2017 NBA OFFSEASON

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

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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

wow that would be super lame if iggy got squeezed out because of that

I think they're tinkering over a 3rd year on the contact is my predic. They want flexibility in two years when klay is up

i think some of the more plugged-in media suggested that luxury tax may be a problem for them sooner than ppl thought. not getting that new arena money for a couple years.

Sources: John Calipari reached out to NYK through intermediaries to express interest in presidency. More: https://t.co/dLt8AMV9MP

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) June 29, 2017

uh lol

update: knicks weren't interested

to all knicks management employees who lurk on this website, i would also like to express my interest in the presidency. please webmail me through the interface provided by ilxor.com

i think i wld be good too / am willing to work with clay if necessary promise not to trade zinger

hi knicks org huge fan of the city u do business in, my name is jill faxon and i am a beautiful lady and also a basketball mastermind with 11 championship rings if i could have your attention for a few minutes

I propose we rule the knicks as a triumvirate

its settled then

yes, i jill faxson will play your adolescent affections for me against each other as i wrest back control of the team, i mean run the team for the very first time

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

― down that brown path (Spottie), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 21:24 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

In 1981/82 Magic Johnson and Norm Nixon were top five assist leaders on the same team (though only 23 teams compared with 30 now). This has twigged my interest - I'll look to see if there are more recent occurrences later.

Steph and Dray have been top 10 but not 5 I think

Likewise LeBron and Wade were top 10 in 2009/10 before the Heatles formed.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/29/kawakami-my-2017-nba-no-defense-team-starring-isaiah-thomas-andrew-wiggins-and-many-more/

Wiggins being so bad surprised me ^. Sure, I don't watch a lot of Wolves games, but with Thibs and his athleticism I would have thought he would have absolutely no excuse for not being at least mediocre.

one wld think yes

Hopefully Butler taking some offensive load will let KAT and Wiggins improve on defence, really want to see this Wolves team do well.

crazy that bringing on the defensive genius tom thibodeau actually hurt both wiggins and kats numbers and their numbers were already very bad, not a great sign for this regime

if kat ends up just being a one way player that wld be very sad

bill turned back the clock for this one lol good plan imo https://theringer.com/2017-nba-free-agency-11-step-guide-to-fixing-los-angeles-clippers-steve-ballmer-lebron-james-5be49018c062

in short: rebuilding mode + move to seattle

resign and renounce the sad legacy of the clippers forever, start anew as the "very sonics"

i dont really agree with the lebron stuff, by 2019 him and his friends are going to be too old to keep up in the western conference imo

clippers should definitely become the sonics though

ya agree

Haha watch balmer do some Seattle Sonics of Inglewood type shit

Clips to Seattle = good idea in every way, except maybe financially. And Balmer has enough money that he shouldn't care.

ballmer cld afford to build a damn stadium out of his checking account

is it really that much financially better to be 2nd fiddle in LA than 1st in seattle?

Andre Iguodala doesn't have plans to meet with Golden State Warriors during free-agency period, league sources tell ESPN.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 30, 2017

my initial thought of it being a 95% chance he stays w dubs has dropped to about 85%

prob bought into uber at a 10 trillion $ valuation

is it really that much financially better to be 2nd fiddle in LA than 1st in seattle?

tv contract-wise there's probably a massive difference

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/kobe-bryant-joins-board-directors-los-angeles-2024-olympics-bid-183100845.html

turns out there is someone in LA who wants the olympics there after all!

haha triumphalist municipal civics at the buzzer... just wide

theres no one u want taking that shot more tho

JJ Redick interested in joining Rockets if finances can work, per source. He still looking at 76ers, Nets for between 6-8 million a year

— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) June 30, 2017

jj redick going to the sixers or nets would be very wack

a sad payday for sure

Wow that's cheap I thought he was asking for like 20 per. His game fell off hard last year tho