2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

serious chance that team misses the offs imo

only an injury is keeping curry and dray out of the playoffs imo. that duo is better than a lot of the duos in there.
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ive got the thunder falling out and the lakers in. kings the only other team i see making a run at the offs for now.

Clippers, lakers, rockets, nuggets, blazers, Jazz are locks to make the playoffs.

Suns, Thunder (assuming they trade WB), TWolves, Mavs, Grizzlies are very likely to miss.

Leaves the warriors and spurs to duke it out with the pelicans and Kings. I’d bet on the warriors to make it out of that bunch tbh

i kind of love them being an underdog again lol

feel like w russell dubs shd be in the offs but theyre def not good

a lot will ride on how klay looks when he comes back. knowing klay he'll be ready by opening night. too high to tell if his knee is healed or not.

morris marcus to knicks lol sorry bison

Spurs have pulled offer to Marcus Morris and agreed to a deal with free agent Trey Lyles, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 11, 2019

the warriors being at the hard cap with that team is pretty scary. other than a russell trade post 12/15 they literally can't improve the roster.

they have a 17 mill trade exception from the iggy deal next year

that's next year though. the hard cap also goes away next year. for this year they're incredibly fragile.

oh yeah theyre strapped for sure

lotta dubs fans hoping iggy is traded again then waived then comes back for pennies lol

lol good luck to them

i think the dubs will be comfortably in the playoffs

it feels very... morris twins for marcus morris to screw up his free agency after managing to have a huge contract year

I hope the Knicks tell him they’re not gonna pay him as much now that his options are closed

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to trade Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul, first-round picks in 2024 and 2026, pick swaps in 2021 and 2025, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 12, 2019

morey shanked cp3

omgggggg

Trade CP3 to Miami now for even more picks imo

Hahahahahahahahaha! CP3 back to the only place people liked him.

yeah flipping cp3 to miami seems like the move now

Wooooowwww

CP3 and Jim Butler were born to play together

pretty telling of how insane the league has been that russ being traded doesn't even feel like a big deal

Apparently the Thunder may keep Paul?

Underrated part of this from a fanfare perspective: In spite of the tough playoff series Chris Paul played against the Thunder, Oklahoma City has a fondness for him. He was the city’s first NBA star back when the Hornets played there. They remember that well.

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) July 12, 2019

oh god Russell and James together again is a dream

Yeah this feels like a pretty hard fork in the nba timeline

The 2 highest usage players in the league last year

morey's insane

morey hanging onto his title window for dear life while he's got harden

man a lot of teams have just taken 2024-2026 and lit them on fire

That’s when the knicks will take over

completely hate this deal for the rockets

getting the RWB/garden band back together is cool from an NBA history perspective but I don’t see how he fits them at all

yeah, i have no idea what it is supposed to accomplish for them

OKC might be an interesting team next year with CP3, SGA, Adams, Roberson and Gallinari. What the hell do they expect to do with all those picks they've amassed, tho? They've taken on 8 1st rounders since the draft.

trade them for other players in a couple years, presumably.

i mean a lot of these picks are so far out i don't think they need to make any concrete plans.

it's the ainge playbook, just grabbing every asset they can get their hands on

And then sitting on your hands til it’s too late

the thunder will definitely be my side piece this year

oh shit yeah they have all your guys

hey friends I’m en route to Tokyo but I just want you to know that the news of the Westbrook trade happen d just as I landed in h tahn so you’re welcome it was me

Also I have chosen to forgive Marcus Morris and welcome trey lyles who is a pf who can shoot threes every other year and this is the year he should be good

lol. dude have a blast in japan. it's the best.

and lyles isn't a bad plan b for morris

Thunder could be fun yeah. Gazelle and CP is a wet dream for Kev

I left out Thunder's Jerami Grant deal with Denver: OKC has acquired EIGHT first-round picks since draft night: 2020: Denver (1-10), 2021: Miami; 2022: LAC; 2023: Miami (1-14), 2024: LAC; 2024: Houston (1-14); 2026: LAC; 2026: Houston (1-4).

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 12, 2019

crazy to just look at this

Plus four swap rights

i think daryl's already worked for tim fertita long enough to know that one way or another he's not gonna be the GM of the rockets in 2024