2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

am i correct that brooklyn will be paying KD $41m to not play in 2019-2020?

Yup. There’s a more than decent chance this pairing is a complete train wreck especially now with KD being out for an entire year, and I am very much here for the drama

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Knicks are furiously working on a sign-and-trade with Warriors for Quinn Cook

— Peter Vecsey (@PeterVecsey1) June 30, 2019

not lmaoing at Quinn Cook but man Knicks fans

The Knicks and owner Jim Dolan were not prepared to offer Kevin Durant a full max contract due to concerns over his recovery from the Achilles injury, league sources tell me and @wojespn. Knicks officials are in Los Angeles tonight, meeting with free agents such as Julius Randle.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 30, 2019

Free agent forward Tobias Harris has agreed to a five-year, $180M contract to return to the Philadelphia 76ers, his agent and father, Torrel Harris of Unique Sports Management, tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2019

wow indy just blew away the market on brogdon.

i like it a heck of a lot better than rubio to phx!

if jimmy was going back to philly he would've already agreed by now no?

if they just gave the farm to harris it makes me think jimmy isn't coming back

jimmy def gone. miami or clippers prob.

hes trying to go to miami but they need to do a deal some reporter said on twitter

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Free agent Julius Randle has agreed to a three-year, $63M deal with the New York Knicks, CAA agents Aaron Mintz and Steve Heumann tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2019

wow that is a lot of money for tobias harris. one of my best friends played on his HS basketball team, I should see if he can get him to pay my loans

middleton also got big bucks

As of now, the only players to ever sign for more than Middleton's $178M deal are Russell Westbrook (5 yrs/$206.8M) and Stephen Curry (5 yrs/$201.2M).

Middleton was the 39th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, making this the largest contract for a 2nd-round pick in NBA history. https://t.co/KKJgAaxQ86

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 30, 2019

so much for the kincks only blowing their cap space on 1-2 year deals

nice player movement all around this is what i like to see

lets get that jazz nuggets wcf

kawhi, butler, horford still out there

there was buzz on horford staying with the celtics wasn't there

it's been reported and denied but he's running out of places to go. i wonder if he's waiting for kawhi.

wld make sense

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-WSPbRWsAAIHfY.jpg

could just as easily see a world where KD signs a full max with the knicks, is never the same player, and they get roasted for that in 3 years too

if the knicks do it, it becomes a bad move

yeah it's just like after all the dumb shit the knicks have done.....*that's* the line in the sand?

the whole thing is pretty goofy and irrelevant and also funny

D'Angelo Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns were huddling as recently as yesterday, league sources, while the Wolves have been canvassing the league to make the trades they need to make that can seal the former Nets All-Star as the new point guard in Minnesota

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 1, 2019

what’s russell’s market otherwise? lakers?

yup.

given what rubio and rozier got, he's gotta be looking at a 4/100 type deal

russell and towns is a really nice fit

That seems a little low for Russell, I think he could get 30+ per

his max is only $27M

russell and towns is a really nice fit

yeah i'm strictly talking on the floor. in theory towns covers for a lot of the gaps in russell's offensive game

Just making the playoffs in the west next year is going to be a bloodbath. Suns and Grizz are the only teams I would bet my life on not making it.

still not sold on the kings or mavs but yeah

Wow that Brogden pickup, esp on that money compared to some of the 5 year / $$$$$$ contract some of his peers got. Gonna take a bit to wrap my head around the new Pacers roster (RIP Thad RIP Bojan), although just as pumped to see how the summer league squad looks / hope Alize, Sumner, Goga and Holiday all play productive minutes this season. Team looking like one of the deeper in the league.

At some point they’ll move Sabonis, too, will be curious what they get.

it's an impressive pivot. i wonder if their interest in rubio which had been taken as truth for weeks was a smokescreen or if they were surprised late that they could actually land brogdon.

jimmy to the heat is done apparently

nice

Miami is finalizing a sign-and-trade with Philadelphia to acquire Jimmy Butler, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2019

josh richardson going back which is decent consolation. still a rough day for the sixers.

and just like that. al horford to the sixers.

Does philly have room to get involved with DLo? Because right now they have like zero shot creators

if Rosas can get Russell and ditch Wiggins he's already the best exec in Wolves history

i don't think i get embiid, al, tobias, ben simmons, and josh richardson as a team?

Haha nm didn’t see the Horford news.

Weird team!

wtf