It is the years 2018-19 in the National Basketball Association (NBA) - The Regular Season

it begins

Agent Rich Paul has notified the New Orleans Pelicans that All-NBA forward Anthony Davis has no intention of signing a contract extension if and when presented and that he has requested a trade, Paul told ESPN on Monday.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 28, 2019

Wow ok

lakers

Celtics could offer a lot though

celtics can't trade for him until 7/1. timing here is clearly designed to see if he can get out by the deadline.

what's the reason for that?

not totally sure but it's just about two weeks until the deadline and these guys are intentional about everything. it's enough time for the lakers to offer the farm and try to convince the pels that they're not going to do any better.

was wondering about why the Celtics are locked out

oh, because you can't trade for two players on designated player rookie extensions. so they need kyrie to be on a new contract before they can trade for a.d.

ah that makes sense, unfortunate though

Klutch trying to get him to LA?

how very unfortunate for them i feel bad xp

pelicans gonna wait for the celtics, i mean u can request a trade but lol

i tend to agree but having the fate of the league in the hands of dell demps is not ideal.

the weird thing is that the celtics can’t make a deal until july, which is after the draft

they can have a deal agreed on before the draft tho which wld allow nola to make the picks

guess some other non lakers team cld step up too but if i were the pelicans id wait until everyone cld get the bids in you know to get the best deal

do celtics have anyone's pick this year

wonder what insane package of garbage morey will pitch them

Four protected picks, Capela and Brandon Knight

hard to interpret this as anything other than them trying to force AD to the lakers

AD is going to boston or LA and KD is gonna go to the knicks along w/ zion after a rigged lottery... adam silver is building his empire

KD for AD imo

hard to interpret this as anything other than them trying to force AD to the lakers

― J0rdan S., Monday, January 28, 2019 10:43 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup

do celtics have anyone's pick this year

― ciderpress, Monday, January 28, 2019 10:24 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

2019 first round draft pick from L.A. Clippers
L.A. Clippers' 1st round pick to Boston (via Memphis) protected for selections 1-14 in 2019 and 1-14 in 2020; if the L.A. Clippers have not conveyed a 1st round pick to Boston by 2020, then the L.A. Clippers will instead convey their 2022 2nd round pick to Boston [L.A. Clippers-Memphis, 2/18/2016; Boston-Memphis, 6/23/2016]

2019 first round draft pick from Memphis
Memphis' 1st round pick to Boston protected for selections 1-8 in 2019 and 1-6 in 2020 and unprotected in 2021 [Boston-Memphis-New Orleans, 1/12/2015]

2019 first round draft pick from Philadelphia or Sacramento
Boston will receive the more favorable of Philadelphia's 2019 1st round pick protected for selection 1 and Sacramento's 2019 1st round pick (via Philadelphia) protected for selection 1 and Philadelphia will receive the less favorable or the protected of these two picks [Philadelphia-Sacramento, 7/9/2015; Boston-Philadelphia, 6/19/2017]

memphis pick is going to be really interesting to watch

that one prob more valuable if it doesnt convey this year

oh wow didn't realize the kings randomly being good afftected the Celtics this year

yaa

it's ok it'll still be a lottery pick

they will fall off a bit I think

btw lagoon what did you mean when you said luka’s numbers have been plummeting this year? dude is getting better and better

here u go http://www.espn.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3945274/luka-doncic

43/31/67 for the month of jan, not considered great

his shooting %s have dropped i assume he's being asked/expected to do more

he's being asked to do more and is less efficient (and consistent) at it. Pretty normal, especially for rookies.

prob more that he was just hot to start/teams werent really ready for him, i mean having a 19 y/o be yr #1 scorer and distributor is just never going to really work that good

also he takes very difficult shots

his ideal role is prob a playmaker and #2 scorer next to some super athletic guy who can get to the rim etc, a dennis smith who can shoot if you will

Also his rebounding, steals, and assists are up. He's doing more of the work all around, including way more late in the shot clock hoisting. It's already his team, and guys are differing to him fully.

Ideally you'd have a competent big and not DJ. Imagine him with Brow.

Or a 30 year old Dirk. Damn, that'd be fun.

that one prob more valuable if it doesnt convey this year

― lag∞n, Monday, January 28, 2019 12:09 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

definitely. supposedly the grizz want it to convey this year but there's a case to be made for sucking bad enough to keep it and draft high for a second year in a row.

yeah especially considering this years draft is looking pretty good at the top

wonder if davis being on the market will compel the knicks to give the zinger some run this year

that's interesting. hadn't thought of that but it makes sense, so the knicks will probably not do it.

lol

Alvin Gentry says there will be a statement later on issued by the team.

Says he spoke to AD this morning and says Davis told him he plans on playing out this season.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) January 28, 2019

that seems like non news courtesy of kawhi

putting him on the shelf for the rest of the season is prob best for the pelicans