NBA Discussion (Official Thread)

[NorthCoastKid]

I actually think the odds are really good that Durant opts out and signs a max deal elsewhere. Achilles tear be damned, teams with a max slot will be lining up to sign him with bells on. That includes the Warriors, who hold his Bird rights.

 

[Jake]

GSW fan boys across the interwebs are still crying about injuries. They don't seem to like being reminded of 2015.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

 

[Bucklion]

Lakers and Davis are both crazy.

 

[Jake]

 

[buckeyemania11]

Lakers lol. Got to be one of the most retarded trades of all time.

 

[NFBuck]

If there's a just God, LeBron totally breaks down physically, leaving Davis and a bunch of scrubs like in New Orleans.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Xs and Os-wise .........would Zion + Davis make sense?

 

[Dryden]

 

[LordJeffBuck]

 

[buckeyemania11]

If there's a just God, LeBron totally breaks down physically, leaving Davis and a bunch of scrubs like in New Orleans.

Even with a healthy LeBron they are lucky to make it past the first round

 

[NFBuck]

Even with a healthy LeBron they are lucky to make it past the first round

LeBron is entering year 17 of his career. Add the 8 straight finals appearances plus all of the other playoff mileage of his career and he has played the equivalent of 20+ seasons. He will be 35 on New Years eve.

Kobe Bryant, who had similar usage at the same age began to see his effectiveness begin to decline sharply and began to break down physically. I wouldn't be surprised in LeBron experiences the same thing. Is a Lakers team with Davis, Kuzma and a declining LeBron a title favorite? If LeBron somehow pulls together a healthy season where he's still 80% of his former self and they can add some low-cost vets below market value because they want to chase a ring...maybe. But, anything after year 17 would be breaking new ground, and he already spent last season dealing with injuries.

 

[NFBuck]

Xs and Os-wise .........would Zion + Davis make sense?

In today's perimeter-happy nba, two dominant post threats like.that may have been enough of an anomaly to be a force. But, we'll never know.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

LeBron is entering year 17 of his career. Add the 8 straight finals appearances plus all of the other playoff mileage of his career and he has played the equivalent of 20+ seasons. He will be 35 on New Years eve.

Kobe Bryant, who had similar usage at the same age began to see his effectiveness begin to decline sharply and began to break down physically. I wouldn't be surprised in LeBron experiences the same thing. Is a Lakers team with Davis, Kuzma and a declining LeBron a title favorite? If LeBron somehow pulls together a healthy season where he's still 80% of his former self and they can add some low-cost vets below market value because they want to chase a ring...maybe. But, anything after year 17 would be breaking new ground, and he already spent last season dealing with injuries.

Yeah, easy to think that injuries might be the norm now. That said, LeBron is freak of nature...if anyone could stay healthy longer, it would be a guy like him.

I do think that a healthy LeBron plus Davis has the potential to contend.

 

[kujirakira]

Even with a healthy LeBron they are lucky to make it past the first round

LeBron is entering year 17 of his career. Add the 8 straight finals appearances plus all of the other playoff mileage of his career and he has played the equivalent of 20+ seasons. He will be 35 on New Years eve.

Kobe Bryant, who had similar usage at the same age began to see his effectiveness begin to decline sharply and began to break down physically. I wouldn't be surprised in LeBron experiences the same thing. Is a Lakers team with Davis, Kuzma and a declining LeBron a title favorite? If LeBron somehow pulls together a healthy season where he's still 80% of his former self and they can add some low-cost vets below market value because they want to chase a ring...maybe. But, anything after year 17 would be breaking new ground, and he already spent last season dealing with injuries.

The strat with Lebron going forward has to be that your team is good enough w/o him to make playoffs. He plays enough games leading into playoffs to get a rhythm and chemistry... then balls out only for the playoff run.
This shouldnt be too difficult given half the NBA makes playoffs... regular season is just a preliminary elimination / preseason.
OTOH they were pure trash last season... and the typical Lebron strat of stacking bench with hasbeens and journeymen could blow up.
But this is the guy that carried Matthew fucking Dellavedova to game 6 of the Finals.