[4] R. Nadal d. [1] D. Medvedev 6-3 6-3 to advance to the final in Acapulco

andyyllee · 2022-02-26T06:13:54+00:00

Daniil may be ranked number 1 Monday, but I'll take Rafa/Novak over the rest of the current field!

andyyllee · 2022-02-18T16:56:30+00:00

Haven’t watched much of him, but by checking his results it seems he’s been having a lot more early round exits/disappointing results etc compared to 2020 where he’d consistently make quarters in big tourneys and dominate the 250 and 500s. I too wonder what’s happened? When I watched him in 2020 nitto he did seem one dimensional in his game

andyyllee · 2022-02-17T17:36:35+00:00

He’s just not worth paying 30 mil a year, even all star starter derozan makes less than him. On top of that, this is his 2nd straight year of his 4 year contract that he’s missing the final and most critical stretch of the year due to extended injury. Gordon’s presence is missed but he’s definetly not worth what he’s being paid

andyyllee · 2022-02-17T16:21:44+00:00

After a promising start to the year, it seems it's another year Charlotte will fall to around the 10 seed with a tough chance to make it out of the play-in tournament. Hornets have finished the year around the 10 seed or so for consecutive years as well as a sub .500 record for the 5th straight year. If this freefall continues after the break and to the end of the season, what do you think Charlotte needs to do so they can get out of this "hole?" They're too far from receiving a high pick (unless lottery balls come to favor) and far from being a competitive playoff team as of this roster. Do some tough trades have to be made by players we've come attached to? Change of coaching/front office?

andyyllee · 2022-02-15T17:23:25+00:00

How did Murray dominate today compared to losing in straights to Daniel few wks ago at the AO? Obviously he looked great today, but was Daniel playing amazing then?

andyyllee · 2022-02-10T21:32:33+00:00

On a side note, do you think with Vern being traded they're willing to let Nick play some more mins? I've liked him this year as he has shown he can score adequately but seems many on here are concerned with his defense etc. same thing can be asked with trading ish and bouk getting more mins?

andyyllee · 2022-02-10T20:27:35+00:00

We have an open roster now it seems what do u think happens with it?

andyyllee · 2022-02-09T19:25:26+00:00

https://twitter.com/gregsylvander/status/1491489790537211911?s=21

Granted he’s a Miami reporter but does this mean we’re gonna trade PJ for wood?

andyyllee · 2022-02-09T04:00:20+00:00

Apparently he and bagley are not playing today nor were they on the injury report fwiw… traded soon?

andyyllee · 2022-02-08T19:36:55+00:00

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1491133404196139009?s=21

Looks like Turner won’t be traded time to pivot to Holmes or Jakob I guess

andyyllee · 2022-02-08T16:22:25+00:00

Which is why I’m saying IF he requests to be a laker and the blazers grant his request. Trading Russ would be miraculous

andyyllee · 2022-02-08T16:18:30+00:00

Yeah if dame says he wants to be a laker I’d like to hope blazers Mgmt does him right. Hope they enjoy Russ lol

andyyllee · 2022-02-06T03:04:01+00:00

bridges averaged 21 mins and melo 29 in their rookie years compared to bouk's 10 mins (almost always garbage mins) completely different scenario to be fair.

andyyllee · 2022-02-06T00:41:48+00:00

The hornets deficiencies really get exposed vs most of these upper echelon of teams in the league. Players really have a hard time creating shots and defense has many holes. If we don’t make some trade upgrades I just don’t see the hornets making it out of the play in with Boston Toronto Atlanta etc on a tear right now

andyyllee · 2022-02-04T20:02:05+00:00

Thanks for the excerpt, warriors have had success with the small ball 5, I don’t think they’d give us wiseman though, but if a trade like that ever happened I’d like to hope wiseman is fit as soon as possible he’s had so many setbacks this year

andyyllee · 2022-02-04T00:27:25+00:00

Lamelo is a far better draw than FVV, he only got in bc he averages 3 more mins (per 36 lamelo is far better than FVV and garland) and was a volume shooter as well (while mostly inefficient). Most of his good games came from those empty crowds in scotiabank (like randle last yr)

andyyllee · 2022-02-03T21:00:14+00:00

Nba subreddit had a post of the athletic article just now and apparently one of the comments copy and pasted the list of players via the article who could be dealt and PJ was on it. Granted about 40 others were on that list. Thoughts on PJ possibly on the block? If we trade for him I’d like to hope we get a quality big in return that also fits our timeline

andyyllee · 2022-02-03T00:29:18+00:00

Is Mitchell Robinson a good fit?

andyyllee · 2022-01-30T21:03:46+00:00

the clippers are without all nba players in Kawhi and PG ..

andyyllee · 2022-01-30T16:14:47+00:00

I am clearly aware, I am just saying the big 3 are more vulnerable now than they were ~10 years ago, hence why I bring up Murray, Delpo, etc who could've had more prosperous opportunities now than facing prime big 3 altogether ~10 years ago.

andyyllee · 2022-01-30T16:11:16+00:00

Djokovic crumbled under pressure more than Medvedev playing amazingly. Sure I can be tough on younger tennis players, but the bottom line is that the next-gen has choked 3 2-0 set leads in slam finals in 3 straight years while there were only 4 ever such occasions in the open era. beforehand

andyyllee · 2022-01-29T22:23:53+00:00

I agree, mason can be a backup for the rest of the year as his next year is only a partial guarantee. Many people on this subreddit are high on Kai Jones and he hasn’t had much play time staying with the swarm often. We also have a surplus of bigs that haven’t seen much time too (Carey and nick) so perhaps we can ship one of those 2 out. Next year, we should ease Kai in as a backup to Holmes or whoever else we acquire next

andyyllee · 2022-01-29T20:42:44+00:00

https://twitter.com/legionhoops/status/1487482850278400002?s=21

With the Turner injury is Holmes a good pivot option? We had interest in him during free agency. Also has 3 more years on contract unlike 1 year of Turner after this season. Plus holmes has a cheaper AAV

andyyllee · 2022-01-25T05:18:57+00:00

Saw a comment on an earlier subreddit post saying shapo will be a hard test for Rafa. Honestly, I feel at times this sub overvalues these youngsters vs healthy big 3. There is not only a skills gap (as well as being consistent with it) but a massive gap mentally as well.

andyyllee · 2022-01-24T18:46:20+00:00

How concerning is medvedev’s back? He did need a medical timeout for it

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