/nba/ General - It's happening edition

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Closing the door on your all-star PG to sign Rozier. JUST

Is MJ gonna be the next owner voted out the league?

>*Kristaps Porzingis & Mavs (5/$158M)
>158M
lmao

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Because the memes man, memes > well thought out roster

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Davis would be the third option. A cleanup center on steroids.

Also, why the fuck would Kawai leave one shithole to go to another shithole? At least you can't smell/see feces all year long in Toronto.

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What what does the scouter say on Rui Hachimura's basketball IQ?

LA is a drastically different place when you're famous and have fuck you money, otherwise yes its a shithole.

Average for a rookie, he's a more athletic type of player

>$141 million, 4 years
>rookies have more postseason experience than this 30 year old hack

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Porzingis contract could look ugly in a few years desu.

>muh next Dirk
Dirk was a based boomer Kawaii-type autistic perfectionist. Porky is a zoomer that cares too much about banging thots

there are very few players in the league that can protect the rim and shoot 3's at the same time
even if he never improves again and is on a 30mil a year contract there will be teams that will take him

Cavaliers are extending JR Smiths contract guarantee to get a 3rd team in on Andrew Wiggins trade, Cavs will take on Wiggins' albatross contract and help the Wolves get cap space with JR Smith's contract.

false. my cavs would be in luxury

LeSucksdick Lames

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Buckle up. This might not be a fun next few years for you, buddy.

I take it you haven't watched basketball before? LeBron is a proven winner.

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I'm not even a lebron fan but I just want kawahi to sign with lakers and royally fuck the entire league for the next 3-5 years just so I can laugh at all the ensuing salt storms.

I like the Porzingis deal. If he breaks immediately they still have Doncic as an attraction, and if Doncic leaves in 2022 then Porzingis sells seats while they rebuild. The upside of course is massive since you have two all-stars in the starting line-up guaranteed for a 3-year run.

what about Dallas? what is going on?

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They just gave a 22yr old already with injury problems, who gets in bar fights and loses the max

Has Dallas done anything well in the NBA Draft.

I hope they won't regret it in the upcoming months, that is a massive lottery

what do they even have besides doncic and porzingis? nothing attractive

They gave the pick they owed Atlanta. This rookie class seems top-heavy so it doesn't look like they lost much, but time will tell.

that's enough. need a center though.

Check em

i got you buddy

dubZ

cubs

mubs

cocks owo

Please help me with my insomnia

Rose to the Pistons 2 yr deal

Bros I was playing some pickup basketball yesterday with my friends, this random guy we were playing 3v3 against crossed me so bad I simply had to elbow the fuck out of him

loser

Moms friends uncle is Canadian and owns a kebab shop that Kawhi goes to all the time. Heard that he stay

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What if Lelbron actually wins 3 more rings?
>tie Jordan
>pass kobr.
Think of meme

jordans rings are all pure, lebron so far only has 1

>jordans rings are all pure

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to be fair my black friend, if you can get kawhi, you get kawhi. this makes that team absolutely unstoppable even with me playing point guard. the only thing that can stop them is an injury.

but other than leonard, i dont think they will try any max player, they will go for the next best thing that is split the money to 2-3 players. the problem is that really good players for 10 15 mil are very few and prices are inflated because shit teams with a lot of money will offer them 20-25 mil

Congrats LeBron you're almost as good as Robert Horry

today's probably gonna be one of the busiest free agency periods ever and the spurs will just sign baron davis out of retirement with the MLE and call it a day

also real talk it kinda bums me out that the raptors won the championship with a single star, a bunch of B+ to C+ players, good coaching, good strategy, good chemistry, and yet the entire league is back to throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. only good off-season moves i've seen so far was utah trading for conley, blazers picking up bazemore, and maybe denver standing pat.

I mean, it's a been lightning in a bottle what the Raptors did, isn't it?
Your odds are better playing the tanking/free agency lottery than they are to just so happen to assemble the perfect combination of complementary players.
Also, you know, they had God giftwrap them a title they probably wouldn't have won otherwise

>Your odds are better playing the tanking/free agency lottery
well, are they. the rockets, the celtics, the sixers, the lob city clippers, they all won jack shit too.

Right, but the Dubs and Heat won the last how many championships by being multi-all-star super teams

Lol

Why would Jimmy want to go to the Heat (apart from Miami thots)?
Why would the Heat even want Jimmy?

heat and the KD dubs i will give you, but the OG dubs death lineup was picks 7 (curry), 11 (thompson), 35 (green), and acquiring a former pick 9 (iguodala) past his prime, plus whatever random dudes. they built their own foundation. golden state is where they became all-stars.

all i'm saying is that player development is the least sexy way to improve your roster (as it doesn't tickle armchair GMs' funny bone), but it's the most sustainable. i for one am 100% looking forward to murray, white, and walker tearing up NBA back courts six ways from sunday next season.

LeBron has 0 legit rings.

That's true, they did. And they were likeable for it until they had to go and add KD
But also don't act like Curry, Thompson, and Green aren't all all-star calibers. That combination alone is better than what Toronto had this year.
And the Dubs before that were terrible for a long, long time. 3 of the 4 players you listed are still top 12 picks. They did what most teams that aren't major markets are doing: they tanked like fuck for star players. Calling that player development like Toronto did is a bit of a stretch.

If Kawhi doesn't sign with an LA team today then he's a Raptor

I'm starting to really think Kawhi's going to the Clippers. I don't believe it but from the rumors that's where it's trending.

>Do the right thing Kawhi, do it for the ratings, the shekels

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why would he do that, I don't get it. he just became an NBA champion, Raptors are the best team

LA is his home and he doesn't want to live in Canada the next four years. He also doesn't want to be LeBron's sidekick. The Clippers give him a happy medium where he can be with family and still contend. Jerry West will give him what he needs.

Ballmer has you right where he wants you bro

lebron will be gone soon, kawahi still has plenty more years in his career. If he wins multiple championships with lakers he'll build a large fanbase and make more money from merch and endorsements than he would elsewhere. His only two smart options is stay in toronto or go to lakers.

he's not going to LA's bitch team that plays in the same arena as the lakes.

you negros can't be serious with this shit. the clippers have never signed a player of his calibre ever for a reason.

>lebron will be gone soon
Kawhi doesn't want to be LeBron's sidekick for any amount of time.

>the clippers have never signed a player of his calibre ever for a reason.
That's why it will happen. Kawhi wants to write his own legacy instead of latching on to LeBron's or the Lakers'.

>muh Ballmer
People are hearing things from Kawhi's camp. He's not going to the Lakers and he's not going back to Toronto. The Clippers are the most logical destination.

jokic averaging a triple double next season

Bullshit, nothing ever leaks out of Kawhi's camp

yeah, in hindsight, they are all-star calibers and obvious picks. but no one knows that when selecting from dozens of doe-eyed college kids.

still, they did pick well. it coincides with the hiring of bob myers as the GM (with the exception of curry) so it's probably not a random blip on the radar. there must be some solid scouting blended into their luck, including the luck that keeps you from making bad deals such as the thompson for kevin love swap they pushed for. (imagine ainge trading four first-round picks for justise winslow.)

and i would still argue that it's hard to tell where talent ends and player development begins, at least for me. there have been supreme talented guys that amounted to not much of note, and there have been solid guys that consistently outplayed their talent over their careers. it's a spectrum.

curry and thompson are two of the best shooters of all time (if not the best of all time) and they had consistently great shooting percentages since their respective rookie years, so there is undeniable talent there. would they have gone from extremely good to transcendental without coaching? there's no way of knowing. i think no, at least not to the same degree.

anyway, drafting well and developing what you have feels more rooted in actual basketball. free agency and whatever is fun but also an unlikeable melange of excel spreadsheet geek shit and cynical business shit. i enjoy the speculation too though, so yeah, meh.

it won't happen. Its 50% chance its raptors, 50% lakers, 25% other, 0% clippers. It will never happen. If he signs with the fucking clippers will shave my asshole hair and eat it

One can only hope fellow jizzer

>Its 50% chance its raptors, 50% lakers, 25% other, 0% clippers.

