in recent seasons it feels like injuries and players lost for long periods have emerged as a much greater factor in a team's success or failure than they were historically... a major side effect of the drive toward league parity?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link
dynasties are generally good for attracting causals especially if theyre lead by great charismatic players
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link
parity is pretty high right now and the new cba hasnt affected that at all yet has it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
seems like we were in a good place and they impatiently pushed it further without waiting to see
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
i think it’s probably good in sports when there’s one team that everything revolves around. i’m thinking about my own enjoyment and not casuals, health of the league etcmaybe denver will be that for the next few years tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:28 (one year ago) link
i think its fine for the same handful of teams to make it to the conference finals repeatedly for a few years but the finals being the same matchup 4 years in a row is probably bad. luckily we dont have that anymor enow
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
seeing some wild stuff on twitter as far as what people think the wiz will be able to get for brad
No, you can’t get Bradley Beal without including Jaylen Brown. It’s going to take a star or an up-and-coming star plus draft capital. Not just whatever matching salaries #Celtics can throw at them.— John Zannis (@John_Zannis) June 14, 2023
The deal is to do 3 way with okc... and trade smart brogdon and rob Williams Pritchard etc and three throw in celtics own first rd picks to wizards.... theb have okc trade a bunch of picks to wizards ...every1 is happy ... wizards gets huge boatload of picks ...okc gets veterans— Timber style (@robinhoodjr24) June 14, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:59 (one year ago) link
my predict two protected firsts and some crappy matching salaries gets it done
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:02 (one year ago) link
its going to take a better player in the same role plus draft picks. got it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
somehow i dont think hes gonna get traded
think its fine for the same handful of teams to make it to the conference finals repeatedly for a few years but the finals being the same matchup 4 years in a row is probably bad. luckily we dont have that anymor enow
― ciderpress, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 1:32 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
was irritating that it was the Warriors who built a superteam on a one-time technicality, as opposed to the Cavs where it was just sheer willpower by the greatest player on the planet. but I can forgive it because Curry is so much fun to watch
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:09 (one year ago) link
that second tweet has to be either trolling or an absurd wiz homer (do wiz homers exist?)
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:10 (one year ago) link
ya might be a joke now that i reflect upon it
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 3:02 PM (five minutes ago)bookmarkflaglink
something like this feels right. if it's miami they'll get herro out of it
bcuz of beal's no trade the wiz are going to get completely screwed, putting aside the value in simply dumping his salary. they can't create a market for him -- beal gets to dictate what the market is
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
but in light of the parallel convo about cba, cap, etc, really not sure anyone wants to bite the bullet and pay bradley beal $53m in 25-26 and $57m in 26-27...
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
hes missed a lot of games recently too
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
if you felt like you could legitimately win a title in the next two years w/ him you could justify all the money on the back end but all the teams that might be true about already have at minimum 2 extremely expensive players on their teams
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:22 (one year ago) link
cld see the heat doing it hes exactly what they need
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:24 (one year ago) link
herro and robinson works salary matching wise
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:26 (one year ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 14, 2023 2:12 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
man they really gave him a no trade clause, what an organization
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:28 (one year ago) link
they couldve set themselves up by trading him a few years ago but here we are
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:29 (one year ago) link
the league is still haunted by the heatles but the thing is no team w/ 3 max players has ever actually ran the league
I mean I'd argue the Heatles did but yeah that was kind of a special case, LeBron is a generational talent, the front office made a lot of smart moves, also they had a really good coach which turns out to be pretty important for these teams
bigger problem for the league I think is that these teams are just unlikeable. I mean yea it's neat in the NBA that stars can join forces and make these superteams that play in unique ways but what's the point when everyone just cheers for them to lose
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:32 (one year ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 3:24 PM (five minutes ago)
same and have to imagine they're on the list of beal's approved spots. the issue is butler has a 3/146 extension kicking in this season & you're getting close to bam extension time w/ the possibility of an all NBA hanging out there for him. the heat are renowned for their cap maneuvering, they've houdini'd out of worse situations than what this would prob be. but they don't have a hugely wealthy owner & very rarely pay the tax
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:34 (one year ago) link
the only team i can think of that is feasibly w/in contention and where beal would actually be an upgrade over their projected second best player is philly. which is prob why bill simmons said on his podcast the other day that philly is the team he'd be watching on beal.
