2018 NBA OFFSEASON

When did everyone turn into Darren Rowell? 😂 Who cares if a billionaire has to pay the luxury tax?

i absolutely want more owners to spend their money, it's just funny how things change

I think it's good im just remarking on how weird it is

apparently bron has made his decision and there'll be an announcement on Tues

source?

LeBron has made his decision & informed those close to him. Expect the official announcement Tuesday morning.

— nick wright (@getnickwright) July 1, 2018

it’s great to pay the tax but the repeater tax is so punitive it really only makes sense to do it for a top-level team. by paying that tax for this team, management is guaranteeing some rough years in the future.

expensive years, yeah, but that team aint bad.

I think ppl are underrating the thunder a little, though in this era every team is judged by its ceiling and I doubt they can ultimately compete with the warriors or rockets

if they can find an exit for melo, and if roberson stays healthy theyll win 50.

naw they were really on a roll before roberson's injury

though the melo situation is tough yeah.

50 is good! the west is stacked

Just getting rid of melo and replacing his minutes with a random second round level talent would probably improve that team

The payroll stuff is hilarious though

I just like that mere minutes into free agency and the lakers already got clowned

v real chance they could whiff on everyone but i'd still say their odds on favs for bron and maybe kawhi

Ilyasova cracks me up that guy is the absolute exact level of talent where every coach and gm goes yeah I can use that guy and then he does nothing and ends up on another team two months later

from the spurs perspective, gotta be good that both philly and lakers feel like threats to get bron. spurs know that whomever they trade mawhi to is prob going to get bron, too, so they are asking for a lot if they know the other team will sign both.

I know just let me enjoy the last day of pretending the lakers have to make lonzo the face of the franchise before lebron strolls in

mahwi, yourwhi, he’s everybody’s whi now

roberson’s injury was pretty gruesome, i wouldn’t just assume he’s coming back 100%

i don’t see how you could have any problem with the thunder re-signing PG... i mean, what else are they supposed to do? you gotta just figure it out from there

lowe & arnovitz were speculating that maybe eventually they’d try and get rid of russ instead... that seems impossible to imagine to me but it tracks more along the lines of what i think is their intractable problem with his style of play as it applies to the playoffs

trading russ seems impossibl now tho considering "me and russ are friends and i like playing with him was a big selling pt for PG

kawhi to celtics confirmed jk

OKC is truly stuck with Russ, but there are much worse albatrosses to have hanging around your neck.

from the spurs perspective, gotta be good that both philly and lakers feel like threats to get bron. spurs know that whomever they trade mawhi to is prob going to get bron, too, so they are asking for a lot if they know the other team will sign both.

― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Sunday, July 1, 2018 12:33 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

spurs shd prob prefer to trade him to the celtics then since they wont get lebron (and arent in the western conf) tho then the celtics will be amazing but theyre gonna be amazing either way if u trade kawhi to philly or lakers and bron joins then youve created a new amazing team

also the celtics shd be willing to give up a lot to prevent kawhi + bron going to philly

really bron shd just go to LA and start drama and not be that good imho

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Bron and Boogie in LA is something I want to see.

also the celtics shd be willing to give up a lot to prevent kawhi + bron going to philly

― sprout god (lag∞n), Sunday, July 1, 2018 3:06 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

celtics should not make any moves that they wouldn't make if philly didn't exist imo

Here's essence of Paul George's 4-year, 37M deal, w/ player option: New CBA allows George to extend after 2nd anniversary of deal. Extending on max w/ OKC after year 2, while also opting out of final year, could make this 7-year, https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/101350601393119641790M-plus deal based on future cap projections.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2018

hope you all like the rwb pg okc it's gonna be around for a while

honestly those 2 and Steven Adams is a great core in a world where the warriors didn't happen

tru

i don’t see how you could have any problem with the thunder re-signing PG... i mean, what else are they supposed to do? you gotta just figure it out from there

― J0rdan S., Sunday, July 1, 2018 12:36 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

obviously they had to do it and pg should actually be tradable on this contract but nobody's going to tell me that this is good team-building because it hasn't been and won't be. they're going to have to get out of the tax eventually and the price to do so will be painful. but hey, if i was getting these kinds of props:

That's a real mental competitive advantage that I now give OKC. Paul George's multi-year commitment I feel has potential to be the glue that cements them as a TEAM. Trust levels bout to be way high this season for OKC.

— Rosalyn Gold-Onwude (@ROSGO21) July 1, 2018

Impossible to overstate the significance of this level of commitment from Paul. Both he and Russ locked up for remainder of their primes & OKC can apply long-term vision while building mindfully around thier stars. Amazing family-first approach paid off https://t.co/CtHDAHvX5p

— David Griffin (@dg_riff) July 1, 2018

This is a massive, landmark achievement for the Thunder, and Sam Presti.

— Royce Young (@royceyoung) July 1, 2018

just for retaining players, i wouldn't be too worried about actually winning either.

LeBron to Lakers for 4 years...done deal https://t.co/AY4GOdJRp7

— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) July 2, 2018

welp

Let the drama begin

Welcome to the LeBronzo era

damn

holy shit

Welp

fuck lebron

Warriors in 5

for some reason i’m excited about this even tho ya know.....

Rip Cavs and Marcos condolences although I’m sure Cavs fans were prepared

that he signed for 4 years instead of taking the 1+1 or whatever is pretty interesting... i guess it’s a recruitment strategy

spurs REALLY not going to want to trade kawhi to lakers unless they get the farm now. sixers might be even more inclined to trade more to get kawhi.

things i'm hoping for.

the east will be... interesting

easy to say now but this has been a foregone conclusion for like a year