2018 NBA OFFSEASON

exactly

a rival Western Conference executive

Vlade Divac?

ingram needs the ball to be effective, can lebron play off the ball? i mean he can of course but is he willing at this point.

markelle fultz off limits for kawhi is hilarious to me (tho not quite as funny as terry rozier) but maybe it means the sixers doc who treated him privately knows the injury is a longterm issue

Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42

Top 10 in projected team salary (not including FA cap holds) through July 5:

1. OKC $159.7M
2. GSW $143.1M
3. TOR $136.7M
4. DEN $132.6M
5. WAS $128.1M
6. DET $123.4M
7. UTH $121.9M
8. POR $121.2M
9. MIA $120.7M
10. HOU $119M

didn't realize nuggets were in that deep, not ideal for their position

same with Miami both teams that are a major piece away

ESPN Spurs reporter @mikecwright bottled up a lot of wild Kawhi/Spurs stories. But he did share this one anecdote on @back2backpod:

The time Kawhi’s people tried to hide Kawhi from Spurs staffers in NYC

Full episode here: https://t.co/7sJsB8wAN4 pic.twitter.com/aVsrisQbab

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) July 5, 2018

has kawhi been kidnapped?

wow nothing to see here, teams should be clamoring for him

either rozier knows too much or they are they believe Kyrie is bouncing in a year (or gonna be traded)

― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:02 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

terry is dannys son

maybe bron and magic just see the best in everyone, and bcz they can maximize a player's on-court potential they overestimate how valuable any player is

― the bhagwanadook (symsymsym), Thursday, July 5, 2018 1:15 PM (three hours ago

this is an interesting point...

that windhorst/shelburne article was really embarrassing man

we talked to sources inside the lakers organization and they told us that actually everything is fine and it's going to work out

an unnamed rival executive "likes" what the lakers have done

i mean it is interesting in so far as it’s articulating the lakers’ point of view... it’s just a stupid point of view

yeah otm

2nd insider to say clippers is kawhis choice

Tom Haberstroh: So which team does Kawhi suit up for next year? Who do you think is the leader in the clubhouse to get his services?

Michael Wright: Well, contrary to, and I don’t know if it’s changed. I think that’s what happened. Things have changed. But the Lakers are not Kawhi’s preferred destination anymore. He wants to go to the Clippers. He doesn’t want to go and be second fiddle to LeBron. That’s what I was told. And it was by somebody that would know. And so right now, the Clippers are where he wants to go. But I’m also told, like you know, I talked to people within the Spurs organization and they’re like, ‘well yeah he wants to go to the Clippers, but their assets are shit at this point.’ That’s what I was told.

Report: Markelle Fultz (76ers), Terry Rozier and Jaylen Brown (Celtics) among players ‘off limits’ in Kawhi Leonard trade https://t.co/PkrbaQJGLT

— Dan Feldman (@DanFeldmanNBA) July 5, 2018

kawhi must really be putting off will only resign with LA vibes for this to be true imho

yeah or maybe boston isnt even that interested and theyre just floating out stuff to inflate roziers value

the fultz thing tho i think represents a pattern

this shit is just stressing me out on my vacation

sorry bro go enjoy and get off the internets.

nah im fine i just want that kawhi trade woj bomb to drop

Bjelica is a nice pickup for the Sixers, he's looked good when healthy but not gotten many minutes because Thibs, from a roster management standpoint, is a stupid fucking buttface

Spurs should really push for another championship.

how do you figure?

The Warriors might be insurmountable, but the Spurs were a playoff team without Kawhi last year and could’ve challenged the Warriors before Zara murdered Kawhi the year before. Kawhi in a contact year could be incredible.

My team hasn’t made the playoffs in years so I encourage everyone in striking distance to actual strike. Moreover, talking about assets is boring.

Kawhi has basically said he'll sit the year out if they dont move him they would be stupid not to, might as well get something for him. kawhi is dumb cos he could've played the good soldier and got the supermax ... then gone super weird and demanded a trade after.

the celtics will win the nba finals

i don’t think the spurs would’ve challenged the warriors in that series

ahem spurs were up by 27 before kawhi got injureed if my calculations are correct spurs wouldve swept the warriors to win the championship thanks

Kawhi has basically said he'll sit the year out if they dont move him

This is not a wise move.

It would be hilarious tho

the sitting out thing is against the cba, he would essentially lose his free agency that year i think

The Warriors might be insurmountable, but the Spurs were a playoff team without Kawhi last year and could’ve challenged the Warriors before Zara murdered Kawhi the year before. Kawhi in a contact year could be incredible.

My team hasn’t made the playoffs in years so I encourage everyone in striking distance to actual strike. Moreover, talking about assets is boring.

― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, July 5, 2018 7:12 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think there's actually something to this. a healthy and reconciled kawhi with this spurs lineup would challenge for the 2 seed and then you just roll the dice and hope for injuries.

what if he's "injured" xp

Exactly. His “camp” hasn’t cleared him, probably for that reason

the spurs with kawhi would be right in the mix for the third seed, but are not challenging for the 2 seed

aw but hear me out! the last two years of healthy kawhi they were 67 and 61 win teams! in a hypothetical universe where they bygones became bygones and the water went under the bridge and kawhi's leg is fine, they could be right there again in terms of wins which would put them in the 2nd seed last year. and i think houston will take a step back this year and warriors may not give a shit in the regular season again.

i mean look this isnt going to happen anyway since water is on the bridge still and he's getting traded, but STILL

*steeples fingers*

https://i.imgur.com/4HVI5Mf.png

grayson allen and joe ingles are going to become alt-right darlings arent they

in 3 summer league games trae young:

12/52 fg and 3/24 tp

wack mamba stats

To be fair, he is tres young

touchrae

my mans derrick white was tearing up summer league this week, averaging 23 and 7 asts. after tearing up the d league last year, i think he's going to be a regular rotation player and might give the spurs enough reason to look at trading patty mills.

that young/doncic trade could end up the kinda thing that hawks fans never forget, shit like that can haunt a generation (cough greg oden cough)

lets hope not, hawks fans have suffered enough

my biggest fear for the hawks is that they saw trae taking crazy 3s with some big dick energy and they're like, oh thats definitely steph curry meanwhile he is bricking everything