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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21540 on:** June 27, 2019, 03:53:29 PM »

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1144308910553276417

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1144309088827912192

benjipwns · « **Reply #21541 on:** June 27, 2019, 04:18:03 PM »

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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.

there's always money in the ~~banana stand~~ Washington Wizards

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21542 on:** June 27, 2019, 04:46:32 PM »

For what its worth if you can get Kawhi Leonard then get Kawhi Leonard. I still don't think that is likely but whatever go for it. If you land it you are set.

I'm not sure I think the other free agents are worth it except Klay who is almost certainly going to sign back for the Warriors (and is hurt anyway just like Durant). I would take that money and use it to fill out the rest of the rosters with a few more good players who aren't of that superstar stature.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21543 on:** June 27, 2019, 04:56:15 PM »

Those three players together don't make sense to me.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21544 on:** June 27, 2019, 05:06:23 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on June 27, 2019, 04:56:15 PM

Those three players together don't make sense to me.

They don't. An elite point guard would make more sense but I think Kawhi, Lebron, and Davis are so talented they would make it work anyway.

But instead of getting D Angelo or Kyrie and that being the team, I think you can get cheaper parts to fill out the team. But whatever. I'm happy no matter what. This is all win win for me. I had basically already set my mind to Lebron not having a real chance these last few years. The AD thing was a real surprise to me. So anything at this point is extra.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21545 on:** June 27, 2019, 11:20:28 PM »

VomKriege · « **Reply #21546 on:** June 28, 2019, 05:46:38 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on June 26, 2019, 12:34:30 PM

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27059802/sources-nba-talks-fewer-games-season-event

I've never understood this idea of a mid-season cup that makes any kind of sense though. Everybody mentions soccer but culturally basketball has no tradition for such a thing. I don't understand why anyone would care without adding some cheesy gimmick to it like how baseball did their all star game game with home field advantage in the past.

Cups are good to have a manageable competition with a much larger set of starting teams and in the traditional football association setup it's also an opportunity for all lower divisions and amateur clubs to compete in the same competition as the elite. It introduces the excitement of head to head win or lose competition that doesn't exist in championships. It can be a boon for small clubs and it serves some purpose in evangelizing the sport for the Federation (there's generally some political shenanigans as Federation and League can be at odds, Leagues have started organising competing cups with only pro clubs and such in recent years). It wouldn't make a lot of sense in the US sport setup and having a season + playoffs competition makes a cup redundant.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21547 on:** June 28, 2019, 10:46:42 AM »

https://twitter.com/MMcCarthyREV/status/1144610936684240898

well now he won't do it, thanks Stephen A

benjipwns · « **Reply #21548 on:** June 28, 2019, 10:57:16 AM »

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But DeAndre Jordan, who played nine seasons with the LA Clippers, has an interest in playing in Los Angeles again, sources said. He would potentially be a fit for the Lakers, who are expected to try to find a way to sign Jordan and play him alongside Anthony Davis and LeBron James.

i guess that's one way to go

benjipwns · « **Reply #21549 on:** June 28, 2019, 06:20:21 PM »

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Kawhi Leonard will speak to the Los Angeles Lakers in the next few days and has made a personal request that only owner Jeanie Buss and Magic Johnson, the team's former president of basketball operations, be involved in the meeting, sources told ESPN's Stephen A. Smith.

Johnson told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne on Friday that he will help the Lakers in free agency in any way he can, but he said NBA rules do not permit him to be part of official team meetings with prospective free agents.

"A friend of mine called and says Kawhi wants to meet with you," Johnson told ESPN. "I said no problem. I'm available if that's what this man wants."

what is even happening

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21550 on:** June 28, 2019, 06:51:05 PM »

Despite all the barbs thrown at Magic he is the closest thing the Lakers have in that organization to someone who is respected by the players and is a Legend. So in that weird sense it makes sense.

team filler · « **Reply #21551 on:** June 28, 2019, 07:07:17 PM »

trade bron, sign kawhi!

bluemax · « **Reply #21552 on:** June 29, 2019, 12:21:29 AM »

https://twitter.com/JoshEberley/status/1144785454115577856

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21553 on:** June 29, 2019, 01:32:22 AM »

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27078092/collison-retires-nba-31-focus-faith

Kinda crazy. He is walking away from a lot of money.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21554 on:** June 29, 2019, 06:55:16 PM »

