>The Los Angeles Lakers have maneuvered to create a maximum salary slot of $32 million in free agency, league sources tell ESPN.
>Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka unloaded the contracts of Mo Wagner, Isaac Bonga and Jemerrio Jones to the Washington Wizards to make the Anthony Davis deal with New Orleans a three-team trade, league sources tell ESPN.
>Davis also agreed to waive his $4 million trade bonus, sources said -- which creates the additional space that will allow the Lakers to pursue a max-contract-level free agent, or divide the money among multiple players.
>News GS:GSW extend qualifying offer to Jordan Bell IND:Darren Collison retires from NBA at age 31 GS:Durant to meet with GSW, BKN, LAC and NYK SAC:Kings want to see Giles and Bagley together IND:Pacers to start Sabonis next to Turner? UTA:Lowe: Pacers continue to eye Ricky Rubio MLW:Bucks bracing for monster offer for Brogdon? MEM:JJJ: Brandon Clarke to be featured right away ORL:NYT: ORL plans to offer Vucevic 4-year, $90M MLW:Shams: The Bucks will waive George Hill
>actually believing Toronto wins the 2019 Finals against a healthy Golden State >actually believing Kawhi is enough to withstand the gauntlet that is the Western Conference with Utah, Houston, Denver, Dallas, Portland a young NOLA...
I mean, I'm glad they won but let's face it they were absolutely lucky Durant & Klay went down when they did. The Sixers and Bucks would have won it too if they were in that position. If your Kawhi, and your insistent on leaving a championship team*, why the fuck would you go to the Clippers when Lebron and AD are going to cockblock you from even reaching the playoffs? You all meme on the Warriors but their still a good team that will more than likely take a playoff spot with Curry Iggy Livingston and Drayboon.
Say he actually goes to the Clips, then The Lakers still have a max slot for Kyrie or Butler or have an enormous amount of space to fill out their roster and poach Beverley or Lopez and a ton of other great roleplayers, how do you justify yourself coming from a Championship contender to being on a discount franchise known for choking and losing?
You all know it in your heart to be true. There really is no way he goes to the Clips. It's all pandering by the media to have a feel good storyline for the summer and mostly it's just Lakers hate. Hes better off staying put in Toronto if he still want to be "the man" without any real hits to his legacy. Hes really going to surrender being a fucking god in Toronto just to try and struggle it out with a second rate franchise that may or may not even have a decent roster next season after FA is done? The clippers overpreformed like the Leltics did a couple years ago, all of their important players sans Harrel and Shai are on the wrong side of 30 and Jerry West is a fucking genius but I'm sure he even knows it's a stretch after the Summer the Lakers are about to have.
Tl:dr? Kawhi is a Laker or a Raptor after the summer ends. End of story.
the issue is that they're doing all that without a GM at all. who's making those calls and what' the plan behind them.
they've wasted the draft and they are wasting an entire free agency away not having hired competent top decision makers. the timberwolves added rosas, the pelicans added griffin and langdon and swin cash, the nets poached andy birdsong from the spurs, and the wizards did dick all.
Levi Walker
>The Bucks "are bracing for a monster [Malcolm] Brogdon offer sheet" according to ESPN's Zach Lowe.
>Lowe mentions the Suns, Bulls, Mavs, Pacers and Celtics as suitors for the restricted agent, but adds that some teams are worried about him reinjuring his foot -- he had a minor plantar fascia tear towards the end of the regular season. As much as the Bucks love Brogdon, they do have a "walkaway price" according to Lowe as the franchise is also hoping to retain both Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez. In 64 games last season, the 26-year-old put up career-highs in points (15.6), rebounds (4.5) and triples (1.6) with 3.2 dimes per game.
Anywhere but Boston.
Jordan Johnson
Let brogdon go
Zachary Mitchell
IM SCOUTING FOR A BENCH.
Robert Ortiz
Lakers interested >Vucevic >DJ >Kanter
I don't get it. are the lakers slowing down the offense?
I wouldn't even be mad if he went to the Lakers but they won't get him due to the load management. The guy only plays 50 games in the regular season. What happens when LeBron and AD choose to film space jam 2 in their load management time? Would be fun to see LeBron's face when he's yelling at 3 G league backups and he's pushing Magic to return to playing.
Mavs don’t need a 3rd star. Their money would be best utilized filling out a proper cast around the 2 stars they already have. Something like this would take them further than splurging all their money on one player.
Kawhi going to the Lakers is a weaker move than KD to the Warriors, this dude proved that he's the best player in the league rn, a dynasty slayer, imagine dropping all that and a team to himself to be a Lebron sidekick, a guy that he already has cucked, pathetic.
Thomas Ward
Nah. It wouldn't be close as weak as Durant. >this dude proved that he's the best player in the league rn Nah.
>KD to the Warriors It would be worse for parity though.
