2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

health red flags must be way worse than anyone thought

Dubs Might be able to get bol at 41

They’re getting Alen Spailagic, the neural-nettiest guy in the draft

*Smailagic, my bad

Coby White's reaction to Cam Johnson getting drafted No. 11 overall to Phoenix is priceless. pic.twitter.com/W2Oe6BSvkR

— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) June 21, 2019

lmao

lil arrows next to the pick means it was traded

https://i.imgur.com/dSeoPzm.png

gms are drunk

this is still the most hilarious reason to draft someone

Phoenix VP of Basketball Operations Jeff Bower had Cam Johnson on campus for a recruiting visit in his one season as head coach at Marist College. A week later, Pitt offered him and Bower lost him to the ACC. Five years later, Bower gets Johnson on his team with 11th pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 21, 2019

jesus lol

woj has miami taking bol at 44

Bollllllllllllll

friends bol bol has been selected, good night

our long national nightmare

jay bilas on bol bol "the motor how does it rev up?"

lmao

Denver has acquired Bol Bol in a trade, league source says. https://t.co/BPtsQCDrVj

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 21, 2019

nuggets got him

perfection

aw bol seems pretty bummed

Aw he’s just a baby listen to him talk

cool he has a great future as a blogger

Every Celtics draft pick gets the nauseating questions about being with the historic Celtics and usually pulls off a half-hearted answer. Grant Williams listed off the dynamics of 3 different eras of Celtics teams and had a scouting report ready on his fellow Celtics rooks too.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) June 21, 2019

Jaylen Nowell is the first Ja(y)len off the board, going ahead of Jalen Lecque, Jalen McDaniels, Jaylen Hands and Jaylen Hoard. #analysis

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) June 21, 2019

i'm literally googling these guys to make sure they're real

is the jaylen hoard the name of all four of them together tho

jaylen hands ive got questions abt his role too, are they like voltron

lmao at hands and hoard

if u draft hoard do u get all of them, if you draft hands do u just get their hands

"quinndary weatherspoon" okay i am being trolled

quintavious drains

p sure quinndary weatherspoon is actually one of the names from the key and peele sketch

apparently clarence weatherspoon's son!

Brooklyn is selecting UCLA's Jaylen Hands at No. 56, league source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 21, 2019

gonna be v disappointed if jaylen hoard doesn't make it now

Wake Forest F Jaylen Hoard will sign a two-way contract with Portland, league source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 21, 2019

thank God

can someone break down what all happened last night ? ok thanks

bol bol had a great fol

love that the nuggets scooped him up. still don’t know what we traded — probably a second rounder or two?

bulls could have done the marketing guy a solid and drafted bol bol

Bol Bol still had a better draft than Manute in 1983

Again, with Feeley's influence, Bol declared his intention to play professionally with the NBA. Subsequently, Bol was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the fifth round of the 1983 NBA draft (97th overall) after he had declared himself.

Clippers Coach Jim Lynam received a call about Bol from Coach Feeley, who he knew from coaching circles. "So, I said, 'Have you told anyone else about this?' " Lynam recalled. "Feeley said the only one in the NBA he had called was Frank Layden at Utah. He said Frank said he couldn't take another big guy like this. He already had Mark Eaton. I was the second guy Feeley had called. I told him he didn't have to call anyone else."[16]

After the June, 1983 draft, Lynam traveled to Cleveland and watched Manute play in pickup games. In speaking with Bol, through a fellow Sudanese player, Lynam learned that Manute had become hesitant about playing professionally because he did not know the language well enough to understand what his coaches were telling him to do.[16]

Lynam noted that, "One of the things everyone was looking at was his passport. His passport said he was 19 years old. His passport also said he was five feet two."

When Lynam asked Bol about the discrepancy with his real height and his passport height, he said that Bol explained that he had been sitting down when measured by Sudan officials.[16]

However, language and passport concerns were set aside when the NBA ruled that Bol had not been eligible for the draft and declared the pick invalid. Bol had not declared 45 days before the draft, as required.[17][13][11]

lol at manute being roughly muggsy's height while seated

can someone break down what all happened last night ? ok thanks

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, June 21, 2019 11:39 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm pretty sure every player in the league under the age of 22 is on the Pels, Bulls, or Suns now.

yeah really just a lot of shuffling around with picks and replacement level players. I remain in awe of the suns moves tho.

don't the suns need a pg who can shoot more than anything else? coby white was right there

they need a lot of things they got two of them with a PF and backup center last night. but yeah point guard should be priority 1 with them and they traded back. they must have a verbal from dangelo or something.

plan is to get d'angelo into the "Illumination, Symphony of Light" drive thru

The emotion here is insane. Jordan Bone 57th pick in the draft🤞🏾 S/O to @1st_blackpope @JordanBone23 @UTKnoxville @espn pic.twitter.com/nfOqL9iohE

— NextUpRecruits (@NextUpRecruits) June 21, 2019

that rules.

Yeah. Definitely didn't make me cry. Not at all.

gotta Bone to pick