2019 Offseason Thread

[Majingir]

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Stein saying Clippers emerging as fave to sign KD. What happened to Kawhi?


Anyone wanna take this bet?
You get LAL,LAC,NYK and 1 other team, I get the field. If even 1 of KD or Kawhi signs there,you win.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Where did you see that at?

[georgiafan]

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Where did you see that at?

I saw it on BR app

[23]

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Meh, his agent just did an interview saying he doesnt know yet.

Lacob said he's going to offering him the max to try to keep him, and same for Klay.. if they wants to stay but its pretty much up to them.


Can't find the article but its out there.

Joe Lacob text today: "We love Klay and KD and intend to attempt to re-sign them. Period. I am confident about BOTH of them."

"So I checked with owner Joe Lacob via text on Tuesday afternoon, pointing out that he's been quite clear about paying what it takes to keep this team together and asking if anything has changed or if his stance is even stronger after the Warriors' Western Conference triumph.

"'The season is still ongoing,' Lacob responded. 'We are not finished. I have no new ideas or data for you. We love Klay and KD and intend to attempt to re-sign them. Period. I am confident about BOTH of them. But it is their choice to do what is best for them. They have earned that right. Our goal is to keep our team together. We are pretty good.'"

Dude is ready to pay everybody including Draymond.

He also confirmed KD will be ready for the finals although I don't think he meant to.

[Smallville102001]

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When it comes to were guys like KD, KL etc are going to talk I dont belive any of it. Its just all talk has things change to much. Like a year ago it was KL to lakers than it was no he dont want to go to the lakers because he dosnt want to play with James and will go to the clippers. PG was supposed to be a fore sure thing for lakers yet stayed in OKC. KL no one had going to the Raptors this last offseason. Its just all random talk that means nothing.

[OSUFan_88]

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For what it's worth, I feel you on Lonzo OJ

He's not a scorer. And if that's what you value most in a point guard, then you'll be disappointed with Lonzo.

There is nothing else you can say he is bad at on the court. It's actually the exact opposite as he excells at all the other facets of the game. And he's only 21.

But I guess because he's not saucing players up on the way to the rim or bombing from deep that's not enough for people. Lol

The exact things you are talking about is a role player. And I'd agree, he's a very good role player and starter for a playoff team. But he's not ever going to be a star type player without scoring ability.

All Rookie Teams:


Kurucs should’ve gotten more votes smh

Collin should have been first team. He was better than JJJ, Bagley and Ayton, especially at the end of the year.

Oh well.

[ojandpizza]

Re: 2019 Offseason Thread

Stein saying Clippers emerging as fave to sign KD. What happened to Kawhi?


Anyone wanna take this bet?
You get LAL,LAC,NYK and 1 other team, I get the field. If even 1 of KD or Kawhi signs there,you win.

They were talking about that on NBA radio last night before the game started too.. I'd like to know all of a sudden, while GS is still playing, another team just out of nowhere is now on equal footing lol..

I genuinely believe most of these guys, while they might think about it some, aren't making big decisions like that until they are done playing. I don't see KD mid-playoffs when this is likely all he's focused on for the time being is going around deciding his pecking order for teams.

The exact things you are talking about is a role player. And I'd agree, he's a very good role player and starter for a playoff team. But he's not ever going to be a star type player without scoring ability.



Collin should have been first team. He was better than JJJ, Bagley and Ayton, especially at the end of the year.

Oh well.

Role player yes, but that doesn't diminish his value. I keep going back to the comparison, but if he's able to carve out a Draymond Green like role/impact, which shouldn't be out of the picture based on what we've seen thus far, he is still a far more valuable piece than gambling on a 7th pick. Plenty of teams would go back and swap their "potential star" draft choices to land Draymond Green in a heartbeat.

As for Huerter, I think Bagley also killed it at the end of the year, and Ayton was actaully a beast this season but overshadowed a bit by the Luka, Trae noise IMO.. I'm definitely surprised he or Sexton didn't get it over Jaren though. Not that Jaren didn't also play well enough, but he only played in 50 something games.

[OSUFan_88]

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They were talking about that on NBA radio last night before the game started too.. I'd like to know all of a sudden, while GS is still playing, another team just out of nowhere is now on equal footing lol..

I genuinely believe most of these guys, while they might think about it some, aren't making big decisions like that until they are done playing. I don't see KD mid-playoffs when this is likely all he's focused on for the time being is going around deciding his pecking order for teams.




Role player yes, but that doesn't diminish his value. I keep going back to the comparison, but if he's able to carve out a Draymond Green like role/impact, which shouldn't be out of the picture based on what we've seen thus far, he is still a far more valuable piece than gambling on a 7th pick. Plenty of teams would go back and swap their "potential star" draft choices to land Draymond Green in a heartbeat.

