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Around the NBA / Re: NBA Season 2025-26
« Last post by keevsnick on Today at 12:14:20 AM »Hornets up 20 on the Rockets.
Houstin struggling a bit. They've played .500 ball (10-9 in last 19) for the last quarter of the season.
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Houstin struggling a bit. They've played .500 ball (10-9 in last 19) for the last quarter of the season.
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Around the NBA / Re: 2026 NBA Trade Deadline
« Last post by keevsnick on Today at 12:12:00 AM »The Jazz potential starting five would be huge
George (6-4)
Bailey (6-8)
Markkanen (7-1)
Jackson Jr (6-10)
Kessler (7-2)
Not a lot of passing on that team.
Ace: 1.6 apg
Lauri: 2.2 apg
Jackson: 1.9 apg
Kessler: 1.7 apg
Going to be a ton of pressure on George to facillitate the offense.
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Patriots / Football / Re: NFL 2025-26 Season
« Last post by SparzWizard on Yesterday at 11:39:45 PM »Matthew Stafford, oldest QB in NFL at his time, wins NFL MVP.
Drake Maye came close at 2nd place with 23 first-place votes.
Drake Maye came close at 2nd place with 23 first-place votes.
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Around the NBA / Re: 2026 NBA Trade Deadline
« Last post by Celtics2021 on Yesterday at 11:30:01 PM »I didn't see this player being waived.
Haywood Highsmith was waived by the Brooklyn Nets today. He hasn't played at all season. I do not know why. He is a solid bench player. Played well for Miami. Good defender / rebounder. A low volume but adequate 3 point shooter.
He'll be a good pickup for someone.
He tore his meniscus in August and had surgery. That is why he was salary dumped by Miami. It is unclear when he will be ready to return, but he had yet to start practicing 5-on-5.
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Celtics Talk / Re: Brad understood the assignment
« Last post by radiohead on Yesterday at 11:22:39 PM »Still don't think this team has the bench to be considered a real threat even if Tatum comes back. Going to waste the open roster spots on Harper and Shugla and those 2 guys will never do anything to win playoff games.perhaps not. but i think the bench below is pretty good.
Bench is a real mess right now.
- Vuc
- hauser or pritchard
- three headed monster of walsh/gonzalez/scheierman
- garza
and who knows, maybe the team adds a buy out veteran as well.
I think we?re re right up there with the top East teams. If ever we come out of the conference then who knows. OKC, San Antonio, and Denver will be quite challenging to beat four times though.
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Celtics Talk / Re: Shams: Boucher to Jazz
« Last post by Who on Yesterday at 11:03:16 PM »Boucher is a nice pickup for Utah.
They lost some PF depth when they traded away Slow-Mo and G Niang. Boucher can provide some cover there.
G: K George, I Collier
G: Svi, Ace Bailey
F: L Markkanen, B Sensabough
F: Jaren Jackson Jr, Filipowski
C: J Nurkic, K Love
3rd stringers
G: Konchar, Vince Williams II
F: Cody Williams
F: Boucher
And the injured Walker Kessler.
Boucher gives them some extra depth there at the big spots. Especially with Filipowski and JJJ able to play some C minutes. They can play Boucher at PF alongside them if they want to stay big. K Love not the most dependable health wise. Boucher will be a useful extra body on the end of the bench.
Maybe Boucher will even play ahead of K-Love. Be a rotation player (end of rotation). Filipowski at center and Boucher at PF. Utah are not blessed with good wings so staying big may be a better option for them.
They lost some PF depth when they traded away Slow-Mo and G Niang. Boucher can provide some cover there.
G: K George, I Collier
G: Svi, Ace Bailey
F: L Markkanen, B Sensabough
F: Jaren Jackson Jr, Filipowski
C: J Nurkic, K Love
3rd stringers
G: Konchar, Vince Williams II
F: Cody Williams
F: Boucher
And the injured Walker Kessler.
