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[Chase17]

We might be the Golden State of the summer league

 

[LyleLanley]

What can we get from the gulag?

Top 55 protected 2nd round pick. I say we take it.

Brown likes to drive? Danny the GOAT!

We did it!

 

[Bread]

Poor jarate had to watch that tank only to see his rivals get the true #1 pick

 

[LyleLanley]

I am 100% certain Jaylen Brown will be better than KD from day 1.

 

[Jarate]

idk what you guy were watching, he was able to get to the basketball, but was happening with everyone. Shot 2/7 and didnt have a huge impact.

Simmons played a lot better in that game, way more impactful, although his shot is still super rough.

Best players for the Celtics were Rozier and Hunter that game, Hunter especially hit some daggers in the game.

 

[truly101]

I still can't believe I live in a world where Lance Thomas is a competent NBA player.

It looks like the deal is in the range of 4 years, 27 million.

Randolph, you of all people should know to never doubt the power of Black Diamond Jesus. Its prolly going to rub off on Marshall too.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

MP3 will be rookie of the year.

He may even be the first ever to repeat the award.

 

[LyleLanley]

MP3 will be rookie of the year.

He may even be the first ever to repeat the award.

NBA players today are soft. If MJ played today he would've been ROY every year.

 

[Chase17]

idk what you guy were watching, he was able to get to the basketball, but was happening with everyone. Shot 2/7 and didnt have a huge impact.

Simmons played a lot better in that game, way more impactful, although his shot is still super rough.

Best players for the Celtics were Rozier and Hunter that game, Hunter especially hit some daggers in the game.

I think we were all joking. Maybe? Not actually sure



Also Zaza to warriors changes everything

 

[Jarate]

Miller on the Celtics also had a really nice game, your teams bench beat our teams bench, and those 3 balls were killer.

 

[Mortemis]

Holy shit at some of those passes from Simmons

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

From the sounds of it Wade is gone.

This is the darkest timeline.

 

[Mortemis]

From the sounds of it Wade is gone.

This is the darkest timeline.

Lol wtf. Haven't been keeping up, who's interested? I think I heard the Bucks.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

NBA players today are soft. If MJ played today he would've been ROY every year.

The writers might eventually give it to someone else in a sympathy vote, like that one year Malone got MVP. But if they were being real about it, yeah, every single year.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Haven't been keeping up, who's interested? I think I heard the Bucks.

At the rate of things, he's going to the Warriors, too.

 

[darkside31337]

If Wade was going to join a contender for dirt cheap why would he pick GS over Cleveland?

 

[mingoguaya]

From the sounds of it Wade is gone.

This is the darkest timeline.

Wade ain't going nowhere. He did the same thing last year and came back. He can sign a 2 yr 40 million contract with the opt out clause after year 1 and keep doing this every year. He's just playing a bit hard to get.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

yeah sure Wade going to the Bucks

Telling Gabriel Union we leaving Miami and going to Milwaukee baby

 

[Lee Chaolan]

We were sure Whiteside was leaving the Heat as well.

I'd be shocked if Wade leaves.

Spoiler

I'd take him in CLE tho. ;p

 

[Chase17]

thoughts on Durant since I wasn't around while that was happening

Don't blame him for going to GS. Was clearly the best choice if he wants win a ring.

Basketball is probably my favorite sport so it's too bad to see that the NBA has such parity issues (yes it's always been this way, and no I don't think the league should intervene and stop anything from happening). Baseball and NFL seasons always feel like there's much more up in the air which is fun.

That said there are still many things I'm interested in for the upcoming season. Curious to see how the T-Wolves, Bucks and Sixers develop as they all have interesting teams to me. And of course I'll enjoy watching the Celtics with Horford, Smart making the jump to top 10 guard, and Jaylen Brown going for bad/great dunk attempts. Hoping we can get a playoff rematch with the Hawks since that could be a really fun series (as we maybe get our revenge). I don't think everything needs to be title oriented so there is still a lot to look forward to in the upcoming season.

And I can now shift my focus to the next FA class. Wonder who will take a meeting with the Celtics before picking a different team. Hope it's CP3 (or Durant again).

Also regardless on your thoughts on Durant or SAS this was still pretty funny
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/espn-interrupts-wimbledon-coverage-to-let-stephen-a-sm-1783080334

2K please have a GSW free mode

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Does New York have enough money for Wade?

 

[George Claw M.D.]

Can you give us more insider info on the meetings you attended?

Here's the scoop, with more context, straight from Draymond who was actually at the meeting instead of a secondhand source.

Kevin Durant didn’t say a lot during his meeting with the Golden State Warriors last Friday. The NBA’s most coveted free agent, however, did have one particular question that he posed to the Warriors’ core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala while at a mansion in The Hamptons:

Could he mess up the Warriors’ team camaraderie and chemistry?

The very well-prepared Warriors collectively answered a question with a question and their team motto in mind.

“We asked him how many championships do you think we can win with the way the team is now? How many championships can you win without us? How many do you think we can win together?” Green told The Undefeated.

http://theundefeated.com/features/strength-in-numbers-convinced-kevin-durant-to-join-warriors/

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Does New York have enough money for Wade?

Then they will TRULY have the best 2011/12 team of all-time.

 

[Chase17]

Then they will TRULY have the best 2011/12 team of all-time.

Who can we replace Zinger with.

Is Bynum ready for a comeback?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Who can we replace Zinger with.

