2017-18 NBA REGULAR SEASON THREAD PART 1 ALL OF AMERICAS FAVORITE TEAMS ARE BACK

yea i agree w/ that

btw kyrie kinda did cause this to some extent but hes also looking pretty prescient right now

that third eye man

everyone laughs but has he yet been wrong

a basketball = energy

The Celtics are chasing that extra first-round pick in Marcus Smart trade talks in hopes of flipping it in a deal for either Lou Williams or Tyreke Evans, league sources say

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) February 6, 2018

ha yeah they are, unclear why anyone wld be chasing marcus smart tho

if i'm a gm and ainge comes calling i straight up hang up the phone, remove from contact list and change my number, maybe even go as far as to change jobs.

lmao

maybe some super protected pick that will likely turn into 2 2nd rounders in four years cld make this happen idk

kyrie looks like a genius, everyone thought he was crazy

that third eye man

everyone laughs but has he yet been wrong

― horford chants out between two worlds, "kyrie walk with me" (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:56 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

spiritual alchemy

for kyrie, it's something he's huge in

also seems unlikely anyones looking to move a first for tyreke/lou rentals

who needs to reach the salary floor and are a bunch of morons?

*scrambles through contacts list looking for FORMAN*

jokes aside they prob got most of what they needed in that respect out of attaining asik

Marcus Smart changing teams sounds like something that will cause both teams to become worse

possibly all teams will become worse

the league will decline true

who needs to reach the salary floor and are a bunch of morons?

*scrambles through contacts list looking for FORMAN*

― horford chants out between two worlds, "kyrie walk with me" (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, February 6, 2018 10:05 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

question posed by radio hosts this morning "who do you blame more, dan gilbert or lebron"

"lebron"

fuckin crazy

― marcos, Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:37 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ehhhhhh

if lebron didn’t insist on playing on one year deals, playing each year as championship or bust, filling up the roster with his friends and agents co-clients, and generally sowing discord and uncertainty 24/7, things could have worked out differently

now post that in comic sans

I also think that many people seem to be operating under the assumption that if the cavs were to make the brooklyn pick available that there are deals out there that could actually move the needle as far as propelling them into title contention, but by all accounts this is not the case

also if lebron disliked dan gilbert so much he should have just signed with another team

it's taken almost as a given that the nature of lebron & dan gilbert's relationship was going to lead to this destructive stalemate but he could have uhh just gone to one of the other 31 teams

no it's the internet rules that dan gilbert has to bend to bran's every whim because we like bron and don't like gilbert

ah yeah lebron should go to one of the two secret teams

the Philadelphia 77'ers

no it's the internet rules that dan gilbert has to bend to bran's every whim because we like bron and don't like gilbert

― k3vin k., Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:20 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark

well still at the end of the day lebron shouldn't lie to them and say he's coming back if he's not. he probably really isn't sure! the cavs i think have done ok under those circumstances... threading the needle with the kyrie thing was a defensible move tho they should have been way more hard on the celtics about the IT stuff.

the bigger problem is not what happened the past offseason but the stuff that happened before that -- the TT, shump, JR contracts etc -- that are a symptom of constantly mortgaging your future for lebron. idk how they were supposed to get around that except i guess to acquire better players.

the lesson of lebron's first stint in cleveland was that he should not be paired with a weak-willed organization. david griffin changed that momentarily and i guess maybe that was his biggest accomplishment even more so than any individual transactions. now the cavs are kinda back where they were in 2009.

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Asked one of the #Cavs how much DeAndre Jordan could help right now and he said “Montell Jordan could help us right now.”

bet it was Wade!

https://www.thescore.com/news/1398961

lol nice detective work

the bigger problem is not what happened the past offseason but the stuff that happened before that -- the TT, shump, JR contracts etc -- that are a symptom of constantly mortgaging your future for lebron. idk how they were supposed to get around that except i guess to acquire better players.

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, February 6, 2018 10:28 AM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this is it. and lebron is to blame.

i’m getting a sandwich and montell jordan is playing

ha

the lesson of lebron's first stint in cleveland was that he should not be paired with a weak-willed organization

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:30 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bron even kinda fucked up miami which is not a weak willed org, basically when you sign bron gm bron comes along for the ride and theres no avoiding it, hes gonna sign a short deal bully u into signing his friends a-dog the coach owner and everyone else in the org and eventually leave you hanging

but you might get a couple rings out of it

yeah its worth it no doubt

tho who know whats gonna happen his next stop as his salary grows and his legs age

Would Lebron for Ibaka and a first work? I feel like that would be good for everyone. Lebron can get a ring, and it doesn't really affect the timeline on any young Toronto guys. Toronto would be pretty dangerous with him, and it offers good marketing opportunities and a coach Lebron would respect.

cleve prob not looking to take back long term deals unless theyre getting a star

They would need to make a second move for sure:

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yaeqwoxd

::confused emoji:: https://www.si.com/nba/2018/02/06/derrick-rose-adidas-sneaker-contract-details-cavaliers-knicks-bulls

need em
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVYLGDDU8AAQ0OP.jpg

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2758056-lebron-james-reportedly-cursed-at-cavaliers-executives-in-heated-meeting

"Whereas Griffin would consult with James and keep him informed of major roster decisions, that is no longer happening," Lloyd wrote. "James doesn't trust this front office, and there is no communication now between management and star player."

"The word is out that Dan is running things," a rival executive told Berger. "Frankly, that's where he's happiest and the role he's most comfortable in."

its over bron cmon

Lebron let Dan Gilbert take over basketball operations? He's slipping. Next thing you know he'll only be the second or third best player in the world.

seems kinda obvious now that firing griffin was the first step in an intentional separation from bron, gilbert prob just a. sick of brons shit and b. doesnt want to pay the insanely expensive repeater tax to be warriors road kill, bullied by bron

he got his (ring)

forget it bron its the town

sort of in line with the rumor about him wanting to sell the time tho if i wanted to sell the cavs i would have been bending over backwards to get bron to re-up