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  1. This could be a fantastic series once both big men return for game 3.  Wait, what's that?  Whiteside has been active???  Oh.... never mind.

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    All-Star center Joel Embiid took to social media to express his frustration over sitting out of the Philadelphia 76ers' Game 2 loss to the Miami Heat due to injury.

    "F---ing sick and tired of being babied," Embiid wrote on his Instagram account.

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    Put on blast....

     

     

  2. 54 minutes ago, Jhawk said:

    I guess they haven't had much "maxable" talent other than TP and Manu but so the answer would be "no, they don't just max medium to high performers because they are afraid to lose them."  They've definitely never given a supermax.  Looking at the bigger picture, the spurs are at a crossroads in their culture.  Do they pay people big money and build around the production of a very defined centerpiece, or do they try and keep everyone in their roles and potentially have players believe that the spurs are holding back their careers?

     

    Three things happen in this scenario...

    1. You have massive success and your move emboldens you to play even better and you transcend the game (lebron).

    2. You become the quitter or sellout and have a negative perception for the near-mid future (KD).

    3. You never find a spot to fit in, constantly search for a role that you "want" but can't find, you become "trade-able" because you still have very high perceived value (dwight howard).

    The supermax is part of the latest CBA which went into effect the summer of 2017.  The Spurs haven't had the opportunity or occasion to offer this to anyone.  It's anyone's guess which organizations will deem the supermax necessary except for the Warriors, Wizards, Thunder, and Rockets, who have signed players to them.  The latest opinions are supermax contracts may end up being bad investments unless you have a Lebron, Jordan, or Duncan type player.... 

  3. 36 minutes ago, Jhawk said:

    I think he is being told that he won't get a supermax from SA.  I'm not sure if that is true or not but SA doesn't typically hand out max contracts does it?  Aside from LMA (is he even max?) have they ever maxed someone?  Maybe he is just positioning himself to walk away and not be the bad guy like KD is/was.

    Tim Duncan..... LMA.... and.... wait for it...... Kawhi Leonard on his last extension.

  4. 4 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

     

    Is he a bad fit for the offense or something? 

     

     

    Sure he is. Have you watched him play? He has everything you want in a #1 WR, he just needs the ball. 

    Many, many times......  He has everything you want in a WR1 except the required things a WR1 needs -- availability is the best ability, he doesn't make tough catches in traffic well enough, and can be bullied off the line.  He usually is taken out of a game by better CBs, look at what Patrick Peterson and Xavier Rhodes did to him this season.  He's not a bad player and I didn't say so, but 16 million AAV is a ridiculously poor signing (maybe the worst of the offseason), especially considering he gets 22 million in the first year and 34 million through 2 years.  Yuck.  That's AB or Nuk money.  It's more than Julio Jones and AJ Green, far better players.....

    3 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

    You're not giving Watkins anywhere near the credit he deserves. Read this film review on Watkins last year 

     

    https://www.arrowheadpride.com/2018/3/13/17114584/the-big-sammy-watkins-review-holy-smokes

     

    Here are some of the conclusions, and the guy uses a lot of video evidence to back up his points. 

     

    I review every single route the receiver runs, charting wins, losses, neutral plays, drops, and saves. For a definition of these terms, click here (the Albert Wilson film review, which also provides some context for the numbers). The goal is to separate what Watkins did from the rest of the offense in order to gauge him and him alone (since stats, even on targets, are wildly affected by the scheme and quarterback).

    I also, in this case, tracked “catchable targets,” just to see what Watkins was looking at that was catchable on a game-by-game basis. The main reason for this is that the primary complaint people will likely have about Watkins is based on box score analysis.

    First and foremost, Watkins’ win percentage of 43.1 percent is quite high. By comparison, Wilson was able to win on 25 percent of his snaps. This was reflected on film, as Watkins was consistently able to beat man coverage and was also able to find holes in zone coverage. As I said, he got open very, very frequently.

     

    Flipping that around, Watkins only lost on 13 percent of his snaps. This is only slightly lower than Wilson (15.8 percent), but is more notable in my opinion due to the opponents and the type of coverage Watkins faced. He found himself up against man coverage more frequently than Wilson, and was MUCH more often matched up against teams’ best corners due to lining up outside quite a bit more.

    Watkins only dropped one pass in the games I reviewed, and saved a few horrific throws by Rams QB Jared Goff with fantastic catches. In total, of the 16 catchable targets that came Watkins’ way, he hauled in 14 of them (losing one to a PI and another to a pass breakup by the defender).

    Whether you’re talking about deep, intermediate or shorter routes, Watkins is consistently able to create separation against all forms of man and zone coverage. He has very quick feet, doesn’t take false steps, and possesses a great deal of explosion whether he’s cutting or moving down the field

    With regards to route-running, Watkins (as I said above) showed good feet and burst in and out of cuts. He rarely rounded out his routes and was asked to run pretty much any route you can think of. He’s probably the best route runner the Chiefs have (though we’ll see where Hill is at when the season begins), and that’s what allows him to separate on short, quick play calls. He’s also able to go through more complex routes with multiple cuts without losing much speed.

    Sorry, not going to give a ton of credence to a Chiefs homer who's dying to justify their signing him.  Smacks of subjectivity.  Again, he has talent and can play, but he had bad money thrown at him....

  5. 2 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

    Just wait until Kawhi tells the Spurs he will only accept a trade to about 4 teams and that he will refuse to sign a long term contract with any team besides those 4.  Cause that's what Kyrie did.

    I don't think they'll care..... Some organizations may chance it like OKC did and the Spurs will take whatever deal they feel gives them the best chance to build for the future.  And whatever he does, he's giving up a potential 70 million, if and when he decides he'd like to go his own way.

  6. 12 minutes ago, hornfan785 said:

    So if Kawhi surprises everyone and comes back in game 3 or even next season and says he's all in on the Spurs and he just wanted to make sure he was healthy and ready to go, do you welcome him back or do you still hate him? Just a question that I'm asking myself too.

    I am still holding out hope that he's just working on getting healthy and really wants to be with the Spurs, but every day it gets harder to believe that.

    Depends.... does he want the super max without proving himself healthy?  We know he's not going to play the rest of the season, so if "his people" demand the super max or demand a trade.... he can go pound sand.  I think we're past all of this anyway.  He seems like he's out.  Let's see what we can get for him regardless of what "his people" want for a destination.

  7. 1 hour ago, cls0329 said:

    It makes sense with us not waiting until post June 1 that we are gonna make a run at ET. And CBS mocked him to us for a 2nd and 4th saying the market isn't what Seattle thought it would be. Also Mike Fisher just confirmed we are gonna make a run at him on Twitter

    That would be terrible value..... especially for a guy with only 1 more year of team control.

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