2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

Getting the band back together.

Restricted free agent Kristaps Porzingis and the Dallas Mavericks will meet when free agency opens on June 30 and the franchise plans to offer Porzingis a full five-year, $158 million maximum contract, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 25, 2019

god I hope he stays healthy for luka's sake

what if he goes to prison

NBA contracts all have a clause about "activities detrimental to the league", and most are likely have the classic "moral turpitude" escape hatch, too. So, at least the Mavericks would be able to free up his salary.

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27054891/rockets-eyeing-sign-trade-butler

it's going to be incredibly hard to make that work imo

the drama potential is incredible

salivating at the idea of butler and cp tag teaming to yell at harden for hours at a time

The Rockets trying to add Jimmy Butler to a locker room with CP3 and James Harden pic.twitter.com/DvHlWkzaiX

— aj iaN (@DanielOyefusi) June 25, 2019

do it lol

lol yes please

NBA executives reportedly think the Lakers are the most likely destination for Carmelo Anthony 😬

➡️ https://t.co/k59DPl88LQ pic.twitter.com/ZH5ntvcQnY

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) June 26, 2019

ok yeah

its destiny

for the vet min i guess he could come off the bench and provide some scoring for the second unit ... what could go wrong?

lebron will never make the finals again

Durant opted out

that doesn't mean he can't still sign a supermax with Golden State though, right?

He can but now he’s an unrestricted FA. I think gs can offer the most money

he was never going to pick up that option, at least that's the impression I got.

I still think he's leaving though, that's my hunch.

sources telling me the Lakers are going to pay Melo in hats to save cap space

was that a purposeful or accidental dad joke?

lol

started a thread for these topics:

NBA State of Play – Rule Changes – Trends – CBA – Schedule Reform – Load Mgmt – etc

L.A.Melo will be amazing, a season with him in L.A. and Butler in Houston would (will, please??) be incredible.

Reporting w/ @ZachLowe: Houston’s offering Clint Capela, Eric Gordon and PJ Tucker individually to teams w/ space to absorb salary. Rockets trying for best available first-rounder for any of those three, hoping to redirect pick to Philly in pursuit of Jimmy Butler sign-and-trade.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 26, 2019

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xxxpost lol I'm such a dad I don't even have to try anymore I guess

whats funny is like why arent they jut trying to tobias harris instead

yes... yes

The Knicks are weighing the prospect of extending a considerable one-year offer to Warriors free-agent big man DeMarcus Cousins if they miss out on top target Kevin Durant, league sources say

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 27, 2019

"if"

Feel more bad for boogie than the knicks tbf

beto was a total mush mouth tonight wtf

lol obv meant for another active thread tonight

its ok it affects hoops bc well shti it doesnt but robert o'rourke sucks

knicks should sign him too he's v tall

he's v tall

...and he lives in San Antonio, so he's practically a Spur.

MYTH: robert "beto" o'rourke is NOT from america's most important strategic, cultural, and hoops city, san antonio texas

You mean "El Paso" isn't a Texan code for "San Antonio"?

el paso is closer to california than san antonio BRAH

What?! I was never taught this in school.

i just looked at it on a map and its true

its way over there

ESPN story on the Boston Celtics becoming strong frontrunners to sign Charlotte All-Star guard Kemba Walker once free agency opens: https://t.co/csJ3YhWV2Y

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 27, 2019

sounds fun before you realize that brad stevens and kemba were both heavily involved in the 2011 ncaa championship game, the worst basketball game in history.

i will never click on a celtics thread.

too bad u will never click on the coolest thread

I guess the Wolves offered Wiggins for Russell and the Nets weirdly said no

very strange!

did they ask him to promise to get better at basketball tho