2017 NBA OFFSEASON

he does not look like an NBA baller

i know, i was like "oladipo played a season looking like that?

not exactly a ringing endorsement of the thunder's player development program...

Or the magic

no

I don't really get how anyone in the NBA isn't in the best shape possible, unless they have an eating disorder or something.

even nba players are lazy

true

that's nuts for three weeks of intense training. whole lotta tilapia dinners i imagine.

my hoop #lifegoals are the out of shape super talented ones. shaq, rasheed, boris. jokic seems to be in that vein.

like basically i want to get paid millions of dollars but coast on my talent and not work that hard, thats what i want from life. cant relate to #gains and shit.

Free-agent point guard Derrick Rose is in serious talks with the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the defending Eastern Conference champions on a one-year contract, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

The former No. 1 draft pick has met with several teams over the past three weeks, including the Milwaukee Bucks and LA Clippers, but he has gained momentum on a deal with the Cavs in the past several days, sources said.

Playing on a contender is a factor for Rose. If he agrees to a deal in Cleveland, it would also allow him to be close to family in Chicago.

The Cavs are believed to be offering Rose a minimum contract for $2.1 million for the upcoming season to play with Kyrie Irving in the team's backcourt. Adding Rose in this manner would add $6.4 million to the team's luxury tax bill for next season, which would be a projected $78.2 million.

christ

rip cavs

that doesn't seem like a gm lebron move

claims of a gm lebron have always been overstated imo

rose as a backup for that price seems like a really good move to me

he's surely better than
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxKIQK2O9Lc

idk he just seems toxic to me

idk bron always wants to play w/ over the hill veterans, seems in his lane to me

that having been said it seems like he's completely disconnected from the franchise & front office since the griffin debacle so i doubt that's the case w/ rose

gonna be a really weird year for the cavs

yeah i get the impression now that lebron never had direct influence so much as he and griffin were just on the same page

I really like JJ, sounds like playing for clippers wasn't very fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQMexGnud4Q

yeah he seems like a really good dude. v cool of him to acknowledge how it can be a difficult life for his wife. but her saying he needs to "take one for the team" this time?? cmon now. very short window to play in NBA, he'll have all his retirement to cater to wife n kids whims.

yeah that part got a chuckle out of me. not that she doesnt deserve it but his window is def really short at this point and they should be getting as much of that nu-nba money as possible. Looking through and he's never made more than 7.5M a year!

cavs are gonna be such an insane reality show all damn season

espn hired the draftexpress guys

Brian Windhorst‏Verified account @WindhorstESPN 18s19 seconds ago
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Kyrie Irving asked the Cavs to trade him in a meeting last week, sources told ESPN. Story posting on http://ESPN.com shortly

i think lebron is leaving

The request came last week and was made to Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. Irving has expressed that he wants to go play in a situation where he can be a more focal point and no longer wants to play alongside LeBron James, sources said.

oh well

haha

people pretending like kyrie beating people 1 on 1 in the playoffs means he's a great player led to this

omg wow thats huge

otm xp

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Just spoke with Kyrie Irving’s agent, Jeff Wechsler: “what I can tell you is we had a meeting a couple of weeks ago, and we sat down (1/2)

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& discussed Kyrie’s future w/the team & all the scenarios. The contents of that meeting we’re going to keep between the team and us.” (2/2)

not exactly what you might call a denial...

i would say "he knows lebron is leaving so he wants out" would work here but the whole "doesnt want to play w bron" thing kinda throws a wrench in that.

sounds like he wants to go be the #1 guy somewhere now that he has a ring

would like to see him on the Rockets tbh

if i'm being generous it's less about being the #1 guy than not dealing with bron drama for another year, losing in the finals, and watching bron walk.

if the cavs had been able to improve the team this summer i doubt he's asking for a trade.

that CP for Kyrie deal we all dreamt of should've happened

interesting to watch another guy punt on the supermax.

doesnt he have to make an all-nba team?

lol nothing matters, about the only stance I can manage as a cavs fan this summer

i won't count out any team that still has the bron james on it

punt on the possibility of making the supermax

heres a little more

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20124505/kyrie-irving-seeking-trade-cleveland-cavaliers

Selfishly, I always wanted to just show everyone in the whole entire world exactly who I was every single time."

With this in mind, Irving considered requesting a trade after the Cavs' championship last season but decided against it, sources said.

people pretending like kyrie beating people 1 on 1 in the playoffs means he's a great player led to this

― J0rdan S., Friday, July 21, 2017 3:45 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

yep

apparently the Bucks and the Suns have already called about him

not sure how a trade with the Bucks makes sense. would have to give up Jabari who won't be available until midseason and likely wouldn't much help the Cavs chances this season.

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— Kevin Love (@kevinlove) July 21, 2017

this offseason has been singularly and spectacularly beautiful