2017 NBA OFFSEASON

best thing is that these two teams play the very first game of the season on TNT.

bring on the drama baby!

expecting fights on the opening tip or im considering this season a bust

feel like —leverage— is kinda beside the point here like the celtics just arent going to break the bank, and even the likelihood that cleveland is holding out for some minor piece is small, they havent even contacted the celtics to ask for anything! more likely the cleveland front office is freaking out and yelling at each other

seems like the celtics gave accurate info on isaiahs injury but then cleve saw it for themselves and got cold feet

i bet this goes through as is.

the cavs can hold IT out for half the season and be fine if they wanted to, and theyre not gonna get a better offer.

that wld be my guess too, theres also the specter of the league stepping in, teams cant be allowed to use the physical to back out of/renegotiate an agreed upon deal if the medical info they received was accurate

worth noting that cleve wasnt accepting this deal earlier in the summer but then once kyrie threatened to boycott training camp they pulled the trigger, meaning they value kyrie higher than what they got in this deal, so they may have panicked a lil when they did the deal now theyre panicking about panicking

that wld be my guess too, theres also the specter of the league stepping in, teams cant be allowed to use the physical to back out of/renegotiate an agreed upon deal if the medical info they received was accurate

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 29, 2017 2:56 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

have you seen this reported? i am pretty sure a player has to pass a physical from the receiving team. agreed upon trades have been aborted in the past because of this, tho i'm blanking on examples. happened fairly recently i think

im saying teams IMO shouldnt be able to back out of trades if the physical doesnt turn up any un/under reported injuries, read today that theres not a rule about it which means its up to the commissioners discretion

xp it happened with motejunas or however you spell his name last year

yeah that whole situation seemed p shady

woj

Cleveland and Boston officials started to engage each other on a solution on Tuesday, league sources told ESPN. Cleveland is no longer seeking one of the Celtics' top young players or significant draft picks, league sources said. The Cavaliers could be inclined to complete the deal for a late first-round pick or second-round considerations, league sources said.

cleve gonna get a 2nd rounder for all this drama lol well played dummies

danny still sweatin tho, no doubt

yeah im sure he cant be too stoked on this process

adding a second is the save-face solution for everyone, can't say i'm too impressed by koby a. pulling this shit

i know its kinda sad he was off to such a good start for a sec

u really dont want to be putting out this dude might screw me over vibes yr first day on the job

yeah nagl

what lowe is trying to say without actually saying it is kyrie will turn into steph in boston http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20501557/zach-lowe-celtics-cavaliers-kyrie-irving-isaiah-thomas-trade-nba

smh

Story posting soon w/ @McTen: Within hours of 10 AM deadline, Cleveland still pursuing 1st-round pick to complete Irving/IT trade w/ Boston.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 31, 2017

bring me the drama

lmfbo

Boston is sending Cleveland a 2020 second-round pick to complete the Kyrie Irving-Isaiah Thomas trade, league source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 31, 2017

honest to god i'm going to pour a glass of something expensive the day dan gilbert fires koby altman

hahahahahaha fuck it, i'll crack open a coors banquet instead

lol

congrats you tarnished your rep around the league for a pick you probably won't be around to make you complete idiot

lol those woj tweets r 10 mins apart

a rapidly evolving situation as they say

loll starting out asking for tatum and getting a second too perfect

paul butler hayward george kyrie isaiah, 6 allstars from last season changed teams this offseason, thats a quarter of the allstar game! gotta be a record

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIhkTKDVoAAbfEb.jpg

........kyrie is finally free.........

Lol all that and Cleve ended up with the proverbial bag of balls to complete the trade

It's still a pretty good trade but nobody's gonna be calling the cavs with an hour to go before the trade deadline this year

i guess everyone's blaming gilbert not altman on all the churn, maybe that's safer given gilbert's history.

sounds like bron and lue cooled on the trade considerably when they learned more about i.t.'s health where for gilbert and co. the nets pick was the main asset they cared about.

whats weird about all this is i havent heard what the competing timelines for ITs return are, cavs prob dont want to say cause itll reveal the jig

cavs are gonna be hurting w/o him, their second best ballhandler will be d rose lol

feel like if he misses two months thats nbd even up to three is manageable, longer than that it starts getting iffy as far as shaking the rust off and developing chemistry with the new team

blaming dan gilbert for everything seems safe

believable def

a friend spent a good portion of our other friend's wedding last Friday quoting IT (or IT's people) private jet rides to cleveland, and he lost IT's business when Gilbert finally gave in and let IT use his own jet.

he blamed dan

cavs could sure use delly

lol sad but true

weak, drama free

Shams Charania‏ @ShamsCharania 44s45 seconds ago
The Los Angeles Lakers have been fined $500,000 for violating anti-tampering rules.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIkq2BpXoAIl-Qy.jpg

Sources: New Orleans rookie guard Frank Jackson broke his right foot and will undergo surgery Friday. He had procedure on foot in May, too.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 31, 2017

holy hell

a franchise that def does not have some sort of saboteur on its training staff / is cursed

/voodoo