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1145089589599752192

benjipwns · « **Reply #21555 on:** June 29, 2019, 07:41:32 PM »

Mirotic is heading back to Europe

Former MVP Derrick Rose is going to the Pistons

apparently KD and Kawhi are going to meet/talk before deciding

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1145093171870883840

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21556 on:** June 30, 2019, 02:35:50 AM »

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1145178732023484417

benjipwns · « **Reply #21557 on:** June 30, 2019, 02:47:30 AM »

MULTIPLE SOURCES!

https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/1145118290206846976

https://twitter.com/FoxSportsRadio/status/1143324427683323905

team filler · « **Reply #21558 on:** June 30, 2019, 02:51:28 AM »

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21559 on:** June 30, 2019, 04:55:29 AM »

https://twitter.com/DidTheSixersWin/status/1145093518127443968

Take that one with a grain of salt as its not anybody with something on the line but still

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21560 on:** June 30, 2019, 04:27:41 PM »

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The Portland Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard have agreed to a four-year, $196 million super maximum contract extension, sources confirmed to ESPN's Brian Windhorst.

The All-NBA guard will have a player option for $54.3 million in the last year of the extension, sources said.

Lillard, 28, has two years and around $61 million left on his current deal. The extension would keep him in Portland through the 2024-25 season.

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #21561 on:** June 30, 2019, 04:28:23 PM »

$53 million before taxes for a 34 year old...

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21562 on:** June 30, 2019, 04:46:22 PM »

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1145413143470006273

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21563 on:** June 30, 2019, 05:01:02 PM »

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1145435852476243968
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1145435074655117314

Knicks

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #21564 on:** June 30, 2019, 05:32:41 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #21565 on:** June 30, 2019, 07:23:11 PM »

@ramonashelburne
The Knicks and owner Jim Dolan were not prepared to offer Kevin Durant a full max contract due to concerns over his recovery from the Achilles injury, league sources tell me and
@wojespn

Knicks officials are in Los Angeles tonight, meeting with free agents such as Julius Randle.
https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/1145471388356100096?s=20

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21566 on:** June 30, 2019, 10:08:31 PM »

easymoneysniper is Kevin Durant.

https://i.imgur.com/w58ZfCS.jpg

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21567 on:** June 30, 2019, 10:14:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1145476068498989063

jakefromstatefarm · « **Reply #21568 on:** June 30, 2019, 11:26:59 PM »

Sixers lose jimmy and reddick, resign tobias and bring in horford. That lineups gonna be awful and will also easily make it to the conference finals

agrajag · « **Reply #21569 on:** June 30, 2019, 11:53:31 PM »

https://twitter.com/TheSurrealAndre/status/1145445779903004673

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21570 on:** July 01, 2019, 12:41:41 AM »

Honestly, fuck the Knicks. They don’t deserve to ever be good. The owner sucks, the fan base sucks, their history sucks.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #21571 on:** July 01, 2019, 08:18:55 AM »

Akala · « **Reply #21572 on:** July 01, 2019, 08:38:26 AM »

lol Knicks but should be ok for Brooklyn in a yearish.

Pels now look kind of weird on paper, but guess we will see.

I don't really like the Russell/Iggy three way trade.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21573 on:** July 01, 2019, 12:20:25 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 30, 2019, 07:23:11 PM

@ramonashelburne
The Knicks and owner Jim Dolan were not prepared to offer Kevin Durant a full max contract due to concerns over his recovery from the Achilles injury, league sources tell me and
@wojespn

Knicks officials are in Los Angeles tonight, meeting with free agents such as Julius Randle.
https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/1145471388356100096?s=20

Sources are reporting that I'm not interested in a relationship with Kate Upton at this time.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21574 on:** July 01, 2019, 05:12:10 PM »

Pretty fascinating off-season. A lot of good talent seems to be spread around now.

Not sure what to make of some of the stuff.

The 76ers are still very talented but they have a really big lineup which is the opposite of the direction a lot of the NBA is moving. Will be interesting to watch. Don't really understand why Jimmy Butler would want to head to Miami over them.

The Russell to Warriors move is also equal parts fascinating perplexing. I mean he is a very good young player. But I'm surprised another guard is the direction they went instead of a wing.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21575 on:** July 01, 2019, 06:18:54 PM »

Warriors will unofficially retire #35.

Everything turning into massive multi-team sign-and-trade deals is great.

