2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

nets should move to vegas

they already luv 2 gamble, makes sense

they should rename to the giants to increase the cross-sport confusion on that name

is the trae young + dejounte murray combo doing anything for us? i can’t get a handle on it

that doesnt make sense at all to me but whatever they want

i think a trae, murray, hunter, okongwu and capela starting 5 could be good defensively

plus great on offense

i think the idea of a strong defensive guard next to trae makes all the sense in the world but i wouldn't pay a premium for murray who will lose a lot of his value playing off trae

didn't he average like 8 rebounds a game? can't see that dropping off

i feel like it makes sense in theory, ok second ball handler, better defensive guard. this all makes sense. but then i’m like, are they really getting that much better? they still have zero wing players outside of hunter who may not be much himself

xp the 9 assists a game will tho

yeah true, but it also solves the back up PG role which has been dire

the hawks desperately needed someone besides trae who can make a play and now they have that and dejounte is big enough to play the 2 and is a good defender, whether trae can break a lot of his bad habits around being a guy who just always has the ball and does nothing else will prob determine whether it works as well as possible

*if it happens lol

immediately went to espn.com

haa sry

dejounte shooting 33% on threes would have me worried about playing him off trae but i guess you just hope he does a lot of secondary playmaking

trying to think of any other way the hawks improve their roster this year honestly unless durant wants to come

would trae be willing to play off ball?

he would need to learn how lol. i get frustrated watch steph move off the ball bc trae tends to just stand there

none of the steph disciples actually want to play like him

shoot from half court check, move off ball ehh, play defense bro what

running is hard on your knees, swag is forever, i get it

reading the james jones / suns piece and it really seems like they are just overthinking things, trying to be cute with it.

like... who cares about these weird semantic points?

In Phoenix, the word "potential" is strictly verboten. "We're not allowed to talk about 'potential,'" says Ryan Resch, the Suns' vice president of basketball strategy and evaluation. "We say 'capacity' instead of 'potential,' because capacity forces you to recognize what the player can actually do today and what he is capable of doing tomorrow."

congrats on wanting to sign free agents that help your team?

Jones and his staff insist they're interested in "players, not prospects." The Suns say they apply the same criteria used to determine the value of a prospective free agent to the draft. If the player can contribute immediately, and if his skill set can fill an explicit role in Williams' system for the upcoming season, he's worth considering. If neither of those measures can be met, he's not for Phoenix.

maybe just dont say this out loud???

He even confesses that, had he been at the helm in 2015, he probably would have passed on Booker.

"It all depends on what your goal is," Jones says. "Devin is great, but there are 50 skeletons tied to that swing for the star. It wasn't until winning was imported -- Chris, Jae Crowder, drafting a three-year guy who could help right away like Mikal -- that it translated to success. And if you don't import winning around him, there are even more skeletons. So if you want to find the guy with the highest potential to be the future star, then it makes sense to draft him -- if you're willing to navigate the land mines."

i may have read that second quote wrong

I read it that he is dissing Booker.

welcome to the suns: no one ever gets better

you am what you am

guess we know jones' answer to "do u go back in time to kill baby hitler"

it's crazy bcuz they nailed the cam johnson pick but getting the first one right w/ this wacky system might unintentionally set them back 5+ years

idk cam johnsons not really that good imho

if you look at who was taken after him it was a pretty great pick

he was coming on strong near the end of the season then got a hammy/quad injury and pretty much was worthless after that.

hes not a star obv but hes a fine rotation player

i wonder if ben simmons is thinking to himself 'maybe i shoulda played a little'

nah. simmo the savage doesn't blame himself for anything.

hes not a star obv but hes a fine rotation player

― Spottie, Monday, June 27, 2022 4:39 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

he seems like he should be a solid 3 and d guy but watching him in the offs this year made me think he might be closer to just 3

he had a bad offs yes

watching him try to guard luka was rough he couldnt do it even a little bit couldnt get low move his feet withstand the physicality any of it, obvs thats one of the toughest covers in the league but they really needed him to pitch in and he just couldnt

there it is

Kyrie Irving: “Normal people keep the world going, but those who dare to be different lead us into tomorrow. I’ve made my decision to opt in. See you in the fall. A11even.” https://t.co/rpiS8YkSZI

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2022

lol what an asshole

lmao

what a piece of work

pretty sure there were multiple opt-in and trade scenarios actually

Without the ability to find a sign-and-trade deal, Kyrie Irving plans to exercise his $36M player option for next season and return to the Nets, sources confirm. https://t.co/ShNgQETZpy

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 27, 2022

wonder if this experience will inspire kyrie to play basketball games next season

this was the most boring outcome. sad

just no deals out there rip

hard to imagine why any team would do a sign and trade for him

He is eligible to sign an extension up until June 30 with Brooklyn or enter the 2023 as an unrestricted free agent.

By opting-in, Irving is eligible to be traded to any of the 29 teams and the hard cap restriction does not apply. https://t.co/zTPl8jaezo

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) June 27, 2022

lol getting shams to lie about the existence of various scenarios and quote him with his dumb brand name thats journalism baby