2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

Our front office and coaching staff have my support. We will make decisions in the best interest of the Brooklyn Nets.

— Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) August 8, 2022

well i'm convinced

heh

The Pro City Hoops team consisting of Julius Randle, Obi Toppin and Jalen Brunson lost by 13 tonight pic.twitter.com/yj9sh2QthU

— Rob Lopez (@r0bato) August 9, 2022

the knicks

i dont have anything substantive to offer

You absolutely hate to see it

That’s like 18ppl, he’ll be okay. https://t.co/TiJmFrvhSp

— A.K (@Kungu_NBA) August 9, 2022

You have to give KD credit for goosing a slow news cycle and giving us something to talk about.

sean marks traded a first round pick for royce o neal

Furthermore, the first-year head coach said one wrinkle he will implement and stick with is having the offense run through Anthony Davis, and James concurred, sources said. The team has been encouraged with Davis’ offseason progression and believe he’ll be in optimum shape to avoid serious injuries and carry a heavier load.

The team is also hopeful for a corner-3 shooting percentage bump from Russell Westbrook next season, sources said.

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that is from this highly credible reporting btw https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-lebron-james-meeting-with-lakers-front-office-darvin-ham-offensive-plan-rob-pelinka-roster-patience-014115495.html

good luck los angeles lakers

a bunch of fun young upstarts trying to disrupt the league, kudos

one cannot help but wonder if the nets are actually trying to trade kevin durant

The Nets reportedly asked Boston for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown initially when opening up trade talks centered around Kevin Durant, per @AdamHimmelsbach pic.twitter.com/e1HCIe41vP

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) August 10, 2022

New: Kevin Durant reportedly now has the #Celtics on his preferred list of landing spots. Examining the impact that might have on potential future trade talks between Boston and Brooklyn: https://t.co/XU9nOTPk84

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) August 10, 2022

Robert Williams III is reportedly off limits in trade talks for Kevin Durant, per @basketballtalk pic.twitter.com/S5Wzw75XHd

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 11, 2022

?

not coming up short again is reportedly off limits

smh would love to see the haters get all the way to the nba finals, but they wont, hearts too full of hate

Somebody ask Skip Bayless "could you do better!?"

he can get to the nba finals of being a very normal man

Is Durant really going to sit out his age 34 season? I don't see it.

I mean maybe he just dngaf.

hmm i thought he was a guy who actually liked playing basketball but maybe none of the basketball players do after all

all these instances of stars bailing on their teams mid-contract in the past 5 years feels like ruinously bad optics for the league. it used to happen occasionally but not like this

yeah its a bummer

i don’t think it actually matters at all. ppl have been handwringing about stars leaving teams for 10+ years now and the league has likely never been more popular. certainly from a financial POV it’s never been in a better place

it feeds the huge and ever expanding social media gossip mill, keeps the league in the news year round, makes for dramatic boxing match level narratives once the games roll around… i don’t think the league suffers from it really at all. whether it makes the sport less enjoyable to you on a personal level is a diff question and entirely fair but i think the league long ago won the “optics” battle on this stuff

and tbh i’d rather see KD on an actually good team than this non competitive mess in brooklyn. the nets don’t even have fans.

if you look at donovan mitchell likely quasi forcing his way out of a soon to be irrelevant jazz team vs bradley beal clinging to the wizards so he can make a bunch of money playing for a team that will never win more than 2 playoff games… which is worse for the league, in real terms and optics? it’s not the case of the great player trying to get to a more competitive team

fair enough, i don't really mind when its guys like mitchell trying to get off their original team after giving them a chance

I have no problem with it. Drama is messy.

