Minnesota Polars wrote:


Sessions wont start. Rambis wants that we lose so we could get Wall or Turner.

WHAAAAAAAAAAT.

Flash wrote:


Exactly what i said when i heard it. Scares me to even think he stays in college.

Minnesota Polars wrote:


He is already 21, why stay one more year
Maybe he doesnt want to end in Minnesota

Flash wrote:

He's testing the waters IMO. Believe me, a 21 year old will never turn down 3+ million dollars in his first year. Never.

czaras wrote:


Actually, if he's the #1 pick he'll make over $6 million per year. If he's the #2 pick, he'll make over $5 million per year. He'd have to be picked around #6 or #7 to make "only" $3 million per year.

College Wolf wrote:

Minus taxes? In his first year? o0

BTW I had to doublecheck the predictions and scores because I was only by 6pts off (BonK won and was supposedly off by 6pts) but it comes out BonK missed the score only by 4 points. Dang.

czaras wrote:


Oh no, not counting subtracting taxes. I just meant the base deal that a pick signs in that draft position.

Right, so basically, this is a forward-heavy draft (at least in the lotto) and we have a stud SG being all but chosen as No2. He'd be extra foolish not to come out.

Remember how Roy Hibbert was projected in the 5-8 range when he was a junior? He stayed at Georgetown and went where, in the twenties because of an underwhelming senior season? He still proved to be a decent and servicable C in the league, but the money he lost is all on him.

Also, there is a guy called Harrison Barnes who'll be a one-and-done freshman next season and he might be far more touted than Turner. There are also two other HS phenoms - Irving and Knight (both smaller though). And if Bledsoe does not leave Kentucky this season he'll be forced to be their leader after Wall and Cousins leave - and he'll be a stud. So... the grass is not greener next year either.

It was bad enough seeing the craptastic 3rd and 4th quarters of the Nuggets game (although I was five rows away from the court for that game and JR Smith had that kick-ass dunk literally right in front of my seat) but being down by 30+ to the KINGS is just bad.

The last game I have tickets for is the last Suns game. I really doubt I'll go to any other ones this season, this is just sad.

Is Rambis an idiot, or his he tanking on purpose? In the beginning of the 2nd half of the Nuggets game I think Anthony had an uncontested 3 and then Rambis took a timeout, he was yelling so loud I could hear him from the other side of the court.

After that, we still sucked, and he didn't seem to care. Maybe he's used to it, maybe not. I would be yelling at my guys non-stop until they at least tried.

As the Lions fans say: "That period between drafts is just brutal."

singhcr wrote:


Only the most skilled tankers like Rambis can make the team look absolutely terrible to remove all suspicions of tanking.

Plus add to that that we really ARE terrible.

In theory, Stern won't punish us in the lottery because Rambis is such a skilled tanker that no one can even make the claim that we are tanking without looking dumb (down by 30 to the Kings is above and beyond tanking)