2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

if i was a betting person id be smashing the under on suns wins. has a team with this poor of vibes heading into a season been able to beat their odds?

also assuming crowder is indeed done there they have prob the biggest chasm between the starting 5 and bench of any team in the league. their sixth best player is… shamet? saric? i just don’t like their roster. james jones is not good at his job

Devin Booker just posted a screenshot from this LeBron press conference 👀

(h/t @AhnFireDigital) pic.twitter.com/eoIiB1gXJF

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) October 3, 2022

yeah xp their roster after 1-5 is quite bad. they really shoulda blitzed to get bojan

wow i have not heard about this potential trade before this is compelling info

The Lakers 'seriously considered' sending Russell Westbrook and their two unprotected first-round picks (2027 and 2029) to the Pacers for Myles Turner and Buddy Hield, per @ShamsCharania, @jovanbuha and @sam_amick

Rob Pelinka chose to "remain patient" to see how L.A. jells pic.twitter.com/fa5KFg4X6m

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 3, 2022

man that era of lebron press conferences was so wild lmao

why are they dragging this out lol xp

man that era of lebron press conferences was so wild lmao

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he was going through it for sure.

they either need to make the trade or come up with new trade ideas

somebody should trade for those two players. just not sure it should be the lakers. and def not for two unprotected picks

the fact that the mavs went into the offseason with the singular goal of only acquiring centers and apparently did not ever attempt to get myles turner remains extremely confusing to me

indys just sitting around waiting for russ to become a problem

the mavs really need hardaway to be good coming off an acl tear.

even putting the brunson stuff aside their offseason was bizarre

i feel like i watched a different playoffs than their front office idk. their whole second half push was a combo of having small mobile centers who could make their defense fully switchable and two guards to go along w/ luka who could shoot and get their own shot. so their offseason plan was to sign two traditional centers and not replace brunson. got it

i am pretty skeptical that their ex-nike guy front office has any idea what they're doing

yeah. i wonder. the zinger trade turned out to be a complete heist but was also probably just been blind luck

what happened to kat?

Karl-Anthony Towns didn't go into deep detail about what he's been through, but said he only started walking again after his non-covid illness on Saturday. He's down to 231 pounds. But says he feels good to be back out on the court and is ramping back up.

— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) October 3, 2022

wtf. he is cursed.

well at least they traded for a guy who plays his position

If the illness was "on Saturday" it sounds like food poisoning and puking his guts out.

Karl-Anthony Towns didn't go into details about his illness, but said he was in the hospital. Cleared to just walk again Saturday. When asked if he was worried about missing camp, the season, he said: "There was more drastic things to worry about than basketball at that moment."

— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) October 3, 2022

Cleared to walk doesn't sound good

sounds like really bad food poisoning

vs philly (in bk)

Nash says KD, Kyrie and Simmons will play around 15-20 minutes tonight.

— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) October 3, 2022

ah seems like the international league pass/vpn set up has been nuked sucks rip

rip. its all been downhill since ballstreams died anyway

it was nice to pay 35 brazilian reals a month but it was even nicer to actually get all the games

rip the halcyon days of the tream, seems like a lifetime ago

calm down its only preseason!

Ben Simmons misses both FTs while getting booed in his own home arena

— Mike Vorkunov (@MikeVorkunov) October 4, 2022

Ben Simmons with the turnaround fadeaway: pic.twitter.com/JbKEf9dqXF

— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) October 4, 2022

ah nice very good

tbh sorta feeling like the only thing worse than endless coverage of ben simmons not playing is endless coverage of ben simmons actually playing

he should try the dunk shot

wambayana...just doesn't look real.

America, say hello to Victor Wembanyama. pic.twitter.com/ENHQXxwyoo

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) October 3, 2022

*wembanyama idk what i was doing with that spelling lol

cgi giant

i really thought wed never see another body like brandon ingram but this dude has taken it to even another level

the guys

1995-96 Sonics honored during the timeout. Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Sam Perkins and Detlef Schempf are all here. pic.twitter.com/I3Hp4D2QBc

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) October 4, 2022

ay guys

sad

https://i.imgur.com/gXHMh9M.png

ESPN has unveiled a "revitalized" brand identity for its NBA coverage, including new theme music: pic.twitter.com/sfhLO4QuTo

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) October 4, 2022

that's wack. how do we get roundball rock back

nfl films music is a scourge

so is espn's parent corporation

theme music sounds like a budget rap beat from 20 years ago

haha was just coming here to type ROYALTY FREE SWIZZ BEATS TYPE BEAT

roundball rock is my only music

lol i knew you would have a better description

It's so terrible.

and I happen to know that there were some much better themes in contention, the corporate process always results in the lowest common denominator choice, smh

OMG, i knew it