2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

yeah its just the knicks

he'll also be 26 soon so hard to see him making another leap. per 36 the last two years he's been about 18/5/5 the scoring will prob increase a bit but the shooting percentages will drop

they are desperate for a real pg at this point

he was a good fit on the mavs, and there was still room for a bigger role, this was a poor decision

tho i havent heard if the mavs were willing to give him nearly the same contract, understandable if they werent, but still now they cant replace him

yeah he was a great fit for the mavs

offseasons like this really fuck some teams up bc they need to make a splash and then they're just saddled with overpriced contracts for mediocre aging guys

the mavs did screw the brunson thing up by not signing him to a deal in the $50 million range when they had the chance, but at least they're willing to walk away and not give him a crippling contract.

i think they will mostly be fine. brunson is a good player but he was also playing in a system that is designed entirely around the lead ball handler. you couldn't do much more to put a player like him in a position to succeed (and probably overperform) than to slide him into the spot normally reserved for luka and/or playing off luka. he still has to be good enough to take advantage of it, and he's def a nifty player who can score. but i bet we'll find out both when he gets on the knicks and when the mavs find a replacement for him that he was, in effect, a system player. the mavs will have to get creative to replace him but at the end of the day we're talking about a second round pick who was a back up point guard, good franchises shouldn't get brought to their knees buy a guy like that walking away.

and i guess a sign and trade is a possibility. if the mavs did something like brunson for derrick rose, alec burks and a protected first i don't think they'd be much worse

Popovich nooooo

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The Knicks are trading center Nerlens Noel and guard Alec Burks to the Pistons, sources tell ESPN. The Knicks will unload $19M more in salary, clearing the way for cap space to try and sign free agent guard Jalen Brunson.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2022

These middling ass teams stay middling

depressed that nothing interesting is going to happen this summer

yeah kyrie and kd shaking loose wouldve been crazy

think they couldve done better than this with that cap space

New York will send Detroit back its 2023 second-round pick, a 2024 second-round pick via Miami and $6 million, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2022

Detroit is eager to utilize center Nerlens Noel and guards Alec Burks next season. GM Troy Weaver had Noel on his team in Oklahoma City, and Burks is an ideal veteran to mentor the Pistons talented young group of guards.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2022

lol love the beat sweetening tweets

maybe i will tweet @ kd and tell him to change teams just to keep things interesting

woj has really been over the top wrt to troy weaver especially lately

hi kd ever think about changing teams (if you dont your a bitch haha)

Tremendous coup for Detroit GM Troy Weaver to land two of his top targets in this draft: Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren -- with the cost of only a future first-round pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 24, 2022

lol it was a very nice draft for them but tremendous coup might be a little strong

troy weaver violently overthrew the governance of the NBA by drafting jalen duren

where was troy weaver on jan 6 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

it's boring but i'm fine with the pistons being patient. they will have rookies and second-year players they're trying to develop so winning now isn't really in the cards.

Yah they just gotta build around cades timeline

The prob for the mavs is that the other bad contracts they have on the books made it so Cuban can’t (won’t) spend more for a player that actually contributes. The brunson contract wouldn’t cripple them.

In return for Jalen Brunson, the Mavericks will receive lowered Luxury Tax payments and no more cap space.

— MavsCBA (@CBAMavs) June 29, 2022

Haynes is saying 4/110 now for Brunson

that’s too much for jalen brunson

Happy about this, he played some good minutes for the pups last year

Didn’t think about this til I read this tweet but Brunson RJ and Randle are all lefties

To me Jalen Brunson would have had more reps, as well as much better coaching and spacing, if he stayed in Dallas. With Randle and Barrett as 2 high usage lefties wanting to attack from the right side of the floor, plus below average spacing, he'd max his potential more in DAL

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) June 29, 2022

xpost I forgot to include the mega wojbomb that the Wolves resigned Taurean Prince for 2/16

thats not bad, anytime you can get a rotation vet for less than MLE its good

also taurean went to hs where my brother used to be a teacher, tho i think my brother didnt start teaching there til a couple years after he graduated

