damn rudy has a player option in 2026…
the wolves aren’t in an idea situation, but they have a budding superstar who’s 21 and a guy in KAT who should be tradeable despite his obviously limitations; he’s still on the team that drafted him and I don’t think there’s precedent for a guy with his pedigree not finding a suitor to give him another shot in a new situation. the clippers are a disaster but then playing in LA makes things a little easier to swallow…even still I’d probably rather be the wolves
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 19:21 (eleven months ago) link
I don’t think there’s precedent for a guy with his pedigree not finding a suitor to give him another shot in a new situation
we also don't have precedent for players getting paid $50m+ per year. if you trade for KAT you're taking on salaries of $50m, $54m & $58m for the three seasons *after* next year (he gets paid $36m in 23-24) right as the new CBA rules that hammer teams for going too far into the tax kick in. now, the CBA does incentivize teams to go some way into the tax, but if you're paying KAT $55m you're presumably trying to compete in a real way while operating under an effective hard cap. and you know that KAT has to be, at best, your second best player if you're going to be a title contender. so then you gotta find another guy making a similar salary or even more, while also filling out your roster & you're down assets (presumably) bcuz you traded for KAT.
all of which is to say again if i'm the wolves i'm trying to get rid of KAT immediately. the future on that contract looks really bad & i don't see how his value increases the closer those $50m salaries become to reality. i think he can play better in the playoffs w/ more experience (he just does a lot of dumb shit) but he's also a 27 year old who has been in the league for 8 years. i think we probably know what he is at this point.
i'm really curious how teams look at guys like dame, beal, KAT etc who could be out on the market but have the insane extensions that from my perspective look even worse given the new CBA landscape
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 19:33 (eleven months ago) link
KAT is a much better player than just being a "salary dump" but if i could salary dump that contract & get nothing back except some roster clarity & future salary cap space i'd do it
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 19:37 (eleven months ago) link
he also missed 2/3 the season. and extremely untimely injuries to 2 of their top 6 players. i think theyll be a top 4-6 team next year if everyone stays relatively healthy.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 19:49 (eleven months ago) link
are you talking about the t wolves
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 19:51 (eleven months ago) link
Yah
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:03 (eleven months ago) link
Kat entering his prime. Ant, Jaden another year older. Full season w Conley instead of DLo
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:06 (eleven months ago) link
putting denver aside on one end and houston, san antonio, portland & utah aside on the other end you could plausibly tell me that any of the other 10 west teams could finish between 4-6. but i still see the wolves as an 8-12 team
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:14 (eleven months ago) link
the biggest thing that sucked about KAT being out for so long is it provides this blank space where you could project anything, we went through a whole year and still don't really know. i could see management going either way, get out from under KAT get back some picks or - which I think is plausible - what Spottie just said, run this back and it can only get better.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:22 (eleven months ago) link
are they willing to pay naz reid is another question. their tax bill is gonna start hiking real quick
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:37 (eleven months ago) link
I just don’t think a team with edwards, gobert, and either KAT or what KAT gets flipped for is a real threat to finish out of the play-in. they’re probably closer to 6-8 than 4-6 imo tho
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:43 (eleven months ago) link
― Spottie, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 3:37 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i think they are going to let him go, hopefully to the jazz so him and walker kessler be the twin towers of wolves regret
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:47 (eleven months ago) link
feels like ant will eventually be good enough to earn a top 4 seed for whatever team he's on, but also feels like that team isn't gonna be minnesota
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:54 (eleven months ago) link
they need to can finch. he clearly has no clue.
― micah, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 20:55 (eleven months ago) link
the more I think about it, given Ant's and Jaden's progression it would be nice - had the Rudy trade not happened - to have the option of trading KAT, getting another good player and picks, having a Naz Reid and Walker Kessler as diet KAT and Rudy but way younger and cheaper, then keeping some of the intriguing young pieces like Alexander-Walker, Josh Minott, Luka Garza and being in the same zone as OKC
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:12 (eleven months ago) link
uhh....ok?
