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we dump Poole and perhaps Murray becomes our closer, we are not a terrible team ... not really good, but not terrible.

We need to take Poole/ Herb and turn them into a stud SG/ C.

Obviously Jaylen Brown would be awesome and slightly realistic but people would freak for what we'd spend.

KAT would be an interesting option.

We can take back up to $61mil in a trade with Poole/ Herb. So anyone in the NBA.
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That's why I never said anything bad about DJM. He seemingly got poopooed on for no reason other than his long recovery. 

It had nothing to do with his long recovery and everything to do with fragile Pels fans and years of mismanagement from the FO.

The only thing Murray did was call out our FO/ players and make people accountable. Which is the exact same thing fans have wanted for 20+ years from someone who can be a leader.
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Your season ticket reps sales pitch
"Zion stayed healthy"
"Trey is still Trey"
"DJM is the guard we needed"
"Fears and Queen year 2"
"Yves year 3"
"And did we mention how well Bey played?"


This sounds about right. You even left off Poole/ Herb/ Hawk to give us that extra $60mil to work with. All we have to do is add Jaylen Brown and we are good. Cake walk.
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Not a fraction of the potential human/shark interaction that is available at any TX, AL, or FL beach (whether bay or gulf front)

It does not say its top 5 for interactions or attacks. It says top 5 destination for deadly sharks. Some sharks aren't as deadly and dangerous as bull sharks. We have alot of bullsharks. That's it.

What's crazy about this? There are probably more bull sharks around you in lake Ponchatrain than in any small area of a beach at any given time.

Article is still stupid.
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He was supposed to come back last week. We have reached Eric Gordon status with Murray .

Can you give me an example of any team rushing back one of their best players from a season ending injury for a team who is bottom 5 in league?

If he has even the slightest discomfort or the coaches see something they don't like he's out.

Part of the reason y'all are butthurt is because of a certain rant in which this is included:
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he felt unsupported, stating it was difficult to get necessary training, lifting, and court time.

Ok, so guess what we are doing? Giving him the necessary training, lifting, and court time.

Here's a few other snippets that really make him look like such a bad player, leader, and locker room guy:
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He described a chaotic environment with, "such & such got fired, another guy left... I'm not getting what I need from the organization"

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Murray told media that if players weren't "embarrassed and really mad," there was a problem. He emphasized a lack of competition, physicality, and a need for a different, more serious approach.


But lets openly hate the guy for saying that our players are pussies and FO is a mess while we bash our players for being pussies and bash our FO for being a mess. And then lets bash the team for actually trying to give him the time and improve morale.

This exact type of shite is what leads to players disliking the team. He was on the Spurs and one of their leaders. Y'all are retarded if you think rooting against him brings anything positive to this organization.
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Great idea tho…

The whole idea of Linderbaum was in reference to the OG market and availability. If we somehow strike out on the top OG's but can get McGovern/ Linderbaum then you have a significant/ reliable upgrade at C and move McCoy to OG. McCoy can still be rated higher and better than the 9th, 10th, etcc FA OG.

Yes it is actually a very good idea and backup plan.
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I keep seeing this and it’s fricking retarded

1. Can McCoy be trusted as your future franchise C? No
2. Can McCoy be an upgrade > Radunz/ Ruiz at OG? Yes
3. Can aquiring Linderbaum give us the starting franchise center? Yes
4. Can we trade McCoy? Yes that is also a possible scenario but we will have dead cap.
5. If you have to make upgrades in spite of McCoy then is it a terrible plan? Not really, we get our franchise C and still get help at Guard.

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Not to mention he can’t stay healthy at center and that position usually doesn’t get beat up as much as guards.

The point is that its a lose lose as you have clearly stated. So why not try to make the best out of it?

Getting Linderbaum and trading McCoy makes the most sense but we just had a whole conversation about the availability of OG's and yet finding a way to upgrade internally is retarded apparently.

We need a C and 2 OG's. This is the best way to kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

We can't spend +$20mil on 3 OL this offseason. To maximize the upgrades you want to make you'd need to trade both Ruiz/ McCoy and have dead cap from them. That's fricking dumb when you can just move McCoy and possibly end up with a better result.

