2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

man bucks are in a weird spot. middleton, lopez, brogdon, and mirotic are all FAs.

george hill could be, too. if they wanna keep this team together, theyre gonna have to go into the luxury to do so imo. gotta feel like the experience this year gets them closer to the finals next year, esp if kawhi leaves. but dang its gonna be a tough call on some of these.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/MIL.html

also lololol bucks are paying larry sanders until 2022, what a legend

would love to see Brogdon stay but I feel he's gonna get a big offer elsewhere

dan gilbert hospitalized with stroke symptoms

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no way pelinka has a job as the lakers gm much longer right?

guess well see just how crazy the lakers ownership is

before that article didnt even think of the fact that they hired two guys who had no front office experience to run the team, weird guys too

I'm guessing Lopez is gonna sign and the team will pursue Brogdon. not sure if they can afford Middleton if they're gonna supermax Giannis. idk...as much as I wanna believe there's a bright future for the Bucks its hard to ignore that 3 of their 5 starters are FAs, one is going to be supermaxed, and the other they are probably overpaying for, especially since he's been awful in 2 straight playoff runs. they don't have draft picks nor young talent. I don't know how they get better.

Giannis learning to shoot would be a start.

Unrestricted FA list:
http://amicohoops.net/nba-rumors-nba-free-agency-kevin-durant-jimmy-butler-kyrie-irving/

Restricted FA list:
http://amicohoops.net/complete-list-of-2019-restricted-free-agents/

the irony lmao

Magic Johnson says the Lakers right now need to ‘get out the news’. He says this is the last time he will be talking about the Lakers until free agency and his First Take appearance in July. pic.twitter.com/Zc2sQYRXp8

— Rob Lopez (@r0bato) May 28, 2019

more clips:

Magic Johnson's response to the reports that came out this morning: pic.twitter.com/YyzfuE2xE0

— Chris Montano (@gswchris) May 28, 2019

that last video, with magic's "do you think jeannie would let me abuse employees" (YES!) reeks of self-entitlement
also magic's socks are a travesty

Can't we all just leave Magic in the dirty clothes hamper, close the lid, and walk out of the house for a while? It's the healthy choice!

Sources: In calls to front offices, Houston GM Daryl Morey is showing an aggressive desire to improve roster with all players and picks available in talks. Hard to imagine James Harden scenario, but the rest under contract - perhaps even Chris Paul - could be moved in right deal.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 29, 2019

yeah cos that 40 million + per year through 2022 is so easy to trade

I've seen rockets fans dreaming of getting AD for Gordon/Tucker/picks.

ppl who are fans of teams but not the nba generally are funny

harden for lebron straight up

If the fucking lakers end up with CP now after all this shit !!!! Wtf ? I won’t post in ilh ever again

The lakers deserve Chris Paul

Still waiting for the banana boat to materialize.

lakers trading for cp3 wld be truly masterful

it must be

lol clippers trying to buy the claw logo for their kawhi pitch

Included in the column is word that the Clippers looked into the seemingly impossible task of buying the rights to Kawhi's "Klaw" logo still owned by Nike to enhance their forthcoming free-agent pitch to Leonard. Read on for more: https://t.co/U0yQm53WKR

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 29, 2019

wow be nice to chris paul one of the greatest ever

The Little Bastard in La La Land

CP3 joins the Lakers.....hoodie Melo returns to the NBA to join him

47-35

Wade unretires and joins the crew. Kyrie joins as a free agent but starts wearing Uncle Drew makeup for games.

It’s destiny.

hear me out demarcus, cp3, lavar.........

i was watching ja morant videos the other night and just wanted to shout out #32 on murray state, a very large boy who got a ton of buckets off of ja passes:

https://thenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/10761733776_IMG_1241-777x437.jpg

ha love it

what is the rockets plan here

Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni has ended talks with management on a contract extension, league sources tell ESPN. D’Antoni plans to complete the final season of his deal in 2019-20. Story soon on ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 30, 2019

makes it sound like d'antoni said no, maybe just wants to retire

they should probably just fire him since that seems like what they actually want to do.

seems like theyre hoping he retires on his own like he's done in the past

mike dan tony

yeah, i think the rockets are trying to make d'antoni quit. #highnoon pic.twitter.com/9UMZG5Qua6

— bomani (@bomani_jones) May 27, 2019

Who would they get to replace him at this point?

the larger question to me is that d'antoni was morey's handpicked coach to execute the style of basketball he wanted to build his roster to play, so if d'antoni is getting pushed out.....

oooh that's dramatic as hell

the rockets will attempt a long 2 next season

Aldridge to Houston confirmed

the larger question to me is that d'antoni was morey's handpicked coach to execute the style of basketball he wanted to build his roster to play, so if d'antoni is getting pushed out.....

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 30, 2019 8:28 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah seems like morey might have some regrets about this

weird situation. honestly the rockets have been championship-level good the past two seasons, and I don’t think anyone is necessarily to blame other than the injury bug

yeah it seems weird that this is potentially a blow-up year. if durant leaves gs they have a v v good chance of making the finals! i mean probably not but still!

cp3 decline is a huge factor

yeah it’ll be interesting to see if this was just a down year due to injuries and whatnot or if this is his new baseline