stashing assets for the 2023 nba offseason

i bet he takes some time off and does some
thibs style tour around the league advertising how he’s unlearning bad habits

bud feels like a much better coach than JB bickerstsff to me but the cavs seem locked in with him. the bulls? donovan prob maxing that roster out already

there really isn’t a good fit on paper. the bucks also had to pay out his final two years so unless he’s just one of these guys who can’t do anything with his life but coach basketball idk why he wouldn’t just wait around a bit

might be wise to see where wemby ends up then make a choice.

i wonder if ime udoka regrets jumping on the rockets job lol

He should be happy to be back on a team as a head coach, getting paid millions. He was an assistant coach not that long ago, jumped up to head and then fucked up right away.

Nah we don’t want him sorry

tim connelly did a recent interview with wcco radio (which broadcasts the games locally) and refused to answer definitely yes or no regarding his future with the wolves

his own future?

Yes he's being rumored for the Washington job

Would be so hilarious if he did the Gobert deal and jetted

wow!

what does he know

Brian Windhorst believes Milwaukee could be in trouble with the uncertainty surrounding Giannis’ extension and the free agent decisions of Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez 😬

“[Marc Lasry sold] because of the thundercloud that's on the horizon.”

pic.twitter.com/VXhXWAv2LW

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) May 5, 2023

Knicks fans and NY sports radio already convinced they are getting Giannis.

lmao

I know!

They haven’t even admitted they weren’t as good as Heat yet.

Fifteen-year NBA veteran and ESPN analyst JJ Redick has interviewed for the Toronto Raptors’ coaching job, sources tell ESPN. Redick was part of a first-round of candidates to meet with franchise leadership.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 10, 2023

sure why not

if it means his podcast goes away i'll take it

lol

Giving up on Mark Jackson ever getting hired and off tv again

???

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvysuV2XgAIdMch?format=jpg&name=large

look he did not say dinosaurs never existed

fair I also have not said that

just asking questions (about dinosaurs)

hey, i’m positing here

dino skeptic coaches RAPTORS?? problematic

Pascal Siakam does not make All-NBA. Raps can offer him a four-year extension worth about $192.2M over offseason rather than five years and $290.3M

— (((Eric Koreen))) (@ekoreen) May 10, 2023

nice way to save $100m

ESPN Sources: The Milwaukee Bucks have secured permission to interview to Portland Trail Blazers assistant Scott Brooks for franchise’s head coaching job. Brooks has a 521-414 (.557) regular season and 49-48 (.505) playoff record in 12 seasons with Oklahoma City and Washington.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 11, 2023

lol oh no

i dont even remember what his coaching vices are

the wizards are the most black hole team he might as well have ceased to exist

well he’s not known as a master tactician, let me put it that way

lol

Teams are well aware Chris Paul’s contract is only half-guaranteed for 2023-24. Deandre Ayton will have suitors on the trade market. Monty Williams’ name has surfaced in Bucks coaching whispers. For @YahooSports, what’s next for Phoenix is anyone’s guess: https://t.co/AyIDafIsRb

— Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer) May 12, 2023

Teams are well aware Chris Paul’s contract is only half-guaranteed for 2023-24. Deandre Ayton will have suitors on the trade market. Monty Williams’ name has surfaced in Bucks coaching whispers. For @YahooSports, what’s next for Phoenix is anyone’s guess: https://t.co/AyIDafIsRb

— Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer) May 12, 2023

oh my god I'd rather they'd just kept Bud then resort to Scott Brooks

monty a downgrade on Xs and Os too lol

suns: welcome to the nba offseason

hahah teams are well aware of this thing that has been public knowledge for 2 years.

i feel like james jones is not the guy to overhaul this but who knows.

Phoenix Buns. pic.twitter.com/X2xMEP7NJv

— nba paint (@nba_paint) May 12, 2023

knicks: welcome to the nba offseason

warriors: welcome to the nba offseason

Who are these Ayton suitors and wtf are they watching

yeah hard to imagine that contract being above water but there might be someone dumb out there who thinks they can fix him

i think there are teams who could fix him but not at that price

contextually speaking he is probably not hugely overpaid at mid $30m prices for his whole contract if all you were looking for is a pretty good young big man to help you be a pretty good regular season team. there’s gonna be lots of guys on $50m+ salaries in a few years when ayton is still at like $34m. now guys like shai & mitchell are on the same contract and by that standard ayton’s deal doesn’t look great but it’s more that those guys are grossly underpaid than ayton being overpaid. i think if you want him to be like… an actual impact player and certainly in the playoffs is where i would run for the hills

the suns problem is that they’re selling low on him w/o much leverage bcuz of how toxic the situation seems & i think the teams that will look at him as a player they couldn’t otherwise acquire are the bad and/or small market teams. who are you getting off a roster like charlotte or houston or dallas or whatever to help you win high level playoff games next season? what do draft picks do for them. kinda incongruent to me. i don’t see what contender is gonna look at him and think he’s boosting them a level & literally any team with a center on a real deal is not going to be in the market. when he was a RFA the teams that went after him were indiana and like detroit? and neither of those teams need a center now

no ones paying traditional centers $50m much less mediocre ones like ayton hes prob overpaid by 2x, that contract is just not good or reasonable in any way

here are the top 15 center salaries for next year

1. jokic - 46.9m (proj)
2. embiid - 46.9 (proj)
3. gobert - 41
4. davis - 40.6
5. towns - 36
6. adebayo - 32.6
7. ayton - 32.4
8. turner - 21
9. capela - 20.6
10. allen - 20
11. nurkic - 16.8
12. robinson - 15.6
13. jonas - 15.4
14. carter jr - 13
15. adams - 12.6

some of these guys need better agents! wendell carter’s contract actually has two declining years after this lol. there is a noticeable cliff after ayton where you drop from the low 30s to the 20s… would be hard to argue that he isn’t more in the latter class. some of those guys — allen, jonas, capela — do feel more limited to me *in theory* and ayton in the suns finals run did put up some games you don’t typically see from those guys. but i guess this is the trap ppl fall into with ayton bcuz the reality is more like, yeah most times he plays like one of these guys getting paid $13m. he does have youth and athleticism on his side but at some point you do have to stop wishing on it. it would be a lot easier if there was any shred of evidence that you should have more than one center on your team but we don’t live in that world! as some teams are still learning…

some team is going to 100% say the suns were a bad fit for him, he needs a different environment, they never really tried to feature him on offense, etc. etc. we can fix him.

monty williams welcome to the nba offseason

BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns dismissed coach Monty Williams, sources tell ESPN. Williams was a two-time NBA Coach of the Year in four seasons with Suns — including a trip to 2021 NBA Finals. Suns lost 6-game series to Nuggets in Western Semifinals. pic.twitter.com/bfMd6F1RJc

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 14, 2023

impossible to tell who shams source is

Mat Ishbia and James Jones begin an aggressive offseason solely focused on a championship. And with two top-10 players in Kevin Durant and Devin Booker under contract long-term, an attractive market and driven, dynamic ownership, Suns become the destination coaching job opening. https://t.co/lvdi66CfC3

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 14, 2023

have fun with nick nurse guys!