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can't wait for gs to be in finals next season.

>50% chance its raptors, 50% lakers, 25% other, 0%

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Why would AD want to team up with old man Lebron and not future superstar Zion?
This sport only exists to sell shoes, man
Gotta get to those big markets

>Clippers sign Kawhi
>autistic Laker fans still think there's a conspiracy against them

Shut up cuck

Well sure, they deserve a hell of a lot of credit for picking them
But they're a dynasty because they signed KD
Without that move they'd just be one of those cute Washington Generals-type teams only there to lose to the actual dynasty in the playoffs

>Why would AD want to team up with old man Lebron and not future superstar Zion?
same, yes. it's so fucking retarded it hurts

>This sport only exists to sell shoes, man
sad

>why would kawhi sign with the lakers?
SHOES NIGGA, SHOES! He'll win multiple championships on the dream team and make more money on selling his shoes than he would anywhere else in the world.

based kenyan poster

>we have to sign a 3 and D player!

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What were NBA Finals 2015?

A team of 3 all-stars winning a championship?

Pretty good since Horry is better than MJ

>tfw you could sign any 3 and D player at mid-level 3 years ago
Now they are wanting 15 mil a year on long term contracts

I just saw Harrison Barnes to Kings for 22 million a year 4 years. O i am laffin

When LeBron and AD take a night off for Space Jam filming are the Lakers worse than the Hornets? Could either beat Kentucky?

Hornets can spend all the cap space they didn't spend on Kemba on reclamation projects and bad deals with assets attached. Not hitching their foreseeable cap space to a small guard who can get them nowhere is the best thing they've done in years

That's disgusting. This is the Biyombo of this draft class. Only 3 years ago and no one learned shit.

>Hornets can spend all the cap space
they do not have cap space.

If the warriors had fair 50/50 good-bad fortune during their run , the 4 year gsw cavs finals stretch would be reversed. Cavs would have 3 titles and warriors 1.

theyll sign rozier and mudiay

Never really see anyone talk about Rick Barry and his game, did he not make enough money for the league?

gs would have lost to houston in 18 and houston wouldve beaten cavs

My friend is in the same WoW guild as Kawhi and he said he stay

How bad would a roster full of players on vet minimums be? Could they beat Duke?

Kawhi is definitely a FFXIV chad rather than a wow beta

Kyrie would not have left if they had the opportunity to three-peat. People forget how good 17 cavs were. Would have wrecked the 16 warriors in five games or less.

Kemba is pretty equal in talent to Kyrie but the Celtics are also losing Horford and retaining Horford, they're getting worse and don't have any way to improve.

gonna be epic when they have to pay Tatum and Brown, a cripple Kemba on the books, and only have mid first round picks to work with. Meanwhile Simmons and Embiid are going to own the East for a decade.

Yeah plus Ainge sucks at drafting, he had all those Nets picks for years and the Nets have arguably the better roster now.

If the Celtics sign a quality C to replace Horford
Next year’s Celtics will be what everyone thought they would be last year. Kemba is better than Kyrie, the only reason people think otherwise is because Kyrie played with LeBron. Hayward will be better. They’re going to be good enough to win the East

The Celtics will be comfy team like in 2017, sure they wont be expected to do anything, but they'll tear it up in the playoffs and then lose in the conference finals.

Where's Horford going?

Last 3 digits is the lakers PPG with xx.x format

>Kemba is better than Kyrie
Lel.

>Go to the East
>Gets cucked by LeBron 2.0 Giannis
>Go to the West
>Gets cucked by LeBron

Why not team up for cheap?

>medical joe aka ebleed aka embiitch
>a decade

>Nuggets pick up Millsap's 30 million player option
Yikes, that contact is almost as bad as Chris Paul's

All he has to do is fix his childlike diet. Also his game is not reliant on youthful athleticism. He will still be a dominant post player and almost certainly even better from range at 35

It's only for one year so it's nowhere near as bad

Is 74.3 ppg good or bad?

It's crazy how you can never find pictures of NBA player dads unless the dad was also an NBA player.

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JUST

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Being a diva thug is easier when you've got game left. You can't call up old favors from a franchise you use to terrorize.

True that, I was thinking only one season ahead

Millsap was their 2nd best player in the playoffs and he's also their locker room vet.

Is this how KD is gonna look after he's rehabbed his injury? desperate to play with the Thunder? lmao

comparing a top 10 player of all time to boogie

yeh ok

Once upon a time, DeMarcus Cousins was considered the best big man in the league.

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Fuck Shaw

GUYS WHAT THE FUCK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>Ainge sucks at drafting
>literally drafted Brown and Tatum
>traded down to avoid "lock #1 pick" Fultz

lel

Bro, just let them live rent free in peace.

Brown has never been good and Tatum regressed

But both of those players are past their prime in year 3

That trade was retarded by the 76ers tho, Celtics would draft Tatum #1 if they could, and Lakers would take Lonzo no matter how

Based kobr, how's the retirement life treating ya?

If digits JA for THE 2020 ROTY

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No point guard will ever be good with that hair

>Brown has never been good and Tatum regressed

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Smith and Jones are way better, Williams sucks though, trade him for Harrison

and Ainge anticipated all of that and turned it into another first round pick retard

part of drafting well is anticipating what other teams will do and maneuvering to use it to your advantage

holy shit this level of delusion

Who the fuck are smith and Jones lmao

My cousins husband showed me a text last night from his friend that works for Impact Sports, the agency Kawhi is under. It said that Kawhi’s choosing between the two LA teams and the meeting with Toronto is just a courtesy.

He's a good merchant but never turned his picks into anything.

>delusion
Hello, rivers

I can assure you that you are wrong, I text back and forth with Kawhi, we talk about faith and basketball all the time. He says that he's signing with the Knicks.

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What about giannis

>never turned his picks into anything
>literally drafted Brown and Tatum

jesus christ...

Bucks already lost Mirotic. Sixers also match up really well with milwaukee. Ask any sixers guy which team out of the big 4 he wanted to meet in the East finals.

If kawhi leaves, i think sixers/bucks ECF is guaranteed, it will be a close series but sixers are better and match up very well

>Brown and Tatum
Those aren't good players

Mirotic was fucking awful on the Bucks lmfaoooo

>Those aren't good players

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*plays zone defense in you're path*

R E N T F R E E

>PG: Ben Simmons
>SG: Josh Richardson
>SF: Tobias Harris
>PF: Al Horford
>C: Joel Embiid

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>PG: Ben Simmons

Y I K E S

>Why yes, I consider Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown good players. How can you tell?

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I got crossed up and ankles broken by a Philippino the other day bros

Mayweather made Pacquiao look like a complete hypejob fraud

Yeah but it was a stupid trade by the 76ers, Ainge just said ok.

Philadelphia was set on to draft Fultz, and Danny Ainge had no interest in Fultz.And Lonzo was going to LA either way.

