2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

cmon massive overhaul of the roster CMONNNNNNNN

Interesting

There is speculation that Jason Kidd was brought to LA in an attempt to attract Giannis to the Lakers when he becomes a free agent in 2 Years, per @Newsday.

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 19, 2019

lolllllllllll good lord, giannis spends ONE YEAR with bud and is the mvp and prob going to the finals, but nah he really wants to play with jason kidd, jesus christ

Lakers rumors will never not be extreme and funny

2-D chess

lakers becoming a joke of a franchise in my lifetime is one of the greatest joys on nba fandom

ps also fuck jason kidd 4 life

lol lakers

whatre the chances kidd is still even working for them in 2 years

noted long-term thinker jason kidd

now this is gonna be fun

we looked around the hoops world, talked to the best of the best and found that the one we were looking for was there all along. shocking development

BREAKING: Ryan Saunders to remain as #Twolves head coach. https://t.co/tYv5lRaPDo #NBA pic.twitter.com/E34cmNX1an

— Star Tribune Sports (@StribSports) May 20, 2019

i was impressed with him

Magic Johnson identifies Rob Pelinka is the person who was backstabbing him. pic.twitter.com/3mul9lJuzi

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) May 20, 2019

Backstabbing me with hateful comments such as 'why is Magic not at work today' and 'has anyone seen Magic in the office the past two weeks'

love how he dropped all this just a few hours before vogel is to be introduced to the media accompanied by pelinka

magics mad lol

what if j kidd actually stabs vogel in the back as a pre-orchestrated introduction to j kidd as head coach

omggggg

Bruh the amount of disrespect in this question 😂😂😂😂 #Lakers @WorldWideWob pic.twitter.com/Wl80hcwtZC

— Josh (@JMoneyMikita) May 20, 2019

Who has had the better *career?*

Let's frame it as, who is MORE fitting to go into the Hall of Fame? (Both will go in, no question, whether you agree or not, they'll get in.)

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 20, 2019

i love this poll

currently 50%/50% with 6000 votes!

dwight seems obviously better like he was definitely better through age 29 and i can't believe draymond's playstyle will age well into his 30s

i also can't think of draymond as more than a very good role player until i see him on a team that doesn't have 1-2 MVPs warping things

yeah i mean dwight was the second best player in the league for a few years, best player on a finals team etc

I went back and checked the player model I made during the pre-season and it ranked Giannis as the 19th best player in the NBA. I guess it’s true that all models are wrong!

That poll is pretty entertaining. Some of the anti-dray replies are so dumb they are entertaining. I truly have no idea what people mean when they talk about “role players” and use Dray as an example.

Finally, I miss ILH. I don’t know why I haven’t kept up this year. I’m still watching a ton of basketball and most NBA talk (on Reddit or Twitter or wherever) is compartively shit! Anyway, this has been my favorite post season in forever. I genuinely love all four teams and would be stoked about any combination of finals.

(btw I’m not hating on you ciderpress. Nothing but love.)

love all four teams and would be stoked about any combination of finals

Any combination will most definitely not include the Blazers. They're tapped out. But I love that they made a deep run to the WCF as the lowest of the surviving seeds -- in a playoffs where they were expected to die quietly against OKC in the first round.

I would have voted Dwight except it seems like everyone who ever played with him hated his fucking guts whereas the only teammate who I know hates Draymond is KD and that’s honestly a point in his favor.

by the criteria they give the answer is dwight and it isn't really close

i know dray is better than a 'role-player' but the point is he does very specific things that are complementary to a star player rather than being a guy who can elevate an otherwise bad team himself

He would help any team.

Dwight clearly a better career peak and cad otm. We can revisit in 7-8 years tho

drays a defensive superstar and very bad at scoring while being able to do some other good things on offense

we know what a team where dwight is the best player looks like, they made the finals. what does a team where dray is the best player look like?

Dunno don’t really care!

Hope we never have to find out

it looks like the lottery

dray cld absolutely end up w/ a better career than dwight if his body holds up bc of how hard dwight fell off but right now its not close

<3

“There’s no place he’d rather have me get my start in coaching.”

An emotional Ryan Saunders thanks his father, Flip, and the rest of his family. #AllEyesNorth pic.twitter.com/wYUtEveHoP

— FOX Sports North (@fsnorth) May 21, 2019

oh that got me

hope he does well

messy messy

Report: Magic Johnson revealed problems with Rob Pelinka only on TV, not to inquiring Lakers owner Jeanie Buss https://t.co/iFSVMvy7tY

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) May 21, 2019

how are they going to convince any FAs that they are a stable org? maybe lebro should demand a trade

If I'm a free agent, I'd rather sign there this year than last year tbh. It's hard to see how losing Johnson or Walton hurts them. They're a mess but the situation is still pretty good.

it is?

the biggest selling point as far as I can see is that the warriors and rockets could both plausibly be on their last legs as dominant teams, but then you still have 35 year old lebron (who gets injured now like normal humans), a bunch of young but unproven talent, and a front office that is a complete trash fire

id rather go to the clippers for sure. especially if you want to be the man and not have to worry about dealing with lebron

I'm not saying it's a top destination. But would you rather sign with the Wizards?