Brady Helping Celtics Recruit Kevin Durant

Chiuba E. Obele said:

You hear, Wade may sign with the Cavs?

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If so, he's going to be playing for peanuts...

If KD were to pick any team other than Boston, I wanted him to stay in the Western Conference. To me, Golden State is going to have to break up a championship contender and re-configure with four studs and journeymen. Reminds me of the late 1970s Sixers with Dr. J., World B. Free, George McGinnis, Doug Collins, and Darryl Dawkins. Golden State may not have enough basketballs to go around, and they're giving up several good NBA defenders. We'll see.

Celtics? Evan Turner was a big loss. They still have money to spend so watch for another signing. They're 50-win team that just added a legitimate big man to go with interesting draft picks. The Celtics are a little better now than when the season ended.

A guard rotation of Thomas, Bradley, Smart and R Demetrius Jackson from Notre Dame is tough as nails. It would be nice if 6'6" James Young, who should have stayed at KY, is ready as a shooter at the 2 spot this season.

Horford and Olynyk is a good 1-2 in the East at the 5.

Amir Johnson can play his natural PF position now with Zizic and Jerebko as depth.

Jae Crowder, R Jaylen Brown is a nice defensive duo at the 3. Brown is an energy guy who attacks the rim. They need a 3 who can fill it up from outside, and create his own shot. R Ben Bentil out of PC is a shooter and low-box scorer, but it remains to be seen if he's quick enough for the NBA.

50-55 wins and 3 or 4 seed in the East.

goheels22002 said:

If KD were to pick any team other than Boston, I wanted him to stay in the Western Conference. To me, Golden State is going to have to break up a championship contender and re-configure with four studs and journeymen. Reminds me of the late 1970s Sixers with Dr. J., World B. Free, George McGinnis, Doug Collins, and Darryl Dawkins. Golden State may not have enough basketballs to go around, and they're giving up several good NBA defenders. We'll see.

Celtics? Evan Turner was a big loss. They still have money to spend so watch for another signing. They're 50-win team that just added a legitimate big man to go with interesting draft picks. The Celtics are a little better now than when the season ended.

A guard rotation of Thomas, Bradley, Smart and R Demetrius Jackson from Notre Dame is tough as nails. It would be nice if 6'6" James Young, who should have stayed at KY, is ready as a shooter at the 2 spot this season.

Horford and Olynyk is a good 1-2 in the East at the 5.

Amir Johnson can play his natural PF position now with Zizic and Jerebko as depth.

Jae Crowder, R Jaylen Brown is a nice defensive duo at the 3. Brown is an energy guy who attacks the rim. They need a 3 who can fill it up from outside, and create his own shot. R Ben Bentil out of PC is a shooter and low-box scorer, but it remains to be seen if he's quick enough for the NBA.

50-55 wins and 3 or 4 seed in the East.

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GSW is going from 3 stars, an outstanding glue guy (Iggy) an overrated starter (Barnes) who was a non-factor at best in the finals and 7 journeymen. They are just replacing their overrated starter with a future hall of famer. They will still have 7 journeymen -- does it really matter who they are? It will be a major upset/embarrassment if they do not waltz to the title.

We can place bets on whether a team other than GSW wins the title this year and whether James Young becomes even a rotational NBA player -- they are both highly unlikely.

goheels22002 said:

If KD were to pick any team other than Boston, I wanted him to stay in the Western Conference. To me, Golden State is going to have to break up a championship contender and re-configure with four studs and journeymen. Reminds me of the late 1970s Sixers with Dr. J., World B. Free, George McGinnis, Doug Collins, and Darryl Dawkins. Golden State may not have enough basketballs to go around, and they're giving up several good NBA defenders. We'll see.

Celtics? Evan Turner was a big loss. They still have money to spend so watch for another signing. They're 50-win team that just added a legitimate big man to go with interesting draft picks. The Celtics are a little better now than when the season ended.

A guard rotation of Thomas, Bradley, Smart and R Demetrius Jackson from Notre Dame is tough as nails. It would be nice if 6'6" James Young, who should have stayed at KY, is ready as a shooter at the 2 spot this season.

Horford and Olynyk is a good 1-2 in the East at the 5.

Amir Johnson can play his natural PF position now with Zizic and Jerebko as depth.

Jae Crowder, R Jaylen Brown is a nice defensive duo at the 3. Brown is an energy guy who attacks the rim. They need a 3 who can fill it up from outside, and create his own shot. R Ben Bentil out of PC is a shooter and low-box scorer, but it remains to be seen if he's quick enough for the NBA.

50-55 wins and 3 or 4 seed in the East.

