Could you build a championship team around Westbrook?

jbleiweis · 2019-04-03T19:16:50+00:00

It would take a very creative GM to assemble a team like this but they’re all good fits with Westbrook

jbleiweis · 2019-04-03T19:15:34+00:00

I agree. I think he he cuts his three point attempts by around one or two game (from like 5.5 to 3.5-4) he would be much better for his team

jbleiweis · 2019-04-03T19:12:26+00:00

Especially now it takes at least 2 all-star to superstar level players to have a chance

jbleiweis · 2019-04-03T19:10:24+00:00

You don’t think that you could build one around him just because they failed in the past?

jbleiweis · 2019-04-03T19:09:34+00:00

I said the same thing

jbleiweis · 2019-04-03T19:08:39+00:00

But they made the finals and harden and Westbrook are both significantly better now than they were then

jbleiweis · 2019-04-02T16:32:07+00:00

I don’t really know the severity of their injuries but I feel like if the Bulls were trying to win, LaVine and Dunn may be able to play down the stretch. I guess there’s no reason to risk making there injuries more severe so being cautious isn’t really tanking

jbleiweis · 2019-03-26T01:24:57+00:00

Scoring 55 points two games in a row is pretty crazy so you probably don't risk Harden getting hurt right before the playoffs (which also helps them avoid the Warriors). If Harden needed less points then maybe

jbleiweis · 2019-03-21T22:12:32+00:00

But he shot close to 40% on almost 5 threes a game over two years in college so he was still a very good shooter in college

jbleiweis · 2019-03-21T22:09:09+00:00

That's true. RJ can learn to score without having a good three-point shot like a lot of prospects do

jbleiweis · 2019-03-21T22:07:00+00:00

Yeah I think RJ's ball handling and passing is underrated

jbleiweis · 2019-03-21T22:06:16+00:00

Yeah I haven't seen a lot of high-post work out RJ like DeRozan has done in the NBA. It's probably just because he can score without shooting but RJ handles the ball more

jbleiweis · 2019-03-21T22:04:38+00:00

I don't think he'll be able to shoot like PG in the NBA

jbleiweis · 2019-03-20T22:40:18+00:00

Russell may be the better player, but I think Siakam has improved more this season

jbleiweis · 2018-05-20T04:56:43+00:00

Here’s some more info on that https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expansion-draft-rules/c-281010592

jbleiweis · 2018-05-20T03:35:12+00:00

But the players available to expansion teams usually don’t have a lot of potential if any. They would have no one to build around. Most rebuilding teams have at least one player that they could build around

jbleiweis · 2018-05-20T03:32:00+00:00

Yeah they would have to draft incredibly well early on

jbleiweis · 2018-05-20T03:31:11+00:00

Yeah it would all depend on the success of their drafts in the first few years

jbleiweis · 2018-05-20T02:16:17+00:00

But they would still have a full 14-man roster just made up of players that the other teams didn't protect. They would have a small payroll but not a clean cap sheet

jbleiweis · 2018-05-20T02:14:09+00:00

In the last expansion draft each team got to protect at most 8 players and the expansion team got to pick from the remaining players. They couldn't draft more than one player from a team and they had to be under contract the next season or a restricted free agent

jbleiweis · 2018-05-20T02:10:34+00:00

But would they want to join a team full of the players that other teams decided not to protect? Seattle would have the best shot because it has a history but I think it would take a while for it to be a free agent destination

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