2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

Per Stephen Silas the Rockets have no timetable for James Harden's return

— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) December 7, 2020

Stephen Silas on James Harden: "He's not here, and he has a reason, but that's on him to tell whoever what the reason is."

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 7, 2020

James Harden was spotted at the club again last night

(IG: cbodadon) pic.twitter.com/D1i3CmEMoR

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) December 7, 2020

He should wear dark glasses, so no one can recognize him.

fake beard

Vlatko Cancar on his new physique:

“It is true. People thought it was photoshopped.”

— Mike Singer (@msinger) December 7, 2020

gonna be plenty of this im sure

BREAKING: Draymond Green and center James Wiseman tested positive for the coronavirus, a league source confirmed with The Chronicle, forcing the players to miss the @Warriors’ first group practice of training camp Monday. @Con_Chron story. https://t.co/m6cdh6wsAz

— Sporting Green (@SportingGreenSF) December 7, 2020

Great deal

Denver Nuggets G Monte Morris has agreed to a three-year, $27M extension, his agent Ron Shade tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 8, 2020

yeah I like it

2nd-best #51 pick in the modern draft era

James Harden has arrived in Houston and tested in accordance with the NBA's protocol today, league source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 8, 2020

lol

"We've done nothing but gotten better in the offseason and picked up more draft picks and we're excited about this season and I think it's going to be a great season for the Houston Rockets." pic.twitter.com/CEI4RtOfLO

— James Herbert (@outsidethenba) December 8, 2020

This is also James Harden’s promise https://t.co/kHAltGAncK

— Justin Halpern (@justin_halpern) December 8, 2020

I do not like James Harden, I don’t like watching him, but the nuggets should trade for him. It makes sense.

Why would you want harden and Jokic on the same team?

i feel like the big questions re trading for harden are

1. will he play off the ball some
2. will he dial back the weird dickishness a bit

if both are yes then it makes sense for many teams to put together big offers for him, if both are no then its big problem

also worth considering that he will be making ~1/3 the tax line in a couple years, according to someone on twitter

matt you are insane

Why would you want harden and Jokic on the same team?

― Spottie, Tuesday, December 8, 2020 6:47 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago)

i think harden and jokic could absolutely play on the same team. jokic is a great fit for harden since he doesn't need or want the ball.

the real question is why you would want james harden and jamal murray on the same team

jokic touches the ball like three different times every possession

youd proles have to trade jamal anyway

regardless of where harden goes he's going to have to alter his playing style of dribbling for 20 seconds every possession... if you were trying to find a second star to fit w/ him a player who derives a lot of his offensive value from a skill other than scoring would be a good place to start

the nuggets would never do it but selling high on jamal murray for james harden would be an interesting idea

it's just incredibly hard for me to picture harden on a team that isn't set up to cater to his every whim. like why would any team with decent chemistry take the risk?

cause he puts the ball in the ring

unless he doesn't feel like it

look I happen to love harden as a player but in no way do I want him on the nuggets. I guess I’m the opposite of matt

also he’s an asshole, this going out to clubs during a pandemic shit has really pissed me off

yeah, very uncool

but the wings

If you have Harden and Jokic on the same team can you ever really trap Harden? You get Jokic going 4 on 3 at the free throw line a ton.

harden is one of the greatest scorers in the history of the game teams gotta at least consider this, i mean if he wasnt weird and bad in ways it would be a no brainer

itd be hilarious if he got traded to utah

this has nothing to do wit the team and everything to do with utah

exiled to sacramento would karmically correct

Giannis Antetokounmpo, when asked about his contract, says: "Right now, I am not focused on that. I am just trying to focus on myself."

He adds that he is leaving those discussions to his agent, Alex Saratsis, and the front office.

— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) December 9, 2020

is his agent going to forge his signature or....?

It would be cool if Giannis just dedicated himself to having the bucks pay him a billion dollars in salary

I'm not thinking about the milwaukee bucks, I'm thinking about the giannis bucks

welp lol

lol ok

The Miami Heat have been unwilling to include Tyler Herro in any package for James Harden so far, per @GregSylvander pic.twitter.com/uGqnZYHLWW

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) December 10, 2020

we're finding out how teams view harden

i for one do not believe the heat will not really put herro in

does jimmy want to play with harden? does harden fit the 'pat riley heat culture'

i mean prob no to both but hes good at basketball the heat who made the nba finals btw would prob be better than they were before

i wonder if riley wouldnt like a chance to try to big dog harden tho lol

looking at him like if that guy just ran some wind sprints

jimmy & harden seems like a recipe for disaster

mb they shd trade jimmy for harden

last time he was on zach lowe’s podcast le batard said the heat think herro can be better than devin booker. if they’re right there’s an argument to be made that the rest of harden’s career isn’t worth that — esp since herro has several cheap years left — but if they want harden (or beal) it’s hard to imagine that happening without herro being in the deal. they just don’t have another asset of real significance.

but i think pretty much every team will be refusing to trade their best asset for harden right now, i doubt anyone is in a huge rush to get him. for the buyers it makes sense to wait it out and see if the price lowers as the situation gets more untenable, it’s not like the season pre-deadline matters all that much to good teams anyway