2017 NBA off-season thread

[unclebengi]

Rubio is better than Teague by every measure. Hate that move for the Wolves. Teague is not a winning basketball player.

[Vlad Analogue]

Damn, now it looks like Taj Gibson is on his way to Bulls West.

[unclebengi]

Philly gets Redick, trust the Freaking Process

[Ramen]

Clippers at the same place they were 7 years ago but without the upside

[Blockhead]

Milsap to Denver is interesting. God the hawks are gonna win like 13 games next season.

[capable_keL]

Golden St will be paying over $50 million in luxury taxes next year, 90+ million the following year, almost $200 million in year 3 and $222 million in year 4.

It's long overdue for the NBA to implement a legit hard salary cap

[alpha]

Isn't the luxury tax enough? Everyone wants the penalize the dubs for being a well run franchise that built itself organically and took advantage of a great opportunity.

[alpha]

What I find hilarious is that the new cba was designed to help teams keep their players and a lot of players have still switched teams for less money. Durant Horford Hayward and chris Paul to an extent

[Blockhead]

Nick Young on the Warriors is hilarious.

[capable_keL]

Fultz and Tatum looking great in summer league.

[unclebengi]

Whole rookie class looks great, Lonzo & Dennis Smith Jr highlights are nuts, Fox too. Donavan Mitchell and Bam Abedayo look like studs as well

[capable_keL]

[an-also]

Nike Air Ball

[Ramen]

big ballers wear what they want

[Jayou Ayen]

Kyrie wants out.




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[alpha]

And now he's a Celtic!

[an-also]

Lateral move. Interesting to see how Kyrie can play in Brad Stevens system.

[alpha]

That nets pick makes it a win for cavs imo

[Blockhead]

That nets pick makes it a win for cavs imo

Totally...and Crowder is a really good piece and a has really good contract. Unless IT3 is hurt more than we know, I really don't see how this was a smart trade for the Celtics.

[alpha]

If kyrie learns to play defense under Stevens, wow.
But I think that he aligns more with their younger core and Hayward than a soon to be 30 Thomas

[Ramen]

pretty decent for both teams, Celtics probably would have wanted to keep that pick tho.

Wasn't this package what was rumored to be what the Pacers would have took for PG13, they should have gone that route.

[GUCCI CONDOMS]

This is prob brons last year in cle and they just got worse with losing kyrie and adding thomas & crowder. That's the bottom line for me. Yea, the pick in next years draft is nice, but their window to win another ring with Bron has just been slammed shut.

[alpha]

I think Crowder unlocks some lineups they could use now and gives them depth too. Cleveland is a lot deeper than last season. And kyrie and Thomas is a wash imo.

[GUCCI CONDOMS]

I think Crowder unlocks some lineups they could use now and gives them depth too. Cleveland is a lot deeper than last season. And kyrie and Thomas is a wash imo.

Thomas is not in the tier 1 of pg's, kyrie is. It's def a downgrade.

[Blockhead]

^Eh, they're both incredible offensive PG's who hit threes and take people off the dribble, but are gaping holes on defense. Kyrie is younger and better it's not that far off.

[alpha]

Exactly^

[GUCCI CONDOMS]

^Eh, they're both incredible offensive PG's who hit threes and take people off the dribble, but are gaping holes on defense. Kyrie is younger and better it's not that far off.

I see your point but kyrie has better handle and is a better finisher than Thomas. Yea they're both liabilities on defense but like you said kyrie is younger and I think has a chance to really Improve that part of his game. However, Thomas is never going to get better on defense due to his size.

[Blockhead]

^Eh, they're both incredible offensive PG's who hit threes and take people off the dribble, but are gaping holes on defense. Kyrie is younger and better it's not that far off.

I see your point but kyrie has better handle and is a better finisher than Thomas. Yea they're both liabilities on defense but like you said kyrie is younger and I think has a chance to really Improve that part of his game. However, Thomas is never going to get better on defense due to his size.

But when you throw in crowder and that first round pick, it feels like Cleveland really come off in the trade.

[djjeffresh]

cavs got they best they could given the situation

[alpha]

I see you OKC. This is gonna be a fun year