I really liked Russell. I thought he’d be the best pick of his draft, but I think KAT has him beaten.
Randall isn’t too big a mistake as I’m assuming he wouldn’t accept the same money he ended up getting at New Orleans.
I liked Larry Nance Jnr but don’t think he’d be anything more than a bench role player.
I would have preferred to hang on to Brook Lopez and let CCP go but I’m not sure if the salaries matched.
We went for the big swing through free agency and have come up short so far.
Hmmm. Reports are that Walton would be top of the Kings hitlist for the job should he be vacated from the Lakers. If I was Luke I’d rather coach the Kings anyway. Young upcoming roster, no big egos who want to control everything, no franchise player who doesn’t respect you and wants you out of the job, a GM who isn’t completely incompetent. Imagine if Walton walks away, reject the Lakers for the freakin’ Kings. That would show how far the mighty have fallen.
He has a contract with LA.
But if he wanted to go, a good GM would try and swindle a trade and hopefully get something that may help entice New Orleans to trade AD this summer.
Walton and LAL part ways by mutual consent. Adrian Wojnarowski reporting that Tyronn Lue (not surprisingly) and Monty Williams frontrunners for the vacancy. You’d think with that Walton will head to Sacramento…
And…
Apparently…
Pelinka has been told to chase Kawhi hard.
I think we’ll end up with Kemba Walker. In an odd way, I think he’ll fit in okay with Lebron and Kuzma.
I wouldn’t mind Stan Van Gundy but doubt he’d be ‘too honest’ with the Lakers management and he’d probably drive Lebron crazy. It’ll be Ty Lue or Mark Jackson.
I don’t think Monty Williams is the right fit.
Sixers looking very ordinary in Game 1 v Brooklyn. Embiid playing on limited minutes, Ben just 3 points (1/6 FG, 1/4 FT) and 2 assists getting near the end of the 3rd.
The ‘big 4’ looking more like a big 1 1/2.
Simmons and Harris have been terrible and Reddick with 2 points in the first 3 quarters.
Thank God for Butler
This is not a good matchup for the Sixers, but 4 from Harris, 5 from Simmons and Reddick and 3 from Scott off 27 minutes.
I guess it can’t get any worse than that.