The prob for the mavs is that the other bad contracts they have on the books made it so Cuban can’t (won’t) spend more for a player that actually contributes. The brunson contract wouldn’t cripple them.

the hardaway jr contract is prob regrettable. i just think that when your entire team is shooters and rim runners/stretch bigs you should be able to find another guard who can score and play back up point for you for less than $29 million a year. dinwiddie went from shooting 37/31 on the wizards to 50/40 on the mavs. their system is very friendly to ball handlers. i think they do need to replace brunson because having two scoring guards to go w/ luka was a big thing in their post-deadline surge but even if it's not until the next deadline i think they'll be able to figure something out. i just find it hard to believe that we're gonna be sitting here this time next year like, well the mavs let jalen brunson walk and it all went to shit

also like, nobody thinks this is a good contract right? is anyone wishing their team was the ones getting the $30 million jalen brunson contract? i feel like teams more often screw up by saying "well we can't lose him for nothing!" (tim hardaway jr) than just letting the guy walk and figuring it out from there

We already have the Dlo contract so I'm good

They have luka so they’ll be fine but what means do they have to get another ball handler?

also like, nobody thinks this is a good contract right? is anyone wishing their team was the ones getting the $30 million jalen brunson contract? i feel like teams more often screw up by saying "well we can't lose him for nothing!" (tim hardaway jr) than just letting the guy walk and figuring it out from there

dinwiddie will pick up some of the slack, it wouldn’t be a shock if he was in the top 5 of sixth man of the year voting. i think there will be guys floating around out there for them to look at. rubio, bledsoe, schroeder all come to mind. aaron holiday. none of those guys are as good as brunson or particularly exciting but how much of his production can you replace for a fraction of the salary? dinwiddie basically fell off the back of a truck for them and was really solid. the new front office has made two pretty shrewd trades already. ppl love to be in a constant state of panic about the mavs for whatever reason but the foundation of what they’re doing seems pretty solid to me

dragic would be a decent pick up for them. not sure how reliable any of those guys would be in second round playoff games and beyond but not sure brunson was necessarily a major solution there either especially at close to $30 million. as far as the regular season goes i think they can patch it together. wood and hardaway jr will help juice the offense as well… maybe they give a little back on defense. imo they’ll be right in that 3/4/5/6 mix again and once the playoffs come luka will be putting them on his back. i don’t think their outlook has substantially changed. maybe i’m wrong

dragic will probably play for the mavs (via slovenian tampering) but he is mega cooked.

brunsons abscence will be felt, hard to say exactly how much because his playoff success was quite matchup dependent, but i dont think you can replace his production by committee.

Final statuses:

Diallo - picked up
Edwards - declined
Garza - declined
Jackson - declined https://t.co/2tCiJ1AGIu

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) June 29, 2022

farewell luka garza ncaa player of the year

lmao i remember arguing w someone on twitter last year abt how luka garza shd not be a 1RP and he was like "but he was so good in college!!" i know the internet is full of armchair gm's (ie us) but there really is a gap in knowledge of hoops in the fan world

he was good in college. at offense.

yes. the big homie was trying to compare him to jokic. i was like, sure if you take away jokic's passing, dribbling, shot creation, fluidity, ability to move their feet, and then make him one of the worst shot blockers of anyone over 6'8", theyre pretty similar

lol yeah, he was a usage sink, no passing ability to speak of. and he was probably the worst defender in high-major ball

When I watched Garza play in the NCAA tourney and the announcers tried to inflate his reputation as a primo talent my reaction was what's so great about this 'big white stiff'.

Washington is finalizing a trade to acquire Denver's Will Barton and Monte Morris for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2022

even tho everyone is saying that denver is only doing this to cut salary still seems like a pretty good trade for both sides

congrats to ish

Denver is now home number 13 for Ish Smith 😱

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— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) June 29, 2022