Eddielives

31 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Awesome Love the league! I was trying to find last year’s standing in my yahoo stuff but couldn’t. Just wanted to see who won last year.

Some jerk got first place, "The Weight" was second and "Buzzards Flock" was third. 

Sure I'll run it back.  I'll be sure everyone that was in last year gets re-invited or I think yahoo let's you just renew the league. Either way I'm definitely doing it again. 

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Thanks for the stroke-attack, spud2.  They only needed 2 jolts on the defib ... defribrul ... defibula ... the electric thang to wake me.

They're called Automatic External Defibrillators.  And did you know that the batteries in them rarely fail?........................................................But when they do, no one is shocked.

I say Brandon Clarke will be a lottery pick and I'll gladly come here and say I was wrong and own it if he isn't.  Will the person/people saying he won't be a lottery pick do the same?

25 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

This excuse is getting old.  The organization was winning before he got there with Chris Paul!

It's not an excuse. It's a reason. Any evaluation of AD's game that leads one to walk away saying hmm, no thanks, he's no winner and not a superstar is just beyond ridiculous. Even Russell Westbrook, whom is questionable as a guy that will ever be on a championship team, is a superstar player yet has yet to win crap. That's the main thing I'm arguing with Davis. I'm guessing because Shaq didn't win before he went to LA means he was no superstar either while in Orlando. Puhlease!

3 hours ago, kg01 said:

Don't be fooled by stats and hype.

School 'em, peo.

AD'll do well as the new Bosh but folks need to recognize he's a follower and a second-fiddle player, not a superstar.

Couldn't agree with the stats and hype comment more.  I remember the days of  Dwight Howard and Smoove apologists holding their stats as proof of their value to a winning team.

However, AD, when healthy, is absolutely a superstar and generational talent.  He can't help that he's been the best player on otherwise flawed teams with not so great coaching and an organization as a whole with not a great reputation.  And as far as his toughness? yes he gets hurt/banged up more often that anyone would like.  But questioning the guy's toughness?  The fact that he plays as much as he does with all the times he's gotten hurt shows he's a tough dude.  I don't question his toughness at all and after this year's finals, I think fans telling these guys they aren't tough when they say they're hurt or don't feel right and decide not to play,  is nothing short of ridiculous.

Kawhi was hearing this last year with the Spurs.  And look at him now.  He played when he felt right and led his team to a championship.  Had he jumped on the court last year and kept playing despite whatever was going on with him, there's a good chance he could have set himself back years by injuring himself just to please some people's assertion that he's just not tough.

Doh!!! Davis, Anthony Davis of course lol!

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26981805/lakers-reach-deal-pelicans-davis

Just now, Eddielives said:

Maybe but teams will have us by the short hairs knowing we don't need Garland. It's like they'd have to call our bluff. 

Not call our bluff but I mean to say that they'd probably know we're bluffing on drafting Garland. 

1 minute ago, pimp said:

If Culver goes 4 , then i guess we have to dangle Garland in in front of the PG hungry teams , and see what we can get.

Maybe but teams will have us by the short hairs knowing we don't need Garland. It's like they'd have to call our bluff. 

There's too many unknowns right now to even be sure that the Hawks get Culver at 5. I mean if the 4th pick is included in the Lakers/AD trade, what do the Pels do at 4?  What if they take Culver?  Ahhhh I want answers now!!!

5 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

You had onto that guy like grim death  

Treat him right! But him a sandwich !

How dare you call his guy a sandwich!

2 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

At this point, I just think if they want 3 picks, they should keep 8/10/17 and take two wings and a big at 17.  Unless they can trade up to get a specific target they love, I don't see the need to give the Cavs their 1st next year back just to get to 5.  Since this scenario assumes Culver is off the board at 4, who is worth trading up to 5 for?  

 

 

Exactly. No sense makes does this. 

6 minutes ago, kg01 said:

In fairness, the flat earth thing was a goof on the media that they ran with which was apparently his point in saying it.

That said, I agree he's a headcase and I'm glad another eastern conference foe will be dealing with him.  I see him as a team cancer who, outside of the LeBron years, has accomplished no team successes.

I heard some eggspert ponder what's really the difference between him and a guy like kemba.  Not much different,  if you think about it.  Yet one is highly thought of and the other is only a borderline all star, at best.

I don't know man. I thought he doubled down on it like he truly believed it and wasn't just trolling the media. Either way, I agree with everything else you said about him. I'm SO glad the Hawks are not at a point in the rebuild where they'd be going after him and that's the flat-out truth

Brooklyn deserves the headcase it's getting ready to marry itself to.  The second this fool revealed his flat-earth beliefs, I knew he was not all there and it's been reflected in his relationship to the teams he's played for.

5 minutes ago, Eddielives said:

I have the answer to the draft.  It came to me in a dream last night.  I prayed for answers before laying me down to sleep.  Next thing I know I'm dreaming of eating a butter burger with a bowl of delicious custard.  It's definitely a sign.  We're getting Culver.

Then when I woke up, the first song I heard was Georgia on My Mind...Goga is from Georgia.  So there you have it.  Definitive proof.

I have the answer to the draft.  It came to me in a dream last night.  I prayed for answers before laying me down to sleep.  Next thing I know I'm dreaming of eating a butter burger with a bowl of delicious custard.  It's definitely a sign.  We're getting Culver.

Just my baseless assertion here but I think we are going to end up with Culver and Bitadze as our first round picks.  In fact, put me on the board with my prediction!!

One think is for sure about Sekou.  He's going to be a project with a pretty high risk factor.  I think he may fall to the 12-18 range based on that alone.  He is exciting about what he "could" be though.

I listened to the Locked on Hawks podcast and this was the host's opinion/hope for the Hawks.  He thinks Culver is the 3rd best player in this draft and can play the 3.

Toronto fans keeping it classy by cheering KD's injury. 

I predict that in the last few weeks of the season, there will be one game that has little to no significance where both teams will ease up just a tad and let Vince have a moment of glory. He gets at least 30 points and a few open lanes for a couple highlight dunks. 

10 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

They are high on both but they like Cam more for them than the others but they seem to be high on all five wings. 

R.J., Culver, Hunter, Little and Reddish. Cam is the one they like the most. 

Been told Culver to Cleveland is a near lock. 

Garland will be the #4 pick unless it's Hunter. 

Bulls promised White. 

Suns looking at Clarke, Sekou, Hunter, and Lonzo Ball. 

Wizards looking big, Fernando, Goga, Sekou and Hayes.

I don't know what our plan is with #10 but this clearly makes it possible to BPA this. 

Right now, we only have two forwards (Collins and D. Davis). My guess is that will be our targets for 8 and 10. 

Lonzo Ball??

The Blue Swimmer will likely have a nice bench role on this team. I doubt we buy him out.

So I am a little slow today.  I just realized there's a second protected 1st pick.  This is a really good deal imo.