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Dutchrudder

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  1. Good comeback by the Cavs to get their first playoff series win without LeBron since 1993. Very important win for the team to help convince Mitchell to stay another 4 years. He's the closest thing they will get to a Superstar this decade, so they need to hang on to him.  If they can take 2 from Boston, I'll be happy, but would love to see the upset and rematch with the Knicks. Gonna need Allen back, so let's hope he's OK before game 1, or it's gonna be ugly.

    That 93 Cavs team beat the Nets, and went on to get steamrolled by the Bulls in the second round. It was a good team with Larry Nance, Brad Daugherty, Mark Price, Craig Ehlo, Steve Kerr, Danny Ferry and Hotrod Williams, but that early 90s team ran into the Bulls a few times and got wrecked. Let's hope this version of the Cavs can do better.

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  2. I really hope Mitchell doesn't bail on this team, he's really fun to watch and clearly the best player they have. Put a healthy Jarrett Allen on the floor and they would be a tough out for anyone.

  3. 8 hours ago, SpiralOut said:

    I watched all of the Falcons' games last year so I could see Bijan.  That team was in the worst division in the NFL.  They had the easiest SOS in the league.  They had a solid roster.  Great O-line, Bijan is Barry Sanders lite, Drake London catches everything, Pitts has fallen off but he's a weapon, and their defense was very good.  They could easily have won 12 games.  Instead, they lost to the Titans playing a rookie QB in his first start.  They lost to Arizona on Kyler's first game back from a year layoff.  They lost to the Sam Howell led Commanders.  They lost to the Vikings when the Passtronaut had only been on the team for like two days and didn't even know the plays.  They lost to the fucking Panthers when they had to have a win to secure a playoff spot.  Why?  Because their QB was absolute garbage.  Just gave multiple games away with his turnovers.  Guys would be running wide open and he wouldn't even see them and instead would throw ducks into double coverage.  Bijan had to catch every pass jumping with one hand because Ridder was so inaccurate with his throws.  

    So is it goofy for the Falcons to go whole hog on the QB?  Yeah.  But I get it.  Bad QB play ruins your entire team.  The Falcons don't want to be in a situation where they're forced to play a sub-par QB with this roster they have and ruining a new coach's start with their organization.  If you just go with Kirk or just go with Penix starting as a rookie and it doesn't work, you're right back to Heinicke and being fucked.  So maybe it wasn't the correct decision, but if you've watched the shit show that is the Falcons' offense since Matt Ryan left, it's an understandable one.

    They already had Cousins under contract, why on earth would they need to spend a top 10 pick on another QB? If you really think Cousins is going to get hurt that easily, don't give him that deal or pick the 2nd best OT in the draft to protect him. Having a backup QB is important, but literally nobody spends a 1st on it only to be a Plan B. They could have done a lot of other things, like picking Rattler in the 4th instead. That's where a normal team picks a backup QB, not 8th overall. 

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  4. The refs are really letting them play tonight. Lots of collisions not getting a whistle, lots of moving screens on both sides. If the Cavs could hit a 3 consistently, this game would be over by now, but here we are. Really missing Jarrett Allen tonight, they are getting killed on the boards and down low, Niang should not be playing this much. 

  5. On 4/30/2024 at 2:07 PM, Fud said:

    They could have just drafted Odunze at #8 and have been awesome on offense 

    I dunno if I would call any offense headed by Kirk Cousins "awesome" but they would be a lot better having any player on the field instead of a very expensive backup QB.

    I still can't believe they didn't work a trade with the Vikings or Broncos to go back a few spots and pickup a 3rd. 3-4 spots back to 11/12 is worth about that much, and they could have gotten more by playing them against each other.  Then they could have traded back more to get more picks and fill out their roster. 

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  6. 31 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    Going forward with the Clippers, you really have to wonder about PG.  He's 34 years old at this point and if he wants to win a title or even come close, he needs to do something this offseason with his player option.  He's not winning with the Clippers and their current roster.  No one in their right mind would have signed The Nephew to that new contract but they did.  He played 68 games this year and that's the most games he's played since 2017.  He's injured now (surprise) and he'll turn 33 this year.  Even with that and Harden, they still finished middle of the pack with a likely first round exit.

    If he went to GS, they're contenders immediately.  Bill Simmons mentioned Orlando but that seems random.  My guess is Ballmer money whips him to stay in order to open the new arena.  If he leaves, though, the makes the PG trade with SGA even worse than it already is.

    Funny thing about the Clips/76ers situations is that the Harden trade actually gave the 76ers a some more flexibility this offseason by dumping PJ Tucker's 11.5m on LAC. The 76ers have 4 guys under contract for a total of 63m, and Maxey is an RFA.  Obviously they need to give Maxey the max extension, but before they do, he only counts as a 13m cap hold. This may give the 76ers an opportunity to snag a guy like Paul George in free agency. I would not be surprised to see PG bail on LAC, unless they can convince a bunch of guys to squad up for cheap, like Harden, Westbrook, Lebron, etc. The 76ers could also chase some other names that will likely be getting some large sized contracts like Siakam, Derozan, Bruce Brown, OG Anunoby or maybe even Lebron. They could possibly use cap space to trade and absorb a big contract too, lean into that shithead mentality that Embiid tends to exude, and go get Draymond from Golden State. 

    And while we're on random free agency topics, I think the Spurs should go after Tyus Jones this offseason. They need a selfless point guard to help run the offense, and I think he would be a good fit. He's a really good 3pt shooter, distributor and ball handler, which would compliment that offense very well. Plus he's still young at 27 years old, so a 4 year deal wouldn't be too risky for them. He played pretty well on a terrible Wizards team this season, and despite having to work with the shit roster they had, he was still a bright spot. Just think what he could do with some decent coaching and teammates that aren't selfish chuckers. 

    I think it would be fun to see Harden and Westbrook come to Houston on cheap deals and group up with their young players. The Rockets could try to trade FVV+stuff to the Suns for KD, assuming the Suns see the light at the end of the tunnel is fading, begin rebuilding and ship Booker off somewhere else. It would be fun to see those guys together with Sengun, Adams, Jabari and a bunch of supporting players.  

     

  7. Late game tonight is Clips/Mavs for a pivotal Game 5 at 9pm CST. Whoever loses this series is probably going to be making a lot of big changes in the offseason, so a lot on the line. Winner gets to play a very young and inexperienced OKC, which should be a good series either way.  

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