Boucher gives them some extra depth there at the big spots. Especially with Filipowski and JJJ able to play some C minutes. They can play Boucher at PF alongside them if they want to stay big. K Love not the most dependable health wise. Boucher will be a useful extra body on the end of the bench.
Maybe Boucher will even play ahead of K-Love. Be a rotation player (end of rotation). Filipowski at center and Boucher at PF. Utah are not blessed with good wings so staying big may be a better option for them.
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Around the NBA / Re: 2026 NBA Trade Deadline
« Last post by Who on Yesterday at 10:57:49 PM »I didn't see this player being waived.
Haywood Highsmith was waived by the Brooklyn Nets today. He hasn't played at all season. I do not know why. He is a solid bench player. Played well for Miami. Good defender / rebounder. A low volume but adequate 3 point shooter.
He'll be a good pickup for someone.
Haywood Highsmith was waived by the Brooklyn Nets today. He hasn't played at all season. I do not know why. He is a solid bench player. Played well for Miami. Good defender / rebounder. A low volume but adequate 3 point shooter.
He'll be a good pickup for someone.
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Celtics Talk / Re: Shams: Minott to BKN
« Last post by Who on Yesterday at 10:53:25 PM »What the heck if Brooklyn's roster now?
That team is hard to keep track of.
G: Egor Demin, Nolan Traore, Ben Saraf
G: Terrance Mann, Drake Powell, Ochai Agbaji
F: Michael Porter Jr, Jalen Wilson, Hunter Tyson, Josh Minott
F: Noah Clowney, Ziaire Williams
C: Nic Claxton, Dayron Sharpe, Danny Wolf
That PG spot is a disaster zone.
I like T-Mann at SG but not much behind him. Their SF position is where their best player is and where they have the most depth. Serviceable depth rather than quality depth though.
The PF position is a disaster spot as well.
Love Nic Claxton.
That team is hard to keep track of.
G: Egor Demin, Nolan Traore, Ben Saraf
G: Terrance Mann, Drake Powell, Ochai Agbaji
F: Michael Porter Jr, Jalen Wilson, Hunter Tyson, Josh Minott
F: Noah Clowney, Ziaire Williams
C: Nic Claxton, Dayron Sharpe, Danny Wolf
That PG spot is a disaster zone.
I like T-Mann at SG but not much behind him. Their SF position is where their best player is and where they have the most depth. Serviceable depth rather than quality depth though.
The PF position is a disaster spot as well.
Love Nic Claxton.
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Celtics Talk / Re: Shams: Minott to BKN
« Last post by trickybilly on Yesterday at 10:45:20 PM »His body language out there seemed terrible lately
Happy him and Boucher are gone
Eh, I'd be disappointed too if I came to Boston thinking rebuild year, and I can increase value before free agency, only to get stuck behind other guys whilst when I am on the court doing really well. We were all high on Minott during that early run.
This is purely business though.
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Around the NBA / Re: 2026 NBA Trade Deadline
« Last post by Who on Yesterday at 10:45:10 PM »The Jazz potential starting five would be huge
George (6-4)
Bailey (6-8)
Markkanen (7-1)
Jackson Jr (6-10)
Kessler (7-2)
It feels strange to bring in 2 PFs to force Ace Bailey out of position to SG rather than his natural position at small forward.
Ace Bailey's lack of ball-handling and passing will be an issue at SG. Also, he seems more of a scorer than a pure shooter. So you will have a deficit of shooting as well. He will likely be below average in shooting, ball-handling & passing relative to other starting SGs.
Ace Bailey is meant to be a franchise cornerstone. Why are Utah forcing him out of position? To a spot where he will be less effective?
* Defensively = I agree. That lineup could be very good together.
* Offensively = I think it will be messy. Lack of passers. Lack of ball-handling.
Ace played guard in college and ESPN has him listed as a guard in the NBA.
Yes, but he is not a guard. He doesn't have the skill-set. He has the skill-set of a (SF) forward.
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