KD to the Warrios is the biggest bitchmove in the history of sports. It's neigh untopable
Easton Adams
>[Windhorst] Free agents are ‘lining up to play’ for the Lakers
OHNONONO
Cooper Moore
time for bed boomers
Lincoln Robinson
mavs rule kp + luka is an awesome duo i'm psyched to see some representation of white guys in the league to prove that we CAN jump
Jonathan Clark
>isn't that like saying there should be at least one indian or chinese player on every team no, it's not like that at all because those are nationalities. it has been a thousand times more likely for championship players in basketball (obviously this would depend highly on the sport) to be gay as opposed to chinese or indian. because we would be able to know if someone was from one of those countries and it would be reported on. whereas you don't know if someone is gay unless they announce it
it's a statistical fact that there have been basketball, football and boxing champions who were gay. it's possible that there have even been greats who were gay. you can enter into the very complicated issue of how proportional it is but there is no denying that there are thousands of gay men who have won championships in sports. you would have to either believe that no one is gay or that it's something like 1 in 10,000 to contradict that
spamming that 10 million times is going to seem especially meaningless if it happens...
Christian Martin
>[citation needed]
Evan Clark
the [] makes it a credible citation and the ((())) makes it a jewish trick. be a good boy and stop questioning what you're being told.
Jace Ortiz
wtf is up with this darren collison shit weirdest story since tyreke got busted with xannys or some shit
Parker Peterson
Media should be fined for tampering the whole last two years, lmao
William Smith
Religion is some crazy shit bro if it weren't for history all that shit would be considered cults
Jaxson Long
Nobody seriously believes Kawhi is going to the Lakers other than dumb lakespics, right?
Gavin Flores
Yeah the fact he scored 70 so young on a shit team is still crazy. And it was against a good defense.
Sebastian Campbell
The fuck are you talking about? most religions like Christianity are all about love and peace
Jason Phillips
the police are on their way. think twice next time before deciding to make antisemitic comments :)
Aiden Carter
true it's all cult bs
Zachary Diaz
>most religions like Christianity are all about love and peace
Religion has been around forever bro. You're just trying to down play them by calling them cults. It's really semantics. Call them cults if you want, but it doesn't change the message and influence religion has had throughout human history. I'm talking pre-Abrahamic religions.
Hudson Campbell
can’t hurt to try
Nathan Ortiz
shut your whore mouth, you piece of shit
Parker Powell
>science is some crazy shit bro if it weren't for history all that shit would be considered autistic ramblings
Brandon Baker
Would Barkey have won a ring if he was 4 inches taller?
Dylan Peterson
I get it, you're mad you can watch your gay porn if you devote yourself to god, but don't go around slandering religion because you destroyed parts of your brain
Shit like Mormanism and Jehovah's Witness are literally cults made up in the last 100 years by crazy ass undereducated Americans that pander to other ignorant Americans that don't understand shit about history
They're false prophets, using the credibility and larger popularity of a established major religion, and twisting it to use it for personal gains.
It's a scam not theology.
Alexander Brown
Holy shit nice projection. Keep crying christfag
Matthew Evans
Imagine rooting for the worst team in Texas lmao
Wyatt Reed
Brogdon might be the most overrated nigga in free agency right now
Charles Lewis
Cancer.
Brody Watson
>implying anything could be more bitchmade than teaming up with LeBitch It's literally in the name.
Aiden Cook
If LeBron was humble and kept to himself like Bo Jackson everyone would love him
Hell even if he was just charismatic and cool like Joe Montana
But no, he's a diva, he calls himself the Chosen One, he tries to use MJ to raise his own clout, uses his number, his everything, just a straight up punk.
Jacob Robinson
wait, all warrior/laker fans really do jump around depending on who's good? i thought it was a mere meme
>Bron might be wearing 6 next season >Bron might be bringing back the chalk toss next season >Bron might be wearing the headband again next season Holy shit the absolute state of LeFaggot right now. This is just as corny as 'activating playoff mode'. What a bitch
He's in desperation mode. He knows he's shit now and will be toast in 2-3 years. He's probably going to have multiple (groin strains) this season and needs to make his dickriders have hope for a "comeback"
Jaxson Myers
you are not exactly the smartest cookie in the jar, are you
Brandon Collins
yall faggots hating on lebron like he wasnt playing last year with sickle cell ingram and lonzo bust hes still the best player in the nba yuo are going to eat your words when he brings it home
Kevin Stewart
LeBron's not even top 10 let's keep it real
Ethan Wilson
But Lakers fans told me they were good and how they were the favorites to make the WCF.....
Connor Sullivan
you know remember when lakerspics from /nba/ and r/nba united themselves to protest outside of staples center
Carson Johnson
You can’t be a top 5 player in the NBA if you can’t make the playoffs
What kind of numbers do you think Luka would need to put up in his 2nd season for people to start officially hyping him up as the next GOAT like LeBron and Durant after their sophomore campaigns? Something like 25/7/7 on 45+% shooting or better, right?
Why would that make you dislike him? He carried a bunch of 3 star freshmen and sophomores to the #1 offensive rating before conference play.
Of course ESPN is going to put the spotlight on him, they did it for literally every other college phenomenon. I never hated Jimmer for being Mormon Hoop Jesus. I don't hate Zion for being "the next LeBron"
It's just retarded takes from professional clout chasers
Ryder Bailey
Just bandwagon the Nets once they sign KD and Kyrie
Nathan Davis
Asterisk title
Oliver Reed
>kawhi demands magic johnson present in meeting with lakers
Look at how fucking small everyone is compared to him
They just spam the same post up 50 times and give him 10 different entry passes
Mason Bell
They were 4th seed till lebron got hurt. That should say enough about how good lebron is. He was practically averaging a triple double and probably would have had a fuck ton more assists and wins if he wasn’t passing the ball to bums. That shit is gonna change next season when he’s running the ball up the court and swinging the ball to people who can actually finish.
