₦airaland Forum

benji93:
I can't help but think this may play out. Even in this case, you want to make everyone believe the offers are there, but just cannot be completed. And there's a high chance the other owners will support him. The pendulum is due to swing to the other side. The reign of the players may soon be coming to an end.

Roland17:
I am not in support of exchanging Britney Griner for a notorious arms dealer whose gun running activities was responsible for the killing of hundreds of American military personnel in the middle east. There are consequences to every action and this exchange is not fair or balanced if Biden chooses to pursue it.

Britney should have known better than to travel to Russia, a country that has bad relationship with the US with a contraband. Every country has it own rules, it is the responsibility of foreigners to respect and abide by established laws. This is the ridiculous sense of entitlement the extreme left have and I am disappointed anyone is remotely supporting this exchange.

She should face the consequences if we can not find another means that does not involve exchanging prisoners who will place American interests at risk.

Skrrrrrrr:
GP2 is a defensive Savant. Better than Gra Gra Pat bev and Marcus Smart in my books. He was more instrumental to the warriors winning this Title than even Jordan Poole. The warriors went on huge runs with him on the court mainly because he shuts everyone down. With him on the court, Bostons offence came to a halt, forcing turnovers and giving the warriors points in transition.
When the game got tight, Kerr left Poole on the bench and brought him in.
I was real pissed when he signed with the blazers.

Khanben:
When the skillset you have makes you 1 of 5 or so in the whole world, then you have as much leverage as you are willing to push for and that is a fact. The scarcer the skillset the more power the owner of said skillset becomes.

PS: As for the owners shutting the league down, ask them what happened the last time they tried it, during the last, lock out. In case you didn’t follow the situation, most of the big Euroleague and Chinese teams offered the big name players very good contracts to come over and play for them. that situation in essence was the beginning of the power shift in the NBA, because the big named players who drive the ratings realized that money wise they could get comparable earnings at least for a few months in Europe.

greypencils:
Unfortunately, pieces of that championship team have been hacked off the likes of Otto Porter, GP2 and Bjelica. I would have preferred they traded Moody, a second round pick so as to retain GP2 for another season. The maths with the capspace could be a problem but anything for GP2 who is a legit perimeter defender compared to a Moody who hasn't impressed or a Wiseman that might just be a draft burst with his injuries.

Khanben:
Baba there is no gall involved. The Raptors swore to high heaven's that they would not trade
DeRozan to his face. When they did, they did not even give him the courtesy of a heads-up when they found out about the opportunity to make a deal with the Spurs, Masai only called him after the trade was done. So if the teams can trade away a player with 2-3 years left on their contract, a player should also have the same right. Basketball at this level is a profession like any other.
D Same thing happened with Blake 1 month after the Clippers convinced him to sign long term they turned around and traded him with no warning.
If teams wants to include a provision in the next CBA that no player can be traded until after a certain duration of his contract has been played out, then it must be a 2 way thing.

Roland17:
Baba, truth is, when it comes to contracts with superstars and some star players the precedence has already been established and only another round of CBA can change the current situation.

KD is the biggest superstar to request a trade and is rightfully going to command the attention and demands. The Nets are right to seek a haul because of the caliber of player involved in the trade, it comes with the territory.

The owners have to be strong and united during the next CBA to put a stop to this. There has to be a serious consequence on players who seek trades during an active contract.

Roland17:
KD to the Suns is not entirely out of the picture, however, it will take multiple teams, say 3-4 teams to complete the trade. Thing is, KD is going to command a lot and while everyone wants him, only very few teams can afford what the Nets are demanding. The Suns want him because this year might be their last shot with CP3 and they have shown us that Booker is not that guy who can carry a team to a championship.

Running it back with the Nets is not possible if Kyrie is there. But the Nets have made it clear that they want to resolve the KD situation first before Kyrie’s and Kyrie has said he will be fine with staying in Brooklyn. I remember saying on this thread that KD and and Kyrie became distant after the playoffs and have not been close as usual since then. I think everyone involved has come to the conclusion that Kyrie is the common denominator. KD has to take some responsibility for how he allowed Kyrie disrupt their entire season and stayed quiet about it. I don’t expect him to speak about it. I think he believed he could reel the team despite the dysfunction going on.

The management also did a horrible job when the failed to pull the brakes on everyone when the nonsense was going on. Harden left because of Kyrie. He could not deal with it. KD wants stability, I think that is the biggest for him. Also, I don’t think he rates Nash anyways and that is another issue that has not been talked about. The Suns have most of his needs to succeed.

I can see him start the season with the Nets but ultimately leave at some point but for the sake of clarity, it’s best it is resolved before the start of the new season. To your question, yes, Kobe.

donlittle25:
Why he decided to team up with kyrie is something I will never understand in the first place.

Wan win championship with person wey say you no need coach

donlittle25:
Six first round picks?

Khanben:
Just saw a trade idea for the Cavs, Sexton, Levert and one 1st round pick for Donovan Mitchell. Thoughts?
Personally I like it for the Cavs, Mitchell can focus more on just scoring improving their firepower, Garland will help remove the playmaking load from him. Also, even if he is just becomes a neutral defender, the twin towers of Allen and Mobley will neutralize any shortfall.

birdman:
And Kobe 31 I think. Surreal the cat is no more.

