2017 NBA OFFSEASON

http://shanghaiist.com/2017/04/24/stephen-marbury-beijing-ducks-break-up.php

damn is this the end of steph

Porzingis for the Brooklyn pick who says no

knicks duh

for like 50 million reasons

Well you're a huge Porzingis guy

this is true but also the chance that fultz is better than him (assuming that's who you're getting) is still not big enough to take on the risk that he's worse

Yeah I guess he's not good enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhB1vPM8ItA

i havent seen this posted here before. the conclusion is, uh, interesting

(Aimless lands with a thud in the postseason thread)

Oooof! Damn!

(Aimless rubs head.)

Hey, this doesn't look like the 'OFFS™ thread! 8 new answers?! Where ta fook is everyone?

just gonna post every balludicrous video now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKZRiSmeig4

Kurt Helin‏ @basketballtalk 18s18 seconds ago
Report: Larry Bird stepping down as Pacers president http://dlvr.it/P14Sm9

i wonder if this means PG is on his way out and they're going for a rebuild

prob

wonder who wld trade for him tho since everyone thinks hes just going to the lakers anyway

the lakers

maybe the lakers but why not just wait

unless indy is willing to take pennies on the dollar

well all it takes is one team to seriously bid against the lakers for the lakers to consider making an insane offer

that's basically happened w/ melo and the knicks. they were afraid the nets were gonna get him so instead of waiting for him to hit FA they traded their entire team.

injecting magic into the mix makes this more volatile than it prob shd be, tho hes been giving off vibes that hes already got paul in pocket, may be why he was hired in the first place

lol messing around w the trade machine and remembered the moz and deng contracts were for the full 4 years my lord

anyway cld see the lakers giving up randle i guess

tho that wld leave their front court pretty think and obvs george wants to win

does he want to win more than he wants to go to the lakers, can the lakers convince him theyre ready to win, can they get some other dudes, will their young guys ever do anything, who know

nuggets will win the nba offseason

i bet the lakers end up giving up 2 of randle/ingram/d'angelo for him

that wld be very funny

and then paul leaves after a year cause they suck

cn u extend a guy youve traded for in the offseason

maybe theyll try to get cp3 too for an "all paul" team

i dont get why pg would move to LAL apart from essentially romantic reasons. is it like accepted that pg would have a better chance of winning a chip with the lakers in the west? because afaict no current laker shows more promise than myles turner

blinded by the lights

maybe but idgi. anyway im glad larry is going, he totally fucked up every free agent signing and is clearly out of ideas

looks like a bunch of espn's nba writers are getting laid off. stein, abbott, ford once the draft is over.

more chat about that in this thread: sports and/or sport writing

They're gonna add a ton of work to the other writers with no pay raise huh

maybe but idgi. anyway im glad larry is going, he totally fucked up every free agent signing and is clearly out of ideas

He really should have gone against his coaching tenure principle and kept Carlisle.

i dont get why pg would move to LAL apart from essentially romantic reasons. is it like accepted that pg would have a better chance of winning a chip with the lakers in the west? because afaict no current laker shows more promise than myles turner

I never, ever question why anyone would sign in LA. Handsome young extremely rich athlete says he wants to move to LA I have no arguments.

ya its a place thats all set up for famous people

i don't think free agents should look to the success and examples of previous Laker heroes, they should look at how a player as bad as Nick Young comes to town and becomes a meme legend and hooks up with Iggy Azalea.

Most players have other priorities other than winning a championship, whether they'd like to admit it or not

yeah winning is a factor but there are other factors which is fair u know

is there a free agent who has signed with the knicks or nets who didn't say, "I came here to win"?

jeremy lin?

Well Marbury and Carmelo just wanted to go home xp

Like marbury was pretty open about just wanting to be back near Coney Island

https://theundefeated.com/features/paul-pierce-leaves-imprint-on-nba/

pierce will actually probably be the most forgettable HOFer of his era

http://bkref.com/tiny/wkZaL

pretty crazy how similar their numbers are. pierce is basically a slightly worse version of melo

pierce better on ts%, efg%, off and def rating, etc. it is close but he was a better shooter, more efficient, and actually played in the finals a couple times.

not gonna read that undefeated piece but i do agree pierce won't be a beloved HOFer outside of one market.

kevin k a slightly worse version of whoever is the worst at trolling

my numbers may have been a bit off

Adrian Wojnarowski‏Verified account @wojespn 42s43 seconds ago

Spurs' LaMarcus Aldridge has reached agreement on a three-year, $72.3M contract extension, league sources tell ESPN.

hm i guess thats fair market

the scoop wars, once allies now bitter adversaries, featuring matt a

https://i.imgur.com/Ju0iz5n.png

oh damn it i didnt even take the right screenshot wth

was supposed to have shams in there breaking the news seconds before woj

hahaaaaa

Woj w espn is weird. miss the underdog angle when it was just fun n games when like ohhhh he beat the big monster by 36 seconds. but now he climbed the ladder and im not sure he has the personality to be 'the guy' for the nba over there? idk

yeah agree he was better out doing his own thing

doncic tearing up the euroleague early

Career high (27p) last night for the teenage sensation @luka7doncic. He's getting even better 😎

More: https://t.co/qzHKEGaqu1 pic.twitter.com/0n2gqLb8Ig

— EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) October 13, 2017

an 18 y/o scoring 27 points in a euroleague game isnt something that happens too often i dont think

release is pretttty

What does he have to do:

#Pistons SVG on backup C (Boban): "Our backup 5 is going to be a by-committee thing."

A lot will depend on opposing center and matchups.

I feel like the “Marvin bagley clear number 1 pick” thing lasted about 2 weeks

so many #1 picks next year

Bonzie Alexander Colson II the clear favorite

richard jefferson signing with denver

Kenneth Faried is listed as inactive for game 1, seemingly without an injury

Nuggets waiving Jameer seems like a really strong endorsement of Mudiay and I’m not buying it

the good dad

Just spoke to Gregg Popovich who called Trump a "soulless coward" for lying about Obama & Bush not calling families of fallen soldiers...

— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) October 16, 2017

i think the spurs are better off retaining LMA than hoping to lure another big FA there. it's a dangerous game (as the heat and mavs can tell us).

but idk about locking up the LMA/pau frontcourt for the next 3 years. that's a solid regular season unit but i don't think the two of them can play at the same time in the playoffs.

i am pretty excited about watching basketball soon

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/enterpriseRockets/the-story-how-houston-rockets-landed-chris-paul

today is the big day friends 2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

@ShamsCharania
Sources: Bulls forwards Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic were involved in serious altercation in practice today, leaving Mirotic hospitalized and out indefinitely. Story coming.

wow damn

poly jump to the new thread

yeah spottie beat me to it. but the regular season hasn't started yet!

the moment the kelly o portrait is posted the season begins

kelly o has spoken