I don't even remember what the other pick turned out to be, so i guess it is better than Fultz

Jack Tatum and Tim Brown were fucking legends

Have the Celtics had a superstar on the roster this decade?

holy fuck sixersfags are completely delusional

>I don't even remember what the other pick turned out to be, so i guess it is better than Fultz

The deal ended up being Fultz for Tatum + Langford.

So yeah obviously Boston won but even without us knowing what Langford is at a professional level, i feel confident in saying that Boston did not get an elite, face-of-the-franchise calibur talent out of that trade.

Lakers sign Klay

Good or bad why or why not?

He already signed a preliminary contract with the Warriors, lakerstard.

Good, gets wide open looks with Lebron and AD and can take some time off while Lebron, Jimmer, Kuzma, Caruso, Vander Blue, JJ Barea, Jakarr Sampson, Chandler and Bruno Caboclo hold it down during the regular season.

The sad part part is that the roster will somehow be worse than that. Magic left the front office so he could be next year's starting point guard.

>Kemba to boston
>kyrie to brooklyn
Who else is coming home today, /nba/?

Caruso
Jimmer
Lebron
Kuzma
Chandler

JJ Barea
Vander Blue
Jakarr Sampson
Bruno Caboclo
Lucas Nogueira

Isaac Boonga
Nicolás Brussino

With 40 games of AD, how many wins?

Kawhi to the home of his Canadian child

elton brand is such a fuckup the chances of him botching free agency is 100%

>Isaac Boonga
Lakersfags don't even know their own team Jesus christ

lads JJ Redick plans on retiring with the Sixers

On some real shit met some guy who was high school friends with Kawhi yesterday, he says he’s talked to people in Kawhis family & that they said he’s coming to LA. he said it’s 90% that it’s the lakers but 100% that he’s coming to LA. Sheeeesh!!!

Isaac "take a fat rip off the bonga
isaac give you the dong'a bonga
isaac follow my lead like a conga bonga
isaac tough like a tonka bonga

It's not Brand's fault that Josh Harris is a Adam SIlver's penny-pinching bitch.

I'm prepared for the endless wave of people greentexting the fuck outta the sixers on here when they sign Tobias to a 5/190... even though that's the right move. And i'm pretty confident at this point that he'll be back.

The whole Jimmy thing scares me. They can 5/190 him as well, and i'll be fine. They can get Richardson+Adebayo in a Butler S&T with Miami, and i'll be fine. There's probably a couple other S&T scenarios that i'll be fine with as well. My biggest concern is Jimmy takes too long to make his decision, it isn't the Sixers, and by the time that decision is made a S&T is no longer feasible and the remaining options in free agency are scarce.

>KD makes superteam bad
>LeBron makes superteam good
Really makes you think

you can't find ~90% of boomers online at all.

You guys Ballmer dont own the media stop acting like he does.

only problem with a getting rid of Butler is late-game situations. Before Butler, I cant count how many times the sixers have shit the bed in the clutch. The hope is that Simmons/Embiid/Harris can develop into a closer and its not like that is unfeasable

if that scumbag doesnt pony up for elite talent after all those fans bought in on years of tanking he should be run out of town
yep they dont need to overthink things. last years team minus memeplayers like boban/jsimmons plus 2 or 3 mediocre guys is a real contender.

there were no decent replacement options for what he does and for one year

Ain't nobody saying Ballmer owns the (((media))) bit come on bro Woj obviously getting some of that Microsoft money

>even though that’s the right move

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nba is bizarro world where jews like lowe and stein are the best and most reliable sources

>This revisionism

Nibba Ainge played chicken with the 6ers up until the draft, there were reports the Cs would take Fultz

Yes it was retarded by the 76ers but Ainge played them like a fiddle

I really hopes Balmer gets a great team this season. Hes my favorite owner so far. I can feel connected to his visions because hes a computer geek like me. cheers from puerto rico

Lowe isn't reliable because he's not a news breaking reporter. Stein was the most reliable but got cucked by Woj so hard he lost his ESPN job and works for a newspaper company now.

Woj is hands down the most accurate and earliest source for breaking news.

he's fast but is pretty heavily biased and plays favorites

Daily reminder that this pathetic franchise unironically traded Porzingis to open up space for elite free agents that are never going to come

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im so fucking tired of the knicks free agent destination meme. the lakers are annoying too but at least they earned it, what have the knicks ever done? rigged a draft, traded for melo and signed a busted amare?

>nobody wants the lakers young core
>no free agents want to go to LA
>LeBron old!
>injury prone!
SUPER

MEGA

TEAM

SOON

Wait, if Mavs didn't secured Porzingis in this free agency, they would have made the trade and not played him in a single game.
That deal was a bit risky.

mavs are looking to do a trade for dragic. they are going full euro

What about Beal? Lakers were all over his dick the whole season.

It works for the spurs

>NBA star #JamesHarden stopped by traffic police in Shanghai

They also have cap space, right? Aren't they getting anyone nice?

HUJAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Miami treats their players well. And we are the type of organization that will make moves to stay competitive. Also no state income tax helps too.

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this mad man is driving on a scooter in china without a helmet. has he not seen the chinese rekt videos

no good player wants to go to dallas

>good owner who spends
>great coach
>star is one of the best passers in the league
>nice city
>major market
>no state tax
>won a title recently
why?

Ok, what if the Lakers traded for a less valued player than Davis (lets say Beal), keeping Lonzo, while chasing Kawhi in the Free Agency.
Say what you want but Lonzo (just took a huge one) has a future.

>nice city
>good owner
neither of these is true for one
rondo showing up carlisle soured a lot of people on his abilities too

all of a sudden lonzo is a blue chip prospect and has a future. the blind laker hate is hilarious

i think cubans a cunt but he does spend a shitload both in terms of salary and facilities. hes definitely an above average owner at least

he has a future BECAUSE hes out of the lakers

Trading for Beal would have looked like a major failure for the Lakers FO and would have perpetuated the idea that the franchise is dysfunctional. They probably would have wiffed on all of the major free agents and been stuck with LeBron trying to carry a slightly better team than last year's while the BBB circus distracts everyone. They needed to land Davis plus open up max cap space right away to show everyone that they have their shit together.

Bro, Lebron "leans in" we can't have these male owners disrespecting women in our league, he's gonna make sure nobody signs with the incel mavericks.

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If only Lonzo could develop a shot like Blake Griffin.

That + Kawhi/AD/Lebron would be absolutely unfair.

have you guys kissed Rob Pelinka's ass yet, yall criticized him a lot, specially after the Magic interview

I don't see a ring on his finger.

Reminder that Zion will be an injury-prone bust, none of the Lakers' first rounders will matter since they're outside the lottery, and the Poo Poorleans Pelicunts will move to Seattle by 2023.

JEANIE LOVED HIM AS A MAN

>outside the lottery
lmao

Since the hornets are back to basement dwelling trash, I have decided to bandwagon another team. Which team should I bandwagon and why (no warriors or lakers pls)

my pellies :^)

Bandwagon the bucks so that it will be more satisfying when they underachieve

we gon get kawhi

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>yes we gon get kawhi, how could you tell?

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>Shhhhhh Stefano shhhhhhh

Portland
Because Dame is the best guard in the league and bout to bring home a chip to Portland

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ITS DAME TIME
DAME TIMEEEEEEEEEE
HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT A LOSER
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>paying that much for a glass noodle that is Porzfailing
looking forward to him flopping like Parsons

The funny thing about this is that the Clippers could get Kawhi, but Gallo would have to be traded/released.

yeah i was thinking just that when i saw gallinari do some recruiting over the media, like, someone should've told him...

