2019 Offseason Thread

[DieHardYankee26]

Re: 2019 Offseason Thread

Spoiler

It was Caveman taking shots, my BAD.

I did read this about them the other day:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nba-free-agent-diary-dont-look-now-but-the-bulls-are-making-some-smart-signings/

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I could have sworn some of you guys were talking positively about the Clippers during the season as a good spot to land for star FAs. All this laughing at them and the Knicks is comical at best especially with what the Nets managed to pull off.

But that's ok. Let's continue to beat down quality franchises for no reason.

[King_B_Mack]

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OK congrats on signing Luke Kornet, but this is like the second pig laughing at the first pig when the Big Bad Wolf blew his house down.

Let's take a step back and recognize the true enemy here. I did read this about them the other day:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...mart-signings/

Wasn’t trying to come at y’all dome man. Everybody around here knows how I feel about the **** show circus we got going on here. I don’t try to deny it at all. You don’t see me in here celebrating signing Arch to some 3 year deal like he’s really a difference maker or something.

My point was just that nobody has ever bitched about “paying” reporters to talk up their team and all this until this year. Suddenly we gotta hear bitching about Ballmer paying for coverage because a young, upcoming team with nice pieces with a stable front office and the architect of 3 NBA dynasty’s in the fold is getting a look from players we’re losing our minds that it has to be the owner paying for it and not at all the fact that NBA players aren’t stupid and they see those things and it’s actually intriguing to them? That’s all I’m saying


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[King_B_Mack]

2019 Offseason Thread

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[TMagic]

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I swear King be talking like his squad really are the Knicks.

He's gotten to enjoy the Jordan dynasty. The Gordon/Deng show. MVP Rose years. Jimmy Butler's rise to the top. And now y'all have one of the most talented groups of youngins in the league (but we hyping up the Clippers potential. Lol). Just a reminder, the Bulls have had only 3 losing seasons in the last 15 years.

But now they have two losing seasons in a row and are on the same level as the Knicks

You kill me. It's like when people say "There were Irish slaves too!". Cmon man. Know damn well that ain't the same [emoji23]

[DieHardYankee26]

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To the conspiracy theorists credit, the Dumars fine was a nice find. I think the Clippers made a lot of sense when they could've traded Gallo to open up a second max slot and bring another guy there. Once the Lakers got AD and the KD/Kyrie went to the Nets, it seems like the scale just tipped so far in the Lakers direction. There is a case to be made, but hard to trump what LeBron and AD gives Kawhi for 3 years, and then him and AD past that, especially in the same city. Maybe they've got a huge "The House that Kawhi Built" angle for their new building in their presentation. Obviously we don't know what Kawhi wants.

[ojandpizza]

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Y'all go and enjoy the holiday today.

Its good for your mental health.

Y’all that somehow think the Clippers team would be better are the ones who need that mental help though [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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[Majingir]

Re: 2019 Offseason Thread

The answer to the long awaited question "what would a Snoop FA pitch be like?"

https://twitter.com/ComplexSports/status/1146871612727320577?s=19

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Y’all that somehow think the Clippers team would be better are the ones who need that mental help though [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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I don’t think I’ve ever seen you talk about the Clippers this much at any point since I’ve been here.

[3304Life]

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Just a lil re-up on how big of a comeback Durant has ahead of him, there was a recent case in soccer of an Achilles injury. I believe it was May this dude went down, and the atrophy on the affected leg here is pretty significant
Worth remembering that this is a dude who is maybe 6’2, 200 pounds and of a pretty big build relative to his sport. Durant is already a slender dude so that diminished muscle is going to look extreme.


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[King_B_Mack]

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I swear King be talking like his squad really are the Knicks.

He's gotten to enjoy the Jordan dynasty. The Gordon/Deng show. MVP Rose years. Jimmy Butler's rise to the top. And now y'all have one of the most talented groups of youngins in the league (but we hyping up the Clippers potential. Lol). Just a reminder, the Bulls have had only 3 losing seasons in the last 15 years.

But now they have two losing seasons in a row and are on the same level as the Knicks

You kill me. It's like when people say "There were Irish slaves too!". Cmon man. Know damn well that ain't the same [emoji23]

This coming from a Lakers fan who’s seen 5 championships and is on the verge of waltzing to at least 6 in that same time frame. I’m 35 years old man, I hadn’t even started high school the last time the Bulls won a championship. I couldn’t even legally get drunk and enjoy all the celebrations that come with a title.

