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I very rarely start a new thread but this has been bothering me all season so I'm just going to launch into it... For a team that consistently gives up 35+ point quarters to mediocre opponents and loses a lot of games on the defensive end to have an elite man-to-man defender and play him only...

I had a thought -- and this is the kind of thing I probably should just keep to myself, but I guess I'm in a "giving" mood today -- what if the players themselves are leading the tank this season? What is this blasphemy you say? Hear me out... (1) The main guys are all under contract...

If we really want to open this up and consider all options, I see 6 players who I think should be under consideration at #2. I'll break them up into groups: If we go offense-first, the best options are Luka Doncic or Marvin Bagley. At 6'8" with the ability to create his own shot anywhere on the...

THE PROBLEM: Barring some miraculous turnaround, it seems that we've settled into another season where we're just not talented enough to compete for a playoff spot. Rudy Gay, Darren Collison, Omri Casspi, and Ben McLemore are all set to become free agents at the end of the year. McLemore will...

Since everyone seems to be throwing out ideas... this isn't the best idea of I've ever had but if we strike out on Al Horford, what about Al Jefferson as a target in free agency? His production is down the last 2 seasons and he's dealt with some injuries but he's only 31 years old so he should...

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/242321/Pacers-Acquire-Jeff-Teague-In-Three-Team-Trade Apparently this is a done deal. Jeff Teague to the Pacers, George Hill to the Jazz, Utah's #12 pick to Atlanta

Obviously signing Al Horford is a long-shot. I still think it's an avenue we should pursue but in the event he's not interested or Atlanta decides to give him that huge 5th year that we can't offer, we need a plan B (and probably also a plan C, D, E, and F). In this plan I'll be trading Rudy Gay...

I've worked up a couple of off-season scenarios we could take. This one is about clearing cap space for Al Horford. First off, I want to make a couple of general points about the off-season. I won't be trading DeMarcus Cousins. The only scenario where we come out ahead in a Cousins trade is one...

I'm starting out with a list of my own trade premises here just to clarify what I'm looking for in trades this season: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) I want to make the playoffs this year, I'm not trading any of our core guys. For me that means...

According to who? He led the team in defensive Win Shares and had the lowest dRtg on the team. (link) Generally that's a good indication that a player is a net positive defensively. He also had the highest oRtg on the team, crushed everyone else in total Win Shares (6.3 -- Jeremy Lin was second...

After months of speculation and wishful thinking, we'll finally know by this afternoon where we'll be picking in the 2015 NBA draft. These are the spots available to us and the relevant odds: 1st overall........6.3% 2nd overall......7.1% 3rd overall.......8.1% 6th overall.....43.9% 7th...

So a year ago we were supposedly working furiously to get Rondo from Boston. At the time he was still working back from injury. He played 30 games in the second half of last season and there were some areas of concern. Mainly, his shooting percentage was all the way down to 40% (career average...

I was thinking about the Free Agency topic a bit more and how I didn't really like anyone on the list this season. I also don't see a lot of realistic targets next season either. There are complimentary players who could help us, but not a lot of immediate improvements at the SG position. We're...

(link) I was thinking early this season that Waiters for Shumpert is the deal that the Cavs should make, and it looks like they were able to pull it off without giving up anything else of value. Samuel Dalembert was just waived by the Knicks as well. Seems like he might be a nice short-term fix...

This is more curiosity on my part than anything else. It's painfully apparent that we need a third reliable defensive big in our rotation. I've been suggesting Larry Sanders for awhile as an ideal solution for us. He's a top shot-blocker and interior defender who's mobile enough to play...

Now that Victor Oladipo is back, Maurice Harkless isn't getting any playing time off the Orlando bench. The newly 3 point crazed coach Jacque Vaughn has opted to continue playing Evan Fournier big minutes off the bench instead. Payton, Oladipo. Harris, a stretch 4 (currently Channing Frye), and...

I'd started writing a longer post about all the options available at the PF position in free agency at the end of the season, but with the team doing so well -- and Thompson, Landry, and Evans all being key contributors so far -- it seemed appropriate to pump the breaks a bit on talk of...

Is it too soon to talk about the implications of the salary cap possibly jumping up to $91 million in 2016? NBA's new $24 billion TV deal

The main problem I see with Williams when he's on the floor is that his confidence wavers. When he's on he's got a solid outside jumper, the ability to post up and finish inside, good effort on the boards, and like McLemore he's always a threat on the fast break. He's also got the right size and...

His name has come up several times this season as a possible trade target and his off the court problems were so extensive (and his on-court performance non-existent) that most people seem to have forgotten why he was ever considered a desirable target at all. I just wanted to take a moment to...