2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

Yah they coulda been like f u bro guy got 3 more years deal w it yes it’s weird

what an evening in southern california

This rules haha the lakers got played and missed out on all the FAs

― big city slam (Spottie), Saturday, July 6, 2019 2:08 AM (seventeen seconds ago)

well... anthony davis might be the one you'd most want to have for the life of a max contract

I just mean he dragged his feet and kept the lakers waiting while all the major FAs signed elsewhere

Rival NBA teams have been aware of the discontent of OKC's two stars: Paul George -- and Russell Westbrook, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Leonard pushed the Clippers in recent days to deliver him a second star, and they did.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 6, 2019

jesus christ

https://i.imgur.com/f1nU8zx.png

well i don't understand paul george at all

kawhi...

thank you

This year gonna be amazing

did paul george get lobotomized after the 2018 utah series? what did he think playing with russell westbrook was gonna be like

the team that really got fucked this offseason is the rockets

their two stars hate each other, their GM openly tried to trade everyone, and now they're the... 5th best team in the west?

mb they can trade for russ haha

Wow major overpay danny green to lakers 2/30

lakers rage signing free agents now

yeah here comes a series of laker panic moves xp lol

you hate to see it

danny green like "can i sign that contract right now? no i'm serious where's the pen"

Woj saying on sportscenter that he wouldn’t have gone if they didn’t land pg. so basically they gave up ALL that for pg and Kawhi. Worth it.

but if he just wanted to play with paul george it doesn't explain why he didn't have him traded to toronto... it's not like paul george had a say in the matter

They both want to be in LA!

get the feeling kawhi was always going to the clippers just a matter of who he could strongarm them into getting to come along

4/142 for kawhi

Waiting for the KCP lakers signing to drop

if you follow the logic of kawhi allegedly saying that he wouldn't have gone there if they couldn't get paul george, then he would've... gone back to toronto but... not asked them to trade for paul george? it just feels like a cover for me in the hopes that will people will be like, well you can't blame kawhi for wanting to team up with *paul george* in LA! i'm supposed to believe that if okc had told the clippers to kick rocks that kawhi wouldn't have started going down the list... nobody's actually signed a contract yet. would he not have tried to recruit jimmy butler? he decided that he wanted to be in LA and then figured out how to get another star to come with him.

Woj said he may have gone to the lakers

Sources: Leonard and George met in LA earlier in week. Clippers had long been frontrunners for Leonard, but it is unlikely he would've made final leap to sign without PG trade. Clippers imagined Leonard as part of a Lakers Big 3 --- and knew they had no choice. They did OKC deal.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2019

clips looking like the early champ front runners here

i wonder if that means that the clippers just feared he would go there and that made them act semi-irrationally, or if there was actual intel that the lakers were his second choice

I’m so so happy. This season is gonna be so fun

Only one team in the league with three all stars from last season now (dubs)

Lakers went from ruining the league to starting Jared Dudley in a matter of seconds 😂😂😂

— DVS (@DVSWhatItTweets) July 6, 2019

yeah but one's hurt and two play the same position, makeup of the dubs is super weird rn xp

so who is gonna start for the clippers now with pat bev, kawhi and pg

That’s true I’m just saying

Montrez

do they still have lou will coming off the bench? god they're gonna be good.

Patrick Beverley / Landry Shamet
Paul George / Lou Williams
Kawhi Leonard / Rodney McGruder
Moe Harkless / Mfiondu Kabengele
Ivica Zubac / Montrezl Harrell

(With Lou and Trez usually closing)

— Adi Joseph (@AdiJoseph) July 6, 2019

Front court depth is suspect for sure but they could still land someone

their defense is going to be insane

I’m not sold on pat bev as a big minutes player either, dude is always banged up

pg & kawhi can both play the 4 and theres a bunch of center still out there

dwight is available i hear

In the end, Kawhi Leonard didn't want to construct a Super Team with the Lakers. He wanted a co-star across the Staples corridor with the Clippers, and made it clear to Steve Ballmer and Lawrence Frank: Get PG, and I'm coming.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2019

lol did the knicks sign too many pointless free agents to fulfill their destiny of trading for russ

i feel like they might try and acquire vets to start at both PF and C. dudes like shamet and zubac aren't usually long for teams like this. also no one really goes thru a full season starting 3 wings. those guys don't wanna take that pounding.

I'm coming.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2019

OKC acquired THREE unprotected first-round picks from the Clippers in this trade (2022, 2024 and 2026), league sources say, PLUS two firsts from Miami (2021 unprotected and 2023 protected 1-to-14) ... AND the right to swap picks with the Clips in 2023 and 2025. Staggering

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 6, 2019

I love that no big FAs wanted to sign in LebronLAnd with all the klutch pals.

i'm lovin it