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The Miami Heat completed a four-team trade that allows them to sign All-Star guard Jimmy Butler to a four-year, $142 million contract, league sources told ESPN on Monday.

The Heat are sending center Hassan Whiteside to the Portland Trail Blazers, guard Josh Richardson to the Philadelphia 76ers and a protected 2023 first-round pick to the Los Angeles Clippers to secure the salary cap flexibility to complete the sign-and-trade deal with the 76ers, league sources tell ESPN.

The Blazers acquired Whiteside for forwards Meyers Leonard and Maurice Harkless in the trade, sources said. Harkless and his $11 million expiring contract are headed to the Clippers in the deal, which is the reason the Clippers were able to extract the protected 2023 first-round pick.

...

The Dallas Mavericks had interest in acquiring Heat guard Goran Dragic in a previous, three-team construction of the Butler sign-and-trade, however, they "changed course" Dragic's agent, Bill Duffy, told ESPN.

"In analyzing it, his salary was too high based on other things they're trying to do," Duffy told ESPN.

Apparently the Lakers have lost like 80% of the role players they were targeting while holding their space open for Kawhi.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21576 on:** July 01, 2019, 06:22:04 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on July 01, 2019, 05:12:10 PM

The 76ers are still very talented but they have a really big lineup which is the opposite of the direction a lot of the NBA is moving.

It's a big lineup, but it's actually more flexible, switchy and more in line with the pass-3P-happy direction of the NBA than the Sixers were. Horford and Josh Richardson can play more spots, and fit more schemes, than Redick and Butler did.

Now when Embiid sits they can "go small" by playing a guy who has played center for most of his career along with two other 6-10 guys lol.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21577 on:** July 01, 2019, 06:26:53 PM »

https://twitter.com/Greentoad124/status/1145801621982601218

agrajag · « **Reply #21578 on:** July 01, 2019, 07:19:47 PM »

https://twitter.com/RDAmbition_/status/1145831903137632257

benjipwns · « **Reply #21579 on:** July 01, 2019, 07:37:41 PM »

Quote from: Kevin Pelton

This New York offseason reminds me of Sacramento's moves in the summer of 2017, when Knicks GM Scott Perry was briefly part of the Kings' front office before getting promoted to his current job. Like New York, Sacramento spent lavishly on veterans to put around a noncompetitive young core. George Hill got the three-year deal ($57 million with just $40 million guaranteed) while Zach Randolph got a two-year, $24 million deal and Vince Carter a one-year contract worth $8 million.

https://twitter.com/DannyLeroux/status/1145761824433790994

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In the past, Kanter has been unable to travel to Toronto because of security and visa concerns related to his outspoken criticism of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whom Kanter has compared to a dictator.

we the north

benjipwns · « **Reply #21580 on:** July 01, 2019, 07:39:59 PM »

https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/1145803646225043456

that deal is even better then lol

benjipwns · « **Reply #21581 on:** July 01, 2019, 07:40:38 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on July 01, 2019, 08:18:55 AM

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https://twitter.com/NBCSBulls/status/1145488163592462336

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #21582 on:** July 01, 2019, 07:54:00 PM »

Leonard to the lakers..,and it seems like Iguodola will secure a buyout to go to the lakers as well

benjipwns · « **Reply #21583 on:** July 01, 2019, 08:04:56 PM »

will wait for Woj before thinking anything is official rather than "Lakers Insider From Reddit" with nine total tweets

https://twitter.com/RDAmbition_/status/1145204140995313667

benjipwns · « **Reply #21584 on:** July 01, 2019, 08:09:50 PM »

this is why Trump needs to be putting Laker fans in camps

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21585 on:** July 01, 2019, 08:33:37 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 01, 2019, 08:04:56 PM

will wait for Woj before thinking anything is official rather than "Lakers Insider From Reddit" with nine total tweets

While I agree with you especially once he actually tweets something since he's basically the official source of espn/nba at this point, among one of the many reasons I hope Kawhi goes to Lakers is to fuck up his prediction and podcasts tweets. Woj has been basically carrying water for the Clippers for months now because he has so many inside sources there. He basically just takes whatever they tell him on opinions and puts it down as fact when he's talking on TV or podcasts. He is a shameless shill in that regard with a long history of it. He's always been super anti-Lebron with his "reporting".

