NBA Tiers Plus the Celtics Get Apron’ed | The Bill Simmons Podcast
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Published 2024-07-03
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All Comments (21)
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WTF is Denver thinking. Cheapness might have cost them a second ring. They are squandering the peak of a top 10 player.
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The fact that the CBA grants massive contracts to worthy players at the expense of keeping quality teams together is gonna be a huge part of the next negotiation as it sucks to see potential dynasty level teams fall apart financially well before they fall apart on the court.
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The NBA finally has a real cap, be smarter in who you pay and who you let walk.
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🎶Save...your...tiers for another day🎶
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Bill has a point because back in the 80s and 90s those teams were special because those stars were on those teams the whole time. Sure some pieces changed here and there but it wasn’t anywhere near what it is today.
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Murray, who has missed 47 percent of Denver’s regular-season games over the past four seasons, is also living proof that Jokic is indeed the most valuable player in the league.
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Indiana is literally the definition of a party crasher! Nobody believes in them but they score so many points that a lot of teams just can't keep up.
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if you have a homegrown max player there should be a rule that only 75% of the contract value goes against the cap and if that player is traded the team which gets that player pays 100% of the contract value
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That second apron stuff is gonna be coming for OKC soon too. I agree with you on the Spurs, Wemby is really good now, the org should be trying to put the best roster they can while he’s on his rookie deal.
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first time i agree with bill when he talks about something that will affect his celctics - good drafting teams should be able to hold their guys
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I think Pelicans will surprise people this year (long suffering Knicks fan). Dejonte, Herb, Ingram, Murphy, McCollum, Alvarado and Zion is a deep roster.
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If you're going to have a hard cap with the salary aprons then you should definitely have a tax exception for resigning players that you drafted and/or players that signed their last contract with you
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If Indy gets some more development from their young guys, which theres a lot of, they'll be in the contending tier, easy. Nembhard, Mathurin, Walker, could all pop next season. This doesnt include Haliburton developing more and full season of Pascal and Haliburton playing together.
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Mavs fan here. Props to the Celtics for playing a great series with a great roster. Mavs moves this offseason will keep them in contention but do not make them favorites. Fine with me. Prefer the underdog role. Mavs finished the regular season 5th in the West. Just the way we like it.
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I have Klay concerns as well, but if you frame it as replacing THJ with Klay, it feels a lot better.
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The report I saw said Boston would pay 275 this year then almost 600 million in 25-26 that’s def not happening lol
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Porter contract absolutely killing Denver and the lack of playing young guys. But Porter is way too sporadic in the playoffs. They should try to trade him
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Having Memphis so low is wild we’ll be a top 5 seed in the west
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Memphis will be good again, took a year off without Ja and they were bad, but with him they were the 2nd seed
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As a hawks fan, your tier title and our placing couldn’t have been more perfect. We get the #1 pick, then trade our 2nd best player. We have no direction, and it is embarrassing.
