2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

Correctly predicting the outcomes of future NBA games has no beneficial effect on my life, since I don't gamble. So I don't try.

Laker Nation, I’m dreaming about the 4th quarter Lakers team with LeBron, AD, Danny Green, Avery Bradley, and Kyle Kuzma. That’s almost unbeatable!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) July 8, 2019

I almost want to poll banal magic analysis tweets but it’s too easy and too sorry

almost unbeatable.

almost.

Magic cannot contain himself. He should try harder.

that is a pretty good line up but i wouldn't call it unbeatable......

tbf he said "almost"

okaay

There are approximately 12 teams attending this evening’s workout in Las Vegas featuring Amar’e Stoudemire and Monta Ellis. Among those are LA Lakers, Golden State, NY Knicks, Oklahoma City, Milwaukee, Detroit and Washington.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 8, 2019

weird

i would not attend that

I’ve already decided I’m not going

i guess there's just so many teams now looking to get anyone who isn't a rando g league player on the minimum

what's larry sanders up to

He’s in the big 3

I wonder if Vince Carter will be back?

He's still a Hawk!! Hands off!

i hope he ring chases

they interviewed him at summer league and he said he wants to go where he can get minutes, guy just loves to nba

It seems like McKinnie is the only SF on the Warriors roster? We could really use Vince.

glenn robinson III and burks can play wing is the thought.

they're also trying to retain Damion Lee

As of this moment, here’s the team’s projected 14-man roster:

Guards:
Steph Curry
Klay Thompson
D’Angelo Russell
Jacob Evans
Jordan Poole

Wings:
Glenn Robinson
Alec Burks
Alfonzo McKinnie
Damion Lee (if they can find a way keep him)

Non-traditional bigs:
Draymond Green
Eric Paschall
Alen Smailagić

Traditional bigs:
Willie Cauley-Stein
Kevon Looney
Omari Spellman

Kawhi Leonard hasn’t been in Los Angeles for long, but he’s already managed to make an enemy. Alfred Coffee, a local chain, has banned Leonard and Paul George after both players joined the Los Angeles Clippers instead of the Lakers, according to Eater.

The chain made the announcement and promised more details were coming. Eater was able to confirm the ban is real, but expects it to be a tongue-in-cheek thing.

Angry Clippers fans weren’t having any of that. They bombarded Alfred Coffee’s Instagram page with comments complaining about the ban. Alfred Coffee apparently turned off comments on at least two posts due to those comments.

It’s unclear what will happen next in this saga. If the ban is tongue-in-cheek, Alfred Coffee will likely reverse it soon.

Will that lead to Leonard showing up at an Alfred Coffee to bury the hatchet? Probably not. He can get his regular black coffee — which we’re confident has to be Leonard’s order — at any of the thousands of other coffee shops in Los Angeles.

lol at the dubs having both Omari Spellman and Eric Paschall, they need to snap up Donte DiVincenzo and recreate that 'Nova magic.

return of the la riots xp

"Eater was able to confirm the ban is real, but expects it to be a tongue-in-cheek thing."

what...

tfw no editor at your publication understands what the word "real" means

what is real u know

Pontius Pilate to thread.

kawhi shd say he was gonna force a trade to the lakers but now hes not because of the coffee place

Alfred is a local mustache coffee place

https://laistassets.scprdev.org/i/62d10fed2b03c98890790e2f14984229/5b29cebc0161a1000dd6279d-original.jpg

o wow

im going to write a negative yelp review just for that

the stupidity of Alfred's management runs much deeper than I thought

https://la.racked.com/2016/7/29/12255132/alfred-coffee-tea-melrose-place-fashion-brand

excruciating, i'm going to Starbucks w/Kawhi

yikes

poblano is still out there making his lil charts

The best DRAYMOND defenders since 2013-14:
Draymond!!
Embid
Porzingis!
Gobert
Duncan
Andre Roberson
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— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 9, 2019

p good tbh, wld like to see them further back too, need to know abt ~04 kg

before I read it, my first thought was that Nate Silver was pointing out what a poor finisher Draymond is.

"he gets in his own head"

Reporting with @MarcJSpearsESPN: Free agent Marcus Morris -- who committed to a two-year, $20M Spurs deal w/ player option -- is re-considering agreement. Morris is now considering a free agent deal with Knicks, who'll have additional cap space with reworking of Bullock deal.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 9, 2019

They finally got a power forward!! oh wait

On the Marcus Morris front, that was the gossip here in Las Vegas most of yesterday. Word is, there’s a 1-year, $15M deal on the table from #Knicks ... #Spurs in real danger of losing him. @TheAthleticNBA

— Jabari Young (@JabariJYoung) July 9, 2019

u know i really came around to marcus on the celtics hes pretty dece and i wish him the best

Uh does this mean the spurs are not trading bertans?

I think he’s gone already :(

George Hill back to the Bucks

looks like they're gonna be running out the same squad except with another Lopez in place of Brogdon

also two Antetokounmpos

they really shoulda signed the morris twins too

could've sworn the Bucks would come the first NBA team with two sets of brothers but apparently the Suns did it just a few years ago, with both the Morrises and the Dragics

I swear to god if this Morris deal falls through I will hate this man for all time