2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

Bol Bol still had a better draft than Manute in 1983

Again, with Feeley's influence, Bol declared his intention to play professionally with the NBA. Subsequently, Bol was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the fifth round of the 1983 NBA draft (97th overall) after he had declared himself.

Clippers Coach Jim Lynam received a call about Bol from Coach Feeley, who he knew from coaching circles. "So, I said, 'Have you told anyone else about this?' " Lynam recalled. "Feeley said the only one in the NBA he had called was Frank Layden at Utah. He said Frank said he couldn't take another big guy like this. He already had Mark Eaton. I was the second guy Feeley had called. I told him he didn't have to call anyone else."[16]

After the June, 1983 draft, Lynam traveled to Cleveland and watched Manute play in pickup games. In speaking with Bol, through a fellow Sudanese player, Lynam learned that Manute had become hesitant about playing professionally because he did not know the language well enough to understand what his coaches were telling him to do.[16]

Lynam noted that, "One of the things everyone was looking at was his passport. His passport said he was 19 years old. His passport also said he was five feet two."

When Lynam asked Bol about the discrepancy with his real height and his passport height, he said that Bol explained that he had been sitting down when measured by Sudan officials.[16]

However, language and passport concerns were set aside when the NBA ruled that Bol had not been eligible for the draft and declared the pick invalid. Bol had not declared 45 days before the draft, as required.[17][13][11]

lol at manute being roughly muggsy's height while seated

can someone break down what all happened last night ? ok thanks

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, June 21, 2019 11:39 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm pretty sure every player in the league under the age of 22 is on the Pels, Bulls, or Suns now.

yeah really just a lot of shuffling around with picks and replacement level players. I remain in awe of the suns moves tho.

don't the suns need a pg who can shoot more than anything else? coby white was right there

they need a lot of things they got two of them with a PF and backup center last night. but yeah point guard should be priority 1 with them and they traded back. they must have a verbal from dangelo or something.

plan is to get d'angelo into the "Illumination, Symphony of Light" drive thru

The emotion here is insane. Jordan Bone 57th pick in the draft🤞🏾 S/O to @1st_blackpope @JordanBone23 @UTKnoxville @espn pic.twitter.com/nfOqL9iohE

— NextUpRecruits (@NextUpRecruits) June 21, 2019

that rules.

Yeah. Definitely didn't make me cry. Not at all.

gotta Bone to pick

sick

Quin Snyder is a Maoist. Pass it on pic.twitter.com/2U9YOi80P3

— Lifelong New Orleans Pelicans Fan (@BLACKMESSlAH) June 22, 2019

Quin Snyder go on chapo

my man

Hammer and sickle Twitter is weird

mods to the gulag

More like your mom you know what this isn’t even fun anymore

Trill wants out

🚨 BREAKING: Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein wants out of Sacramento. Cauley-Stein's agent tells me Willie would prefer to become an unrestricted free agent so he can pursue other opportunities.https://t.co/hoplGzarOp

— Jason Anderson (@JandersonSacBee) June 23, 2019

Willie would prefer to become an unrestricted free agent so he can pursue other opportunities

Gee. Imagine that.

time for the kings to get boogie back

return of the king

good, now lets think about if these people serve any purpose at all

Adam Silver likes NBA teams moving away from term ‘owner,’ prefers ‘governor’ https://t.co/eb0TrLzCPJ

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) June 24, 2019

all teams should be owned by the local public like the packers

^ otm

teams shd be owned by a players co-op

should be both really, the people that play and the people that pay to watch them

anyone one but billionaires

GBAB (green bay area billionaires)

wld love to see what the players wld get up to if they started their own league

they wldnt have to do anything they way its currently done

ILH should own a team. we would make all the right moves.

trade everyone every day

list of top FAs
https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/24/nba-free-agency-2019-kevin-durant-kawhi-leonard-kyrie-irving-jimmy-butler
no jeremy lamb tho hm

yeah weird, Lamb is better than 10-15 dudes on that list.

but Lamb will never be the Goat

did he who listed the lamb list thee?

hawks and blazers flipped evan turner and kent bazemore.

epic trade

It’s actually a low key great upgrade for the blazers

yeah baze is a cool player and they need defense. not sure why the hawks did this move.

both seem like good teammates. maybe they both just wanted to move on idk

someone on twitter speculating hawks just did baze a solid since it doesnt really matter to them

cool for baze sucks for turner who will be buried on the bench. im sure they hawks will buy him out at the buyout deadline tho

first time I read this one on my phone I thought it was kanter for baze and I didn’t get it, turner tho that’s a great flip

It's the 2nd Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - Class of 2019 Inductees

breaking news

yeah. the blazer management are like small stakes poker players who rarely get dealt better than an average hand, but who still manage to walk away with a small pile of chips at the end of the evening. they lose some. they win some. but on average they stay ahead. they aren't the only well-managed small-market team, but the spurs are the only one who have a clearly better track record.

the hurtful irony is that, when the blazers do get a #1 or #2 draft pick, they always end up eating their shoe.

the Rockets really do go out of their way to be unlikeable esp after Giannis' speech

Congrats to the new MVP, but we respectfully disagree.

📝 @JHarden13 ⤵️

✔️ Finished Top 2 in MVP voting 4 out of the last 5 seasons

✔ 1st player in NBA history to avg at least 35.0ppg & 7.0apg in a single season

✔ Scored 40+ pts 28 times this season, 50+ 9 times & 60+ twice pic.twitter.com/UMmHARlNxg

— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) June 25, 2019

gracious lol

rockets are the we didnt win but we actually won poster boys

andre interview is always must watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm14UTodDCw