There was a rumor he's meeting with Miami and Boston. He's a worthwhile gamble, IMO, at the MLE (or better, the minimum). If he can ever get back to being fully healthy, he's an all-star caliber player. That's obviously a big "if", but the Heat are in a position to take some low risk chances like that. He'd be a great fit next to Bam.
I could see it. I heard they would trade him next year and keep him this year but if the right offer comes along...........
Apparently someone on reddit didn’t like this(probably a raptors fan) so they decided to dox this RDAmbition guy....and it turns out he’s Jeanie buss’ nephew. Yeah.
When I looked back at the game highlights, Nick Weiler-Babb did a lot more than I remembered. He had a good game. But is he a high potential player? I'm not sure. What drew me to Jeremiah Martin was his combination of length, athleticism, quickness, speed, hustle, coordination, aggressive defense, and ball handling. He took the ball up the floor over and over to set up the half court offense, and was perfectly comfortable being challenged hard. This was a guy that at Memphis had a 23 PER and a +20.8 Net Rating. He averaged 20.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 2.3 steals per 36 minutes. He made 76% of his free throws and has been consistent the last two years in that regard. He averaged 8 free throw attempts per 36 minutes, a master at drawing the foul (which means he really presses defenses on the attack). It's not that the game itself was impressive, statistically. It was really more about how he was able to show who he is and what his core skills were, the speed, coordination, ability to run the offense, the hustle on defense, etc. Where I think he excels best is in transition. That was the style of play at Memphis and his team averaged a 73rd percentile 1.376 points per possession in transition when Martin had the ball.
Looks like Luka Samanic, Dylan Windler, Tyler Herro, and Keldon Johnson were the highest profile rookies to play yesterday in the California Classic. I thought Dylan Windler and Tyler Herro did really, really well. Luka Samanic and Keldon Johnson struggled a bit more, thought Samanic kind of got heated up toward the end.
What I would love is Kawhi deciding against LA in part because of this. I’d love to see Lebrons reaction to that. But the doxxer tracked down his Reddit account and went through years of comments and posts to determine who he is. That’s as loser as it gets.
Boogie Cousins wants anyone to sign him at this point and nobody wants to do that. Not sure I see the attraction.
Pass on cousins... im sure he regrets turning down the Pelicans offer.. talk about all time stupid move
Screw Boogie. I don't wish him injury (not that my wishes would have any effect) but I really can't stand him. The Pelicans offered him 2 years for $40 million in the weeks after he popped his achillies. He turned them down so they pulled the offer when free agency started. Lied about not receiving offers from NOLA to the media to try and defend his own awful decision. Plays like garbage on Golden State. Can't get new contract. Screw Boogie.
If its Jeanie Buss's nephew, then he's probably right.....uh oh. Unless as Bevo says, it scares Kawhi away.... I thought Willie Cauley-Stein had a breakout year. The minimum? That's odd.
He did have a good year. And, he is going to the warriors for pretty much veteran minimum, lol. It's comical at this point what this team can achieve.
Marvin Bagley came on really strong the 2nd half of the season. He made Stein expendable. But, signing for vet minimum is ridiculous.
Listen I don’t think it’s realistic and it’s more me hoping that happens than anything, but Kawhi is a different type of dude. Nothing would surprise me. Now if Kawhi goes to Miami, then we have a bunch of teams with 2 stars. Butler/Kawhi, Lebron/AD, Simmons/Embiid, Steph/Russell, Harden/CP3, KD/Irving. Way more fun than a stacked Lakers team.
Even if they get Kawhi/AD/Lebron, who else is going to be on the team???!?!?! You need a backup point guard! They have no point guards now!
The knicks should offer him the league minimum. Or the 2m they have left under the cap. For that low a risk, it cant hurt. Plus then we can run a lineup of Mitchell Robinson, Portis, Randle, Taj Gibson and Boogie. #GoBigOrGoHome #WhoNeedsGuards
Sneakpeak of what Boogie in the Knicks could bring to you all after spending a year as the third splash brother.
