2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

some defensive potential but i think he fouled like it was going out of style

if his foot gets right he could play some backup minutes again but i think the ship has sailed on him ever being a starter or anything.

that aint a bad offer

76ers reportedly rejected a trade of Pacers’ Malcolm Brogdon and first-rounder for Ben Simmons, per @JDumasReports pic.twitter.com/TcUMr9fGjv

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 2, 2021

malcolm brogdon is very fucking good and im honestly kinda mad i didnt think of this idea earlier?

yeah Brogdon in Philly actually makes sense to me

indy still thinking of simmons as a guard big mistake

of maybe theyre just doing the trade based on talent and figure the fit out later

honestly getting him plus a first (is it indiana's #13??) would be a great deal for philly. i know its not a asset haul but it gives them a player who complements their group rly well plus a 1st rounder which can either be used to draft a good player or sent off for another vet.

i feel like one of the major hesitations for sixers in that deal would having your two best players both w/ extensive prior histories of leg injuries

yeah good pt. if they want durability but no 3 point range, demar derozan is available!

I would have taken that deal if I was the sixers, assuming it’s the 13th pick. I also think the pacers could be really good if they just nailed that pick.

yeah, feel like theyre one big wing away from being a goodass team. i think they need to trade turner, though. franz wagner? jalen johnson? ziaire williams as the nu paul george?

word out of indy is that trade rumour is inaccurate

simmons would fit at the 4 next to turner, and the pacers have the guards to fill out the roster. would need to trade sabonis though. there might be the bones of a 3 team trade that would make sense

Nate McMillan signed to a 4 year deal to coach the Hawks, no surprise there

workout video season

Steven Adams starting at Shooting Guard next season? 👀🔥pic.twitter.com/duIPyKtggP

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) July 7, 2021

giannis coast 2 coast

blazers hired glasses as their top assistant, this really is the off-season you dream about

yeah, I noticed that. maybe Brooks has good organizational skills or something that would never show up during his in-game coaching. just trying to find the silver lining here. (weak apologetic smile)

Chet Holmgren has had one of these possessions in every game. Good grief. pic.twitter.com/EhQwZkmstL

— Steven Karr (@SKarrG0) July 10, 2021

Chet Holmgren making it look too easy out there pic.twitter.com/hyD4UkLjXE

— Aram Cannuscio (@AC__Hoops) July 9, 2021

Any ideas on how you contest this from Chet Holmgren? Cause I have none. pic.twitter.com/6qtH8xH0Zb

— Asher Low (@alow_33) July 10, 2021

There’s some Kirilenko in him for sure

chets got the juice

AK meets KD

Feels like a supreme tank situation, I feel like the only two teams that are guaranteed to be bad are the Cavs and rockets?

The Clippers announce that Kawhi Leonard has undergone surgery to repair a partial tear of his right anterior cruciate ligament: pic.twitter.com/eMoMe0Kq4v

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 14, 2021

Uh oh

#Clippers Even though Kawhi Leonard had a partially torn ACL

The surgery and recovery time is similar to a full ACL reconstruction

Expect Kawhi to possible be out 9-12 months unfortunately

— Dr. Evan Jeffries, DPT (@GameInjuryDoc) July 14, 2021

Thunder have the clippers pick

Don't know why I need to post this because of people being trolls, but for the last time:

Clippers listed Kawhi Leonard as available for Game 5 against Utah. He traveled with the team and legit thought he was okay to play. Told media publicly, and later told teammates privately. pic.twitter.com/BDvxNLMzvl

— Farbod Esnaashari (@Farbod_E) July 14, 2021

what the hell

Given Kawhis history I would bet he doesn’t play til like Christmas 2022

Even a normal player would be we’ll advised to skip the season

seems like kawhi is taking that player option and possibly going into free agency next summer with a huge question mark, sheesh

that franchise is so fucked

he's not going to leave

it's clear the most important thing to him is living in southern california

yeah, if there was any doubt that he was staying (there wasn't) this seals it.

just feels like the whole thing is over whether kawhi stays or goes, just the idea of winning a championship with a team built around kawhi/pg

and how do they even attempt to move forward? unless I'm reading this wrong they don't have a first round pick until 2027

https://fanspo.com/nba/teams/Clippers/13/draft-picks

i think that's right.

when i saw this news i was trying to think of any scenario in which it makes sense for the clippers to move on from kawhi and i don't think there is one. this is going to end up like a middle-aged couple going through the motions.

Why wouldn’t Kawhi just sign an extension

iirc his camp was trying to maximize his earnings by waiting until he was a 10-year veteran

Clippers could trade pg for a big package and then try and retool around Kawhi once he comes back.

They could trade PG back to the thunder for their pick

paul george is going to make 49 million dollars in 2024-25

just throwing that out there as an interesting fact

lol what

"I don't talk about who's on the payroll." - Mark Cuban on whether Bob Voulgaris is still employed

— The Kobe Beef (@TheKobeBeef) July 15, 2021

i assume that's a yes?

this story doesnt seem to be going away

An OPB investigation finds that the Portland @trailblazers did not contact several primary sources in their probe of a 1997 rape allegation against head-coach hire Chauncey Billups, despite saying they did everything in their power to vet the incident: https://t.co/W2g22zO4GC pic.twitter.com/zShInNy4IK

— OPB (@OPB) July 13, 2021

Is Gary Ridgway on the payroll?

i’m trying to imagine how this could be going worse and… idk

https://www.wweek.com/sports/2021/07/15/the-trail-blazers-private-investigator-shared-pornographic-images-on-twitter-in-april/