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

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

>:[

launching new iphone

they're now a streaming video company

they made an app to stop police brutality

Brad Stevens lied on his resume

hes actually in jr high

he did not portray Atticus Finch at Plymouth, Indiana's Round Barn Theatre in 1998

he was a member of the jury with no lines

big news today:

The Dallas Mavericks have traded the rights to Emir Preldzic to the Pacers in exchange of the rights to Stanko Barac.

updated fivethirtyeight player projections are out http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/

very pretty and fun

sb nation not high on the new look bulls http://www.sbnation.com/2016/7/7/12117814/dwyane-wade-chicago-bulls-breakdown-rajon-rondo-jimmy-butler-terrible

Brad Stevens lied on his resume

― Salsa Golf (Argentinean Ketchup) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, July 7, 2016 2:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

brad stevens has never lied, ever

you are telling me that brad really was that relaxed in this picture

seems like a pretty chill brah to me!

KD presser just starting
http://stream.nbcsports.com/rsn/index_csn-bay-area-warriors.html?pid=22743&referrer=http://www.csnbayarea.com/

Thunder Digest ‏@Thunder_Digest 7m7 minutes ago

KD: Hey Russ, we gotta talk
Russ: New phone who dis

Sam AmickVerified account
‏@sam_amick
Durant on Klay Thompson's involvement: "He texted me, and I didn't know he had a phone...He exceeded my expectations as a person."

by having a phone?

yeah that was the joke

https://twitter.com/ThompsonScribe/status/751152944377008129

amazing https://twitter.com/AndreDrummondd/status/751198829417029636

wow what a summer, blazers add festus ezeli 2/16