2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

i don't think it needs to be the wolves specifically, the warriors can just be planning to trade russell at some point assuming he plays reasonably well.

if steph gets injured that team is gonna be badddddddddd

they might be bad anyway

that backcourt is gonna get absolutely torched nightly

when klay comes back / how long it takes him to regain form is obvs a huge variable

yea for sure. it was easier to coast on talent bc they had kd and steph and klay and now they have just steph (and dlo who im not even sure is v good)

dlo def pretty sus

Draymond watching KD leave... pic.twitter.com/pikqV7eYC4

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 30, 2019

it continues

Free agent guard Elfrid Payton has agreed to a two-year, $16M deal with the New York Knicks, agents Ty Sullivan and Aaron Mintz of CAA Sports tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2019

knicks vacuuming up players who cld actually be useful on good teams lol

Free agent guard Elfrid Payton has agreed to a two-year, $16M deal with the New York Knicks, agents Ty Sullivan and Aaron Mintz of CAA Sports tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2019

lmao what if the knicks become a scrappy good underdog team like the nets did last year

i don't really understand the point of signing a bunch of not very good players to two year contracts... what "team" are the knicks going to be presenting to the theoretical free agents of 2021?

knicks just flailing as usual

maybe some of those guys become tradable idk

brooklyn is a cool place also the most populous borough very high name recognition it’s not like the west end celtics or something, in summary lagoon is overruled

brooklyn is a cool place also the most populous borough very high name recognition

― k3vin k., Monday, July 1, 2019 1:48 PM (seventeen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://i.imgur.com/1ZXJzyQ.jpg

somerville celtics

frickin southie celtics cmon

o jesus

Sources: Free agent center Enes Kanter has agreed to a deal with the Boston Celtics.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2019

where tf is nerlens

ah i guess thats pretty reasonable, not really sure what their cap sitch us currently

Enes Kanter is signing a two-year, $10M deal with the Celtics, with a second-year player option, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2019

mb they can still get nerlens

ah, there was talk of them getting the full MLE but i guess that didnt happen

Kevon Looney was interested in the Celtics according to a source with knowledge of his thinking. But Celtics are limited in the center market with only the room exception available.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) July 1, 2019

still feels like theres a big trade somewhere in their future

praying to any deity who will listen for the lakers to not get kawhi and get absolutely fucked

he shd stay in toronto anything else is violence

i don't really understand the point of signing a bunch of not very good players to two year contracts

The second years are team options, I think.

kanter has his obvious warts but he seems like someone nice to have around for the playoffs and at that price it's practically free

The four signings in New York- Bobby Portis, Reggie Bullock, Wayne Ellington and Taj Gibson all have a team option for next year, league sources confirmed to ESPN. New York can develop their young kids, stay competitive and keep flexibility for 2020-21.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 1, 2019

pic.twitter.com/exKuLG6m8J

— Lifelong New Orleans Pelicans Fan (@BLACKMESSlAH) July 1, 2019

kanter has his obvious warts but he seems like someone nice to have around for the playoffs and at that price it's practically free

― J0rdan S., Monday, July 1, 2019 2:45 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah if they had another more defensive minded center to flipflop him with i wldnt mind at all, just doesnt seem like a great fit but whatre u gonna do

say an aron baynes type

Knicks plan would make more sense if there were any free agents next year

I guess Giannis could be one but I feel like the Bucks will try to keep him

knicks cldve used their cap space to absorb contracts in exchange for picks/guys but instead they just signed some guys

New Celtics center Enes Kanter via text to @TheUndefeated on why he didn’t return to Portland. pic.twitter.com/kznF6CUmbU

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) July 1, 2019

https://deadspin.com/and-now-a-washington-wizards-update-hell-1836016084

i totally forgot bobby portis and jabari parker were on the wizards

the knicks having cap space for next year would be great if any player worth a shit wanted to play for the knicks

wiz are the most depressing team

kanter feels more of a desperation move than a fit

tbf they were desperate

Nerlens Noel is agreed on a deal with OKC -- again, league source tells ESPN. https://t.co/SJXATURUAa

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2019

Timberwolves Twitter is in various stages of grief

rumors of the team being able to pull off the insanely difficult task of offloading Wiggins while getting Russell were taken as fate

charlie brown football shit

sports is a safe space for delusion lol

Golden State is moving Shabazz Napier, Treveon Graham and cash onto Minnesota, league sources tell ESPN. Napier and Graham are part of the D'Angelo Russell sign-and-trade.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2019

ladies and gentlemen.....the Wolves are BACK #unitedwerun

the heat are known to be good at maneuvering within the cap *and* they had a good player to give up in a sign and trade, but it’s probably worth noting when we consider which teams can sign which free agents that the league essentially collectively engineered a 4 team trade bcuz jimmy butler wanted to sign a max deal with a team that had no cap space

kanter on the celtics is not the news i wanted to come home to.

i literally just dislike him. i have never heard a role player get more time in the media for his own bullshit. like that text about getting pressured by portland—dude wtf are you talking about?

Wolves sign Jordan Bell