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2016 Cavs were 10th in def rating.

Then you probably shouldn't be predicting how much they're gonna score, right?

The Pacers apparently offered Oladipo $20M/yr before this season, which he declined.

Oladipo had one big injury. That hardly qualifies as injury prone.

Lavert on the other hand: "Has had 3 surgeries on the same place in his foot in 22 months … Already has a reputation for being...

A quick look at BBR suggests you're wrong. I looked back to 2000 and no champion finished worse than 11th in defensive rating.

I think Oladipo is the lower risk choice. He's a bigger name and tied into less years if they decide to rebuild. LaVert is massively injury prone. I personally don't like it for the Pacers. The...

Without Jarrett Allen the Nets don't play defense.

A better question is Kuzma at $39M or Christian Wood at $41M?

Yeah guess I should have answered the question lol. PG at 190. Kuzma's a great value at $39M, but there's a dozen guys in that price range who are as good or better. If the Clips were to let PG...

This is a gross misrepresentation of what a max player is. If you think a max player is the #1 guy on a contender then you're saying there's only 3-4 max players in the entire league. That is...

The players would never agree to a bubble for a 7 month season. They couldn't even keep half the teams completely secure in Orlando for 3 months without guys breaking protocol.

I doubt the league can contract, legally. Too many lawsuits from broken contracts, tv deals, licensing, etc. It'd be in litigation for decades.

Wall, Cousins, and Kenyon Martin got haircuts at the same apartment and Martin has trested positive per ESPN. Nothing to do with Harden.

People spend way too much time looking at counting stats yes, but also fail to account for NBA inflation. In 10ish years the MLE has gone from $5M to $9M and players are pushing $50M/yr when $30M...

It's not that he's 3x the value, it's scarcity of resources. Gobert is the top defensive center in the league, you pay a premium to get the top guy. If you want to go for the 5th guy, you'll get...

People overrate jump shooting. If you have a guy who can do everything else all an all-nba level you build your team around his one weakness. Look at Harden, Curry, etc. Butler can't shoot, does...

We're not trading Oladipo. He loves the new coach, he's speaking to media and he's supposedly healthy. Now, he may leave in free agency, but unless the team implodes they're not going to trade him....

Who in the East got better this offseason? All the playoff teams are basically treading water except Philly who got marginally better and the Nets who might implode. Celtics aren't any worse off than...

He went from a player no one wanted to touch, to a feel good story, to justifying why no team wanted him. He's got all the skills to be exceptional but can't manage to avoid being a detriment.

In theory. But in reality the better player doesn't always start or get minutes in the NBA. Decision makers commonly are invested in the choices they make, and dictate to the coaching staff who gets...

Gordon Hayward would immediately become the Pacers highest selling jersey. Born and raised in the Indianapolis area, high school champion, went to college at Butler in Indianapolis and took them to...

Both players are better at center. Sabonis is a gifted offensive scorer and facilitates the offense with his passing. Turner is much better defensively protecting the rim. When both are on the...

People saying Ainge didn't really want Turner sounds like spin. Ainge is getting roasted in the media, and this is damage control. There was too much out there about the offer to think that...

Maybe from the Celtics perspective? The only team that the Pacers have any sort of organizational animosity toward is the Lakers because of George.

What bad blood? Kevin Pritchard was a Celtic and Larry Bird is a consultant.