2017 NBA OFFSEASON

if im a knicks fan and phil trades zinger likely the best prospect theyve had my whole life depending on my age to the celtics the team thats been kicking the knicks ass my whole life ive got no choice but to conclude god put the knicks on earth to punish me

phil jackson is not a very intelligent person is he

hes not as smart as he thinks he is at least

oh yeah, that's a given.

scrolling through twitter search for porzingis and literally everyone thinks this is fn insane lol

Phil Jackson on Kristaps: "As much as we love this guy, we have to do what's best for the club."

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) June 22, 2017

Celtics should just burn every asset for porzingis and butler imo.

Nets pick, lakers/kings pick, number 3 pick, brown, crowder, Bradley,

Can't imagine Hayward doesn't sign with them if they got butler and porzingis

they prob wld, tho theyd try to hold on to brown xp

if i were the zinger id be calling phil up telling him to fuck himself and daring him to trade me

this off season is what i've been waiting for my whole life

DRAMA

i cant stop thinking of this stupid picture but its true

https://i.imgur.com/lSopc2h.jpg

It's here one day early...

MOCK DRAFT. pic.twitter.com/qpCGf1G8km

— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) June 21, 2017

sixers have sold out their season tickets for next year already apparently

so much for intentional tanking ruining the team's reputation

lol wow hope people like watching clueless young players

i wonder how much they went for

season tickets to guarantee a seat when the cavs roll in except thats a game bron rests for

Teams have been informed the NBA expects the salary cap to go down from latest projections, per league source. $99 million the new number.

warriors/cavs smashed the playoffs so hard that there was less revenue

that seems significant

evan turner and allen crabbe now 1/3 of the blazers cap

lol

Sources: Cavs offer Chauncey Billups five-year deal to run front office. He has yet to accept. https://t.co/Vuc2vj4pfB

— Jason Lloyd (@JasonLloydNBA) June 22, 2017

hes committed to the 3 on 3 league already

so fired up im engaging with randos on twitter

http://i.imgur.com/FjwjYlX.png

chauncey should so ittttt bron is going to make all the important decisions, 5 year deal, do ittttt

sucks about his boss being Gilbert

ppl on twitter r saying that csn chicago is reporting that the bulls offered butler to the celtics for the #3 and the celtics said no, but then other ppl on twitter are saying csn chicago is reporting the celtics offered the #3 for butler and chicago said no, in conclusion ppl r bad at watching tv

ah ok

The Bulls were rebuffed on an offer to the Celtics for the third pick straight-up, but bringing the Cavaliers to the table could increase the quality of offers for Butler, who would be eligible for a deal in the $40 million range annually if he makes another All-NBA team next season.

http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-bulls/sources-bulls-are-actively-shopping-jimmy-butler-prior-nba-draft-0

that seems unrealistic to me

unless its cause theyre tryin to get the zinger

the #3 seems like a laughable lowball offer for butler

right

Hmmm 🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/OkJU6assMM

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) June 22, 2017

The NBA notified teams in a memo Wednesday that the projected salary cap will come in at $99 million, about $2 million less than estimates in April.

In addition, the luxury tax has been lowered from $121 million to a projection of $119 million.

This will squeeze some teams looking to create space to sign free agents when the negotiating period begins July 1.

The drop was caused by the number of playoff games being fewer than expected, as the recent postseason was dominated by lopsided series that were shorter than anticipated.

The salary cap is still increasing by about $5 million from last season, but it isn't growing as much as previously expected. At one point, the NBA forecast this season's cap to go as high as $108 million.

The league is still undergoing massive growth, driven by new television revenues. Between 2010 and 2015, the cap increased from $58 million to $63 million. It has grown by $36 million over the course of the past three years.

lol finally hard proof that the dubs are bad for the league

ha

tbf cavs went 4-4-5 too so not just dubs. i wonder how much revenue each game of the finals generates

#3 for butler is an all day every day yes unless the #3 pick is effing Jordan or something, gotta think if that's real and it was the bulls looking for that then cs have other stuff cooking (zinger)

probably the conference finals that lost the most revenue compared to most years

everyone agrees the cavs shdve won game 3 the dummies

lol the blazers have 141 million committed for next season. i had no idea it was that bad, they're gonna be so far over the tax

blazers went from promising young team to doomed in one offseason bender

they have to move 3 bad contracts to even have a chance of improving the team

i think the blazers thought the turner and crabbe contracts would be tradeable and they're kind of not.

the view that u have to spend yr cap room before it dries up is clearly very mistaken

they're gonna end up having to trade mccollum if they can't find some dumb team to bail them out this year

WHO WAS ON CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK https://t.co/S3i4nATXlO pic.twitter.com/2IHCWSraHb

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) June 22, 2017