2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

lmao

Kyrie Irving plans on meeting with the Celtics this week to discuss his future, via @ShamsCharania.

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) June 17, 2019

Kyrie coming back after the Celtics gave up on Davis because they thought Kyrie was leaving would be the most Kyrie move

— Brian Pickett (@BrianPickett) June 17, 2019

lakers davis deal not final btw *waggles eye brows insanely*

just kinda realizing now that he's not a laker i'm a big lonzo fan. feels like a scrappy underdog with a quirky jumper who's escaping from an abusive father's grasp, go lonzo

otm

I really like his game and seems like a chill bro but that jumpshot will keep me at arms length. Seems like Rubio is his floor?

itll be cool for him to be on a shitty fun team that no ones really invested in, throwing oops to zion etc

If they keep jrue that’s gonna be a really tough backcourt on defense.

iirc, jrue was voted the most underrated nba player by the other nba players. the second place finisher was lillard.

i don't think there's any point in talking about lonzo until he plays more than 60 games in a season

i can't find my original post but my lonzo take is still that he's going to forever be a guy that people argue over whether he's good or not like rubio

alternately,

lonzo ball will become "drake 2"

― ciderpress, Friday, June 23, 2017 9:29 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

the lakers took him cause he was famous and from LA, which is perfect

buds i think you should vote if you have not done so

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harrison barnes is declining his 25.1M player option to become a free agent... that seems not smart. maybe he'll take KDs place for the MLE tho lol

knicks maxing barnes

kings abt to pay him lol

kyrie is a child

Second verse, same as the first. (Celtics reporting by @AdamHimmelsbach) pic.twitter.com/WokhetaXOq

— Jason Lloyd (@ByJasonLloyd) June 18, 2019

New story: Sources tell @YahooSports Chris Paul wants out of Houston. Relationship with James Harden deemed "unsalvageable": https://t.co/UhHo0gAr8i pic.twitter.com/Txjtrvkeoc

— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) June 18, 2019

lol we all want things

sounds like a perfect fit for the new york knickerbockers

hard to blame cp3 for wanting out after what harden did to his kitchen

lmbo

lol

excellent

https://i.imgur.com/16ucazf.png

"Paul went to Rockets management and demanded a trade, and Harden issued a “him or me” edict following the Rockets’ second-round loss to the Golden State Warriors, sources said."

lmao didnt dwight do the same thing? maybe harden's been the pest all along.

trying to brainstorm where cp3 could go with that deal and it’s like ...

The backcourt mates went nearly two months without speaking to each other during the season, sources said, creating a tenuous environment for teammates and everyone involved with the franchise.

Harden hasn’t returned Paul’s repeated attempts at communicating this offseason, sources said, after a year in which the pair repeatedly got under each other’s skin with petty acts in practices and games.

pauls not leaving w/o a buyout or the rockets doing a very brutal deal

maybe harden's been the pest all along.

― big city slam (Spottie), Tuesday, June 18, 2019 4:46 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

okc did let him go pretty easy

maybe they can trade him straight up for wall

those are the only two contracts that match at this point ha

lol dc for wall was the one thing I was thinking yeah maybe on xp

feel like the only team where this kinda makes sense is milwaukee. eric beldsoe was exposed in the playoffs and CP3 would be a good facilitator for giannis. but yeesh.

houstons in a real tough spot here

and just when a slight sliver of opportunity has opened up in the west

the math it’s not great

how about CP for Blake straight up. same amount of years, similar money and blake/drummond doesnt work

ooh yeah that actually makes sense for houston, too

paul is cooked blake still has game

who can really say... did CP actually ever touch the ball this last season? if so i didnt get to see it.

he's def on the decline but i dont think hes cooked yet

34 y/o 6ft tall injury prone and unathletic, hes been running on fumes for a while

and hes got 3 more huge years on that deal

Chris Paul has logged on pic.twitter.com/hmk7C95Y9G

— Devin Grainger (@devlightyear) June 18, 2019

kyrie, morey, durant. there is a pattern where a basketball person gets buttered up by bill simmons on his podcast and then their basketball life falls apart.

A thoroughly exasperated Daryl Morey said Chris Paul and his reps have never asked to trade him and he will be on Rockets next season. Said he and Harden do not have issues with one another and that he has spoken to both often this off-season about free agency evaluations, plans.

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) June 18, 2019

interesting