BGleas

No, it's been pretty commonly discussed that Phil Jackson's pitch to Carmelo is to not opt out this summer and then wait for the Knicks to clear space and make a run at another super star next summer, primarily James. This talk of Carmelo joining them in Miami is the new part.

My bad, just saw the ESPN article about Miami pursuing Melo.

Unless something changed today, what I was always hearing was that Melo would stick it out another year with New York and then LeBron and Bosh would opt out after next year and join him.

The issue with that is that I'm not sure I ever would have "bought" Hill as a viable NBA point guard. He's just not really a point guard, he's a combo guard.   

Long way to go. Spurs needed this one, now Miami needs the next. If it goes back to SA 2-2 it's anyone's series.

Huge win for the Spurs! They had to have that one.

I think the Spurs really need to win tonight. Miami rarely losses 2 in a row, so losing tonight and then winning both Games 4-5, which they'd almost have to do if they lose tonight, would be very tough for SA.

I'm one of the maybe rarer basketball fans that likes the NBA, just as much if not more, than college basketball. I even worked in the league for nearly 5 years my first job out of college.   But, David Stern could come to my house and knock on the door to personally tell me that Game 6 in 2002 of Kings vs. Lakers wasn't rigged, and I'd call him a liar to his face. There's no other explanation. Either the game was rigged or every ref involved, including the head of officiating for league, should have been fired for incompetence.     It was embarrassing.   

I would love to see Tim Duncan win one last ring. He's been a consummate pro his entire career and is IMO the greatest PF of all-time. A 5th ring would put him on par with Magic, Kobe and a few others. Also, I'd just hate to see guys like Duncan, Manu, Pop, etc. go out with two Finals losses, especially after how last year ended. I'm still stunned at how they blew Game 6 last year.

Now I'm curious, I don't think I saw your deleted posts. :)

I think we all, or at least the vast majority of us, comment that way. Was just letting you know that I made more comments to your point.   

Yes, please read the rest of the thread, I made several more comments to that affect.   

I don't know who will be the better player long-term between Vonleh and Parker, but the idea that Parker's "ceiling" is low because of his athleticism is ridiculous to me. The guy played one year of college basketball and was phenomenal for most of the year.    He's what? 19, maybe 20. A players ceiling isn't based just on pure athleticism. Parker can improve his NBA 3-pt shot, improve his ball handling, improve his post game, defense, shooting off the dribble, etc.    I'm not really arguing Parker vs. Vonleh, I'm pretty high on Vonleh's future, I more just find it ridiculous that they could say a guy as young as Parker has a low ceiling. I don't buy that. 

He definitely looks the part.

All for it, especially given the roster, as long as we can do it without leading the country in turnovers.

We've got to find a way to add a 5th year transfer. Another 6-man freshmen class, including 3 project bigs, could spell the end for Crean IMO.

To bad for the kid. Sucks when someone's career is taken by injuries.

I don't know how next year will turn out, we're talented but have a glaring hole on the interior. A hole so big I'm not sure how we'll compete in the Big Ten and we'll have to play a bit of a gimmick style probably. But, if IU disappoints again next year, part of what will disappoint me is that we will have basically wasted two of Yogi Farrell's four years with just one left to go.

Does he know any available and ready to contribute 2014 bigs?

Woops :)

How did we have him? I didn't even think Crean was recruiting him. Edit: I think it was a big mistake to not recruit him.

Last years team was a disaster, especially in terms of how it was constructed, no doubt. But, he also built the 11-12 and 12-13 teams from complete scratch. So to say he's pedestrian as a team builder isn't accurate IMO. We'll see how the next couple years play out, but IMO he's proven he can build very good teams. Add the Wade MU team and the James, McNeal, Matthews, etc team he built at MU that was also really good (remember he left MU right as that group was going to be seniors).

I can't remember where I read it, maybe it was earlier this thread, but there was talk of not officially hiring someone until after the recruiting dead period, so the selected one was still allowed to talk to players.

At some point your resume reflects your skill. Which we can use to promote and discredit Crean. But if Miles is the specific example, he had a great year last year, but his overall resume is ok, not terrible but not great either. 

If it's based on last season along, then I wouldn't put Crean in the top 100.   But, what does "up to date" mean? I would take that to mean there careers to date, not just last season.