2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

looking more and more like that's the case sadly. RIP suns, your vibes were exquisite

must be a Ben Simmons type situation brewing here because during last year's Finals I thought it was no doubt he was worth the max

the suns front office is not to be trusted but the fact that they’ve gotten an up close view at him and are like “yeah we’re good” would definitely concern me. he did pose for a whole story about how he sleeps 2 hours per night so he can get higher scores on 2K so there might be something there…

i think he got overrated in the playoffs last year… he played well against a bunch of injured teams two of whom didn’t have real big men and then he got sonned by giannis and was not a factor in the mavs series this year. i think there’s a bunch of teams who could defensibly max him but it’s also totally reasonable to say the suns could trade him and change their roster and get better

oh cmon there's some stiff competition there. but this is a unique situation in that it seems like the Suns themselves are the ones revealing to everyone else that he's fools gold

there's definitely something there with the offcourt stuff and he was definitely overrated after last years playoffs. but i guess my approach would be to try to work with him rather than make it clear to the entire league that i was done with him? he doesn't get hurt, he's good at a lot of different things, and he's statistically productive. i'm not sure i see the sign and trade that makes them better and i don't really have confidence that their front office will go out and find it. are his flaws really so fatal that the right position is to move on from him no matter what? i'm not sure i see that.

Rumors that book and the coach hate him so if that’s true then idk what they can do

yeah that's weird....usually when a player is hated that's evinced somehow in his play on the court? i don't recall ayton being a disaster out there.

He was in the Dallas series. And kinda just ho hum all playoffs.

Ayton is one of the weirder talents I can remember. Like there’s just something missing.

i don't think moving on from ayton no matter what is the suns choice. they might be happy to keep him for the right $. but ayton is telling them it is max or nothing so a sign and trade is their best option. i wouldnt want to be the team that maxes ayton.

sure they could have drafted someone else (cant think if who) but that ship has sailed

wonder what theyre going to do when detroit maxs out ayton

what da fuck is going on here

Paolo Banchero now favored to be No. 1 pick https://t.co/v6sod0sYQT

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) June 23, 2022

lotta chatter that houston is trying to move up to no 1 to grab paolo bc okc might take him instead of chet. i feel like presti is the best at getting teams nervous.

feels weird to see all this chatter about betting markets for something that is just an organization's choice. i'm sure betting on the draft has happened in the past, but i don't remember seeing much about it in previous years.

sports betting is bigger than ever baby, uncut gems was not just a movie, it was a recruiting pitch

i will take one Dejounte Murray for one John Collins

it will probably cost you okongwu and multiple draft picks as well, including this year's #16, you still want to?

no

you cannot have Okongwu that's ridiculous. you can have the 16 tho

spurs are not going to trade dejounte for anything short of a godfather offer

i'm sure. and we'll end up trading for fucking harrison barnes

lol or gobert! dont forget rudy.

feels weird to see all this chatter about betting markets for something that is just an organization's choice. i'm sure betting on the draft has happened in the past, but i don't remember seeing much about it in previous years.

― circles, Thursday, June 23, 2022 8:15 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

even weirder that you can bet on like, the winner of reality shows. the results of which have been known to 100+ people for months.

sports betting is bigger than ever baby, uncut gems was not just a movie, it was a recruiting pitch

― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Thursday, June 23, 2022 9:19 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

need to be howard

i am a weirdo who thinks gambling is kind of bad, did not realize you could bet on reality show winners, lolol

sports betting is bigger than ever baby, uncut gems was not just a movie, it was a recruiting pitch

does this mean if i open a caesar's sportsbook account julia fox will be my girlfriend???

As team boards finalize today, the 1-2-3 of the NBA Draft is increasingly firm, per sources: Jabari Smith to Orlando, Chet Holmgren to Oklahoma City and Paolo Banchero to Houston.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 23, 2022

yes, and then she will say "uncut jams" bc basketball

xp

this is the order i approve of

the okc cool team of weirdos

so anyway who comes out victorious in the battle royale of untradeable contracts: russ or john wall?

they both win (get overpaid)

neither of them will be traded unless their teams want to attach draft picks which the lakers might want to but the rockets do not

the winners were the wizards

statements rarely said

more of a nice save than a win

lol

The Lakers had been working to move into the draft and now land with an early second-round pick tonight. https://t.co/17f312LhUL

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 23, 2022

everyone stoked for the big night

48 hours... pic.twitter.com/UZMP9Rwraz

— TF (@ThunderFocus) June 21, 2022

was that taken in a wax museum

chet looking like he’s in franz ferdinand

take me out (of okc, it sucks here)

Skinny tie for the skinny lad.

ESPN Sources: If Kyrie Irving can’t reach an agreement to stay with Brooklyn, he has a list of teams he’d like them to consider on sign-and-trades, including Lakers, Clippers, Knicks, Heat, Mavs and 76ers. None of those teams have cap space to sign him without Nets’ help.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 23, 2022

Sources: Kevin Durant is monitoring the Brooklyn Nets’ situation and considering options with his future.

This now opens the path for Kyrie Irving to proceed on finding a new home via opt-in and trade.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 23, 2022

seems like a bluff no? best move for both is to stay and they are just trying to ensure the nets pay kyrie?

but i guess we never know w these two weirdos

the kyrie stuff seems legit to me, the relationship there just doesn’t seem right. you have kyrie saying he and KD need to be co-managing the franchise along with the GM and owner but you have the GM refusing to commit to kyrie publicly and saying they need players who care about the game

and then if you’re KD and your team is you, ben simmons and a bunch of role players do you really think you’re getting past boston, milwaukee, miami etc? why not look at forcing your way out

kyrie's a fucking psycho but also if he leaves the nets aren't going anywhere, so obviously KD has to explore options

not sure i'd be surprised if kyrie's just out of the league in 2-3 years, on the lecture circuit, maybe being a casual internet psycho

its a bummer since he was a fun player on the court but if he doesnt want to play basketball what can you do

the kyrie story needs to end with him on the lakers back with bron, missing the playoffs