2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

im old lol

that classic moment when you remember the draftee's dad getting drafted

Been watching some Obi Toppin scouting videos and the gap between his offensive and defensive abilities is about the highest I’ve ever seen

I guess Monte Morris is getting traded, I’ll miss him

Rumor: Denver is a front-runner to sign Argentine veteran point guard Facundo Campazzo https://t.co/mSNrlvrmBB

— Denver Stiffs (@denverstiffs) November 19, 2020

just catching up on the draft and learning that the celtics selected a man named Yam Madar

the names were off the charts this year

i wish my name were yam

I cry tears of laughter every time Stephen Jackson tells this story. He said Ron got to the locker room and said “do you think we’re gonna get in trouble for this?” 😭😭😭 https://t.co/zOWcNP0XMr

— Dom 🎱 (@murph_ii) November 19, 2020

the names were off the charts this year

― k3vin k., Thursday, November 19, 2020 10:07 AM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Precious Achiuwa was a personal fav. Obi Toppin and Killian Hayes are sweet names. We got two players named Cassius drafted b2b.

some quality alliteration too with:
– Justinian Jessup
– Payton Pritchard
– Tyrell Terry
– Leandro Bolmaro

some built in nicknames like:
– Jay Scrubb
– Immanuel Quickley
– Tyrese Maxey

Killian Tillie has some good assonance

The Knicks are really pushing it adding 6'3" guard Immanuel Quickley just a year after jettisoning 6'3" guard Emmanuel Mudiay

The Clippers now have a Luke, Lou, Lue, Zu, Du, and Oturu.

— Andrew Ungvari (@DrewUnga) November 19, 2020

thats an mf doom lyric

lol

lol

Leandro Bolmaro

I think you mean Leandro Ballmaro.

leandro ball more o

needs more ball no doubt

RIP king

Source: Golden State’s Klay Thompson has suffered a season-ending Achilles tear.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 19, 2020

fuck that sucks shit

so sad, he seems like one coolest guys in the nba

of all the guys who shouldn't be sidelined for two years of their prime :(

dude worked all the way back from acl tear and was less than a month out from playing in competition again. two years with no splash bros in their primes is really painful man im so bummed. he was such an ironman too. f danny green for life.

wow that sucks. I guess there is nothing else to do but start rebuilding and trade steph curry to the nuggets

#freesteph

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

yeah that sucks. luckily the warriors are light years ahead so they'll put together another good team in no time

bahaha

Wow too soon ciderjerk

Just watched a clip of Windhorst explaining that the Bogdan contract debacle is actually just misdirection to skirt tampering accusations and repercussions (I guess a sign and trade can't officially be put together till free agency actually opens? Hadn't thought about it that way but that makes sense). Intel that Bogdan is excited to sign with the Bucks is supposedly accurate - this is is just their way of establishing plausible deniability that this trade was worked out before they were allowed to do so.

They really need to figure out some way to modify the tampering rules so that they more accurately reflect the reality of what all the teams are seemingly doing all the time. I have no idea what that would look like though.

Haven't noticed it discussed here, apologies for the redundancy if I missed it.

das a lot a oubre

Golden State tax bill is currently $66M

The addition of Kelly Oubre would see it increase to $134M

$14.4M of Oubre + $68M in taxes= $82.4M

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) November 19, 2020

eek (cld still do a sign n trade)

Celtics’ Gordon Hayward has opted out of his $34M deal for the 2020-21 season and will become a free agent, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 19, 2020

probably wants to play for a team that needs him more

lacob really putting his money where his mouth is. hes always said hed do it but we're seeing it now.

Wave Papi!!
Just assuming Presti got 2 1sts in the deal at this point.

Chad Ford reported the same thing about the bogdanovic deal, he thinks the nba taking picks is on the table as punishment

Hope Windhorst is right, Bogdan really would make this a better team than last year. OTOH I see they just waived Ersan and he was part of the deal so who knows

The NBA has opened an investigation of the reported transaction involving Milwaukee and Sacramento that was to send Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Bucks via sign-and-trade after Friday's scheduled start of free agency, @NYTSports has learned

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) November 20, 2020

So much for "evading tampering investigations" lol

shout out to the homie joe smith

it's kinda cool no matter what embarrassing dumb ass stuff happens in the nba I always have an easy Timberwolves reference

lol

When this was splashed all over the media as a done deal based on sources in a position to confirm it, I'm sure there were plenty of GMs who phoned NBA league HQ and complained bitterly about the Bucks and Kings breaking the rules. And you know it wasn't the Kings who let the cat out of the bag and trumpeted the deal as loudly as possible. The Bucks must have felt they had to preemptively scare away any suitors for Giannis, no matter what.

i doubt it was a purposeful leak by either side

it's a really weird situation. like, lowe and windhorst were talking about it so openly the day before the draft and i think they both just shrugged and said "hey, it's a crazy compressed calendar, i guess we're not really doing tampering this year." it seems like the bucks and kings were operating under that assumption and someone else disagreed?

the people who are getting fucked are irsan ilyasova, who went from a $7M contract for next season to no nba job, and robin lopez, who declined a $5M option because he was probably told he might be in this trade.

Crazy that the thunder got a first round pick for Oubre after hearing that he was actually a negative asset on ILH

lol matt nobody said that

also the warriors have to be a bottom-10 team for that pick to convey which is in play but it's not exactly an ironclad first

Really weird thing I’m seeing is this idea that Dennis Schroeder brings toughness to a team

maybe hes been storing it up

you haven't seen how crazy he gets, man

just send over myles turner and we will all move on with our lives

Indiana continues to explore sign-and-trade pathways to try acquire Gordon Hayward from Boston, league sources say

The Knicks, as covered here yesterday, remain a suitor for Hayward with their salary-cap space

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) November 20, 2020