2017 NBA OFFSEASON

Welcome to the clippers!

Danilo Gallinari went to the hospital for a medical evaluation of his hand after the punch he gave to Kok's face, as reported by Sky Sport

— Sportando (@Sportando) July 30, 2017

Danilo Gallinari has yet to play with Blake Griffin but just went full Blake in an exhibition game. Clipps Clippin' pic.twitter.com/wjLn1fK931

— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) July 30, 2017

Diagnosis fractured right hand...

smh

Does this mean Gallinari is now officially a Kok-puncher?

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Free agent Ian Clark has agreed to a one-year deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, league sources tell The Vertical.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 1, 2017

jeez only 1.6 million. thought he'd get a few years back up money. weird offseason teams are scared af to overpay role players.

role players got squeezed bigtime this year

Mavs might be able to lock up nerlens to like 4/10 at this rate.

ya srsly hadnt thought of that theyre in a p good spot there, wonder if theres anyone lurking thinking abt throwing a max deal at him, seems like they wldve already done it

guess he cld always take the qualifying offer and wait til next year

seems kinda dicey for someone w his injury history tho

Yah I'd imagine he's looking long term

ya srsly hadnt thought of that theyre in a p good spot there, wonder if theres anyone lurking thinking abt throwing a max deal at him, seems like they wldve already done it

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:03 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

iirc right now the number of teams with notable cap room (not even max) is down to something you can count on one hand.

yep we're down to chi/dal/phx/phil having more than 10 mil

All those teams should be throwing 3/24-30 at him

some interesting reads on CP

https://theringer.com/chris-paul-nba-inefficiency-week-a43ade69aa3d

http://deadspin.com/the-chris-paul-problem-is-an-analytics-problem-1797409440?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

thx for links. i'm gonan have to check the evidence on this one:

Even in defeat, Paul has posted great individual numbers, but he hasn't been able to consistently win individual matchups against the league's other great point guards

was he talking playoffs only for that statement?

yeah

i don't agree with those CP articles at all

not sure i do either but his career is def a weird one to dissect and try to figure out.

i just don't think there's any real data supporting either a) CP3 plays worse in the offs or b) CP3's team should have been a favorite to make the WCF in any year other than 2015. he's an all time great player who's been on otherwise not-good-enough teams in an extremely stacked conference.

more or less, yeah

i want to believe it's that simple and maybe it is. but in the end im not so sure. i think this year could prove a lot, im so ready.

idk, i'm not really sure harden and paul are a great fit. i really would have liked to see him on the bucks (or spurs)

Spurs woulda been perfect

spurs wldve had to move lamarcus and wldve been p thin, rockets have a ton of talent feel like theres more upside there, pauls fit us def kinda weird BUT if harden can adjust his game to compliment pauls that wld solve a lot of the issues with his game in general

imagine the bucks tho...

too young

paul's ideal landing place was...the la clippers lmao

the curse of doc rivers

lol the lob city clippers really were an enigma. Wonder if cp maybe just needs to loosen up a bit? Shimmy a lil, flip some water bottles on the sidelines, take virtual dumps on the court etc

clips & cp have also had terrible luck with injuries

lol

Anthony Davis says he hopes he and DeMarcus Cousins become like Nikola Jokic and Jusuf Nurkic https://t.co/oesroPV8oE

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) August 3, 2017

boogie to portland confirmed

wonder what CP's carrier would have looked like if he went to that other LA team that he was traded to.

err career*

thousands of days late and millions of dollars short

Story on ESPN: Clippers' Doc Rivers will return to primary duties of coach, freed of front office responsibilities. https://t.co/r2hfOCbcUc

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 4, 2017

jeez what could've been

that move confirms all the austin river stories

not that there was any doubt

cp3 yelling at harden to take the layup while harden dances is a perfect preview for the houston season pic.twitter.com/mZnbbjrlLq

— trey (@treyzingis) August 4, 2017

loll

i love chris paul

is basketball back yet guys

i miss the good old bouncing ball of hoops

Not even really close :/

it takes them a few months to reinflate the ball