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Jordan Mychal Lemos
@crypticjordan
Do this today: Instead of $%*#!@& on a game you're not going to play or movie you're not going to watch, say something good about a piece of media you're excited about.
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Okafor signs 10 day contract with Pelicans. Hasn't played in NBA since 12-13 season.
I remember when he was supposed to be so good. That 04 draft class sure turned into alot of busts and/or guys who just fizzled out quick. To think, he won rookie of the year over Dwight and Iguodala.Comment
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Sounds like kings could waive Vince carter if they can't trade him.
Warriors or Raptors, any other team won't be right. Let him end his career with either championship with Steph, or coming full circle with Raptors.Comment
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Lou Will Contract Update
After scoring 50 points in a game earlier this season, Lou Williams – on an expiring contract and the trade block – gave a public impassioned plea to stay with the Clippers past the trade deadline.
Looks like he might get his wish.
Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst of ESPN:
Extension discussions between guard Lou Williams and the LA Clippers have gathered significant momentum, and a new contract is within reach before the NBA trade deadline Thursday afternoon, league sources told ESPN.
Rival teams were increasingly resigned late Tuesday night that Williams, 31, was exiting the trade market and returning to the Clippers on a multiyear contract, league sources said.
The largest extension Williams could sign is four years, $41,965,056 (the same amount the Heat’s Josh Richardson and Raptors’ Norman Powell got). That salary seems about fair.
Williams is playing like a borderline All-Star, but he’s also 31, and few teams will have significant cap space next summer. The non-taxpayer mid-level exception projects to be worth about $36.8 million over four years. Would Williams really get more than that? This is his chance to get security now. The Clippers might not even have to offer the largest-allowable extension to get him to sign.
Where would a Williams extension leave DeAndre Jordan, another player the Clippers have discussed both extending or trading? There didn’t seem to be much momentum on either front, but a Williams extension could push L.A. toward extending Jordan. If the Clippers are already sacrificing flexibility for Williams, it becomes more logical to keep Jordan rather than make a half-hearted push toward cap space.
The Clippers (27-25, ninth in the West) are an enjoyable group. They play hard and, considering all their injuries, are overachieving. Doc Rivers deserves considerable credit, as does a Williams-led roster.
But is this who they want to be?
Especially after trading Blake Griffin, extending Williams (and maybe Jordan) would signify a commitment to an unspectacularly competitive present. I wasn’t certain owner Steve Ballmer would accept aiming lower than championship contention, but there are far worse places to be.
Extending Williams would almost certainly take him off the trade market. The extension in a sign-and-trade would be limited to two years, $15,067,500 – probably too small for Williams to accept. Not only is that salary low, it’d leave the door open for L.A. to trade him. He wants to stay.
The Clippers keeping Williams should help the Grizzlies, who are shopping Tyreke Evans. It seems the supply of scoring perimeter players on the trade market will soon shrink by one.
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Per Zack Lowe. Nets’ G Jeremy Lin has opted into his player option for next year, which is $12.5 Mil.
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Congrats on another year of pretending that you like that mofo Pack.
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Wizards are apparently looking for a veteran PG. Who knows why.
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Man i thought this one was hilarious re: yesterday
SpoilerLast edited by The 24th Letter; 02-09-2018, 04:39 PM.Comment
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Spoilered for NSFW language.
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Belinelli bought out. Just the first of what is expected to be a fairly good group of bought out players.
Don't know about what other GMs are thinking, it's probably similar, but Ujiri said that they think there'll be some surprising names to be bought out.
From rumors I heard, seems like people think names such as Joe Johnson and now Channing Frye could be on that list of bought out players.Comment
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