2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

connolly needs to just go into hiding and not make any drastic moves, wait it out till the trade deadline when there are more sellers

the problem with blake is just that any contending team acquiring him would be doing so to have an impact player in the playoffs. and i just don’t think you can have any confidence that he’s going to be able to make it through 3-4 playoff rounds. i would love to see him succeed, he was legit incredible 2 years ago with detroit, but at his salary i just think it’s too risky of a gamble for a team like denver to be like, we’re acquiring blake griffin and now we have improved ourselves as a finals contender. i wouldn’t be able to sleep at night

in a way what makes chris paul a good fit in phoenix is that you’re only expecting him to give you one, maybe two, playoff series. if a team like the bucks traded for him expecting him to be helping them in game 6 of the nba finals i would be terrified for them

just going to let that chris paul slander slide for the moment

Oklahoma City is in serious talks to move center Steven Adams to New Orleans, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 21, 2020

even crazier:

Deal has a lot of moving parts and still has work to finish, per sources. https://t.co/88DcVcR1TV

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2020

i've never felt more like a basketball nostradamus than today when Westbrook, wall, and blake all getting moved on the same day and then none of it actually happened, what a gift I have, this Almost-Kind-of-Sight

so this is the bucks’ pivot after the bogdan debacle?

Jamychel green 2/15 to nuggs good get

he is good

I know y’all love gallenari but is he really worth 20 a year?

Thunder just tanking now :( I understand it but will miss the vibes.

theyre gonna roll out starting lineup of... a bunch of future first round draft picks!

lol not a reliable source but lollll

Rockets, Wizards, Pistons three team trade being discussed. Wall to Detroit, Blake to Hou, Russ to Was will keep everyone updated.

— Basketball Rehab (@BasketballRehab) November 21, 2020

i simply can’t understand why a single team in the NBA would wanna take on that wall contract. you have to pay him $46 million three seasons from now. it feels like the most toxic contract in the history of the league to me

yeah maybe if at some point he proves he can still play at a high level its moveable but right now i dont see it unless wash is willing to sweeten the pot a ton

Free agent guard Kris Dunn has agreed to a two-year, $10M deal with the Atlanta Hawks, sources tell ESPN. Player option on the second year.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2020

is atlanta...good now?

maybe not bad

they might get the 8 seed by default but they won 20 games last year. gallo prob adds like 5-6 wins in a good year, you assume some improvement by the young players, but they’re still gonna be terrible. still might be worse than the magic

i think i’m in the “i’ll believe trae young is a winning NBA player when i see it” camp

Good pick ups for the defending champs

fair xp

dunn for $5m seems like a real bargain compared to most of these other deals

I don’t know if it’s a bit or a requirement but a really funny thing is how Shams and Woj put all these odd facts from agents in their free agent signing tweets. Like Danilo Gallinari being the highest paid European player in his 30s who has not made an allstar team.

Also seeing some reports of Bol Bol working hard in the gym and don’t know if it’s a bit

the bogdanovic and gallinari signings should improve the hawks defense to maybe league second worst

I don’t know if it’s a bit or a requirement but a really funny thing is how Shams and Woj put all these odd facts from agents in their free agent signing tweets. Like Danilo Gallinari being the highest paid European player in his 30s who has not made an allstar team.

most of it would be be backscratching the agents in return for the scoop

yeah u dont get sources for nothing lol

Free agent Gordon Hayward is signing a 4-year, $120M deal with Charlotte, per source.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2020

lol wow insane plot twists this offseason

lololol MJ from downtown

How did the Charlotte Hornets crush the off-season

rip gordo

(Very carefully)

lol

some big contracts being handed out

Honestly think the Hornets could be a fun team here... first time I’ve ever felt like there’s an actual plan

bet this will end up a sign n trade

Lamelo + a zillion guys who play defense, including Hayward. It makes sense

For Charlotte to add Gordon Hayward they have to:

-Work a S&T with Boston

-Trade away $7.5M in salary elsewhere

-Waive and stretch Nic Batum at about $9M a year for the next three years

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) November 21, 2020

Wait they have to do all three of those things?

seems like thats what its saying

all the sites only have them at $80m tho and the cap is 100 so it must be sign and trade OR the other two options combined

conceptually that makes sense too if you do a sign n trade then youre cool by its nature

So the hornets signed Hayward for $120 million? Huh I didn’t realize NBA teams were allowed to hand out 23-year contracts.

welp this sucks for the celtics shdve taken turner

tho i guess they cld get something back in a sign n trade and then via not having hayward on the books have access to the full MLE but still

2nd year in a row they played hardball and someone swooped in with a silly contract