2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

cuban prob appreciated him for "telling it like it is" but that sort of bluntness and arrogance is prob not going to play that well for a bigger audience

i def would ask for haralabob to not interact w/ my players ever otoh luka seems to make a lot of enemies

luka is just engaging in dark musings

also hard not to read this article as reflecting general mavs front office dysfunction, paranoia, and failure

luka is 1000% a diva but he's good enough that he's allowed to be

also maybe the people he hates suck, something to consider

i mean just as long as he doesnt start gming like lebron its probably manageable

wait what did you guys think haralabob was doing? film room assistant?

i did not think about it at all

https://i.imgur.com/6PlNkST.png

I mean it’s still a good story as far as the luka stuff goes, you gotta be on good terms with your MVP candidate that’s like front office 101, but all the rest of that stuff is either embellished or not surprising. imho!

i didn't know haralabob was out here making draft picks but also i'm not sure that part is even true

the only thing i think we can be sure of is there is at least one person in the mavs org attempting to assassinate him

haha yes

We have all taken our shots at Monty, but this is just brutal. pic.twitter.com/bCueiOYHZh

— Mason Ginsberg (@MasonGinsberg) November 13, 2014

i did not think about it at all

― lag∞n, Monday, June 14, 2021 1:40 PM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

hallelujah

ESPN story on NBA's Competition Committee meeting Monday to push closer to recommendations that'll eliminate foul calls for unnatural motions on jump shots: https://t.co/XrsyKJLbyM

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 14, 2021

the ones i hate the most are when defenders are trying to navigate around a screen above the three point line and the offensive player waits until there's this jumble of bodies and then jumps into the defender drawing a three shot foul. middleton did the other day and got a 4 point play out of it, watching two free throws is bad but lemme tell you what's worse watching three free throws

lets do away with (most) charges too while we're at it

i also think “illegal screen” basically shouldn’t exist

they call them so inconsistently

had not heard rumblings of this

ESPN Sources with @_Andrew_Lopez: After one season, Stan Van Gundy is out as the New Orleans Pelicans coach.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 16, 2021

teams should try hiring good coaches

wow mustve been major static with the players

come back to the booth, stan!

they are already freaking the f out about zion leaving

yeah maybe he and his brother can trade places

the david griffin era… yikes

yeah it’s not great

Washington and coach Scott Brooks couldn't come to an agreement on a new deal and are agreeing to part ways, sources tell ESPN. Brooks' deal expired after the playoffs.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 16, 2021

that was a "we'll extend you but no way in hell you're making $7 million a year" decision

Considering the Pels traded away their best all around player (at the time) for the draft rights to literal middle schoolers and Eric Bledsoe... I don't even think SVG did a particularly bad job??? Like if Zion and Ingram didn't go down right at the end they're at least in the play-in. There must have been serious beef between one of those 2 and Stan like to dump him like that after 1 year like Indianan did Bjorkgren.

Pelicans assistant coach Teresa Weatherspoon is expected to emerge as a candidate to replace Stan Van Gundy in New Orleans, league sources say.

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 16, 2021

If i was a betting man I'd put a lot on this actually happening; basically the only way Griff will be able avoid a public referendum for such a reactionary decision. Literally every Pels player I've heard in interviews has nothing but effusive praise for her, NOLA has a female owner, she's been key in development of all their young draft picks... if it's ever going to happen I think the time is now.

Plain and simple SVG couldn’t get them to play defense. A ton of talent on that team and they just can’t play defense.

i’m not sure i buy the talent part as far as defense goes but the players clearly didn’t like him and defense is mostly about buy in

zion is amazing and all but i have a hard time seeing how they’re gonna play good defense in the near future with him on the floor

Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson and the franchise have decided to part ways, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 16, 2021

well well well

haralabob takeover imminent

lol. well that clears up any doubt about sourcing.

Lmao and a literal day after Cuban whined publicly about how that athletic article was "bullshit" and Nelson had his full support and confidence. I think I'd trust Trump's public word over his at this point.

lmao

haralabob takeover on hold!

KOC just reported Haralabos Voulgaris is also OUT.

— Esfandiar | Darth Es (@JustEsBaraheni) June 16, 2021

multiple eyes emojis

Denver #Nuggets superstar and #NBA MVP Nikola #Jokić at the hippodrome in his hometown Sombor, shortly after he landed in Serbia.

Earlier today, he announced that he will NOT play for the national team this summer pic.twitter.com/x7QTxFAVrR

— Marko Ljubomirović (@LjubomirovicM) June 16, 2021

wow mavs front office carnage

they were doing such a good job too, weird

lol

mavs should be thinking about masai

between this shit and the sexual harassment scandal who knows if reasonable people even want to work there though

all things considered cuban will spend money and they have the most valuable longterm franchise piece in the NBA it should be a pretty attractive job

if hell let you do it, the "whoever has cubans ear is the most powerful person in the org" part of the harlabob article is pretty damning if true, type of situation people who know whats up stay away from