2014 NBA draft/off-season thread

In this draft, he's going 10-12. He's a very raw, very skinny Marcus Camby. By the time the season starts, he will have had a good 6 months to work on his game and throw some muscle on his frame.

 

Is Carmello Anthony the quintessential "we can lose with you and we can lose without you player"?

 

Yeah. Good individual talent, but not a true difference maker in the larger scheme. I mean, you can sign him and go from, say, 30 wins to 40-45 wins. But he's not going to take you from 45 wins to a championship.

 

I'm not sure about this. I mean, I think some of his NBA woes are self-inflicted; he would have been better off staying in Denver as opposed to forcing the trade to New York. But I do think he could win a championship as the main offensive player, kind of similar to how Paul Pierce or Ray Allen were the number one and two options for the Celtics.

 

So far, he's never won anything at the pro level. But anything's possible. Maybe if he's with the right cast. I don't see him playing with LeBron. Anthony needs the ball to be effective.

 

Gery Woelfel ‏@GeryWoelfel

No one will confirm this but I was told Kidd has been offered job as Bucks president.

 

NBA franchises must be the easiest business to run in America.

Can't imagine the owner of a McDonalds promoting their best fry-cook to manager and then having Burger King hire him away to run the company.

 

Kidd's early career trajectory is kinda reminding me of that of Isiah Thomas: with no experience, Isiah was made the Raptor GM/Pres immediately upon the end of his playing career and, no matter how much he miserably failed at every spot, kept getting wildly lucrative offers to run organizations or coach for the longest damn time after that.

By the end he'd wrecked several franchises and destroyed one entire League (the CBA) before the big shots finally realized "you know, I don't think he knows what the fuck he's doing."

 

I always liked hearing Isiah say "Anuka"

 

Kidd doesn't make this move without the standing offer from the Bucks owner. Hell, if I knew a friend wanted to hire me for a great job, but I also knew I had four years left on a contract that no longer looks so good, and a team that isn't getting any younger - it makes absolute sense on Kidd's part. Geography aside, I think I'd rather spend the next four years helping build the Bucks than watching the Nets grow old.

 

Never happens in newspapers or radio.

On the surface, this makes no sense. It would be one thing to give up something if you're getting, say, Phil Jackson or Gregg Popovich. But Jason Kidd? What's his track record that suggests he will do anything noteworthy for your franchise?

 

As much as I respect Popovich, people forget he went from Warriors asst. coach to Spurs GM, THEN decided to replace Bob Hill on the bench with himself. (oh how I wish Nellie went to SA and Pop stayed!!!)