I “act” like we’re the Knicks because if the Knicks weren’t the Knicks for the last 2 decades we WOULD be the Knicks. All the storied, successful franchises in the NBA have won seen Jordan. The Lakers? 5 of ‘em, Spurs? 5 of ‘em. Celtics? They got them one. Knicks could have had one and had they not been so bad they could have been on that list and it’s still leave the Bulls sitting there a dumpster fire. We’ve had one man in charge of this franchise for 15 years. 15 years. Gordon/Deng? Yeah the Baby Bulls were fun but how’d that work out?

1st round exit
1st round exit
2nd round exit
Missed playoffs
1st round exit

Rose was fun and was hope and it was dashed in a blink of an eye and nothing but complete dysfunction since. There was honestly complete dysfunction before that but it was masked by the winning. It’s easy for you to say I’ve had it good with my team when your franchise has 16 titles and superstars willing to come there no matter how ****ed up the front office is, but there is nothing fun about the NBA treadmill of constantly overpaying role players knowing the superstar teams of the league are going to curb stomp you in the playoffs even if you make it for a decade plus. Yes I should be the happiest guy on the earth that one regime of general manager/president of my favorite basketball team has one eastern conference finals appearance that they were essentially swept out of in 15 years of employment. Y’all have won 5 championships since Jordan retired and y’all are losing your **** over depth behind potentially LeBron ****ing James, Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard and my team doesn’t even have the common sense to trade Robin Lopez to a contender during a *** **** tanking season for at least a bag of chips knowing damn well they weren’t gonna resign him this offseason. But yeah, I should be painting rainbows and farting sunshine over yet another really good try hard roster. They’re too stupid to even wait for the trade deadline to try moving Kris Dunn so he can play his non existent value up or be a trade chip when the next superstar player inevitably wants out of his current situation.


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[Fresh Tendrils]

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I mean. I like the Wizards. Come at me guys lol

[DieHardYankee26]

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I'd say Philly is up there as far as history and hasn't won, but the point stands.

[ojandpizza]

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen you talk about the Clippers this much at any point since I’ve been here.

And neither has anybody else. That’s my point


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[King_B_Mack]

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This coming from a Lakers fan who’s seen 5 championships and is on the verge of waltzing to at least 6 in that same time frame. I’m 35 years old man, I hadn’t even started high school the last time the Bulls won a championship. I couldn’t even legally get drunk and enjoy all the celebrations that come with a title.

I “act” like we’re the Knicks because if the Knicks weren’t the Knicks for the last 2 decades we WOULD be the Knicks. All the storied, successful franchises in the NBA have won seen Jordan. The Lakers? 5 of ‘em, Spurs? 5 of ‘em. Celtics? They got them one. Knicks could have had one and had they not been so bad they could have been on that list and it’s still leave the Bulls sitting there a dumpster fire. We’ve had one man in charge of this franchise for 15 years. 15 years. Gordon/Deng? Yeah the Baby Bulls were fun but how’d that work out?

1st round exit
1st round exit
2nd round exit
Missed playoffs
1st round exit

Rose was fun and was hope and it was dashed in a blink of an eye and nothing but complete dysfunction since. There was honestly complete dysfunction before that but it was masked by the winning. It’s easy for you to say I’ve had it good with my team when your franchise has 16 titles and superstars willing to come there no matter how ****ed up the front office is, but there is nothing fun about the NBA treadmill of constantly overpaying role players knowing the superstar teams of the league are going to curb stomp you in the playoffs even if you make it for a decade plus. Yes I should be the happiest guy on the earth that one regime of general manager/president of my favorite basketball team has one eastern conference finals appearance that they were essentially swept out of in 15 years of employment. Y’all have won 5 championships since Jordan retired and y’all are losing your **** over depth behind potentially LeBron ****ing James, Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard and my team doesn’t even have the common sense to trade Robin Lopez to a contender during a *** **** tanking season for at least a bag of chips knowing damn well they weren’t gonna resign him this offseason. But yeah, I should be painting rainbows and farting sunshine over yet another really good try hard roster. They’re too stupid to even wait for the trade deadline to try moving Kris Dunn so he can play his non existent value up or be a trade chip when the next superstar player inevitably wants out of his current situation.


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Reading this now, this sounds like a way harsher tone than I was typing in lol. We all good TMagic. B-ball forum brothers.


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