"Rimshot" would be a great nickname for LonzoSo...Lonzo won't notice any difference at all? *rimshot*
"Rimshot" would be a great nickname for LonzoSo...Lonzo won't notice any difference at all? *rimshot*
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Depends on how you look at it. He made around 2.5M on his first contract and just averaged 18 minutes per game on a 49 win team. Now he'll either sign for 2-3M per or he'll go back to baseball. Either way he'll forever be able to say he made it in the Association.Blazers aren't tendering qualifying offer to Pat Connaughton making him an UFA.
This kid really should have stuck to baseball.
Keep rolling here for now, but each big signing should get its own thread.Do we want a free agency game thread? Or keep rolling here?
There is, but we get the classic “agreed in principle” or whatever until then.Is there no longer a moratorium period? I thought there were a few (5?) days at least until signings could actually occur in July.
The DeAndre Jordan situation might never be topped because of this.Is there no longer a moratorium period? I thought there were a few (5?) days at least until signings could actually occur in July.
I always looked at it as he had a real change to be an elite pitcher. He never had a chance to be an elite NBA player.Depends on how you look at it. He made around 2.5M on his first contract and just averaged 18 minutes per game on a 49 win team. Now he'll either sign for 2-3M per or he'll go back to baseball. Either way he'll forever be able to say he made it in the Association.
I'm fascinated with how the Lakers are going to build this team around Lebron assuming he signs there.Some twitter talk that Lebron may actually sign at midnight, but either way it now seems like a foregone conclusion that it's the Lakers.
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Orioles could use him right now. They probably could use you.I always looked at it as he had a real change to be an elite pitcher. He never had a chance to be an elite NBA player.
Connaughton did bank a few dollars but missing a min of 5 years of a pitching career will be a tough obstacle to overcome.
Don't forget to tip the waitresses folks."Rimshot" would be a great nickname for Lonzo
I'll do my best to make it a thing. As will Lonzo."Rimshot" would be a great nickname for Lonzo
Was Westbrook even alive when Nas was a thing?Westbrook hosting big summer party with Nas being the musical act. Coincidently, Paul George happens to be in town. Guests have to sign a NDA. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23956635/with-paul-george-town-russell-westbrook-hosting-summer-hype-house-party.
Presti did a great job making probably the most obvious draft pick in history and really nailing the Westbrook/Harden/Ibaka picks, which were less obvious. Everything else has been a bit rough.For all you CAPologists out there. Just watched Bobby Marks (ESPN) talk about OKC's salary cap/luxury tax/repeater tax (4 of 5yrs)
If Paul George comes back at $30.3M they get hit with a $92M tax this season... OMG
Every player they sign after is exponentially more expensive.
Time to take Sam Presti behind the barn and shoot him.
Nas remains a thing, so yesWas Westbrook even alive when Nas was a thing?
Nas just released a new album this month.Was Westbrook even alive when Nas was a thing?
Nas was very relevant when Westbrook was a teen. The Tatum/Lonzo generation wouldn't care much about him.Was Westbrook even alive when Nas was a thing?
If you are actually into hip hop, age isn't a prerequisite. You know who the f Nas isNas was very relevant when Westbrook was a teen. The Tatum/Lonzo generation wouldn't care much about him.
Agreed. Lakers will be interesting to watch after signing Lebron.I'm fascinated with how the Lakers are going to build this team around Lebron assuming he signs there.
If Paul George is willing to go, it's pretty easy. They stretch Deng and renounce everybody to fit them in. Then use Lonzo/Ingram/Kuzma/picks for Kawhi or a different third star.
But if George stays in OKC, the Lakers could go a bunch of different directions. They'll have their young assets, all their future picks, cap space and Bird rights on Randle, Lopez, IT and Frye and non-Bird rights on KCP. Could have a bunch of sign-and-trade scenarios there. I'd also bet Lebron gets them to trade Deng and his garbage contract with cash and an asset or sign-and-trade guy to OKC for Melo and his garbage contract. Then sign Dwyane Wade with the room exception. Build that 2010 all star team.
Boogie? I dunno...I'd be very shy of him despite his obvious talents when healthy. I definitely wouldn't put him in the Paul George category.Agreed. Lakers will be interesting to watch after signing Lebron.
A. sign Paul George or Boogie
B. trade for Kawhi
If they can't get A or B done, consider trading for one of these guys:
C. trade for Kemba Walker
D. trade for Tobias Harris
E. trade for Marc Gasol
Use Ball and Ingram as deal bait.
Keep Hart, Kuzma, Wagner as super cheap/young/energy bench/rotation pieces
Add 3-4 veteran/cheap ring chasers/LA lovers to fill bench out: Mbah a Moute, Swaggy P, Wade, Rondo, Redick, Ellington, Beasley, Danny Green, McGee, West, Baynes, Nogueira, O'Quinn, Vince Carter, Jarrett Jack, Devin Harris, Bryn Forbes.
The year-to-year stuff is understandable but must be annoying for GMs.
Kevin Durant plans to tell the Warriors after 12:01 a.m. ET that he wants a new one-year contract with a player option for 2019-20 to return to free agency next summer, @NYTSports has learned
I'll be shocked if PG doesn't join Lebron in LA.Boogie? I dunno...I'd be very shy of him despite his obvious talents when healthy. I definitely wouldn't put him in the Paul George category.
To me PG is the obvious 2nd choice. In a vacuum I like a healthy Kawhi better (I'm sure I'm not alone in that), but PG sure as hell seems like a safer bet -- willing to be a complementary player, seemingly healthy, and by not having to trade assets the Lakers keep the depth that has been an achilles heel for the Cavs.
I'm not even sure what to think of that.LeBron with Cousins is a wild pairing.
Cousins + LaVar could be a real treatLeBron with Cousins is a wild pairing.
Please, please, please let LA sign the Boogieman while holding on to LaVar Ball ... errr ... Lonzo Ball.LeBron with Cousins is a wild pairing.
That would make for a very good team but not one I would fear.
DeMarcus Cousins sounds like an increasingly likely target for the Lakers on a short-term max contract now that it appears Los Angeles will lose out on Paul George, per league sources. In January 2017, LeBron James called Cousins "the best big man in our game."
With Kawhi it’d be pretty formidable.That would make for a very good team but not one I would fear.
Assuming the Laker and Cavs (if last season) role players are a wash or close to it, we are looking at replacing Love with Cousins. Add Kawhi and you're at Warrior level.That would make for a very good team but not one I would fear.
Boogie's achilles and Kawhi's quad make the variance huge, though. And LeBron, while seemingly ageless and indestructible, will be 34, with more NBA mileage than any player that age has ever had.With Kawhi it’d be pretty formidable.
A little nervous about Kyrie and Durant heading to New York.
Kevin Durant plans to tell the Warriors after 12:01 a.m. ET that he wants a new one-year contract with a player option for 2019-20 to return to free agency next summer, @NYTSports has learned
Good. Suck it, Magic.
Paul George has committed to sign a deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder, league sources tell ESPN.
The flipside is that he saves the team $5M this season, allowing them to use the full MLE without incurring a $20M lux tax hit.The year-to-year stuff is understandable but must be annoying for GMs.
Indy did make out quite well in that trade though.He likely won’t have a chance to play for the Lakers now. Talk about fucking over the Pacers last year, nobody wanted him because they assumed LA was a foregone conclusion.