2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

i dont think bob meyers is going to sleep at all this summer

Bob Myers takes a moment by himself with a Corona to process the news that Klay tore his ACL. Shortly after this the tweet from Woj went out. More views later on our YouTube... https://t.co/2lK28uPqZt pic.twitter.com/UrQBV3HFGx

— LetsGoWarriors👌💛💙 (@LetsGoWarriors) June 14, 2019

the dream scenario wld be finding a sign n trade for kd

can you do a sign-and-trade on a guy with a player option? He'd have to opt in before being traded.

or opt out and sign n trade on a new max deal

i dont think bob meyers is going to sleep at all this summer

― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, June 14, 2019 2:00 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he shd take a year off hike the appalachian trail or whatever

xp only way that would happen is if KD has requested a trade to a certain team that doesnt have any cap space

yeah its a long shot, wld need to find a team that wanted him too

his timeline just doesnt work for many teams any more.

really weird career in a lot of ways for KD, i don't know how he's viewed in the bay area but obv and unfairly i think outside of the bay area he's not considered to be the guy who brought GSW two more championships, he's seen as a guy who hopped onboard and happened to get a pair of rings (vv different from LeBron who is considered to have earned those rings in Miami, he just earned them in the wrong place), and he obv desires to be seen as that type of star who earns a ring as a leader and not a follower. as i said i think it's unfair and wrong without him i don't think GSW has more than the one championship with this group.

he's seen as a guy who hopped onboard and happened to get a pair of rings

tbf that is what happened

he def hopped on board the GSW express train looking for rings. he didn't just 'happen' to get them. He was NBA Finals MVP, too.

Just spoke with Klay Thompson's father, Mychal, who said there's "no question" Klay will re-sign with the Warriors. Golden State is expected to still offer him a full five-year maximum deal.

— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) June 14, 2019

the right move for all parties

keeping Steph and Klay long-term is smart, shooters can always shoot

the thing that happens to shooters is they lose the ability to get quality looks

wonder how this kawhi season will affect the 'load management' thing next year and into the future. seems like star players will want to play 60 games per season now.

its so obvs the right thing to do

then the nba/owners just needs to suck it up then and cut out all b2b's and cut the season down.

that wld be best imho

they would have to find a way to make that revenue up other places tho.

theyd have to have some vision re creating a better product that long term will generate more revenue per game

i mean the march madness tv deal is bigger than the entire nba season lol

owners prob wldnt go for it but its the players (who are actually played as a % of revenue not the nominal value of their contracts) who have no incentive to think long term on this stuff since their careers arent that long, tho they might be enticed by just playing fewer games

kawhi leaving makes so much less sense now. siakim emerged as their 2nd best player and he's only gonna get better. onanuby will be back and likely be better, rest of the squad back for the most part.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/TOR.html
sixers may break up a bit. celtics are done. bukcs have question marks.

he should run it back for one more at least

yeah from a basketball standpoint its a no brainer, but maybe he just wants to be in LA idk

I'm sure there are some examples but I can't think of an MVP-level player bolting right after winning a championship

then again it's pretty rare to get one as a single-season rental

(jordan kinda)

are the Celtics done?

looking like it

kyrie is leaving so it depends on what kind of leap Tatum makes. And if gordon can return anywhere near where he was pre injury.

if they can un-kobe tatum they have a chance

were through the looking glass here ppl

https://twitter.com/chrisgrenham/status/1139655386494119936

does that link work in your segment of the multiverse?

bad c&p i guess

https://i.postimg.cc/8cKVB2Mn/DE095-F9-B-3594-4-DDC-AE53-E95-ADDAD18-CB.jpg

fellas, bitmoji is on it

https://i.postimg.cc/8cKVB2Mn/DE095-F9-B-3594-4-DDC-AE53-E95-ADDAD18-CB.jpg

Perusing Twitter for tasty Laker Derangement Syndrome tweets is fun

If we strike out on our first 6 guys yeah sure I'll take him https://t.co/uIbTbOMsIs

— Shawn Styles (@strt5150) June 14, 2019

lol can't wait to see how that one has aged two and half weeks from now

Davis to
Lakers

@wojespn: The Pelicans have agreed to a deal to trade Anthony Davis to the Lakers for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and three first-round picks - in...

holy shit

what was the deadline deal the pels rejected?

That sounds like quite a haul. Three first rounders!

lakers fans are obsessed with kuzma so they're happy about this

Kuz is mad overrated pels got the better players.

i like this for both sides but especially for messy drama

like the lakers TECHNICALLY have enough (~$33 mil if davis waives his trade kicker) to sign another max deal but i think bc of cap holds on unfilled roster slots they actually dont quite have enough. they have ~$75 mil paid to FIVE players so theyll need a minimum of 7 players on the roster.

woah that's quite a haul

lakers have to renounce all their 18-19 players to make the near-max spot available. so say they get butler, for funsies:

starting 5
bonga-butler-lebron-kuzma-AD
wagner off the bench

plus 6 guys off the street. 2nd round pick will be important.

i think this officially kills any cp3-to-lal rumors unless a third team gets involved. they have so few contracts to move and theyre late 1strder rookie scale (kuzma, bonga, wagner)