2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

The Phoenix Suns have matched the Indiana Pacers’ four-year, $133 million maximum offer sheet on Deandre Ayton, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Ayton stays in Phoenix.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 15, 2022

so again we’re left to wonder…… what was the point of all this?

if they were just gonna pay him this much or near this much it doenst make sense to burn a whole season and/or burn the bridge with the player. amateur hour over here in the valley.

they continue to give the impression that they have no idea what they’re doing.

i mean that recent profile of their front office gave me the impression that this is the alternative medicine/essential oils version of franchise management so cheers to discovering truth and wellness in the valley of life

The Suns made clear throughout free agency that the franchise intended to bring Ayton back – and were committed to spend in order to continue competing for a title around All-NBA star Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Ayton. Phoenix now goes approximately $15M into the tax. https://t.co/PCVHYtk6OH

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 15, 2022

lol did they now

normal stuff

if they had just maxxed him out last year then they would be able to trade him now perhaps for kevin durant

yeah somebody was always going to max him on an offer sheet, obviously there are things about him that make that max a little scary but the suns know more about him than anyone and seem to have kind of played themselves.

it never made any sense. this was always going to be the outcome.

Wolves just signed Austin Rivers to a one year minimum

this deal when it finally gets done is going to be ludicrous

REPORT: The Jazz-Knicks deal was “close” on Tuesday night, but the Knicks ended up declining.

The Jazz reportedly wanted Immanuel Quickley, Obi Toppin, Quentin Grimes, Miles McBride, and 6 1st-round picks. 🤯🤯🤯

(via @tjonesonthenba) pic.twitter.com/KxUOdLfsZx

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) July 15, 2022

all so the mitchell brunson backcourt can give up one million points a game

Yah that is not a great pairing

plus barrett playing the 3 and randle at the 4? lol. prob one of the worst defensive line ups you could come up with on paper for a team aspiring to be good

don't do it! reconsider! read some liter-ature on the subject!

the devil on my shoulder is saying "thibs won't play the young guys anyway"

smh

none of their young guys will prob ever make an all star game, clinging to quickley and quentin grimes etc has strong “this franchise never has good young players so we’re going to overvalue any draft pick with more than a pulse” vibes to me. maybe there’s an opportunity cost aspect of throwing them all in one trade & not being able to flip them later but if the jazz want those guys i’d prob just throw them in and then try and talk them down on the picks

jazz are prob asking for those guys trying to get more picks

that is fair, just feels to me that if you're gonna sacrifice young and cheap depth and a buttload of future picks you should do it for a player who is better than donovan mitchell.

the market is the market, i guess

not that mitchell isn't good or anything, but having the smallest backcourt in the nba in a division with the celtics and raptors is not gonna work imo

you’re bringing logic to a multi year pursuit of a star by the knicks front office!

lol

that lineup is hilarious i need to see it now. jazz gonna come out of the rudy/dono pairing with like 14 picks and prospects. doing it right. they can also flip like 6 other rotation guys for picks or whatever at the deadline (bojan, conley, beasley, gay, clarkson, pat bev)

Danny likes picks.

they should try to get every pick

Brian Windhorst:

“The executives are going on vacation… At this point, the Nets’ preferred situation is for Kevin Durant to stay with them. There is no trade that they’ve got that they like.”

(via @ESPNNBA) pic.twitter.com/sLlSFfMPnl

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) July 15, 2022

KD: I'd like to be traded.

Nets FO: *shrug emoji*

kd is gonna trade himself via recess appointment

keeping them both is the right play imo. they have a ton of talent between KD/kyrie/simmons that they’re virtually assured of not being able to replicate in the next 5 years via trades. KD will never hold out. just run it back

Kuminga looks like a much more natural player nowadays

I was listening to the zach Lowe podcast today and he was discussing grimes, toppin, 4 firsts and 3 swaps as a sort of median proposal, which is just hard for me to fathom

I think the knicks are going to “set the market” so to speak

compared to the gobert trade that would be pretty light!

The Gobert trade should have been voided

that is true

it’s clearly massively fucking up the trade market

tradeflation, thanks biden

some wild trades this summer def and theres prob going to be some more, will be funny when kyrie gets moved for two firsts after all that

kyrie has a lo-o-o-ng history for teams to look at now. the warts stand out so far that you can't miss them.

4/80 keldon Johnson extension

Russ fired his agent

What a statement from Russell Westbrook’s now former agenthttps://t.co/6eaq4Hem5h pic.twitter.com/ShSZ7q5SaD

— Michael Corvo (@michaelcorvoNBA) July 16, 2022

it's late on the east coast but i'm having some trouble parsing that?

good for keldon johnson though, nice to see that guy get paid.

BIG BODYYYYYYYY

Cad my take is that his agent has probably been telling him he’s gotta suck it up and buy into a new role cos the market is telling him he’s done. And his best shot to rehab is stay w the lakers and accept a new role vs getting traded and bought out and be on his 5th team in 5 years and have the stain of being bought out. Russ prob too prideful to accept that and would rather get traded and play for a crap team putting up empty stats.

*4 not 5

Russs last two likes apparently

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— 🐐. (@VARbasten) July 16, 2022

Cad my take is that his agent has probably been telling him he’s gotta suck it up and buy into a new role cos the market is telling him he’s done. And his best shot to rehab is stay w the lakers and accept a new role vs getting traded and bought out and be on his 5th team in 5 years and have the stain of being bought out. Russ prob too prideful to accept that and would rather get traded and play for a crap team putting up empty stats.

The confusing part is the agent says the new role that Westbrook must embrace is a "starting role" that has been offered him?

he prob just didnt want to be rude and say play defense do normal basketball things