually be a rotation player in the NBA (at a minimum). Whether he stays in college or gets shipped down to the G-League, it is going to take a few years of maturation to get there.

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     <Minnesota> could jockey and get a few more combinations with losses. 

    I don't think so.  ALL the bottom teams are tanking as hard as the can at this point.  Look at this schedule and show me more than 1-2 wins combined.  

    • 22-47 Minnesota - DEN, BOS, DAL
    • 22-48 Cleveland - WAS, BKN
    • 21-49 OKC - UTA, LAC
    • 21-48 Orlando - ATL, PHI, PHI
    • 20-50 Detroit - DEN, MIA
    • 16-54 Houston - LAC, ATL
  5. If his family are all successful (and seemingly quite educated), then another option would be to come back to school and start working on an advanced degree. An MBA from McCombs might be more valuable for him long-term than a few years in Europe.  He is going to have a much longer life after basketball than playing basketball.

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    Word travels fast in any community. Even in those with “chronic” homelessness. Adler/Casar and the dipshits of the round table put out the “Welcome” mat. Quite a few of our homeless since 2019 (ban lifted without voter say so) came from many other places. 

    This.  Everyone knows which cities are "homeless friendly". Our strategy has been horrible.

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  7. Oh look, Bamba gets the start, plays 30 minutes and goes 19 pts, 15 reb, 4 blocks, 3 steals and 8/10 from the line.  Team still lost but that is beside the point. They are trying to lose.

  8. Here are some comps to 1st team All-NBA Defense and DPoY players at age 22.  Using per 36 numbers...

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    My point is that Bamba is still really early in his career for a big guy. And he came into the league particularly skinny and under-developed.  AND he landed in a situation that was just about a worst case for his development.  I'm not willing to write him off just yet.  Dude needs minutes.

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  9. All of that is fair, but he has the potential to be a more disruptive defender than a lot of those guys. If you look at Bamba’s per 36 numbers vs Rudy Gobert at the same age, they are very similar on defense but Bamba is much better offensively. Gobert is a 2-time all star and DPoY. I can see him leading the league in blocks if he gets 35 mpg.

  10. It seems like if Bamba had been drafted by the Spurs he would be a borderline All-Star by now. Instead he barely has gotten minutes for woeful Orlando.

  11. Awesome news and smart move by Ramey. He won’t make the NBA this year, but an awesome year next year could find him on a roster.

    At this point I’m good with the team as-is. With another year of experience and some better coaching, this team as constructed is good enough to be very competitive next year.

    At guard we trade Coleman and Williams for Askew, but get another year of coaching and experience for everyone. I would say that is a slight downgrade.

    At forward, we trade Kai Jones, Greg Brown and Liddell for Allen, Bishop and Tyson plus a healthy year of Febres. That is a moderate upgrade in my view. Last year’s group had potential but Allen will be better next year than any of them.

    At center we swap Sims for Disu. This is pretty even. Sims is a better defender, but Disu is more skilled and probably a better rebounder.

    Then take away Shaka and add Beard and we are looking very good. We finished the regular season #9 and this group looks better than that overall. If we add a good point guard, this looks like a top-5 squad to me.

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  12. Give me:  LeBron, Kobe, Durant, Tim Duncan, Olajuwon and I am pretty confident we would beat either of those two other teams.  Swap out Durant for Curry and move LeBron to the 3 and we still win.  Swap out Durant for Kawhi and we still win. Swap out Olajuwon for Shaq and we still win.

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  13. 5 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

    No way Askew only plays 14 mpg.  He would not be here if he hadn’t been promised more than that.  I think anyone they add from here on out will not be someone they have to promise significant playin time to. My guess:

    Jones, Allen, Disu, Bishop: 30 mpg

    Askew, Ramey: 25 mpg

    Cunningham, Febres, Tyson: 15 mpg

    TBD G, TBD F: 10 mpg

    TBD G, TBD F (likely walk-ons): <5 mpg

    I agree with most of that, I was mainly trying to find a way to get another one of the elite transfer guards onto the team.  But I'm starting to think if Ramey is back, then we won't be getting another elite guard, which I'm fine with.  If we get a lesser player, then the numbers are probably close. 

