2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

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

tilman...

Now they just gotta draft future MVPs back-to-back-to-back and they're golden. https://t.co/WwgRVtXwbE

— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) July 12, 2019

steven adams might have some big numbers next year without russ taking his rebounds and with chris throwing him lobs.

steven adams is gonna average at least 12 rpg. i think he'll benefit from cp3 just as capela did.

i think the okc starting 5 is interesting! they def seem like a team that will overachieve. cp3-sga-roberson-gallo-steven adams is short on offensive firepower altho i could see sga taking a leap.

roberson basically won't have played for 2 years by the time he comes back idk if you can count on him for anything

its a concern!

that okc team strikes me as being to the west what the recent heat teams were to the east

reminds me of the clippers bc of all the former clippers

Yeah maybe I am underrating Gallo, I really haven’t watched him play that much, but in the west I have a hard time seeing this team as it is now winning more than 35 games

i think theyll hit that .500 sweet spot and secure the 9 or 10 seed

btw i got a new laptop that has twice the RAM as the old one and my mod powers have only increased, look out cyberbullies

that okc team strikes me as being to the west what the recent heat teams were to the east

― J0rdan S., Thursday, July 11, 2019 11:33 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

*checks recent heat rosters to see if any good players have been on them*

kevin what are your findings, did u find the good players

there were a couple of young guys who did some stuff and an older point guard who was always hurt so...checks out

obv this okc team is much better tho

chris paul 18-19 was pretty comparable to goran dragic 17-18

anyway the point is that in the west that team is mayyyybe getting you into playoffs before you get a nice pat on the head at the end of a 4-1 playoff exit

chris paul will win a ring this year

but i don't understand why the thunder would trade paul george *and* russell westbrook just to have a different team that gets its butt kicked in round 1. i'd bet cp3 never even plays a minute for okc.

also possible

chris paul will win a ring this year

― k3vin k., Thursday, July 11, 2019 10:54 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

my guy anything is possible at dave and busters if you are willing to drop a lil coin in those crane games, lets get it