Also, why would the Sonics leave a city like Seattle for a shithole like okc?
Blake Sullivan
he's fucking destroying my hornies, worst owner in the league by a fucking mile
What this highlight doesn't show is the 20 fouls that took place from trying to stop him from getting to his spot.
League was soft as fuck with off ball physicality and babbied the fuck out of Shaq. Now it seems like anyone that tries to post up consistently today is getting manhandled before the ball comes to them and they're forced to play like Dirk and have a 15 foot jumper
Shaw had low block given to him all day and you couldn't do shit about it because the zebras.
if by special you mean especially disappointing bust, yes
Nathan Edwards
just because he can ask for anything and get it
maybe magic was his favorite player and just wanted to meet him
Asher Perry
I just dont see kawhi joining two superstars He just seems like a guy who doesnt want it that easy Also he seems like a guy who doesnt care for guys like lebron and ad
Ryder Lewis
Yeah... A 1 season only anime HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH NO NO NO NO NO
Ayden Hill
Kobe is overrated
Robert Ortiz
People are actually trying to make excuses for him on TV since he's black.
Joshua Parker
Will headband lebron make a return now that he’s got #6 back? Headband lebron was pure kino
It’s in every white girl’s genes to crave black cock
Liam Wright
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I just been ballin' out every season Know it's some niggas I left in the bleachers I just been married to double cup I got to pour me a four inside another liter Tie up the bands and then run it up I got to put the new bales inside of the freezer Back at the trap I was ducking them people Ducking them birds sending out them eagles All of my diamonds gone buss out the meter I'm dripping water nigga, Aquafina Damn that bitch cappin' if she think I need her Hit it one time and then I got to leave her I'm a real street nigga Gotta keep it a rack with my people Turn the whole squad to bosses I can't be kickin' shit like I'm Adidas
Does an achilles tear affect the brain in any way? I'm having trouble understanding why a guy who will turn 31 in a few months with a possible career-ending injury would turn down a $31.5 million player option.
Do you HEAR the media right now? they are capitalizing on the "rumor" trend. Really, they have no basis in fact or reality, nothing they are saying is any different from what you would hear from a sports blogger.
They think Durant is worth the max, And he's falling for it. I'm sure pretty much every executive realizes that he's basically done, only a stupid team like the Nets who got fleeced before, would actually sign him.
Evan Barnes
man the east is just gonna get worse huh. especially if kawhi leaves, what do we have? bucks (fine), worse sixers, dead celtics, dead pacers, possibly a competitive nets team?
Thomas Rogers
This is one of the best songs I've heard in a long ass time.
Plenty of room here on the Nets for you to bandwagon
Xavier Bell
No it was dumb to not trade him earlier and get some value off him. Rookie move MJ
Blake Ramirez
Why does the NBA let the Lakers do what ever they want? It's NOT FAIR. Rules are for everyone.
Kevin Cook
Lakers will miss the playoffs again as they did with LeBron last year and the previous 6 years.
Noah Watson
>muh triple double
Lucas Barnes
Still not as bad as the knicks
Brandon Kelly
Why does the media blatantly tell us they don’t want Kawhi in Canada?
Josiah Peterson
because they want all stars to be either in NY or LA where they have the biggest markets
Colton Stewart
media can be bribed.
Carter Long
Why do they care if a player is in a big market?
Jack Torres
Raptors will be fine without Kawhi
Kayden Lee
it's better for the clicks
Camden Moore
He’s unironically correct though. It’s easy for people who grew up in a modern 1st world world country to go “pffft, I don’t need some crazy book to tell me murder is bad”, but much of the western world’s societal sensibilities were engrained by Christianity. You look at times in history where people tried to forcibly oust the influence of organized religion, and they typically go hand in hand with periods of extreme violence like Robespierre marginalizing the Catholic Church during the Reign of Terror, and nearly every Communist revolution. I mean if you ever wonder why 21st century China is such a dystopian me first fuck everyone else society, it’s in no small part because they erased every aspect of Buddhist morality during the Great Leap Forward.
Jaxson Robinson
He's going call him out on his aids and tampering and lebron on his stacking team shit before heading down the hall to clipville
i would be unironically interested in your take on why US evangelicals are some of the most openly cynical and inhumane people around
Tyler Hughes
Based retard
Logan Wood
Asterisk title.
Isaiah Brooks
Seethe
Owen Flores
Warriors in 9.
Nathaniel Smith
Kawhi coming to our clippies :)
Blake Bailey
wow rude
toxic /nba/ shant be posting again lads
Isaac Ortiz
My Lakies*
Noah Long
As long as he doesn't go to the Lakers or any other east team I'm fine with him leaving
Samuel Ward
this
Jason Harris
They’ll be fine, but they won’t be good
Dominic Campbell
Kawhi is not leaving Toronto. Cap it.
Xavier Murphy
>The Charlotte Hornets have offered less than $170 million to resign Kemba Walker, meaning that there’s a strong chance the All-NBA point guard agrees to terms with another NBA team when free agency opens Sunday night.
>An Observer source confirmed that the Hornets aren’t comfortable paying $170 or more over five years — far less than they’re allowed under NBA rules — over concern they would end up paying the league’s luxury tax. Unless that changes, it looks likely the Hornets will lose Walker with no compensation.
