2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

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

LeBron James
Steph Curry
Kawhi Leonard
Paul George
Anthony Davis
Klay Thompson
Draymond Green

That’s the Pacific division before we get to Fox & Hield and sure, Booker we can pretend the Suns exist

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) July 6, 2019

it's too bad okc already has two first round picks from the heat bcuz if they do wanna trade russ the heat make a lot of sense

i mean Kawhi wants to run a team on the floor, he definitely did not want to be part of LeBron's support system.

russ needs to go to the knicks i feel very strongly about this, with boogie

kawhi to the lakers fundamentally did not make sense, 3 guys of that talent level could never actually play together

Which la team will boogie go to for the minimum is the question

russ is a new york city point guard at heart and in shooting percentage

i think Kawhi will be more embraced in L.A. than LeBron, that's my gut feeling at the moment. SoCal dude comes home, spurns LeBron, lifts the Clippers.

Waiting for the KCP lakers signing to drop

― big city slam (Spottie), Saturday, July 6, 2019 2:33 AM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

The Lakers are expected to bring back Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on a two year, $16 million deal, per league sources.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) July 6, 2019

lmao

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

Klutch is all too predictable lmao

Soooo do the raptors just firesale or what

JaVale McGee has agreed to return to the Lakers, where he’ll likely start at center, league sources tell ESPN. It’s a two-year, $8.2 million deal, with a player option.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) July 6, 2019

Also... maybe the lakers should think about trading lebron for real

maybe the Lakers should sober up before signing the dotted line here

With the Lakers signing Danny Green after Kawhi Leonard chose the Clippers, expect the team to have conversations with some of the players on one-year deals from last year’s team — Rajon Rondo, JaVale McGee, Kentavious Caldwell Pope — as they explore ways to fill out the roster

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) July 6, 2019

That would be amazing xp

crazy shit. no doubt russ goss will be forthcoming

it is truly bizarre to me that this whole thing ended up hinging on....paul
george.

So what will it take for the Lakers to get Russ?

Just woke up to this and...what the FUCK

lol i know right?

i’m going to be totally offline for most of the day so thanks to kawhi for wrapping this up before i leave.

this is a lot.

kinda vindicating for the spurs bc this was uncle dennis’ aim all along. and from a strictly business standpoint kawhi is losing tens of millions of dollars (from 5/221 to 4/141).

OKC just became irrelevant as a playoff team and a lot of those picks they got are gonna be late first rounders.

lakers are gonna struggle if they can’t stay healthy.

toronto isn’t in terrible shape but they’ve really gotta hope siakam is ready to be the guy and anunoby is ready to leap.

clippers are now the preaseason favorites to win it all.

what the fuck.

Where would the logical place for Westbrook to go if Oklahoma go for a reset?

Toronto lol

Lowry plus cap filler gets it done

there’s really no logic involved in proposing that any team take russ’s contract but the knicks at least have to take a look, don’t they?

this is wild

also reminded on Twitter that Jerry West wanted to return to the Lakers after GSW but Jeannie didn't think it fit with Magic and Pelinka's "vision" lol

dwight is available i hear

they are waiving Dwight I think

the fallout in the Lakers camp is going to be max drama I love it

All the information that leaked from Magic’s conversations with Kawhi team didn’t help the Lakers case.

— Cris Carter (@criscarter80) July 6, 2019

HAHAHAHA STILL HAPPY YOU WAIVED THAT TRADE KICKER AD???

lol

He can rescind that offer to do that no?

OKC offered Westbrook and PG-13 to the Raptors with Siakam as the centerpiece of an “asset-crippling deal,” but Toronto turned it down, per @wojespn pic.twitter.com/UA2X9rEXKB

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 6, 2019

ESPN story on OKC’s Sam Presti leveraging the Clippers and Raptors on a Paul George trade, a deal ultimately dictating the balance of power in the NBA. https://t.co/Etm0YwVLmB

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2019

What is going on lol

— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) July 6, 2019

lol

I woke up to the news that Kawhi is Masai is still the GM so I’m happy.