2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

everyones talking about chet rolled his ankle here but lebrons old

Chet’s ankle gone after defending a Bron layup 1 minute into the game… pic.twitter.com/8Lk5St12rD

— Steven Adams Stats (@funakistats) August 21, 2022

Apparently the floors were wet so everyone was just trying not to get injured? They had to call the game early or something

Udonis Haslem announces at his youth camp that he will sign a new deal with the Miami Heat and return for the 20th season of his NBA career.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 21, 2022

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXpKZhnUIAMQGG8?format=png&name=large

xp Narrator: although in reality his career as an NBA player had ended years ago.

idk they’re light at the 4. he may play a bit this year!

it’s good to use a roster spot for an assistant coach, lightyears ahead

the deal they made with him not only paid off on its own but they can use it as proof to any future players they might want to do some off the books business with

it is both unethical and moral, hats off

it’s good to use a roster spot for an assistant coach, lightyears ahead

― k3vin k., Sunday, August 21, 2022 7:49 PM (eight minutes ago)

yeah hopefully the heat can figure out how to manage the back end of their roster one of these days :[

maybe they could try giving bol bol a multi year deal

I cannot recommend it!

The Heat finally picked a foreign player so maybe they will stop doing asinine things like keeping Haslem on the roster soon yeah

as heat fans we can only hope that one day pat riley will be able to channel the wisdom of matt armstrong

But he is doing that. He finally drafted a foreign player. Remember when you defended him not doing that for some reason

Pat Riley has conceded that this was a bad idea, something which speaks to his character and I admire it.

cant hold ol benny down

🚨 Ben Simmons is expected to be ready for Nets training camp in late September, per @ShamsCharania.

Simmons has been cleared for 3-on-3 basketball activities following back surgery in May. He's also on track to be cleared for full 5-on-5 activities in the coming weeks. pic.twitter.com/0BVroTZrOP

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) August 22, 2022

Let me know when he's cleared to shoot 50% from FT.

not even cleared for 5x5 yet lol

bane is off limits for kd? lol some of these teams are delusional

The Grizzlies have five first-round picks to theoretically utilize in a Kevin Durant trade, but sources say that they will not make Jaren Jackson Jr. or Desmond Bane available. More details: https://t.co/v0E9k9pA4s https://t.co/rqj9nZaxwI

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 22, 2022

everyones trying to get a nice deal on kd

i think stuff like "bane is off limits" is just an indication of how far away any of these deals are from actually being completed. it seems like teams often start from places of impossibility -- i.e. the nets allegedly asking for both tatum *and* brown -- before meeting in the middle. my guess would be that this "news" is indicative only of things leaking early in the process. i think if the grizz and nets hammered out 90% of a deal and bane was the sticking point, bane would end up on the nets.

I almost wonder if the owners/GMs are colluding here. I know that KD has said stuff that makes him feel radioactive, but in other seasons you'd have at least one team stupid/desperate enough to jump at the chance to trade for him, 34-year-old on a 4-year day be damned.

day = deal

generally for a player of KD’s caliber, the length of his contract would be a plus, but in his case it has got to be a turnoff for a lot of teams. he’s 34 with an injury history and has now proven himself to be the kind of guy who requests trades a lot

there's just not that many stupid front offices anymore... also the scrutiny/coverage of transactions and the post-moneyball understanding of things like value vs salary, contract length, aging curves among fans is in a totally different place than it was 10-20 years ago. front offices are def sensitive to this stuff & it def effects the trade market & this one in particular

in 1995 you'd def have teams lining up to trade their best 23 year old all star making no money for a 34 year old KD but that's never gonna happen nowadays

in 2022, you'd have a legion of reply guys lining up to do the same

it's completely understandable why a young and fun team like the grizzlies wouldn't want to fuck up the juju they had last year by trading young pieces and importing the "beat it kid" guy

the intractable issue is that the only teams who should be trying to trade for KD are teams who can win the title and if you're trying to win a title by trading for KD you're going to want to keep as many good players on your team as possible

yeah theres a bunch of things that make this deal tough but prob the biggest is the nets arent willing to do a picks centered deal, so if you have to hollow your team out to get him then theres no point in getting him

then combine that with the fact that hes old injury prone disloyal and makes a shitload of money and it just becomes hard to put something together

why did kd sign that long ass extension lol

yeah he should gone the bron way of signing a bunch of two year deals

yeah that is really puzzling

he was so smart doing that with the dubs then decided to hitch his wagon to his mopey pal and an unproven coach/franchise... cos vibes. i guess he could also realize he is on the downslope and could have another huge injury so just took the most he could get as soon as he could get it, but that doesnt seem likely. his miscalculations are piling up.

he shoulda locked in w the dubs and gone for bill russells record.

ah ok

Steve Nash, Joe Tsai and Sean Marks met with Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles on Monday and have decided to move forward with partnership, Nets say.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 23, 2022

love to move forward with partnership

all is good!

It’s over for the League juu herd pic.twitter.com/KXMQxuiAYD

— NetsKingdom 👑🗽 (@NetsKingdomAJ) August 23, 2022

the roster actually makes a lot of sense... from a basketball perspective

at the very least they made kd see that hes making it harder for them to trade him

#BLAMEKD https://t.co/BiRhf4nFyr

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 23, 2022

name a bigger punk than KD

as a brooklynite who has watched this dumpster fire of a relationship belch and sputter, i have mixed feelings about kd for sure but blaming him for journeyman unemployment seems a bit of a stretch for anyone but pat bev and his ongoing audition for post career talking head

i guess we can't quite close the book on it yet but kd completely failing to shoot his way out of town is funny

it is pretty good particularly since he custom made the situation

i'm comfortable with how this worked out (given that it is the only way it was ever going to work out and also everyone involved is at least slightly humiliated)

kd completely failing to shoot his way out of town is funny

Man, that Boston d really did a number on him.

Nets have the wildest combination of talent and weird vibes maybe ever