2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

would trae be willing to play off ball?

he would need to learn how lol. i get frustrated watch steph move off the ball bc trae tends to just stand there

none of the steph disciples actually want to play like him

shoot from half court check, move off ball ehh, play defense bro what

running is hard on your knees, swag is forever, i get it

reading the james jones / suns piece and it really seems like they are just overthinking things, trying to be cute with it.

like... who cares about these weird semantic points?

In Phoenix, the word "potential" is strictly verboten. "We're not allowed to talk about 'potential,'" says Ryan Resch, the Suns' vice president of basketball strategy and evaluation. "We say 'capacity' instead of 'potential,' because capacity forces you to recognize what the player can actually do today and what he is capable of doing tomorrow."

congrats on wanting to sign free agents that help your team?

Jones and his staff insist they're interested in "players, not prospects." The Suns say they apply the same criteria used to determine the value of a prospective free agent to the draft. If the player can contribute immediately, and if his skill set can fill an explicit role in Williams' system for the upcoming season, he's worth considering. If neither of those measures can be met, he's not for Phoenix.

maybe just dont say this out loud???

He even confesses that, had he been at the helm in 2015, he probably would have passed on Booker.

"It all depends on what your goal is," Jones says. "Devin is great, but there are 50 skeletons tied to that swing for the star. It wasn't until winning was imported -- Chris, Jae Crowder, drafting a three-year guy who could help right away like Mikal -- that it translated to success. And if you don't import winning around him, there are even more skeletons. So if you want to find the guy with the highest potential to be the future star, then it makes sense to draft him -- if you're willing to navigate the land mines."

i may have read that second quote wrong

I read it that he is dissing Booker.

welcome to the suns: no one ever gets better

you am what you am

guess we know jones' answer to "do u go back in time to kill baby hitler"

it's crazy bcuz they nailed the cam johnson pick but getting the first one right w/ this wacky system might unintentionally set them back 5+ years

idk cam johnsons not really that good imho

if you look at who was taken after him it was a pretty great pick

he was coming on strong near the end of the season then got a hammy/quad injury and pretty much was worthless after that.

hes not a star obv but hes a fine rotation player

i wonder if ben simmons is thinking to himself 'maybe i shoulda played a little'

nah. simmo the savage doesn't blame himself for anything.

hes not a star obv but hes a fine rotation player

― Spottie, Monday, June 27, 2022 4:39 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

he seems like he should be a solid 3 and d guy but watching him in the offs this year made me think he might be closer to just 3

he had a bad offs yes

watching him try to guard luka was rough he couldnt do it even a little bit couldnt get low move his feet withstand the physicality any of it, obvs thats one of the toughest covers in the league but they really needed him to pitch in and he just couldnt

there it is

Kyrie Irving: “Normal people keep the world going, but those who dare to be different lead us into tomorrow. I’ve made my decision to opt in. See you in the fall. A11even.” https://t.co/rpiS8YkSZI

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2022

lol what an asshole

lmao

what a piece of work

pretty sure there were multiple opt-in and trade scenarios actually

Without the ability to find a sign-and-trade deal, Kyrie Irving plans to exercise his $36M player option for next season and return to the Nets, sources confirm. https://t.co/ShNgQETZpy

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 27, 2022

wonder if this experience will inspire kyrie to play basketball games next season

this was the most boring outcome. sad

just no deals out there rip

hard to imagine why any team would do a sign and trade for him

He is eligible to sign an extension up until June 30 with Brooklyn or enter the 2023 as an unrestricted free agent.

By opting-in, Irving is eligible to be traded to any of the 29 teams and the hard cap restriction does not apply. https://t.co/zTPl8jaezo

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) June 27, 2022

lol getting shams to lie about the existence of various scenarios and quote him with his dumb brand name thats journalism baby

the plot thickens xp. kyrie on a one year expiring rental...

seems like there prob wouldnt be a better deal for a rental than a sign and trade but who knows maybe at the deadline someone decides they must have kyrie

eleveneven

that kyrie statement is amazing

Those who are destined for greatness meet not the expectations of society. Many do not understand me but that is because i have reached beyond these planes and seek not that on which mortals dwell. I have decided to take $36 million dollars. Mean people suck. -==KyRiE iRvInG==-

hahaa

smh securing 36 million dollars, what a normie move

he is a true blessing to us, the lovers of messy drama

good time for kd to request a trade

my fav thing from one of kds most recent tweet barrages was when he called "leadership" a buzz word.

It’s a lot of buzz words in basketball that confuse me, like leadership and Playmaking. Can I get a definition please?? https://t.co/sxk5y3gfq4

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 13, 2022

kd otm

kd not otm, playmaking is a p well understood combo of shot creation and passing to teammates in a position to score, leadership is the antithesis of kyrie, kd is doing lowkey fake deep bullshit bc hes mad online again

leadership is a buzzword and not a real thing

leadership is the thesis of fake deep

leadership is when you go to a workshop

leadership is posting actually

i mean that goes without saying

john wall back

Five-time NBA All-Star John Wall will secure a buyout with the Houston Rockets and become an unrestricted free agent, league sources tell @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 28, 2022