Yeah, I'm fine with the pick haul. The '25 and '27 picks will be trash unless the Knicks have an absolutely unbelievable collapse, and even if the other picks are lottery picks, that's a whole lot of "they might be good," as opposed to "we know he's good now" with Bridges.
Plus, things have hit a point in basketball recently that, were things to go south in the next 4 years, the Knicks could arguably end up with the '29 and '31 picks back.
It's a win now trade. Will it get them over the hump? I dunno, I think they're still a clear #2 to Boston, but it's not an insurmountable gap.
My issue with this trade is that Bridges is a good player but doesn't move the needle for the Knicks. I'm not a Randle believer so I think they needed a clear number two, a bonafide running mate for Brunson. Bridges isn't that guy. They just emptied the clip on a tier two maybe three player so nothing left for future trades. If they sign PG than this works out. If they go into the season with this acquisition being their only move, they end up a fun team whose run stops in round 2.
OG resigning for 5 years, $212.5M.
The new numbers in the NBA are so weird, because... I think they needed to make this signing, and I also don't think dude is worth $42.5 A YEAR.
This would make him a higher-paid player than Kyrie, Ant, Ja, Zion, SGA, Donovan Mitchell and Tyrese Haliburton.
Welp, we are in it to win it!
I hope they get at least one game per million dollars out of him!
Also, the projected top 2 picks in the draft and 3 out of the projected top 10 are from France?
What the hell is happening?
Man so many players on that list I have no idea who they are and they are making 10-20 million a year.
Unfortunately It looks like her knees might be too sore to jump. The size difference is crazy though.
My review of Round 1 of the NBA Draft:
EDIT: I knew more about the players in the WNBA draft this year, honestly.
This ESPN coverage of the Bronny James pick is shameful.
Basically, if you look in the 50's of pretty much any NBA draft in the last 30 years, you can find a guy who played like 12 career minutes. So I think the "nepotism" discourse is ridiculous, personally.
EDIT: There is literally a man named "Jay Scrubb" on this list. It's Patty Mills and Luis Scola and thazzit.
Sure. The way the ESPN coverage treated it, though, was like he 100% deserved to be drafted. It was really embarrassing.
Sure. The way the ESPN coverage treated it, though, was like he 100% deserved to be drafted. It was really embarrassing.
I have ESPN on in the background this morning and that seems to be the hot topic. They are going out of their way to downplay the nepotism by comparing to the Giannis/Thanasis situation. While there is definitely nepotism in play there, Thanasis took a much longer and harder road to get where he is at. I don't really have an issue with the Lakers drafting Bronny to make Lebron happy, but don't sugar coat it and make it seem like a kid coming off heart issues and an unimpressive freshman year would be on anyone's draft board.
I don't really have an issue with the Lakers drafting Bronny to make Lebron happy, but don't sugar coat it and make it seem like a kid coming off heart issues and an unimpressive freshman year would be on anyone's draft board.
That’s what bugs me about it and why I’m annoyed at the coverage and not the pick. There are some of coaches and sons of GMs all across the NBA. It happens. But don’t lie to me and tell me Bronny is a great prospect.
PG to the Sixers?
Interesting. I'll believe the Sixers as contenders when it's the Eastern Conference finals and Embiid isn't limping around though.
Makes the East extremely interesting.
KCP to Orlando also which will sting for Denver. Will test the theory of how much Joker has positive balance on players. Can they plug play another good player who elevates to pretty damn good.
I'm a big KCP fan as a role guy. Always thought that was part of the Lakers downfall when him and Caruso left.
Dad 'disappointed' Klay Thompson picked Mavericks over Lakers
Klay Thompson's decision to sign with the Dallas Mavericks as a free agent didn't get an overarching stamp of approval from his father -- former Los Angeles Lakers star Mychal Thompson.
"I'm not feeling too much in a congratulatory mood right now," Mychal Thompson told SiriusXM NBA Radio on Tuesday morning.
Klay Thompson agreed to a three-year, $50 million contract with the Mavericks on Monday, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Lakers were extremely intriguing to Klay Thompson, sources said, but the financial savings from living in Texas over California and the fact that the Mavericks came within three victories of an NBA championship were big factors in his decision.
"You know, because, I mean, obviously it's Klay's decision. It's his life," Mychal Thompson said on the radio show. "He's a grown man, 34 years of age, just like we were 34 at one time. And our fathers used to give us advice and, you know, we would choose our own path and that's fine, that's what life is supposed to be about.
"... I'm really disappointed. I was hoping, as you can assess, that he would be a Laker. And it was close. It came down to the Lakers and the Mavs, but the Mavs won out. But you know me, I was hoping and praying he'd finish his career with the Lakers."