>When Walker was named All-NBA after this season, he qualified to be paid as much as $221 million over five years. The most any other team can pay him is $140 million over four years. The extra year and larger raises the Hornets can offer are intended to give a free agent’s prior team significant advantages in keeping him.
dumb ass move from the hornets but that also makes it more likely the celtics flirtations are a leverage play from walker.
Jackson Adams
>warriors can't beat some past their prime role players and a bench of g league players who miss like 90% from the 3 point line >must be asterisk title
>Knicks And why the fuck would he take a broken down Kevin Durant on the Clippers over LeBron and Anthony Davis on the Lakers? It makes sense to go to the Clippers as a solo act but if he wants to be on a super team then the choice is obviously the LA Lakers
Brandon James
How much is Ballmer paying Woj
Jose Sanchez
>dude just wait a year for KD lmao
Eli Flores
Bros it's not fucking FAIR we won the title and he was supposed to stay what the fuck it's NOT FUCKING FAIR.
Jonathan Stewart
Reminder that sending Kawhi to Canada was the Spurs way of spiting him on the way out
I am indeed triggered at Westbrook being rated so highly
Jace Howard
If he hates LeBron then his best bet is to go back to Toronto and beat him in the finals. He's not beating him in Los Angeles next year with 30 million dollars wasted on a Kevin Durant that won't be playing
Their only real competition is the bucks next season. Maybe they can get demar back? When is he a free agent next?
David Watson
Another thing to keep in mind. The warriors apperently are willing to trade kd to help him get to a new destination if he really wants to leave. Could KD opt in to get traded to the nets so they would have two max slots so the nets could have kd, kawhi, and kyrie?
I rather hit the rebuild than have DeMar back on the rapts fuck that bum ass nigga
Gavin Evans
Who knew that Celtics fans were more delusional than Lakers fans? At least Lakers fans admitted they wasted a shit load of money on Mozgov and Deng when they were signed.
Oliver Green
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@wojespn Following Following @wojespn More Reporting w/ @RamonaShelburne: Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard have been discussing free agent scenarios that could include a future with them playing together. For now, there are two clear possibilities for them to sign into the same franchise: Clippers and Knicks. Story soon.
@ShamsCharania 2m2 minutes ago More Sources: Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors plan to reach agreement on a five-year, $190M maximum contract, with the Warriors sending a front-office contingent to Los Angeles to visit Thompson within the next day.
Isaiah Peterson
he gave a chip to them in a 1 year deal, dude should just do anything he wants now, except joining the fucking lelkers
Hudson James
wtf why do all these faggots either live/hold their meetings in LA or NY? whats so good about those places...
Many men, wish death upon me Blood in my eye dog and I can't see I'm trying to be what I'm destined to be And niggas trying to take my life away I put a hole in nigga for fucking with me My back on the wall, now you gon' see Better watch how you talk, when you talk about me 'Cause I'll come and take your life away
>Wade comes back >Heat signs Butler >Wade plays out of his mind >Whiteside finally does something now that would be something
Jaxon Morris
I’m surprised they don’t do it in Atlanta
Camden Jenkins
Casuals have no taste.
I'd be making this fucking lame suits fly out to my ranch in Montana and drive hours to get there themselves since there's no taxis
Gabriel Young
Fuck KD I hope snaps his other Achilles in his first game back lanky mother fucker
Liam Cook
they're big and fun and have everything you want in your rich life
Nathaniel Nelson
t. Lakeshits fan seething
Joshua Harris
He still has an opt in year that he can choose to use if he wants. If he goes to the nets or clips as a free agent then that would just leave one max slots left to get one more star in kawhi/kyrie. But if he chooses to get traded then that could leave both slots open to get two star players besides himself.
Luis Butler
And people questioned why we laughed at the dead man. I hope he gets an infection requiring amputation.
Josiah Perez
We can still win this, Knicksbros
Carter Brooks
>someone hasnt been to southern california
just the fucking weather is that good and you can go to the beach and mountains in the same day
Lincoln Moore
We getting KD and kawhi bro it's all good
Connor Lewis
wade is not comig back
he is such a fucking pussy
Lincoln Murphy
I don't see a scenario where we'll be talking about Kyrie as a top 20 player in the league from now on. He really fucked himself.
Lucas Foster
Still in demand and getting maxed lol
Anthony Edwards
LA is a fucking shithole. Poor, run down buildings, and homeless and gays everywhere.
I couldn't even name you one. They don't even have a meme star thats famous for cunt pics like hope solo.
Levi Baker
Why would Kawhi want to waste a year of his prime waiting for KD to come back especially when there's no guarantee KD comes back as the same player prior to the injury
Josiah Morales
Do you guys in New York realize KD won't play next season, the one after it will still be trying to get back in shape (like Gordon Hayward or Boogie Cousins) so you'll basically have two wasted years if he ends up in the Knicks or Nets?
The focus should be on Kawhi, not KD 2bh.
Julian Johnson
candace parker
Jaxson Bennett
Kyrie Harden Westbook Steph Lonzo
Oh wait they just bitches
Adrian Parker
So is Harrison Barnes.