Its cool, if he goes to the east coast that makes him like 6 hours closer to Italy so its win win

Show some respect to the best point guard in the league of goober

With Kawhi leaving, is there any way for my rapties to secure a spiritual win this off season? Would it be not having to pay for Danny Green?

If he doesn’t go to the lakers I want him to stay on the raptors. It’s only the right thing to do. Why the fuck would you go to the clippers?

Thought they had 1 max slot available.

If they want 2 they would have to get rid of Gallo

>Legion Hoops @LegionHoops

>Nikola Mirotic’s deal with the Euroleague’s Barcelona: 6-years, $79M, via @neilmjohnson.
>My goodness.

literally what the fuck, how. this is unheard of for european basketball. keep in mind european salary numbers are generally with taxes already deducted, so barcelona is paying a cool 130-140 million USD for six years.

Based

yikes, is barcelona the euro wizards?

>As Heat canvas the league for potential 3rd teams to help absorb salary in a Jimmy Butler sign and trade, I’m told the Dallas Mavericks may be a willing participant if it nets them point guard Goran Dragic.

Mavs = /pol/ team
baka

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Somebody investigate Mark Cuban for racism

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What can Miami even offer for Butler?

but Zach Lowe is syrian-american, not jewish

some spanish hoes

BREAKING
>Kawhi Leonard agrees to 4y $148m contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Per @wojespn

HOLY SHIT

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>a spiritual win this off season
was the actual win in the postseason not good enough?
anyway if both kawhi and danny leave then they'll start pushing for a bradley beal (or beal-level trade) and get at least one or two more seasons of playoff contention in them. obviously won't repeat but we're gonna be fine

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sup bitches

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Literally who can stop my Rapties?

Holy shit, I had no idea Nash was so tanned.

they greased him up for that photoshoot

Like a DEELDOUGH

My Rapties running it back for the 2peat would be based as fuck. Who wants to see the Lakers assemble a “super team” then have them slowly crumble away from injuries like in 2013?

My Rapties are deep as fuck and can afford to let Kawhi+Lowry+Gasol take 15-25 games off in the regular season

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Top 10 heading into next season
1. Kawhi
2. LeBron
3. Giannis
4. Harden
5. Davis
6. Curry
7. George
8. Embiid
9. Lillard
10. Jokic

Unless we sign another elite scorer, we're not getting out of the 2nd round. I hope Kawhi is reasonable and stays, but I think he's going to the Clips.

I was like 12 when I first watched this lmao, there was a white dude who got so mad about it he made like a 30 minute video about how the wii is good and PS3 was trash, hahahaha good times

>Kawhi is reasonable and stays
--
>Canadian bank account
>Canadian phone number
>Raising your kids in Canada
>Colder than New York
>East is still getting stronger while the west is wide open

Celtics and 76s just got weaker

1. Kawhi
2. Curry
3. Giannis
4. LeBron
5. Harden
6. Davis
***POWER GAP***
7. George
8. Jokic
9. Embiid (when healthy-- total flake)
10. KAT

Being reasonable would be going to LA if we are being honest here.

What do you think Siakam is? You think he’s not going to keep improving? Van Vleet? Powell?

On top of that, I believe Masai is good enough to either sign someone or make a trade.

Hi Karl!

OG ANUNOBY CHADS RISE UP
ITS OUR TURN

>Kawhi Butler and Horford to the Clippers
>Just as Jerry West (PBUH) envisioned 2 years ago

Kawhi was looped into the business conversation his camp had with NB/AEG on Saturday and he was very happy to hear the projected numbers and plans for his brand in LA. Apparently as long as Kawhi feels he can trust the Lakers FO after his discussions with Jeanie and Magic, he will most likely become a Laker.

Kawhi was sold on the Lakers ability to keep him healthy thanks to Kobe's praise of Judy Seto.

He's also confident in his ability to win for the long term thanks to having LeBron and Anthony Davis, and is appreciative of LeBron's willingness to take a backseat for him and AD to prosper. Apparently LeBron giving up his number was a huge signal to Kawhi that he's serious about winning about all.

There's still some skepticism on how Magic departed and how the Lakers FO operates internally. It's the main thing holding him back right now. He views the Raptors and Masai Ujiri as superior in this regard

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Only the final point is actually valid. On the other hand:

>Gets to play with Siakam/Gasol for a few years
>Doesn't have to deal with shitty Los Angeles people
>Can become a national hero
>Gets to stay in a city who will love him unconditionally

Siakam is great, but he's pretty much close to his ceiling, as are the other 2 you listed. Van Vleet is going nowhere but down.

hes carrying a catastrophically terrible franchise on his back. andrew wiggins is a worst bust than fultz because at least markelle isnt absorbing a gigantic contract while being useless

What about mah nigga OG Anunoby? He was supposed to be the next big thing before last season, not Siakam.

If Siakam and OG keep improving (and if Kawhi stays), they'll dominate the east once again.

But he would have to deal with shitty Toronto people

Apologize

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>as long as he can trust the FO after his discussions with Jeanie and Magic

Listen to that inept dumbshit Magic ramble on and on like a moron, a fat, bumbling moron. And Jeanie? She can try and read from a script but it wont work. Now listen to how Jerry West speaks, the guy is an actual genius. Composed, articulate, insightful. Its fucking over.

>Gets to play with Siakam/Gasol for a few years
Gasol is old. He could play with LeBron (who still has miles left in the tank) and Anthony Davis. Or play with someone else on the Clippers with an amazing bench.

>Doesn't have to deal with shitty Los Angeles People
I mean there's going to be shitty fans everywhere. I see you Canadians stalking him at restaurants and beaches.

>Can become a ntional hero
>Gets to stay in a city who will love him unconditionally
He already said he doesn't play for the fans

Hope so user, either way an early playoff exit in our future.

>Assuming Blake doesn't get injured again.

>What do you think Siakam is?
another lanky bum whose understand of basketball is "stride towards the rim and hope you get a foul call". oh yeah mild p definitely has zero confidence in his shot. any player with a brain will just play off of him in the future

and let's remember that siakam and van vleet (who can at least shoot the ball) were left WIDE OPEN on numerous plays, just as gasol was. that isn't going to happen when kawhi is gone

Lowry
OG
Pascal
Gasol
Kawhi

who can stop my rapties?

Anthony Davis is barely even a top 10 player. Meaningless stats that dont translate into wins, even with excellent players like Holiday and Randle

Anthony Davis better than Steph Curry

Jeremy Lin status?

Chink

Soon

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>Gets to play with Siakam/Gasol for a few years
>Gets to stay in Toronto
>Doesn't have to deal with L.A. girls

is this the pitch they gave? lol

Hey you don't talk about Governor, Mark Cuban like that!

NBA champion

non-rotation player

>Gasol is old
Not the point. Of course he's not as talented as LBJ/Davis, but he's much more fun to play with. He seems like one of the best teammates you could have.

>Shitty fans everywhere
Sure, but they're in much greater concentration in LA. Toronto has almost no celebrities, it's a fanbase comprised almost entirely of basketball fans.

>He said he doesn't play for the fans
I don't think anyone wouldn't want to play in such a loving environment

He's married, so the LA girls thing is pointless. He's also incredibly autistic.

I don't mind not paying Kemba, but I do mind not getting shit for him. Trade that motherfucker. Not even anything in return, but you could have sent him to Dallas or some shit and made them take Batum's or Zeller's bitch boy ass in exchange for a Top 55 protected 2nd.

