2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

in 1995 you'd def have teams lining up to trade their best 23 year old all star making no money for a 34 year old KD but that's never gonna happen nowadays

in 2022, you'd have a legion of reply guys lining up to do the same

it's completely understandable why a young and fun team like the grizzlies wouldn't want to fuck up the juju they had last year by trading young pieces and importing the "beat it kid" guy

the intractable issue is that the only teams who should be trying to trade for KD are teams who can win the title and if you're trying to win a title by trading for KD you're going to want to keep as many good players on your team as possible

yeah theres a bunch of things that make this deal tough but prob the biggest is the nets arent willing to do a picks centered deal, so if you have to hollow your team out to get him then theres no point in getting him

then combine that with the fact that hes old injury prone disloyal and makes a shitload of money and it just becomes hard to put something together

why did kd sign that long ass extension lol

yeah he should gone the bron way of signing a bunch of two year deals

yeah that is really puzzling

he was so smart doing that with the dubs then decided to hitch his wagon to his mopey pal and an unproven coach/franchise... cos vibes. i guess he could also realize he is on the downslope and could have another huge injury so just took the most he could get as soon as he could get it, but that doesnt seem likely. his miscalculations are piling up.

he shoulda locked in w the dubs and gone for bill russells record.

ah ok

Steve Nash, Joe Tsai and Sean Marks met with Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles on Monday and have decided to move forward with partnership, Nets say.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 23, 2022

love to move forward with partnership

all is good!

It’s over for the League juu herd pic.twitter.com/KXMQxuiAYD

— NetsKingdom 👑🗽 (@NetsKingdomAJ) August 23, 2022

the roster actually makes a lot of sense... from a basketball perspective

at the very least they made kd see that hes making it harder for them to trade him

#BLAMEKD https://t.co/BiRhf4nFyr

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 23, 2022

name a bigger punk than KD

as a brooklynite who has watched this dumpster fire of a relationship belch and sputter, i have mixed feelings about kd for sure but blaming him for journeyman unemployment seems a bit of a stretch for anyone but pat bev and his ongoing audition for post career talking head

i guess we can't quite close the book on it yet but kd completely failing to shoot his way out of town is funny

it is pretty good particularly since he custom made the situation

i'm comfortable with how this worked out (given that it is the only way it was ever going to work out and also everyone involved is at least slightly humiliated)

kd completely failing to shoot his way out of town is funny

Man, that Boston d really did a number on him.

Nets have the wildest combination of talent and weird vibes maybe ever

pretty funny harden left and the vibes got even weirder

chet's already injured

I don’t know what to say about a pro am with nba players that had water on the court

lakers traded patrick beverely to utah for THT and stanley johnson, which, idk, sure

Bev and Russ on the same team ?!??

oh lol oops i said that backwards didn't i, anyways yes maybe they should consider trading russell westbrook that's my two cents

remember when tht was untouchable lol

I’ll never forget the Talen Horton-Tucker ESPN legacy pic.twitter.com/22TDoLUryS https://t.co/imkLFKLGyE

— Justin Wills (@itsjwills) August 25, 2022

Oklahoma City Thunder 7-footer Chet Holmgren will miss the 2022-2023 season with a Lisfranc injury to his right foot. Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, suffered the injury in a Pro-Am game in Seattle on Saturday.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 25, 2022

I can’t imagine being the person who signed off on that pro am

jfc

mistakes were made

wow

bummer

gaaah can't we get anything good

I'm seeing the (stupider) commentariat saying this was inevitable because lolskinny, but that seems wrong in this case? Like, you'd think any foot-related injury would involve it supporting a lot of weight, right? Not a doctorb obviously.

doubt he was more or less injury prone than any 19yo player

Yeah with 7 footers and foot injuries generally more weight is bad

given that he suffered his injury playing on a wet court in a game that was subsequently called off 20 mins later, it doesn't feel like anything to be alarmed about longterm

Pro ams w current nba players had a good run

courts will only get wetter from here

Blame the Splash Bros for that one.

Seattle finally getting its revenge on OKC

sad lols

Chet Holmgren Assures Fans He’ll Be Back And Perfectly Healthy For 9 Games Next Year https://t.co/c3ZDprE4pM pic.twitter.com/naBQraYILQ

— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 26, 2022

hey embiid missed his first 2 seasons and turned out fine

I’m trying to think of it like he has a year to be 20 and hang out on the couch and bulk up a bit, but that still hasn’t happened for me and I’m almost 24