2017 NBA OFFSEASON

dantoni had kind of a tragic career arc im glad he's getting one more chance with a good team

those suns teams had the worst playoff luck ever and no one talks about it cause i guess the suns dont have fans or something

bad luck takes fall off and a re forgotten over time, suns fans havent forgotten tho

there is deep hatred for Robert Horry here.

those suns teams were unreal, even more than the warriors it felt like they were playing a different game than everyone else

heh but horry aside i mean making shots is part of the game but just the injuries and suspensions they had really sucked

also the kpbe airball into artests hands in 08

Clips, looking to bolster wing after Redick departure/Crawford trade, have engaged Grizzlies in potential s/t for Tony Allen, per source.

— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) July 5, 2017

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=14804527

via sam amico:

Four days after free agency began and a lot of top names have moved on, plenty of players that can help a team remain. Here is a position-by-position look (age in parentheses):

Unrestricted

CENTERS

Chris Andersen (39)
Joel Anthony (35)
Aron Baynes (31)
Tarik Black (26)
Andrew Bogut (33)
Dewayne Dedmon (28)
Festus Ezeli (28)
Pau Gasol (37)
Roy Hibbert (31)
Jordan Hill (30)
JaVale McGee (29)
Kelly Olynyk (26)
Zaza Pachulia (33)
Larry Sanders (29)
Marreese Speights (30)
Tiago Splitter (32)
Anderson Varejao (35)
Jeff Withey (27)
Tyler Zeller (27)
Stephen Zimmerman (21)

POWER FORWARDS

Lavoy Allen (28)
Brandon Bass (32)
Michael Beasley (28)
Nick Collison (37)
Dante Cunningham (30)
Udonis Haslem (37)
Kris Humphries (32)
Ersan Ilyasova (30)
Jonas Jerebko (30)
James Johnson (30)
Terrence Jones (25)
David Lee (34)
James McAdoo (24)
Donatas Motiejunas (27)
Mike Muscala (26)
Maurice Ndour (25)
Dirk Nowitzki (39)
Adreian Payne (26)
Willie Reed (27)
Thomas Robinson (26)
Luis Scola (37)
Jared Sullinger (25)
Anthony Tolliver (32)
Derrick Williams (26)
Christian Wood (22)

SMALL FORWARDS

Alan Anderson (35)
Luke Babbitt (28)
Matt Barnes (37)
Vince Carter (40)
Mike Dunleavy (37)
Rudy Gay (31)
Alonzo Gee (30)
Gerald Green (31)
Jeff Green (31)
James Jones (37)
Luc Mbah a Moute (31)
K.J. McDaniels (24)
Shabazz Muhammad (25)
Steve Novak (34)
Alex Poythress (24)
Damjan Rudez (31)
Troy Williams (23)
Metta World Peace (38)

SHOOTING GUARDS

Arron Afflalo (32)
Tony Allen (35)
Leandro Barbosa (35)
Anthony Brown (25)
Reggie Bullock (26)
Ian Clark (26)
Tyreke Evans (28)
Randy Foye (34)
Manu Ginobili (40)
Gerald Henderson (30)
Darrun Hilliard (24)
Dahntay Jones (37)
Jordan McRae (26)
C.J. Miles (30)
Anthony Morrow (32)
Gary Neal (33)
Brandon Rush (32)
Thabo Sefolosha (33)
Rodney Stuckey (31)
Jason Terry (40)
Hollis Thompson (26)
Marcus Thornton (30)
Sasha Vujacic (33)
Dion Waiters (26)
C.J. Wilcox (27)
James Young (22)

POINT GUARDS

Aaron Brooks (32)
Bobby Brown (33)
Trey Burke (25)
Isaiah Canaan (26)
Mario Chalmers (31)
Norris Cole (29)
Toney Douglas (31)
Tyler Ennis (23)
Jordan Farmar (31)
Raymond Felton (33)
Marcelo Huertas (34)
Jarrett Jack (34)
Brandon Jennings (28)
Ty Lawson (30)
Shelvin Mack (27)
Ronnie Price (34)
Brian Roberts (32)
Sergio Rodriguez (31)
Rajon Rondo (31)
Derrick Rose (29)
Ramon Sessions (31)
Beno Udrih (35)
Greivis Vasquez (30)
Deron Williams (33)

