NBA Offseason G/V: Let Me Hear You Post It

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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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chunkles: Aug 14, 2005; i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

I hope they void it and trade Kyrie for Melo, god bless

# ? Aug 27, 2017 00:25

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# ? May 17, 2024 15:47

GobiasIndustries: Dec 14, 2007; Lipstick Apathy

That trade isn't gonna happen is it

# ? Aug 27, 2017 00:41

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

GobiasIndustries posted:

That trade isn't gonna happen is it

It kind of has to, both teams would have terrible locker room situations if it didn't and the Cavs won't get anything even close to the Nets pick in another trade, let alone Crowder and IT

# ? Aug 27, 2017 00:48

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

Spacebump posted:

"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.

You can do better than Noel and you probably want a center who can set screens with dsj

# ? Aug 27, 2017 00:52

Spacebump: Dec 24, 2003; Dallas Mavericks: Generations

euphronius posted:

You can do better than Noel and you probably want a center who can set screens with dsj

Prime Mavs Damp set some good rear end screens.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 00:53

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

Spacebump posted:

Prime Mavs Damp set some good rear end screens.

If Dallas is committed to tanking one more year there are tons of bigs in this draft .

I don't know what you do with Noel. He likely to sulk and moan and come up with fake injuries now .

# ? Aug 27, 2017 00:54

Femur: Jan 10, 2004; I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP

euphronius posted:

If Dallas is committed to tanking one more year there are tons of bigs in this draft .

I don't know what you do with Noel. He likely to sulk and moan and come up with fake injuries now .

But shouldn't he be motivated in contract year?

# ? Aug 27, 2017 01:26

EvanTH: Apr 24, 2004; i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd

Cool Buff Man posted:

This is targeted marketing aimed at my heart and I despise the specificity

# ? Aug 27, 2017 01:41

Yoshi Wins: Jul 14, 2013

EvanTH posted:

This is targeted marketing aimed at my heart and I despise the specificity

Your heart's dyin', EvanTH.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 01:43

TV Zombie: Sep 6, 2011; Burying all the trauma from past nights
Burying my anger in the past

euphronius posted:

If Dallas is committed to tanking one more year there are tons of bigs in this draft .

Would they want to waste a year of aging Dirk?

# ? Aug 27, 2017 02:20

Tae: Oct 24, 2010; Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

TV Zombie posted:

Would they want to waste a year of aging Dirk?

That's been basically every year since 2011

# ? Aug 27, 2017 02:21

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

Lockback posted:

Fairly sure they were going to do the physical and review the medical records regardless of what Ainge said in a presser.

I think the larger point is that it's really, really stupid to basically say, in public, "Yeah, we knew we were trading damaged goods." Kills what's left, if anything, of your credibility, and it gives ammunition to the other party if they say they want to rescind the trade.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 02:32

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

Timby posted:

I think the larger point is that it's really, really stupid to basically say, in public, "Yeah, we knew we were trading damaged goods." Kills what's left, if anything, of your credibility, and it gives ammunition to the other party if they say they want to rescind the trade.

What do you think credibility means

# ? Aug 27, 2017 02:39

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Cool Buff Man posted:

Where do I buy a dozen of these?

# ? Aug 27, 2017 02:44

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

The Glumslinger posted:

Where do I buy a dozen of these?

Link to my Etsy will be going up shortly.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 02:47

Brogeoisie: Jan 12, 2005; "Look, I'm a private citizen," he said. "One thing that I don't have to do is sit here and open my kimono as it relates to how much money I make or didn't."

Went to Big3 finale today, Clipper Darrell ran up and knocked my friends beer over. Owns.

https://twitter.com/ruiz1138/status/901624362637213696?s=09

# ? Aug 27, 2017 03:05

verbal enema: May 23, 2009; onlymarfans.com

Brogeoisie posted:

Went to Big3 finale today, Clipper Darrell ran up and knocked my friends beer over. Owns.

https://twitter.com/ruiz1138/status/901624362637213696?s=09

My beer

# ? Aug 27, 2017 03:11

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Brogeoisie posted:

Went to Big3 finale today, Clipper Darrell ran up and knocked my friends beer over. Owns.

https://twitter.com/ruiz1138/status/901624362637213696?s=09

What was he upset at him about

# ? Aug 27, 2017 03:41

Brogeoisie: Jan 12, 2005; "Look, I'm a private citizen," he said. "One thing that I don't have to do is sit here and open my kimono as it relates to how much money I make or didn't."

Dejan Bimble posted:

What was he upset at him about

that my row wasn't loud enough. we were screaming crazy Kwame brown fans so I think he was trying to motivate people thru us.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 04:00

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/DanWetzel/status/901655057728397312

# ? Aug 27, 2017 05:04

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

Redgrendel2001 posted:

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

Time for Ainge to be altruistic and send Gordon Hayward to the Cavaliers.

Space Camp fuckup posted:

The Suns are going to be the best 24 win team of all time, actually

It's good how this statement is true each new season. The Bulls could be the best single-digit team of all-time as well.

R.D. Mangles posted:

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

Looks like KD in the 2017 finals. :hfive:

tanglewood1420 posted:

Here is my three day late hot take on the Irving-IT trade:

Lots of the media types seem to be saying this is an opportunity for Kyrie to grow and show his true potential away from Lebron. But isn't it way more likely that playing alongside Lebron has actually made Kyrie look better than he really is?

In the 2016 finals probably. Overall, he's still young so it's hard to be sure. Kyrie may've seen his last finals if he's separated from LBJ.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 05:19

Zogo: Jul 29, 2003

Metapod posted:

How bad is it in Cleveland? https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/901130885155753984

Playing alongside LBJ cuts into vacation time a lot. No way Shump wants to be playing in June for four consecutive seasons.

