And I'm not always going to spell out for the board when I'm talking from opinion or from a bit of insider information I've run across either. Just like you don't. Nor does Clutch. I have never proclaimed insider status. I have been very clear that I have 3 sources now whom are very close to insiders that share information with me. One source is a close friend with an agent and the other 2 sources have connections with a couple front offices. But none of them are in a front office. From time to time they share info with me. That doesn't mean everything they share with me is fact. As you well know, front offices intentionally put garbage out there to throw off all the insider connections. So when you hear "information" you have to remember that it has to be filtered into the realm of common sense and matched up with other facts that you know to be true. And even then, not all the time will you be able to tell fact from fiction. I'm sure you know all about that from your own connections. Although you've never officially proclaimed "insider" status I suspect that you (and Clutch) have your own loop of contacts that undoubtedly provide you with a lot of info that you can't even post here. And I'm sure some of that info trickles onto this board, many times without notice that its coming from a good source because that's just how things have to be for you to continue to receive legit information. I'm convinced of that because I have read several of Clutch's surmising in his articles and they line up with things I've heard. I wouldn't even be surprised if some of the stuff he and I hear comes from the same source. Sometimes I post in the same way. Sometimes I do know things but I can't state I've heard it or I know it. Only thing I can say is it's this way or that way. And then those things change. The NBA is always on the move. Front offices are always on the move. Things change with the wind. So what may be true one day isn't necessarily true a week later. All that said, I agree. Let's talk basketball.
Last time I checked this thread was paging CyberX. How about some of the other "insiders" wait for a thread that actually pages them instead of whoring out in this thread seeking for attention on baseless information that makes them look like an idiot? Or better yet keep it for the Insider Newsletter they want people to pay for rather than giving it up like a high school cheerleader.
That's not what most people have a problem with as plenty of posters don't bother to write "I think" or "In my opinion" in this format. The problem most people have with you is that you dominate every conversation you take part in by constantly repeating yourself with walls of texts that support your wild theories. There's almost no point to respond to anyone else in a thread you are talking in because you will post so many replies that people will never see anything written by anyone else. This leads to the thread becoming all about you. It's just like Bobby in the Texans forum. You guys just push your agenda so much that all anyone can do is respond to you, anything else is just bumped to the next page by your next 10 posts.
I understand that concern about Allen and Terrence. I've got that same concern about them. But it doesn't matter if the defense cheats off Rubio. He goes right into them and through them like water. And the reason why teams meet Rubio out high instead of fading off him......is because if they don't meet him out high he'll throw the ball right over their noggins to the perfect spot for his bigs and cutters to throw it down at the rim. He's been in the league 4 years now and they don't fade off him up top. They face guard him at the 3-point line. Why would they do that if he's so terrible from 3?? Well, it's simple. They know he ain't gonna take that low percentage 3. They know he's gonna thread the needle on them. Now....defenders do go under picks and give him the wide open 18 footers. But he only takes about a tenth of what they give him when they do that. The rest of the time, he collects himself, changes direction, and then the defenders have to collapse on him again because he's going at the rim. Rubio is one of those rare breed of players like Jason Kidd and Magic Johnson where their shooting percentages just don't matter very much. He's that good of a playmaker/distributor.
Back to basketball: More than any draft in recent memory, I feel there is a solid chance we trade up this time. It's decision time on Terrence Jones, and I'm not sure we need or want to have 2 rookies on this team (#18 and #32 picks). I could see us really liking someone in the 12-15 range, and maybe one of Utah or Phoenix prefers to have more prospects than a slightly better pick.
You guys spend a lot of time reacting or responding to bballaholic. You add to the problem and don't stop and realize that when you get into a ****-slinging dual with a pig, the pig actually enjoys it.
I agree with you completely here but i think it still depends on what vibes they have gotten from Lull, If he has given us the feeling that he will join us i dont think we would mind trading both picks plus a player for someone like LA and go allin..iam pretty sure it would have to be DMO instead of jones because he has considerably more upside and is a much better player.Capela also could be included.. But if Lull doesent want to come here i do feel we finally have constructed a team great enough and deep enough that one impact rookie will be enough to push us over the top thus giving us good reason to get rid of a pretty high pick on a very good contract in #32 +Tjones to move up a couple spots(5-8spots)to someone like Indiana or Charlotte for maybe Payne. Its gonna be interesting for sure but i hope Lull, weather he wants to come or not, makes it clear so he doesent put us in a guessing situation. However
I do enjoy reading some of bball's stuff and it's good filler while I'm waiting on real news. But it's less fun to see single posters dominate the BBS and for others to constantly pounce on him (or her, not implying any gender-specificity). PIG in this case could be (Self) Proclaimed Information Guru.
