2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

i don't get the shade in that quote involving kidd and luka? carlisle thanked kidd in his iphone resignation note it seems like he genuinely respects him

would think the 76ers want to try and build his value back up now. there couldnt be a worse time to trade him.

― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, June 24, 2021 1:29 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

theres that but also what if this is cutting their losses? if the problems are shooting/psychological and he continues to not progress and/or hilly continues using his reputation as a public toilet, that could tank his value even more.

― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, June 24, 2021 1:34 PM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

they need to open their season on the road and he needs to hit five 3s in that season-opening game or something, in order for philly to be an environment where it is psychologically possible for him to build his value back up

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, June 24, 2021 1:35 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he needs to give them enough of a spark that they can muster the hope to at least root for him

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, June 24, 2021 1:36 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I am tired of hearing that the Sixers are selling low on Simmons, which assumes that he gets his shit together shoots >50% on FTs and maybe learns to shoot from outside 10ft. Let someone else figure this headcase out.

I am also willing to bet that keeping Simmons means losing Embiid.

am i the only one confused as to why j kidd is a candidate for anything? domestic violence charges, ripping through six packs at work in milwaukee. i thought everyone kind of hated him

yeah it's not shade so much as that would not be a good move for dallas, or luka. carlisle might mean it sincerely though

If Embiid really wants to lose Simmons, he should probably catch him around the free throw line and then attempt to dribble him toward the basket.

I wish Dirk was interested in the job

dirk lacks gravitas imo, he's like a cross between arnold schwarzenegger and marmaduke

marmadirk

i don't get the shade in that quote involving kidd and luka? carlisle thanked kidd in his iphone resignation note it seems like he genuinely respects him

― J0rdan S., Thursday, June 24, 2021 2:12 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

no shade, just a bad idea lol

my feeling is the sixers probably can find an offer that will allow them to let simmons go to start a new life, not a great offer but one that is like ok were probably not going to do better

The Dallas Mavericks are closing in on the hiring a new GM and Jason Kidd has emerged as a strong frontrunner to be hired as head coach, sources tell @espn_macmahon and me.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 24, 2021

amazing

did they not watch the pre-bud bucks? and buds not even good!

Luka is a bit young to be a coach killer, but he's always been ahead of the curve for his age.

very weird that woj is able to leak the name of the coach who is going to be hired by the GM before he can leak the name of the GM

Can we get a vibe check forecast on the 2021-22 Dallas Mavericks

the vibes are weird and dark baby

luka's last year of his rookie contract + very little in the way of tradable assets + THJ is a FA + no 1RP this year + domestic-abusing coaching washout + mark cuban still alive and making decisions = F+ vibes

i think dallas has very quickly become my go-to villain franchise

plus they have zinger and will probably lose boban

boban has to go back to philly and replace dwight for vibes restoration purposes

tobi and bobi need to be reunited true

i think the odds that they're playing as one of the 4 best teams in the west a few months into the season and nobody really cares about any of this stuff are pretty good

build the roster fam, how is that shit happening

they were a top 5 seed this year, the nuggets will be w/o murray for most of the season, clippers may not have kawhi for most of the season, phoenix and utah were both extremely healthy this season. i don't think the mavs will get worse, not sure how much better they'll get but they're gonna bring back basically their entire team or use their cap space to replace hardaway. they also have one of the 5 best players in the NBA. it wouldn't take much for them to be top 4 in the west come january or w/e

they are looking at a major coaching downgrade

The Mavs have one good player, a historically bad head coach and a front office in open turmoil

lakers and gs getting healthy, too, memphis internal improvement

they were 5th but tied record with 6 PDX and 7 LAL. the west is only gonna get more competitive next year again. only two teams will be tanking to start (hou/okc). and no FA wants a part of dallas right now (have they ever?).

a lot hinges on if luka shows up engaged and in shape. they dug themselves a pretty big hole early this season.

Let’s not forget Luka doesn’t like Zinger. Zinger seems like one of these guys who really needs his teammates to embrace playing to his strengths. Not saying he’s gonna go Full Ben Simmons but easy to imagine things falling apart for his role on the team in a pretty major way. That’s part of why Kidd is a bad idea - basketball mind aside, the dude seems to be a drama magnet

the margins separating a lot of these teams are going to be pretty thin as always in the west and the mavs have a top 5 player in the conference, there's plenty of scenarios where they're aren't playing as one of the top 4 seeds in the first half of the season but there's plenty of scenarios where they are, more than you guys are allowing

ive taken DRAMATIC mod actions for this take

i do think it is really gross that they're hiring kidd given what we know about how women were treated in that organization. as a coach he'll prob be average or something, his teams were mostly above .500 in milwaukee and brooklyn and he'll have better talent in dallas, but they really should've had enough self awareness to avoid that one

mavs worst team in nba 2022 book it

I know I complain about Budenholzer a lot but he’s so much better than Kidd. You’re never gonna win a playoff series with that guy.

damn the hand of the mod is swift and just

https://i.imgur.com/xSPbvVl.png

kidd was probably the worst coach in the league by the end of his milwaukee tenure

and the front office guy they are hiring is from nike

Jord picked a bad time to argue this is a world class organization. But a quick pivot is possible

can’t say the last 3 weeks have looked great for me but it’s all settled now and i believe in the macro trend of having luka doncic

my main memory of Kidd was that he would run the same defensive sets every single time, once the opposing team figured it out they could pretty much always get a guy open from 3 which is why the Bucks gave up like 120 pts/game despite having some pretty great defenders

According to @JeremyWoo: "The Cavaliers have begun to explore trade options involving Collin Sexton. There’s belief around the NBA that Cleveland prefers to move on from Sexton, rather than sign him to a deal that would greatly inhibit their flexibility." https://t.co/wSNaqKYnhi

— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) June 25, 2021

flexibility to...

draft more guards

cavs are just like, hmmmm yeah let’s break off a lil 10 year playoff drought

wish i could remember where i heard that opposing players were taunting various cavs by telling them that sexton would never pass them the ball.

good on the cavs i guess if they can sell high before they get locked into his first big contract, if they don't believe in him. but given the organization we are discussing, the idea that they have an alternative plan that is better in any way is unlikely to the point of impossible. do they think someone is gonna trade them a top 5 pick in this draft for him?

no