KAWHI WONT TAKE A DEAL TODAY BROS

MY HEART CANT WAIT ANY LONGER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Come on buckets come on home

No wonder he fucking left. I'd leave too for that kind of cheddar

>Of course he's not as talented as LBJ/Davis
>but he's much more fun to play with
You're saying that Marc Gasol is more "fun to play with" than Lebron James?

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just find it odd how Davis is always rated higher than embiid, yet the pelicans with boogie and jrue are never better than the sixers with simmons and redick

>tfw you get paid $13M per year to live in Barcelona and get to dominate and have everyone sucking your dick

cripplechan autist who stalks underage jewish girls

>Toronto has almost no celebrities

Exactly, thats why everyone there is an autistic moron who is CONSTANTLY harassing Kawhi to the point where the mayor and le towelhead man had to step in and beg for it to stop. In LA celebrities are blasé, we dont really care that much when we see them, double for basketball players. I saw Lou Wil at Neiman Marcus recently, no one bothered him except the valet who was just shooting the shit for a minute. Your argument makes zero fucking sense. Kawhi could actually live here like a mostly normal person, plus its his home so he’d be in his zone and confortable. In Toronto it isnt possible because a bunch of bandwagoning autistic Canadians will harass him at the limited number of places he can actually visit in your garbage city.

But yo, who got Boogie's ring?

>yfw Kawhi decides to pull a Barry Sanders and just fucking retire

>Picking LBJ for your example rather than Davis
LeBron is legitimately one of the last people that anyone wants to play with.

You are so wrong.

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we gon get kwihhi

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Have you not been paying attention to the last few years? It's become a meme at this point that no one wants to play with him. The only people that want to play with him are spot up shooters. The best player I could see playing with Lebron would be Steph, that's it.

It's a meme on social media but it's not actually true. Any player would love to play with Bron.

You get none of the credit for anything good and all of the blame for anything bad.

why would you want that? Why does Kawhi want to be Robin to Lebron? I mean he wouldn't even be Robin. AD is Robin already. Who's the third string Batman.

Holy shit it never gets old

youtu.be/hLTuMvakSBY

We should bring T Ross home if Kawhi leaves

Boogie was a hilariously bad fit with AD, also have a better supporting cast in Philly

The Dell Demps front office / ownership group was exceedingly bad

>Any player would love to play with Bron.

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anyone else here feel Kawhi is overrated? only reason he won is due to injury. if KD and Klay don't go down the Warriors ass rape the Raptors. the suns could have beat the Warriors. nothing more nothing less

Batgirl. I don't think it would suit him.

>You get none of the credit for anything good and all of the blame for anything bad.
what is this 4th grade? we're talking about grown men here.

>AD is Robin already. Who's the third string Batman.
LeBron is pass first. Kawhi would likely be the first scoring option unless he wants his load managed then Bron and AD can easily take the scoring load off him. If Anything, AD would be a perfect 3rd option.

shit, if Klay and Kevon Looney are healthy, the Warriors probably eke out a victory. didn't even need KD

that said, Kawhi is still a top 3 player in the league. he managed to take a bunch of overrated chokers and roleplayers and waste men all the way to a title. it's still impressive when you take that into account

>A confirmed Al Horford suitor at last' The Kings "definitely" have significant interest in Horford, according to sources briefed on Sacramento's thinking -- and have the cap space to pay Al the reported four-year deal worth in excess of $100 million circulating for the past week

>A confirmed Al Horford suitor at last' The Kings "definitely" have significant interest in Horford, according to sources briefed on Sacramento's thinking -- and have the cap space to pay Al the reported four-year deal worth in excess of $100 million circulating for the past week

>A confirmed Al Horford suitor at last' The Kings "definitely" have significant interest in Horford, according to sources briefed on Sacramento's thinking -- and have the cap space to pay Al the reported four-year deal worth in excess of $100 million circulating for the past week

KONGS LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

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no such thing as an all healthy team

KD maybe, but even with Klay, they weren't winning anything.

Kyrie is the most sane and levelheaded player of the modern generation.

Source me on this shit right now. And I will bow to the our new Lord and Masters the Lakie Bakies.

lol

>what is this 4th grade? we're talking about grown men here.
people still want credit for the work they do, especially guys who have already been the best player on a champion team, and who already left San Antonio for reasons that seem to include feeling disrespected

>LeBron is pass first.
lol. he's a really good passer but that's not the same as being 'pass first'

>load managed
'load manage' with your bench full of dusty vet min dudes, huh?

>one of the best Finals performances of all time

Yeah I dont think so

Lol kings are so desperate to sign a stretch 4.

Why did the nba pick 6pm? what a random time

>>load managed
>'load manage' with your bench full of dusty vet min dudes, huh?

Anons, he doesn't understand.

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I like Horford for the Kings a lot. The only part I don't like is the fourth year but it's not the end of the world. He's a guy who fills a need and can really help their young players develop

HB contract is a lot worse

Your team was running a box-and-one against Curry and you're telling me that Klay being on the floor wouldn't have made a difference? lmao

Alright, I'm almost positive now that you don't understand what "fun to play with" means so you probably shouldn't use it anymore. When players say that they're referring to the type of play that can be expected when you have someone on your team. Let me explain a tiny bit of basketball play for you:

When Lebron is on your team there will always be someone open because of the double/help he attracts. That's why shooters compliment his play-style. If you're a big man like Anthony Davis then it can mean endless alley-oops and layups off of the pick and roll. And we haven't even addressed the fact that Lebron is one of the most consistent and unique passers in NBA history. The guy can whip some Steve Nash passes, you get the sense that he can always get you the ball if you're open. Larry Bird once said that he would "have the most fun" playing with Lebron but that it he wanted to win he would go with Kobe. Lebron James is maybe the most "fun to play with" of any player in history. Again, it's not a reference to anything off the court.

Then we have Marc Gasol, a talented center who used to have good mobility. He sits at the top of the key, waiting for someone to do something. Sometimes he can set a screen. He is sometimes left wide open to shoot and you can often expect his defender to be waiting for you underneath the rim. He's a strong player but he doesn't have a single offensive tool that is noteworthy in this context.

tl;dr Calling Gasol more "fun to play with" than Lebron James is pants-on-head retarded

>Fox
>Buddy
>Horford
>Barnes

Who can stop them.

>When Lebron is on your team there will always be someone open because of the double/help he attracts.
You don't watch basketball

We only ran that for one half

>Thinking people prefer open jumpshots to a great passer/defender

>When Lebron is on your team there will always be someone open because of the double/help he attracts. That's why shooters compliment his play-style. If you're a big man like Anthony Davis then it can mean endless alley-oops and layups off of the pick and roll.

But what does any of this have to do with Kawhi? Do you think Kawhi wants to be a shooter standing in the corner waiting for a dish from Bron?

>doesn't think having 3 of the top 5 players (top 7 if you're under rating AD and Lebron a bit) will help manage scoring, defensive, and late game CLUTCH responsibilities.

Oh my.

ahahahahahhaha they're trying to say people would pick gasol over lebron as a teammate

Miami's trade with Richardson and a pick and whomever else is a good deal, but Houston for a bunch of late firsts and Gordon/Tucker is a shit deal. Now the one pipe dream i have for a sign/trade is with the Nets for a clean swap for Dlo for Butler. I think it's possible if KD negotiations stall/go south. Butler and Kyrie work a ton, and Dlo for Philly is great due to their past chemistry with Simmons/Embiid/Dlo playing together back in HS.