Current odds to win the NBA Finals @BetMGM 🏆

+450: Celtics
+600: Warriors, Bucks
+700: Clippers
+1000: Suns
+1200: 76ers
+1400: Lakers, Heat
+1600: Nets, Nuggets
+2000: Grizzlies
+2200: Mavs
+3000: Raptors
+3500: Timberwolves
+4000: Bulls, Pelicans
+5000: Hawks
+6600: Knicks pic.twitter.com/C5qrUIgBJR

— NBABet (@nbabet) August 15, 2022

dats right baby celtics #1

the clippers are just the western conference nets i dont believe in that team/org. on paper that squad is pretty deep though, lots of lineup flexibility/switch-ability. but so much riding on older vets and/or guys coming off big injuries and/or john wall.

did someone say "baby celtics"?
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_eKZ4zASfu0/UwaxJOWCDBI/AAAAAAAAiEk/c-N2ArQvW54/s1600/glen-big-baby-davis.jpg

more like john floor

actually i think i've used that one before sorry

lebron to warriors confirmed
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaOX9GxUUAE64_q?format=jpg&name=small

the clippers are just the western conference nets i dont believe in that team/org. on paper that squad is pretty deep though, lots of lineup flexibility/switch-ability. but so much riding on older vets and/or guys coming off big injuries and/or john wall.

even if hes healthy who knows how good hell be, hes been injured so much and is just a weird player who has for stretches looked like an alltime great and at other times more like a top 15 type guy

unclear if he can still bring it on d never really had a passing game

if you get the playoff raptors kawhi where he just goes wherever he wants with defenders bouncing off him then yeah the clips could be tough if you get the other kawhi idk ill have to think about it

and youve got similar questions about pg too

Clippers are a lot like the nuggets where the scenario where everyone is healthy is a great team but no one really thinks they’ll be that healthy

lakers are +210 to miss the playoffs, seems like a very good bet

the last time we saw kawhi in the playoffs he looked like the best player in the league again. he’s only gonna be 31 this year, not like he’s 34. but i agree there’s a lot of “nets of the west” vibes in how something always seems to be going wrong.

the thing is the west feels super wide open. it’s deep but it’s not like the east where there is two overwhelming favorites to make the finals. feels like a handful of teams could legitimately come out of the west this year. if the clippers are able to stay relatively healthy they have as good a claim as anyone. on paper anyway

i have a weird finals prediction but will think on it for another 2 months before unveiling

is this year, cider?

is this *the year

based on last years WC standings:

Suns - probably around 55 wins, could sniff 60 again but the vibes will be tested early. things could go south quickly or they could regain their edge, hard to say.

Grizz - i think they take a slight step back as far as their record, Ja needs to chill or his knees wont make it. i thought their record without ja was kinda fluky? could see them dropping out of the top 4 but they could also go balls out and get to the top.

Warriors - prob still hover around 55 wins and just try to get into the playoffs healthy again. more playing time and integrating of the youngens could mean a more bumpy regular season, though. could fall out of the top 4 by record because of that. if they arent ready we could see a midseason trade?

Mavs - i dont think they got any better but luka looks in shape so if he comes into the season in game shape they could fight for a top 4 spot

Jazz - the tank is on

Nuggets - should be top 4 if everyone looks like themselves. if not, they'll be right back in this spot again.

Wolves - should be better, could get into the top 6 but will be a fight. all comes down to ant ascension.

Pels - should be better but we need to see how zion fits with what they had going to end the season. prob still a play-in team cos the defense will struggle. herb jones cant guard everyone.

Clippers - should be a top 4 but who the hell knows

spurs - the tank is on but pop will prob get them into the play-in somehow someway

lakers - lol. will miss the playoffs if they dont trade russ. will make the play-in if they do trade him.

kings - kangs

blazers - tough one! if dame is dame then i guess a play-in team? or maybe they finally trade him midseason if he gets his value back up.

thunder - weird team, should prob have the worst record in the league? will shae actually play? his timeline with this core is a little weird. he could help a lot of teams now and does he want to wait 3-5 more years while the children develop?

rockets - they need to trade KPJ. will probably wrestle with the thunder and jazz for bottom three spots