2018 NBA OFFSEASON

i need to see it

its the culmination of the small ball era: mid ball

wing ball

kyrie or ingram + kuz?

(celtics have much better draft picks to offer if it comes down to that)

This doesn't guarantee Kawhi Leonard is going to the Lakers this week -- since San Antonio could always trade him elsewhere and/or drag things out -- but league sources say of the Spurs: "They're ready" to move on from Kawhi

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 28, 2018

what a world

i think weve officially exited the "superstars dont change teams very often" era

If kawhi has accomplished one goal, it would be making himself untenable to the spurs, so that their trading him seems inevitable. then, too, making sure the whole league knows kawhi wants to go to LA will scare off a lot of potential dance partners, upping the chances LA will get him.

and the only cost to kawhi has been totally shredding his reputation by making him look sullen, petulant, badly injured, and a very risky bet for any team wanting to give him a long-term max contract. success!

this could get more interesting if there's a deal in principle and his medicals start getting shared

kyrie or ingram + kuz?

― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, June 28, 2018 12:57 PM (forty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel like the spurs might prefer kyrie as the lakers deal is really a rebuilding move

and the celtics as they are worried abt kyrie leaving next year anyway maybe wldnt even care about getting a commitment from kawhi

kyrie plus the SAC pick gets it done for me. can draft a future piece next year and continue being competitive this year.

i kinda dont see the celtics throwing in either the sac or mem pick w kyrie, unless maybe if they were confident kawhi is fully healthy and he agrees to an extension

prob not, but spurs won't make that deal straight up

cld see kyrie + a celtics pick or a lesser young dude something like that

Potential offer sheet target for Indiana Pacers' anticipated https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/10123832431009751040M-plus in salary cap space, league sources tell ESPN: Orlando Magic restricted free agent forward Aaron Gordon.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 28, 2018

nice, nate duncan and those guys had gordon to the pacers in their mock offseason

dude Lonzo to SA would be awesome

i think weve officially exited the "superstars dont change teams very often" era

― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, June 28, 2018 1:26 PM (thirty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah

Players have more freedom comparatively

But also two current factors we may not always have: a bunch of gms unafraid to let their nuts hang (ainge Morey presti etc); and the sheer gravity of lebron free agency

+dubs dominance

dubs broke the league

https://nba.nbcsports.com/2018/06/28/reports-spurs-want-celtics-all-in-for-kawhi-leonard-trade-talks-boston-slow-playing-it/

as a Fan I don't want any part of this mess

bless this mess

man i think there is a *lot* of bad info being reported.

well, i mean someone out here is going to be wrong about something
is the opt-out deadline at midnight tonight or tomorrow?

"Who the Spurs want to get deeply involved with is the Boston Celtics." what a way to make a living.

i mean its obvious celtics got the best assets but its also obv they dont want to pay market for nothing bc DEALS

they also won’t pay market because kawhi is damaged goods.

shhhh he's probably fine

even at 90% he's better than anyone on the celtics currently

another aspect to the whole Kawhi thing i just considered and correct me if i'm wrong on some points: that while the public didn't know it, it's likely that the team probably knew that Pop's wife was battling an illness that was likely going to take her life, and through all this he was coaching and handling the team, and Kawhi's absence and weirdness would be even worse in the context of all that, especially with Pop being a genuinely beloved guy and player's coach; Kawhi just acting in a way that was making Pop's professional life more difficult while his personal life was causing him ridiculous amounts of stress.

it would also explain a bit more a lot of the snappiness directed at Kawhi from certain guys, idk though, it's just speculation.

v v possible. altho nothing ive read indicates that kawhi had any beef with pop specifically, that most of his ire is with the org as a whole/med staff. but def fucked up.

You say you want my trust and told me you were leavin'
How am I to know that you won't do it to me
Your tellin' me its different but what the hell is different
If you cheated on pop you'll do it to me

From the outside looking in, Kawhi's uncle Dennis seems like a big problem ... like maybe bigger than Lavar? What do you think, bise?

that the spurs would be asking for a ton for kawhi and that the celtics would be trying to offer significantly less than that just seems like... normal trade negotiations to me?

of course, which is why articles about how the spurs really wish the celtics would put their best and final on the table are funny.

From the outside looking in, Kawhi's uncle Dennis seems like a big problem ... like maybe bigger than Lavar? What do you think, bise?

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, June 28, 2018 6:05 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the narrative from Extremely Hurt Spurs Fans is that kawhi's uncle is pulling the strings and influencing kawhi so they can all live it up back home in socal. i don't think that kawhi would be passing up all this money* unless he really didn't want to be here. he's losing at least ~$30M by not signing this supermax extension, and if he gets traded to [non-LA team x] and signs with some other teams, that's another tens of millions of dollars he's passing up (which i why i think celtics should seriously consider taking on kawhi and then if he wants to leave, get some sign and trade stuff coming back their way. if he doesn't, yay for them).

Los Angeles Lakers guard Tyler Ennis has been released.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 29, 2018

IT HAS BEGUN

A small update on where things stand with the Lakers and trade talks. A league source tells me that so far the Lakers haven't offered Brandon Ingram in any deals.

— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) June 29, 2018

lakers, please

i'm saying! the reporting on this story is laughable.

yup

oof

ESPN’s @ZachLowe_NBA says the Suns made Marquese Chriss available on draft night. Chriss is one of several players we expect will not be on the team next season. pic.twitter.com/EAiRKP8aoW

— Phoenix Suns Insider (@InsiderSuns) June 29, 2018

he’s really awful

yeah i'm pretty sure draft night hasn't been the only time chriss has been available

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wow this could be big

James Dolan lays groundwork for sale of Knicks and Rangers; MSG stock surges https://t.co/GxLRDYlL76 pic.twitter.com/Qi1hWKG6rg

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 29, 2018

Or he could just sell them to yet another cringe-inducing, fat-headed, superannuated billionaire.