No, your load would be managed by LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

youtube.com/watch?v=7aKhAisjWCU

Celtics got much better actually. Kemba should be a great fit in Brad Stevens' system and won't be a cancerous diva in the locker room. Basically, the team that went to game 7 in the ECF just replaced Terry Rozier with Kemba Walker.

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>Outplayed multiple times by Siakam
>Led in scoring in only 2 games
>Coasting in defense

Last year's finals alone had 3 better performances from Lebron, KD and Steph.

it helps with scoring load and responsibility, but Kawhi doesn't seem to want or need help with those things. And it makes it harder to manage your minutes played if you don't have anyone on the bench.

obviously Lebron is a much better player than Gasol. But I don't think that Lebron is a great guy to play with for Kawhi specifically.

Why rush for Beal rn? He's under contract and LA has no assets barring Kuzma/Picks

How is this an argument still, you fucking retards?

Kawhi WILL be the number one option. Lebron is going to step back and save himself for play offs. He'll have nights when he's top dog, but will be very happy to distribute. That's what he's best at. AD is also a versatile scorer and get it on the pick and roll, near the basket, or on the perimeter PLUS is a fucking defensive beast. Kawhi is going to be able to do what he does, except for when he wants a breather, in which case his talented fucking teammates will be able to take care of it from there. It's fucking perfect.

>sixers getting bam

lol that is not happening. butler already stated that he wants to go so you lost your leverage. You guys are probably getting something closer to jrich and goran.

>>obviously Lebron is a much better player than Gasol. But I don't think that Lebron is a great guy to play with for Kawhi specifically.
How the fuck are Kawhi and LeBron not perfect for each other lmao.

>LeBitch and AD take turns managing their load and getting injured
>rest of the bench are rejects and vet minimums
>Kawhi forced to play heavy minutes

Ya I'm sure the Lakers are the best place for Kawhi to rest for 21 games during the season and still end up 2nd seed and win a ship LMAOOOOOOOO

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>ESPN and TNT are preparing offers for Dwyane Wade to be a studio analyst. (via @nypost)

where would you want to see dwade? tnt or e!spn? Tnt would be more fun but e!spn can pay him way more

sup

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But Kawhi missed about 20 games this year to help keep healthy and prepare for play offs. Where do you think the wear and tear comes from? Just standing on a basketball court? You put on your sneakers and your legs hurt? Of COURSE he wants help with those things. He just also wants to be the man when it counts. Lebron's whole pitch is "that's fine. I'm willing to do that to get this SUPER MEGA TEAM together". Lebron will do whatever it takes. He WILL take a backseat. He did it when he went to Miami that first year. Then D WADE was like "nah, nigga, I need you to win" and Lebron was like "Cool, I got you." But if Kawhi can handle it (which he has proven he has) Lebron will be very happy to support him when he needs it, take a back seat when he needs it, or take over when Kawhi needs some rest.

I just don't understand how you guys think this is going to work unless 1 of those guys is willing to be Chris Bosh. And I don't see why Kawhi would want to be.

They're both big ball-dominant offensive wings? this doesn't seem that complicated

wtf Woj is crazy, Butler to the Heat???? no fucking way hahahaahahahaha, he's 100% joining CP3 and Harden for a free ring next season

>DLo for Butler
Why not just sign for both teams? Philly would have cap and Nets too. Unless its for like a 5year deal?

>one of the best Finals performances of all time

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this. LeBron played all 82 games when the team needed it in the 2018 season and then proceeded to play a full 48 minute game against boston and put up 51 pts in game 1 of the finals.

>But Kawhi missed about 20 games this year to help keep healthy and prepare for play offs.

Right, and that's what's difficult if your bench isn't any good.

>Implying

With what assets? Lmaooo Eric Gordon is a scrub and PJ TUCKER BAHAHAHAHHA. Miami/Brooklyn have assets

if kawhi leaves, it basically makes the asterisk title null n void

Sam Amick
Verified account @sam_amick
9m9 minutes ago

Despite the Kings' significant interest in Al Horford and plans to make a massive offer, a source tells @TheAthletic that they are under the impression he's likely heading elsewhere.

They are. The scenario you are describing is a worst case scenario. Any team, top heavy or not, would be bummed out if two starts got injured. Stop wishing that shit on people. I wanted the Warriors to lose, but when KD and Klay got their injuries, as a fan of the sport, I still felt bad for them.

Embiid also destroys him every time it's pelicans vs. sixers

PJ Tucker and Eric Gordon would be a really good fit in Philly though, you have to admit

>They're both big ball-dominant offensive wings? this doesn't seem that complicated
Kyrie was ball dominant and didn't pass (one of kawhi's weaknesses is passing). The 2017 Cavs have the highest playoff offensive rating of all time with 2 ball dominant players.
LeBron can defer to Kawhi to get a bucket when scoring isn't coming to them. Other than that, Kawhi can pickup a defensive assignment that that lebron can't take and Kawhi can most definitely cherry pick off ball from LeBron. LeBron would get Kawhi so many good opportunities to score.

No, my friend. Think about it. You don't even need 20 games off when the games you're playing in have that level of stress lifted from your shoulders.

truth trips, this kids aren't easy to explain things to. kawhi just had a great playoff performance specifically because of "load management", and it's obviously something any player who has been injured would focus on. now we have retards going "how will their styles gel you can't have 3 megastars on the same offense?!". it's called rotations... it's called stuttering... it's called load management

imagine one of these anons as a GM going "hmm... i'm not sure we want AD, lebron AND kawhi... i'm just not feeling the chemistry"

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sounds to me like spicy P shat on your embarassing team

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They can definitely be successful. But it'll be an awkward fit, like the Kyrie fit was at times. And the question is if Kawhi is OK with that awkward fit, and is OK with being relegated to cherry picking off ball from Lebron. He definitely doesn't need to do that to be successful.

Horford is good thats not a bad contract for at least 2 years, only iffy one might be the fourth

it's over

foxsports.com/watch/undisputed/video/1560208451858

LeBron can also set screens for Kawhi. George Hill and Bron were running a pick n pop throughout the 2018 playoffs with Hill as the ballhandler. Imagine a Kawhi + LeBron pnr or a a Kawhi + AD pnr. So many scoring opportunities.

youtube.com/watch?v=gWGuqVUetWc

are you guys prepared for season 2 of rapties densetsu

The lack of care those people have for Durant in this moment

We did it bros ;)

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Man I just remembered OKC exists

1000 free agents and no cap room

lol obviously if you're a GM you want all 3 on your team. The question is whether that's the situation Kawhi wants to be in

>Basically, the team that went to game 7 in the ECF just replaced Terry Rozier with Kemba Walker.
the bucks did?

siakam will retire with multiple chips, multiple all defensive first team selections, multiple all nbas, multiple DPOYs, and multiple all star selections. how's your young core doing bitch?

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>Basically, the team that went to game 7 in the ECF just replaced Terry Rozier
Are people forgetting that Al Horford was the Celtics best player in 2018 and 2019

If Kawhi leaves, we are legitimately going to start hearing from Canadians that Siakam was the best player on the Raptors last year

>Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn

>EuroLeague power forward Nicolo Melli is finalizing a two-year deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, sources tell ESPN. Melli, 28, was the top scorer in the EuroLeague Finals for Fenerbahce last season.

melli is really good. solid pickup.

Pelicans vs who in the WCF?

I would love throwing lobs up to lebron every game.

Kingdom hearts 3 is supreme tier garbage

Those days are long gone. Also, Kawhi can't pass.

I mean they just found out that snakes have achilles tendons pretty big scientific discovery

Kawhi isn't leaving. Siakam is his Robin. You think Kawhi wants to be lecucks Robin? Hell no.