heat, celtics, lakers are not getting better if they swapped their second best players for beal. and adding beal to their top 2 players seems untenable financially
two others that definitely won't happen but would possibly be upgrades would be scenarios where the kings or hawks acquired beal at the expense of re-signing sabonis/dejounte
maybe there's a scenario where the bulls move on from lavine and get beal but who wants lavine it can't be washington
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
i guess the lakers could carry beal's salary bcuz lebron isn't going to be there much longer. but i believe they have quite literally nothing to trade?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
herro and robinson make almost exactly the same money as brad for the same length (robison has one year less) so its kinda same diff from a tax perspective
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:38 (one year ago) link
do it for the white out
projected starting lineup next season?? pic.twitter.com/AOqT5cr0Va— wizards updates (@WizardsReddit) June 14, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 3:38 PM (four minutes ago)
the problem is that they prob wanna cut salary and not be deep into in the tax at all as opposed to finding a way to pay the same tax bill w/ a different combo of players
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link
whatre you gonna do you know sometimes you gotta go out and get a brad beal
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:01 (one year ago) link
The Kuminga rumors make me wonder about the Warriors' draft acumen (unless he was another Lacob pick, sigh). Looney is basically the only guy to really stick, though hopefully Poole gets it together next season.
― Cashews Everything Around Me (Leee), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 2:00 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I welcome the sea of casuals
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
no one will say it
“When my time is up and I retire… there will be people that say I changed the game.” - Karl-Anthony Towns (Via @PatBevPod ) pic.twitter.com/6VPO3geTqN— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) June 14, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 21:46 (one year ago) link
KAT could probably fit all those people into a compact sedan.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link
kat's legacy likely to be that he's the most unremarkable and least interesting of the crop of contemporary hoops unicorns. that and maybe the most cringe public persona of his day
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 21:57 (one year ago) link
to be fair, he didn't say which game he was gonna change
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
i love KAT deeply
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:10 (one year ago) link
something mustve happened with kuminga, the org has to be over him completely to give up on him like this. he was a big part of the back half of the season and then made one mistake in an early playoff game and was yanked indefinitely. maybe he said some magic words. dude is crazy talented.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:26 (one year ago) link
yeah kerr said something that inferred he wasnt happy with him
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link
warriors whole org and vets probably has little patience for a malcontent rook but its probably something they should work on
― micah, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:48 (one year ago) link
it makes a ton of sense for them to reset the clock on a rookie scale contract and get rid of him before an extension is even a discussion, but the rest of the league is well aware of this
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 June 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
yeah its hard to get anything for a guy youre giving up on
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 June 2023 00:57 (one year ago) link
i think kuminga is a player. the warriors are as specific a situation as any in the league i’d like to see him get to a place where he can just play a bit more freely.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 June 2023 01:32 (one year ago) link
i would have thought his bird rights etc would be valuable to the warriors with the new cap and all
― micah, Thursday, 15 June 2023 03:30 (one year ago) link
i guess new cba makes it tough to spend above the second apron even if it's on guys you have bird rights for
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Thursday, 15 June 2023 04:02 (one year ago) link
If they give up on him then that’s two highly valuable assets they completely flubbed away and should’ve traded to bring in depth. At this point they’re better off just continuing to develop him he does a lot of things they need and at a good price. Tough spot
― Spottie, Thursday, 15 June 2023 05:43 (one year ago) link
well it seems like they’re seeking a highly valuable asset in return which makes no sense but based on that report it’s not like they’re just raffling him off
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 June 2023 05:53 (one year ago) link
Kat is a strange strange person
Karl Anthony Towns just said the Minnesota Timberwolves making the playoffs last year was more impressive than the Denver Nuggets winning an NBA Championship this year 😭 pic.twitter.com/JkpZJB5ry6— Wes (@6ManYT) June 15, 2023
― Spottie, Thursday, 15 June 2023 08:09 (one year ago) link
let him cook
― ciderpress, Thursday, 15 June 2023 13:15 (one year ago) link
that's real nerd voice KAT
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 June 2023 13:40 (one year ago) link
kat’s agent or best friend or life coach desperately needs to intervene and tell him to stop expressing his hoop opinions in public
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link