Anthony Edwards could face legal action,per @DenverSportsCom“A law enforcement source said Edwards picked up a chair & swung it, striking a security guard…A source confirmed the incident and said both employees were injured & asked to file charges.” pic.twitter.com/gtSYeMA5YR— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) April 26, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:32 (eleven months ago) link
I mean... c'mon
im not seeing much there but idk.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:36 (eleven months ago) link
i think we can all agree it should be legal for ant edwards to do wrestling moves on ppl and arena employees sitting courtside
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:38 (eleven months ago) link
I keep watching that clip and wondering what I'm supposed to be seeing
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:39 (eleven months ago) link
well he's swinging a metal chair in a crowded space while running which isn't wise but it's not the ideal angle to know what the hell happened
― Clay, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 22:43 (eleven months ago) link
a better angle
Had this sent to me, Idk original source. Credit to them. It is unreal how something as harmless as moving a chair can get the assault label and ensuing fallout.Everyone involved is a joke. pic.twitter.com/IbOL04ptz1— Jackson Lloyd (@JacksonLloydNBA) April 26, 2023
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:36 (eleven months ago) link
Unbelievable
Lol also as more and more phone videos of this are going to surface and studied like the Zapruder film
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:38 (eleven months ago) link
very serious stuff call the cops
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:40 (eleven months ago) link
i mean he clearly hit the blonde lady in the back. that would hurt
― micah, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:40 (eleven months ago) link
video got sent to us
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:42 (eleven months ago) link
yeah kinda hard to tell still but the tip of one of the legs coulda dinged her pretty good. reckless and dumb from the kid.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:43 (eleven months ago) link
lad,
― Clay, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:46 (eleven months ago) link
extremely normal thing to do with a metal chair
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 23:49 (eleven months ago) link
dont worry im sure both employees are going to get a nice little check for calling the police
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:01 (eleven months ago) link
if thats what file charges means in the first tweet maybe its just some hr shit if so fine please stop swinging chairs laddy
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:04 (eleven months ago) link
although it does saw law enforcement source i guess
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:05 (eleven months ago) link
does acab include security guards
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:06 (eleven months ago) link
surely the team will cough up a bag of cash to get them to not press charges that's just how this works right
― Clay, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:07 (eleven months ago) link
💰
― ciderpress, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:08 (eleven months ago) link
idk its not like theres a felony there lawsuit is prob the more likely thing they want to avoid
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:20 (eleven months ago) link
if you were at a cookout and some guy swung a chair celebrating getting a ringer in horseshoes and he accidentally hit two people a little bit with the chair and they called the cops would they even come idk
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:29 (eleven months ago) link
i support a little involuntary wealth redistribution. ant can afford it
― micah, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:36 (eleven months ago) link
would think itd be the team that pays but same diff
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 00:38 (eleven months ago) link
maybe theyll fine him idk
cavaliers, bucks: welcome to the nba offseason
― ciderpress, Thursday, 27 April 2023 04:42 (eleven months ago) link
good post-mortem of the Wolves season:
https://www.minnpost.com/sports/2023/04/greater-expectations-not-met-with-greater-results-in-entertaining-but-disappointing-season-for-wolves/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 April 2023 16:49 (eleven months ago) link
shams already on the bud beat hes done
“Mike Budenholzer’s status as Bucks head coach is very much shaky, there are questions across the organization… I’m told Budenholzer has two years and $16 million left on his contract.”NBA Insider @ShamsCharania reports on Milwaukee following its disappointing playoff exit. pic.twitter.com/WhmEtPNR5R— The Rally (@TheRally) April 27, 2023
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 April 2023 22:22 (eleven months ago) link
$5M for each timeout he didnt use
― micah, Friday, 28 April 2023 00:37 (eleven months ago) link
The Rockets have "addressed the idea" of trading Jalen Green, per @JakeLFischer Potential targets for Houston include James Harden and Khris Middleton pic.twitter.com/KThyNRpRcQ— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 28, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 April 2023 18:09 (eleven months ago) link
i love to address an idea
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 April 2023 18:12 (eleven months ago) link
thats what the offseason is all about
― ciderpress, Friday, 28 April 2023 18:13 (eleven months ago) link
trading a second year high draftee is such a bad org signifier
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 April 2023 18:16 (eleven months ago) link
how is he? has he been bad or are they just being weird?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 April 2023 18:19 (eleven months ago) link
hes been bad but not unpromising, i think he was the worst finisher at the rim this year, but dont worry because jabari smith was the worst above the break three shooter
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 April 2023 18:21 (eleven months ago) link
ok who’s starting the new thread
― k3vin k., Monday, 23 October 2023 18:49 (six months ago) link
2023/24 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD "THANKING FOR WEMBANYAMA"
― lag∞n, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:57 (six months ago) link
last of the stashing - hawk's extend Okongwu's rookie deal, 4yr 62mil but do not extend Bey who will now be a free agent this offseason
― Heez, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:22 (six months ago) link
that could be a steal of a contract for okongwu
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:24 (six months ago) link
agreed he fits a whole lot better in Snyder's scheme. replacing Collins and Capela with Okongwu and Johnson is going to make the hawks really fun
― Heez, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:32 (six months ago) link
locking up a young guy on a cheap deal usually works out pretty good if theyve any promise
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:41 (six months ago) link
i guess thats not totally a cheap deal but it seems pretty reasonable
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 02:46 (six months ago) link
in *this economy* thats a great deal
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 03:01 (six months ago) link