Crazymoogle
Member
Would be awesome but this is DWade's cash-out contract for his career. I think he'd play with anyone offering a big enough ticket. Now that the circus is over maybe Riley pays the man.
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NBA Offseason |OT| "It's a complete shit move, but we're stuck with it now"
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Would be awesome but this is DWade's cash-out contract for his career. I think he'd play with anyone offering a big enough ticket. Now that the circus is over maybe Riley pays the man.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Riley's going to pull an Irsay and go all out insane with the Wade contract.
LyleLanley
Banned
Can Bam Bam go back to not caring about the offseason or posting in this thread now?
SparkleMotion
Member
How much would you pay for a championship?
Ok now deduct that from your base salary and sign with golden state.
Gully State
Member
/r/nba has been such an insufferable site to browse during the playoffs...I'd say we've been hated for awhile now...but just to make it official
TheGreatMightyPoo
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I remember him being a Chicago fan but gaf is eerily similar to NBA free agency.
If LeBron and the Cavs beat this team in the finals I can imagine 50% of people putting him over MJ
That's the level of fuckery this team is gonna have next season man
This is worse than LeBron to Miami. This is worse than CP3 to Lakers that got cock blocked.
Officerrob
Banned
No way Westbrook stays in OKC, they gotta trade him
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
He'll go to the Knicks.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Don't worry, the big 3 of Rondo-Butler-McBuckets will end this tyranny.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
The parallels to the Heat's first year with Lebron continue.
Not so sure about that without Ibaka. OKC's lineups with Ibaka at the 5 and KD at the 4 are what killed GS the most.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
You need Wade to get Durant though. You can't convince Durant Miami is where he needs to be when Bosh has health issues and Wade is taking meetings with other teams because you lowballed him.
LyleLanley
Banned
We did it!
SparkleMotion
Member
Love the state of current NBA fandom where it's a "bitch move" to maximize your chances to win a ring. Maybe if we didn't do the whole "MJ is better than LeBron cuz rings" thing rather than ever having rational discussion, it wouldn't be a thing. But the priority in "legacy" right now is "how many rings ya got?"
mingoguaya
Member
I understand perfectly but there was no way Durant was going to Miami anyway.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I think at this point if I'm a GM of a mediocre team in the West, I just thug it up. Get a reputation as Bad Boys 2016 and just beat the crap out of the Warriors every time they play. People would love them.
SparkleMotion
Member
When Eddie House was the first option off the bench?
Haloid1177
Banned
So JR walks, Bron takes a pay cut and DWade goes to the Cavs right.
Ninja Scooter
Member
These guys are bitch made for forming super teams themselves instead of letting super teams be formed for them due to lack of real free agency and their fellow owners being stupid that leads to a defending champions ending up with the first pick in the draft. Those were the good ol' days, when players had it tough. But hey, at least we had parity back then, like how the Lakers went to the Finals 8 times in the 80s. Much more spontaneous.
Cornbread78
Member
Hey, GS, at least sign David West and give him a ring. He's a good dude.
captmcblack
Member
Wish there was a way for the Knicks to make a move to get Westbrook this FA or something, or maybe to help GSW complete the KD signing at their tremendous expense.
NBA is over for at least 2/3 seasons, so might as well stack up and ride the treadmill until KP is fully developed...
NBA is over for at least 2/3 seasons, so might as well stack up and ride the treadmill until KP is fully developed...
Crazymoogle
Member
Not much sympathy because of the Sonics origins, but I imagine the Thunder do everything they can to lock down Westbrook and try to rebuild around him. Starting over now doesn't make a lot of sense unless they can get a king's ransom. Westbrook-Oladipo is still good enough to be a west playoff team, right?
The questions for the league next season:
- Can this new super-team work well together?
- What if LeBron can vanquish it again?
- Over the next 5 years how many times is the final Warriors/Cavs?
The questions for the league next season:
- Can this new super-team work well together?
- What if LeBron can vanquish it again?
- Over the next 5 years how many times is the final Warriors/Cavs?
CherryWoodFuton
Member
What kinda pisses me off too is that we lost a bunch of players without anything in return.
So basically our lineup (if Wade stays)
Dragic
Wade
Winslow (?)
Bosh (???)
Whiteside
Bench:
JRich
Haslem
Gerald Green
Dleaguer
Dleaguer
Dleaguer
Kill me now
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Was he on the Spurs???
Couldn't tell.
CreepingFear
Member
Wouldn't shock me to see Pau and David West go for vet minimums.
Agreed, in other sports like soccer, you don't hear any outrage when Barcelona or Real Madrid sign every top player from every league but in basketball it is apparently a tragedy.
panthapanda
Member
Yo what if going down 3-1 and coming back was a recruiting tactic. GS, you sneaky bastards. Lol
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Boston is gonna trade all those future picks for Westbrook.
Hyperactivity
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Bam Bam would be back for the finals, with his usual shtick about LeBron
You think he cares about Golden State? If LeBron somehow was magically there, he'd be Cavs/Spurs/etc. fan #1
GSW is going to find their trades with one of the really young and developing/tanking teams.
I'm glad I had already lowered my expectations for the Rockets to "this team will be really entertaining"
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Thibs will gut Gasol in an alley if he doesn't sign with the Wolves.
Crazymoogle
Member
I would agree; Wade is still holding on but Bosh...man, I hope he gets healthy but until we see him play a full season it's not hard to imagine it's over.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Because legacy! Michael and Magic and Larry did it themselves (oh wait they all played with 2 other Hall of Famers)
Never will get equal value, might as well let it play out. He can join Spurs next summer
LyleLanley
Banned
Westbrook for IT and the Nets pick. DO IT AINGE!
Lionel Richie
Member
As soon as Ainge realizes this option.
SparkleMotion
Member
But you see, Kevin Durant should make it harder for himself and scratch and claw to win one ring. Then, at the end of his career, we can shit on his legacy for only winning one ring.
LyleLanley
Banned
Durant is a bitch for going to GS but mostly fuck him for ruining 2K online.
Cornbread78
Member
Why, he will nolt for LA in the off season...
Yeah, 1 year deal, he's a FA now.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
No one's shitting on Dirk.
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If LeBron and the Cavs beat this team in the finals I can imagine 50% of people putting him over MJ
That's the level of fuckery this team is gonna have next season man
This is worse than LeBron to Miami. This is worse than CP3 to Lakers that got cock blocked.
I'm a lebron hater and huge Bulls fan, if the cavs beat the warriors lebron has a legit argument that he's as good or better than mj
SparkleMotion
Member
Dirk ain't Durant.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
This free agency has even made sane posters go full out bonkers.
Thanks, Adam Silver.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Iirc, Pau was down to Timberwolves, Spurs, or Trailblazers
agentofatlas
Member
True that. Really glad he won that one ring. As for Durant. I can understand it. It gives him the best chance to win a ring and get that monkey off of his back.