Roland17:
Ajala with his typical hasty emotional rants and subsequent retractions...

The sky is blue, nothing new

#RIP24

Khanben:
Iggy just said another one, Sheed would have been better than Giannis. The only thing I can say for Rasheed, is that if he could have kept his temper during the 1st 3 years of his rookie deal in this era, he will get a max deal because of his ability to stretch the floor at that size and that is with the huge caveat that his temper is under control.
Rasheed and Giannis is not a comp that should be made at all

birdman:
Well lets here from the horse's mount how important Pau was:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM0DbbZnkKU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJeQAxo1T4

Without Pau, no ring. No way around it.

airmark:
Ask your boss further questions on Belotti. He will school you and you will be relieved of your ignorance.

Roland17:
Facts only!
No cap!!

You don find abbreviation for our favorite quote ba?

Unlimited22:
There haven't been any terrible signings lately, just ones that underwhelmed. Besides he might still come good, he's still young

And tbh I am a bit glad y'all are the front-runners for De Ligt.

I will have to see proper evidence before I trust any member of tht Ajax 2019 ucl semi team again. And that includes Noussair Mazraoui.

Khanben:
Thank you, I don't understand people who claim that someone who is great at being the 4th best player of a championship side, is somehow better than someone who is the number 1 option for a playoff team. The usual excuse is that they impact winning, which is just ridiculous.

airmark:


You should go and read interests shown recently by Roma and other teams before disgracing yourself further. You must have been living under the rock recently.

airmark:
Boathand was banished by your team and getting benched by asylum seekers in Lyon and in Yuropa, while the likes of Thiago Silva, VVD, Kalidou Koulibaly will be playing Ucl yearly.

Belotti wants to stay in Italy and it's a matter of time. Meanwhile enjoy his goals.

[url]https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DfA0iVuNuBxI&ved=2ahUKEwiLovSoxfT4AhUaHuwKHcJYCs8QwqsBegQIaRAF&usg=AOvVaw0FWtKJALg8PSyhMRaf6GLn[/url]

airmark:


Where were you before injury truncated his rising profile? Where were you when your boss, Raumdeuter rated him among top10 strikers in the world?

I will ask Raumdeuter to slap you for me. Check Dayo's rating below and GTFOH.

raumdeuter:
Upa is as the spirit leads, he can win the ball and start driving forward for 40yards until they dispossess him

I am looking at having a backup fr each position in defence. We need to trade Bouna Sarr

So Mazroiu/Stanisic, Upa/Deligt Lucas/Nianzou Davies/??

We need a backup LB then we might be able to let Pavard go. T be realistic I dont see how Naggelsman will want to give up on Upa after 1 season

Unlimited22:
Someone once said Konate was the better defender when they were at Leipzig, I think it was Raumdeuter.

Now it's showing.

raumdeuter:
A 28yr old in his home country and part of his National Team when top clubs in his country are buying Origi, Giroud, Lukaku and players who flopped everywhere, But no one wan reason son of the soil Belotti? Maybe he is relapsing from that injury he had for less than 30days

Anyone hearing of that almost 5yr relapse would be forgiven to think it was a plane crash or earthquake that he survived

raumdeuter:
I agree with you. We need to offload at least one of those defenders. Personally I will sell Pavard or Upamecano. Upamecano first because Pavard can double as Right back if Mazroui is out.

Deligt is young and prefers to move to Bayern so I will be for that. But that fee is high men. On the other hand if you are hearing Koulibali moving for 40M Euros at 30yrs with 1yr left on his contract and they are asking 45M for Ake, over 60M for Kounde maybe that puts it into perspective

That type of money is what we should be gatherin to buy an elite forward Maybe Kane

etidy:
You no see say I no bother replying the argument. When someone use him full chest talk say Duncan was better than Kobe by a far margin. That's blasphemy now .

I pick Duncan has being better but it's really a game of splitting hairs because both of them were awesome.

Khanben:
Thanks for all those who contributed to the kobe vs TD debate. I really appreciated the tought put behind each person's choice.
I just want to ask another question, which criteria is best for ranking players?.
Some background,I came across a podcast where everyone on it believes that Prime Draymond Green is better than Prime Blake Griffin, which was shocking to me, and they kept repeating their reason as Draymond impacts winning more than Blake.
My issue with that approach is, one guy is judged on his impact as the 4th best player on a championship winning team, while the other is judged on being the 1st option on a team. I truly believe that players should be ranked on a level playing field.
So really looking forward to reading your opinions

raumdeuter:
More and more rumors linking us to Deligt

I dont know if we want to spend more on this defence but that is a damning verdict of the failure of the Upamecano transfer if we are still seeking a RCB at this time, One even younger than them all

BlaqFaze:
Your dude was only influential against small teams like Porto and all of sudden Mane is a shadow of himself because he's no longer with you guys...I taught Liverpool fans always rate Mane ahead of Salah