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What is going to be your favorite offseason storyline?
This poll is closed.
The Big3 Tourney 67 22.41%
Will Lakers draft Ball 40 13.38%
Where will the Pauls go 54 18.06%
Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ?? 41 13.71%
Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking 97 32.44%
Total: 210 votes
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Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
Rodman is Cait Sith.

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Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/901492125417709568

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


jesus, nicky 30's gonna be lucky to get the bulls' QO

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch

Lmao

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Mavs are never going to have a long term defensive big man. I can't imagine he returns next offseason.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
Yeah it sounds like that 17.5 million offer leak was bullshit

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


THE MARKSMAN gonna lead the bulls to the promised land
https://twitter.com/Mike_Schmitz/status/901399542192537601

R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Aug 26, 2017

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Dexo posted:

Yeah it sounds like that 17.5 million offer leak was bullshit

Woj seems to think it was real.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/901497409070608384

JesusSinfulHands
Oct 24, 2007
Sartre and Russell are my heroes
Given the surfeit of ok big men in the league right now and the near-complete dearth of cap space next summer I find it very difficult to imagine that Noel is going to get a big payday next year unless he takes a gigantic step forward.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
Woj gets his info from somewhere think about why they would want that out there

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

R.D. Mangles posted:

THE MARKSMAN gonna lead the bulls to the promised land
https://twitter.com/Mike_Schmitz/status/901399542192537601

The Perkeletor

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


every time i see FIBA highlights, I can't help but think of the greatest highlight film of all time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zlB5w08_Es

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
The point god

https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/901476810730471424

Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002

Amazing he turned that down. If he's good in four years he'll be 27 and just entering his prime and in line for another big deal. If he sucks he has 70 mil to enjoy the rest of his life.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
He turned it down probably because, like George Hill, he was expecting a max after last offseason's stupidity. Either his agent pushed him to wait or he himself doesn't know how the market works.

the_american_dream
Apr 12, 2008

GAHDAMN
Nerlens Noel asked Mavs for max. Offer was pulled soon thereafter, per sources. https://t.co/VVEOfhWkgt


From local beat writer whose plugged in.

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

What if Ainge and Gilbert want this deal to fall apart. What if Ainge got tired of complaints that he just hoards assets and never trades for a star? What if Gilbert wanted to be able to say he tried finding a team for Kyrie? So they met in secret and came up with a deal they knew would fail :tinfoil:

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene

Beautiful

Ammanas
Jul 17, 2005

Voltes V: "Laser swooooooooord!"

WhyteRyce posted:

What if Ainge and Gilbert want this deal to fall apart. What if Ainge got tired of complaints that he just hoards assets and never trades for a star? What if Gilbert wanted to be able to say he tried finding a team for Kyrie? So they met in secret and came up with a deal they knew would fail :tinfoil:

Gilbert really wants this deal for luxury cap savings. It's a lot of money

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
https://twitter.com/highkin/status/901518336458203136

I miss you Taj


Good News Knicks fans


https://twitter.com/highkin/status/901522283050803200

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
Honestly, Noah probably 100% believes that. He might still be cooked but it won't be from lack of effort.

I really miss good Noah.

NeuroticErotica
Sep 9, 2003

Perform sex? Uh uh, I don't think I'm up to a performance, but I'll rehearse with you...

https://twitter.com/CJMcCollum/status/900850300340260864

https://twitter.com/CJMcCollum/status/901515781652926464

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
A bit surprised no one has bit on Shabazz Mohammed yet. Sort of looks like guys on Minnesota are trying to get him to sign back on a minimum. I'd like to see him back, I think he'd still get minutes, and Thibs seemed to trust him despite him being the anti-Thibs player.

NeuroticErotica
Sep 9, 2003

Perform sex? Uh uh, I don't think I'm up to a performance, but I'll rehearse with you...

https://twitter.com/Happywalters/status/901537244116262914

Agent drama. I love it. (Cuban liked the tweet)

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

I would still do it.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.



yoooooooo

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009


I knew this was likely and everyone told Me no it would never happen

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

euphronius posted:

I knew this was likely and everyone told Me no it would never happen

I mean, everyone agreed he hosed up, that's why he had to sign the QO.

Shrimp or Shrimps
Feb 14, 2012


AggressivelyStupid posted:

Is he really, where the gently caress have I been

lol were you wondering why the heck people had Brown or Marcus Smart in thier post-Irving starting lineups?

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

:siren:
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/901577881158950912

slave to my cravings
Mar 1, 2007

Got my mind on doritos and doritos on my mind.

If it's anything more than a 2nd round pick Ainge is dumb

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
I wonder when this offseason will stop having crazy events happen.

Ramadu
Aug 25, 2004

2015 NFL MVP



Lmao the NBA is amazing

Ramadu
Aug 25, 2004

2015 NFL MVP


Spacebump posted:

I wonder when this offseason will stop having crazy events happen.

Hopefully we are still getting insane trades the night before opening day

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
"Nerlens Noel was offered and declined a four-year, $70 million contract by Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks on July 1, former agent Happy Walters confirmed to SB Nation. The terms of the deal was first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

“Mark and Rick [Carlisle] and Donnie [Nelson] definitely tried to make something work,” Walters told SB Nation. “They liked Nerlens and they made a really solid offer early in the process.”

Walters also tweeted the terms of the deal in response to ESPN’s Chris Haynes, who described it as “non-existent” in his report.

On Saturday, Noel signed a one-year, $4.1 million qualifying offer, a deal that will make him an unrestricted free agent in 2018. It comes four days after firing Walters and signing Rich Paul of Klutch Sports.

Paul did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Noel never revisited the initial four-year deal that was declined in early July, according to Cuban, which the Mavericks may have still honored if Noel had a change of heart.

'[It’s] hard to say,' Cuban told SB Nation. 'We never got there.'"

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/8/26/16209330/nerlens-noel-agent-happy-walters-mark-cuban-mavericks-free-agency


I just want my favorite team to have a long term defensive big man again. I'd even be happy with a player like prime Mavs Dampier. What nobody has realized yet is this is going to lead to the Mavs chasing Boogie next summer, failing, and missing out on Noel who signed with another team. Cuban should have let Dirk keep his larger deal this offseason.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/901582479299043328

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.
Fairly sure they were going to do the physical and review the medical records regardless of what Ainge said in a presser.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
I want the trade to be revoked just so we could get a season of salty IT and Kyrie poo poo-talking their local press.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
The Trade won't get voided, Ainge is just probably gonna have to give up another first rounder. Probably Boston's own or something.


There is no way they can void the trade. They would then both have to find separate trade partners for IT, and Kyrie, and the market would be mostly torched for getting near fair value, because teams know that you absolutely have to trade him ASAP.

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Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
I wonder when Kyrie took "la familia" out of his twitter profile.
https://www.dailydot.com/sports/lebron-james-cavs-twitter-la-familia/
We should have realized that was the beginning of the end of him in Cleveland.

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