rams80 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 7 hours ago, AustinFomBoston said: It's a slap in the face to all the teams who actually do put in all that effort to scout, draft, and develop players, while getting talent to support them. I assume we are discussing lifelong Celtics Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen here. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 6 hours ago, AustinFomBoston said: What's so hard to understand? Lakers had Lebron fall into their lap. Instead of building around him with the young core they drafted & spent years developing, they threw them all away for 1 guy, and so they can throw money for more top players. Say the Lakers do win the Championship, how many players on that team were actually drafted & developed by them, and how many were either traded for or signed? That's a lazy, cheap way to try win a championship. And again, a slap in the face to all the teams that actually do put the time & effort into building a team from the ground up. Flags fly forever dude. There's no right way or wrong way with free agency. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxy8s Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 19 minutes ago, Dalcowboyfan92 said: Isn't this Lakers trade the same they tried with New Orleans a few months ago? They're going to basically be starting two players and a bunch of scrubs. Again. They’ve got all of free agency to put this together. It always seems to fall into place for LeBron. I’d argue the 2011 Heat were an exception, but very qualified role players just pop up around these superstar cores he puts together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 6 hours ago, AustinFomBoston said: You mean they didn't sell out all their young talent for a team composed entirely of top veteran players? The 06-07 Celtics went *checks notes* 24-58. What young talent are you even talking about? On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 11 hours ago, AustinFomBoston said: They made the ECF in 02. Yes they did. In a year where the top seed in the East would have been the 5 seed in the West. At best. More than half the East's playoff field would have missed the playoffs in the West. Hoist the banner, I guess. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I’m so mad I have to defend the Lakers right now. As if this season hasn’t been trying enough for me. Fan Style ShirtsShowcasing fan-made sports apparel by artists and designers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 9 hours ago, AustinFomBoston said: It's a lazy, cheap, undeserving way to win a championship. What effort was point in to win the that title when you have 1 top player falling into your lap, then sell out all the things you actually did put effort into so you can throw money at even more top players. It's a slap in the face to all the teams who actually do put in all that effort to scout, draft, and develop players, while getting talent to support them. Like trading the #1 overall in 1980 for Robert Parrish and the #3 overall, which was used for Kevin McHale or like trading Rick Robey for Dennis Johnson in 1983? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krz Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 For the first time probably since AD was drafted or Chris Paul was still there, I have hope for my favorite team. It’s finally paying off! Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinFromBoston Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 49 minutes ago, dfwabel said: Like trading the #1 overall in 1980 for Robert Parrish and the #3 overall, which was used for Kevin McHale or like trading Rick Robey for Dennis Johnson in 1983? Once again deliberately ignoring the point that that they already had young guys they were building around (Cedric Maxwell, Larry Bird,) Instead of selling them all off for a bunch of veterans. At this point you're just being obtuse if you're having a hard time grasping such a simple concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxy8s Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 If the past year had involved my favorite team first declining to trade for Kawhi in favor of keeping Jaylen Brown and passing on Anthony Davis for the sake of retaining Jayson Tatum, I'd be screaming into the void about the importance of homegrown talent too. To convince myself if nothing else. Anyway, as great as NBA player movement is, they sure do love to convolute it. Who comes up with this :censored:? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinFromBoston Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, alxy8s said: If the past year had involved my favorite team first declining to trade for Kawhi in favor of keeping Jaylen Brown and passing on Anthony Davis for the sake of retaining Jayson Tatum, I'd be screaming into the void about the importance of homegrown talent too. To convince myself if nothing else. Yes, keep pretending this has anything to do with that, despite being told otherwise. Must be nice getting to use someones fandom as a copout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 "So what if my team did that, we did it the right way." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 There is no right way or wrong way to run a franchise, only a way that wins and one that does not. Keeping the young guys would have never gotten the Lakers a championship they neededAD to become a contender so they made the move that was available and any team would take it to make their team better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinFromBoston Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 33 minutes ago, dont care said: There is no right way or wrong way to run a franchise, only a way that wins and one that does not. Keeping the young guys would have never gotten the Lakers a championship they neededAD to become a contender so they made the move that was available and any team would take it to make their team better. Yeah, but selling off everything including the nails in the floorboard, just so you can stack your team by buying all the top All Star players you can is just a scummy way to do things no matter who you are. If you want hypocrisy, look at all the people defending that, but then criticizing KD for joining a stacked team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 1 minute ago, AustinFomBoston said: Yeah, but selling off everything including the nails in the floorboard, just so you can stack your team by buying all the top All Star players you can is just a scummy way to do things no matter who you are. If you want hypocrisy, look at all the people defending that, but then criticizing KD for joining a stacked team. The 2 are nothing alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinFromBoston Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, dont care said: The 2 are nothing alike It's literal just the reverse of what KD did. KD joined an already stacked team to get an easy Ring. Lakers are trying to buy a stacked team to get themselves an easy ring. Both are taking the lazy, scummy way to get a championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Joining ready made champion team is completely different than building a championship contending team. Even with AD and Lebron it won’t be an “easy ring”. This is my last post on the subject because you are making us Boston fans look worse and worse with every post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinFromBoston Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Shame on me for calling out a team so blatantly trying to buy a championship I guess. I just don't remember when that suddenly became acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 hours ago, AustinFomBoston said: Once again deliberately ignoring the point that that they already had young guys they were building around (Cedric Maxwell, Larry Bird,) Instead of selling them all off for a bunch of veterans. At this point you're just being obtuse if you're having a hard time grasping such a simple concept. Tommy, the Lakers had young players, but I wouldn’t describe that as a core to build around. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 The Pistons have bought all three of their 'chips. They traded Dantley for Aguirre. Then traded for Rasheed Wallace. That entire mid-2000's Pistons lineups under Joe Dumars had Rip Hamilton and later Tayshaun Prince and maybe Jasson Maxill, but the bigger talent were made via trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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