part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

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LaMarcus Aldridge will not be with the Spurs moving forward, per Gregg Popovich pic.twitter.com/5CYUPYi76B

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) March 11, 2021

ESPN story with ⁦@wojespn⁩ on LaMarcus Aldridge’s looming divorce with the Spurs, who are optimistic that they will be able to trade the seven-time All-Star instead of buying him out: https://t.co/YkbJDu9TQB

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) March 11, 2021

"He's done everything we've asked," Popovich said. "At this point, we'd just like to do something that will work for him as much for our club, because he deserves that."

Is LMA fully cooked? Or is this as much money-related as production-related?

he is pretty cooked but i think its more that he wants to play for a contender and the spurs are in a big youth movement too

not sure what team could use him and easily trade for his salary, also just seems like he might have a hard time staying on the floor in the playoffs

seems like more of a buyout sitch to me but the spurs are talking like they can trade him idk

i have no idea what the trade would be. he's going to get bought out.

to denver for gary harris and a minor pick kinda makes sense

denver dumps a year of harris salary and get a backup center, spurs get a pick and make their friend lamarcus happy

btw did you guys know the knicks have the lowest payroll in the league, thats a big accomplishment for them

that denver trade isn't bad. depends a lot on your defensive evaluation of those guys.

yeah who knows what the nugs want out of life but it could work matts always complaining about hartenstein on here and they play slow so thats nice for aldridge

yeah. feel like i'd hate to ditch harris just because he could play important defensive minutes in certain playoff matchups, but maybe they don't have the luxury of carrying a guy whose salary is in the high teens just to do that.

lma to portland is a thought

can't really make that work in ye olde trade machine

i scrolled through all the teams who could reasonably be see to have a shot at making the second round and theres a shocking lack of big dead contracts out there

nba teams are maybe a little better at this than they used to be

the summer of '16 cap spike contracts being over makes a big difference

Lma for... Meyers Leonard and some stuff

LA's 3-point shooting improved lately, but he's absolutely cooked on D. he's not happy about playing off the bench but that is his best chance to play. there are some lower seed playoff/play-in teams in the east that could use him in a season-end push (cha, atl, nyk, was).

lol imagine his blue lives matter ass playing for pop

xp

meyers is out for the season anyway, he’s pure salary filler. i doubt he’d even report to whichever team took him on in a trade

lots of racist video game playing in his future

where do you go when you get banned from twitch?

its called dlive, its the app the captitol rioters used

idk a contenderish team that would really have space for lma that isn't gonna be off the bench

too bad the nets just signed blake lol

he'll prob go to portland and it'll be some feel good Coming Home thing and he'll suck but aww

say it ain't so, clay. but olshey might be sentimental about his past high first round picks, so I suppose it could happen.

i think he'll go to portland if he's bought out. may go back as a fa next year on a 1 year min or something.

The NBA has fined Miami’s Meyers Leonard $50,000 and he has been suspended from team activities for one week. Full league announcement: pic.twitter.com/ISEhD8pTGn

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) March 11, 2021

i dont really want to give advice to shitbag fuckheads but since i doubt theyre reading this anyway, knowing how commonplace shouting slurs is in the gaming you do with a headset, if you have a tendency to do that, and if you have something to lose in life, why not think about not streaming, then you can enjoy video games and racism on your own time with an anonymous account and still maintain good standing in your job for which you are paid 8 figures a year

but on the other hand whatever he got suspended for a week and mostly itll prob blow over for him, tho he did take some reputational damage, hes prob gonna have to do some annoying sensitivity training and record embarrassing commercials or whatever

lol must we

Udonis Haslem on the impact of Meyers Leonard's words on the Jewish community, "We apologize. That won't tolerated here. I felt that. I have a lot of Jewish friends. They call me Udonis Haslem-berg at times."

— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) March 11, 2021

lmfao

udonis has the clout in miami to get away with that one

i appreciate his dedication to corny jokes but sometimes you gotta just keep it in reserve, wouldve been perfect for an event with season ticket holders for instance

lloolll

celts seem primed for a strong 2nd half push. kemba finding his legs, j tay a couple more weeks removed from covid, marcus back, time lord gonna keep stealing bad tristan minutes, teague will get cut, etc.

that was for the celts thread but w/e

yeah if they can find some health thatll be huge, plus maybe theyll make a trade too, and the bench could maybe play better than their worst possible, tho some of that has to do with having to fill bigger roles cause of the injuries, and tbh teague and thompson have been better recently, which not coincidentally coincided with kemba playing great

Hope Meyers Leonard ruptures both achilles on his next drive. On the other hand, lol at Haslem.

the Hawks also have potential to make a little run if they get healthy. i'm talking a run at the 7/8 seed tbc

if the celtics drew the sixers they would have a hard time getting to 100 points in those games

i didn't notice what the wiz were doing the past month, 100% wins or <5 point losses

i haven't kept track, but did the league succeed in making up most of the games postponed due to covid earlier this season?

everyone is getting to 72.

suns-spurs had an insane ending for a virtually meaningless game

it was very meaningful for the spurs who likely got a better draft pick bc of this loss.

could mean the difference between getting jalen johnson and getting keon johnson

Playoff draymond is just a completely different beast

does winning the 9-10 play-in game hurt your draft positioning?

i think your draft position only changes if you make it into the offs but not 100% sure

thats correct

not impressed by ja right now

like the lottery is still the teams that missed the offs by descending record

Ja been doo doo

Jordan Poole turning into a solid 6th man option is a great story for the dubs

I notice the betting line listed by ESPN for Blazers v Nuggets has the Blazers by 9.0. I guess the idea the nuggs will tank the game is conventional wisdom now.

Dubs gonna trick off another game they had in the bag?

Wardell Stephen Curry

i love how steph beats hedges by passing the ball and then sprinting to the three point line while the big is still trying to change direction at midcourt

Guy is relentless

At age 33, Stephen Curry finishes the season averaging:

32.0 points
5.5 rebounds
5.8 assists

56.9%-42.1%-91.6% shooting splits

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) May 16, 2021

incredible

still the best when he's not hurt

that slash line is just unbelievable

steph should play forever

rough start for the nuggs :))

P sure that 56.9% is just 2s and he's just below 50 on fg%
still, amazing considering the defenses he's been facing this season

Blazers red hot from 3, cool way for that to happen

portland going to score 200 for the second time a week wow

meanwhile the mavs playing their full team are down 18 to the t wolves which would drop them to 6 behind portland

interesting western playoff standings reshuffle going on here in the final few games of the day

clippers won the tank battle

nba playoffs aka the 'offs (which includes the 'ins) 2021

The Clippers rested Kawhi on every b2b this season but this time it was because they were ducking the Lakers? It seems far-fetched to me.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic)

Okay fine, they were ducking the Lakers