Matt Haarms

[Purdue4Life]

H&R blows

 

[BoilerDeac]

Yea I'm sorry I still think players need to dribble the basketball every 4-5 steps to be considered real basketball. That's just me though. Several times each year I run across a clip on social media showing the most ridiculous uncalled travels in the NBA. Always good for a laugh.

Then I watch NBA fans marvel at the "skill" of how quickly a player can go from end to end, cross someone over, or drive to the basket and I'm sitting back thinking, "Yea....eliminating the need to dribble kind of helps you get around the court with the basketball....."

Frankly I have a theory about the average intelligence of NBA fans. Can't prove it but I'm pretty sold on it based on anecdotal evidence.

By the way, have they changed the rules yet to protect the players that can't hit a free throw from having to shoot them? This is discussion I love to hear the NBA fans try to defend.

Ughh these people walk among us.

Yeah, NBA - which has some of the best sports and analytical minds in all of sports - is just something a bunch of unintelligent people are interested in. Ugh.

Sure, the traveling issue does happen, but they are few and far between. You just choose to watch the clips that people post, because of course they're not going to post a routine possession where no travelling occurs, which is most of the time.

 

[pboiler18]

Pure idiocy. He's a HOF'er, no question. His Magic teams were good, primarily because of him. They got to the Finals with freaking Rafer Alston on the team. Come on, man.

His Magic teams made the playoffs in 6 seasons while he was there. Not bad.

Also, how has he been disappointing for Atlanta? He plays less than 30 minutes per game, averages 13.5 points per game on 63% shooting, averages 12.7 rebounds per game, and 1.2 blocks per game.

Oh yeah, not to mention he's averaged a double double for every single one of his 13 NBA seasons.

And a team doesn't "have" to send anyone to the game. This isn't baseball. You're clueless.

Only in the NBA is a guy like this a $15+ mil a year player. Disgraceful

 

[tjreese]

I will be happy if both Haarms and Wheeler play similar to Wagner & Wilson @ MICH.

Happy? I would be ecstatic if somehow that would happen

 

[Wolegib]

I'm sorry guys. I started this tangent by saying I'd like a defensive oriented dominating center, and I thought Haarms was more of a really tall perimeter guy. and I'd like Painter to recruit a guy like Dwight Howard.

I'm also the guy who turned the skeletons in Hazell's closet into a restaurant thread, by suggesting Purdue was once a great school, but like so many restaurants, didn't reinvest in its product, ad it's product like so many restaurants, died.

I'd still like to see Painter sign a dominant, defensive oriented center. I think we have plenty of other fire power, we don't need our center to also be an offensive weapon or 3 point shooter.

 

[ChoiceBeef]

I'm sorry guys. I started this tangent by saying I'd like a defensive oriented dominating center, and I thought Haarms was more of a really tall perimeter guy. and I'd like Painter to recruit a guy like Dwight Howard.

I'm also the guy who turned the skeletons in Hazell's closet into a restaurant thread, by suggesting Purdue was once a great school, but like so many restaurants, didn't reinvest in its product, ad it's product like so many restaurants, died.

I'd still like to see Painter sign a dominant, defensive oriented center. I think we have plenty of other fire power, we don't need our center to also be an offensive weapon or 3 point shooter.

Apology accepted

 

[GregJM24]

Only in the NBA is a guy like this a $15+ mil a year player. Disgraceful

Have you never seen MLB salaries?

 

[pboiler18]

Have you never seen MLB salaries?

They play A LOT of games. Generally the big contract guys in baseball have high value over replacement players.

You can take a look at Dwight Howard's most recent deal if you want to see a team getting screwed.

You could say the Jason Heyward deal in baseball is the same way but most teams were smart enough to stay away from that disaster as his WAR was based solely on defense...and you don't pay a guy $20+ mil a year for his glove.

 

[GregJM24]

They play A LOT of games.

They play twice as many games in a sports that's 1/10 as grueling.