2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

it didn’t hit me until now that the jazz signed a back up center and didn’t even put him on the court when their starting center was getting flambéd as their season went up in flames

If you’re a contending team, which the Jazz surely considered themselves a couple months ago, you can’t do moves like this

They should be burning first rounders for players, not to get rid of players

i no longer have to watch tristan thompson play basketball. this is a good day.

wish i knew where la goon was. i would send him a carrier pigeon with this news.

write him at:

ilx's "lagoon"
po box yurt
namas, te 69420

Did he retire? Yay

traded to the kings which is basically the same thing

For a second, I thought lagoon retired.

josh richardson into one of boston's trade exceptions is happening. i really hope this does not close the door on fournier but i think it might.

josh richardson is like the tristan thompson of wings

the universe must balance itself i guess

would rather have the tristan thompson at wing where hes behind more good players

lagoon come back to the NBA I'll talk to the Wolves get you a roster spot

lagoon goes on vision quest retreats every year to discover the next thing in ball, worry not for his fate is ours

So apparently Suggs had a disastrous workout for the Raptors, extremely intrigued by all of this now

Watching Suggs in the NCAA he struck me as a player who combined exceptionally solid fundamentals with very good, but not top NBA tier, athleticism. That delivers great results in college ball against lesser opponents every night. In the NBA it usually tops out as a starter on a .500 team, but not all-star material. I guess we'll find out in the next couple of years.

Zach LaVine says he "wants his respect" in contract extension & will stay in touch with Bulls in coming days as they face challenging decisions with cap space: https://t.co/36T2RpAtZu

— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) August 2, 2021

good luck chicago!

I think they should just max him out.

they really have no choice

They’re such a weird franchise, I can never motivate myself to watch any of their games

free agency is upon us, wheres all the deals dammit

there’s only like 5 players that matter and they all play the same position except for john collins so i feel like it will be a pretty quick free agency

i think markkanen might be the player i’m most interested in i feel like he has a career revival in him & i wonder who is gonna take a shot on him

Idk I expect some interesting sign and trade deals

yah there should be some interesting moves i think. what are the suns gonna do for CP? 3/100?

lowry and lonzo will prob both get signed and traded but there will be a quick domino effect in the PG market once lowry decides and that will be most of the fireworks i think

here we gooooo

Lonzo Ball has agreed to a four-year, $85 million deal with the Chicago Bulls, CEO of Klutch Sports Rich Paul tells @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 2, 2021

Free agent guard Will Barton is finalizing an agreement to re-sign with the Denver Nuggets on a two-year, $32 million deal, league sources tell @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 2, 2021

Free agent guard Tim Hardaway has reached an agreement to re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks on a four-year, $72 million deal, league sources tell @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 2, 2021

Conley 3/68 to stay

pretty chalk so far. 7th seed or bust for the bulls let's go baby

gotta wonder what else the mavs have up their sleeves

Free agent G Alec Burks has agreed to a three-year, $30M contract to stay with the New York Knicks, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021

Free agent C Nerlens Noel is returning to the New York Knicks on a three-year, $32M contract, his agent @GeorgeLangberg tells ESPN. Tom Thibodeau keeps his rim protector.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021

love to resign the big difference makers

tho tbf as has been pointed out, teams are made of guys

those both seem like fair deals

no idea why you need to go three years on either of those guys tho i guess after two seasons it's an expiring. both those contracts could be underwater three months into next season

Restricted free agent C Jarrett Allen has agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his agents Derrick Powell and Jim Tanner tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021

Free agent Kelly Olynyk has agreed to a three-year, $37M deal with the Detroit Pistons, his agent Jeff Schwartz of @excelbasketball tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021

Kyle Lowry is expected to sign a three-year deal with the Miami Heat via sign and trade with the Toronto Raptors, sources tell @YahooSports

— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) August 2, 2021

as always the winners of free agency are the teams that don't need free agents

Phoenix Suns All-Star guard Chris Paul has agreed to stay on a new four-year deal that could be worth as much as $120 million, his agents Steve Heumann and Ty Sullivan of @CAA_Basketball tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021

maybe they can part the waters again next year lol

they just announced he had surgery on his wrist too. 4 years is insane behavior. he will be 40

better be a team option on that 4th season but i was thinking 3 years with a team option on the 3rd would be the smart move

he had them over a barrel but lord

Free agent Doug McDermott has agreed to a three-year, $42 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 2, 2021

jarret allen signing is weird but he's tradable

Chris Paul has agreed to stay on a new four-year deal that could be worth as much as $120 million

teams need to brush up on the standard mutual fund disclaimer that "past results are no guarantee of future returns"