>everybody spots up for lebron
Yeah cause Kyrie was definitely a spot up shooter right?

he's going to the Clippers OP

>Round here we lose best friends like every week
>I like to think we playin' a long game of hide and go seek

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I got this game and played it maybe two hours in ten sittings, I returned it to the store because it felt like too much watching a cutscene and waiting to fight move rather than being able to walk from obstacle to obstacle

Plus couldn’t stand the voices but that just might be the natural consequence of releasing the game like a decade or two after the second

Prediction: KD and Kawhi are both going to the Clippers

Morey will have a bidding war for capela if he gets butler

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To play with...jimmy Butler Lmao

bros please just reassure me, tell me kawhi is staying...

stay or leave, i'll still shitpost on /nba/ but damn...

user...

iiiinteresting

and SGA and Harrell and Sweet Lou

>LAKERS ARE $587K SHORT OF A MAX SLOT

EAT SHIT LAKESHITS LMAOOOOOOOOO

LAKER HATERS....
SAY IT WITH ME
WE
GETTIN
KAWHI

You forgot Landry Shamet, who had the best rookie shooting performance, percentage wise, since Steph Curry

Clippers are by far a better destination than the Lakies

LeBron and Ad made of glass
It don't matter if they a #3 these niggas ain't gonna hold up for an entire season

kawhi - lbj - ad
get fucking scared

next you'll be telling me that Doc Rivers is a better coach than Jason Kidd

good thing they skipped the playoffs

My Utah Jazz are making some real killer signings. Bojan Bogdanovic from Indiana is a great pickup, good character guy and a real gym rat that we need on this team.

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kawhi isn't coming to your shithole of a franchise, get over yourself
lakers fans are so fucking delusional

every year, utah and indiana sign some white dude
every single year

wait what

>SGA
Canadian delon wright
>Harrell
Le dunk hustle man. Give me ibaka or siakam over this one dimensional bum.
>sweet Lou
Guy who warmed the bench for Lowry and plays no defense.

twitter.com/tjonesonthenba/status/1145192813648154624?s=21
Rubio to Indiana, Bogdanovic to Utah

>silence from kawhi's camp, no one knows what he's got no to do
>days pass, still no word
>appears at the rapties front office
>stares directly at Masai ujiri and maintains eye contact
>opens mouth slightly showing his fucked up dinosaur teeth
>tadaima

God I wish we had a white team like Dallas. But Masai only has talent as an African Whisperer

Miritic was a mid season pick up and was trash. He did nothing but the bucks but get injured and miss shots. If Kawhi leaves the EC, bucks are going to the finals.

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would vanvleet be part of this hypothetical white toronto team??

utah killing it this offseason. unironically putting some money on them. if they manage to swap favors for someone of equal caliber who's a cleaner fit next to gobert, they're my championship favorites.

Mirotic is a good player, he's just a choker. I blame Chicago for ruining him.

FRRRRREEE AGENCYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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Kevin Love to Portland?
Meyers Leonard + Skal Labessiere + Harkless + picks for Kevin Love
Good deal?

Yeah sure, he’d be in the “””white”””” category

They need someone besides Mitchell who can get his own shot, right?

Also, they need to figure out what the hell happens to Gobert when he plays Houston

It's still weird that Bobby Portis put Miro in the hospital and everyone just like... pretended it didn't happen

cleveland won't do it, portland doesn't have any good assets besides that one rookie point guard that scored 40 on the kings and they don't want to trade him

I don't know if you need to include Harkless but I love the deal in general

IDK if Portland is willing to take on the contract, and then obviously, it's impossible to predict or understand what Cleveland is thinking or doing at any given time

*blocks your path*

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embiids so fucking frustrating, he easily has the potential to be the greatest center of his generation, potentially a top 10 or even top 5 center of all time, and i feel like he's just a fucking bum who hasnt tried to improve himself since coming to the nba

WE

portland might do it for win now reasons, their current team + kevin love might be the best chance they have for a title with this current cap locked group.sure they'd be stuck with the money for a couple years but they might be able to get a deep run this year out of it with the warriors dead.

cleveland here.
we love kevin love too much. I think we are gonna hold on to him and plus he likes it here

giving dlo the max
lmao nice "big three"

No it wouldnt be. Gordon possibly but comparing to Miami's assets hell no

idk this is a new pic with his new guy and i think he looks a little better
maybe hell stop fucking around with his health

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Once free agency opens at 6 PM ET, center Jonas Valanciunas is expected to commit to a three-year, $45M contract to return to the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources tell ESPN.

Based

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>JV returning to Memphis
based balticboy
>morant
>JJJ
>JV
legitimately a good lineup, they might actually be good this year

Come on now. Be happy this 7'1" freakoid filled out his body. That's one of the hardest things to as a man of that size. But yea, he needs to tune his game up.

He's on a contractually obligated UA tour with Steph Curry, DSJ, and MOOOOOOOOOOOO BAMMMMMBA. Shut up

>3 year/45 for Valanciunas
Can't wait for him to be traded to a contender for peanuts so they can win a championship and the Grizz can stay irrelevant.

I absolutely cannot wait for this locker room drama to ensue. My team is fucked.

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embiid is great but i dont miss watching him playing at all. those ugly pump fakes, flopping and bricks from three

LAKERS GETTIN KAWHI
EAT MY ASS HATERS

I love Mo Bamba so much

trips confirm he's coming home

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imagine being both delusional and a retard enough to think kawhi leonard would sign with a LeBron-led Lakers team
lmao

made this here with all the ice on in the booth

Easily have the worst record in the league. Please trade Love and save him from that dumpster fire.

c o p e

>worst record in the league

>love

Nah. Love said it many times he loves it here

Jimmy shitposting right now

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Is he going to the Heat?

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Where is kawhi leonard right now?

Lakers insider on Lakers Ball Forums said this, verified and broke trades before.
>It seems as though Kawhi does have a large degree of trust in how well run the Raptors organization is and is happy that Masai Ujiri is committed for the long haul. He was upset as the drama surrounding the Lakers FO earlier, in contrast. This is a major point that's holding him back, but as long as he feels comfortable after hearing from Jeanie and Magic, he will be a Laker. All the other boxes have been checked off for him.

>In short, I wouldn't downplay the significance of the front office trust issues, but yes, based on what I'm hearing AEG is increasingly confident that Kawhi will become a Laker and they're very excited about the possibility! Getting into New Balance now and having things blow up with Kawhi on the Lakers would be a fantastic investment for them!

how is one man so based

>KD and Kawhi have caused a 'steel cage match' in free agency - Bobby Marks | SportsCenter

wtf bros?!!?!

he's building leverage

>Once free agency opens at 6 PM ET, center Jonas Valanciunas is expected to commit to a three-year, $45M contract to return to the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources tell ESPN.

>Once free agency opens at 6 PM ET, center Jonas Valanciunas is expected to commit to a three-year, $45M contract to return to the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources tell ESPN.

>Once free agency opens at 6 PM ET, center Jonas Valanciunas is expected to commit to a three-year, $45M contract to return to the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources tell ESPN.

WOJNAMI

we gettin kawhi
gives us that chip right now no dip
lakers, baby

lol he's ballin elsewhere

>Trade away valuable pieces like Covington or Landry Shamet for Butler and Harris
>Lose in 7 to the eventual champions
>Ownership is now too scared to go into the luxury tax, might not even bring both of them back

Are the 76ers dumb?

does jonas get a ring?