Lebron & AD's old teammate, Rondo already said he wants to come back. Im sure he would come back for vet min to the Lakers.
Utsh keeps getting deeper... if kawhi doesnt sign with the lakers i think the Jazz should be the favorites.
Mudiay does not make them better. He was our tank commander last year. His defense is crap. He had a good run in like jan/feb and then reverted back to what pretty much everyone thought he was.
Bill Simmons says Jimmy hated Brett Brown, Embiid and Ben Simmons in Philadelphia. He thinks Brown is a bad coach and he also felt the young players were lazy and entitled.
Will be interesting to see who's right. Apparently Butler has a real bad rep for being a problem personality amongst front office types. Maybe a change of scenery is what was needed. Him and Kyrie both have a chance to rehab their image this year
He played for the nets. His physical skills are diminished but his basketball IQ is off tge charts. Plus he's a great lockerroom presence. He's the one that called a players only meeting when the Nets were 8-18 and i.mediately after they won 24 of 28 or something close to that. Will be an incredible mentor to any young player the Lakers get to fill out their roster
I have to say that of the four UDFAs that I looked forward to seeing in Summer League, those being Chris Silva, Nick Mayo, Kyle Alexander, and Jeremiah Martin...only two of them are looking consistent (Silva and Alexander), and only one of them looks like a surefire keeper (Silva). The sure keeper is Chris Silva. He doesn't have awesome size for a five (which is the role he's been playing) at 6'9" & 225 lbs. But he's super physical under the basket and an extreme effort guy. He's already blocked several shots. He was SEC Co-DPOY, known for his defense. But the reason you keep him is because two things are rare: the way he runs the floor for a big, and the touch he's already shown under the rim. Over and over again you see him sprinting down the floor, sometimes the first guy down there, which is remarkable for a five. He's a scorer, always has been at South Carolina. He was the leading scorer on his team. Obviously he also led them in rebounds and blocks, but he was always a guy that could score, so his touch under the basket is not surprising, and in fact I think there's upside. He had a 74-75% free throw make in college and so no surprises when he nails 6 of 6 free throws last night, whereas the Kings had trouble with their free throws, and that ended up being the difference in the game. Kyle Alexander is also showing out because of his really nice frame, the athletic ability he's got for being a seven footer with that sort of frame, and his rim protection abilities. He's showing that he can factor in on the scoreboard, not just protect the rim. And then there's Nick Weiler-Babb, who I didn't know and didn't expect anything from. He's looked like the most savvy of the point guards. He's so smooth it doesn't look like he's all that athletic, but then he does really athletic things driving to the basket and winning. Both games he's done that. He's also nailing his threes, which is exactly what you want. He's passing the ball well in the half-court offense, which I think is where Jeremiah Martin is struggling. Babb has balance, moves very intentionally. Babb is definitely out-playing Jeremiah Martin, though I still like Martin's potential as an athletic transition scorer with a comfortable handle who hustles and steals the ball on defense. We will see Tyler Herro again today. The thing you want to see from him, that so few of these younger players give you, is consistency. Remember he's only 19. Last night the Kings got the sort of minutes out of 2nd round pick Kyle Guy that Miami would hope for out of Tyler Herro. They're a lot alike. But one big difference is Kyle Guy was a three-year player at Virginia, before he became the Final Four MVP. Tyler Herro is only 19 years old. If we see Herro being inconsistent from game to game, whereas Guy brought the same things to both games he's played, that would probably be why. To continue on that point about inconsistency for younger guys, Dylan Windler had an awesome first game but struggled in game two, and where Keldon Johnson struggled in game one, he went off in game two.
I'm with him, hard to accept the way the younger generation is as a whole. Put a dab of AAU on them?? Prolly pretty ridiculous.
I was at a steakhouse bar at the Aria during the NBA finals watching game 5 next to Ed Davis....we were both rooting hard for the Raptors, had no idea who he was until after I left. Cool, regular dude.
Heat have discussed a trade with Washington for Bradley Beal and John Wall according to Barry Jackson. He says there’s “sentiment internally” about absorbing Wall’s contract if it means getting Beal.