2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

Oh and hakeem. Pretty crazy how badly number one picks bombed before 1975 or so

https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1971.html

lol the best player in the 1971 draft was artis gilmore who was chosen...117th overall

blazers wave the white flag

Portland's Damian Lillard has been diagnosed with a right knee sprain and will miss Game 5 against Lakers.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 25, 2020

smart

https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1971.html🕸

lol the best player in the 1971 draft was artis gilmore who was chosen...117th overall

ah makes sense

Some Wolves fans on Twitter don't want to give up Jarrett Culver and Josh Okogie to get Ben Simmon in a theoretical trade lmaooooooooo

hahaha oh no

every fan twitter has the "our young guys are perfect and amazing and will become future all-stars if we keep them" contingency and unless youre a spurs fan its almost never going to happen

btw all the spurs 1rps of the last 4 years will become all-stars bc they are perfect and amazing

the wolves are..... extremely not the spurs

also just the idea that the Wolves as currently constructed are a thing that needs to be preserved is hilarious

not even sure keeping their two best players is advised at this point!

The wolves are super weird. Team is getting sold, they have free agents. Don’t know what the plan is there

beginning to think the mavs D might be bad

rip

Magic: Jonathan Isaac to miss next season https://t.co/EAJ0fSisAL

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) August 31, 2020

damn

whaat

Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash has signed a four-year contract to become the next coach of the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 3, 2020

Steve Nash and Kevin Durant developed a real, human relationship during Durant's time in Golden State, including during offseason workouts. Steve talked to me about KD for this story in 2018: https://t.co/jRGnSrlmAi https://t.co/IFDZPcdEQL

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) September 3, 2020

apparently brooklyns been trying to get him for a while

ESPN story on the Brooklyn Nets hiring Steve Nash on a four-year deal: https://t.co/xhYSAfzdpl

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 3, 2020

doesnt seem like the best situation for a rookie coach

crazy you would be rich and retired and then sign up to be the direct manager to kyrie irving and kevin durant. no thanks!

right

jacques vaughan staying on as "lead coach" lol

lead assistant head coach

lil detail lol

First, there is a feeling around the league that Timberwolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas will explore every conceivable option with this pick, including a multitude of trade options. Not only has Rosas already proven himself to be one of the more aggressive heads of basketball ops in the NBA, but also the executive team in charge is also one of the more creative ones in executing deals. Remember: the team’s vice president of basketball ops, Sachin Gupta, created the damn trade machine on ESPN.

lol cant wait to see the trade machine twolves in action

who the heck could you trade a #1 pick for as a basement team that wouldn't put you on a short clock to win with your now .500 team

nothing comes to mind but that's why you gotta explore every possibility

gotta use the trade machine

lol i just noticed malik beasley's stats in 14 games with the twolves, how real is that

i also forgot they have dlo now, what is this team

they could win 15 or 50 games next year and i wouldn't be surprised either way

i would be surprised with 50 wins cos their defense might be worst in the league and the west is stacked with competitive teams.

Per source, Sixers are close to a deal with Tyronn Lue to be next HC.

— Jon Johnson (@jonjohnsonwip) September 3, 2020

sensible pick

good luck to him

i wonder what new orleans is going to do now

Chauncey Billups is looking for a job...

Coming this winter to ABC it's player/coach JJ Redick in the Christmas Extravaganza "And a Shooter Shall Lead Them"

donovan out in okc, surprised that actually happened

amazing phrasing by woj here:

With reduced league revenues amid pandemic, there remains uncertainty on how long the Thunder might continue with key veterans in place before changing course on playoff contention. The timetable on so many plans in the NBA remain fuzzy. This was an extremely amicable parting. https://t.co/jUHQ2kiuEo

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 9, 2020

think that means gallo is gone, theyll probably shop cp3, too

billy dont tank

fire sale forthcoming

paul's still got two years $85m left on his deal....

he was so good (and healthy) this year that i think his trade market expanded significantly

not saying *i* would trade for him but

some interesting phrasing by presti in that article, too. seems like billy should be able to get another head coaching job right away if he wants to.

could see him go to a place like indiana to help them overachieve

sounds like chicago is going to take a look at him which makes sense