2017 NBA OFFSEASON

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.

they're going to retire z-bo's number

its awesome zbo ended becoming this beloved everyman figure

yeah its crazy what a solid organization and situation can do to for a player and their reputation.

.... and now he's going to the kings.

Sources: The Mavs are in the process of finalizing a two-year, 0 million deal with Dirk Nowitzki. The second season will be a team option.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) July 6, 2017

when z-bo was 23 years old, he mainly aspired to be as gansta as he knew how to be. I'm glad he seems to have outgrown that.

its too bad the mavs havent been able to find a replacement star to rise up during Dirk's twilight years a la kawhi w timmay. he's been taking discounts for years and seems to be willing to take a back seat.

zbo had some troubles even in Memphis iirc

i remember this being a good read
http://grantland.com/features/the-controversial-life-career-memphis-grizzlies-zach-randolph/

seems to be an increased # of typos in breaking NBA tweets this year

looks fine to me, what am i missing?

hmm

Names that could be involved in a hypothetical sign-and-trade w/ Crowder (if picks aren't involved): Hood, Exum. If bigger deal, Favors. https://t.co/UAf6dclWLj

— Brian Robb (@CelticsHub) July 6, 2017

if you have images off then tweets embed as plaintext and for some reason "$1" gets picked up a special string and stripped out, so that tweet reads "The Mavs are in the process of finalizing a two-year, 0 million deal with Dirk Nowitzki."

oh weird.

dece deal

avery and jae for favors???

seems a lil steep but if theyre planning on letting avery walk anyway maybe not also they need to clear cap for gordos deal, i like favors but his injury history is worrying

would help your rebounding issues

ya hes a good defender too and can shoot

tho him/al isnt the most nimble front line, guess they cld always go small if needed

Euro star point guard Milo Teodosic has agreed to a two-year, 2.3M deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2017

great pickup

never seen him or heard of him but hes def better than CP

Patrick Beverley on Teodosic: "He might be the best passer in the NBA right now." PBev needs to change hotel alias: "I used Milos Teodosic!"

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2017

Lol

Milo should just check in as "pat beverley" duh

I like that guy a lot and I'm glad he's making the jump and sad he has to play for doc

ranking players is so dumb and pointless and i hate it but hey its the offseason and someone put up a list that i m/l agree w

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEE6-sfXsAIR1m0.jpg

Yes, this is my Top 30 list for 2017-18. No, I do not “hate” any player. Turns out, defense actually matters in the NBA. I stand by it. pic.twitter.com/XWECJ6TEaS

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) July 6, 2017

sorry double image post

pretty good list im still not convinced klay is significantly better than bradley beal though

we need to break up the warriors to find out how good they really are

its for science

sure thing, just gotta wait a couple few years

id put russ above cp3 at this point

not a chance

solid list, agree klay is too high

i also don't really think lebron is #1 but that's so widely believed at this point there's no use arguing. he's in the top 5 tho