2018 NBA OFFSEASON

i....agree with glen taylor?

also it's really fucking with me that this is being reported as a super-max extension on espn dot com, this is a 30% max extension, not the 35% supermax.

fake news

Never forget when Muggsy Bogues and Charles Barkley tricked JR Reid into thinking he was traded to the Sixers lmao. I mean they had the fake interviews and everything. pic.twitter.com/0bTGCKaBnM

— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) September 21, 2018

Think the won’t be eligible for the super duper max until his next contract.

But this is the most they can give him i think. Same deal booker got. Both players will have the same problem of not being able to get their teams anywhere meaningful if they aren’t willing to commit consistent effort on the defensive end.

yeah, it's the most they can give him. it's the traditional max contract. the 35% designated veteran they added in the last CBA is the supermax. espn is just using the wrong word.

concept

https://i.imgur.com/wcCDncw.png

i'm starting to get a little.....protective of tatum.

he has mvp potential, ant davis has mvp fulfillment

he's not 6'8". It'd never work.

hmm prob true

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn3cOp1U4AAWnU6.jpg

feel the joy

speaking of davis

Anthony Davis has signed with agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports

— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) September 23, 2018

and he bought a house in l.a. so commence the speculation that will likely turn out to be accurate.

eh hes got 3 years left on his contract

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i'm a fun guy

oh, spottie got it in the other thread.

what a weird ass dude

weird energy for sure

oh my god I cannot stop laughing at this

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— Shady00018 (@Shady00018) September 20, 2018

just heard a rumor that kd is going to ny next year, why is it popular for elite free agents to be rumored to be future knicks these days idgi

haven't we talked before abt the kyrie/durant to knicks rumors that were flying a couple months back?

While Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson insists that Lonzo Ball corrected his shaky jumper and is prepared for “a breakout season,” and newest L.A. superstar LeBron James suggested that the second-year point guard is “destined for greatness,” the oft-criticized and highly scrutinized 20-year-old will have to achieve both from the bench, at least to start the season.

“Luke Walton told me today that Rajon Rondo will be the Lakers’ starting point guard to start the year,” ESPN’s Dave McMenamin said on the radio on Monday, via Silver Screen and Roll. McMenamin clarified in print on Tuesday, via ESPN colleague Ohm Youngmisuk, that Walton’s plan is to start Rondo at the point “as Ball makes his way back” from the surgery to mend his torn left meniscus in mid-July.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rajon-rondo-will-start-point-guard-lakers-just-cleared-lonzo-ball-192349045.html

at first i was like wtf but he is coming off a pretty major surgery

haven't we talked before abt the kyrie/durant to knicks rumors that were flying a couple months back?

― Clay, Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:38 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel like i only heard kyrie/butler?

tbf ball is bad tho also xp

this knee situation is actually a perfect cover to hold him out the whole season to learn to shoot from the normal side of his head

Dame Lillard says he'll play off ball more https://t.co/4jCQua7Q7M

— Rotoworld Basketball (@Rotoworld_BK) September 26, 2018

this has gotta be the last year for the mccollum-lillard situation

Excited to read that every 7 footer is going to shoot 3 pointers now.

i'm watching the first episode of this basketball a love story thing on espn and it's really wonderful. they've got present-day bob cousy getting fired up about games that happened 60 years ago! there was a whole section on signature moves where they have a.i. talking crossover, wes unseld talking outlet passes, etc...this thing comes from the heart.

90-year old bob cousy talking about traveling through the jim crow south and saying he felt ashamed to be white is something

tbf ball is bad tho also xp

― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:42 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wtf I thought you were one of the ball is actually good bros

the eps of “basketball a love story” I’ve seen have been great

what im the original ball hater on this site

haven't we talked before abt the kyrie/durant to knicks rumors that were flying a couple months back?

― Clay, Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:38 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel like i only heard kyrie/butler?

― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, September 25, 2018 4:41 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gonna be wild when jimmy, kyrie and kd join the knicks in a year.

― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Friday, July 13, 2018 12:28 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kd to the knicks seems like a thing that could happen

― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, July 25, 2018 8:25 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for anyone interested in watching 10+ minutes of nba stars practicing and interacting (KD and Russ seem cordial) here you go:

I think KD wants to play with Kyrie at some point. They are always heaping praise on eachother and they hang out a lot and Kyrie is obv gonna leave boston...

― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Thursday, July 26, 2018 5:32 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kd, kyrie. and butler to new york confirmed

― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Thursday, July 26, 2018 5:35 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I’m just messing to razz up ilceltics. More fun to speculate and spread nonsense. We don’t really know Kyrie very well tbf who knows what he wants, same w KD, but I know they are friends and always go out of their way to hype up the other and everyone always speculated Kd is gonna bounce.

― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Thursday, August 2, 2018 8:18 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i've seen the kd & irving to knicks thing outside of ilx fwiw

and yes welcome back goon

― Clay, Thursday, August 2, 2018 8:27 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i have no memory of that, anyway kyrie is saying ~all the right things~ as far as staying with the celtics none of this i focusing on this season then well see what happens, which makes sense to me the celtics are championship contenders and the knicks are the knicks

When you're a Knick
You're a Knick all the way
From your first 3 point brick
To your last dyin' day

Phoenix's pursuit of a starting point guard could factor into the Jimmy Butler trade discussions as a potential third-team partner, league sources tell ESPN. If Minnesota trades for Goran Dragic in a Miami/Butler scenario, that could make Wolves PG Jeff Teague available for Suns.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 26, 2018

the suns not having a viable pg (the most stacked position) three weeks before opening night is very suns.

the suns should trade for goran dragic

third times the charm

Jimmy butler on the heat seems kind of perfect.

midseason form:

Calling the Lakers a “historic franchise in this league,” James alluded to their 16 championships and legendary former players. “That’s excitement in its own right,” he said. “And then it’s just always humbling for me any time I get an opportunity to be a part of something special.”

As far as bringing the franchise its 17th NBA title, though, James asserted that he didn’t “believe the only thing that’s a success in marking a season is winning a championship.” He told reporters, “There’s only one champion, but that doesn’t mean you’re not successful. There’s gonna be wins and losses and things of that nature … But if we continue to work the process and continue to sacrifice for one another and put in the commitment and the time to be great, everything will fall into place, as I’ve said before.”

Asked Monday about what “creates pressure” for him at this stage of his career, James replied, “Nothing,” before repeating the thought with a smile. “Nothing.”

There’s gonna be wins and losses and things of that nature

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the suns not having a viable pg (the most stacked position) three weeks before opening night is very suns.

― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Wednesday, September 26, 2018 1:33 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://i.imgur.com/6GtbM3i.png

lol