2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

Final preseason leaders in my wins above replacement player (WARP) metric. Note that this includes games against non-NBA opponents. pic.twitter.com/EiJUMfeJE8

— Kevin Pelton (@kpelton) October 15, 2022

wow i always knew *looking up tari eason* tari eason had it in him

tari was one of my draft favs, i really wish the spurs had packaged their 20+25 to move up and get him

Poole 4/140 extension

that's a lot of cash. apparently $17m of it is non-guaranteed and some of that is "unlikely incentives"

*win mvp $50M
*do a double backflip dunk on giannis in game $5M
*eat the bigass steak in texas in one sitting $500k

so he basically got the same extension as tyler herro but is able to say he got more

getting yelled at and punched by draymond vs. getting yelled at and punched by jimmy butler

Apparently the warriors luxury tax bill next season will be 400 million dollars? That seems like a lot. I would try to pay less than that

Yolo

if 400 million dollars seems like a lot to you well maybe you're just not a true player

I guess it would make you popular with other owners

The owners started groaning about it last season. Idk kinda sad they drafted all these dudes and can’t hold onto them without massive penalties

lolllll noooooo spottie "boo hoo the warriors are being punished for being too good" yes thats why salary caps and luxury taxes exist!!!!!!

Let me whine in peace

idk it's pretty sad that all the good players can't be on one team, they would have fun

the dubs didnt draft their best player, andrew "wigdawg" wiggins

Yet while this prospect of landing the Pacers’ Buddy Hield and/or center Myles Turner in a Westbrook-centric deal had loomed for months, there was a strong desire from some Lakers officials to see Westbrook play in Ham’s system before making that sort of monumental decision.

o/u 10 games before he's gone?

the monumental decision of getting rid of the player most likely to sink your team while you have lebron james and anthony davis in a wide-open league

While we’re waiting for the season to start, there is some good hoop content on Netflix. Documentary on the 2008 Olympic “Redeem Team.”

new wembanyama just dropped

Outstanding debut for 17-year old Aday Mara in the Spanish @ACBCOM. 8 points, 4 rebounds in 19 minutes against Euroleague team Baskonia. The skilled 7'3 center with a 7'6 wingspan is one of the most promising prospects in Europe. pic.twitter.com/gxPSMFwONp

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) October 17, 2022

looks like a more traditional lumbering big

father/son bonding = putting headphones in to play one on one lol

👑 vs🤴🏾
Bronny & LeBron’s new commercial for @beatsbydre!

pic.twitter.com/bXb7UnCr5J

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) October 17, 2022

idk I think that's cute!

BTW is the NBA ready to draft a guy named Scoot?

it is cute.

scoot is a GREAT athlete name.

Steve Ballmer has wanted to put Clippers games on a streaming service for years. Now he has one, ClipperVision, and 74 of the team’s 82 games will be broadcast there. I watched a test broadcast.

“This is our channel,” he said. https://t.co/b1FwoPwqYU

— Andrew Greif (@AndrewGreif) October 17, 2022

Kawhi looks like he should be holding up a newspaper with today’s date.

scoot is a GREAT athlete name.

I guess it's a SCUTE name.

love to pay $200 for 74 of the 82 clippers games

who wants to take the it upon themselves to star the regular season thread?

2022/23 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD "TANKING FOR WEMBANYAMA"

Dennis Schroder underwent a procedure to repair a ligament in his thumb today, according to Lakers coach Darvin Ham. He is expected to be sidelined 3-4 weeks, per Ham.

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) October 17, 2022

off to a good start!

per ham

okay

At the 6 PM ET buzzer: Atlanta Hawks forward De'Andre Hunter has agreed on a four-year, $95 million contract extension, his agents Thad Foucher and Joe Smith of @Wassbasketball tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/mDm6hZTosm

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 18, 2022

seems like an overpay idk

since it was announced by the agents i wonder how much of that money is in “unlikely guarantees”

the NBA shifting towards NFL style contract announcements of fake numbers to make agents and players look better is not pleasing to me

think they can only do 15% max in incentives, anyway is there any evidence hes a good player

that will be an overpay if hunter is who he’s mostly been the last few years (not a good player and always hurt) but won’t be if he’s the player he’s been in flashes. also if the cap dynamics change the way everyone is saying then it prob won’t be an overpay either way but after the received wisdom of the cap spike year turned out to be disastrously wrong for just about every single contract signed that summer i’m not taking this stuff about the new CBA on blind faith

hunter reminds me of RJ barrett where even when he’s having great games it just don’t feel like he has a dominant gear he can shift to

he did average 21 ppg on 56/46/80 shooting in round 1 last playoffs but it did feel like he was on a bit of a heater. he also doesn’t do anything else with the ball (4 rpg and an assist to TO ratio that was way underwater)

if he had been drafted 11th or whatever they wouldnt be giving him this deal, throwing good money after bad

totally forgot they traded up to get him lol, perfect guy to wait til 8th to see if hes still there

The Hawks traded up to acquire Hunter in the draft, making a deal with the Pelicans to move up from the eighth pick to the fourth selection to grab the former University of Virginia star.

you dont see the celtics throwing big money at grant williams no theyre saying hey buddy youve been great take this midlevel type deal, or at least i assume thats what theyre doing since they didnt agree to an extension lol

they're pretty fucked if he just stays this bad so i guess you roll the dice on him getting good and earning this, but it's just annoying that he has never like, done anything of note

this is how you deal with guys who have been pretty good okay nothing that special

No rookie extension deals for Phoenix's Cam Johnson, Charlotte's P.J. Washington or Boston's Grant Williams -- all headed to restricted free agency next summer, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 17, 2022

is someone going to swoop in with a godfather offer for dandre hunter next year i dont think so

yeah the idea of him getting much more than that extension is a fantasy, at his absolute best he's a high-end role player

https://i.imgur.com/uSmAZXm.png

this looks ridiculous to me when you throw hunter's extension in there but i guess atlanta has talked themselves into thinking they're realass contenders