2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

pelton and mike schmitz did a lottery redraft on windhorst's pod and they didn't have wiseman going in the lottery period. that felt like an overcorrection to me but yeah they should've picked lamelo or halliburton. no one else in the top 10 is really that exciting to me still tho, most of the good finds in this draft were later picks. so wiseman may still end up looking like an okay pick if you can just put lamelo and halliburton aside

yah its sad. its nice they still have options tho... picks, a good young prospect and some contracts to make the money work if necessary

https://theathletic.com/2611461/2021/05/25/warriors-offseason-steph-curry-style-bob-myers/

wow i'll have to go back and listen to that episode. i agree, that's a little extreme, but at the same time i haven't been able to figure out how wiseman becomes a really high-end player.

well he has to become a really good defender. offensively i think there's an avenue there for him since he's athletic, can run the floor, and has pretty nice form on his jumper. but if he's not giving you good defense then yeah i'm not sure what kind of player you have

The Warriors could have selected a better player than Wiseman, but there wasn't another center on the board. I'm not sure they knew that Klay was out of the season at that point because he got injured right before the draft. They hadn't traded for Oubre yet, so they could have drafted a SG and picked up a free agent center to back up starting center Marquese Chriss (who got injured on the second day of the season oops).

wild thing about that wiseman pick besides the fact that they didnt take lamelo is he played one college game total

he cld def still be a very nice player but itll take a while

they dont need to him to be at his full potential yet but they need him to be serviceable.. which he was not.

a jump from not serviceable to serviceable is pretty common for second year players, but on the other hand center defense is also considered one of the hard things to learn

No one knows what’s gonna happen with Wiseman. The thing is Ball is just so special.

you sayin' that lonzo is a... big baller?

Wiseman is kind of a throwback to the high school draft era. I remember when Jermaine O’Neal seemed bad for like 2 and a half years.

interesting that the two recent guys who slipped past #1 and made the mistake obvious as soon as they stepped on the court, lamelo and luka, both have superior feel for the game

also both did not play in america

also their names being with the letter L

also both of them are 6-7 primary ball handlers

LaMelo LaFrance Ball

i've thought of v young v skinny v dunderheaded young jermaine several times while watching wiseman xp to matt

he was on the blazers bench for so long

traded him for dale davis baby

classic

averaged 12mins a game in his 4th and final season in portland!

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kEQAAOSwRIJf1Nmu/s-l300.jpg

lmao rookie card literally a senior portrait

https://www.rksportspromotions.com/sites/default/files/ONealJermaine9697UDRookExclusives.jpg

president of basketball club

i like that one its got the regular basketball then a very large basketball background

so no one was like "hey under a magnifying glass the texture of a basketball is not that pleasant to look at"

prob someone did then everyone else was like who cares man lets just finish up these dumb cards

hahaha

lmao at that whole exchange about the ball. lmao ball.

it looks exactly like salmon roe

these lakers jerseys that have the huge vertical stripe on the shorts with nothing on the jerseys really bother me

sorry i meant to post that in the jerseys thread but maybe the lakers can address it in the off season

it looks exactly like salmon roe

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 25, 2021 10:06 PM (fifty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

closeup of a very orange snake

sorry i meant to post that in the jerseys thread but maybe the lakers can address it in the off season

closeup of a very orange snake

― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Tuesday, May 25, 2021 10:59 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes it looks like reptile scales to me. nothing against reptiles of course.

although if I saw a snake that color in real life --------------------->PBKR

Def triggering my trypophobia

uh oh (this guy is surely just angling to get bought off)

BREAKING: Meyer Orbach, the second largest shareholder in the Minnesota Timberwolves, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis alleging owner Glen Taylor’s pending sale to Lore-Rodriguez is in violation of franchise’s partnership agreement: https://t.co/NlM0Cd324s

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 26, 2021

The complaint filed by Orbach, a New Jersey real estate mogul who owns more than 17% of the Timberwolves and WNBA Lynx, also includes a significant revelation: Despite Taylor's public statements to the contrary, he has included no provision in the $1.5 billion sales agreement with Lore and Rodriguez that requires the new ownership group to keep the franchise in Minnesota upon taking control of the team, according to an exhibit in the complaint.

yep who cares tho

have to say no disrespect to minnesota it would be pretty funny if arod moved the team thereby becoming somehow even more hated than he already is

Jon K explained the suit, apparently the minority partners want their payout as soon as the deal is done.

but Taylor is trying to make them wait two years because of the stupid "mentoring" thing he wants to do where A Rod and Steve Internet learn the ropes from him

he leaked the no move clause thing just to make Taylor look like a dick in the local media

learn the ropes of sucking donkey balls???

yeah i read a little bit about it, i would do the exact same thing tbh

being a minority owner is just having a financial stake and getting free luxury box seats, so if you're getting sold out get the money asap

micah - that has been the subject of many jokes locally

to be sure

Duncan Robinson, on free agency, "First, and foremost, a fit."

— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) May 31, 2021

wildcard

Duncan is a restricted FA. If he opts for a lesser contract in order to get 'a fit', he just increases the odds Miami will match it, then they could trade him anywhere if they wish.