As for Huerter, I think Bagley also killed it at the end of the year, and Ayton was actaully a beast this season but overshadowed a bit by the Luka, Trae noise IMO.. I'm definitely surprised he or Sexton didn't get it over Jaren though. Not that Jaren didn't also play well enough, but he only played in 50 something games.

Totally forgot about Huerter. That draft class was as advertised but maybe even more than that. The top 5 and some other guys in that class look like they might all pan out. If Bamba ever turns it around, it might be one of the best top 10's in a class.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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They were talking about that on NBA radio last night before the game started too.. I'd like to know all of a sudden, while GS is still playing, another team just out of nowhere is now on equal footing lol..



I genuinely believe most of these guys, while they might think about it some, aren't making big decisions like that until they are done playing. I don't see KD mid-playoffs when this is likely all he's focused on for the time being is going around deciding his pecking order for teams.









Role player yes, but that doesn't diminish his value. I keep going back to the comparison, but if he's able to carve out a Draymond Green like role/impact, which shouldn't be out of the picture based on what we've seen thus far, he is still a far more valuable piece than gambling on a 7th pick. Plenty of teams would go back and swap their "potential star" draft choices to land Draymond Green in a heartbeat.



As for Huerter, I think Bagley also killed it at the end of the year, and Ayton was actaully a beast this season but overshadowed a bit by the Luka, Trae noise IMO.. I'm definitely surprised he or Sexton didn't get it over Jaren though. Not that Jaren didn't also play well enough, but he only played in 50 something games.

Both NY Teams and the Clippers are going to be in the convo for KD.

You just don’t ever hear about the Nets because...

But yet we’ll get linked to the Kyrie’s and Jimmy’s and Tobias’ of the world, lol.

[ojandpizza]

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Totally forgot about Huerter. That draft class was as advertised but maybe even more than that. The top 5 and some other guys in that class look like they might all pan out. If Bamba ever turns it around, it might be one of the best top 10's in a class.

lol I actually flip flopped my names there, meant to say "as for Sexton" and then later on say "him or Huerter".. But my point is still basically the same.

Lot's of players who had really strong rookie years in this group. I mentioned it during the year but these past two groups have both had lot's of contributing guys in year 1.. Maybe 5 years in there aren't tons of stars, but just based on how they played in year 1 these were two great classes back to back IMO.

[King_B_Mack]

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One of the crappier points of being in basketball hell, gotta have all the ridiculous posts and reportings on every little thing that happens with your team as if it matters. All the Bulls fanpages I follow were losing their **** yesterday posting a picture of Jimmy Butler who apparently was in Chicago last night having dinner with Bulls coach Jim Boylen. Not sure the appeal of that since

A) It's not like Jimmy doesn't know Boylen since he was an associate coach here from 2015 until the time he took over as head coach. So they probably were just an old coach and his former player catching up

B) The Bulls don't have the salary cap space to sign Butler without making a few moves first.

C) All their eggs are going into the PG bucket this offseason. They've got about 20 million in cap space right now that they'll be using to try to get a PG if they don't draft one.

[ojandpizza]

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One of the crappier points of being in basketball hell, gotta have all the ridiculous posts and reportings on every little thing that happens with your team as if it matters. All the Bulls fanpages I follow were losing their **** yesterday posting a picture of Jimmy Butler who apparently was in Chicago last night having dinner with Bulls coach Jim Boylen. Not sure the appeal of that since

A) It's not like Jimmy doesn't know Boylen since he was an associate coach here from 2015 until the time he took over as head coach. So they probably were just an old coach and his former player catching up

B) The Bulls don't have the salary cap space to sign Butler without making a few moves first.

C) All their eggs are going into the PG bucket this offseason. They've got about 20 million in cap space right now that they'll be using to try to get a PG if they don't draft one.

just go ahead and send LaVine over in some sort of Lonzo package and sign Jimmy. Crazier things have happened right? lol

[DieHardYankee26]

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Man that's nothing, Knicks fans are following KD's investments. "Look at this guy, investing in a company based in NYC, one of the financial capitals of the world, he must be coming to the Knicks!" It's half funny, half annoying, but it beats the hell out of hopelessness.

[x_NBA_x]

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He may be the second best PG behind only Curry and he is only 28 going to be 29 in July. How many years does he have left on his contract right now? I known he must have at least 1 year has other wise you would hear about him when people talk about all the great FA this offseason. Its just crazy to me still how much player contracts have went up in the last like 5-10 years. I mean 4 years at 191 million is like 48 million a year. Doesn't seem like it was that long ago that the top guys were only making like 30 million lol.

You have to factor in the tv contracts, endorsements etc that the league and teams receive with this new age of social media etc. The cap will increase because the owners are making more than ever from their stars and in my opinion it's only fair to pay those stars.

[ojandpizza]

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Also have to remember that contracts change because the team overall cap changes. "max" deals are just a percentage of overall cap room.