True, but JD is a small point guard. He couldn?t play off-ball so he would never fit with the Celtics. JD was never going to run the offense, even off the bench. Harper JR is a 6?5 shooting guard. If he can make 3?s and play good defense, he could have a place on the team.

Quote from: Moranis on December 08, 2025, 10:27:31 AM

As for the devaluing of conference championship games. Every other team in 2 years that lost its conference championship dropped in the rankings. The only one that didn't was Alabama. You know the one that got beaten by 21 points and was never in the game. 

Also, the semi-finals last year had 2 teams that lost the conference championship and 2 teams that didn't even play for a conference championship. Not a single conference champion made the semis and the national champion didn't even play for the Big Ten title and had the extra playoff game (same for the independent it played in the title game).

Ohio State is the betting favorite this year and obviously did not win the Big Ten and Oregon is 4th who didn't even play in the game. A&M and Ole Miss are 6th and 7th (Miami is 8th) and like Oregon weren't in a CC game. 

The ACC wouldn't have created this mess if they didn't have a stupid tiebreaker (if the ACC had the same tiebreaker system as the American, Miami would have played Virginia).  Then, had Miami won, all 3 teams would have been in and no controversy at all.

So the sport itself devalued the CC with dumb rules or teams winning the title that didn't even qualify for a CC.

I say this because the CC should be treated like just another game which is what the committee has done every other time (heck they didn't even move Georgia or TTech, both conference champs, ahead of Ohio State, not a conference champ).  The only time in the 2 years playing for a conference championship mattered was this year and then only for Alabama.

So the conference championship should count as just another game.  Ok, so all these teams in the CC will have to play what will likely be their toughest game of the year, and a loss will be held against them.  While Notre Dame, since they don?t belong to a conference, essentially gets a bye week from it after already losing their two toughest games of the season.

In what world is that fair?



I do agree with you though that the rankings leading up to all this make no sense now.

it is a just game. Usually one with a very good opponent, but a game none the less.  I mean how else do you explain OSU at 2 with Georgia at 3. 

If Bama was in the game at all, I don't think there is a lot of controversy though that Florida State loss is a horrible loss.  The fact that Bama got crushed is a big problem and then not having them drop even a spot is even more of a problem.  I mean BYU dropped and they had a similar scenario to Alabama.  Every other team, both years, that lost in the CC moved down in the rankings.  Bama should have as well.  The only reason they didn't (or that they even moved ahead of ND) was so that the committee could screw over ND. It Is the only logical explanation.  They wanted to send a message to the independent that isnt on ESPN.  Bama got blown out in its last game and has BY FAR, the worst loss of any playoff team (well any at large as Tulane did lose badly to UTSA). They shouldn't be in the playoffs.

Of course none of this is an issue at all if the ACC didn't have a stupid tiebreaker.  Virginia should have played Miami.  If that happens the winner is in, the loser is out, and ND is in instead of James Madison.  Basically no controversy at all.

What do people think about Daniel Gafford?  Not the starting quality center that would be ideal, but maybe a guy that would mix well, block shots, add some length, be a better bench 5 than what we have now.

He's active, but he's bad at the two areas Joe likes his bigs to be good at.
1. Handoffs/facilitating at the top of the key
2. Defending the pick-and-roll

I just don't think a guy making that much would be a good fit in our system.

Is there any team that CP3 could join and help once he is officially waived / bought out by LAC?

I think he would be a good fit for a breakfast diner because he is toast.

I think Dallas is the best fit of the teams you mention.

The real question I have that hasn't really been posed is, is Tatum's injury thebkind where is better off defending bigger stronger players or smaller quicker ones? I.e. should he be a SF or a PF?

We may have to run him at the Power Forward if he loses foot speed, especially lateral foot speed.  It depends on how well he comes back, of course, but there is zero way to project this until he is on the court.   I do think Durant recovered the best from this injury and he took his good ole time.

Does the PF position really even exist anymore? Seems like the majority of teams are just using a wing at the 4. E.g. Harris, OG, Barnes, Wiggins, George, Johnson, Buzelis, Bridges, etc.

Of course, power forward is still a viable position but the Brad Stevens coaching system using ball handlers, wings and bigs it does seem to be less defined as in the past and it is called a stretch four often.    A four is a power forward.