When the Grizz trade him just like the Gasol Brothers

I LOVE FREE AGENCY!!! SO PUT ANOTHER MAX SLOT ON THE ROSTER BABBYY!!!!

youtube.com/watch?v=iC8oP4Z_xPw

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Yeah, everyone does even Greg

except DeMar and Jakub

Dubs and none of this free agency shit matters, Nugs style on everyone when the future GOAT MPJ fucks everyone up with 25/7/7 lines all season

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Source: #76ers want an answer from Jimmy Butler as fast as possible so that they can look at alternatives and quickly negotiate a S&T. The #Rockets have been communicating with 3rd teams regularly to make that happen. Sources say, sixers prefer #Heat S&T over #Rockets.

I know its from a no name place but I am seeing this type of news being reported by the heat beat guys too

lol Jimmy dodging sixers FO

>medical joe lasting a decade
>no shot simmons even attempting a 3 next decade
sixers will be lost without daddy butler to close games for them

you guys are going to fucked as long as dan gilbert group is in charge. the worst owner in sports who just happened to have the greatest player/recruiter in this generation born close by

heat are retards if they give up winslow and bam

I'm just chilling, waiting for the inevitable, don't and me. This is the year where they agents literally come to us.

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Not that this is a surprise - or means anything - but Jimmy Butler is expected to tell Miami officials tonight that he wishes to play for the Heat, per source.

Dan Gilbert is a bad owner, but he's way better than Sarver, MJ or Dolan

who else feels good here?

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its only going to be jrich. which I am fine with because he is the least clutch player on the heat

how many times have the cavs in the worst position in the mediocre east?

1 HOUR LEFT BROS

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My personal take: If the Sixers are able to move Jimmy Butler for someone like Josh Richardson, while a 3rd team takes on salary, leaving Philly with JRich, picks, and cap space to throw at Brogdon or Horford, I’m pro S&T.

it's 2 pm you retard

it starts at 6 which feels a lot better than it starting at midnight the years before

Oh, I thought it started at 3

I could ask you the same, what has the Hornets done since MJ bought the team? The Knicks haven't seen success since the early Melo seasons

Sarver lucked into the Nash suns and they didn't even win a ring. They've been mediocre ever since.

not even reading, won't matter. Lakers in 1.5

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Kawhi gonna wait a whole nother week before he announces something isn't he

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I feel like the Sixers have very little leverage to demand stuff in a S&T scenario.

3 pacific time, 6 eastern

I'm going to learn magic card tricks to impress some bitches while we wait for free agency to start.

Wish me luck bros....

what? can't hear you over me laughing at this board for getting kawhi.

Wishing you BAD luck hehe >:^)

say that again bitch and see what happens i fucking dare you

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its not really a trick but when i got bored i learned how to make a card spin on my finger

Can my Celties make the impossible possible???

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I don’t wear condoms when I be fucking off Tinder

thanks for keepin him warm for us rapshits

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WE

GETTING

KAWHI

LMAO CANADA IS GOING TO CRY ITSELF TO SLEEP TONIGHT. HARHARHARHAHRAH

AJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ

FREE AGENCY!!!

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Dan Gilbert isn't that bad of an owner. He's not greedy like a lot of other NBA owners. He just had a bad relationship with LeBron.

HOLY FUCK CELTIES BROS.

I was thinking we were in for a disappointing season again but we still have hope!

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true esp. for the heat because its pretty clear now butler wants the heat. But I think that both the rockets and the heat need that third team to make it work salary wise.

Honestly jrich is a pretty decent piece to get back for butler. He is a great role player that a lot of things well and who is a great glue guy personality wise

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>Not much talk in recent days about Khris Middleton, but that's largely because it is universally presumed by interested teams that Middleton is going back to Milwaukee --- perhaps as early as tonight --- on a monster five-year deal

>Marc Stein
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>Not much talk in recent days about Khris Middleton, but that's largely because it is universally presumed by interested teams that Middleton is going back to Milwaukee --- perhaps as early as tonight --- on a monster five-year deal

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Little to leverage? Nigga Houston has an offer and possibly Brooklyn. Miami better pony up Richardson, Bam and Herro or they can say Fuck off to Butler and go get Brogdon and mle's plus tobias.

tell me what did the cavs do when they didnt have lebron?

>making bennett number 1 pick in the draft

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Not much talk in recent days about Khris Middleton, but that's largely because it is universally presumed by interested teams that Middleton is going back to Milwaukee --- perhaps as early as tonight --- on a monster five-year deal

Cedi Osman the GOAT

what the fuck is going on

My shooter

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Middleton got exposed. no good team is gonna want him. dude can't even hit shots with giannis drawing 3 defenders with the kick out

Lol

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Everywhere I go, I got my shooters with me
I ain't goin' in the club, can't bring my Ruger in it
Ain't no cameraman, but I'll shoot a nigga
Now why they call me Kodak? 'Cause I'll shoot a nigga…

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>Jimmy Butler is expected to tell Miami officials on Sunday that he wishes to play for the Heat, according to Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press.

>Butler is in Miami today and will beet with the Heat this evening. While Jimmy wanting to play there is big news, the Heat will still have to clear out cap space to make room for Jimmy's max deal. They could do a sign-and-trade deal with the 76ers, which could include Josh Richardson and others. Butler also reportedly had interest in teaming up with Kawhi Leonard, but that won't be happening in south Florida.

>D Wade recruiting a star from beyond the grave

>Parity is being restored to the NBA

Kino

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Sort of hate this deal for Milly but probably inevitable

But Houston isn't going to deal for Butler if Butler wants to sign in Miami. He's a free agent. What's Philly going to do, let him walk and get nothing? They have a strong incentive to get a deal done, both to improve their own situation and to help their rep with agents.

>Well of course I wear a helmet when I ride my bike

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Shaw is in the building!!!!! litterally the best day ever for us Celties fans

twitter.com/chrisgrenham/status/1145353350805950466?s=21

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>his bike says king james on it
wew lad

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If third team is drafted into Heat-76ers-Butler, there certainly are options that would make less sense than Dragic as part of a Mavericks element.

Actually that makes sense because of the who slovenia element

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LeHelmet

DRAKE DO YOUR FUCKING JOB AND SECURE KAWHI AND KD

IT'S HAPPENING

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BIGGEST FREE AGENCY MARKET EVER

watch the raptors trade for DeRozan

PF

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We're not gonna give you all 3 dumbass.

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why would the celtics want old ass horford. unless it's a discount deal you let him walk

horford is very good and they don't have any other proven centers

Yes they would let him walk, why SIGN and trade him for shit assets than just let him go completely and get cap space for Brogdon/Horford

Cool he goes to Houston or gets waived. You fucking amoebas have no idea how leverage with sign and trades work do ya

5 year deal? wtf? he wasnt even all-NBA, how the fuck does that work

Kawhi is a shooter and better wing defender than any other FA. plus, there are plenty of solid shooters and guards who will be willing to sign for vet min

Up your butt and around the corner

fair deal

more rings than CP3, so he must be better

*gasol over Lebron and AD

Guys how do I shoot the ball correctly? I can do all types of crossover dribble moves and flashy passes but I can’t shoot or even layup correctly.

I airballed a layup and ran out the gym

>2015
>cavs don't have kyrie or love
>2017
>zaza thugs kawhi
>2018
>rockets can't close without cp3

yeah warriors are so unlucky bro

Lebron wants to carry less offensive load. He's going to be looking to set up AD and Kawhi even more than usual

3 and D guys are pretty valuable these days

kd to the nets huh?