2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

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/

On April 2, Hallman retweeted into his feed two GIFs, or short video clips, from a Twitter account called “Cuck helper (online).”

lmao

oh my god

the rest of the stuff in that article is more damning, but ffs what is it with cops and cuc*s

yikes.

lots of dame is leaving rumors today and nurk out there tryin got shoot them all down.

oh hes outta there, portland needs to blow it all up

if portland actually has to trade dame i’m not sure i could come up with an example of a deeper self inflicted wound. i would be dumbfounded

cracks really starting to show with the weird sister of the weird deceased owner who is planning to sell the team.

all these sources seem bad

Damian Lillard would like to be traded to the Philadelphia 76ers or New York Knicks, sources tell me.

— Quinton Mayo (@RealQuintonMayo) July 16, 2021

76ers with dame instead of ben seems like a great fit

i agree it's all randoms

i also don't understand why the blazers would appease his destination requests if he's blowing town w/ 4 years left on his deal or w/e

yah theyll take the best deal possible. does he have a no trade clause, tho?

getting so many panicked text messages today from the casuals and I’m like chill out, idk if going from a ceiling of 5th in the west to being bad for a decade is that big a deal, get into hockey or something

dame always gives you a reason to watch

you take it for granted until that's gone

since this fiasco of an off-season began (which has been, like, worst possible decision followed by worst possible decisions) my pov has been trade dame. they’re going nowhere, he’s 31, get value at the peak. I hope he requests a trade! but the franchise is doomed until olshey and the Jody Allen management team are all gone. There’s no vision, it’s all short-term ass-saving and nepotism. burn it down time.

dame is too special of a player i would never not want him on my team

yah

—-if you love someone let them go—-

I'd trade him but then again I always want to trade everyone

dame in new york would be a sign of the apocalypse but i would certainly welcome it

Damian Lillard: "I don't disagree that maybe Chauncey can change our team and make us a better team. But I think if you look at our team as it is, I don't see how you say 'this is a championship team, we just need a new coach.'"

— Sean Highkin (@highkin) July 16, 2021

yah

"The drama isn't coming from me," Dame said.

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) July 16, 2021

i too, quite famously, hate drama

Washington’s hiring of Wes Unseld Jr. will fill the last of the NBA’s seven coaching openings. Six went to Black coaches.

Boston: Ime Udoka
Dallas: Jason Kidd
Indiana: Rick Carlisle
New Orleans: Willie Green
Orlando: Jamahl Mosley
Portland: Chauncey Billups
Washington: Unseld

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 16, 2021

tried to think of the funniest dame trade and landed on this one

https://imgur.com/a/allu7xj