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•Posted by6 hours ago

Despite career devastating injuries, Paul George and Gordon Hayward are the only players from the 2010 NBA Draft still on an NBA roster.

The top 10 picks of the draft were John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson, DeMarcus Cousins, Ekpe Udoh, Greg Monroe, Al-Farouk Aminu. Paul George and Gordon Hayward round out that 10, at 9 and 10. No other picks from the first or second round are on an NBA roster currently.

It's not surprising at all, considering the injury-riddled careers each of these top 10 players have had, and George/Hayward have been the only ones with any productive years in the NBA for a few seasons now.

In comparison, the 2008 Draft had 12 guys on a roster last season, and the 2009 Draft had 11 guys on a roster.

Source: https://www.2kratings.com/lists/2010-nba-draft-class

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Brook Lopez signed as a 30 year old Free Agent with the Bucks in 2018 for $3m. At the end of his latest contract, he will have almost made over $100m with the Bucks.

Brook Lopez first signed for $3.3 million in 2018 on a 1 year deal at 30. Fast forward to now as a champion and one of the best shooting big men in the league, his latest deal takes him through to 37 years old making $24m/season.

SEASON/SALARY

2024/25 (age 36-37) $24,000,000

2023/24 $24,000,000

2022/23 $13,906,976

2021/22 $13,302,325

2020/21 $12,697,675

2019/20 $12,093,024

2018/19 (age 30) $3,382,000

This actually equals out to $103,382,000 over 7 seasons. Still remarkable for a guy to reinvent himself in what was supposed to be the journeyman/back end of his career and and secure huge dollars even with 10 years of NBA experience up until that point. Funny enough, the Lakers let him go for nothing in the year LeBron signed.

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Who could be Luka Doncic’s career rival, the way Jokic and Embiid are pitted against one another?

For the past few years, Jokic and Embiid have been pitted as rivals except they both play in different conferences. It’s mostly due to the MVP narrative, similar ages and position.

Luka Doncic is still 24 years of age, but he’s had battles with the likes of PG, Kawhi and D-Book. Now Booker might be the obvious choice, but guys like SGA and Murray could very well be a matchup for Luka for years to come in the postseason too. If Luka can end the Clippers run, PG/Kawhi could also be a rivalry similar to LeBron and KG/Pierce.

Is there anyone that sticks out/is a candidate to be Luka’s rival these next few years?

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Zion Williamson has averaged less games (28.5 games) in his first 4 NBA seasons than he did at Duke (33 games)

The NBA season consists of 82 games, though for the benefit of Zion, there were two 72 game seasons in the past 4 seasons. Zion has played 24, 61, 0 and 29 games in his first 4 NBA seasons. In college basketball, teams will play about 25–35 games per season, depending on the level and length they go in the March Madness tournament. Zion played 33 games in his lone season at Duke.

Should there be more concern with regards to Zion’s trajectory as an 82 game player in the NBA moving forward as he approaches just 23 years old, and is no longer under a rookie contract going into year 5?

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•Posted by2 months ago

Has Jayson Tatum surpassed Paul George at his peak now?

Both are comparable wings in the past 10 years with their silky smooth game and scoring ability.

It's hard to pit early/mid 20's PG to Tatum based on the numbers since the spacing, scoring and league efficiency was a lot different when George was Tatum's age. Tatum his early 20s has scored much better than George ever did on better efficiency. In a nutshell, you could say that Tatum is a better scorer, better rebounder and only worse at defence than George is (at his best). PG's offence did peak in OKC, which was a hair below Tatum's best season right now (though George was 29 and Tatum is only 25 right now).

They also both can be inconsistent by going cold for long stretches of a game or games and have great hairlines.

Has Tatum surpassed George at his best?

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•Posted by2 months ago

What type of teammate do you think the Memphis Grizzlies need in order to foster maturity next season?

It all fell apart for the Grizzlies, albeit injuries to Adams, Clarke and Morant down the stretch. They would have met their fate either way, with the chirping the team had been doing all year, and to make matters worse, the Dillon Brooks situation where all parties look to be having no accountability and in the wrong.

It's probably not easy to just get one player/mercenary to change the whole culture, but what should Memphis do? Brooks is out of the door, and sensibly, there will be a hole to fill at SF. What type of personnel does Memphis need to foster accountability/maturity (akin to Heat Culture)?

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•Posted by2 months ago

2017 Spurs vs 2019 Raptors - which team would be the better one head to head?

2017 Spurs:

Tony Parker

Danny Green

Kawhi Leonard

LaMarcus Aldridge

Pau Gasol

Key reserves: Patty Mills, Manu Ginobili, Kyle Anderson, David Lee

. . .

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