2017 NBA OFFSEASON

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

scandal! http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20854648/multiple-players-cut-ties-top-nba-agent-wake-ncaa-basketball-bribe-scandal

That Ballmer story is awesome.

Not a big NBA fan at all, but I am curious to see how the roster shakeout on the big clubs works out. Got to figure one of the clubs is going to end up way better than expected and one will end up a train wreck.

crazy story xp

good stuff

Russell Westbrook has agreed to a five-year, https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/91384461476702208005M contract extension with OKC, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 29, 2017

outdid curry by 4 mill

#futurelaker

lol i dont think he wanted to stay but how could you deny 200+ million when it's staring you in the face. he could always demand a trade later anyway if he wants out.

1/5th of a billion kinda hard to shake off in my experience

the first .2 billion is a real wow moment but after that its diminishing returns

getting russ to resign made the george and melo moves much more meaningful

im going to the cavs v okc game in january, just bought tickets earlier today, pretty psyched

sick

pfft I'm going to suns v bulls eaturheartout

tix to the annual Bulls at Suns game are less than 1/2 the cost they've been past few years. Bulls fans finally had enough (it's been 80% Buls fans when I've gone).

cavs tix still pretty cheap for most games but i did have to pay a little more for okc

pfft I'm going to suns v bulls eaturheartout

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, September 29, 2017 12:56 PM (forty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol im def gonna try to be at this game. lower bowl for like $15 i bet.

damn that is worth it

its nice when the suns are trash i can get into games for so cheap.

Russ signed the extension on KD's birthday.

^ the man is consistent, give him that.

that's some kanye/taylor shit there

Petty wars may be at an all time high this year

drama is who we are now

“There’s an element of racism that I didn’t even know existed in this country,” Gilbert said on CNBC.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/09/dan-gilbert-lebron-cavaliers-trump-bum-tweet-racist-voicemails-racism-america-nba-politics