Not sure you can win with Howard as anything more than the third option on offense. Can't hit free throws, no low post game, no perimeter shot. He's not even a true 7 footer. I think when they did the press conference with Kupchak, that Howard looked about 6'9.
Rumors are Garnett and Pierce are going to the Nets for first rounders, Wallace, Humphuries and basically leftover parts. That would be an interesting mix there, Deron Williams, MarShon Brooks, Brook Lopez and Joe Johnson running with Pierce and Garnett.
Apparently this kid Oladipo is turning heads in the draft, lots of chatter about him lately. Bill Simmons calls his floor as a supercharged Tony Allen.
Be interesting what OKC does in this draft. They have a ton of assets still, and two first rounders and desperately need a true center/low post threat.
Can you imagine how interesting the NBA off season would be with a league full of non guaranteed contracts? Imagine what a guy like Rich Cho could do with a blank slate every year and imagine if Kupchak had to work for All Stars instead of literally having them thrown at his franchise like bugs hitting a windshield.
NBA GM has to be one of the most tedious jobs in sports. Can you imagine trying to make a ball hogging shot jacking chucker like Kobe Bryant happy? The way he wore a suit and tried to be a psuedo coach while the Lakers had Mike Brown, all because he was pissed because the Lakers didn't consult him on the Brown hire, was pretty crappy. Here's a guy who was blessed to have a father who played in the NBA, got to be raised in Europe, away from the kind of warzone most young black NBA players have to endure, have both parents together, rare for anyone, esp in the black community, got to play with a HOF big man in Shaq and a HOF coach in Jackson and play for the signature franchise in the NBA his whole career, and he always looks pissed, ungrateful and spiteful. I love the game, but watching Bryant chuck game after game is grating. Too bad Grant Hill couldn't stay healthy, then Stern could have let Bryant rot in Colorado and be done with him.
Though, he's a nice enough player I wouldn't mind seeing him in Chicago.
