2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

uhh

David Griffin says Zion Williamson had foot surgery in the summer. He had a fractured right foot.

He should be back by the regular season.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) September 27, 2021

wolves media day should be interesting today

okay, so Glen Taylor just basically said that Gupta is going to be the long-term GM? "I'm confident we're set for the future"...unless I'm misunderstanding

Lore says he eventually wants to build a new stadium with augmented reality technology lol

Doc Rivers' opening statement: "Last year we almost pulled off, really, a miracle run. It's rare that you have new coaches, new players, a new front office, and you turn things around and have a chance to win."

— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) September 27, 2021

lol

Fred VanVleet says he's "not touching any vaccinated/ unvaccinated questions. It's such a divisive topic right now."

— Lori Ewing (@Ewingsports) September 27, 2021

Jazz and Spurs 100% vaccinated

Doc getting high off his own supply.

lol

Kyrie Irving: The focus has to be an all-time high, no distractions.

— Travonne Edwards (Blk Tray) (@Travonne) September 27, 2021

Bradley Beal says he is not vaccinated. He cites personal reasons for why.

— Chase Hughes (@ChaseHughesNBCS) September 27, 2021

Yalllll go right ahead and play around with that vaccine if you want to.

— Kamiah Adams-Beal (@KamiahAdams) January 23, 2021

beal's wife so.... no surprise there

rich people and their partners have so much time to do their own research

really want these people to explain the provenance of aspartame to me

im just asking the real questions here

I would ask the question to those who are getting vaccinated 'why are you still getting COVID?'

- Bradley Beal

— Quinton Mayo (@RealQuintonMayo) September 27, 2021

sorry to hear about your rona stint jordan. hopefully its all uphill from here for you

yeah get well jord!

this vaccine status/covid stuff is going to be a huge wild card this year

could potentially be a huge advantage for teams in cities with mandates having big players sit out

yah this will prob be bigger than anything from last year

hopefully they add it to NBA2k as well

Bradley Beal on his bout with COVID-19, which cost him the Olympics: "I didn’t get sick at all. I lost my smell. That’s it.”

Beal adds that no one will talk about adverse reactions to the vaccine and how it impacts player health. No NBA player has missed time due to the vaccine.

— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) September 27, 2021

SIGH

nobody tell bradley beal that i got vaccinated and still caught covid

I would ask the question to those who are getting vaccinated ’why are you still getting COVID?’

here are the remaining nba players after this mess

https://i.imgur.com/V39jskF.png

Sixers fans went all in on “actually it’s good to say this about your teammate” but you’re seeing the downsides rn

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, September 26, 2021 12:09 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

How's this for a downside, lol:

Joel Embiid not a huge fan of the Ben Simmons offseason videos pic.twitter.com/mHKFRRBYLJ

— Everythings Phine (@evrythingsphine) September 27, 2021

lol what a quote

lmso he simply cannot help himself

Bjelica to Wiggins in the hallway:

“Get the shot."

Wiggins: Tough crowd in there, man.

— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dieter) September 27, 2021

get em

Bjelica signing already paying off

Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., has agreed on a five-year designated max extension that could be worth up to $207 million, his agent Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 27, 2021

Wonder if getting the vax is in the contract

Porter Jr., deal is worth $172M unless he reaches the designated max criteria and makes one of the three All-NBA teams this season.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 27, 2021

thats a gamble for the nuggets

gotta do it

He shot the ball too well to not get the max

i strongly suspect that some of the players that pulled the "that's private" card today are vaxxed but trying to play both sides or be cool or something, so it's delightful to see dame just calling it all bullshit in the nicest way he can.

Damian Lillard on getting vaccinated.#RipCity pic.twitter.com/h0trtXtwHz

— Orlando Sanchez (@orlandokgw) September 27, 2021

about as good as you can play it, right there.

was also nice to see dame's responses to if he's seeing it through in portland basically come down to him saying everything but "yeah, i was going through some stuff, sorry"

Kyrie is Goated

— D'Angelo Russell (@Dloading) September 28, 2021

haha. perfect

Lmao

KAT literally called proud people's excuses for not getting vaxxed bullshit today

proud?

Also says the Wolves will be 100% vaxxed soon and said he appreciated two holdouts that they convinced to get it

this kyrie situation is dicey!

In a report from @VinceGoodwill, Kyrie Irving is expected to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with close friend Kevin Durant influencing the decision:https://t.co/XgxXrPTZJS

— BasketballNews.com (@basketbllnews) September 28, 2021

less dicey now

it is really hard to imagine that any player who is actually in line to play will hold out from getting vaxxed imo. the antivax rationale is flimsy enough (read: nonsensical) that this is really all about saving face, even if just for one's own internal logic. there are a lot of inept orgs in the nba but i have faith that they will all find ways to satisfy that need for their just asking questions antivax players.

unless they secretly seek an excuse to get a player out of their rotation...

(was thinking about wiggins with that last comment but his contributions are a net positive... right?)

hes above replacement level but not above league average

agreed