Mychal Thompson played for the "Showtime" Lakers from 1987 to 1991 and won two NBA championships in that span.
"When he told me that the Lakers were talking to him, or going to talk to him ... obviously I tried to sell playing for the Lakers," Mychal Thompson, who is a radio analyst for Lakers games, said. "Obviously that's the right thing for me to do and the proper thing for me to do. And I felt like it was the correct thing for me to do because I really believe in this franchise.
"The franchise has been so good to me and my family, including Klay. He grew up a Laker fan. He grew up idolizing Kobe Bryant like most players his age, most kids his age. So I just thought it seemed like it would be the perfect fit for him to finally come back home."
I really don't understand Klay Thompson. He was reportedly offered $48M for two years last fall to stay with the Warriors and he turned it down. Now he takes $50M for THREE years to go to Dallas? He must either have really misjudged his market and the Warriors didn't want to offer that again, or he must have really wanted out of Golden State.
One has to wonder if his paper plane antics in interviews is evidence of the latter...
I really don't understand Klay Thompson. He was reportedly offered $48M for two years last fall to stay with the Warriors and he turned it down. Now he takes $50M for THREE years to go to Dallas? He must either have really misjudged his market and the Warriors didn't want to offer that again, or he must have really wanted out of Golden State.
I don't believe this was solely a money decision. They offered Draymond a 4 year, $100 million contract last year and both players are the same age. I know Klay has an injury history the last two years, but Draymond is clearly a cancer on the floor and maybe in the locker room. I think Klay feels "wronged" and I happen to agree. I know it's a business, but his value to the team since he's arrived has been nothing short of legendary. I think a three year deal to end his career would have been acceptable.
He's also going to a state with no state income tax, so he'll make 12% more or something then he would have in Cali.
Its also the state with no backup plan for their severe power outages and lack of heat in the winter...
LeapingGnome wrote:I really don't understand Klay Thompson. He was reportedly offered $48M for two years last fall to stay with the Warriors and he turned it down. Now he takes $50M for THREE years to go to Dallas? He must either have really misjudged his market and the Warriors didn't want to offer that again, or he must have really wanted out of Golden State.
I don't believe this was solely a money decision. They offered Draymond a 4 year, $100 million contract last year and both players are the same age. I know Klay has an injury history the last two years, but Draymond is clearly a cancer on the floor and maybe in the locker room. I think Klay feels "wronged" and I happen to agree. I know it's a business, but his value to the team since he's arrived has been nothing short of legendary. I think a three year deal to end his career would have been acceptable.
I agree although if you look at the flip side, the market decided he was worth $16.7M a year, and the Warriors offered him $24M, almost 50% more. If a team offering you almost 50% more than what everyone else says you are worth so you will stay is disrespectful, I think he might have the wrong idea...
He's also going to a state with no state income tax, so he'll make 12% more or something then he would have in Cali.
They pay taxes on where they play, not their home team, so ~50% of taxes are in all the various states they travel to. So yeah there is a bump in income, but it is more like 6-7% because now 50% of his games will be in Texas that were in California before and no longer have the Cali 13%+ rate. Still, I assume he is not deciding to go play for the Mavs because his take home is 6.5% higher.
I mean, it's reportedly not not a factor. Same reason some dudes opt to play in Florida.
I really don't understand Klay Thompson. He was reportedly offered $48M for two years last fall to stay with the Warriors and he turned it down. Now he takes $50M for THREE years to go to Dallas? He must either have really misjudged his market and the Warriors didn't want to offer that again, or he must have really wanted out of Golden State.
Well last fall isn't this summer really. I think it's safe to say Klay bet on himself this year and didn't exactly improve his value.
Also from what I'm hearing on podcasts about the 2nd apron the cap rules are pretty much deterring teams from spending.
Throw in the already mentioned Draymond contract + remember they paid Jordan Poole 128/4. They signed Jordan Poole to a $128 million contract.
I don't think it's crazy that highly competitive top tier athletes struggle to process their own potential worth vs their peers. Klay Thompson is an absolute steal when you put his contract next to Poole's. Unlucky for Klay no one is throwing that type of money at him now. That said I think he will be fine financially. Also legacy wise, if that matters to him he's in a better position to win a title next year.
I feel bad for Steph really.
Its also the state with no backup plan for their severe power outages and lack of heat in the winter...
People in this income bracket are currently unaffected by this sort of thing.
I can't even get mad at Skip Bayless anymore, this is generational hating. Absolutely fantastic work.
That really is funny.
When The Well Of Takes has truly run dry.
Lmaooooo
Is the Player Haters Ball from Chappelle Show real? This is a strong submission for lifetime achievement.
That's absolutely not the stand I thought he was going to take.
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