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Celts are a lot better than they were when the season ended.

goheels22002 said:

If KD were to pick any team other than Boston, I wanted him to stay in the Western Conference. To me, Golden State is going to have to break up a championship contender and re-configure with four studs and journeymen. Reminds me of the late 1970s Sixers with Dr. J., World B. Free, George McGinnis, Doug Collins, and Darryl Dawkins. Golden State may not have enough basketballs to go around, and they're giving up several good NBA defenders. We'll see.

Celtics? Evan Turner was a big loss. They still have money to spend so watch for another signing. They're 50-win team that just added a legitimate big man to go with interesting draft picks. The Celtics are a little better now than when the season ended.

A guard rotation of Thomas, Bradley, Smart and R Demetrius Jackson from Notre Dame is tough as nails. It would be nice if 6'6" James Young, who should have stayed at KY, is ready as a shooter at the 2 spot this season.

Horford and Olynyk is a good 1-2 in the East at the 5.

Amir Johnson can play his natural PF position now with Zizic and Jerebko as depth.

Jae Crowder, R Jaylen Brown is a nice defensive duo at the 3. Brown is an energy guy who attacks the rim. They need a 3 who can fill it up from outside, and create his own shot. R Ben Bentil out of PC is a shooter and low-box scorer, but it remains to be seen if he's quick enough for the NBA.

50-55 wins and 3 or 4 seed in the East.

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Rozier is ahead of Jackson ... I liked what I saw from Jackson last night kid will be decent player.
Rozier may be ahead of Marcus Smart also ... who could well be a trade chip at this point IMO.
James Young sucked badly last night ... he's good as gone at this point.
He cannot shoot and he's too dumb ... he doesn't get the team thing.

goheels22002 said:

If KD were to pick any team other than Boston, I wanted him to stay in the Western Conference. To me, Golden State is going to have to break up a championship contender and re-configure with four studs and journeymen. Reminds me of the late 1970s Sixers with Dr. J., World B. Free, George McGinnis, Doug Collins, and Darryl Dawkins. Golden State may not have enough basketballs to go around, and they're giving up several good NBA defenders. We'll see.

Celtics? Evan Turner was a big loss. They still have money to spend so watch for another signing. They're 50-win team that just added a legitimate big man to go with interesting draft picks. The Celtics are a little better now than when the season ended.

A guard rotation of Thomas, Bradley, Smart and R Demetrius Jackson from Notre Dame is tough as nails. It would be nice if 6'6" James Young, who should have stayed at KY, is ready as a shooter at the 2 spot this season.

Horford and Olynyk is a good 1-2 in the East at the 5.

Amir Johnson can play his natural PF position now with Zizic and Jerebko as depth.

Jae Crowder, R Jaylen Brown is a nice defensive duo at the 3. Brown is an energy guy who attacks the rim. They need a 3 who can fill it up from outside, and create his own shot. R Ben Bentil out of PC is a shooter and low-box scorer, but it remains to be seen if he's quick enough for the NBA.

50-55 wins and 3 or 4 seed in the East.

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I think everyone underestimates how important Bogut was to that offense, especially their outside shooting. Curry had to hurry his shot so much in the finals when Bogut went down. Maybe if Curry's ankle wasn't injured he could create his own shot more but that injury made him a one dimensional. There was basically no threat of Curry to drive on Irving so Curry couldn't use that to setup a step back or force contact.

I think we can be the #3 seed at best.

Cleveland is obviously #1 again.
Indiana made some big time moves. Only downside is I think the game has passed MacMillan by.
Toronto is still good.
Detroit could surprise. They are young and SVG is a good regular season coach.
NYK added some players but who knows if they will mesh or stay healthy.
Charlotte is kind of like us. Young team that is constantly getting better.

The East is competitive amongst itself, but of course just about every top 8 team in the West wipes the floor with everyone but Cleveland.

VrabelJr said:

I think everyone underestimates how important Bogut was to that offense, especially their outside shooting. Curry had to hurry his shot so much in the finals when Bogut went down. Maybe if Curry's ankle wasn't injured he could create his own shot more but that injury made him a one dimensional. There was basically no threat of Curry to drive on Irving so Curry couldn't use that to setup a step back or force contact.

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I think you are underestimating Zaza Pachulia.

TommyBrady12 said:

1992 US mens olympic basketball team

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Yes, Beating Croatia for the gold was quite an accomplishment.

supafly said:

Yes, the competition was insane, as they averaged victories by almost 50 points per game.

Beating Croatia for the gold was quite an accomplishment.

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Uh, you're sitting here saying "Historically speaking, the idea of a dream team hasn't worked out too well in sports."

So when someone gives you a counter example, which happens to be the original Dream Team, the caliber of opposition is irrelevant.

Jackson 2 said:

If so, he's going to be playing for peanuts...

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They could trade Love, which is what they probably should do. He doesn't seem to be a good fit there, let alone worth all of that money.

