2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

yeesh. player option?

Really crazy money but I guess they’re sick of having to think about this position

just seems like they’re paying for the idea of it working before it actually does. sometimes this stuff works out but it’s scary

yeah conceptually he seems like the right guy but he was pretty bad last year needs to do more stuff

yeah, if you're looking for further development i just don't think it's going to happen at this point

i think they'll continue to be a strong regular season team and he'll prob work fairly well for them in that context. but the playoffs are a different ball of wax so we won't really know until we know

murray really needs to be playing for gordon to make sense

They were willing to pay Jerami Grant 20m a year and Gordon is slightly better than Grant so I guess from their perspective it’s just a reload on that

is gordon better than jerami grant

Yeah I think so. Grant is just such a bad rebounder

To be clear I think they’re both overpaid

Also Grant was a role player chafing against his role and wanting to be a centerpiece. Gordon has gone through the experience of Orlando trying and failing to make him a centerpiece, and is presumably excited to be more of a role player. Better living through team chemistry

imo theres def room for gordon to be better than he was last year just via getting to know the team/his role better joining midseason is tricky, also randomness

Some NBA news:

There are a handful of Kyrie trades that potentially make sense for the Nets, Kyrie’s agents have made it known that Kyrie would simply *retire from the NBA* if Brooklyn were to trade him.

— nick wright (@getnickwright) September 15, 2021

My mask is off. Now take yours off. No fear.

— A11Even (@KyrieIrving) September 15, 2021

really curious what came up that caused kyrie's agents to even have to express that

yeah

i believe him

yeah were i an nba team i certainly wouldnt test it lol

i'm also honestly curious what kyrie trades are out there that actually make sense for the nets. it's not like they're in a position where they need to be recouping assets, they're all in. if KD plus one of the other two are healthy they're prob title favorites, if all three are healthy they're prob overwhelming favorites. they already have a plus plus shooter, already have one of the best wing players in the NBA... what's the trade that makes them better

unless they just feel like they can't rely on him to even show up which is a possibility but if that's the case it's hilarious that kyrie would box them in by just saying he's gonna retire if they trade him lmao

kyrie looked fuckin amazing last year when he was on the court

trading him for defense and depth kind of makes sense theoretically, also he is a known team cancer and obvs a huge wildcard and is never healthy, but yeah in the world you would never actually trade him

in a fantasy nba kyrie for simmons would be extremely interesting for both teams and for drama

unless they just feel like they can't rely on him to even show up which is a possibility but if that's the case it's hilarious that kyrie would box them in by just saying he's gonna retire if they trade him lmao

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, September 15, 2021 3:26 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm lol feel like kyrie is planning on doing some wild extracurriculars this year, not that just not showing up repeatedly isnt already trade worth, what if hes secretly not cool w kd anymore, not hard to picture

i'm supposed to be prepping for a meeting but now i'm trying to figure out what kyrie trade is out there lol

maybe i'm overreacting but i just feel like simmons is a negative playoff player until proven otherwise

also for all the worry about the nets defense, it definitely wasn't an issue vs the bucks. maybe that's just cuz the bucks kinda play a clunky grind it out style in the playoffs but their defense didn't seem like a fatal flaw. maybe that's also bcuz they didn't have kyrie, harden, KD on the floor at once so they were a bit more tilted towards defense. but if i were them i'd just stay put

yeah the nets defense was fine, much better than i thought, but still kyrie is pretty redundant behind kd and harden and hes and injury prone lunatic, and nets would be the perfect fit for simmons he could just be large draymond

i mean the nets org must absolutely hate him, just not showing up to games is generally frowned upon in the nba, so much so it hardly ever happens, when was the last time a major guy was awol, rodman on the bulls?

well the sixers putting the fate of their franchise in kyrie’s hands would be hysterical

im saying its an interesting idea from many angles

I think Kyrie is a certified lunatic and I would trade Simmons for him in 2 secs.

yeah i mean philly isnt getting anyone else nearly as good

well the sixers putting the fate of their franchise in kyrie’s hands would be hysterical

This is an underrated and hilarious timeline, agreed. If it ever happens, I'm gonna have to believe that the Sixers org has been optimizing for dangerously high blood pressure among talk radio callers all along and everything else has been secondary.

good idea if so

@JakeLFischer to @hmfaigen in the Halftime app: Rich Paul was telling other agents at the Chicago combine that LeBron and AD were sliding to the 4 and 5

— Lakers Supply (@LakersSupply) September 15, 2021

Look you just gotta hope Kyrie shows up to your games and focus on everything else

yeah i agree

only took bron and AD 19 and 12 years respectively to finally come to that decision xp

Lakers favorites again if they stick to that (and Bron looks like himself again)

crazy to have two top contenders be such huge injury question marks

tbf like most major players have seemed that way in the last couple years (except giannis)

That makes a lot of sense for AD and Lebron, but do the Lakers really have the guards and wing players to cover all those minutes?

its not like they have viable centers either

they'll prob still play lots of dwight and deandre in the muck of the regular season

Where does Carmelo play?

“Mask off” means
You stop being something you’re not and stop lying to yourself. It’s the moment you discover the real you and can walk around with NO FEAR in a society that shows a lot of the masks people wear to hide who they truly are.

*nothing COVID rule related!! Relax 🤞🏾

— A11Even (@KyrieIrving) September 15, 2021

fingers crossed emoji

lol

haa

<3

to be fair to kyrie ppl *did* use the phrase "mask off" in this way after the future song came out. that having been said, perhaps he should consider the general concept of context, just as a rule of thumb

it would be a hell of a time to start