2018 NBA OFFSEASON

The track record of that front office makes me optimistic in the long run but I can’t see how the team can compete in the short run. I wanted Pops to have another shot at a title.

in a tight market i really don't understand going after kyle anderson for decent money. i don't think i have a great sense of him as a player but does he have a standout skill at all?

xp their options cloud be like...ingram/kuzma/picks? covington/saric/fultz/pick? jaylen/pick? cool! future looks good and they'll be competitive enough now.

derozan? ehhhhhhhhh. competitive now, future looks questionable. could work if he learns to shoot 3s late in life a la jason kidd.

whatever miami or LAC has? grim.

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kyle anderson is an elite defender and can do almost everything else well, too, except score.

when i say "competitive", i meant home court first round in the west. title contention is not feasible with any trade the spurs do at this point.

read a couple of pieces now (lowe, the ringer) about how untouchable ingram is for the lakers which for me is a deal-breaker. my question is how much do the lakers think he will develop if they get kawhi in free agency next year? he'd be the third option.

i agree with that, it's fine to like ingram but he's not valuable on a team with those two guys.

But he might one day be an all-star!

Whoopee. So was Jamaal Magloire.

like if they have those guys it doesn't make any sense to wait around to see if ingram figures anything out as a shooter or off-ball player

like do the lakers want to actually compete with GS? trade for kawhi and keep enough cap space to add a third star in the summer. but adding max'd kawhi next summer to an older LBJ plus youngsters who dont play defense yet plus oldsters who cant shoot is not beating the warriors. ymmv.

as i understand it their paths to a third max slot are very close to closed off, oops

oops indeed. no idea how to look at this lakers team, either.

my guess based on everything i've absorbed so far--they're done for this year and the plan is to flail wildly for any max player next offseason. i think it's a mistake at this point to assume that there's any depth at all to their plans.

right. this is why i think ultimately the spurs and sixers deal will happen if sixers budge on fultz.

Paying rondo 12 milli was ..... not smart

xp with the caveat that nba teams have better intel on fultz than i do i'd agree with that

re: lakers recent developments i was confused on randle but i really don't know why you'd let *both* randle and lopez walk, like you still need a frontcourt i think

Problem with kawhi anywhere other than either LA team is they don’t want a possibly injured (he’s prob not) guy who doesn’t want to be there and who doesn’t talk to let people know what he actually wants. He’s not worth a one year gamble for a team like philly imo

LeBron James with the chase down block on Kevin Durant!!

Kuzma gets the rebound

5 seconds left

Kuzma throws an outlet to Lonzo

Lonzo throws a no look pass to a wide open Brandon Ingram for three

IT GOES IN!!

Final Score: Lakers 95 Warriors 211

— KENNY KONFLICT 🃏 (@kenyon_sholty) July 7, 2018

I have always counted myself among those who cautioned not to read the spurs' obituary prematurely (and we've always been right), but I don't really see a scenario where the spurs get home court in the west in 2019. think it's the end of an era tbh

yeah lopez was actually kinda good and floor stretchy last year i'm surprised they let him walk

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhoBTdnX4AEjI1c.jpg

melo is sullen dwight

both of them do love to smile/laugh as a defense mechanism

this melo slander is offending me

I have always counted myself among those who cautioned not to read the spurs' obituary prematurely (and we've always been right), but I don't really see a scenario where the spurs get home court in the west in 2019. think it's the end of an era tbh

― k3vin k., Sunday, July 8, 2018 10:30 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they won 47 games with one rly good player and finished 3GB from the #3 seed. they'll be better this year with whoever they get from the kawhi trade. it's not out of the question for them to be a top 4 seed.

be interesting to see what happens with kawhi for sure, if he really has his heart set on the clippers shd the spurs even bother trading him clippers got nothing

no, clippers dont have shit outside of tobias harris (who i kinda like but doesnt do much for the spurs now or in the future). lakers are not trading ingram so i think a lakers deal is sunk unless a deal elsewhere is imminent and magic panics

yeah id just hold on to him til the deadline if tobias harris is all thats on offer

i assume theyd throw in shai gilgeous-alexander (whom i know nothing about) and picks.

kawhi making all this fuss then deciding on the clippers is actually super hilarious i just realized

its too much.

I’m told Clint Capela felt undervalued during initial negotiations with Houston—he’s reportedly seeking more than the 4/80m given to Zach Lavine, and was offered a contract in the range of the 4/48m given to Nurkic.

— Kelly Iko (@KellyIkoNBA) July 8, 2018

goddamned bulls

GarPax only have jobs cause ownership too lazy/cheap to get replacement huh

Good luck to Clint in this non-market for big men

in his defense its also a non-market for zach lavine and yet

houston really is not going to be as good this year

ariza was such a good glue player for them for the past several years

houston needs to come the fuck on and pay capela.

they just lost luc too

@wojespn: Free agent forward Luc Mbah A Moute has agreed to a one-year deal with the Clippers, league source tells ESPN.

ballmer boyz

"Houston is detemined to sign Carmelo Anthony once he becomes free in OKC, sources tell ESPN."

d'antoni can't catch a break

rockets offseason is a disaster thus far

last year was their shot imo

gsw gonna cruise next year

still thinking about 'the rockets went ice cold and it killed them'

it's such a poetic phrase

im interested to see how harden comes out, he's been playing for that mvp trophy for four straight seasons wonder if he'll chill a little now that he got it

harden will put up like 29/6/8 like always

damn! if the rockets push capela out the door because they are panting after signing melo, I will be aghast. but since they are in the western conference, I suppose I can't complain if they shoot themselves in the foot. it would clear a bit more space near the top that my team could compete to fill.