Comments on: 2023-24 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Bulls (ABC Primetime Opener, which is kind of a thing)

By: Z--man

Z--man — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:09:32 +0000

If you signed iHart to a $15M AAV extension, the good news is that due to Mitch’s descending contract, the positional spending doesn’t go up all that much, maybe like $4-5M. And since they’d be making pretty much the same money, it would no longer be all that controversial to play them as indicated, meaning having iHart finish games to avoid hack-a-Mitch. And one of them (probably Mitch if iHart keeps it up, plus he might not be tradeable until summer 2025 anyway) can be future trade bait.

Seems like a no-brainer to extend him…

By: Z--man

Z--man — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:45:37 +0000

The Deuce contract feels like a “we might need salary filler in a trade” kind of move…

I really miss IQ and it was sad to see him in that gaudy Raptors uniform doing the IQ prance. Alas…

Whether Brogdamn or Typhus, I think the bench issue is a rather easy problem to solve at a modest cost. No Dijon Mustard, please!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:29:09 +0000

I adore iHart. I’m very happy they have him on the team. I can easily see him re-signing for the max Early Bird, though. I think he likes playing here, and his girlfriend (wife?) is definitely a big city type of lady.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 11:27:48 +0000

Deuce’s contract is very small, 3 for 12 million or something. Not a big issue. They will take a look at him as backup PG in January.

But it’s like throwing your wallet out the window and saying, “What’s the big deal? I only had $60 in it.”

They didn’t have to give Deuce any sort of contract. They just sort of quadrupled his salary for three years for…I guess the possibility that he would suddenly improve dramatically once they started playing him regularly? That’s the best theory I’ve got. “He might improve a lot once we start playing him regularly, so let’s sign him to a contract that will be cheap if he improve a lot.” It’s just shooting themselves in the foot for no reason.

By: JK47

JK47 — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 08:16:29 +0000

Watching this bench unit try to score reminds me of a thought exercise we used to do back in the Dave Berri days, which goes like this: what would happen if you assembled a team of the kind of low usage players who rack up high WP48 scores. All five guys are Tyson Chandler/Ronnie Brewer/Landry Fields type players. How would that team of WP48 All Stars fare in a real game?

Well, now we know the answer.

By: Educate_the_weak

Educate_the_weak — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 07:16:56 +0000

I was watching kings magic very entertaining

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 06:13:50 +0000

I was hoping Banchero would hit that last shot to force triple OT, wasn’t ready for this one to end.

Sorry to hijack the thread (Banchero v Monk shoot-out opener, kind of a thing). Sometimes I feel bad for you east coasters and Europeans out there, there’s some good after-hours basketball every now and then.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:49:56 +0000

13 ties, 22 lean changes is fun.

Some guy named “Queen” tried to go through a Sabonis screen instead of around it. I think he may have died.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:46:24 +0000

You guys like basketball, so I highly recommend the Kings v Magic game. Good offense beating good defense is the best the NBA has to offer. These guys are actually earning their many points.

By: Downtown Doogie Brown

Downtown Doogie Brown — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:41:04 +0000

Quick with 26 points. We’re going to regret how we handled him. It wouldn’t hurt so badly if it had made sense.