2017 NBA Off Season Thread: Draft & Free Agency & Summer League

[MarcusGarvey]

I like the trade for Celtics - they got the best player in the deal, Crowder replacable

Nets pick may not be as good as people think, and every draft is "loaded" - Porter, Bagley, and Luca?

Wonder if IT passes the physical

Cavs get to rebuild when LBJ leaves

 

[Beta]

Jeff Goodman: There was significant concern from Celtics about Isaiah Thomas’ hip, source told ESPN. Turning 29, game is built on speed.

Jeff Goodman: Ainge admitted that Isaiah Thomas’ hip injury did play “some” into him making the deal.

 

[usmarin3]

Jeff Goodman: There was significant concern from Celtics about Isaiah Thomas’ hip, source told ESPN. Turning 29, game is built on speed.

Jeff Goodman: Ainge admitted that Isaiah Thomas’ hip injury did play “some” into him making the deal.

They ain't want to pay him.

 

[Beta]

Jeff Goodman: There was significant concern from Celtics about Isaiah Thomas’ hip, source told ESPN. Turning 29, game is built on speed.

Jeff Goodman: Ainge admitted that Isaiah Thomas’ hip injury did play “some” into him making the deal.

They ain't want to pay him.

What do you think factored in the decision against paying him?

 

[DaBull]

Watch out for Sam Presti at the trade deadline. I can see him sending Paul George to Cleveland for that nets pick. OKC about to go in the toilet, they need as many picks as possible

 

[HustleThaDon]

Watch out for Sam Presti at the trade deadline. I can see him sending Paul George to Cleveland for that nets pick. OKC about to go in the toilet, they need as many picks as possible

You think OKC is gonna be that trash? I dont see it.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Cavs get to rebuild when LBJ leaves

Cavs will still have 93 mil in salary and 6-9 mil in cap space if lebron bounces.They will be the pacers after he leaves

 

[White_Owl_Willie]

Kyrie and Bron will both be alright (barring injury).

Duncan, Kawaii, and Curry might be the only modern day superstars to not have an ego. Ego within the NBA is overblown as a negative thing.

CURRY AINT GOT NO EGO?!?!?!..BOY STOPPPP

Well I'm sure he has an ego, most do. But considering his status and accomplishments in the league, his ego is noticeably minimal.

Excessive celebrating doesnt qualify imo. I mean he let/recruited a better player to come to his team and garner a ton of his spotlight. That's almost the complete opposite of ego.

 

[DaBull]

Watch out for Sam Presti at the trade deadline. I can see him sending Paul George to Cleveland for that nets pick. OKC about to go in the toilet, they need as many picks as possible

You think OKC is gonna be that trash? I dont see it.

nah, actually I think OKC is gonna be a top 3 team in the west record wise

But if Russ dont sign that ext. by October then the front office will be lame duck status going into the season

PG and Russ will be FA after the season, and i'm sure they dont want another KD situation of letting someone leave for free.

Presti will try to get something back to start the rebuild early, cuz OKC can only build through the draft, they cant get FA to come there.

 

[MR.CJ]

NBA offseason>>>>>>>>NFL

 

[Beta]

Watch out for Sam Presti at the trade deadline. I can see him sending Paul George to Cleveland for that nets pick. OKC about to go in the toilet, they need as many picks as possible

You think OKC is gonna be that trash? I dont see it.

He's probably saying this thinking russ leaves because he still didn't sign that extension

 

[aneed123]

Boston losing bradley and Crowder is big... those 2 with smart was hustle and defense that's gonna be missed. Offensively they gonna be tough. Brown and tatum gonna eat

 

[TheBoyRo]

https://twitter.com/ericvdunn/status/900144475862904833

 

[Ghost of Jaemooms]

AAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh Niggaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!

#NiggaWeGettingToFreeThrowLine40TimesAGame

#IDontWantToHearNobodyCrying

 

[time_is_mon3y]

Skip got me dying lol

 

[DaBull]

How do you go from passing on crowder and a nets pick for jimmy butler and paul george to giving up Isaiah , crowder, and a nets pick for kyrie

 

[Beta]

Hope IT dont think he gonna get them calls like he was

 

[d.green]

Kyrie and the Celtics played themselves.

Who wanna play with a nigga that can't take a backseat to the best player in the league?

The best player in the league that had to take a backseat as Kyrie closed out the Warriors for that Cavs title in 2015.

Nothing wrong with Kyrie getting TF outta Cleveland and from under LBJ.

Obviously he wasn't too impressed with the best player in the league.

Yeah man, let's completely forget what lead up to that shot for ur tired narrative =) =)

Thats exactly the point.

Remember we were talking about why would Kyrie want to leave LBJ at that moment.

Why would Kyrie want to stay under a guy who gets all of the credit (in his hometown basically) but Kyrie has to close out finals for him and gets little recognition for it while some claim be's being carried along.

Any competitor who's closing out finals for the "best player in the world", would probably think he can lead his own team. Right or wrong, I respect it.

 

[its....JOHN B]

Boston losing bradley and Crowder is big... those 2 with smart was hustle and defense that's gonna be missed. Offensively they gonna be tough. Brown and tatum gonna eat

Sorry it's just not going to be as big as people want to make it, Crowder got this lockdown defender title when he's not and he really can't guard multiple positions like that, he's 6'6 without a ton of length and athleticism, if Hayward isn't a better defender it's close enough to being a lateral move where it shouldn't even be mentioned like we just loss something significant, Jaylen already proved he can step in at the 2 and we didnt miss a beat when Avery missed 27 games last year and he really showed his true potential in the playoffs against Bron and my personal favorite moments when he was covering Wall and had him looking clueless, he also got 4 inches on Avery and is an athletic freak, throw in Kyrie>>IT defensively regardless if he isn't a good defender or not we got better defensively overall, a bigger question mark is will Jaylen be able to provide spacing consistently

 

[AZTG]

How do you go from passing on crowder and a nets pick for jimmy butler and paul george to giving up Isaiah , crowder, and a nets pick for kyrie

I get this, and butler and PG are better players than Hayward, but it still doesnt make sense to give all that up for either one if you know you can get Hayward for nothing.

We can all agree that we would take PG or Butler over Hayward, thats not even a debate, but if I can get Hayward for free, I would probably keep my pieces to make another trade.