2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

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)

I wanted to see if LeBron picked AD for his all-star team, so I went to a BleacherReport story and found this lol:

Team LeBron: Anthony Davis, F, New Orleans Hornets

I'm not even joking. This will be an extinction level event for the Lakers on par with that Nets deal. https://t.co/GCHsSq6IQX

— Matt Hill (@TweetofMattHill) June 15, 2019

this is a hot take but im not sure its wrong!

bron’s entire draft was angling towards politics stuff it was v v funny xp

Kemba Walker will be a top target in free agency for the Lakers after they reached an agreement in principle to trade for Anthony Davis, according to league sources

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 15, 2019

All the nets dudes were old tho and brow is in his prime

bron is bron but he is 34

I’m very intrigued to see if an all star PF can actually play up to their potential next to lebron and not be relegated to spacing the floor spotting up

Can’t wait to hear how close the Celtics were to trading for Davis

— CelticsBlog (@celticsblog) June 15, 2019

Magic likes the deal!!!

I’m sure the Lakers are happy to know

lol wtf

what was the deadline deal the pels rejected?

― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Saturday, June 15, 2019 5:32 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it was iirc: lonzo, BI, kuzma, zubac, hart, two first rounders for davis and solomon hill

so pelicans lose kuzma and zubac and gain/keep a 1st rounder and solomon hill (also preserve the timeline where they get the number 1 pick)

that timeline is the most valuable asset of all

definitely

Interesting to see if they try to flip the 4th pick and another piece of the haul for the Knicks 3rd spot and get RJ.

i think they're more likely to target a vet/all-star with that #4. their trade demands were current all-star, potential future all-star, and two first rounders.

rn theyre starting 5 looks like:

lonzo-jrue-zion-BI-??

spurs might dangle aldridge for #4

seems possible that the Knicks could end up with nothing from free agency which would be hilarious

xp lol *their

and yeah knicks are looking at a big swing and a miss. like maybe theyll panic and throw a max deal at kd and maybe kd will take it, but i cant see any other free agent combo coming through.