Haha. I do enjoy reading the posts.

I finally got to watch some of Melo last night. I'm even more excited. It seems he might the elite ability to make his teammates better with how well he passes. There were multiple spots where he set them up for easy success. And it doesn't look like he's out there just throwing passes hoping they work. They're well-timed, and while still of the risky type at times, it's smart risky. He's confident in his passing abilities.

His shot doesn't appear to be as broken as I thought. And I think he is going to buy in on defense.

The Hornets actually might have a decent core of good players needing a superstar or two. Melo can be the first.

The Dunc'd on guys seem to clearly prefer Melo above the other two selected, and they make good cases. Out of the three he pretty clearly has the best odds at being elite imo--not great odds but I think his ceiling is higher than Wiseman and Edwards.

This almost makes up for the "have a happy summer" line he gave after eliminating his old team a few years back.

Watched around 3.5 quarters of Charlotte so far - Ball can play. His shot looks awkward but compared to Lonzo when he entered the league, Melo's Ray Allen.

Ball should blend well with Hayward if Hayward can stay on the floor - good luck with that.

I like Graham. Washington seems to play hard. Rozier doesn't fit.

Cody Zeller's making 15.4 million to run ball. God Bless America.

Forget which thread it was where I asked, why exactly was Shaq that much more dominant than Jokic?

Got laughed at, but:

Dood and I also got scoffed at when we said Jokic was better than Zinger when they were rooks.

Hollinger always agreed too.

What Shaun Livingston was supposed to be (my take) looks right from what I've seen.

Just looked up a predraft report.

i promise you i hate the raptors more than i'm selling out for jokes.

its never ending with these people. we had 1 year off from them gaslighting about their 1st round picks and they're at it again after just 2 games. flynn didn't even do that well since he had 5 turnovers and 4 fouls in the 20 minutes he scored 19 points against mostly scrubs and these troglodytes are talking ROTY.

heat vs raptors* tonight @ 7. hope this flynn guy tears his acl and we can asterisk the heat win

For sure. I hope Hayward can stay out there, but with his finger already ****ed, who knows?

I like Graham, PJ, and Bridges.

Zeller is definitely lol, but at least he's trying to continue to expand his range. He didn't shoot great from 3 last year on around an attempt per game, but I'm hoping he gets a little better.

Rozier doesn't fit either.

However, I do think that both Rozier and Graham should be able to benefit by playing more off of the ball and letting Melo handle more of the ball handling duties. And it really shouldn't be a matchup problem due to Melo's height, even with DG and Rozier being pretty short.

Regardless of our final record, the team should at least be fun to watch with a lot of young dudes. They'll be getting up and down the floor.

Scoffing was correct, it's just harder to break a pile of oats than a 7'3" stick.

lets spread a little positivity. oladipo nutmeg to sabonis!!!

I have to confess I initially read that diagram as marking a spot from which Ben Simmons had missed 28 3pt shots. And was surprised.

anyone wanna call some shots on where these guys will land btw?

sounds like gobert is close to re-signing
kiwi could walk if this season goes bad again
jrue more likely to stay now that giannis has signed
olidipo to miami? are the pacers trading him?
derozan who knows, some contender will 20-30m to blow

just noticed that ddr shot 53% last season btw (46% for his career)

any other big free agents?

Was the shot clock at 1?

Hyped for Gollum starting as PG for the Knicks.

kawhi, gobert, jrue re-sign. oladipo goes to mavs. derozan who cares cuz he sucks. the dude had a -1.39 rpm last year and his team was better with him on the bench for the 10th time in 11 seasons. the league has gotten wise to him and he'll be on the wrong side of 30. more likely to get 30m total than 30m/yr

i mean if hayward can get 30, i feel like someone will give ddr 20-30

Yeah LaMelo's ceiling is the reason he should've been the #1 pick.

In the NBA draft you should be drafting for CEILING ffs.

If the Knicks had the #1 pick I'd have been jonesing for LaMelo even if they had a (young) serviceable point guard.

Rudy holding out for Supermax. Bold move.

KZ Okpola will make an all star game before OG Anunoby

looks like Malachi Flynn is getting a veteran's day off since he's almost 23. he needs to rest his aging body for the long season.