i have something to say about the offseason THE 2016 NBA OFFSEASON

yeah i feel like the hawks play in a way that will lead to him getting more touches organically in the offense to keep him happy (ideally at least) i.e. they have no james harden doing 64 under the leg dribbles before drawing a foul with .6 seconds on the shot clock

prob true

i think he and schroder could fit well together on the pnr

I just want to see Dwight bring some of that exuberant post-victory celebrating to the Hawks.

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/epa_usa_basketball_nba_playoffs_81274207.jpg?w=1000&h=600&crop=1

lol weird crew vibes

yeah every team will have something worth watching next season

weird crew vibes otm, that suns/rox game i went to will go down as one of the weirder sporting events I'll ever witness.

btw just went in with some dudes for suns season tix

nice

What happened to the forthcoming Rubio trade

first ive heard of it

HEEZ OTM

kent bazemore has a full page ad in the paper saying he stayed in atlanta because of the fans and yes corny but after the way horford kicked us on his way out the door it managed to make me mist up tbh. have now managed to talk myself into 'i'd rather have dwight for 3 yrs than al for 5' plus the usual 'we can coach him up' kool-aid.

Ethan J. Skolnick ‏@EthanJSkolnick 37m37 minutes ago
While you're watching Kelly Ripa, one more nugget: Pat Riley never called Dwyane Wade during the entire process.

if i had to predict the west today its like GSW SAS LAC MEM UTA OKC POR NOP those last 2 slots could just as easily be the rockets or mavs tho idk

― ciderpress, Thursday, July 7, 2016 12:26 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

could seriously see clippers as high as 2, grizz as high as 2 if everyone's healthy (as low as 8 if everyone collapses), would switch utah and PDX...

rn am predicting GSW, SA, LAC, MEM, PDX, UTA, HOU, OKC.

i was really skeptical that the grizz were gonna make it another year but they played so well before the injuries last season and parsons is an upgrade so idk

http://i.imgur.com/a1fK4U5.jpg

re: riley its like ppl are surprised that an exceptionalism-obsessed cutthroat businessman acted like...an exceptionalism-obsessed cutthroat businessman

heat aren't a playoff team without wade and bosh are they

i think ziller is correct that riles is putting on a show http://www.sbnation.com/2016/7/7/12116312/dwyane-wade-miami-heat-leaves-pat-riley-future

based on the events as reported i think its clear riley wasn't interested in keeping wade

the heat are like one bad summer away from becoming the knicks tbqh. all it takes is riles striking out on the big targets in next year's free agency, which is entirely in play

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine
Detroit is signing Spurs restricted free agent Boban Marjanovic to a three-year, $21 million offer sheet, according to league sources

that seems unnecessary

the heat are like one bad summer away from becoming the knicks tbqh. all it takes is riles striking out on the big targets in next year's free agency, which is entirely in play

― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, July 7, 2016 10:34 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

this may be true but the heat are a far better run organization than the knicks, which i think is an important distinction. they're def playing a dangerous game but the knicks under dolan have made dozens of deeply harmful decisions the heat would never make.

i think a better approximation for the heat's future is ptob the mavs, in terms of having enough of an organizational foundation to string along competitive seasons w/o getting anywhere close to winning.

a sample of next year's free agents:

steph curry
lebron james (?)
kevin durant
russell westbrook
blake griffin
chris paul
paul millsap
gordon hayward
serge ibaka
rudy gay

i think ziller is correct that riles is putting on a show http://www.sbnation.com/2016/7/7/12116312/dwyane-wade-miami-heat-leaves-pat-riley-future

― J0rdan S., Thursday, July 7, 2016 10:06 AM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao that txt message

weird version of text sarcasm?

The NBA's cap projection for the 2017-18 season has fallen from $107 million to $102 million

would be funny if the dubs can't sign both curry and kd next year after all this

2016: KD jerseys burning in the streets of OKC
2017/2018: dubs championships
2019: hero KD returns to OKC, leads them to championship

and the seasons they go round and round
and the painted ponies go up and down

weird version of text sarcasm?

― Nhex, Thursday, July 7, 2016 11:01 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol right?

xps j0rd: fair points, mavs comp. is more accurate - also, despite my snark all the things that could damn the heat could also bring them back on top if they break the other way, complete tightrope-walk situation

i think the heat are slightly delusional about their ability to attract mega free agents. the lebron thing was a one in a million situation and if that didn't happen they were gonna sign amare or boozer.

This bulls team looks awful

They're gonna have four guys jostling for space in the paint and a lonely McDermott waiting outside for a pass that never comes

Over/under New Year's Day for when wade and rondo start taking veiled shots at each other

under

No more boban in sa

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmxgrSFVUAANGEU.jpg
press conf today

so next year kd and curry will both command around 35mil/yr

dubs have ~35mil guaranteed to klay/dray already, curry's cap hold is 16mil, so after signing durant that puts them at 86mil. with a cap of 102, that gives them 16mil in space to work with to fill roster spots 5 through 13. seems doable but they won't have any other good players that aren't taking a big ring-chasing discount

gotta risk it

disagree, let kd go to celtics

and curry too, why not

dubs should just sign durant and let curry the fraudulent system player walk

sux we have to wait three more months to see this madness play out. at least we get some olympics ball i guess. better not be any injuries

i'm gonna get injured

work with the phx suns staff imo

dubs should just sign durant and let curry the fraudulent system player walk

Gladwellian contrarianism here! (Actually more Baylessian but whatever.)

Brian Robb ‏@CelticsHub 10s10 seconds ago Boulder, CO
Celtics announce they will be holding a press conference at 10am in Waltham on Friday regarding a "major team announcement."

bout to sign kd

they're matching the Turner offer