Anthony Thomas
>Anonymous 06/29/19(Sat)12:41:33 No.93823245Do you guys in New York realize KD won't play next season, the one after it will still be trying to get back in shape (like Gordon Hayward or Boogie Cousins) so you'll basically have two wasted years if he ends up in the Knicks or Nets? > >The focus should be on Kawhi, not KD 2bh. Skip Bayless
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@RealSkipBayless Follow Follow @RealSkipBayless More I'm glad LeBron won't wear 23 next season. He has never lived up to it. He thought he could make people forget MJ wore it. Instead LeBron's Finals fails in 2011, 2014 and 2018 reminded everyone just how far he is from the TRUE GOAT. 23 should've been retired by the NBA.
Because KD is a cuck. He joins whoever beats him. Same with the last signing.
Juan Robinson
ahahaha it really do be like that tho!
Thomas Lewis
I feel really bad for the Raptors right now. Leonard wins your first Chip and bounces within a month. I think Pop was right on the money about him sadly. But he is such a fucking talent. LA and NY are only good for marketing and Hollywood. Literally nothing else.
Josiah Bailey
His salt is the primary reason that I want Kawhi and LeBron to team up
Jaxon Smith
also whats the point of the hornets? they cant keep anyone that is half way good
Jace Hernandez
I would wait maybe 10 years till the WNBA sign Yao Ming's daughter or something till I can see any one of those Chicks being meme worthy. But right now, I don't know shit about WNBA.
really really sbnation what click bait. lets not forget how hated 2010 heat were
Carter Lewis
Because MJ is a cheap fuck.
Robert Collins
Redpill me on Durant. That nigga is teaming up with dudes he lose to all the time.
Ethan Cooper
he just wants to win as many rings as possible
Carson Roberts
kemba aint worth the supermax
Ian Edwards
ujiri's the kind of dude that will trade lowry, gasol, and ibaka the moment leonard agrees to a deal with the clippers.
Andrew Garcia
yeah i guess Kevin can just watch from the sidelines repping Kawhis team
Jaxon Evans
> Avery Johnson, Alvin Robertson, Gervin, Rodman, David Robinson vs >Parker, Ginobili, Kawhi, LMA, Duncan Who wins?
Lincoln Edwards
Good move all around. The players will be able to compete and the Rapties can rebuild properly.
Blake Cooper
lmao kroenke can spend 30 mil on an old ass pf who's like the 8th best player on the team but wont spend a penny on divegrass
Adrian Brooks
who the fuck else is charlotte going to attract? this is not about winning now but gaining attention.
>butler to miami I think this is pointless but whatever they becoming more watchable next year
Christian Mitchell
incoming lowry/derozan reunion in charlotte if walker bolts
Isaiah Powell
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i remember back when derozan was a free agent i said i would rather give nic batum the max. now spurs fans want to trade derozan for batum kek
Nolan Hughes
Is it too late for DeMar to develop a 3pt shot and become a star player
Levi Young
Kings
Kevin Taylor
Yeah, for the right price, but he's asking 120m/4y deal, which is too much IMO. Even though he's a great glue guy, a good defender, and a great big man passer, don't forget he's 33 years old, averages 14 points per game, and has been bothered by knee and ankle injuries (he missed about 30 games during his 3-year sting in Boston).
He rejected Boston's 3 years, 90m offer.
Grayson Nelson
hes getting older, and losing his athleticism, so he has no choice but to develop a 3, but as for star player status, nah
Thomas Perez
Cavs
Cooper Gutierrez
same bullshit that AD did saying that he could join the celtics
Tyler Edwards
>Agent Zero is already raping the BIG3
Joshua Hall
>AD did saying that he could join the celtics As far as I'm concerned I never heard about AD ever going to the Celtics outside of a trade.
Could you imagine being Bronny and being able to fuck any white girl you want at the age of 14?
Elijah Scott
i dont fantasize about having sex with 14 year olds dude
Julian Watson
And then it'll all get set on fire!
Liam Gray
desu that's just me peddling my favorite trade option. it's crazy to me how derozan's production is solid and he looks like a contributor, but his on/off numbers tell an entirely different story.
yes and no, i think.
the story goes that pop let derozan operate in his comfort zone this season after murray went down with a torn ACL, knowing they would need derozan's playmaking. with murray back in the fold and white emerging, derozan could and should be playing more off the ball. the spurs do have a great player development staff too.
but a) he has to buy into it, and b) the pop has to actually get him to do it. despite his reputation as a system-first and culture above everything hardass, he's gone incredibly soft the last few years. LMA requesting a trade after his first season with the spurs, when pop wanted to turn him into a stretch big, broke him. after that every other play was just feeding the ball to LMA on the left block and letting him go to work in the post with everybody just standing there.
lowry/derozan is a total brainfart but it would be kind of fun.
Svi is an animal when he’s not on the big stage. He was balling out on the lakers G-League team. For some reason he’s utter trash in the NBA. Apparently when they would be in practice svi would never miss his shots but in games he was brick city.
Also what ever happened to Gelo? Wasn’t he supposed to be in the draft this year? Did he go undrafted?
Lucas Morales
It seems like the league might finally become balanced again. No team should ever have more than 2 stars.
Juan Price
Nah KD can top it once he joins up with Kawhi
Jordan Morales
I can't believe he's actually leaving us after we won the ship.
Andrew White
you won a chip, wtf more do you want?
