2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

Klutch

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dad

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wow I am being cyberbullied on my own board if there was only some recourse I had to deal with my assailant

Kawhi Leonard has signed his Los Angeles Clippers contract — a three-year, $103M maximum contract with a player option in the third season, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 10, 2019

plot twist

that is kind of insane. I wouldve demanded full years if i was the clippers, to make it all happen. they invested a LOT.

if he/they bolt after two seasons...

it was originally reported that he was signing the full 4 year max right? i wonder if ppl had bad info or he changed his mind

it would be wild of him to change his mind after the PG trade...

in 2 years kawhi is eligible for a huge raise since he’ll have 10 years of experience.

yeah and him pgs contracts line up now

It’s strictly to maximize his earnings

that's what they'll say now but if things don't go as planned the clippers will have to be very nervous

or if they do go as planned haha

yeah dangerous ground for sure. if kawhi isnt around for his full prime and they dont win a title ...

worth the risk i guess but you're dealing with two stars who clearly have no issue bouncing on a whim

they must be banking on them wanting to stick together and stay close to home (and the Lakers not being able to afford them + being a trash heap)

yeah its a worthy risk, theyve got a great team both guys want to be in LA etc

would be down with kawhi just moving from team to team over the next fifteen years, winning championships, sharing the love

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Not all stars are built like Vince

Why isn't 'Melo in the league right now?@1mrbigshot shared his thoughts on his former teammate with @DarthAmin, @EvCoRadio, and @hoopscritic from #SummerLeague. pic.twitter.com/yFmSnv22gq

— SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) July 10, 2019

china melo must happen

Chauncey's just saying what was pretty obvious at least two years ago.

china melo must happen

― hollow your fart (m bison), Wednesday, July 10, 2019 9:11 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

true this is the solution for the problem as stated

espn just flashed a graphic of the lakers roster by position and it had lebron as a guard and avery bradley as a forward

Chauncey's just saying what was pretty obvious at least two years ago.

― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, July 10, 2019 6:12 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes this is the point, we all know it but this is being delivered by an actual past teammate and friend.

hoops intervention should be an nba tv show

AI was maybe my favorite player of all time but I think he suffered from this problem too, still thinking he was all-NBA caliber when skill-wise he was barely hanging on

yeah he coulda been a jamal crawford 6 man type for years had he been able to

wave papi 2/30 to stay with suns

that seems like a fair deal, surprised they managed to stop themselves from giving him 4/60

i think maybe they wanted to give him a longer deal but he wants to be a FA in a couple years when he can make more money?

ah... kelly oubre betting on himself while playing for the suns. godspeed to him

lol

ya lol

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article231883203.html

so it looks like okc is asking for 2 of 3 of winslow, bam & tyler herro aka 2 of the heat's only 3 decent assets. the heat are balking understandably since they also want to keep their good players.

the most fair trade to me would just be an exchange of bad contracts but it seems more likely to me that the two teams settle on winslow as the one valuable piece going back to OKC

primarily bcuz it seems like he needs the ball in his hands and if the heat have westbrook and jimmy that job will be filled

the trade should be an even trade no way heat should give up that much. winslow is fine. bam and herro is too much.

the other thing is... does jimmy want to play with russ? seems like he wanted to be the dude in miami now he'd have to deal with russ idk

has it occurred to the heat that they could just not acquire westbrook?

they really shouldn't

everyone is like "oh that's the heat, that's just what they do," but....they could also *not* do it.

the heat's problem is that they seek another star but have no surplus of assets to send out w/o making their team worse to the point that getting the star is sorta pointless. so i feel like they have to evaluate which "star" might come into the market in the next year & how much it might take to acquire that guy. it's possible that russ on an essentially asset-free bad contract swap is their best option.

one thing that i think is in the heat's favor as it pertains to westbrook is that there is not really an open market per se for him so they may end up w/ leverage in like a closed negotiation. the ultimate question is whether the contract on its own ruins your team in the final 2 seasons regardless of how well you're able to negotiate the acquisition of it.

they're gonna trade winslow, olynyk, dragic, and a pick. maybe wait a month for herro to become tradeable.

they gotta keep bam. he's their 2nd best player right now.

yeah i'd say he's the guy they're least likely to trade

they're def not trading him and i feel like herro has been too good in summer league, they won't trade him

winslow and dragic would be a pretty great haul for OKC given the circumstances... dragic was hurt last year but he's still legitimately good, they'd prob get good value for him in a flip