I just saw that too. I am a huge celtics fan, it has been a rough last few weeks. The other Celtics fans think Garza stinks. But then again, they thing Niang stinks too. I wonder if Niang will be with the C's long enough to troll Garza at all?
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Some fun Garza stats cherry picking only center position stats to help his case:
604 points, 248 rebounds, 12 blocks
Niang:
4046 points, 1354 rebounds, 78 blocks
Morris:
3980 points, 847 rebounds, 73 blocks (6x the blocks, half the size)
THT:
2809 points, 655 rebounds, 110 blocks
Thomas (surprisingly close to Hawkeye GOAT despite no local coverage of NBA career):
510 points, 155 rebounds, 4 blocks
Haliburton:
5842 points, 1218 rebounds, 199 blocks
Not only this but they bring back Bruce Brown for bench support and create some money to go after another player to boost the bench. Not bad so far and could be great depending who else they pick up.
“Ring chasing” isn’t much of a thing or every player would be asking to play with joker at a discount.
You are underestimating how bad mid to bottom of the east is. They will make the playoffs.
I think Pacers and Celtics both still make it but in the 7-10 play-in zone.
This is East this past year. 1-4 next year is some version of Cle, NY, Detroit, Orlando. Who knows what Milwaukee will look like? Does Philly rebound from that pathetic last season?
That’s the easiest decision ever. I’m not sure they are going to be thrilled with the financial decision they’re going to make to extend Holmgren for nearly as much though. I don’t know that he made a single basket against Turner in the finals and I distinctly remember him getting stuffed a few times.
SGA and Williams you lock down at all costs though.
OKC is set up nicely. Those 3 guys are going to cost a fortune. Normally you can’t have 3 guys making that much and be a championship-caliber team (see the Nuggets the last two years).
BUT they have so many future draft picks they should be able to supplement their roster with young, cheap talent.
For example, that Topic they took last year is supposed to be a really good player, he just was coming off an ACL injury
Sources: Bucks waive Damian Lillard, reach deal with Myles Turner
The Bucks are waiving Damian Lillard and stretching the remaining $113M on his contract in order to acquire free agent center Myles Turner, sources told ESPN.
Kind of surprising. Giannis almost certainly moving on now?
Waiving Dame too.Sources: Bucks waive Damian Lillard, reach deal with Myles Turner
The Bucks are waiving Damian Lillard and stretching the remaining $113M on his contract in order to acquire free agent center Myles Turner, sources told ESPN.www.espn.com
Kind of surprising. Giannis almost certainly moving on now?
I imagine this helps keep Giannis, filling Brook Lopez role.
Pacers don't want to pay luxury tax to retain him.Sources: Bucks waive Damian Lillard, reach deal with Myles Turner
The Bucks are waiving Damian Lillard and stretching the remaining $113M on his contract in order to acquire free agent center Myles Turner, sources told ESPN.
Kind of surprising. Giannis almost certainly moving on now?
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FROM SHAMS: Turner, the longest tenured Pacer, made it known he wished to remain in Indiana. Since the Game 7 exit, Turner’s reps pushed to get a deal done. Ultimately, Indiana’s aversion to the tax, which grew after Tyrese Haliburton’s injury, allowed Bucks to get the new franchise center...
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That’s a Hail Mary by Milwaukee to try and keep Giannis long term, but you’ve got to try. Dame going to be on their books for $22mil/year for next 5 years.
They a have a nice front court, but their guard play will be atrocious. Turner doesn’t make them close to a contender without more big moves.
They a have a nice front court, but their guard play will be atrocious. Turner doesn’t make them close to a contender without more big moves.
I can’t believe Indiana wouldn’t do that deal for Turner.
Bummer when you lose a guy like that. Honestly reminds me of when Indy also lost Dale Davis.
