2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

it's in keeping with their management style, they're not going to bring in some outside guy as a reaction.

but this isn't the only preseason game i've seen where everyone is playing lots of minutes and trying, which we can file away for when everyone rests for a TNT game in februrary

yeah first two games he played the normal rotation for 3 quarters

ha i turned it off but apparently its going to overtime, all the professional celtics followers are complaining on twitter

if i were cynical i would wonder if guys are advocating to play more in preseason to get good press buzz going, but no one would ever be that shortsighted

montreal crowd has been great though, good for them

its pretty cool how the raptors have really become canadas teams

If Russ buys in the lakers will be alright

― Spottie, Friday, October 14, 2022 8:44 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol dude you can't be saying this with a straight face

xp yeah it's good, and there's a smattering of celtics fans too which spices things up

refs are absolutely high calling pritchard for a foul on a pass

well well well

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— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 15, 2022

watching nuggs-dubs. having three guys like bruce brown, KCP, and aaron gordon to switch onto tough perimeter assignments is such a rare luxury

MPJ’s jumper looks very good

delly’s on the kings. alex len too

Lakers got ~50 pieced by the kings???

they didnt really play their guys, but still lol

Nuggets roster makes a lot of sense and if fully healthy they can win the title. At max health the clippers are probably the best team but what do we know about Kawhi rn?

all else being equal i think i still like the bucks but a lot of teams in the mix this year should be pretty cool

hmm yeah interesting

Westbrook “receptive” to bench role, but leaves first game early with hamstring injury https://t.co/R6532oLOJc

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) October 15, 2022

Nets vibes seem too off for it to work. I think Philly is kind of underrated

if harden can regain some form they could be very good, dont even need him to be mvp level harden just not bad

harden-embiid pick and roll should by all rights be unstoppable

but he has so many bad habits things that only work when he is mvp level

i’ve cried tears of joy every time i’ve come across the phrase “if james harden” this offseason. we still haven’t learned!

i mean im with you on this one but he was so bad last year if hes just in better shape and not injured ???

has anyone got a look at him is he still fat

the stuff about him being in shape and/or healthy is a red herring. the issue is that when he gets into the playoffs his brain shuts down. they could go 75-7 in the regular season and it wouldn’t matter.

there was the one year when he had the other guy with playoff issues

Final preseason leaders in my wins above replacement player (WARP) metric. Note that this includes games against non-NBA opponents. pic.twitter.com/EiJUMfeJE8

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) October 15, 2022

wow i always knew *looking up tari eason* tari eason had it in him

tari was one of my draft favs, i really wish the spurs had packaged their 20+25 to move up and get him

Poole 4/140 extension

that's a lot of cash. apparently $17m of it is non-guaranteed and some of that is "unlikely incentives"

*win mvp $50M
*do a double backflip dunk on giannis in game $5M
*eat the bigass steak in texas in one sitting $500k

so he basically got the same extension as tyler herro but is able to say he got more

getting yelled at and punched by draymond vs. getting yelled at and punched by jimmy butler

Apparently the warriors luxury tax bill next season will be 400 million dollars? That seems like a lot. I would try to pay less than that

Yolo

if 400 million dollars seems like a lot to you well maybe you're just not a true player

I guess it would make you popular with other owners

The owners started groaning about it last season. Idk kinda sad they drafted all these dudes and can’t hold onto them without massive penalties

lolllll noooooo spottie "boo hoo the warriors are being punished for being too good" yes thats why salary caps and luxury taxes exist!!!!!!

Let me whine in peace

idk it's pretty sad that all the good players can't be on one team, they would have fun

the dubs didnt draft their best player, andrew "wigdawg" wiggins

Yet while this prospect of landing the Pacers’ Buddy Hield and/or center Myles Turner in a Westbrook-centric deal had loomed for months, there was a strong desire from some Lakers officials to see Westbrook play in Ham’s system before making that sort of monumental decision.

o/u 10 games before he's gone?

the monumental decision of getting rid of the player most likely to sink your team while you have lebron james and anthony davis in a wide-open league

While we’re waiting for the season to start, there is some good hoop content on Netflix. Documentary on the 2008 Olympic “Redeem Team.”

new wembanyama just dropped

Outstanding debut for 17-year old Aday Mara in the Spanish @ACBCOM. 8 points, 4 rebounds in 19 minutes against Euroleague team Baskonia. The skilled 7'3 center with a 7'6 wingspan is one of the most promising prospects in Europe. pic.twitter.com/gxPSMFwONp

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) October 17, 2022

looks like a more traditional lumbering big