i have something to say about the offseason THE 2016 NBA OFFSEASON

the eastern conference was def an extremely high quality conference, one of the best two conferences easy

facts

hey friends, guess what?

i'm so happy to see you all back at i love hoops.

gearing up for the big 2016-17 nba season!! alright

aka the will the warriors get injured or not season

i hope they get injured and hate each other then kd goes to boston next year that wld be best for everyone imo

*not seriously injured like just enough injured, nagging injuries

**i recognized its considered in poor taste to root for injuries but you know what else is in poor taste a top three player relocating to the best team

***just my two cents

hi is basketball back yet or what life is meaningless suffering

I read two zach lowe articles yesterday, I felt the blood pumping, I felt alive

i like the vim and the vigor right, especially the vim

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtsRd7AWcAABytH.jpg:large

*eyes well up* you dream about moments like this all summer

the idea that expansion to seattle is a possibility is interesting given the stuff about vivek's ownership group that just came out, where some ppl were suggesting that seattle serves the league better as a stick to get arena deals and stuff done in existing markets.

thats true, but lots of cities have been in that role and still got a team eventually (new orleans comes to mind)

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/17764735/nba-referee-bill-kennedy-long-coming-story?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GMIB%2010/13/2016&utm_term=NBA%20National%20Newsletter

btw this article on ref billy kennedy is great. ps fuck rajon rondo.

dennis to dwight will be a thing this yr

JR stay w Cavs 4/57

Seems about right

yea that's cool. JR belongs on the cavs

bucks trade michael carter williams to the bulls for tony snell......................... ok

i don't understand this trade for either teams, MCW must really suck

huh

he really sucks

Ha he and rondo are basically the same player

naw rondo is way better

tony snell has some utility but the bulls won't let that stop them from acquiring every guard who can't shoot.

Hard to know how good rondo is any more since all he's done since his knee injury is stat hunt on mediocre/bad teams, but their 2016 per 36 #s were pretty similar outside of assists.

Had no idea rondo shot 36.5% from 3 tho, that's pretty remarkable for someone who can't shoot.

That bill Kennedy article is great

The model home thing is hilarious

I thought i posted about it but guess not. So within that first paragraph they reveal that he lives within a quarter mile from where I live. That IronWorks bar/restaurant is down the street from me and the neighborhood he has a home in just across the block. Was really weird and surreal to see those pics and read that cos I've eaten the all you can eat fish fry and done the karaoke there a handful of times. I want to meet him now, shake his hand.

http://i.imgur.com/U1tlYAV.gif

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 1m1 minute ago
Steve Kerr says JaVale McGee likely to get Warriors final roster spot

http://i.imgur.com/U1tlYAV.gif

watching some preseason basketball here and getting the impression the nets wont be too great

xp the cracks continue to appear

javale, in theory, is what they warriors need

i listened to nine nba podcast episodes in the past 24 hours

i also watched bucks pistons for everyone. pistons shot 50% from 3, came back from a 17 point deficit, and kcp scored 23. this is a playoff team even without reggie for 20+ regular season games.

fantasy draft was last night, got cp3 and giannis, feeling pretty good abt my team, stoked for the madness.

xp it's not optimal to depend on kcp and marcus morris for yr 3-point shooting but the latter is fairly solid, got pretty hot in the playoffs

also reminded me that except for one of the games the entire detroit-cavs series was all close games, particularly the last one

i'm kinda excited to give a damn about the nba!

lamarcus trade rumors already out there!

i saw that on lowe's thing, but it seemed like idle speculation.

jackie mac brought it up today too in a chat or something, sounded like she had a source

i would be absolutely shocked if it was true. spurs are denying it, of course

maybe this is because i've listened to/read a million nba previews in the past 2 weeks and i'm apparently the only person in america concerned about the spurs backcourt, but i could see this happening if they could pry away a dynamic young guard from somebody.

theyre woefully short on big men, that shit aint hatnin

true theres not a lot there.

might be a good year for the spurs to pivot to the future tho

lma gon be real good for a while cld only see moving him in a blockbuster

xp :/ spurs have prime kawhi and some young cats who could be really good, theyre fine

guys the spurs are always going to win 60 games