nuggets have infinite wings now huh
― ciderpress, Monday, 27 June 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Ian Begley @IanBegleyDeMarcus Cousins explains his tweet on Draft night: "Bad timing," he said. "It sounds ridiculous, but I was in a hot sculpting class."
LMFAO
― lag∞n, Monday, 27 June 2016 22:17 (seven years ago) link
boogie is the greatest i wish he'd just come to boston already
― ciderpress, Monday, 27 June 2016 22:18 (seven years ago) link
hahaha
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Monday, 27 June 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
<3 <3 <3
― brimstead, Monday, 27 June 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
spottie et al, what would you think of the warriors letting barnes go to sign batum
― Clay, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 00:33 (seven years ago) link
I'd rather they find a cheap wing and spend on post play
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 00:39 (seven years ago) link
batum is better than barnes so if barnes is getting a max deal its not impossible that he gets something big
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:10 (seven years ago) link
other wing options would be parsons, bazemore
return of the bazed god
― brimstead, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:24 (seven years ago) link
Batum would be cool but he's injury prone
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:25 (seven years ago) link
batum has played 70+ games the past 4 seasons, idk what the line is for 'injury prone'
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:38 (seven years ago) link
batum wld be good as heck on the dubs
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:40 (seven years ago) link
agreed
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:41 (seven years ago) link
Always seems like he's out with something. Also played through a bad toe for like 1/3 of the last season and his production dipped. that 70+ games per year is kinda surprising
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:43 (seven years ago) link
dubs can legitimately improve their team from this year's
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:43 (seven years ago) link
And yes he's better than Barnes at everything. I'm all about batum
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:44 (seven years ago) link
without durant i mean xp. obv durant does it
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:45 (seven years ago) link
Yeah he's second on my list after durant
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:47 (seven years ago) link
v much fear the improvening of the warriors. my preference is that all talent spurn them bc of 73-win jinx.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:51 (seven years ago) link
like i wish ppl would stop talking like KD to the warriors is a distinct reality bc it makes me v v mad, way more mad than lebron and everybody going to miami bc they took a mediocre heat team into a juggernaut. kd would take a juggernaut into a word that should be illegal to say aloud.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
*whispers* a fuckernaut
the way i see it, there were 4 teams that were legit contenders and kd leaving okc for gs or sa would mean theres 3, right? bc okc would barely make the playoffs without him.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:54 (seven years ago) link
Thems the breaks when you have an mvp making the 6th most on the team
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:55 (seven years ago) link
thats...that is NOT what kurtis blow said, those ARE NOT the breaks
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Otm
― moistest hoist (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:00 (seven years ago) link
*mounts hobby horse* this is a problem that is immediately solved with a hard cap and no max salary imo
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:01 (seven years ago) link
for the sake of my own entertainment i don't really want the nba to turn into the nhl.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:05 (seven years ago) link
oh not that, to clarify i think there should limits on contract lengths bc fuck 12 year contracts or w/e, but a player should be able to make as much as a team is willing to pay within the cap (so i guess its still a de facto max salary but just a way way higher ceiling)
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link
i agree with eliminating max salaries but hard caps are so boring for roster management junkies of which i am increasingly one
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
Are you all a bunch of CPAs or quants or something? Cap management makes me zzz.
― Interpretive Jigglypuffery (Leee), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:33 (seven years ago) link
no it's just that the more ways you can fuck w/the cap the more options are open and the more crazy things you can discuss.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
i like the nba being biased towards teams retaining stars
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:39 (seven years ago) link
i have a hard time feeling bad for people making 25 million a year missing out on money because of max salaries
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
the problem this year is the cap jump which cldve been avoided by denominating contracts as a % of the cap instead of in dollars
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
i've actually never heard that floated before, that's a pr obvious and smart idea
― Clay, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
thx
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
crazy thing is its in some way already the case, players get 50% of revenue
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:56 (seven years ago) link
(also getting rid of max salaries)
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:56 (seven years ago) link
That sounds like profit sharing!
― Interpretive Jigglypuffery (Leee), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk 2m2 minutes agoAP Source: Timberwolves adding NBA’s 1st Chinese owner
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 03:35 (seven years ago) link
well i'm voting for trump now for sure
― Clay, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 03:55 (seven years ago) link
gotta man
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 04:14 (seven years ago) link
what your man got to do with me?
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
aint
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 05:22 (seven years ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, June 27, 2016 10:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't really either but what other industry has a max salary? It's not like there's some tech commissioner telling Tim Cook his salary has to be capped so things are fair to google. If someone wants to pay Lebron (entire cap minus 14 minimum contracts) and see what happens I'd kind of be all for it!
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
Though I guess it's all fallout from sports leagues being arranged as one business entity that splits things 30 ways so maybe that analogy is bad
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
the hawks want in on the KD party, which is understandable, if they get immediately spurned their next priority is........dwight, which is not
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
Anyway Batum would be rad on the Warriors way better than Barnes and kinda underrated
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
its prob also in the league's interest to prevent stupid teams from being able to handicap themselves too badly e.g. the current state of brooklyn nets is about as bad as things can get within the rules
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link