2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

we sure WCS is not just taking a big pay cut to fit with the warriors for a year?

how many kinds of dipping sauce they got in euro

we sure WCS is not just taking a big pay cut to fit with the warriors for a year?

― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Tuesday, July 2, 2019 5:39 PM (thirty-six seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

guess maybe hit the market in a less free agent rich year after having an amazing season or something idk

this makes me think that WCS has a bad rep still despite looking like a decent player at times.

ha yeah the warriors are going to run the p&r ok

Willie Cauley-Stein upped his screen assists per game last year despite a 0.7 mpg drop. He was in the top six on screen assists per game for guys under 28 mpg.

D'Angelo Russell was 2nd in PNR ball-handling plays last year. Might be an interesting new wrinkle to GS's offense.

— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) July 2, 2019

who’s going to be pointing the gun at kerr’s head on the sideline each game?

Gilbert Arenas is available!

lol

this might shake up the western conference

The Timberwolves have agreed to terms with Noah Vonleh on a one-year deal, league sources tell @TheAthleticMIN

— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) July 2, 2019

its a good pickup, vonnleh is quality

Wcs signing is an incredible pickup wow

not as into the glenn rob III signing, but he's a warm body at least!

Yah he’s worth a shot at minimum I guess

i'm still dying at the meat and cheese platter

Twitter seems to be positive on Vonleh.... I'm don't think I've seen the Knicks play since Melo

seemed to be a fan favorite role player, lot of Knicks fans wondering why they didn't give him Taj Gibson's deal

I liked him the year or two he played for Portland but I also don’t remember much about him which kinda says it all

hes a “all the tools cant put it together” type guy

lot of Knicks fans wondering why they didn't give him Taj Gibson's deal

yep

Philly maxed Simmons $175M

yeesh.

gotta

for better or worse this is the team they are rolling with for the next few years

they shd really just trade simmons, he has mvp potential at center, its not right to use him how they do

i'm a firm believer that if one team would offer a guy the max it means he's a max player, but this one is uncomfortable

teams id be lining up to pay him, dont know if theyre smart enough to use him at center or not, just a really weird sitch cause like hes 7ft tall and cant shoot it shd be obvious

they have two other centers

i know brand is searching for the mythical all-center lineup

apparently!

a cool team wldve been if instead of trading for AD the lakers traded bron for simmons

maybe simmons will try to learn how to shoot...

just kidding

thinkin abt how good simmons wld be as a roll man its crazy

his ceiling is like if draymond cld finish around the basket and instead of being undersized was 7ft tall

is he a center though, it's a little bit of a y/n, like there are plenty of situations where he would be unplayable as a defensive 5.

his ideal position is probably playing the 4 next to the mythical stretch 5 who is also a brick wall of which brook lopez is the only example.

like there are plenty of situations where he would be unplayable as a defensive 5.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, July 2, 2019 9:40 PM (twelve seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is a completely insane stance, hes very large and is already a great defender despite being young

he's listed at 6'10", 230, and doesn't seem to exactly relish contact. there's a lot of guys who would be happy to take him in the post.

he's a super good perimeter defender but that's not the full job description

theres plenty room to bulk up on his frame, no one posts up anymore, like half the center minutes in the league go to guys smaller than that

w his quickness/feel hed be a great rim protector/help defender/perimeter switcher

and then his ability to grab and go in transition becomes that much more valuable when hes playing center ie gives u a ball handler at a position where u dont usually have one

but does ben want to play at the 5?

he should! if he enjoys sporting glory

i hate him but i almost want the celtics to trade for him to right this injustice

idk i think he could play situational 5 but he can't be there full time. he'd be a good defensive 5 in the same way kevon looney is, but looney's making $5M to come off the bench. he's just a really weird player.

no he wld be a great defensive center

tatum for simmons who says no

whoever has better insider information on which guy is more coolly indifferent

simmons would probably be more fun on the current conception of the celtics tbh

kemba-simmons p&r wld be nasty

yeah, and in theory you've got hayward for more playmaking/shooting