If that deal happens, i'd be ecstatic. I just don't think it would be enough to convince the Suns that it's the best package they could get from the entire league. How about Dragic for NOP 1st + Beverley + Motiejunas + Johnson
Injury history is the easiest way to predict frequency on injury rates (which is what we're really calculating), that's why insurance companies weight that particular info far higher than other factors.
Again, getting Dragic back would really be nice but i'd much rather have Morey go after a legit starting power forward and a defensive associate head coach. Oh and our bench is too young and inexperienced as well. We need more veteran presence/leadership
It's gone from questioning the insider status of a few to now trying to work out what the package for Dragic will be. What I still haven't seen clearly is a possible way to get Bledsoe in a S&T. Can anyone clear that up for me?
The problem with this thread is mainly the title. Just change it to "2014 Off-season updates" or something.
Contracts like Gee, Hopson, Powell, Papa, etc, the whole Bledsoe thing is more about Phoenix deciding that it won't increase its offer (you know, like Miami? ).
lol...this guy I tell you what.... since you refuse to be reasonable - yes, refusing to acknowledge which team would have better odds on this in Vegas is being unreasonable and stubborn - I'll "play" a bookmaker for you. I'll give you TWO TO ONE odds on someone from NO missing more than 20 games before someone from Houston does, once the season starts. In other words, no off season injuries count. Injury has to happen after season starts. We can bet each other, or since you made a huge deal (among several other things) out of non-contributing members, we can agree to donate to the tip jar. Two to one - those are likely BETTER than the odds would be in Vegas. If you're so confident the odds are close - which I never argued - bet on it, since you've got such great odds now. There is NO ONE who knows anything about recent NBA basketball that would disagree that NO would be more likely to have a player miss at least 20 games due to injury than Houston, based on VEGAS ODDS (NOT THE ACTUAL INJURY OCCURING!!!), if they were available. The fact that you refuse to acknowledge this, and say it's "guessing", is absurd. I don't guess when it comes to gambling. So, you win, I give you or the tip jar $100, I win, you give me or the tip jar (your choice) $50. Deal?
When does Papa become eligible for trade? Has he even officially signed his contract? Neither the Rockets website, nor espn or sham sports have him on our salary or roster. When he does officially sign his contract, how long would it be until he's tradable? 30 days? Also when are Hopson and Gee eligible to be traded as well?
Nope. Not interested. And none of that changes the fact that there is no known formula for probability of a major injury for an NBA team. At this point it appears you're just trying to drive up post count. So why would I trust you as a bookmaker when you can't acknowledge that fact?
He has already, August 8 i believe was the date, and yeah 30 days after he was signed, Gee and Hopson can be packaged on the 15th of next month, Papa can be traded as of the 8th.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Big day for K-Pap <a href="https://twitter.com/_Papanikolaou_">@_Papanikolaou_</a> . Signing his first <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA">@NBA</a> contact with <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets">@HoustonRockets</a>. Go Pap Go ! <a href="http://t.co/EVsYeTykB3">pic.twitter.com/EVsYeTykB3</a></p>— George Sferopoulos (@george_sfera) <a href="https://twitter.com/george_sfera/statuses/498743569184997376">August 11, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
lol. Agree 100%. No known formula. But, after gambling hard for 15+ years, it doesn't take a Vegas bookie to know which team would have higher odds, if this was available to be on in Vegas. Drive up post count? Odd coming from you. I'd say my number of posts is pretty scarce while yours are likely among the most per day of all the members. But, ok... Take care, man.
Teen Wolf, you have 7 posts to your credit. And have added absolutely zero to this board when it comes to basketball. I don't delete posts or hide from what I say. I made a misstatement. My bad. It came across wrong. I should have used a different coin-flip analogy. But my credibility isn't really at play here. Show us you know something about basketball and maybe you can gain some credibility.
Basketballholic I think you're fighting a losing battle on this. There might be no known formula here, but you really should talk to some doctors. They'll tell you than when an athlete injures a part of their body (knee, heel, back, groin, hamstring etc) that there is a greater chance of re-aggravating the injury going forward and having an injury elsewhere in the body for overcompensating. At least that's what my doctor friends tell me all the time. Can't tell you the precise percentage of greater likelihood, but it's a greater likelihood nevertheless. It's a fact that the major players on the pellies have had more major injuries. Maybe they'll be healthier but there's a greater chance that they're not.