No one is actually worried about McCoy's impact at OG. They would be worried about injuries, which is retarded because if he's at center then wtf does that matter? We have the exact same issue.
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We could if I front office wasn’t fricking retarded. We have $55m/ year in luxury tied up between two terrible guards.

We have an all star PG coming back and a #7 draft pick that has a higher ceiling than Jose. Spending a chunk of $55mil to bring back Jose is just as retarded as not having $55mil. Let's use money to fill a void and not break the bank on a 3rd string PG that could end up 4th after any single draft. And Jose gets the chance to compete.

The Knicks probably can't even afford Jose. They atleast get to use him as a short term rental while they compete.
There's 5-10 very good/ great upgrades and another 5-10 serviceable upgrades available.

You also have atleast 5 high value OT's that will get paid.

Then you have 2 of the best centers in the league that will be top paid OL in McGovern/ Linderbaum.

You also have teams that have 4+ OL fleeing from them (Browns).

If you take out the teams that are a dumpster fires + the few teams who don't need/ can't spend money on OL you are closer to 20 teams with about 15 high priced OL. And another 10+ mid priced OL that would still be upgrades.
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You underestimate the high need around the league for good olineman. Thus the not so great (unless you like over 32 guards) market is going to be competitive. I would be pleased with the LG from Cleveland and the broke down Miami guard as a project.

We will target several highly regarded OL this offseason but I agree that the market will be competitive. We may underrate the value of Shough at QB when the lineman make their decisions, OL like competent QBs.

I've seen a few rumors about targeting Linderbaum and moving McCoy to OG. Linderbaum can be added to that high value target group and it still gives us a guard. You could maybe sign someone like Daniel Faalele/ Zion Johnson and update the other side.

Getting one of top OL and having McCoy healthy would be more than enough help. Any upgrade from Ruiz/ Radunz after that is just a cherry on top.
If Fano/ Mauigoa are good enough for us to consider taking them at #8 then ARI, NYG, and CLE will make sure they're gone. I feel like ARI/ CLE are a lock for those 2 guys. Only way CLE doesn't do it is because NYG already took the 2nd guy.

The whole point of targeting high level FA OG this offseason is because we've spent so many high value picks on OL and have mixed results. That doesn't sound like we go OL for the first few rds.

We have 4 defensive starters that could announce retirement at any second and 1 who is a free agent.

The first 3 rounds are going to be defense, defense, WR in no particular order.
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Or, he's an arse hole for being healthy enough to return for a bit now but refusing to do so because he wanted a deadline trade,

1. Do you have the facts on this or is this just an opinion that helps support your view of the situation?

2. Do you really think there is any world where Murray or the Pels think a trade is going to happen without him on the court playing? That might be the dumbest fricking opinion I've seen on this situation. Even if he played for a month it wouldn't be enough to evaluate.

3.Murray was NEVER going to be traded this year and Jose was ALWAYS going to be traded before the end of the year. But keep saying shite to support the pessimism porn train.

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the only reason he's playing now is because he has no trade value and is trying to rehab it so he can be moved.

1. Have you ever thought that he's playing now because he's healthy and simply can?

2. Can you give me an example of any team rushing back one of their best players from a season ending injury for a team who is bottom 5 in league? No you can't can you because it doesn't make any fricking sense.

3. Do you think if Murray was healthy and the team wasn't in shambles that he would still not be playing?

You are straight up blaming Murray for having a season ending injury and then the whole team/ FO failing him before he comes back for any meaningful minutes.
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I would assume the comment was related to his public interview trashing the organization.

There's maybe a handful of players that haven't trashed our organization publicly. Considering past mistakes and the current status of the team its probably never been more warranted.

Most the people shitting on him or calling him a cancer have shared his exact same opinion of the team as a whole and yet he tells the truth and is a bad guy? Fans are just scrambling to find someone to be mad at.

Zion is still on the roster and nothings changed for 20 years? Lets blame Murray!!
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Team cancer returning to replace our team leader that is now on the Knicks

The dude only played 31 games for us and averaged:
17.5 pts/ 6.5 reb/ 7.4 ast/ 2 stl.

But yeah he's a team cancer for everything wrong he's done like tearing his Achilles or being traded to a team that has mismanaged every player on their roster for the last 20 years.

Murray is a real a-hole for that. What kind of douche tears his achilles?