Is Bynum ready for a comeback?

if only they had gotten Dwight...4 out of the top 10 players in the league*

*five years ago

 

[victreeb3l]

Does New York have enough money for Wade?

Nope

Unless he wants the vet min

if only they had gotten Dwight...4 out of the top 10 players in the league*

*five years ago

Oh man finally a refreshing and original joke that hasn't been ran into the ground yet

 

[ViewtifulJC]

That joke is the best thing to happen to the knicks all year, embrace this brief highlight

 

[pislit]

kevin love gets traded so that wade can sign to cleveland

dallas gets love to absorb contract

LOOOOOLL

please do this for the fuckery of it all

 

[victreeb3l]

Knicks getting rid of Calderons contract was the best thing that has happened to the Knicks this decade (thanks Bulls!)

 

[TheSadRanger]

It is a little weird that in 4 years we went from OKC losing the Finals to having the entire core of that team destroyed with Russ being the only player left.

I think Nick Collison is the only guy left that played with

on that 2012 roster lol.

 

[Mortemis]

Then they will TRULY have the best 2011/12 team of all-time.

If you use the Knicks in 2k11 your automatically weak lol

 

[LyleLanley]

What's the latest Wade rumor, I've been hearing a lot of hints at him leaving on Twitter.

 

[my name is ed]

Daily Thunder is so depressing right now lmao

Whoever this RK Anthony is from Welcome to Loud City is soooo salty. I should have read Cavs blogs when LBJ left to get an idea of how bitter they were in comparison.

 

[ViciousDS]

Then they will TRULY have the best 2011/12 team of all-time.

Omg....yyyyeeesssss



Dddooooo itttttttt!

I would gladly watch that team. There would be bets every night on who's sitting out

 

[thehypocrite]

Here's the scoop, with more context, straight from Draymond who was actually at the meeting instead of a secondhand source.

http://theundefeated.com/features/strength-in-numbers-convinced-kevin-durant-to-join-warriors/

This was what convinced him? L e L.

Meek KD indeed. Got called "insufficient" to his face and still joined with them.

 

[Mortemis]

This was what convinced him? L e L.

Meek KD indeed. Got called "insufficient" to his face and still joined with them.

"We gon win without your ass, so it's either you win with us or check us out on abc when the finals come round"

lmao /s

 

[MetalFearSolid]

Free agent guard Seth Curry is finalizing a two-year, $6M deal with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources tell @TheVertical.

Mavs trying to copy that GS blueprint.

 

[jordan0386]

3 million per year. Wtf is he doing?

Just wait a little longer for a deal.

 

[rambis]

This was what convinced him? L e L.

Meek KD indeed. Got called "insufficient" to his face and still joined with them.

This supposedly turned him off and Jerry West had to come in to close the deal.

 

[Two Words]

Curry, Barnes, Lee, Bogut are all Dallas Mavericks. I should be ecstatic right. RIGHT?!

 

[Tubobutts]

Mavs trying to copy that GS blueprint.

Now they just need to get Klay's brother and whoever the second best dick kicker in the league is.

 

[mjp2417]

It is a little weird that in 4 years we went from OKC losing the Finals to having the entire core of that team destroyed with Russ being the only player left.

I think Nick Collison is the only guy left that played with

on that 2012 roster lol.

The reality that this OKC core is never going to win a title is bumming me out. Feels wrong in ways that Cleveland 2010 didn't. That team was a dumpster fire that just happened to get the right lotto pick in the one year it really mattered. This was a consistently well-built team (even the fucking Harden trade led to Steven Adams) that just always seemed to be snakebitten

 

[XiaNaphryz]

GS better hope the Olympics go well given 3 of their starters are all going now.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Mavs trying to copy that GS blueprint.

On the one hand, last year, he was just trying to find a spot in the league. On the other, 3 million per is chump change in the new NBA.

Oh well, at least he's out of Sacramento. Make that money, Seth.

 

[Mortemis]

Mavs trying to copy that GS blueprint.

Now they just need to get Klay's brother and whoever the second best dick kicker in the league is.

lololol

The reality that this OKC core is never going to win a title is bumming me out. Feels wrong in ways that Cleveland 2010 didn't. That team was a dumpster fire that just happened to get the right lotto pick in the one year it really mattered. This was a consistently well-built team (even the fucking Harden trade led to Steven Adams) that just always seemed to be snakebitten

The Seattle curse is real.

 

[Chase17]

Curry, Barnes, Lee, Bogut are all Dallas Mavericks. I should be ecstatic right. RIGHT?!

Just looking at the names you could trick me into thinking you took over the 2013 Warriors

 

[thehypocrite]

This supposedly turned him off and Jerry West had to come in to close the deal.

Is he going to play with Jerry West? Those players have no respect for him looking at what Green proudly told to the press. That's not a good look.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

The reality that this OKC core is never going to win a title is bumming me out. Feels wrong in ways that Cleveland 2010 didn't. That team was a dumpster fire that just happened to get the right lotto pick in the one year it really mattered. This was a consistently well-built team (even the fucking Harden trade led to Steven Adams) that just always seemed to be snakebitten

The snake was whoever decided it wasn't worth paying any of these stars they kept finding out of nowhere.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

twitter rumor that Wade landing in Cleveland

 

[victreeb3l]

What the fuuuucccckkkkk. OKC fans have gone nuts

https://twitter.com/WestinWood/status/750105915106299904

GS better hope the Olympics go well given 3 of their starters are all going now.

Yeah those guys are gonna be spent come playoff time.