Sebastian Anderson
Brehs, holy shit, Lebron and the lakers did it they actually got Kawhi
Wtf is going on, how is this allowed and happening
Austin Gutierrez
Lelkers fans wouldn’t talk down on Kawhi unless he decides to join another team. Sounds like a seething spuds fan.
Sebastian Garcia
Because they’re based
Tyler Sanders
Canada has too many shitskin immigrants, high taxes, shitty weather, and Kawhi is a well known Trump supporter, so why would he stay in Canada? Just be grateful he won you guys a ring.
Jason Price
You know, I get the appeal of the Lakers for star FAs, I really do, but what I dont understand is the appeal of the Knicks. They have showed NOTHING of being a competent organization in years, they have bad owners, bad players, bad FO etc. yet they get rumors that fucking KD, Kyrie butler etc are going over there. What the fuck why? You put KD, Kyrie on the nuggets, hawks, mavs etc theyre legitimate championship contenders that fucking year. Why are NBA players so attracted to big fucking buildings and not to actually picking where they can have the best career. Fucking stupid niggers this sport just aint for me, just send everyone to LA and get it over with
if the lakers somehow get kawhi im done with this bullshit league. that's 3/5 top players. worse then the heat and warriors super teams. what the fuck would be the point of even watching?
also lebron a punk ass bitch. can only win titles with super teams. bitch ass nigga.
At least be believable and say 4 years because the only team that can give him 5 is toronto
Jackson Allen
Considering that Gilbert Arenas is the only actual Wizard that I could name off the top off my head prior to the John Wall era, I would have guessed that Wall was actually a top 1 player in that franchise’s history.
Adam Fisher
Michael Jordan, unironically
Elijah Ramirez
>muh woj conspiracy!!!!!!! Why are my clippies living in people's heads rent free?
>player who has won a total of 1 playoff series in his entire 7 year career is a top 5 player >player who has taken his team to the playoffs a total of two (2) times in 7 years is a top 5 player >player who’s net contributions to his team can almost be seamlessly filled by former castaway scrubs like Randle and Okafor, is a top 5 player
>Alonzo Mourning, Muggsy, Larry Johnson Trio >Glen Rice and Baron Davis at least I remember more than 3 players for Charlotte. too bad Jordan is running that team into the ground
Samuel Ward
Top 20 players in the league find a flaw 1. Lebron 2. KD 3. Kawhi 4. Curry 5. Harden 6. Giannis 7. AD 8. PG 9. embiid 10. lillard 11. Kyrie 12. Klay 13. Butler 14. Towns 15. Blake 16. Beal 17. Westbrick 18. Jokic 19. Kemba 20. Rudy again, find a flaw
after this last season i doubt Lebron is even in the top 10
Juan Cruz
>18. Jokic based
Nicholas Murphy
Media should be sued for slander. I mean they even try to push the Boston "racist" thing. it's sad.
Parker Butler
Specially that asshole Steven A smith...
Joshua Jackson
Having Harden over Giannis is pure ass rage on your part
Also PG is def over AD. Using heath against him and not against AD is pure hypocrisy. Even Embiid is better than AD
Jordan Richardson
Assuming you aren’t trolling, how could you possibly unironically think Towns is better than Jokic?
Aiden Perry
KD COMING HOME HE FINALLY GOING TO FULFILL HIS DESTINY TO WEAR THE PURPLE (Raptors) JERSEY
Nolan Fisher
>>actually believing Toronto wins the 2019 Finals against a healthy Golden State Whenever I see this ind of thing it reminds me that a huge percentage of this board have never played any team sport, and really have no business posting here because they don't understand the first thing about the subject.
Josiah Richardson
I'm coming home I'm coming home Tell the world I'm coming home....
KD would never after those assholes booed his injury.
Gabriel Harris
curry is not a top 5 player.
Brayden Thompson
If KD ever joins the Rapts I will personally snap his left leg
Liam Taylor
Only listen to Gilbert Arenas analysis
Aiden Rogers
>Sources: KD, Kawhi mulling free-agent scenarios
>Free-agent stars Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard have been discussing scenarios that could include a future with them playing together, league sources told ESPN.
>For now, there are two clear possibilities for the All-NBA forwards to sign into the same franchise -- the LA Clippers and New York Knicks.
>Durant and Leonard are planning to talk with each of those teams once free agency opens Sunday at 6 p.m. ET, league sources said.
>Leonard and Durant are each planning discussions and meetings with several teams, but only the Clippers and Knicks are in alignment with salary-cap space and common interest to sign both players. Brooklyn could conceivably house both, but a more likely scenario would be Durant and point guard Kyrie Irving signing as free agents with the Nets. Brooklyn is firmly Irving's focus in free agency, league sources said.
>Leonard is expected to meet with the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Knicks and Toronto Raptors upon the opening of free agency. Durant is planning conversations with the Clippers, Knicks, Nets and Warriors, league sources told ESPN.
Why the fuck do they have the need of teaming up? Why is KD such a fucking weak ass bitch? Why would Kawhi want to join with some bitch who won't be able to return to his level at least in two more seasons? I don't get it.
