2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

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

the plot thickens xp. kyrie on a one year expiring rental...

seems like there prob wouldnt be a better deal for a rental than a sign and trade but who knows maybe at the deadline someone decides they must have kyrie

eleveneven

that kyrie statement is amazing

Those who are destined for greatness meet not the expectations of society. Many do not understand me but that is because i have reached beyond these planes and seek not that on which mortals dwell. I have decided to take $36 million dollars. Mean people suck. -==KyRiE iRvInG==-

hahaa

smh securing 36 million dollars, what a normie move

he is a true blessing to us, the lovers of messy drama

good time for kd to request a trade

my fav thing from one of kds most recent tweet barrages was when he called "leadership" a buzz word.

It’s a lot of buzz words in basketball that confuse me, like leadership and Playmaking. Can I get a definition please?? https://t.co/sxk5y3gfq4

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 13, 2022

kd otm

kd not otm, playmaking is a p well understood combo of shot creation and passing to teammates in a position to score, leadership is the antithesis of kyrie, kd is doing lowkey fake deep bullshit bc hes mad online again

leadership is a buzzword and not a real thing

leadership is the thesis of fake deep

leadership is when you go to a workshop

leadership is posting actually

i mean that goes without saying

john wall back

Five-time NBA All-Star John Wall will secure a buyout with the Houston Rockets and become an unrestricted free agent, league sources tell @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 28, 2022

I am imagining this entire Kyrie scenario as him realizing Brooklyn didn't want him anymore, so he's now opting in so they don't have a choice and will play every game next season just to prove a "point".

kyrie is such a reflexive contrarian and reactionary that's very plausible

John Wall is planning to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers once he clears waivers, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 28, 2022

lol not even one day for the podcasters to speculate

i honestly don’t think he can play anymore i can’t believe he has been talked about for so long

john floor

at least the floor supports the teammates legs, more like john basement

those 40 games in houston weren't atrocious, i don't think he's changing anyone's destiny but he could help the clippers off the bench in some games that matter.

Worth a flyer at least

Clippers depth chart:

Wall / Jackson
Powell / Kennard
PG / Covington
Kawhi / Morris
Zubac / Batum pic.twitter.com/XKgTbbCZPu

— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 28, 2022

those are some players

if you remove wall & zubac you get the outline of their playoff roster. we’ll see

lol

Report: Nets learned of Kyrie Irving opting in with his public statement https://t.co/4CzFct3F1w

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) June 28, 2022

the organization paying him sits no higher than nba twitter. the world is flat.

Obv

ESPN Sources: Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook is planning to exercise his $47.1 million option to return to the franchise for the 2022-2023 season.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 28, 2022

pic.twitter.com/y3V4P1GwS1

— Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) June 28, 2022

He's being paid $47M to play basketball. Glad to hear that being asked to play defense won't break his soul.

“an insider close to the situation says that the Spurs have multiple teams making a strong push for Murray besides the Hawks. One Eastern Conference team, he says, is offering three first round draft picks and a desirable young player in a proposed swap.”

someone woke pat up? 👀 https://t.co/9RgbtHoVsT pic.twitter.com/wWIQ8vN4rO

— dru_star (@dru_star) June 28, 2022

Report: Miami Heat have checked in on Dejounte Murray https://t.co/b5pMVGz7sy

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) June 28, 2022

“I did get indications that a few weeks back, Miami checked in on Dejounte Murray,” the Five on the Floor podcast reported.

The report was followed up by acknowledgment that Murray seems to be headed elsewhere already, though nothing has yet been set in stone.

he doesn’t feel like a heat trade target to me. they usually go for older stars

yeah, and hes not helping their spacing issues either

i wonder if there's an eastern conference team that just picked up a bunch of movable first round picks in an otherwise explicable trade!