    Regarding Tony Allen, he didn't have much offensive game (although he scored 16 ppg at OSU). He spent like 90% of his energy locking down the other team's best guard. He was a monster on the defensive end for a few seasons.  Not a terrible comparison.

    A little closer to home, I'm hoping Ramey can have a jump more like Royal Ivey from his junior to senior year.  Ramey is already a better offensive player, but is much more careless with the ball.  

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    You realize they only figure up mpg based on the actual games you played in, right?

    Yes of course.  The big contributors in us summing to 240+ mpg last last year are:

    • Febres played 13 games at 17 mpg
    • Donovan Williams played 15 games at 10 mpg
    • Liddell played 7 at 11 mpg

    If all of those guys played at that level all year, Andrew Jones would have averaged more like 27 instead of 31.4 mpg.

  15. FWIW - Add up the Tech minutes last year and you get 248. A lot of that excess is driven by Nimari Burnett opting out of the season at the mid-point and Kevin McCullar's injury.

    Regardless, looking at that roster it is hard AF to figure out how to distribute the minutes.  I generally like the thought of giving 28-32 minutes to the best 5-6 players and then distributing the rest at <15 mpg.  But in that case you are going to be giving folks like Bishop, Askew, Febres, Cunningham way less minutes than they are going to want.

    Here is another cut at it, limiting the minutes to 215 (more reasonable if there are no transfers or MAJOR injuries)

    • Andrew Jones, 6'4 - 30 min
    • Dylan Disu, 6'9:  30 min
    • Courtney Ramey, 6'3 - 28 min
    • Timmy Allen, 6'6:  28 min
    • DeVante Jones, 6'1 / Sahvir Wheeler, 5'10:  PG 27 min
    • Christian Bishop, 6'7:  20 min
    • Jase Febres, 6'5 - 14 min
    • Devin Askew, 6'3:  14 min
    • Brock Cunningham, 6'5:  12 min
    • Big man TBD - 12 min
    • Total:  215

    (Bold players are currently unsigned)

  16. I've been looking at our potential roster and trying to figure out what the minutes might look like.  In Tech's Elite 8 run, they didn't have anyone over 6'5 that got more than 15 mpg. The following year when they made the title game, 6'10 Tariq Owens got 25 mpg and Odiase got 17 mpg. Everybody else getting significant minutes was 6'5 or less.  Beard doesn't seem to mind running lineups with interchangeable 6'3-6'7 parts.  Luckily that seems to be how our roster is shaping up.

    In looking at the potential minutes situation, we could have something like this:

    Guards

    • DeVante Jones, 6'1 / Sahvir Wheeler, 5'10:  PG 24 min
    • Devin Askew, 6'3:  PG 18 min, SG 6  - 24 mpg total
    • Courtney Ramey, 6'3:  SG 22 min, PG 6 min - 28 mpg total
    • Andrew Jones, 6'4: SG 18 min, SF 10 min - 28 mpg total
    • Jase Febres, 6'5:  SG 8 min, SF 8 min, PF 6 min - 22 mpg total

    Forwards

    • Timmy Allen, 6'6:  SF 14 min, PF 16 min - 30 mpg total
    • Christian Bishop, 6'7:  SF 6, PF 10, C 10 mpg - 24 mpg total
    • Jaylon Tyson, 6'6:  SF 8
    • Brock Cunningham, 6'5:  PF 16

    Bigs

    • Dylan Disu, 6'9:  C 28 min  
    • TBD:  C  10 min

    Total:  ~240 min (which is what we have averaged the last few years accounting for injuries and overtimes)

    Keep in mind that everyone on our team outside of Tyson and Cunningham has averaged 31-35 mpg at times in their career. There won't be that many minutes to go around, especially if we add another guard and big man.  It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

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