2017 NBA OFFSEASON

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

lmao ha

crabbe played really well down the stretch, i think his contract will look ok. not as big of an albatross as turners at least. he's 6'6", 24 years old and shot 44% from three.

yeah the crabbe contract kinda makes sense if u squint, turners was just insane

stephen a+

the knicks have gone so insane its made steven a likable

yup. altho hes always been amazing at this type of performance art tbf

usually he is saying something very annoying and or reprehensible but now he is completely on the money

James Dolan will skip NBA Draft for concert with his band, JD & The Straight Shothttps://t.co/kCAKDzNG5R pic.twitter.com/hpFeNnxVFC

— CBS Sports NBA (@CBSSportsNBA) June 22, 2017

if im the blazers im more concerned with the regression of moe harkless and meyers Leonard, who are making a combined 20 mill per for the next three seasons. I think the blazers are in an ok spot honestly, they got a good headstart on integrating Nurkic who is and will be a huge difference maker.

Dlolan

dolan, beautiful, im weeping

have it on exclusive sources that our very own ilher clay has agreed to pay the blazers luxury tax for 2018. the blazers are gonnna be ok guys

thx 4 taking one for the team clay

i will pitch in a few bucks, might help

start a gofundme

"@PhilJackson11 was falling in and out of sleep during my workout." - @RealJayWilliams on a recent recruit he spoke with. pic.twitter.com/Qmh4j0X9Pu

— Bob Ley (@BobLeyESPN) June 22, 2017

lmfao

Another source tells me #Suns & #Knicks are in fact "down the road" on #Porzingis ..."Bledsoe, Chriss, and the 4th gets it done" #NBADraft

— Tim Montemayor (@TheMontyShow) June 22, 2017

PHIL hahaaaa

if the suns pull it off for that trash....

just have to tip yr hat

wld generally suspect thats just the knicks putting other teams on notice but its the knicks so theres no way of knowing

also that just some talk radio guy so it cld be completely made up

they would need to throw AT LEAST another first rounder in there and maybe find a way to eat Noahs contract or something

one wld think but maybe phil is head over heals for criss or something equally weird

cant wait for the lakers to audible to jackson at 2 and mess everything up causing the knicks to end up with the big baller brand

lol yessss

lakers already dumped dangelo for nothing tho lol wldve been the perfect piece for that scenario

in my scenario they'd prob be picking for indiana