stashing assets for the 2023 nba offseason

heres the nba version of that grid game everyones doing

https://www.crossovergrid.com/

im really bad at it but great game for people who have encyclopedic knowledge of role players

todays is easier than usual due to having both celtics and lakers

"Joel Embiid has to realize that next year is going to be a gap year."@BobbyMarks42 says that IF the @sixers trade James Harden to the @LAClippers, they won't be a contender in 2024 based on what they'll get in return. #BrotherlyLove@ColemanESPN | @amberwsports pic.twitter.com/T6cjomt8G7

— ESPN Radio (@ESPNRadio) July 3, 2023

they werent a contender with him, seems like a lateral move to me

when embiid trade demand

there should be a rule where if enough guys make a trade demand at the same time they get to start a new team

interested to see how daryl houdinis his way out of this bcuz it seems like all bad options

Daryl Morey hopes to convince James Harden to stay with the Sixers next season, per @wojespn:

- Sixers would love to keep Harden next season. Morey believes his relationship with Harden could help change his current thoughts on returning.

- Still talking to teams about a… pic.twitter.com/YH5HZm5mTO

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) July 4, 2023

do we know what happened that caused harden to demand a trade what philly offered him and so forth ive lost track

the fact that no alleged offer has leaked out makes me think there wasn’t one? there was the reporting from sam amick that morey was using the shield of the non tampering period to not communicate with harden

i’ve also been wondering if harden has formally/officially picked up his option or if that’s just a thing he said he was going to do and the sixers could still extend him

morey: i will salvage this situation via my personal relationship with harden also i am avoiding him

would be great if harden left, embiid forced his way out and the knicks traded 5 picks for him. would take out two east teams at once

the knicks with embiid could be nice tho, they could actually afford to trade five picks too, kinda dont see embiid demanding a trade hes so ride or die for the city of philadelphia, but on the other hand everyone has their limits and he is a big baby

distrust the process, demand a trade to nyk, embiid is so perfect for the knicks bc he is millennial patrick ewing hoopswise

his ability to inspire intense love and loyalty in two of our premiere tortured franchises while also deepening their intense pain and longing for glory would be wonderful. romantic even

otm

assuming this is where a vegas nba team would play

The $2.3 billion MSG Sphere in Las Vegas is almost ready.

• 366 feet high
• 516 feet wide
• 18,000 seats
• 164,000 speakers
• 580,000 sq ft of LED panels

It is the world’s largest sphere and will officially open this September with a U2 concert.pic.twitter.com/scdUJ8mvFZ

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) July 3, 2023

vegas a truly curséd town

would be great if james dolan could make money off another NBA team

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the world's largest sphere

you know the titular basketball itself is a sphere if you think about it

when basketball is being played there they simply must use their technology to have the sphere resemble the worlds largest basketball

starting to warm up to the idea of a vegas team if they can really play inside a giant basketball

Beads kiosk, dippin dots cart, new york knicks, las vegas allosphere

Bol Bol got let go

He'll probably get picked up somewhere on a two-way.

https://i.imgur.com/HMcvVDV.jpg

sphere don't lie

the perfect atmosphere for nba basketball is when you are in the large basketball

da big ball cant beat it baby

the world's largest sphere

world's largest sphere is the world iirc

whoa

wow owned

one inch equals one inch

lmao ethered

“Dame wants to play for Miami & only Miami, I’ve been continually told since Sat. I'm told there are over 5 teams interested in a potential multi-team trade that could get it done. Won't be today or tomorrow or perhaps the next day, but I believe he’s going to Miami” @MarcJSpears https://t.co/4v5cpQIUwo pic.twitter.com/eIUfixNdaM

— Dru (@dru_star) July 5, 2023

team dame with the fullcourt pr pressure lol

heh

Nikola Jovic can see the Heat's next big thing when he looks in the mirror amid summer schooling. https://t.co/aYSqDZMbfe Heat summer-league coach Caron Butler, "Even with the weight gain and the muscle and all that, he still is so mobile. He can create an advantage immediately."

— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) July 5, 2023

it’s interesting to me that there has been credible (seeming) reporting that the nets will take herro in a 3 team trade but no real reporting that the nets are actually trying to get dame himself

maybe theyre trying to actually build this time, wised up, wouldnt be surprised considering how poorly their superteam went

i mean *hubie voice* you look at dame 32 years old not great size insane contract quasi troubling injury history whoever trades for him really has to be ready to contend now

my hypothesis of what’s happening right now is that the heat, blazers and nets have agreed on a dame to miami, herro to brooklyn & picks to portland trade but each team is trying to get one of the others to also take on unsavory salary (nurkic for portland, simmons for brooklyn & take your pick for the heat) and none of the teams actually want to do that, thus the hold up bcuz we’re in mexican stand-off territory between the three and/or bcuz they’re trying to work out compensation w/ random 4th or 5th teams to re-route the bad salary

i saw someone point out on twitter that before the 06 season the heat did a 5 team trade to get antoine walker, white chocolate and james posey. some great names here

he Miami HEAT announced today that they have acquired All-Star forward Antoine Walker from the Boston Celtics, guard Jason Williams, forward James Posey, and guard Andre Emmett from the Memphis Grizzlies and the draft rights to center Roberto Duenas from the New Orleans Hornets in a five-team trade. The HEAT traded Eddie Jones to the Memphis Grizzlies, Rasual Butler to the New Orleans Hornets, and a 2006 second round draft pick, a conditional second round draft pick, Qyntel Woods and the draft rights to Albert Miralles to the Boston Celtics. Additionally, Memphis sent Greg Ostertag to the Utah Jazz and the Jazz sent Curtis Borchardt to the Celtics, Raul Lopez to the Grizzlies and Kirk Snyder to the Hornets.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/BladeRunnerRoyBattySpeech.jpeg

i did not remember that antoine walker was on that heat champ team

antoine walker & jason williams were both starters on that team and gary payton was the main bench guy w/ posey. bizarre stuff

toine shot 6-17 and 0-6 from three in the clinching game, he went out a legend

lol

man those box scores are crazy

43 and 36 for wade in the final 2 games shooting 37-46 from the line lmfao

shaq put up 9 points and 12 boards on 4-11 shooting in the clincher

he averaged 14 and 10 in that series on only 9 FGA per game ... talk about a finals performance that has been lost to history

and now closing these tabs before i get no work done for the next 2 hours

oh

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo underwent a cleanup procedure on his knee two weeks ago and is uncertain for Greece’s FIBA World Cup play this summer, sources confirm.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 5, 2023