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
― lag∞n, Monday, 22 August 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
Let me know when he's cleared to shoot 50% from FT.
― Abel Ferrara hard-sci-fi elevator pitch (PBKR), Monday, 22 August 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link
not even cleared for 5x5 yet lol
― Spottie, Monday, 22 August 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
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
― Spottie, Monday, 22 August 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
everyones trying to get a nice deal on kd
― lag∞n, Monday, 22 August 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
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.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 August 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
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.
― It's like there's a Republican party in my mouth and everyone's indicted (Leee), Monday, 22 August 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
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
― k3vin k., Monday, 22 August 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 August 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 August 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
in 2022, you'd have a legion of reply guys lining up to do the same
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Monday, 22 August 2022 17:08 (one year ago) link
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
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Monday, 22 August 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 August 2022 17:11 (one year ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Monday, 22 August 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Monday, 22 August 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
why did kd sign that long ass extension lol
― Spottie, Monday, 22 August 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
yeah he should gone the bron way of signing a bunch of two year deals
― lag∞n, Monday, 22 August 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
yeah that is really puzzling
― J0rdan S., Monday, 22 August 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
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.
― Spottie, Monday, 22 August 2022 17:55 (one year ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
love to move forward with partnership
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
all is good!
― Spottie, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
It’s over for the League juu herd pic.twitter.com/KXMQxuiAYD— NetsKingdom 👑🗽 (@NetsKingdomAJ) August 23, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
the roster actually makes a lot of sense... from a basketball perspective
― Spottie, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
at the very least they made kd see that hes making it harder for them to trade him
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:59 (one year ago) link
#BLAMEKD https://t.co/BiRhf4nFyr— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 23, 2022
― Spottie, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
name a bigger punk than KD
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 24 August 2022 00:30 (one year ago) link
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 cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 01:27 (one year ago) link
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
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 01:48 (one year ago) link
it is pretty good particularly since he custom made the situation
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 01:52 (one year ago) link
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)
― Clay, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 01:56 (one year ago) link
kd completely failing to shoot his way out of town is funny
Man, that Boston d really did a number on him.
― we talkin bout praxis (Leee), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 04:19 (one year ago) link
Nets have the wildest combination of talent and weird vibes maybe ever
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 04:58 (one year ago) link
pretty funny harden left and the vibes got even weirder
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 12:06 (one year ago) link
chet's already injured
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link
I don’t know what to say about a pro am with nba players that had water on the court
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 22:38 (one year ago) link
lakers traded patrick beverely to utah for THT and stanley johnson, which, idk, sure
― Clay, Thursday, 25 August 2022 06:31 (one year ago) link
Bev and Russ on the same team ?!??
― Spottie, Thursday, 25 August 2022 06:57 (one year ago) link
oh lol oops i said that backwards didn't i, anyways yes maybe they should consider trading russell westbrook that's my two cents
― Clay, Thursday, 25 August 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
remember when tht was untouchable lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 August 2022 12:11 (one year ago) link
I’ll never forget the Talen Horton-Tucker ESPN legacy pic.twitter.com/22TDoLUryS https://t.co/imkLFKLGyE— Justin Wills (@itsjwills) August 25, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:12 (one year ago) link
Oklahoma City Thunder 7-footer Chet Holmgren will miss the 2022-2023 season with a Lisfranc injury to his right foot. Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, suffered the injury in a Pro-Am game in Seattle on Saturday.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 25, 2022
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 25 August 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
I can’t imagine being the person who signed off on that pro am
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 25 August 2022 14:04 (one year ago) link
jfc
― lag∞n, Thursday, 25 August 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
mistakes were made
― symsymsym, Thursday, 25 August 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
wow
― k3vin k., Thursday, 25 August 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
bummer
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 August 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link
gaaah can't we get anything good
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 August 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
I'm seeing the (stupider) commentariat saying this was inevitable because lolskinny, but that seems wrong in this case? Like, you'd think any foot-related injury would involve it supporting a lot of weight, right? Not a doctorb obviously.
― we talkin bout praxis (Leee), Thursday, 25 August 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link