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NBA/Political Analyst | Student Doctor

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WE GOING UP ^^^^^

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@josh30315235 Way too early to say this, I don't think you can judge a draft class until at least 3 years of these guys playing in the league. But if I had to chose tbh, I keep the Top 4 the same still but Yaxel at 5 and Acuff at 6

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@ShamsCharania That isn't the worst thing in the world hopefully he'll be fine

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@LALPerformance Kuzma should be suspended

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@TheDunkCentral Who cares

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@sixringsofsteeI If they traded for Jaylen brown they could’ve surrounded this team with decent role guys and could’ve maybe competed for the playoffs instead of this

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@ThinhDinhLCA @Ary_Report Probably just wanted some veteran leadership and they are ok with their rotations for some reason. IMO I think they should’ve signed KPJ to be the back up pg

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@MattGeorgeSAC That’s why you need to fire him

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@ShowTimeeLA You know Kevin Durant can become a free agent and I know he probably gets a good deal but maybe he takes less??

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@josh30315235 Tatum
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@SamQuinnCBS I would just let him play out the last year of his deal if the Celtics aren’t gonna be in the second apron

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No I still think he got a lot wrong this offseason, first of all with all the cap space that we had the Kessler trade although it is working out today came with lots of flaws, first off we didn't put any pick protections with this new lottery system, that means we risk giving up a high pick to Utah if we aren't good from 2030-2033 (we own our 2032 pick) but that can be an issue because Luka and Austin are going to be in their 30's by then, and we're not going to have picks to improve this roster the way that we want to.

Secondly if we were going to give up that many picks we should've first said ok we'll make it unprotected under one condition, you take on Vando's and Dalton's contracts in the sign n trade and we could've had more cap space to retain some of the guys we lost this offseason. That's what the Magic did with Desmond Bane hence why it wasn't such a bad deal they got off the contracts of KCP and Cole Anthony so they prepare for the rookie extensions of some of their other guys.

I have mixed feelings around Sexton on one hand he's been good when Luka or AR have been out which is good for the regular season but he isn't very productive when both are playing, and I think that losing that defensive guard in Marcus Smart is really going to cost us going into the playoffs especially because we lost him to the Rockets.

The other thing is Jaxson Hayes, I'm so disappointed we lost him because we was a great back up center to Luka and a guy packed the paint because he was such a good lob threat and he also played decent defense for the minutes he was on the court, you just couldn't rely on him in the playoffs to be that 1A defender which is fine. Losing him for 6 million was a horrible decision by Rob Pelinka.

The Mattisse signing was magnificent but here's the issue, we may not be able to resign him next offseason, the same goes for Zaire. The Kevon Looney signing was an F- deal when there were so many other back up center on the minimum available like Andre Drummond, Marvin Bagley and so many others who could've helped this team.

The Mamu signing was a good one, I have no complaints about him, just wish we didn't have to pay him so much but he's living up to his contract right now.

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@marco469 @Mr8113439708 Wouldn't surprise me if they want to move off of him, they have Morez Johnson and Santi Aldama on this team, now I'll be honest I wouldn't move PJ to upgrade one of those players to the starting lineup but maybe the Mavs might want that and save more money for next season.

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@Netswamp You know what's funny the Jazz, Bucks, and Clippers don't own their own pick this year, so it's not like tanking was gonna help anyways.

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Not when bad teams are bad on purpose, I'm sorry but last year the Jazz, Wizards, and most of the teams with the worst records in the league weren't actually bad teams, they came in and started playing guys from the g league instead of developing their own young players.

I'm in 1000% support of this new system, stop incentivizing teams to lose, and if they are losing well so what.

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@MIK3MCDANIEL Because the worst teams in the league last year were sitting their young guys not developing them and bringing in guys from the g league to tank

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@fyrebear @htinerocket Or what we have is the top 6 teams in each conference make it then play in for the rest imo

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@Kwok4ever @LakerCj Not really they made it difficult

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@Doom_CMYK @PurpGoldLakers And they almost lost to the Jazz with no Luari or JJJr btw.

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@JoshHartDaGoat3 As good as Wemby has been, I can't ignore what Luka is doing, it's far more difficult than what Wemby is and like we've never seen a player be this efficient on offense since Michael Jordan genuinely.

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I'm a Lakers fan, if I'm a voter and I would have the most difficult time making this vote, cause on one hand you have a guy putting up the most ridiculous offensive performance of any player in nba history. On the other you have a guy who's been a complete alien and who feels impossible to beat unless he's having one of the worst offensive nights of any player.

Here's how I view it, I think Luka should win it this year because you have to give him one for all the years he's been robbed of MVP, Wemby is gonna win like 5-6 MVP's in his career at this point, but you can not let Luka not win an MVP in a year where he's averaging close to 40ppg on amazing efficiency as a guard. That's why I would vote for Luka, not only that but Luka's defense has definitely improved a lot.