Post by El Marsh on Feb 8, 2019 15:25:55 GMT
Hey Tim, your Bucks made a great move getting Nikola Mirotic from the bottomless p.....Pelicans :D
The Bucks needed a better presence on the perimeter and yeah, Mirotic is pretty good from there yet also demands a bit of respect inside because of his size (though he's actually better from range, even at 6'10"). I wish he was still on the Bulls but I've long since given up hope that they'll ever be competitive again.
Best move was undoubtedly Marc Gasol to the Raptors. In a surprisingly stacked Eastern Conference (well, 1-5 anyway and I don't like Indiana's chances with Oladipo done for the season), Gasol is the kind of player that can put you over the hump in the playoffs. He remains one of the more skilled true centers in the game, being able to dominate down low and at mid-range (with the occasional 3 spot for good measure) while also facilitating cutters and spot shooters with his excellent passing. I'm really excited that he gets a chance to shine on a team that's been SO close to the NBA Finals these past couple of seasons. The Raptors were already an East elite. Now they're legitimately scary.
Tobias Harris to the Sixers is a great move on paper since he improves a glaring weakness (wing scoring; it's pretty much JUST Jimmy Butler doing this for them) but I really don't know if he'll fit in well with their rotation. He seems to be most effective running out of pick n roll plays but the Sixers (much to the aforementioned Butler's dismay) don't run a whole lot of that. It's not that he's incapable of scoring other ways but it's an obvious strength, something that he'll have to adapt from in order to aid an incredibly talented young Sixers team in their title pursuit.
Porzingis to Dallas is still weird to me but ultimately the right move by the Knicks. They're in perpetual rebuild and he wanted none of that (despite being what, 22 years old?). It's a weird situation because as talented as he is, he's seemingly ALWAYS injured, even before this current one that's sidelined him for over a year. We know what he brings to the table when healthy but he's such a liability, even at his age and with his unique skillset (i.e. the tallest player in the NBA who happens to live outside the arc yet can run through defenders because LOL he's so stupidly long). It will be an AMAZING get for Dallas if he comes back next year and is at or better than the 23ppg scorer that he was before he went down, especially if he can gel with prospective 2019 RotY Luka Doncic. If he's never that player again then it will be a bullet dodged by the Knicks (especially since he's wanted out for over a year now) PLUS they have picks and all of the salary in the world to turn their situation around almost instantly.....if done properly (i.e. like nothing the Knicks have done in the past 20 years)
Those are all of the moves that caught my eye, although the "legendary" Boban Marjanović was also traded to Philadelphia (he is technically one of the most efficient scorers ever.....but he averages around 10 minutes a game because no tank, no versatility; still, who doesn't love a giant among giants?)
Although neither Anthony Davis nor Kyrie Irving moved before the deadline, it was still a pretty eventful trading frenzy. And yeah, like Zealot said, it's pretty ate up that Harrison Barnes was told about his trade while he was sitting on the bench. He handled like a consummate professional but that's just not something that you do. If a guy's on the block at the deadline, you hold him out until something's reached, one way or the other. Just good sense and business acumen.
The Bucks needed a better presence on the perimeter and yeah, Mirotic is pretty good from there yet also demands a bit of respect inside because of his size (though he's actually better from range, even at 6'10"). I wish he was still on the Bulls but I've long since given up hope that they'll ever be competitive again.
Best move was undoubtedly Marc Gasol to the Raptors. In a surprisingly stacked Eastern Conference (well, 1-5 anyway and I don't like Indiana's chances with Oladipo done for the season), Gasol is the kind of player that can put you over the hump in the playoffs. He remains one of the more skilled true centers in the game, being able to dominate down low and at mid-range (with the occasional 3 spot for good measure) while also facilitating cutters and spot shooters with his excellent passing. I'm really excited that he gets a chance to shine on a team that's been SO close to the NBA Finals these past couple of seasons. The Raptors were already an East elite. Now they're legitimately scary.
Tobias Harris to the Sixers is a great move on paper since he improves a glaring weakness (wing scoring; it's pretty much JUST Jimmy Butler doing this for them) but I really don't know if he'll fit in well with their rotation. He seems to be most effective running out of pick n roll plays but the Sixers (much to the aforementioned Butler's dismay) don't run a whole lot of that. It's not that he's incapable of scoring other ways but it's an obvious strength, something that he'll have to adapt from in order to aid an incredibly talented young Sixers team in their title pursuit.
Porzingis to Dallas is still weird to me but ultimately the right move by the Knicks. They're in perpetual rebuild and he wanted none of that (despite being what, 22 years old?). It's a weird situation because as talented as he is, he's seemingly ALWAYS injured, even before this current one that's sidelined him for over a year. We know what he brings to the table when healthy but he's such a liability, even at his age and with his unique skillset (i.e. the tallest player in the NBA who happens to live outside the arc yet can run through defenders because LOL he's so stupidly long). It will be an AMAZING get for Dallas if he comes back next year and is at or better than the 23ppg scorer that he was before he went down, especially if he can gel with prospective 2019 RotY Luka Doncic. If he's never that player again then it will be a bullet dodged by the Knicks (especially since he's wanted out for over a year now) PLUS they have picks and all of the salary in the world to turn their situation around almost instantly.....if done properly (i.e. like nothing the Knicks have done in the past 20 years)
Those are all of the moves that caught my eye, although the "legendary" Boban Marjanović was also traded to Philadelphia (he is technically one of the most efficient scorers ever.....but he averages around 10 minutes a game because no tank, no versatility; still, who doesn't love a giant among giants?)
Although neither Anthony Davis nor Kyrie Irving moved before the deadline, it was still a pretty eventful trading frenzy. And yeah, like Zealot said, it's pretty ate up that Harrison Barnes was told about his trade while he was sitting on the bench. He handled like a consummate professional but that's just not something that you do. If a guy's on the block at the deadline, you hold him out until something's reached, one way or the other. Just good sense and business acumen.
