2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

Lottery odds:

New York 14.0%
Cleveland 14.0%
Phoenix 14.0%
Chicago 12.5%
Atlanta 10.5%
Washington 9.0%
New Orleans 6.0%
Memphis 6.0%
Dallas 6.0%
Minnesota 3.0%
Los Angeles Lakers 2.0%
Charlotte 1.0%
Miami 1.0%
Sacramento (to Boston or to Philadelphia) . 1.0%

Cleveland reloading with Zion would be kind of wild

luka + zion 4ever

oh god dont put that in the universe i need the mavs to stink a lil while longer

If there's any truth to the Kristaps case then hopefully they will.

doncic-kristaps-zion would be a fuckin wet dream

if the kristaps thing had any legs i feel like we would know by now

feel like being a third option would be amazing for him

uh oh boogie looked pissed

oops wrong hoop thread

the plot thickens???

Andrew Lopez@_Andrew_Lopez

David Griffin on Anthony Davis: "We have a long successful history with Klutch Sports. Rich Paul and I have spoke about Anthony. We are both excited about what we could potentially build here."

Anthony Davis looks at the Pelicans and asks "why?" David Griffin looks at them and asks "why not?"

that would be good for basketball reasons but not sure if i buy it

they gotta pretend theyre not gonna trade him

natch

but also it would be cool if they didnt

he wore the thats all folks shirt its too late

but that wasnt his choice

doesnt matter if u wear the shirt u wear the shirt

debatable

i interpreted the shirt as 'end of season' not 'i am going to another team'

good, kemba needs new horizons

Report: Hornets not trading for Marc Gasol soured Kemba Walker on Hornets https://t.co/NP7caELIRW

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) April 19, 2019

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26560005/sources-lue-meeting-lakers-vacancy

sounds like it's Lue, Juwan Howard or Monty Williams

lol

i pity whoever it is

... unless it is Scott Skiles.

Sad that Mark Jackson isn't on the shortlist anymore.

that klutch connection may have been a bridge too far for people to handle

really wanted to see j kidd cannonball pointlessly into those waters.

waht

Report: Lakers have no plans to replace Magic Johnson, who’ll still help team recruit FAs https://t.co/vOdRcvt4BR

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) April 22, 2019

lakers are all like when you think about it what even is a president of basketball operations?

lakers are all magic doesnt work here and he does work here

magic gonna recruit players to LA by assuring them he won't be around to fuck things up

If the recent past is an indicator, Magic will recruit free agents by tampering with them.

i love being tampered with

Igor fired

bad luke walton news out there

yeah saw that

devin booker has had 5 coaches in 5 years very stable around here

really wanted to see j kidd cannonball pointlessly into those waters.

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 19 April 2019 19:19 (four days ago) Permalink

New story: Jason Kidd interviewed with Rob Pelinka and Kurt Rambis for the Lakers' head coaching vacancy on Monday, league sources told ESPN https://t.co/4X2tVJVR1U

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) April 23, 2019

jeannie cant control herself letting dumb ass laker cast offs of yore run everything into the goddamn ground

i would read a robert caro-style bio of kurt rambis. dude is unkillable.

hahaha can he replicate the success he had coaching the legendary Rambis-era Timberwolves?

so close to the dream!

i dont think id want to be the team that maxes klay

oooh dang yeah

itll be an overpay for his narrow skillset and its really hard to win a chip burning that level of cap on a role player

I think he can do a lot more than he’s showed as a third banana.

Just because he’s not as good as two of the three best players of the decade doesn’t mean he’s not really fucking good

i dont think he'll be the worst player that gets maxed this offseason

bucher is like 10% trustable but this is funny if true

"My understanding is that there were some emails that were exchanged between Rob and Jeanie…about Magic and about what Magic was and wasn’t doing," Bucher told Cowherd.

If this betrayal from someone he describes as "his sister" wasn't enough, the way Johnson found out about their gossip only put salt in the wound.

"Somehow, someway, Jeanie, from what I understand, was CC’ing or blind CC’ing Magic on everything. That was sort of protocol. Standard issue," Bucher explained. "Somehow, the exchange between Rob and Jeanie ended up on that string of the blind CC’s that were going to Magic. So, Magic now is seeing emails from Rob to Jeanie that were critical of what he was doing... so when he talked about the backstabbing, to me, my understanding that’s what started it."

Today, Magic subtweeted "the truth will always come to light".