2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

terrible result for the bulls of course

and wolves

i think the wolves pick would’ve been unprotected to the warriors nest year so to only give up the 7th pick is not a bad outcome to me. if it had been top that would’ve hurt

hate when a guy defends with his face and draws the offensive foul

I think this was a great lotto for the league

honestly given the Wolves history and general mad mojo this was probably the best outcome

I think this was a great lotto for the league

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, June 22, 2021 9:41 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago)

wink wink

lol

Alex Caruso was arrested for possession of marijuana tonight in Texas #lakers pic.twitter.com/YCHpZpDH3r

— Lakers Supply (@LakersSupply) June 23, 2021

haha awesome

getting a player like Jalen Suggs is huge for the raptors

might mean the end of the road for raps and kyle lowry

i wonder if theyll try to S&T him to philly to get ben simmons

dont this philly wld do that, seems like hes at the take the midlevel from a contender stage of his career

now if philly wanted to give him the midlevel that could make some sense

i think kyle has quotes out there indicating he is looking for way more than the midlevel

im sure he is but is it looking for him

oh i think so

his #s this season were pretty consistent with the last few years. But he's 35, could fall off the cliff like literally any day

i mean theres

prob someone who would give him 2/20 but does he want to play for the knicks

its just the good teams are usually capped out and dont want to invest that much in a 35y/o short point guard anyway, i guess its just a matter of how much he cares about being on a good team, tho there is always the sign and trade but that has weird cap implications too, maybe the lakers would send over talen horton tucker and some matching salary

kyle would be far and away the best player in recent memory to get the midlevel which says to me he'll figure out a way to get more. the raptors also would probably be open to helping him out with a sign and trade somewhere.

hasn’t he implied that he wants like $30m per year

he sure has!

god bless him

the teams he kind of makes sense for who are desperate enough to do a s&t overpay are lakers clippers philly, so yeah maybe he will get paid lol, have not looked at if they have the pieces to get a trade done

he's been linked heavily to the heat who could have a lot of cap space

feel like the heat are smarter than that but idk, he does have the heat mindset

i guess 2/20 wouldnt be terrible for them

it all sounds a bit crazy to me

Kyle Lowry shot 44/40/88 last year. He’s getting more than the midlevel imo

yah and chris paul has really helped his value

mostly likely he gets 3/60-70 with a team option on year three

I think a lowry for Simmons sign and trade makes a lot of sense but the sixers will ask for the Raptors pick this year and they’ll say no

the raptors are in a an interesting spot. the way the east is shaping up i don't think you could say they're anything better than the fifth best team next year. maybe they could win a first round playoff series if there were injuries somewhere and the seeding happened to fall their way but it's pretty hard to imagine them getting back to the east finals in the next few years. they have siakam and van vleet at ages 27-28 but the rest of their roster is pretty young between OG, boucher, trent if they re-sign him, and then a top 5 pick. also their GM is not under contract haha. i feel like it would make more sense for them to see what siakam or van vleet could get on the market -- they seem to have issues w/ siakam anyway -- but i feel like they prob won't go that route.

the bucks and nets feel like a pretty intractable top 2 in the east, perhaps the sixers get back up there, but it feels like we're in for a 2-3 year cycle where piercing that tier is going to be very difficult, this year notwithstanding. maybe the nets are never able to get all their guys healthy at once and the sixers flounder and there continues to be an opening like the hawks got this year. but it seems to me like there will be a real path to contention for a bunch of other teams in 2-3 seasons, even the bucks will be pretty old by that point giannis aside. i wonder which teams try for a sort of mini rebuild to position themselves to take advantage of that, feel like the raptors would be a prime candidate

they could get a lot of assets for a rebuild but I don't think that's what their post-title fanbase wants at all. Raps fans would be happy with a team that's competitive in the playoffs even if they're not a true title contender, at least that's my sense.

The Boston Celtics are finalizing an agreement to hire Brooklyn Nets assistant Ime Udoka as the franchise's new coach, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 23, 2021

seems good idk

Pop on Ime Udoka is just classic (via @kevinarnovitz) pic.twitter.com/LMuMVidtyQ

— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) March 26, 2015

raptors winning a playoff series every couple years or so would put them head and shoulders above another toronto professional sports team...

toronto adding #4 pick to their team and seeing what happens seems like the way to go

the celtics are underrated now imo if they were back in the east finals in a few seasons i wouldn’t be surprised at all

yeah theyve still got some issues re filling out their roster but if they can stay at all healthy they should be in the mix (of teams hoping the nets get injured) next year

tatum played like an mvp candidate the final ~2 months of the season

would be interested to see what happens if they play a more motion-y offense

c's should target rudy gay in FA

lol

excited about ime, that is the right type of hire for this team.

Cunningham seems like an easy pick for Detroit