stashing assets for the 2023 nba offseason

trades used to be fun but now they are dogshit morality tales, we need to go back (to the past)

yeah trade requests are just a weird drawn out bummer, however when you get a surprise trade thats the stuff

teams and players should find a way to keep trade requests secret

they shd pass hand-written notes "do you like me y/n?"

durant kinda did the right thing when he rescinded it and just hooped and took things offline w the franchise.

that’s bcuz he had very little leverage in that situation & thus very little choice… this is not the same…

doesn’t seem like dame has a ton of leverage either

afaics, dame's added leverage has been that he chose to frame his 'trade request' as a non-negotiable demand and then making both implicit and explicit threats about his future behavior if his exact demand wasn't met.

yeah but most of that's a bluff, when the blazers say "we want good stuff" they aren't bluffing, they really want good stuff!

dame’s leverage is that it makes no sense for the blazers to bring him back given where their roster is at. notice that cronin said that he’s willing for it to take months but he said nothing about not executing a trade — if the idea of bringing dame back was a legitimate threat i’m sure he would be levying it, given the way this is playing out. compare to the way morey was talking about simmons & the hardline stance the nets took on KD from the jump. i think cronin understands that dame going back there would be a ridiculous situation

if the blazers had i.e. chet holmgren and brandon miller dame’s role on the team would be largely unchanged and forcing him to come back and play would actually aid the development of their young players. instead they picked two guards and so dame’s presence on the court will only detract from their development. they need to move on and cronin knows this, but he has the summer to drag it out and it’s perfectly reasonable for him to try and use that to his advantage. but he does not have an infinite trade window

and if the only team willing to hold onto all its assets and wait into the season to get dame is miami then portland’s leverage decreases not increases

basically all this wont end until dame goes to pelicans

at this point some saudi team is going to offer a $500m transfer fee

breaking dame has been traded to the pelicans of new orleans

congratulations to damian pelican

the coping process continues…

Damian Lillard trade update via @wojespn:

- The Heat are the “most motivated” team to trade for Lillard.

- The Clippers would love to be involved in the process, but they don’t have the necessary assets Portland is seeking.

- The Trail Blazers don’t love Miami’s offer, but it… pic.twitter.com/VuRdMU5bXy

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) July 11, 2023

here is the artist rendition of the london sphere lol

https://i.imgur.com/k02G68A.jpg

they gotta do it with some cool shit on the screens no ones gonna like it that way mate

ah ok

According to a league source, Jaylen Brown is headed overseas for an NBPA event and contract negotiations with the Celtics are expected to pause while he’s gone. Both sides remain confident that a deal will be struck, but there will be a delay.

More: https://t.co/YYshy7Jb6j

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) July 14, 2023

kinda sounds like boston does not want to get the superest of maxes to jaylen brown, idk!!!

im sure they would rather give him less, or do some third thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyLWjDl7Thw

zach lowe said recently that they were negotiating over ancillary stuff such as trade kickers & whatever but, this feels more substantial than that

at the same time there hasn't been any whispers of him going elsewhere so it's prob fine

it is an interesting test case, potentially, for the idea that in the new CBA you can't just give every good to great player the full max just bcuz they're eligible for it and want it

zach lowe said recently that they were negotiating over ancillary stuff such as trade kickers & whatever but, this feels more substantial than that

― J0rdan S., Friday, July 14, 2023 3:12 PM (thirty-three seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah thats what the local guys have been saying too, and i do think resigning him is the most likely outcome, but idk seems kinda weird

hes at that awkward level where hes good but overrated by box score stats / all-nba status so you can't really prove hes not worth the supermax to the people who matter, even if he isnt

obv you have to do it though as a true contending team

theoretically a team could sign a guy for more than the max but less than the full supermax, guy still gets more than he can elsewhere and the team save a lil bit, not sure if itll ever happen except maybe in a hometown discount sort of way

$70m final year, which coincidentally is how much i make

"It's going to take more time... They're expected to reengage again when [Jaylen] gets back [from out of the country]."@wojespn with the latest on Jaylen Brown's extension with the Celtics, which could be worth up to $304 millionpic.twitter.com/wJIOmM4p0n

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) July 14, 2023

its just too much money for jaylen brown

the heat gave a guy named bouyea

who just tried a shammgod

That’s a really good baller name wow

ive watched enough summer league and reviewed enough stats to say that blake wesley is not an nba player, my goddddd

i feel like jaylen is going to sign whatever deal is available now once he's back from his trip but will get some satisfaction from making everyone wait around for him

Calvin Booth might've gone 3/3 this draft class https://t.co/TdAsnSEsty

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) July 16, 2023

you heard it here first

pretty crazy, coach and owner turned over too

The only 2 players remaining from the Phoenix Suns 2021 Finals team:

Devin Booker
Deandre Ayton pic.twitter.com/kzigPZaLYt

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) July 16, 2023

And another: The Suns are trading G Cam Payne and a future second-round pick to the Spurs for a future second, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 16, 2023

i like this for the spurs

going to be interesting watching the suns fuck with the 3.5 max guys + 9 guys on minimum contracts theory

feels like we are in a prime ground for abstract team construction philosophy

Embiid: "I just want to win a championship. Whatever it takes. I don't know where that's gonna be, whether it's in Philly or anywhere else, I just want to have a chance to accomplish that."

Regardless of how forceful he intended that, convo around Sixers will never be the same. https://t.co/mXHx0WwJpm

— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) July 17, 2023

been watching le tour de france and they show (a different version of) this ad every break, extremely unconvincing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-SSCsI7YtQ

Henderson’s Ignite teammate, Pooh Jeter, played around the world for 17 years, including a stint for the Ukrainian national team, which he helped secure its first FIBA World Cup berth since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Scoot and Pooh.

https://theathletic.com/4676386/2023/07/17/scoot-henderson-blazers-point-guard-billups-brooks-curry/

pooh jeter

ah much like the famous yankee captain derek "shit" jeter

Pooh Jeter has a closet full of Savannah Bee Company baskets for one-night stands

Nah there’s no way LOL

Just wait for it

The trolling continues: pic.twitter.com/ppm1zU5hvf

— Brady Hawk (@BradyHawk305) July 19, 2023

LeBron James' Son, Bronny, Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Workout at USC https://t.co/6eZ2Y5cZLi

— TMZ (@TMZ) July 25, 2023

uhhhhhhh what

guess hes out of imminent danger but thats fucked up

USC All-American Bronny James collapsed on the court Monday and had a cardiac arrest. He was taken to the hospital and is now in stable condition and no longer in the ICU. Statement: pic.twitter.com/5z9F2qAWP0

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 25, 2023