2017 NBA OFFSEASON

that would be cool.

wade is cooked but I'm still kind of psyched to have him. all these old dudes on this cavs team lol

yeah u could do a LOT worse than getting wade for 2 million a year.

just got through reading this craziness
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20785845/quincy-pondexter-basketball-nearly-turned-deadly

geez

Faried really should be traded and I think he could be great for some teams

There’s just no reason to have him around with millsap/jokic/plumlee/hernangomez/lyles

always loved his game, think he'd be a good starting 4 for the spurs tbh

hes a weird player, one of those guys who can do some stuff but also cant do much of the stuff youd like him to

being a big who can't shoot or defend doesn't get you much in this league anymore

kinda bummed we didn't get melo too out of this weird offseason

Feel like I last thought about faried in like 2013

He should go east

This seams fair
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2735118-ranking-the-top-10-nba-shooting-guards-entering-2017-18-season

gary harris may be a bit high as of today but that seems like a likely position for him by seasons end

he shot over 50% last season

yeah he was awesome

the preseason starts on saturday, that is when the basketball returns

<3 weeks til real games that count!

the games r good i look forward to their return

Truly a positive development in my life

i too welcome the games

i think they'll be good, the games

i hope we get an above average crop of games

when i go to sleep tonight i will be dreaming of hoops

http://www.prepcasts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/BasketballStockImage.jpg

this is the basketball that has been gone for many months, i come to praise its return to our lives

i'm excited about this season y'all

this was a fun offseason
the nba is fun

whether the cavs will be better or worse they are certainly a more *interesting* team this year

cavs are basically the yankees now?

well not this year's yankees

no

idk joyless team of ring-chasers sounds a lot like what people thought of various yankees teams over the past decade

that said i will enjoy watching them

jeter called ahead to have an employee (who hes firing) of the team hes buying fire some of his contemporaries before he takes the team over

i guess it'll be fun to watch wade and bron chill there's clearly a lot of love there but i feel like drose is a real turnoff, like he is kinda in the uncanny valley now

i was initially bummed about d rose but I am also hoping for some kind of redemption under lebron's wing

So many intriguing teams. The thunder got better but are super weird. Wolves will be fun. Rox. Clipppers will be more fun imo. Cavs good. Boston. Bucks. Denver. PDX full season w Bosnian beast. Spurs usual.

think the fan backlash against the dubs this year is gonna be monstrous as they continue plowing over the whole league

Not sure it will be as much as last year but who knows. They’re gonna be better

so many completely weird rosters this year but still nothing weirder than the pelicans

not enjoying football; i think america wants basketball

it took them a while but they finally got all the air back into the ball

thats what happens when you purse your lips up to the inflation hole and try to blow it up like a balloon! the season wouldve started much sooner if adam silver could've found his missing needle.

some back story about that lifetime fitness and the dude behind #hoodiemelo
https://theundefeated.com/features/chris-brickley-nba-most-sought-after-trainer-influencer/

this is so good, god i love ballmer

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/9/28/16377492/steve-ballmer-youth-basketball-coach-clippers

My own parents’ plans to hide our coach’s identity got thrown a curveball when I found my basketball coach on the front cover of a business magazine. They explained to me that Coach Steve was on the magazine because he “happened to do some business with Bill Gates.” I shrugged and went on with my day. Because why would I suspect anything of the man who drove a maroon family van?

haha good stuff

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20851002/nba-board-governors-votes-pass-legislation-draft-lottery-reform-guidelines-resting-healthy-players

The three teams with the worst records will share a 14 percent chance of getting the No. 1 overall pick, a change from the descending percentages of 25, 19.9, and 15.6 in the current system. Four teams - increased from three - will become part of the lottery draw, which means the No. 1 lottery seed could drop no further than fifth, No. 2 could drop no further than sixth, No. 3 no further than seventh, and No. 4 no further than eighth.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DK1VQSnWsAIWpXe.jpg:large

feel like the only thing this really accomplishes is preventing that last game of the season tanking between the worst teams, but also its prob just a first step to test further reform

yah i guess its a race to the bottom three instead of the worst record which could i guess make teams try a little more? idk