That Tatum guy is really awesome though, he teared his achilles but is on a team that has properly managed their players for the last 20 years so he's not an a-hole.
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30 years ago the religious folks would have told you that there is no way aliens exist because it doesn’t say it in the bible.
Now that it is a realistic possibility, God created them too. Yada Yada.

Was the Axolotl mentioned in the Bible or is their existence in question as well?
The toughest part of Christianity is man selling it out.

In the past you had to pay money to be absolved from sin. Now its okay to be gay.

Christianity has bridged from following the word of God to following whatever man made interpretation that has the power. Its sad.

Anyway, there's probably a better chance aliens exist than some of these priest, popes, deacons, and bishops getting into heaven.
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 Saints and Commanders have similar needs.

Its going to come down to NYG/ CLE at #5/#6.

The first 4 should be a group of:
1. Mendoza
2. Reese/ Bain/ Bailey
3. Maugioa/ Fano
4. Reese/Bain/ Bailey

We need another OL and WR to drop in front of us.

Giants at #5:
Tate/ Lemon/ Downs or any (2) of Mauigoa/ Fano/ Bain/ Bailey.

Browns at #6:
Tate/ Lemon/ Downs/ (1) of Mauigoa or Fano

Giants pick is a toss up but the Browns will have to take Mauigoa/ Fano if one is left IMO. Their OL struggled and they just lost their 2 best lineman.
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The chiefs aren’t a running back away and they are selecting in the top 10 for a reason. Their star players such as Kelce and Jones are near the end of their careers and the solution you think is for them to draft a rb? They need to hit on a lot of picks to remain relevant.

KC still want to compete. The Mahomes injury last year along with a weak running game was worrisome. Love can take a burden off Mahomes and give extra security for any smaller injuries. And for this example you are talking about jumping 1 spot for a 3rd/ 4th, they'd do it.
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I see where you're coming from but that's still taking a big leap of faith on Estime

Massive leap of faith. Drafting a RB #8 is still a big move. Atleast this is low risk and gives us another position need at #8.

Its enough to really think about all things considered.
He started 2 games(I accidentally said 3 earlier).

Estime: 35 carries/ 157 yards/ 4.48 ypc
AK: 131 carries/ 471 yards/ 3.59 ypc

Estime had the worst OL in the last 5 years and had 2 of the best RB performances in the last 5 years in those 2 starts.

His sample size is 2 games more than Love and on paper almost comparable stats for their last year in college..

Love broke a single game rushing record against USC and broke a TD record with 1TD every single game but Estime had the exact same amount of rushing TDs. Love had 11 less carries and 30 more yards. If he had that many big runs and only had 31 more yards than Estime what are we dealing with here? How good can Estime be?

If one guy is good enough to be a sure thing top 10 pick then we would be dumb for not giving Estime a legit shot, especially for the cost.

Estime at RB1 with AK/ Miller backup is not that bad. Not spending #8 or $10mil on a RB makes it even more enticing.

I truly think this will be part of the conversation when discussing to take Love at #8.
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You’re not going to win a lot of games depending on Audric Estime.

I just don’t see the hole at CB that others do. Slot, for sure. But I saw enough from Riley and Kool Aid to let them start next year.

I'd rather roll the dice with Estime at RB and an upgraded OL > roll with Koolaid/ Riley as CB1 and CB2.

QB/ OL can atleast assist the RB. You are putting Koolaid on an island and praying for results.

You can really put Styles in this group too. If Styles is a true LB1 and Delane CB1 then they would be more beneficial than a RB1. The glaring issue is that no one really knows how good those 2 guys are and Love is seen as a sure shot.

Someone can be the better player and not the better pick.
I mean guys look at the stats. They can't really be any more comparable.

I get it, eye test and abilities. But if we are talking value, need, impact, etccc. How far apart are they really? Far enough to spend a #8 pick on 1 and pass on a top talent WHILE Estime is on the roster?

We just talked about how we haven't had shite at RB for years and then the dude directly comparable to Love stat wise tears it the frick up with the worst OL we've had in that same several year time frame and y'all don't want to give him a chance?

Y'all are saying it like the dude has been a bust. He came in and immediately hit the ground running. His first 3 games paced Judkins first 3 games last year.

I'm not saying Estime is better or even as good as Love but the drop off may be way closer than perceived and its another reason to think twice about the value and needs.