Cooper Robinson
>literally every free agent wants to go to LA or NY how do we even cope small market bros
Nathaniel Foster
>Stein: "All indications to date suggest the Warriors will present Kevin Durant with a five-year, $221 mil max offer when they get their chance. Can the Clippers -- even with two recruiters KD is known to admire: Jerry West and Steve Ballmer -- top that after the injury he just suffered?" ok
James Walker
Assuming Kahwi, KD, LeBron, and Giannis are 4 of your top 5, who else would you put over Curry? Harden?
Easton Barnes
So if this happens, Will Kyrie get btfo? lmao will he want to stay in Boston now? No way he goes to Brooklyn without KD. Does he go with LeDaddy now?
Justin Garcia
harden is better so yes
Henry Fisher
>league sources pro tip. espn bullshits about everything
Bentley Martin
user from a couple of days ago here, I bought a durag... I tried it and I really like it and think I look cool wearing it but I won't go outside my room with it on because I'm too scared...
Noah Hernandez
>MUH ESPN ONLY LIE!!! DISNEY LIES!!! THEY WANT TO KEEP THE WHITE MAN DOWN, TRUMP AND /POL/ TOLD ME SO!!! Not really you autistic, antisocial, incel fuck. Just fuck off. Woj is literally the most connected NBA journalist that there is, and Ramona Shelburne is pretty respected too.
Aaron Adams
Theres so much injustice in the world it makes you wonder if having children should be considered a crime.
Cooper Reed
its better now than hundreds of years ago. imagine not having internet? lol
Aaron Collins
We should come up with a eay to delay people from being born. Imagine being born in 3220 instead of 2019 man
Bentley Gray
>Woj is literally the most connected NBA journalist that there is Do you know him personally?
Joshua Reed
inb4 durant signs with the raptors and kawhi + KD create a new dynasty
Logan Hughes
What does the word government mean to you?
Jason Garcia
C O N T R O L
Gavin Robinson
C R I N G E
Brody Roberts
The fuck are you wearing a durag for. You trying to get waves? Too hot for all that, nobody wears Durags outside anymore, it ain’t 2002 dipset and Allen iverson are done
Asher Barnes
NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO >NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO >NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO >NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO >NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO >NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO >NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO >NIKOLA MIROTIC PLAYING WITH BARCELONA NEXT YEAR LMAO
Joshua Lopez
Bucks in shambles lmao
Caleb Allen
FUCKING WHY
Logan Ross
WHAT THE FUCK....?!!! HAHAHHAHAA
Anthony Rivera
Lonzo should be next
Brandon Hill
Just woke up what s the news
Austin Morris
WHICH RETARDED ASS TEAM IS TAKING WIGGINS????
Joshua Morales
Retards thinking Kawhi will team up with Kevin Durant
Jaxon Davis
The Wizlels. They will trade them Wall
Justin Cook
You know I remember everyone talking about what a mistake it was when LeBron flipped him for Kevin Love
Austin King
my warrioriers
Ryan Wilson
They're saying Kawhi and Durant to Knicks or clippers? Lol. Does kawhi know that durants career is likely over
Jaxson Morgan
Why would he go back to Spain lol
Jayden Johnson
larry pls don't leave us this general is pathetic without you
William Mitchell
Kawhi telling KD that Toronto has a good medical staff. Kawhi will bring KD to his Toronto meeting
Samuel Allen
Wut. Dude ain't playing with messi. No clue what's he's thinking
Jack Gray
Pooston in a shambles
Owen Hernandez
kings wouldve if not for harry barnes
David Young
>superteams bad and ruin the league by consolidating power >except when it's my team
Jeremiah Flores
ok
Jeremiah Kelly
how can you unironically claim that lebron is shit now? I bet you dont even watch the games anymore, you just go on twitter/reddit to look at results and memes
Adrian Lopez
Every team should only be allowed to have one all star per team simple as
Adrian Hall
>implying Seriously. I'm happy for you leaf but stop with these delusions. You had no chance against a healthy Golden State. Just thank your stars you got the breaks you did
Nathaniel Ortiz
Mirotic and Hill gone in one day. There goes the depth and any chance next year.
Aiden Peterson
>Free agents are lining up to retire or fly back to Europe rather than play for Lakers
I don't believe LeBron was ever good. If it wasn't for his marketability and fame, he wouldn't get as many calls when he drives, and many of his travels would be exposed.
In china they call LeBron "Liu Bulang" or "Six-Step Bron" in English.
William Hughes
>In china they call LeBron "Liu Bulang" or "Six-Step Bron" in English.
@ShamsCharania Following Following @ShamsCharania More NBA free agent Nikola Mirotic has decided to sign with Euroleague club Barcelona, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Mirotic was in the market for $45-50M total in contract in the NBA.
>watching one of the million nationally televised harden games with friends >"what the fuck he pisses me off how the fuck is he gonna flop like that? Oh now he's gonna make those bullshit shots??" >mfw
he'll be the best player in euroleague and no doubt told barca what kind of money he's leaving, so i think they'll pony up 5-6mil a year for him not as much as in us (prolly would've gotten 12-15) but spain is known to have problems collecting taxes from athletes so that will even it out a bit, as well as endorsements which he wouldve never gotten in us still a discount but whatevs, let the man live his life
Ryan Morgan
Hating on Westchad is casual af
Charles Jenkins
How much money do chinese basketball teams pay to star players?
BREAKING NEWS: KOBE BRYANT IS COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT.
