Bluefire4
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1 minute ago, MacDee1975 said:
No, he isn't.
Yeah he is. Wikipedia has it wrong. He was just at the Colts facility putting holes in the wall.
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5 hours ago, jskinnz said:
I don't think AC will be as expensive as many believe. It will be his 3rd contract and he is on the plus side of 30. If there is an extension it will be for a couple of years and likely a team friendly amount.
I do agree that they will be in the LT draft market this year or next.
I don't know. Nate Solder was 29 and got 15 million dollars per year. I could see some team giving Castonzo a 3 year deal worth 45-50 million next year even at 32 years old.
I hope you're right though.
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Crap I was really hoping we got that win. Had a chance with that Bogey 3.
I don't see us winning any of the next 3 road games. We don't match up well with Portland, we're playing the Clippers on a back-to-back, and the Warriors are the Warriors.
I hope I'm wrong though. One more win and we are guaranteed a playoff spot. Hope the 76ers lose tomorrow to Milwaukee.
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Huge win! Wes Matthews would be a great guy to re-sign to come off the bench next year.
However, he did sign with us so he could have a chance to start on a winning team, and get himself some money and a starting job next year so I don't know if we will be able to keep him.
Hope Tyreke Evans doesn't play the rest of the season if he doesn't want to play here.
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That game was a must win. The rest of March is brutal.
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Not the biggest fan of Funchess, but there's not really any risk in this signing.
Funchess is 24 and it's a one year deal. If he produces he gets resigned, if not he goes. Nothing to be upset about. If Adam Humphries or Tyrell Williams doesn't work out, we would have them on the books with high cap hits for several years.
I would love to get the second receiver position filled with an impact player though. Whether that's Funchess, Cain, or somebody early in the draft, TY deserves to have a legitimate threat on the other side of him.
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I don't know where these two guys are being ranked right now but I have not heard much about either so far being a high pick.
The first is WR Diontae Johnson out of Toledo. Good release, good route runner, great kick/punt returner, and a playmaker with the ball in his hands. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go on day 2 after his combine and pro day performances, but somebody will be getting a great value pick if he doesn't.
The receiver class as a whole this year has me excited though. There are plenty of guys that aren't projected to go day 2 or higher that could end up there with solid performances in the testing period.
The second player is DE LJ Collier out of TCU. I think he can end up rising like Kemoko Turay did last year even though he may not deserve it. He is not consistent at all on tape, but the flashes of greatness he shows combined with his senior bowl performance may get some GM's moving him up their boards. Especially if he has a strong combine.
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The Rams offensive line is getting bullied.
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Jordan Brailford was awesome in the East-West Shrine game and I cannot wait to look more into his tape in the near future.
If Hunter Renfrow goes in the 3rd round it would show just how important events like the Senior Bowl and Combine really are to a player's draft stock. I'm just now starting to review receivers so I will reserve my judgment until then.
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4 hours ago, aaron11 said:
unusual injury, i dont think there are many examples of guys coming back to play in 4 months
puts us in an awkward spot now, too good to tank(not that they ever do that anyway) but not nearly enough to talk about a serious playoff run. they will be hard pressed to get more than mediocrity out of this team for the next couple years
The only example I can find is that Tony Parker had the exact same injury in the 2017 playoffs and he missed about 6 months. He was a lot older than Victor at the time though.
We weren't winning a championship this year anyway and Victor should be ready with plenty of time before next season. This summer is still important in finding a big time player to pair with Oladipo. This year we just need to play our best and develop Aaron Holiday as much as we can.
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Here's the official news. Looks like a 4-6 month recovery time. Could be even longer depending on the severity.
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6 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:
It was a noncontact injury...….those can be the worst
was it the same knee that he hurt in November?
Yes
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Victor Oladipo just got injured. Looks like it's going to be pretty serious. He was carted off and it looked like they covered his knee with a towel so no one could see how bad it was.
I wish him the best. It's obviously over for the Pacers this year if it's a season-ending injury.
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Oladipo said the next step for this team was to beat the top teams in the league.
He's going to have to play way better than he is now if we want to achieve that goal this season. Awful night for him so far offensively and defensively and he has been bad for a while now. I'm starting to wonder if he's still injured.
However the only one really playing well tonight is Thad.
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1 hour ago, oldunclemark said:
I dont agree. I honestly dont. Myles' season stats are almost exactly what they were 2 years ago and very similar to his lifetime numbers.
Myles (right now) 12.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.8 blocks
Myles (2 years ago) 14.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.1 blocks..
Everybody has their favorite players and everybody likes Myles. It seems that many are pulling for him to be an all-star. But I dont see it.
Do you think I like seeing Joel Embid whip Myles like a government mule every time we play the 76ers. I hate Embid./ And Myles obviously wasnt great in our playoff loss last year.
