2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

there will for sure be some growing pains there

he's an excellent and willing passer, though

the situation in NJ was much better for his playstyle and even then he was not consistent despite some great moments .

lets explore the west:

1. gs (57 Ws) -- hella worse
2. den (54 Ws) -- better bc experience maybe?
3. por (53 Ws) -- unknown bc i never know how to judge this weirdly constructed team. the nurk-less whiteside-ful change is the biggest variable.
4. hou (53 Ws) -- either worse bc bad vibes and older cp3 or better bc healthy and no gs threat
5. ut (50 Ws) -- better bc conley
6. okc (49 Ws) -- same?
7. sas (48 Ws) -- better bc healthy and more experience for the youths
8. lac (48 Ws) -- same, or extremely better depending on kawhi
9. sac (39 Ws) -- better bc more experience and better role players
10. lal (37 Ws) -- better bc healthy bron and AD. west favs if they get kawhi.
11. min (36 Ws) -- probably worse bc no derrick rose? shit thats depressing.
12. mem (33 Ws) -- short term worse with no conley and first full season without m gasol.
13. nop (33 Ws) -- better bc deep at every position and ZION.
14. dal (33 Ws) -- probably better with zingis.
15. pho (19 Ws) -- better but still bad with rubio.

the only teams i feel comfortable saying wont make the playoffs are phoenix, minny, and memphis. clippers depend on kawhi. mavs are eh but theres some talent there. no, sac, and lal are all 3 lottery teams that could jump in the top 8 this year. sa, gs, okc i think are all vulnerable to miss the playoffs.

the east otoh looks like its gonna be the same teams in the playoffs except miami will probably bump off det or orl

how is nop better

zion, jrue, lakers young'ns, and proven role players is better than half a season of AD plus jrue plus nobody

pelicans have had a sneaky good offseason, which im not sure is the right approach but w/e

they shd be fun just running up and down like maniacs, no shooting tho lol

if gs is vulnerable to miss then the lakers are too imo

theyll win some games just by teams not wanting to bother with their pace, plus i think zion will be good right away

if the lakers dont get kawhi their floor is very low

lebron + AD is good enough to make the playoffs unless one or both gets hurt. which seems likely.

if gs is vulnerable to miss then the lakers are too imo

― ciderpress, Tuesday, July 2, 2019 11:43 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

thats fair if kawhi doesnt sign

thats whats wild rn is that the non-kawhi la team is going to be borderline lottery and the other will contend for a title

they both might be non kawhi tho

possible

kawhi should just sign one-year deal after one-year deal, traveling from town-to-town and winning titles like a basketball david banner

also not sure kawhi will be enough to put the clips over the top, they played way over their heads last year and still werent thaat good

now if they had gotten horf and kawhi theyd be onto something

also not sure kawhi will be enough to put the clips over the top, they played way over their heads last year and still werent thaat good

― lag∞n, Tuesday, July 2, 2019 11:49 AM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

kawhi is probably worth 10-15 Ws on his own; shave a few overachieving wins from the clippers total and add him, theyve got 55-60 wins. thats probably enough for a 1 seed.

😢

11. min (36 Ws) -- probably worse bc no derrick rose? shit thats depressing.

xp idk youre losing beverly white gazelle prob wont stay healthy lou wills value declines w kawhi on board etc

beverly just re-signed tho.

im not accounting for injuries obv, im assuming w healthy lineups. the pt about lou will makes sense, but he's still valuable as a bench scorer/2nd option.

beverly just re-signed tho.

― hollow your fart (m bison), Tuesday, July 2, 2019 12:57 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

o thought they cldnt keep him

Free agent guard Patrick Beverley has agreed to a three-year, $40M deal to stay with the Clippers, his agent @KB_Sports tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2019

More on #Clippers meeting:

They had a Meat and Cheese platter, equipped with over 10 dipping sauces. It made a big impression on Dennis Robertson, Kawhi’s Uncle.

Team and Kawhi feel like they are a good match. Believe SG Danny Green will follow.

— Mychael Anthony (@MychaelNBA) July 2, 2019

i respect uncle dennis now

Lol, that's so small time to be impressed by.

i dont know how clippers can get danny green bc they took on harkless and have just enough space to sign kawhi to a max. well they can always trade someone into space, but who has space lefotever? *looks at knicks*

lol *left over

Lol, that's so small time to be impressed by.

― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Tuesday, July 2, 2019 1:30 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

wow not all of us live a life of luxury where theres double digit dipping sauces on offer at all times

oh the towering feeling of sauces

i knew kawhi wouldn't stay in a city that doesn't have wingstop

fair

Anybody got kawhi number??

— Maurice Harkless (@moe_harkless) July 1, 2019

Has anyone invited Tacko Fall to join their summer league team? How about in Europe? Or in China? I want to see him play some more.

Ah! Wikipedia says the Celtics have him on contract. Summer league, tho?

yeah he's on whatever type of contract lets a team get a look at a guy in summer league. i forget what it's actually called.

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2018/07/hoops-rumors-glossary-exhibit-10-contract.html

tacko summer

hope he sticks, cool huge guy

Listened to the woj pod w russillo yesterday and it’s pretty crazy how bad woj is at podcasting. Can’t ever finish a thought and just rambles. Think there was a 10 minutes stretch where russillo didn’t even get a word in.

yeah extemporaneous speaking is not his strong suit

woj is not really an on-air guy despite their best efforts to make him one.

I think it was technically his first pod w Espn so I was hoping they had coached him a bit but he was worse than I’ve ever heard him.

espn has him looking presentable these days at least

are there any good ringer nba podcasts other than simmons and nba desktop? All of the other ones look like everyone is named Sean