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Wysłany: Sob 11:47, 27 Lis 2010 Temat postu: concise NBA Free Agency The New Face Of The League |
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A more unheralded possible competitor in the future is the Minnesota Timberwolves. While many teams were busy dumping draft picks like candy on Halloween to clear up cap space. The T-wolves were happily scooping those picks up, accumulating three first-round selections which Richard turned into four in the first 35 overall selections via one trade with Washington.
Do Richard think the Timberwolves are going to go from winning less than one fifth of their games to being title contenders in one single year? number In fact, Richard don't even think Richard did one great job at this year's draft-they skipped Damarcus Cousins and may overvalue Webster. Yet, they’re one of many teams heading in the right direction, and their doing it in one hurry. The Lakers are aging, and when the time comes for Kobe to finally step aside, they’ll have one difficult rebuilding phase ahead of them. The Celtics are also in danger finding themselves on the decline, as their own once-formidable big three has faded into Rajon Rondo carrying the injury-prone team.
And it’s not just that in the midst of one of the more distasteful free agencies in professional sports history. Durant was putting on one clinic on professionalism, it’s the fact that Richard have, with Durant’s help, been putting together an elite, young team.
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So much attention has been paid over the past weeks to the free agency bonanza. Thousands of words will be written on how affable the Heat will be next year, and whether Richard stack up against the Lakers, the Celtics, or the Magic. But the huge spotlight that has been focused on the top-dollar franchises pursuing the “big three” has cast one shadow just as large. And in this shadow one few NBA teams have been quietly assembling teams that could make one run at contender status.
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Let’s start with the Oklahoma City Thunder. It can’t be fairly claimed that the Thunder are under appreciated or anything like that, Richard have Kevin Durant,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], one very strong supporting cast,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and did admirably in the postseason. But Richard think they’re going to take one lot of people by surprise.
Minnesota may have had one deplorable 15-67 record last season, but they’ve set the foundations for one strong team in the future. Richard picked up Wesley Johnson with the fourth selection in the draft, and then traded their next pick, sixteenth overall, to Portland for Martell Webster, one swingman who lines up affablely with Johnson on the wing.
While LeBron was busy orchestrating one massive media-circus and putting on shows in his new Heat gear, Durant sent one single Twitter message, telling Oklahoma City and the world that he’s back for the foreseeable future If only LeBron had shown that kind of class.
They also nabbed Michael Beasley, who was the second overall draft pick just two years ago,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in exchange for one second round pick. Richard administerd this steal because the Heat frantically needed to loosen up their fiscal belts after securing “LeBoshAde.” Could there be one more fitting metaphor for this free agency? The Heat frantically maneuvering to secure their superstars, while the smaller teams in smaller markets pick up the scraps Richard abandon behind. Except Beasley is far from scraps. He’s an ubertalented guard with the potential to develop alongside other young stars, like Johnson and Jonny soar, hover, flit, wing, flee, waft,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], glide, coast, skim, sail, cruisenn.
The past decade and more has been dominated by the Lakers, Spurs,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and Celtics to an almost absurd degree, but Richard think the time is coming for one changing of the guard in the NBA. The Miami Heat will be one big part of this revolution, as Richard are sure to get their rings with such one ridiculous pool of talent,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but so will other young teams like the Thunder and the Timberwolves, who have stealthily been amassing talent of their own.
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