stashing assets for the 2023 nba offseason

ultimately i think this ends pretty close to the heat's "best" offer -- 4 firsts and a young player or two -- and if the blazers refuse that for 33 year old lillard on a crazy contract they should've traded him two summers ago

best offer would also have pick swaps

incredible partial contract year performance

New York Knicks G Josh Hart is finalizing a four-year, $81 million contract extension, Aaron Mintz, Dave Spahn and Steven Heumann of @CAA_Basketball tell ESPN. Deal delivers Hart a total of $94M through 2027-2028 season. pic.twitter.com/PNlhKWka4g

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 9, 2023

and so it begins…

Exclusive: According to my information there are growing concerns that Latvia star Kristaps #Porzingis might miss the #FIBAWC due to injury. Understood it is something with his foot. Staff, himself and Boston #Celtics will wait until the last moment to make a decision. pic.twitter.com/YIkIz6coTo

— Rupert Fabig (@rupertfabig) August 9, 2023

ah very nice

might be for the best if tall sharpshooting celtics trade acquisitions sit out the fibawc regardless #justsaying

“According to my information there are growing concerns” i mean this stuff comes from a generator right

AI Shamsbot

according to my information is an interesting formulation as its close to according to sources but implies that the info is accessed internally

i think there might be a lost in translation thing happening there w/ that phrasing...

oh i see he is german, maybe shams is german

opening night tnt games: lakers @ nuggs, suns @ dubs

all west teams

KD first time playing in GS since he left. CP revenge game.

nice for the NBA to reunite jokic with his children, lebron and AD

ESPN Sources: The 76ers have ended trade talks on guard James Harden and plan to bring him back to training camp for start of the season. The Sixers had periodic offseason conversations with the Clippers — Harden’s desired destination — but no traction on a deal materialized. pic.twitter.com/sJwXMsBYKW

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 12, 2023

sorry james youve been no tractioned bro

the ballad of james and daryl

I'm sure the footage of Harden all sweaty in a club grabbing four of Bun B's Trill burgers at once drummed up interest

lol missed that, im sure he was taking some for other people but pretty funny to think about what if not, thats just called enjoying summer

Bun B gives James Harden & PJ Tucker some Trill Burgers at Rolling Loud 🍔 pic.twitter.com/Is4lExME4c

— Wave Check🌊 (@thewavecheckk) July 24, 2023

pj waiting patiently and only taking one real goofus and gallant type scenario

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0098/0828/1655/products/1102-2938-245_1_800x.jpg?v=1572398981

james needs his borger

https://x.com/theathletic/status/1690529082121822208?s=46&t=delhXlmZBYazm252j4iaFA

what a mess

he's a man with a plan!

is james even sure that the clippers want to trade for him?

wow lol

James Harden: “Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of. Let me say that again: Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of.” pic.twitter.com/AmHJ0WwbF2

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 14, 2023

beat me to it. that’s crazy

This is obviously not good for the Sixers, but I didn't have much/any hope for their chances this season with or without him. I thought it was pretty obvious it was time to move on, eat it for this year, then reload next year.

Does Harden think Morey tricked him into opting in?

Did Morey convince Harden to opt in because he thought he thought he could convince Harden to stay or because he overestimated the market for a Harden trade?

I would just let him sit out the preseason/season until something can be worked out, something being some sort of decent bench piece, not looking for much at this point.

seems like morey prob promised harden a big extension this year and then did not do it

this wild rule about how if a player in the last year of his contract refuses to play then he cant play again until his team lets him is relevant to this situation

Here’s the CBA language for Withholding Services:

Withholding services: A player who withholds playing services called for by a Player Contract for more than thirty (30) days after the start of the last Season covered by his Player Contract shall be deemed not to have… https://t.co/EEJkn73LZG

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) August 14, 2023

seems like morey prob promised harden a big extension this year and then did not do it

I actually forgot Harden "took less money" last year to help the Sixers cap. If he did that based on a promise from Morey, I could understand him being pissed. On the other hand, good on Morey for not offering Harden a long term max extension because that would be the only thing worse than the current situation.

https://i.imgur.com/M2bRbil.png

+picks harden to a third team for something idk

or

https://i.imgur.com/otaWlnj.png

saying "Daryl Morey is a liar" in China is akin to saying "Monarch football rules" at the Mater Dei High School pep assembly

forgot about daryls history with china thats pretty funny

I'm too irrationally attached to Maxey, even for Lillard. Everything points to Maxey being able to increase his offensive numbers by giving him the ball and letting him shoot more.

I think bailing on Embiid is an option (not this year), but I would like to see what the team looks like next year after they get rid of Harden, resign Maxey and have a much better cap situation with Harris' deal off the books.

dont think philly has the pieces to get lillard anyway tbf they only have one first they can trade, unless portland is just in love with maxey i guess

wow so daryl really fucked this one up

lowe had talked about that CBA provision on a pod a few weeks ago re: lillard, it’s apparently been in the CBA for a while which was news to me. it sounds like the sort of thing that isn’t realistic in practice because the player probably has a lot of tricks to pull

also teams prob dont want to be seen as blackballing a player

not giving harden a huge extension is ultimately the right move even if daryl is ruining a personal relationship in the process. but once you zoom out to capture the entirety of the saga — cashing in simmons for harden, having the worst case harden scenarios play out in the playoffs, and then being boxed in by his opt in bcuz you mismanaged the relationship so badly — it’s really not good

yep def bad imho

harden publicly threatening to tell on daryl for their backroom deal is pretty interesting btw

having the entirely predictable worst case harden scenarios play out in the playoffs

having harden scenarios

the thing w/ that CBA rule is we know harden will just show up and attempt to actively hurt his team on the court so i'm not sure that really matters. i'm having a hard time picturing a positive outcome here bcuz harden is going to use his history of sabotage as leverage for why the sixers should trade him anyway but that's also a major factor as to why he has little to no trade value to begin with. a scenario where harden sucks it up and plays his ass off for one year just doesn't seem realistic but then again, why would the sixers even want that? the guy is a walking contention killer. and yet he's killing their contention hopes presently regardless. how does this work out for the sixers? i'm at a loss

harden publicly threatening to tell on daryl for their backroom deal is pretty interesting btw

― lag∞n, Monday, August 14, 2023 10:58 AM (ten minutes ago)

saw someone on twitter maybe sam vecenie make the point that if harden really does go down this path -- publicly alleging that morey reneged on a wink-wink extension -- you'd have to imagine the union & league would want/need to get involved

yeah def

philly shd prob just cut bait on harden and get whatever they can for him, except then what does embiid think about the future of the team, are they looking at another trade demand, theyre in a tight spot