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NBA Offseason 2017 |OT| Only Big Ballers Allowed *please pay $495 to be a Big Baller
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LyleLanley
Banned
Have we heard anything about Hayward?
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Hayward*
Gobert
Lillard
McCollum
Westbrook
George
Wiggins
KAT
Butler
Jokic
Millsap
In one division bros. that team would crush the East all stars.
Gobert
Lillard
McCollum
Westbrook
George
Wiggins
KAT
Butler
Jokic
Millsap
In one division bros. that team would crush the East all stars.
PotentiallyDumb
Neo Member
Teams won't have any cap room with these crazy deals in a few years
I blame Orlando.
LyleLanley
Banned
Why would someone choose to play in that division?
On a plane back to utah. Baseless speculation suggests Miami is a lock because Dion Waiters is looking for other offers. Waiters loves Miami and the only reason he would be looking around is if Miami didn't have the money to pay him.
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Member
Competitive spirit.
90 Million Dollars
LyleLanley
Banned
He's most likely getting that money anyways.
The Clippers only have $8 million in cap space.
Cornbread78
Member
So 3 picks that most likely will be role players and 16M worth of bad contracts. What GM wouldn't be jumping at that offer. Thats not a real offer for a star its insulting.
LyleLanley
Banned
Cavs will need to involve a third team. So probably gonna be Houston.
friskykillface
Banned
Olidipo ain't shit
Dunno who the other guy is
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I'd take the picks.
Still think Bird was a dumbass for declining if Ainge really offered the Brooklyn pick
Pacers could have easily tanked post all star break and they could have had two top 5 picks or at worse 1 and 5-10
The Pacers thought he would still re-sign back in February. They weren't going to trade George unless they knew he wasn't coming back. That's what small market teams have to do to stay relevant.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
What is Durrant's assumed contract with these projections?
Well ignoring your specific knoweledge of specific players lets look at this objectively.
Both Oladipo and Sabonis are former lottery picks and that usually has some residual value. Oladipo was the 2nd best player on a team that finished higher in the west then the Blazers on a long term deal that Indy thought was fair. Sabonis was a lottery pick that had just completed his rookie season which while not statistically notable had likely been heavily scouted by the Pacers.
The Deal the Pacers recieved contained two known quantities at the NBA level and both were on reasonably team friendly contracts. Oladipo having some college success at IU likely also inflated his value to Indiana.
Portlands best offer was a pair of role players on a team that barely made the playoffs and 3 college players who more likely then not won't be much more then role players.
OKCs offer wasn't all that good, but compared to what Portland and Boston offered it was considerably better.
LyleLanley
Banned
I assume it's a discounted 1+1 then the full max. Either way the tax bill will become insane sooner than later.
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perfectchaos007
Member
HOU starting lineup
C- Capela
SG-Harden
PG- Paul
PF- Ryan Anderson
SF- Carmelo Anthony
With 6th man of the year Eric Gordon off the bench
C- Capela
SG-Harden
PG- Paul
PF- Ryan Anderson
SF- Carmelo Anthony
With 6th man of the year Eric Gordon off the bench
LyleLanley
Banned
At some point they have to consider trading him right?
Not so sure about that, but I guess he's a considerable upgrade just with his ability to score at any situation.
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Member
Get a bunch of young cheap players and picks for him. Makes sense.
I'd prefer they lose him for nothing though.
LyleLanley
Banned
I don't think they'd be stupid enough to just let him walk, they'd still have no cap space to work with.
Discounted this year with an option for next year. But he'll opt out and sign a full max next year.
Melo is also a much better rebounder, passer and defender when motivated. He's been the most "Clutch" player on the last 3 US Olympic teams
Olympic Melo may be the best basketball player of all time
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
I'm thinking Durant is more likely to leave than Klay getting traded
Wins his rings and go play with a team in the East ala how Lebron did Cleveland, even if it's a sign and trade (GSW would get bird rights by then no?)
Maybe go play ball with Wizards and Wall perhaps down the line as a true Homecoming
I think Steph, Klay, Dray are the 3 pieces of GSW with KD on the side
Nah, KD will be back. It'll be Klay or Dray when their contracts are up I think.
With he new arena profits Lacob may be willing to spend, but I wouldn't be shocked if Klay or Draymond are gone by 2020.
LyleLanley
Banned
Getting rid of Draymond instead of Klay would be such a stupid move. I also doubt Lacobs willingness to spend that much money.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Hold me
Feigan said D'Antoni would want melo, and I imagine melo would have humbled when going to a team with cp3 and harden already there, meaning Olympic melo
And then DWade is a really likely buy-out candidate for later in the summer.
Come 2018 summer, Houston might have 3/4 of the fucking banana boat already my fucking god
We're gonna win a championship and then get LeBron!
Warriors will likely just dump Iggy next summer. He will still have lots of value to a young team that needs veteran leadership and if you replace iggy with a mid first round rookie you save around 14M in sallary + Tax payments.
Given the premium GSW can charge on tickets in an affluent area like San Fran and the money they will make off their new Arena, Golden State will likely still turn a profit even with a 250M Payroll
Given the premium GSW can charge on tickets in an affluent area like San Fran and the money they will make off their new Arena, Golden State will likely still turn a profit even with a 250M Payroll
Hyperactivity
Banned
I feel so fucking bad for some of the teams that miss the playoffs next year. Hope the Mavs miss it (they've made it enough times recently, and Dirk plans to play for a few more years, so it won't be his last chance). Hope the Clippers miss out, even if they might have a fun core and I love Beverley and dekker and montrezl and lou.
In general, I really want the Timberwolves, Pelicans, and Nuggets to make the playoffs and have some damn good runs.
Also, fuck it, you think Ryno + 2020 + 2022 1st rounders gets us Melo? We'll send Zhou Qi too or something.
In general, I really want the Timberwolves, Pelicans, and Nuggets to make the playoffs and have some damn good runs.
Also, fuck it, you think Ryno + 2020 + 2022 1st rounders gets us Melo? We'll send Zhou Qi too or something.
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Melo Harden and Paul.
It could work, or it could go up in flames spectacularly.
It could work, or it could go up in flames spectacularly.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Holy fucking shit Millsap has a team option on his 3rd year. Guaranteed less money than the contracts Noah, Deng, Mozgov, etc, all signed last year. Wtf.
That team option is fucking ridiculous. My god.
https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/881740336116137984
On when to expect Hayward news
That team option is fucking ridiculous. My god.
https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/881740336116137984
Kevin O'Connor said:
On when to expect Hayward news
Steve Bulpett said:
You will get lazy non playing Defense Melo and you will like it
Hyperactivity
Banned
Eh, he can be our 7th man and help us recruit DWade to be our 3rd string shooting guard. This will then let us unleash the Morey + Recruiter Beard + Melo/Wade/CP3 recruiting pitch to LeBron next year
They just signed Iggy in a way that spells out resigning Klay is the plan. Durant and Curry aren't going anywhere, Draymond is locked in for 3 more years.
Most of all, you can count the number of espn people that actually have a good idea of the financials on one hand. Remember when Miami was putting their team together, the talk started as "10 million left on the table!" and the number went up to 60 somehow as everyone was trying to one up each other. Now some dope decided it's gonna be 400 in 2021.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Signing Klay in that off-season means that the Warriors can't sign Draymond the next off-season. Or maybe they can sign both, but not with Iggy's current deal, which would mean Iggy needs to be traded after his 2nd year. I forget the specific details of it all.
https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/881737103310077952
Daryl Morey said:
Rockets confirmed for the finals, LeBron will join our team to keep kicking the East's ass.