2018 NBA OFFSEASON

to put that in perspective though 900k is more than half his total career earnings to date and amounts to like 20% more than the Mavs deal.

Maybe hurts his future earnings playing in a dumpster fire but that shit isn't promised anyway.

he also got his second year guaranteed iirc

This is starting to feel deliberate

Free agent forward Michael Beasley has agreed to a deal with the Lakers, league source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 20, 2018

the meme team is real

Here are the 2017-18 offensive activity heatmaps for new Lakers Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, JaVale McGee, and Michael Beasley. They're in gif form, but I'll post individual player charts in this thread. pic.twitter.com/4Uum2zq61b

— Positive Residual (@presidual) July 20, 2018

Feel like a healthy Celtics team could beat the Warriors. They came real close in the winter.

anybody watching the basketball tournament? somehow never really paid attention to this. it's cool seeing pros going up against former college players -- really shows you how good average to belo average NBA players are

The average level of talent and ability in the NBA is insanely high. Some of the guys we consider NBA washouts or failures would be highly prized players in most other pro leagues or university programs.

xp where is the basketball tournament being broadcast?

ESPN3

Haven’t watched that but been enjoying the big 3 this year

yo spottie tell me about alex len

wasn't that one of matt A's favorites lol

He’s got some skills but could never seem to string together a solid multi-game run. Foul prone for sure. Good shot blocker, good rebounder, good touch within 15 feet but gets pushed around easy and is way too soft. Needs to get pissed and smash on fools but chooses to do soft layups and let little bumps throw him off. The hawks contract is good value though. He’ll produce for sure and he’s generally always healthy. Entering his prime so whatever you see this year is probably what you’re gonna get.

sounds fine as a muscala replacement

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24165876/nba-power-rankings-how-lebron-james-kawhi-leonard-change-everything

the nuggets at #8 seems a bit optimistic to me, but not complaining

these clownshoes have the spurs missing the playoffs so of course i think they can eat cheeks and retire

Bold prediction time. The West will be a fucking bloodbath but Spurs and Nugs are making it. TWolves and Portland to miss it with Thibs getting fired in Jan. Not sure the Pels make it now either.

Oops I meant to replace that with fudging, apologies for language.

nuggets at 8 is baffling

yeah honestly don't get it at all. their defense should be as bad as the offense is good....which should be really good

think the west 3-10 is gonna come down to who gets injured, outside of that seems like they're all gonna be within like 3 games of eachother.

their defense should be as bad as the offense is good

A return to the days of coach Karl? They usually managed a playoff berth under him, but the offense had better be damned good.

it was the best in the league in 2017 once jokic started playing. they have that level in them

the defense otoh terrifies me, esp with giving IT minutes

garry harris and millsap are the only two good defenders on that squad

cavs and kings are probably gonna be my overs this year gotta wait and see projections tho

If Carmelo Anthony signs with the Rockets, @SportsLine projections DECREASE Houston’s championship chances from 4.8% to 3.9%. pic.twitter.com/srTl18ZJ8M

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) July 23, 2018

makes sense

lol

melo es malo

harsh on my melo.

popping in to say lol melo

I think melo needs to be added to a severely offensively challenged team to improve it at this point

Sacramento should have picked him up off wavers

it's possible melo is outright cooked... it's also possible he just had a bad year last year. i think this signing could work out esp for the money and given who else they could've gotten.

it could totally work if he's willing to accept the role he needed to accept last season.

counterpoint: melo is fuckin coooooooked
xp

like melo is going to look at this roster and say "im the 3rd best player on this team and i need some touches" and its a wrap, theyre winning 10 fewer games than last season

i get why houston does this move though because it's not a financial risk, but it is a huge opportunity cost.

think they're banking on CP being able to bring the most out of him.

melo jab-stepping repeatedly 28 feet from the hoop while cp3 and harden wait around & not moving is def gonna be a delight

fits right into their offense tbf

I look forward to Melo and Harden wing isolations for the 30+ games Chris Paul will inevitably miss.

drew "snake oil" hamlen back at it again

Palpable buzz is building around #76ers guard Markelle Fultz. One league source privy to Fultz's workouts w/famed hoops trained Drew Hanlen tells me Fultz's jumper is rebuilt and that a result, the 20-year-old guard is a completely different, vastly improved player.

— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) July 22, 2018

#PalpableBuzz

I was wondering why my fingertips were vibrating.

it's because of Fultz

#PalpableFultz

even in the absolute best case, completely different, vastly improved = the player he was when he was drafted minus two summers and one season of development