i have something to say about the offseason THE 2016 NBA OFFSEASON

thats why im hoping russ either stays in okc for the season or gets traded somewhere he doesnt want to be long term as a rental. tbh tho russ might not give a shit about a ring...i think he'd be an ok fit on the spurs but he'd have to conform to the spurs way. also he would need to stop doing so many PEDs.

xp

russ is hardly a typical spurs acquisition. he accomplishes a lot, but you have to accept his out-of-control tendencies along with his productive ones. pops would have apoplexy some nights.

russ wld be a great fit for the spurs hes got exactly what theyre missing attacking playmaking being a fashionable nice man etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yspWhT5PhyE

+wld be great for russ to work w one of the alltime coaches

i don't really want to see russ traded this year im more curious to see the russ/oladipo/adams thunder in action one time, they're probably still a solid team

russ on the spurs would be interesting but it seems like they lose more and more shooting every year

i dont think the spurs are a good fit for russ other than being the best team without a star PG

thunder are probably mid-40s win team without KD

lma n kawhi r 2 of the better shooters + green used to be able to shoot maybe cld again, russ wld be replacing tony

LMA doesn't really shoot 3s tho, and kawhi's shooting sort of came out of nowhere iirc i bet he regresses a bit

we saw what the Thunder were like w out durant and they couldnt get into the playoffs. mid 40s is about right yeah

in recent seasons, when kd was on the bench with an injury, russ has gone ballistic, putting up some astounding hero-ball numbers. this has resulted in some great wins, but there is no way he keeps it up for an entre season without exploding.

crazy that his stats m/l stayed the same even w KD back.

they won 45 in the kd injury year which a) was before steven adams broke out and b) would have been good for the 5 seed last year so who knows

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 1m1 minute ago
Report: Frustration with Russell Westbrook contributed to Kevin Durant leaving Thunder for Warriors

shocker

steph better be thinking abt getting those assist numbers up, dray better be thinking abt shooting never

p much, also klay's touches are going dowwwwwn

dubs shd adopt a 3 seconds or less rule

lma, even as a multiple all-star, was pretty deferential when he first arrived in SA. kd might feel he needs to fit in on the dubs, more than the dubs need to fit themselves around him.

p much, also klay's touches are going dowwwwwn

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or he might be the one teams chose to leave open

kd prob the worst pure shooter of the three (which is crazy)

cavs twitter just followed mr and mrs gabrielle union

yeah kd is def the least accurate 3pt shooter of the three

the wade stuff is getting really interesting

miami bout to have whiteside and... who

he basically can play for the most money for bad teams or can play for no money for the cavs. the heat are probably right in calling his bluff on that but if he leaves they have $20 million in cap space and no players left to spend it on.

seemed fake until today. maybe he wants out and this way he can blame it on them?

i don't think he wants out but you can understand why he would be mad over the way they went about the offseason

at this point they should just give him the 2/50 he supposedly wants, idk what else they're gonna do w/ that money

does that strap them for next summer tho?

it would but on the other hand if wade leaves the heat will get bounced in the first round next season (if they're lucky) and i dunno how that makes them any more attractive in free agency next summer

heat not sniffing the offs sans wade

the thing that makes it difficult to read the heat is bosh's health. he's getting paid $23m a year and there's prob like 5 people total who know his likelihood of being able to play beyond this season.

well if bosh is healthy i think dragic/bosh/whiteside & the young guys could be a playoff team but they would be in the bottom muck of the playoff race xp

ya bosh health obvs a big wildcard but their wing rotation wld be p bleak reguardless

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt 45s45 seconds ago
David West to the Warriors on a one-year deal, per source, for vet minimum.

david west really the most shameless ring chaser of all

ha called that shit yesterday

lol

lol oh mannnnnn

presuming festus gets a deal elsewhere i guess zaza starts and west backs him up, don't think west has enough left in the tank for a system that fast-paced tho

My sense is that wade really wants those extra millions, so he's not bluffing in that sense. If the nuggets are ready to pay him what he wants and Miami isn't willing, I predict he'll go to denver.

His questionable health is both the reason he wants the big payday now and in an unbreakable contract and the reason most teams won't be willing to pony up the big bucks for him. He's lucky his health situation is vague enough that someone is willing to gamble on him being able to deliver good value in return for the cash.

there's zero chance he goes to denver

despite the warriors ruining the league, pretty much every team has something interesting going on right now. i think basketball will survive this

no basketball is over

denver wld be an interesting spot for russ actually but it'll never happen

yeah this was already a really fascinating offseason and then the trump card got dropped

west is cooked isn't he

hes done

good locker room guy?

re: david west, he had a career year in terms of efficiency. he'll be good for them off the bench, but he won't get any playoff burn.