The Denver Nuggets are the reigning NBA champions. The second former ABA team to win an NBA title (looking at you, Nets and Pacers). Chris Paul is a Warrior. Bradley Beal can't hide in Washington any longer. We finally get to see if he's for real on a contender. Meanwhile the league is on hold waiting for Dame or the Blazers to flinch so we can see what the future holds for a number of players (including James Harden) log-jammed behind that trade.
New this year are rules against flopping (again) and a mid-season tournament that on second blush looks interesting.
Lots of questions left to answer. It's never boring in #thisleague. It's time for the 23-24 NBA season.
Pacers had their chances. Feel pretty far away now.
Pacers had their chances. Feel pretty far away now.
They have a good, young team, I think. Still far away, but I just think it's interesting that half the teams that made it into the NBA from the merger have won titles now.
Wish the KY Colonels had bought in. Expansion to Louisville has never got much momentum but they could have stayed in for so cheap back then.
I am HERE for Draymond vs Carlton Banks.
This video of Jokic celebrating harder after winning a horse racing championship than he did after winning an NBA title is more evidence that he's a grounded dude.
Jaylen Brown, Celtics agree to record 5-year, $304M supermax extension
O........................kay?
I genuinely thought there was a chance they’d try to trade for Lillard even though Lillard didn’t want to play there. $70 million for someone who can’t dribble is tough.
According to Lowe this is gonna seem like an average max deal in the next couple of years, similar to how Mike Conley at one point had the richest contract in NBA history.
According to Lowe this is gonna seem like an average max deal in the next couple of years, similar to how Mike Conley at one point had the richest contract in NBA history.
Even as a percentage of the cap?
My worry if I were a Celtic fan would be if you think this team can’t get any better with this core, because you’re locking in this core.
Blind_Evil wrote:According to Lowe this is gonna seem like an average max deal in the next couple of years, similar to how Mike Conley at one point had the richest contract in NBA history.
Even as a percentage of the cap?
My worry if I were a Celtic fan would be if you think this team can’t get any better with this core, because you’re locking in this core.
They are the team that seems to be stuck at a certain plateau but at least it's not .500 bubble team and instead ECF or finals team.
But ya in the next 3 years I don't see them winning the title. That said even in 3 years Tatum is... 28. Probably makes sense to not do anything drastic and let these guys grow.
Epic collapse on the order of The Fumble or The Drive.
Bring em all back!
Lol BOS.
Epic collapse on the order of The Fumble or The Drive.
Bring em all back!
Lol BOS.
I go back and forth on this. On the one hand they keep making the conference finals. So fair enough, don’t break it up. On the other hand, will they ever break through?
Well anytime you can give a guy a super max that averages 23 and 7 in the playoffs, has a 1:1 assist turnover ratio, misses a quarter of the games every year, and has an effective field goal percentage and PER outside of the top 50, you just have to do it. No brainer.
I think Brown is a fine player. He is good. However he isn’t a top 20 player in the league or even the best player on his team. I don’t understand why you would give him the super max. Name a single one of these max contracts that teams have not regretted after 3 years or had to do a bunch of cap gyrations that eroded their team? Maybe Giannis? Steph worked out but that is because their owner was ok paying hundreds of millions in tax and the league literally had to change the rules because of them and now the Warriors are going to be in cap hell too and have already started dumping salaries, eroding their team.
I don’t understand why you would give him the super max.
It’s just a function of how the league is structured. If the team could have given him 5 years/200m they would have but he probably would have been offended at the low offer and decided to leave. And they’d rather overpay their second best player than lose him for nothing in free agency or trade him from a position of weakness.
I just can’t pretend that we know better than the people who have access to all the data and do this for a living.
Blind_Evil wrote:According to Lowe this is gonna seem like an average max deal in the next couple of years, similar to how Mike Conley at one point had the richest contract in NBA history.
Even as a percentage of the cap?
My worry if I were a Celtic fan would be if you think this team can’t get any better with this core, because you’re locking in this core.
Again according to Zach Lowe the soft cap will be increasing over the next five years to 190ish million, meaning a 50 million dollar year will be about the equivalent of a 30 million dollar year now. One of your best paid players for sure but not like outrageously eye popping. Haven’t done the math myself on the higher years but apparently this will be the norm for supermax deals signed going forward.
Mark Jackson out at ESPN. With Jeff Van Gundy also gone, ESPN has announced Doris Burke and Doc Rivers will join Mike Breen this season. Personal theory: Disney is looking to unload ESPN and is trying to cut down to get someone willing to buy it.
Doris is better than either of them anyway
Doris and Mike or Doc and Mike could have worked but I just don’t see it with all three of them. Talk about a step back either way. Guess we will see…
Bomani is out.
If I don't have The Right Time, why do I even need ESPN?
Other prediction: Bomani Jones ends up on Meadowlark. Meadowlark's main sponsor Draft Kings buys ESPN and everyone's back where they started.
Bomani is out.
If I don't have The Right Time, why do I even need ESPN?
I mean, the last two things I have for ESPN were The Right Time and The Mina Kimes Show (featuring Lenny). I love Bo, and I will follow him where he goes, but ESPN has been doing a great job of firing all their best personalities and replacing them with bland nothing.
/OT.
Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis has agreed to a three-year, $186 million maximum contract extension, tying him to the franchise through 2028 for a total of $270 million, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN on Friday.
............kay?
Did you expect otherwise?
I mean he’s a top 15 player, even pessimistically. When you haven’t internally developed or drafted a top 15 player since Kobe, you gotta keep the ones that are willing to play for you.
Nothing from the Shaqobe years, I see.
Nothing from the Shaqobe years, I see.
If you read the tweet it appears it was commissioned after the first title. Thus the single trophy, which also stands out.
Oh, so the mural happens sometimes after June, 2000, but before 2001 and Iraq 2: Electric Boogaloo, and it still unintentionally foreshadows "The Knicks Years" with that logo (yes, I know it's supposed to be representative of his time in the 70's).
This thing is amazing!
I think my favorite is the iconic 90's coachwear. Gold!
James Harden wants out of the Sixers so bad he's publicly calling Daryl Morey a liar. Is this part of the process we should be trusting?
This is the best part of the process. Next comes Harden breaking out the fat suit!
I don't like Harden much as a player or as a person but I do think he is not getting the credit he deserves for wanting off these teams. From the Nets he didn't want to stay and play with a selfish anti-vaxxer racist that showed he didn't care about his teammates. From the Sixers it is an open secret he had a handshake deal for his next contract when he signed last year and apparently Morey reneged on it. I don't blame him for wanting off either of these teams and I think he should be praised for standing up for his principles, not derided. In his situations I would want the same thing.
Oh is that why he picked up his option? Because he didn’t get the handshake deal. That suddenly makes more sense now.
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