Restricted

CENTERS

Joffrey Lauvergne (26)
Alex Len (24)
Nerlens Noel (23)

POWER FORWARDS

JaMychal Green (27)
Nikola Mirotic (26)
Mason Plumlee (27)
Alan Williams (24)

SMALL FORWARDS

Bojan Bogdanovic (28)
Andre Roberson (26)

SHOOTING GUARDS

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (24)
Tim Hardaway Jr. (25)
Jonathon Simmons (28)

that is a shitload of players

they will all have to retire as all the money has already been given to evan turner and ian mahinmi

that PG crop is BADDDD

it is but to be fair most of the good PGs have starting jobs already and the few decent FAs (Teague and Holiday) have signed.

i think given how capped out so many teams are, there is going to be a lot of value to be had at vets minimums. teams that laid low were smart.

yah, not too many dumb contracts this year so far!

teams already used up most of their dumb contract quota last year tho

yup

i didnt know Jrue re-signed. 5/126 is fair if (big IF) he stays healthy. gentry needs to work out what they are gonna do on offense cos he was lost after they added boogie.

Indiana has waived guard Monta Ellis, league sources tell The Vertical.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 5, 2017

OK IF HE GOES TO THE WARRIORS ALL IS FORGIVEN SRSLY

quick, they need to sign baron, jason richardson, andris biedrins< LESSSS GOOOO

no one wants monta in his current state

it would be a ceremonial role playing position

Dion back to miami for what seems to be really cheap?

4/52

thats a fair deal

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19845099/boston-celtics-aggressively-trying-create-cap-room-give-gordon-hayward-max-contract

This kid Jayson Tatum is a damn problem pic.twitter.com/iKgI6AYv9J

— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) July 5, 2017

the tv guys doing this summer league game are freaking out over tatum they might just be bored tho

he does look pretty fn pro tbf

trade this bitch for a second round pick

Tatum on modeling his postgame after Kobe: "He's my favorite player...or he was before I joined the Celtics"

— Brian Robb (@CelticsHub) July 6, 2017

lol every player ever loves Kobe tho

Dion back to miami for what seems to be really cheap?

4/52

― down that brown path (Spottie), Wednesday, July 5, 2017 5:59 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seems ok for a guy who is coming off the first worthwhile season of his career

that tatum fallaway is nasty. pro move.

yeah its crazy how much space he created went from totally guarded to totally open

Xxp yeah I guess it's just weird to see teams not over react to that one good contract year

the heat gave waiters $2.5 million last year he was practically out of the league. this seems like a fair contract for him but it's a huge jump.

tatum will never get called a "system player" but his game in the wrong hands might be that kinda bad inefficient midrange fallaway thing. thankfully he'll be coached by brad stevens.

teams already used up most of their dumb contract quota last year tho

― nice cage (m bison), Wednesday, July 5, 2017 5:13 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark

it's insane to me that even smart nba people last year parroted the "no contract given out this offseason can be a bad contract!" thing when right now there's like 5 contracts given out last year that are now the worst in basketball

yeah the way the blazers just radically suicided last summer is so painful

Portland's payroll is out of control bad.

yeah they signed not one but 3 fever dream contracts last offseason. they've created a really low artificial ceiling for their team

the evan turner contract is a borderline fireable offense

it will be interesting to see what they do cuz they're capped out next year and have to start paying nurkic huge money

unless they can find another dumb team to bail them out they'll have to choose between paying repeater tax for a 7-8 seed team or trading their good players

theyre gonna have to blow it up

they could easily miss the playoffs next year, with a roster thats 40m over the cap

blazers are def one team that needs to hope that either/or the PG in okc and cp3 in houston experiments go haywire

poor evan turner. all he did was take what was offered to him. now he is hated for it. festus ezeli did the smart thing. he took the money then buried himself so well no one realized he existed.

spy shit

Carmelo landed in Houston this morning? Flight number matches and has him name on luggage tag. Heard anything @adamclanton? pic.twitter.com/kGqMP4Xp9n

— Chris Sauceda (@ChrisSaucedas) July 6, 2017

maybe he's just going for a wedding or something

if i was a coveted free agent (or trade bait) i'd fly to so many different cities in the offseason just to get the secret spy twitter aflame.