2020 Offseason Thread

[Master Live 013]

Re: 2020 Offseason Thread

At this point, unless a player gets a limb amputated, they will get their monies. So AD will get his contract one way or another, and, like you said, with a 1+1 he leaves his options open.

[georgiafan]

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Windhorst seems to think AD is taking his time with his contract to wait and see what Giannis does. If Giannis doesn't sign his super max extension it is believed that AD will sign a 1+1 and the Lakers will enter the Giannis sweepstakes with teams like Miami, Toronto, etc..

1.) With AD's injury history I'm not sure this is the best approach for him.

2.) 1+1 also makes sense for him even if they aren't Giannis hunting, LeBron's window is going to close at some point.

3.) Giannis and AD sounds like incredibly fun basketball to watch as a fan, but also as a fan I don't really want to see Giannis form a team with 3 of the top 5 players in the league.. Arguable the top 3 players in the league.

4.) The rest of the Lakers roster would likely be Kuz, THT, and minimum contracts.. Although I'm not really sure how the exception signings carry over, so perhaps Wes and Trez also remain on the roster.

5.) I would rather see him join Miami if he's going to leave.

6.) I still believe he's signing his max deal to stay.

About how much cap space would LA have next year if AD does a 1+1 ? They should have
bird rights for Schroder and Harrell has a player option

[ojandpizza]

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[Fresh Tendrils]

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I'm just not optimistic on the Wall/Beal duo bouncing back and being better than it was before all this. I hope I'm wrong though, that duo was always underrated back when they were doing their thing.

It will be interesting to watch - especially with no real significant big man to name. Wall has shown stretches of being a fantastic floor general, but that hasn't been in about 3 years now. Beal can now create his own shot off the dribble and also penetrate the paint much better than when Wall last played. Not to mention some of the younger pieces they have that are still developing.

For Beal/Wall its been more about finding the right supporting pieces and that will still be true. Bertrans offers some fire-power, but there's still holes a plenty on that floor.

I think the Beal/Wall Wizards hit the ceiling when they completely buckled to the Pacers in the East Semi-Finals. That's what - six years ago?

[roadman]

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Ouch, this hurts.

The Bucks used Pat Connaughton's Early Bird rights to re-sign him to a three-year deal:

2020-21: $4,938,273
2021-22: $5,333,334
2022-23: $5,728,393 (player option)

[ProfessaPackMan]

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It will be interesting to watch - especially with no real significant big man to name. Wall has shown stretches of being a fantastic floor general, but that hasn't been in about 3 years now. Beal can now create his own shot off the dribble and also penetrate the paint much better than when Wall last played. Not to mention some of the younger pieces they have that are still developing.

For Beal/Wall its been more about finding the right supporting pieces and that will still be true. Bertrans offers some fire-power, but there's still holes a plenty on that floor.

I think the Beal/Wall Wizards hit the ceiling when they completely buckled to the Pacers in the East Semi-Finals. That's what - six years ago?

Game 6 against Boston in 2017?

[areobee401]

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Celtics/Wizards matchups during that period was high quality sports entertainment. Those playoff series were emotionally exhausting. Some wild, wild games.


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[Fresh Tendrils]

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Game 6 against Boston in 2017?

Completely forgot about that series. Good call.

I never really thought they would win that series unlike the Pacers, but definitely the last time they were playing high caliber ball that's for sure. That Wall 3 still gives me goosebumps.

So only 3 years ago? lol

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Might as we have been 20 years ago in 2020 math.

That was the last time we saw Wall play too.

[georgiafan]

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I know its not cool to question the heat, but what are they doing using their cap space to sign 1 year deals and then sign Bam to a extension eating up the books next year unless you bring back the same older guys.

@ByTimReynolds

The Heat are in the process of extending Bam Adebayo's contract.

[illwill10]

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I know its not cool to question the heat, but what are they doing using their cap space to sign 1 year deals and then sign Bam to a extension eating up the books next year unless you bring back the same older guys.

@ByTimReynolds

The Heat are in the process of extending Bam Adebayo's contract.

The Miami Heat plan to sign All-Star Bam Adebayo to a five-year, $163M contract extension, source tells @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium."
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[roadman]

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The Miami Heat plan to sign All-Star Bam Adebayo to a five-year, $163M contract extension, source tells @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium."
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Increases the Bucks chances of signing Giannis as they have the same agent.

[ojandpizza]

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I know its not cool to question the heat, but what are they doing using their cap space to sign 1 year deals and then sign Bam to a extension eating up the books next year unless you bring back the same older guys.

@ByTimReynolds

The Heat are in the process of extending Bam Adebayo's contract.

I believe they would be set up to have Jimmy and Bam under contract, the money to sign Giannis, and then sign Herro.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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I believe they would be set up to have Jimmy and Bam under contract, the money to sign Giannis, and then sign Herro.

If the cap next year ends up being what is currently expected, they'll need to either get rid of Butler or get rid of every other player, Herro included. And even that wouldn't be enough if Bam ends up hitting the criteria to unlock a larger max contract.

Simply put, Miami just made it unnecessarily a lot harder if not impossible to sign Giannis outright next offseason.

A sign-and-trade could still theoretically be possible, but again, there's really no reason for Miami to take this step right now when they control Bam's future and could have taken advantage of his low cap hold to build the best team possible.

[illwill10]

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"New Orleans Pelicans All-Star F Brandon Ingram has agreed to a five-year, $158 million maximum contract extension, his agents Jeff Schwartz and Jordan Gertler of @excelsm_bball tell ESPN."