Re: General NBA Playoffs Thread now that the Stones are out

by **steveschneider** 2016-06-08, 16:45

LooseGoose wrote:A Pair of Kings and a Trump

In 2012, Gilbert had said that the big lesson he learned from James' departure in 2010 was to never let a player have that much leverage over his franchise again. But coming out of that meeting with James' agents, Gilbert thought back to the call he'd gotten from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo at the end of the first round of the 2012 NBA draft. Izzo had told him, "You gotta take my guy." The Cavs had two second-round picks, and Izzo was calling Gilbert, a Michigan State guy, to tell him that Draymond Green was the real deal. "I still wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat that we didn't take him," Gilbert says of Green, who torched the Cavs for 28 points in the Warriors' 110-77 win in Game 2 of the Finals. "I didn't listen to my gut."

This time Gilbert's gut was telling him to get over himself and do whatever it took to get LeBron back. And if he's being really honest, he says today, he respected the chutzpah behind LeBron's demands: "Yeah, because it's smart. When you're a player, you got X amount of years. That's it. Actually, if you look at it, just from the way the cap works and the TV money ... They knew about [the projected spike in the salary cap in] 2017. So really it makes economic sense to keep signing 1-and-1s."

Glad that Green went to Golden State. Curry allows him to be the emotional leader there. It's a great dynamic.

I don't think Green and Lebron would work as well together. lebron has to have the spot light.

by **NigelUno** 2016-06-08, 17:00

steveschneider wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:A Pair of Kings and a Trump

Glad that Green went to Golden State. Curry allows him to be the emotional leader there. It's a great dynamic.

I don't think Green and Lebron would work as well together. lebron has to have the spot light.

Golden State passed on Draymond in the 1st Round also, but Cleveland had 4 picks before he went and passed on him every time. General NBA Playoffs Thread now that the Stones are out - Page 7 502811600

General NBA Playoffs Thread now that the Stones are out - Page 7 502811600

by Guest 2016-06-08, 17:18

NigelUno wrote:
steveschneider wrote:

Glad that Green went to Golden State. Curry allows him to be the emotional leader there. It's a great dynamic.

I don't think Green and Lebron would work as well together. lebron has to have the spot light.

Golden State passed on Draymond in the 1st Round also, but Cleveland had 4 picks before he went and passed on him every time.

GS passed on him twice. For Barnes @#7 then Ezeli @#30.

Cleveland picked Waiters @#4, Jared Cunningham @#24, @#33 for Bernard James & @34 for Jae Crowder.

Of course 1/2 the guys in front of him are out of the league so lot's of 2nd guessing.

by **StylesGShmooth** 2016-06-08, 23:11

steveschneider wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:A Pair of Kings and a Trump

Glad that Green went to Golden State. Curry allows him to be the emotional leader there. It's a great dynamic.

I don't think Green and Lebron would work as well together. lebron has to have the spot light.

...and they play the same position. Playing them together would be Lebron and Lebron lite.

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