Free agent C Hassan Whiteside has agreed to a deal with the Utah Jazz, @excelbasketball agent Sean Kennedy tells ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 4, 2021
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 4 August 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
seems like the opposite of what the jazz need but i don't understand the nba anymore has been the lesson of the last couple days
― Clay, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 01:59 (two years ago) link
teams just reaching in the bowl and scooping out some players
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 02:04 (two years ago) link
whiteside is like gobert if he wasn’t good so i guess that’s something
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 4 August 2021 02:18 (two years ago) link
they need a backup without favours around. i guess they dumped favours to sign gay and will pick up whiteside on the cheap
― micah, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
jazz should probably have tried to get a stretch 4/5 like a patrick patterson type
― micah, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
they also drafted a center in the first round last year who to my knowledge has basically never played
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 4 August 2021 04:39 (two years ago) link
*coughs* rudy gay is a stretch five in small ball lineups
― class project pat (m bison), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
looks like Collins finally accepted the 5/$125
― Heez, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
drummond signing for the vet minimum, javale riding the bench for team USA, everyone trying to figure out how the nets might be able to dump deandre... a lukewarm summer for the matt armstrong all stars. alex len got a 2/7.5 deal from the kings tho so we'll put that in the W column
kemba to the knicks
― symsymsym, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
like to hear that!
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
some i may have missed:
dinwiddie - s&t to wizards 3/62rudy gay - 2/12 jazzsga - extended 5/172blake - one year minimum to stay nets richaun - 4/55 stay kingsjavale - 1/5 sunspattty - 2/12 netsnorm powell - 5/90 stay blazersgoat shooter snell 1 year to blazerstheiss - 4/36 to rocketszeller - 1 to pdxtrae - extendo 5/207
most interesting players left:
schroederoubremarkannenreggiedannie greenj hartkawhi(?)
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
oladipo to the heat for one year on the minimum. apparently his ppl think he could be back by jan/february, the heat seem to think it will be more like march. in any event the primary motivation of the deal appears to be so that the heat keep his bird rights & can exceed the cap to re-sign him next season if they want to
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 4 August 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
pretty great for the hawks that trae didn’t ask for a player option on his extension
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 4 August 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
Watching Josh primo in summer league and he looks great but also a lot like the other excellent young guards they already have
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:03 (two years ago) link
spurs twitter is fighting over the notion that the spurs are planning to trade for ben simmons
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
(one of those guards would be on the move to get simmons obv)
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, August 4, 2021 4:34 PM (fifty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
he seems like the kinda guy that wants to stay in one place for a long time? projecting a bit but theyve also already shown they can build a competent team around him, things looking up in atlanta.
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
KOC sounded like he likes all the spurs moves on the latest simmons pod. he also likes the derozan move tho so...
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
lol yeah. i mean it does make the bulls better in terms of shot creation/playmaking, and they have enough 3-point shooting around him to make that work. but its A LOT of money. that d is gonna be badddd
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
hopefully pat williams turns into draymond this season
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
every article says caruso will play the d. From the bench i guess?
― "Rocky Top" and "Funky Bitch" are songs I never look forward to (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
here is the spurs offseson so far:*demar trade was pretty darn good for SA (picks and if they keep thad, he'll be a nice complement to their team)*the primo pick is a mess until proven otherwise*signing zach collins for 3 years just seems like such a huge unforced error*not the hugest fan of mcbuckets but i get it. its just a lot to pay a backup, but he'll have solid trade value.*re-signing bryn...spurs have six guards who can't play SF under contract, though i suppose primo and tre jones can go to austin full time.*getting chandler hutchison and a 2RP for nothing, seems fine.*they have 17 guys under contract rn, someone's getting traded or cut
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 5 August 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
I think the Spurs moves are fine, Primo was a bold, gutsy pick from a franchise that has earned the right to do that sometimes. They have a lot of great young talent, more than people are admitting most of the time imo
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 5 August 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
They’re also a very experienced front office who probably had a good idea that primo wasn’t lasting to 20.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 5 August 2021 01:32 (two years ago) link
Cam Johnson made draft reaches look good
― symsymsym, Thursday, 5 August 2021 01:34 (two years ago) link
in that part of the draft reaches are pretty excusable. giannis was a dice roll too! chances are better than not that even a “safe” or “good” pick in the mid to late lottery is not gonna be all that great
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 August 2021 03:38 (two years ago) link
yeah totally. nobody drafted after primo is anywhere close to a sure thing
― symsymsym, Thursday, 5 August 2021 04:27 (two years ago) link
Danny Green back to Sixers at 2 years/$20M. Seems like too much. He is not a starter at this point and he also looked washed during stretches.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Thursday, 5 August 2021 11:20 (two years ago) link
At least the Sixers have an option in Yr 2.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Thursday, 5 August 2021 11:52 (two years ago) link
xxpost re: primo, it wasnt that anyone guy was preferable (altho my preference on swing-for-the-fences picks are big wings bc guards are not as impactful on winning unless they are transcendently good). i just felt that knicks offering 19+21 gives you better odds to find a big player.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7eURpJWEAMKQ2k?format=png&name=large
― class project pat (m bison), Thursday, 5 August 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
weird how the 3s are better than the 2s...and 16-20 has more all-stars than 11-15, 26-30 has more franchise players than the 10 picks before. maybe just random effects of relatively small sample size tho
― symsymsym, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
smart ppl like hollinger etc say that danny green is still a value player by their systems but i don’t like that contract i just don’t think you can put have him on the floor in high level playoff games he looks washed to me
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
Source: Ben Simmons has cut off communication with basically everyone in the Sixers organization. Everything is going thru his agent, Rich Paul. Ben is open to going to the GSWs though he doesn’t have much leverage in the situation.— Jason Dumas (@JDumasReports) August 5, 2021
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
New York Knicks All-Star Julius Randle has agreed to a four-year, $117 million contract extension --- elevating his deal’s total value to five years and $140 million, his agents Aaron Mintz and Steven Heumann of @CAA_Basketball tell ESPN: https://t.co/4q7EfERHsw— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 5, 2021
*j0rdan sass incoming*
― bezos did the dub (voodoo chili), Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
i no longer have to watch tristan thompson play basketball. this is a good day.
― call all destroyer, Friday, July 30, 2021 7:43 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
wish i knew where la goon was. i would send him a carrier pigeon with this news.
― call all destroyer, Friday, July 30, 2021 7:44 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
i have received your missive and am overjoyed at the news
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
less than 30m per year for randle seems pretty fair
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
theres been a lot of bad 2nd overall picks huh
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 August 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
i wonder if it's just random or there's something about the pick that makes it more prone to giving you a bust. like something about the groupthink at the top of the draft that coalesces around a certain kind of player
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 August 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
i think its probably just random, bagley over doncic is the only recent one that was an obvious punt
― ciderpress, Thursday, 5 August 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
ESPN Sources: Masai Ujiri – architect of the 2019 champions-- has agreed to a significant new deal to become Vice Chairman!President of the Toronto Raptors. Ujiri continues as both Raptors top basketball/business executive and a global philanthropist through his Giants of Africa.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 5, 2021
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
I don’t think I want any part of Simmons on the Warriors, let someone else take on that project
― brimstead, Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
yeah no thx.
― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
simmons on the dubs could be great depending on his head
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
literally tall draymond
two draymonds is maybe too many is the only thing
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
but theres prob not another player they cld get that cld put them back in contention
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
get simmons and trade short draymond to orlando-detroit
― lag∞n, Thursday, 5 August 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link