2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

yeah he cld def be a useful role player on the right team, that team is not orlando which is entirely comprised of player who like him cannot score

meyers leonard contract is indefensible imo

agree. but at the time it was signed he was still showing some hopeful signs. now it is obvious he's no better than a deep bench 'casualty insurance' big man, if that. he can defend post-up bigs, but he cannot protect the rim, shoot or pass well enough to be a rotation player.

biyombo would be okay on a team that had spacing

the funny part is that most of these contracts were thought to be movable....like the blazers signed all those guys so that they could trade them. didn't really work out.

blazers should buy some bitcoins

olshey still has his job somehow is what kills me about all that

Nicolas Batum makes me nostalgic for the crazy ol Kahnspiracy days, truly was like nothing else

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/8178326/portland-trail-blazers-match-minnesota-timberwolves-offer-nicolas-batum

biyombo was the GM delusional double whammy of infinite cap space and rim protection above all else

I think when crabbe and turner got those contracts is when I finally realized everyone had gone mad

The Clippers and Pistons are engaged in serious talks on a deal centered on All-Star forward Blake Griffin, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 29, 2018

ok

stan abt to boil over and trade his whole roster

the clippers should do basically anything to get rid of blake

yeah trade him asap before he gets injured again

Detroit's got to be a awkward place for a Kia man like Blake

love to be in srs talks with traction

if blake goes clips are rebuilding and dres got to go too :]

lets have some trades

theyve got gallinari for two more years after this one at $20m a year lol

Heard it's a form of Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, a first-rounder and Boban Marjanovic to the Clippers for Blake Griffin

— Vincent Goodwill (@vgoodwill) January 29, 2018

BOBAN

you watch ur mouth xp

wow this is kinda juicy!

its a lot for 11 games is all im saying lol

prob the best the clips can get, kinda sad for a guy who looked like he was on the verge of top 5 player status for a while

Doc is going to get traded to the Bucks isnt he

blake

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUvrXX2XkAA1dcL.jpg

jerry west has had just about enough he's cleaning house

das a spicy tomato xp

The Clippers have agreed to a deal to send Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 29, 2018

there it is

The Clippers and Pistons have agreed on a deal to trade Blake Griffin for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, a first-round and a second-round draft pick, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 29, 2018

pretty great trade for the clippers

Sources: Protections on Detroit's 2018 first-round pick headed to Clippers -- 2018: 1-4; 2019: 1-4; 2020: 1-4; 2021: unprotected. Detroit will send a 2019 second-round pick in the trade too.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 29, 2018

the pistons really wanna make the playoffs

yeah i mean prob nothing the clippers got is gonna help them long term but on the other hand their roster was played out and they need to start over and blake has an insane contract, just one of those nba things

this is f'in nuts can't believe the clips got that much value even if there's no game changers in there for them

congrats to the basketballmer for becoming a real nba owner and blowing up a bad situation, wonder what happens to deandre now

tobias harris is good player he cld be real useful to some team, just not the clippers lol

blake is still really good! very smart to ship him in the two weeks where he's been healthy this season

yup

cld see the clips flipping harris for another bad to middling first + if they trade dre they cld end up with a bunch of lame draft picks

which isnt terrible when u consider theyll also have their own which shd be good

blake and drummond should be interesting, two bigs with elite-to-semi-elite passing ability

both with sus D that cld get real bad if the chemistry isnt right but cld also be totally ok if things are clicking

Sources: Clippers will continue to pursue packages of young players and picks in talks for DeAndre Jordan and Lou Williams.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 29, 2018

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

wow dang, need to gather my thoughts here.

rip btw to the clippers who strangely weren't sad garbage for most of a decade there

lakers been winning since lonzos been out, the battle for LA is heating up!

pretty ironic that DJ is the only one left after all those dudes stole him back from going to the mavs

cavs really need to make the short sighted dre-lou trade to take this to the next level

funny that blake gets to go play with deandre east (slightly different skillset but still).

sucks for a guy who clearly liked living in l.a.

jerry west: no more trading for your old players

doc: ok

[pistons make avery bradley available]

doc: pic.twitter.com/jETxoH8fKJ

— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) January 29, 2018