Mr. Mambold posted:

I don't think Maravich ever played with quality like Dr. J. because he was a passing wizard as well as a gunner.

He played with Larry Bird, Adrian Dantley, Cedric Maxwell and Walt Bellamy at various points but never when they were at their best. Not quite at Dr. J levels.

The Glumslinger posted:

Because their knees were completely shot because ACL surgery didn't exist yet?

They were chucking even in good health. 1975 Pete Maravich did nearly 20 2PAs per game @ 41.9%. In the 3P era only early 2000s AI and 1995 Michael Jordan (still in baseball mode with overpowered arms) shot like that.

Niwrad posted:

Chet Walker and Norm Van Lier got snubbed. Or maybe they couldn't get their rights.

BJ is rated way too high.

I'd hesitate to stick NVL on there. Yea, "48 minutes of intensity" and tenacious D made him a fan favorite but he's also nearly the worst Bulls shooter.

Top/bottom 10 Bulls scorers:

code:

NP	Player
4020.4	Michael Jordan
1925.92	Artis Gilmore
1105.56	Scottie Pippen
1037.24	Chet Walker
869.68	Orlando Woolridge
752.08	Reggie Theus
738.96	Jimmy Butler
728.52	Horace Grant
714.68	Ben Gordon
619.68	Steve Kerr

-144.84	Guy Rodgers
-153.16	Jim Washington
-162.12	McCoy McLemore
-167.08	Erwin Mueller
-194.4	Barry Clemens
-219.8	Randy Brown
-229.04	Keith Erickson
-328.84	Norm Van Lier
-344.92	Bob Love
-488	Jerry Sloan

Chet Walker has a solid grip on the #4 spot and he played in a bad shooting era and didn't even have a long Bulls career.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 05:38

Cool Buff Man: Jul 30, 2006; bitch

Zogo posted:

1995 Michael Jordan (still in baseball mode with overpowered arms)

Thread title worthy. Holy poo poo I love you sometimes Zogo

# ? Aug 27, 2017 05:48

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/PeterVecsey1/status/901684759113465857

I too would be willing to offer trash for Kyrie Irving.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 07:04

WhyteRyce: Dec 30, 2001

Saying ni hao to any random asian person I come across is like my favorite past time too

# ? Aug 27, 2017 07:05

Ammanas: Jul 17, 2005; Voltes V: "Laser swooooooooord!"

Well I mean that's better than new Kings superstar Zach Randolphs fav saying,

NOT GUILTY YOUR HONOR

# ? Aug 27, 2017 07:10

Ammanas: Jul 17, 2005; Voltes V: "Laser swooooooooord!"

Dude knows Sac sucks so bad he'd rather go to an LA county jail than come here

# ? Aug 27, 2017 07:11

Bobby Digital: Sep 4, 2009

WhyteRyce posted:

Saying ni hao to any random asian person I come across is like my favorite past time too

# ? Aug 27, 2017 07:39

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/no_cut_card/status/901706010406080512

# ? Aug 27, 2017 08:21

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

I live my life by one simple rule: WWJRD

# ? Aug 27, 2017 08:24

Punkin Spunkin: Jan 1, 2010

bad news my burgeoning nba career was cut off as I got too hyphy bumping tell me when to go and pulled something in my back. 1x1 old man ymca basketball games delayed for the near future. rest in power.
for everybody that had me in their draft predictions I apologize
time to withdraw into a bag of weed and launch a class action suit against e 40

p.s. ginobili is the greatest basketball player of all time an if you disagree then temecula. two years for what? thank you.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 08:45

dokmo: Aug 27, 2006; man

https://twitter.com/BlakeMurphyODC/status/901798982678175746

# ? Aug 27, 2017 14:35

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

dokmo posted:

https://twitter.com/BlakeMurphyODC/status/901798982678175746

To be fair, he's still 1 year away.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 14:48

Charlz Guybon: Nov 16, 2010

Redgrendel2001 posted:

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

They're getting the Brookyln pick already! Danny should tell them to shove their demand up their rear end, take it or leave it.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 14:50

Kibner: Oct 21, 2008; Acguy Supremacy

So Brazilian Durant is a malcontent. I see.

Or maybe that's just his Pippen showing through.

E; either way, that behavior isn't very Canadian of him

# ? Aug 27, 2017 15:05

Panzeh: Nov 27, 2006; "..The high ground"

Charlz Guybon posted:

They're getting the Brookyln pick already! Danny should tell them to shove their demand up their rear end, take it or leave it.

lol the cavs bailing ainge out of his bad trade

# ? Aug 27, 2017 15:29

Bigass Moth: Mar 6, 2004; I joined the #RXT REVOLUTION.

he knows...

So can the Celtics end this trade or do the Cavs have all the power?

# ? Aug 27, 2017 15:52

NickRoweFillea: Sep 27, 2012; doin thangs

Base Camp Blanket posted:

Your heart's dyin', EvanTH.

Lol

# ? Aug 27, 2017 16:04

CRISPYBABY: Dec 15, 2007; by Reene

dokmo posted:

https://twitter.com/BlakeMurphyODC/status/901798982678175746

Dangit Bruno

# ? Aug 27, 2017 16:14

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# ? May 17, 2024 15:47

Lockback: Sep 3, 2006; All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

Bigass Moth posted:

So can the Celtics end this trade or do the Cavs have all the power?

Not sure why the Celtics would suddenly not want to do the trade, but usually how these work is contingent on medical information release (ie, they don't share that stuff unless the deal is already in place). Cavaliers have an abort option for some amount of time.

# ? Aug 27, 2017 16:30

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