2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

ballmer hasn't yet internalized the extent to which the nba's CBA is designed to neutralize his deep pockets as a competitive advantage.

that's not entirely true. the warriors have a huge competitive advantage having an owner who is willing/able to pay out a huge tax bill every year. basically all you have to do from a team perspective is juke the books to avoid the repeater tax but if you're willing to pay an extra $50m or $80m or $100m above the cap in a season there is nothing stopping you

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

feel like he will do something crazy like spend half a billion in luxury taxes just bc he can

which just hands his competitors a half billion dollars free and clear

i think you know youre both right the system does make it hard to just buy a good team, but ability to spend more does have its benefits too

like paying a billion dollars for kelly oubre is not gonna help that much, but its not nothing

lol

How Mavericks got other 29 NBA teams to help cover gift to J.J. Barea https://t.co/Nosx0oQmYj

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) December 10, 2020

a lil bastard all the way to the end. salute.

man i got emotional when he got emotional in his last presser today! what a baller, he'll be missed

respect to him for having a great career despite not having nba level physical gifts and doing it on the biggest stage (the nba finals)

1st ballot lil bastard hall of fame

is he definitely retiring? if he's feeling good he could still go out there and run pick and roll for some team for 10 minutes a night.

blessed

Jimmy Butler to ESPN's Rachel Nichols on James Harden, "There’s a lot of stuff always in the media. I think that he's a hell of player. I like the group we have. To tell you the truth, I just want the guy to be happy. That’s what life is about. That's what the game is about."

— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) December 10, 2020

hahaha that's a brilliantly-worded hard no

yup lol

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30451766/ranking-top-10-nba-players-2020-21

anyone kind enough to post this u_u

christ are lowe's columns behind the paywall now too? what a racket

its just obnoxious disney the biggest media company there is like not even nickel and diming theyre like fractions of a pennying

it’s really detestable... just purely manipulative. you’re not a local newspaper

Harden needs to expand his list of teams here

kev
@thl3t1c C&P for people who don't support CONTENT CREATORZ

i am not a fan numbered player rankings. much prefer the tier system

it seems like jimmys in a good place

Jimmy Butler also tells ESPN's Rachel Nichols that his plan is to have Goran Dragic as the first spokesmodel for Big Face Coffee. Adds that it is an unpaid position.

— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) December 10, 2020

jimmy was always meant for the heat when you think about it. the perfect marriage

its true

jimmy has "the mamba mentality" which afaict is basically the ultimate Pat Riley Guy thing

jimmys locked in

The espn rankings have lillard above Jokic. I just can’t fathom that

lillard's play last winter and during the seeding games was legit historic and he'll regress from that but idk man, lillard was pretty good last year!

i don't know how they're doing this list and what they're weighting but lillard's spot seems reasonable. a little surprised at where AD landed.

kyrie will simply not stop being kyrie

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo96BGFXcAMcnCi?format=jpg&name=large

excited for the next round of very online kyrie apologia

the difficulty level is ramping up lol

im here to benefit all of humanity... who are pawns to me btw lol

i just want them to admit that someone can do a lot for the community while also being completely nuts and they won’t do it.

a preponderance of big charity givers are absolute malignant psychos, its not a great system

excited for the next round of very online kyrie apologia

― call all destroyer, Friday, December 11, 2020 12:16 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

just checked twitter search kyrie show latest and there a lot of why do you care so much about him, tough work

Once again Kyrie is walking close to the line where I think he needs help

xp did you find the stuff about how the local celtics media (one of the friendliest out there among teams with actual fans) was so mean to him and that’s why he doesn’t want to talk?

no lol i mean its obvs not hard to understand why anyone wouldnt want to deal w the media but you have to its part of the job you cant fight them you will lose and you certainly cant call them pawns just say everyone played hard it was a good team win and hire a publicist for other stuff

remmeber when durant didnt talk to the media for a few weeks during his last season in oakland then blew up when he finally did. he and kyrie mustve been talking to eachother then riling themselves up lol. this season is gonna be amazing.

im here to benefit all of humanity... who are pawns to me btw lol

― lag∞n, Friday, December 11, 2020 12:23 PM (one hour ago)

yeah lol what a dum dum

imagine if they get harden lol xp vibes city

I am totally hoping that happens btw, also in general please give the east some good players

kd-kyrie-harden is such a bad fit just basketballwise and then you add in the personalities jesus christ

hope nash has a good therapist

hope hes on a month to month lease

he'll be coach as long as kyrie and kd want him to be

very interested to see how the deandre jordan / jarret allen thing shakes out

Kyrie definitely is watching queen’s gambit