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #21586 on:** July 01, 2019, 09:26:10 PM »

Lol that’s hysterical

benjipwns · « **Reply #21587 on:** July 01, 2019, 09:32:33 PM »

https://twitter.com/Irv_Do/status/1145832583193747457

benjipwns · « **Reply #21588 on:** July 01, 2019, 10:00:31 PM »

Sixers adding Kyle O'Quinn for the minimum, not sure what this means for Boban

but SVG said this:

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Stan Van Gundy has been in Belgrade, Serbia in order to attend the coaches clinic there. In his interview with Sportklub, Gundy shared some high praise for his former player Boban Marjanovic who played under him in Detroit (2016-18):

“Boban is the most unstoppable offensive player in the NBA right now. There’s nothing anybody can do against him. He’s either gonna get a good shot or you’re gonna foul him. That’s it. People get, I think, distracted almost by how big he is. And he is big but it causes them to overlook what a high skill level he has. He is a great, great passer. Boban can shoot 15 to 17 feet, he’s an outstanding free throw shooter”, he said.

Gundy could also see first-hand Marjanovic’s working habits and desire: “Beyond all of that, he is one of the hardest workers I’ve been around. There were days in Detroit when we had to tell him to go home. We would practice for two and a half hours, then he would lift weights and you’d look out there an hour later and he would still be in the gym. ‘Your body needs some rest, go home!’ It’s hard to get him out of the gym.”

Last but not least, the coach noted how good of a person the big man is: “He is a totally unselfish team player. If he’s not playing, even if he thinks he should be, he’s a hundred percent behind his teammates all the time. You can’t be around a better person. Watch him interact with everybody: his teammates, coaches, the training staff, people in the office, fans, little kids. Everyone loves Boban and Boban loves everyone.”

benjipwns · « **Reply #21589 on:** July 01, 2019, 10:48:17 PM »

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Horford's new contract includes $97 million in guaranteed money, and $12 million in bonuses tied to championships.

not sure I've ever seen bonuses that large related purely to titles

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Free-agent point guard Isaiah Thomas has agreed to a one-year deal with the Washington Wizards, league sources told ESPN on Monday.

bluemax · « **Reply #21590 on:** July 02, 2019, 12:24:51 AM »

There's no way the Lakers clown show front office can fuck up their way into 3 top 10 players in the league, is there?

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #21591 on:** July 02, 2019, 08:11:39 AM »

What do you make of that Jimmy Butler thing (turning down a 5 year max from Philly)? He must've hated playing with Simmons and knew he couldn't rely on Embiid to stay healthy.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21592 on:** July 02, 2019, 11:31:56 AM »

Wizards applied for a disabled player exception on John Wall

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #21593 on:** July 02, 2019, 01:49:27 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on July 02, 2019, 08:11:39 AM

What do you make of that Jimmy Butler thing (turning down a 5 year max from Philly)? He must've hated playing with Simmons and knew he couldn't rely on Embiid to stay healthy.

He seems to be searching for something he will never find. I mean if he is happy in Miami then cool, but he has basically walked out of two situations now to be in a mediocre situation.

Tripon · « **Reply #21594 on:** July 02, 2019, 11:32:50 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 01, 2019, 09:32:33 PM

https://twitter.com/Irv_Do/status/1145832583193747457

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https://twitter.com/PeytonBM18/status/1145865704622764033

Kara · « **Reply #21595 on:** July 02, 2019, 11:54:14 PM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #21596 on:** July 03, 2019, 03:02:31 PM »

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Free-agent center Boban Marjanovic has agreed to a two-year, $7 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources told ESPN on Wednesday, confirming multiple reports.

UNLEASH THE BOBAN

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21597 on:** July 03, 2019, 03:25:11 PM »

Mavericks have more large European men than Europe now.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21598 on:** July 03, 2019, 08:27:46 PM »

Grizz did some more interesting trading today:

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The Memphis Grizzlies are trading Kyle Korver and Jevon Carter to the Phoenix Suns for De'Anthony Melton, Josh Jackson, a 2020 second-round pick and a 2021 conditional second-round pick, league sources tell ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The Suns are planning a buyout of Korver's contract, league sources said.

The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to trade Chandler Parsons to the Atlanta Hawks for Solomon Hill and Miles Plumlee, league sources told ESPN.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21599 on:** July 03, 2019, 09:18:05 PM »

https://twitter.com/KarlTowns/status/1146546439008292865

when NBA superstars are too young to remember The Decision

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