"I have not seen all-star play. Why do you want me to say it if I havent seen it.? Lets see Myles come up big against good teams.
You're talking about his numbers over the whole season. I talked about his improvement and how his December numbers were closer to 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Joel Embiid had one good game against Myles. The other game this season Embiid only was 7/16 with 20 points. Myles usually plays him well.
I guarantee Embiid will go for 40 again on Thursday if Myles is out. You can take that to the bank.
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On 1/9/2019 at 9:53 PM, oldunclemark said:
We need all our players.....we don't have any all-NBA players *(even Vic) this year
If you think we're giving up 45-50% ion 3s because Myles Turner is out, you're not watching.
When did we start making this cop outuse.? Myles plays half the game.
We were a very good defensive team when he's one the bench, too.
Shorthanded Toronto beats us by 15 and Boston beats us by 30 because Turner is out?
We are average defensively with Myles Turner out??
I'm not going to make excuses for a week of of bad games
I'm not trying to say that we got blown out just because Myles Turner was out. The loss to Boston was due to tired legs after playing on a back-to-back and 3 games in 4 days. The Toronto game was just a bad performance on the road which happens to every team. We just went to Toronto a week and a half ago on a back-to-back and had a 17 point lead.
The problem I have is the fact you try to diminish Myles Turner's impact. He had as good of a December defensively as any big man in the entire league. His stats were way better as well.
If we didn't re-sign him or traded him in the offseason as you suggested, we would be a much worse team this year.
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46 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:
Wow. Those stats are not only Myles……..Myles only plays 27-28 minutes and he isn't on the floor at the end of some close games. He's an average on-the-ball defender. I know you see that.
We are good defensively because of our quickness and switching team defense.
I know everybody loves Myles but he plays half the game and he does not guard the permiter where we're getting killed.
I really did not know that Myles Turner was the key to our team defense and that were lost without him. That's news to me. Say it isn't so.
I have not seen one close game this year where Myles Turner was not on the floor. You're gonna have to show me an example of that. He's an above average on-ball defender for his position as a center and the results show how much of a difference he makes on this defense.
You can't bring up the argument about how Myles being out last year didn't impact our defense, you know he changed his body this offseason and has been significantly better this year.
No matter how you view it Myles is much better than Sabonis at everything on the defensive end. We need him back.
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Just don't have the legs tonight on the second game of a back to back.
Teams have been shooting way too high of a percentage on us in these last few games though. It'll be nice to get Myles back soon. At least he'll be able to scare people away from the rim.
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Two horrible losses in a row for this team after that great stretch. Losing to one of the worst teams yesterday at home, and then leading by 17 and by 13 in the 4th and losing this game to the Raptors.
The 4th quarter offense was awful and the turnovers are ridiculous.
Hopefully we get back on track against the Nets on Friday.
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2 hours ago, BleedBlu8792 said:
You might want a slightly upgraded Roy Hibbert, but I don't. Why should we not expect him to be premier on both sides? That's not much to ask, especially when he has the ability to be a good scoring big man.
And Rudy didn't deserve that contract either. I'd take Turner over him just based off his potential on the offensive side. Rudy can't shoot and stretch the floor like Myles can.
It's ridiculous that you think the defensive player of the year doesn't deserve a big contract. I can't even take you seriously. That just shows how much you discredit the defensive side of the ball.
There's nothing wrong with hoping Myles develops into a great offensive player, but that is not what they ask him to do. They ask him to protect the rim and he does it at an elite level. The one game Myles didn't play, Lamarcus Aldridge scored like 35 on us.
I personally wanted to see Myles develop a post game, but I've realized that just is not the type of player he is. Offensively, I just want him to shoot when he is open. I don't care how many shots he ends up taking as long as they are good shots.
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1 hour ago, BleedBlu8792 said:
Ehhh... not for 18M/year. There's no reason/excuse he's not a 20 and 10+ guy to go with his defensive ability.
Calm down buttercup.. His second 20 point game and it took him 22 shots to get there. He should be averaging 15'ish shots a night at least and stay aggressive on the offensive side.
Oh stop it. Myles does not need to average 20 to earn his contract. Anything he provides on offense is a bonus as he earns his contract by being a top 3 rim protecter in this league. People are scared to get in the paint against him.
Last years DPOY Rudy Gobert only averaged 13 and 10 and he's earned his 22 million dollar contract just as much as Myles has earned his 20. If Myles keeps having games like he's had these last two, his contract is a huge bargain.
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Thad Young is so underrated man I swear.
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I agree with Darren Collison.
Myles Turner has been the best defensive big man in the NBA this season.
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Knew this thread was coming. Now I'm just waiting on the @GusFring thread talking about Luck's lack of arm strength.
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Colts are signing Justin Houston [Merge]
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This is from yesterday. It's up to you to decide.