Ayden Johnson
>the Boston "racist" thing up south is real
Daniel Miller
why would you not take the supermax in charlotte to play in boston
Ethan Baker
Boston is actually racist though
Camden Fisher
Good.
Jordan Jenkins
question to lakerfags i know you're all about rangzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz n shit, but does any part of you feel some type of way about rooting for essentially a team of mercenaries who didnt grow up in your franchise and were never there when it was hard? imagine your hood held a championship and a bunch of people you've never seen came over to represent your block or whatever, and yeah they won but its not the same as winning with tariq and duquan with whom you grew up and tasted your first penis with you feel me?
The NBA needs to figure out their anti-tampering rules. Literally everyone is tampering with everyone anyway and anyone who pretends that isn’t the case gets a nominal fine. It’s a joke. Make the anti-tampering rules specific about what is going too far and then provide proper punishments when people do it and stop playing let’s pretend
Kevin Morales
Kemba Beal Tatum Harris Capela
Yeahhhhh I’m thinking we back
Landon Myers
epic teenage edgelord comments from dudes with hairs on their balls are a special sort of embarrassing, but to each his own
Matthew Kelly
Players don't like to play in shitty cities, just ask Kawhi lmao
Jonathan Gray
they'd need to punish the media too, it's not happening
Zachary Bell
My Dolphins suck, My Bulls suck, My Blue Jays Suck, my Ducks Suck,
When is Death?
Joseph Hall
>epic teenage edgelord comments from dudes with hairs on their balls are a special sort of embarrassing, but to each his own
But Boston is racist. It's just that they're all commies so no one really addresses the issue
Grayson Nelson
>wahhh wahhh please stop the big bad lakies from signing everyone!!
Lmao just HVE SEX
Eli Jackson
He’s Spanish and, if you ignore the money, the quality of life playing basketball in Spain is far better. Play less than 30 games a year! you get to play where you want with no risk of being traded and, if you’re an NBA-calibre player, then you’ll have a blast destroying the inferior competition
Ryan Lewis
STFU You island nigger, we are not racist
Isaac Walker
Whatever, it's really no skin off my bones, I just feel sorry for sheeple believing everything they hear on the internet or on TV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hudson Jackson
>Only has 2 players
Scared
Nolan Butler
Fuck Boston, here's to you not winning anything for the next 100 years
I’m literally saying the opposite of that? I’m saying Magic should have not been fined.
Figure out and implement rules that make sense and have teeth. Make it clear where the line is and punish teams rather than there clearly being no rules as long as you stay quiet in public.
Liam Brown
To the lottery.
Jaxson Turner
Here's where you're wrong. Brady is out for the season look at these digits
Ethan Thompson
boston has worse weather than charlotte tho not to mention you can make more in charlotte too
Jonathan Campbell
jays just need some pitching
Parker Gray
If you don't want the Pats to win the superbowl next year, wish for injuries on the defense, they're fucking STACKED. Even got HUMBLED Jamie Collins back.
Nathaniel Howard
so you're saying brady is getting carried AGAIN. christ
Blake Gomez
Whatever, in 20 years, kids will only remember the 7-8 rings
Kayden Allen
Yes. So what? Lebitch is going to get carried by AD and Kawhi. That's hoe life works
Joshua Hall
which all star will shock us all and make a move nobody saw coming
Klay bout to say fuck the dubs and sign with the lakers
Joshua Rivera
It's casual to like him for his numbers, but it's equally casual to hate him for drawing fouls, knowing the traveling rules, and losing to great teams in the playoffs every year with a moneyball roster. Just appreciate his craft.
What retarded team exactly is gonna trade for Wiggins?
Grayson Williams
Why couldnt Wiggins have any heart?
William Jackson
Surely no-one is dumb enough to take on that franchise-crippling contract? T’wolves don’t even have enough assets to make a trade worthwhile (unless they’re giving up Towns, which they aren’t)
Isaiah Martin
>drawing fouls This is unironically the best part of his game though. I just dislike his tendency to give away turnovers, especially in crucial moments.
>Harry killed himself in 2016 after the Warriors choked 3-1 >Larry killed himself in 2019 after the Warriors lost in six trying to come back from a 3-1 deficit Poetry.
Michael Torres
>Klay Thompson Agrees To Stay 5 Years $190 Million
Asher Morgan
Not gonna lie, Timberwolves looking like they could actually be decent. Culver/D’lo seems like a pretty nice backcourt to go along with Towns.
Colton Davis
>shotgun
he's in the land of the free now, in Texas to boot! someone get that man a saltraffle
Larry didn't kill himself in fact he was in the thread just a few minutes ago bro, he said he just doesn't browses in the summer
Jordan Parker
Thinking about it, given everyone knows the Wizards know they are absolutely fucked for the foreseeable future as they already have two of the worst contracts in the NBA, taking on Wiggins contract for assets might not be totally insane.
Chase Taylor
Rui dying on the Wizards
Juan Rogers
Rumor has it that Charlotte is his destination, once Kemba leaves. Jordan isn't known to be the sharpest knife in the drawer when is comes to basketball decisions.
Jeremiah Phillips
theyre capped wolves want a partner who could absorb all of wiggins into space and send nothing back
Jason Allen
All those hot takes about Culver being a panic draft choice by the Wolves when they were really targeting Garland are looking pretty stupid right about now. It’s pretty obvious now their plan was to draft Culver all along.
