Offseason Thread

[Goldstar88]

On paper, the Clippers look amazing. They better do some serious load management so that guys are available for the playoffs.

Starters: Harden, Beal, Kawhi, Collins, Zubac
Bench: CP3, Dunn, Bogdanovic, Jones Jr, B. Lopez.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

On paper, the Clippers look amazing. They better do some serious load management so that guys are available for the playoffs.

Starters: Harden, Beal, Kawhi, Collins, Zubac
Bench: CP3, Dunn, Bogdanovic, Jones Jr, B. Lopez.

You can bet the farm that at least Kawhi and Paul will miss significant time (combination of injuries and load management). Probably Beal will miss a decent amount too. That puts a big crimp in what they can accomplish in the regular season.

[Who]

Lakers waive Shake Milton, Jordan Goodwin and Trey Jamison. Doing this to sign Marcus Smart.

I liked J Goodwin when I saw him play. Good 3rd string defensive combo guard. I hope some team picks him up. He can play.

I see some Lakers fans are upset that Jordan Goodwin was waived. Some going as far to saying why get M Smart when we already have J Goodwin. It is not an unfair point. Smart has hardly contributed anything to his teams over the past 2 years due to injury. It is not clear what he will be able to contribute moving forward. Goodwin may end up being the more valuable player (due to availability alone). These Lakers fans Smart is, or may be, washed up. Not the player he was in the past and not a solution to anything. They might be right. I hope they are not. I love Smart. But they might be right. He has contributed nothing for 2 years.

[Goldstar88]

On paper, the Clippers look amazing. They better do some serious load management so that guys are available for the playoffs.

Starters: Harden, Beal, Kawhi, Collins, Zubac
Bench: CP3, Dunn, Bogdanovic, Jones Jr, B. Lopez.

You can bet the farm that at least Kawhi and Paul will miss significant time (combination of injuries and load management). Probably Beal will miss a decent amount too. That puts a big crimp in what they can accomplish in the regular season.

I don?t think they are concerned about the regular season. Look at what GS did last year. They were a play-in team and knocked out the 2 seed.

[Big333223]

On paper, the Clippers look amazing. They better do some serious load management so that guys are available for the playoffs.

Starters: Harden, Beal, Kawhi, Collins, Zubac
Bench: CP3, Dunn, Bogdanovic, Jones Jr, B. Lopez.

You can bet the farm that at least Kawhi and Paul will miss significant time (combination of injuries and load management). Probably Beal will miss a decent amount too. That puts a big crimp in what they can accomplish in the regular season.

Kawhi, Paul, Beal, Harden, Collins, Bogdanovic, Lopez... All more likely to player 40 games than 75.

[tazzmaniac]

On paper, the Clippers look amazing. They better do some serious load management so that guys are available for the playoffs.

Starters: Harden, Beal, Kawhi, Collins, Zubac
Bench: CP3, Dunn, Bogdanovic, Jones Jr, B. Lopez.

You can bet the farm that at least Kawhi and Paul will miss significant time (combination of injuries and load management). Probably Beal will miss a decent amount too. That puts a big crimp in what they can accomplish in the regular season.

Kawhi, Paul, Beal, Harden, Collins, Bogdanovic, Lopez... All more likely to player 40 games than 75.

That's not true of Lopez.  He's played 78, 79 and 80 games the last 3 seasons.  For his career other than the 3 seasons he played less the 20 games, his lowest games played is 68 in 14 seasons. 

[Who]

Blake Wesley and the Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to a one-year deal. Wesley was recently waived by the Washington Wizards following his trade from the San Antonio Spurs.

Wesley was the 25th overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft..

A defensive SG with dodgy offense. He will be a 3rd stringer for POR.

[Who]

Josh Okogie and the Houston Rockets have agreed to a one-year, $3.1 million deal.

The rich get richer.

I don't like this for Okogie. There isn't playing time there for him. He will be a 3rd stringer. He is a solid bench player. He should have gone somewhere that would play him.

[SparzWizard]

On paper, the Clippers look amazing. They better do some serious load management so that guys are available for the playoffs.

Starters: Harden, Beal, Kawhi, Collins, Zubac
Bench: CP3, Dunn, Bogdanovic, Jones Jr, B. Lopez.

You can bet the farm that at least Kawhi and Paul will miss significant time (combination of injuries and load management). Probably Beal will miss a decent amount too. That puts a big crimp in what they can accomplish in the regular season.

Kawhi, Paul, Beal, Harden, Collins, Bogdanovic, Lopez... All more likely to player 40 games than 75.

That's not true of Lopez.  He's played 78, 79 and 80 games the last 3 seasons.  For his career other than the 3 seasons he played less the 20 games, his lowest games played is 68 in 14 seasons.

Brook Lopez looks like a pretty healthy guy for a 37 year old Center. Unlike, say, Porzingis or Anthony Davis or Embiid haha