2017 NBA OFFSEASON

Step 25. Paul George signs with Los Angeles Lakers using cap space (July 4th 2018)

doubt the celtics trade for george without at least a promise to exercise his option for 2018

unless i guess they got him for cheap cheap

clips also getting harrell in the deal, which seems good for them.

i would still prefer that they didn't bother with paul george, i really think you start hitting serious diminishing returns there compared with any big man who can rebound and defend

(assuming you've already signed gordon hayward, that is)

first option looks a lot better to me, marcus smart is a valuable player when you have enough good scorers that he never has to attempt to score

― ciderpress, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 2:13 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah prob tho i think rozier has a good chance at ending up the better player

i think signing george even with hayward wld still be a mega home run theyre both such complete flexible players, tho getting a top flight big who can defend and rebound might even be better

So (take a breath): Beverley, Williams, Dekker, Harrell, Kelly, Liggins, Quarterman & 2018 first (small protection) to Clippers for CP3.

— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) June 28, 2017

heh

harrell makes the deal look a lil better, he has some upside def

that's 7.25 players for 1 seems like a bad deal

otm

its not a tremendous deal for the rockets. they keep most of their key rotation intact, tho, so it still works i guess

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clippers should try the Point Blake thing for a season

― ciderpress, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 2:05 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark

point blake is a really good nickname i hope it happens just so we can use that

pic.twitter.com/gzKjiAvgJE

— Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) June 28, 2017

lol nice

lol that's awesome

btw r.i.p. new cba that was supposed to prevent star clustering

the stars, have too much gravity

new cba can fix this by raising the max salary which will squeeze out nba's middle class.

if a small subset of teams continue to be run much better than the others its a lot harder to keep stars from clustering onto those teams

some of the circumstances are just kinda random like bron wanting to be in cleve, steph signing a contract right in the middle of an injury scare then turning into an mvp and so forth

Rox gonna start the season w 7 actual players and 8 g league 10-day contracts

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2017/06/28/lebron-james-begins-production-three-part-nba-documentary/436541001/

LeBron James’ SpringHill Entertainment has teamed up with Showtime to create a three-part documentary that examines the modern history of the NBA and the league’s impact on pop culture, Showtime announced in a news release on Wednesday.

Filmmaker Gotham Chopra and executive producers James and Maverick Carter have begun production of the documentary, which is slated for release in 2018.

“We developed the idea for these films because of the incredible, generational impact some of the NBA’s most successful players have had on every aspect of American culture,” said Carter, CEO of SpringHill Entertainment, in the news release. “Gotham is the perfect filmmaker to bring these stories to life, and SHOWTIME is the right platform to showcase how they were able to transcend the game and shape the culture in an unprecedented way.”

i kinda think jerry west doesnt give a fuck about blake tbh

― nice cage (m bison), Wednesday, June 28, 2017 1:19 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark

yeah but i don't think steve ballmer bought the team for $1 billion to rebuild

ha hadnt heard this one

CP3's relationship with Doc Rivers was ruined after he refused to deal his son for Melo, per @michaeleaves https://t.co/aADxrUQV3P pic.twitter.com/ffs7JWPgvm

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 28, 2017

"New York offered Carmelo and Sasha Vujacic to the Clippers in exchange for Jamal Crawford, Paul Pierce and Austin Rivers, a deal to which Rivers ultimately said no. That event led Paul to feel that keeping his son on the roster was more important to Doc than improving the team."

OMG

WOOOOOOOOOW DOC IS AN IDIOT (if true)

paul leaving some breadcrumbs on his way out the door lol

some of the circumstances are just kinda random like bron wanting to be in cleve, steph signing a contract right in the middle of an injury scare then turning into an mvp and so forth

― lag∞n, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 3:07 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah the giant cap jump is a big part of it too, just a lot of different things happening around the same time. and it can take up to 4 years for the league to reset each time someone breaks it, which is a long time.

hahahah, im just boggling at doc right now. bc if you want to coach while your son is in the league, probably a good idea to avoid coaching him due to conflict of interests

doc: fuck that, im trading for him

ok then just be careful bc there may come a time where the interests of your family and your profession will be at odds--

doc: fuck that, i will not trade my son for melo

lol doc really did right by austin kids got himself a nice lil nest egg

doc scrambling to make up for being a crap dad earlier in his life. fair enough.

oh damn that is a juicy little fact

have we ever had a team with two of the top five assist leaders from the season before?

the doc/melo/austin story is the greatest shit i've ever heard

^^^^^

How can you not instafire doc if that story is true

its incredible

dics kinda gotta be fired anyway just based on the state of the team particularly if blake goes

wonder if hes got ballmer thoroughly charmed tho u know what they say abt salespeople loving to be sold

https://media.tenor.com/images/312c04f7fc2c28eec9545f9a21e4565c/tenor.gif

the doc/melo/austin story is the greatest shit i've ever heard

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 28, 2017 3:49 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^

― 龜, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:08 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i seriously groaned aloud reading it

The market has changed huh:

The Houston Rockets would have had to trade Ryan Anderson if they would have signed Chris Paul outright in free agency instead of trading for him.

The market for Anderson, who has three years and $60 million remaining on his deal was incredibly soft.

At least two teams were demanding two first round picks from the Rockets in exchange for taking on Anderson and his contract.

yeah, teams that want to contend have so little margin of error that they're (correctly) scared of taking on a guy that can be played out of key playoff matchups. i'm already tired of ppl saying "two-way players" but it's a real thing if you want to play against golden state.

its good to be able to do all the basketball things (almost no one can)

prob has something to do with why all players are 6-8 now

the doc/melo/austin story is the greatest shit i've ever heard

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 28, 2017 6:49 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^

― 龜, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:08 PM (four hours ago

i honestly can't believe this is the way CP went out

:/

Sources: Warriors' luxury tax moving forward is concern for Golden State and owner Joe Lacob in re-signing Andre Iguodala.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 29, 2017

interesting