2016 NBA Offseason thread - Free Agency,Trades,Hires,etc

[Virtanen18]

Who are these people outside the locker room that are thinking the Clippers are a super team as good as the Warriors?

I'll wait.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Believe me, if I could make you wait forever, I'd ****ing love to do it.

 

[Virtanen18]

....what?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Clippers are fools gold until they prove otherwise.

 

[Voight]

76ers are cursed.

 

[Avs_19]

Definitely cursed. Looks like they're going to get Embiid back and now Simmons is out. Hopefully it's not too serious but as we've seen, these foot fractures can be brutal.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/simmons-suffers-ankle-fracture

5th metatarsal bone.

That's the injury Durant had in 2014-15.

 

[KaylaJ]

nifty link, this was for Durant's but gives you a good idea

 

[Elvis P]

I was right about Simmons not winning RotY and Brandon Ingram not starting. The Lakers are bringing Ingram off the bench. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ring-rookie-brandon-ingram-bench-start-season

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Because he was injured, you were right?

 

[Voight]

Good point from a well renowned trainer. (Trained Kobe, Wade, MJ etc).

 

[Jack Straw]

Good point from a well renowned trainer. (Trained Kobe, Wade, MJ etc).

The report is that he went up and came down on another players foot and rolled his ankle. I doubt the extra weight was a factor.

 

[Voight]

Simmons will be out at least 3 months.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ers-rookie-ben-simmons-surgery-foot-next-week

The No. 1 overall pick is expected to miss about three months, a source told ESPN's Jeff Goodman, which would peg his return in December or possibly even January.

Sources told ESPN on Saturday that doctors involved believe Simmons suffered an acute injury -- caused by landing on another player's foot -- and not a stress reaction, and that the Sixers are supportive of a conservative timetable for his recovery.

 

[BostonBob]

Simmons will be out at least 3 months.

Adam Silver: And with the first pick in the 2017 NBA Draft the Philadelphia 76ers select ......

 

[darko]

I was right about Simmons not winning RotY and Brandon Ingram not starting. The Lakers are bringing Ingram off the bench. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ring-rookie-brandon-ingram-bench-start-season

Won't be long before Ingram is getting big minutes.

 

[darko]

Adam Silver: And with the first pick in the 2017 NBA Draft the Philadelphia 76ers select ......

It better be a PG.

 

[BostonBob]

It better be a PG.

Don't they more of a need to add another Big Man ????

 

[darko]

Don't they more of a need to add another Big Man ????

Got about 8 of them so 1 more doesn't hurt.

 

[McOilbleeder]

Embiid is ROtY eligible right?

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Yep. As long as he has 0 career minutes played/games played. It's not like baseball or hockey where you can still be a rookie even though you played some games in the previous season.

 

[Avs_19]

McCaw once again looked good for the Warriors. He impressed during summer league and now in his first preseason game as well. I think the Warriors might have found a pretty good young player to go along with that ridiculous core they have.

 

[Voight]

Embiid is ROtY eligible right?

Yea, the NBA has bull crap rules where if you play literally 1 game (being on the court for 10 seconds counts FYI) its considered a season. Julius Randle got screwed like that since he played all of 13 minutes his first year.

It better be a PG.

Brown was planning to have Simmons play PG.

 

[Elvis P]

Gaining 33 pounds since the draft put too much stress on Simmon's foot. http://www.espn.com/blog/los-angele...cautious-with-weight-gain-to-prevent-injuries

 

[Virtanen18]

The report is that he went up and came down on another players foot and rolled his ankle. I doubt the extra weight was a factor.

 

[Jack Straw]

It's the internet. Someone must be blamed.