Fixit said:

Yeah, Cleveland's a "superteam." And Kevin Love, the "perennial all-NBA level player" made a total of two second teams. I can't take this argument seriously.

Like I said, if you're equating Miami/Cleveland minus LeBron with Golden State, there's really nothing more to say.

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Youre saying this in hindsight about Love because he hasnt panned out because Lebron marginalizes what he does well.

Before Lebron went back home, people who werent brainwashed by the media about his homecoming basically said that he was only going home because Kyrie was now there and Wiggins was gona be traded for a proven star. Better than anyone else in the east by far. Just like it was when he hand picked Wade and Bosh as his running mates.

Again both Lebron and Kd are entitled to pick the team of their choosing. But to say Lebron delivers championships as your premise (implying that he stays with his team through the good and bad is disengenious and grossly inaccurate). Theyre both ring chasing. Gsw is more proven absolutely, but youd be a fool to think that joining Wade/Bosh then Kyrie/Over on paper was anything but stacking the deck.

realtime said:

I think you are underestimating Zaza Pachulia.

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Yeah, Dallas and Mark Cuban are a bunch of morons.

Last season, Pachulia was at one point was considered an All Star. He had a hell of a year. Way better than Bogut did.

So what does Cuban do? He trades a 2nd for Bogut, allowing Pachulia to roam free and sign with Golden State for peanuts and giving the Warriors the cap space they need to sign Durant.......

Cuban may be the dumbest "smart guy" I've seen.

XLIX said:

Uh, you're sitting here saying "Historically speaking, the idea of a dream team hasn't worked out too well in sports."

So when someone gives you a counter example, which happens to be the original Dream Team, the caliber of opposition is irrelevant.

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I will re-word my answer, since this subject seems to be so amazingly important to you for whatever reason:

Historically speaking, in professional sports, dream teams have often failed. Now you can go back to your silly argument of trying to dispute dozens of prime examples, linked by many articles, and including all 4 major sports.

When you have to resort to the freaking Olympics from 24 years ago as your main example, you should probably just give it up already.

Here is how ridiculous this is:

The Golden State Warriors are currently 4/5 to win the championship. That means if you bet $100 on them, you only win $80. You get less than even money.

To contrast, you could take the same $100 and structure some bets such that you would win $80 if ANY one of the following win the Super Bowl this year: Patriots, Seahawks, Packers, Steelers, Panthers, Cardinals (the 6 top teams to win Super Bowl 51).

supafly said:

I will re-word my answer, since this subject seems to be so amazingly important to you for whatever reason:

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Well, you keep responding, so it must be amazingly important to you too for whatever reason.

supafly said:

Historically speaking, in professional sports, dream teams have often failed. Now you can go back to your silly argument of trying to dispute dozens of prime examples, linked by many articles, and including all 4 major sports.

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Yes, I do dispute the notion that the 2010 Eagles were a "dream team" just because the moron Vince Young said they were. NOBODY (outside Philadelphia) thought they were going to win the Super Bowl. NOBODY (outside Philadelphia_ saw them as a "dream team." One man made that proclamation, and then got ridiculed for it.

I also dispute the notion that the Shaq-Kobe Dream Team was a failure. They won 3 NBA Titles. To say "well the 2003-04 Lakers failed to win their 4th NBA Title so that team was a failure" is ridiculous when they already won 3. Ditto the 96-97 Rockets.

supafly said:

When you have to resort to the freaking Olympics from 24 years ago as your main example, you should probably just give it up already.

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That team literally personified the very term that we are using, so I don't see why they don't work as an example.

XLIX said:

Uh, you're sitting here saying "Historically speaking, the idea of a dream team hasn't worked out too well in sports."

So when someone gives you a counter example, which happens to be the original Dream Team, the caliber of opposition is irrelevant.

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It's a bad example because a dream team of NFL players is doing to crush a dream team of CFL players.

Within the confines of a single league, however, 'dream teams' have generally flopped from what I've seen.

supafly said:

Yes, Beating Croatia for the gold was quite an accomplishment.

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What is your point?

That team would wipe the floor with any team assembled past or present and you know it.

The fact that they beat inferior teams does not lessen their GoAT status.

XLIX said:

That team literally personified the very term that we are using, so I don't see why they don't work as an example.

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The example doesn't work due to multiple reasons like: 1) It wasn't professional sports, 2) The absence of a salary cap or anything close to an equal playing field.

Keep trolling though--and by the way, I did attempt to leave things in a respectful manner by agreeing to disagree. The fact of the matter is that you won't shut up about it by continuing to quote me.

robertweathers said:

What is your point?

That team would wipe the floor with any team assembled past or present and you know it.

The fact that they beat inferior teams does not lessen their GoAT status.

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My point is that it's a terrible example, specifically for the points you've just made.

That example hardly dispels the notion of a dream team (in professional sports) often failing to win a championship.