nba off season 2024 bud 2 suns etc

the one bright side i guess to playing philly now is getting embiid so soon off injury

This game talk is for the INS, not for those of us already languishing in the OFFS EASON.

oops my bad

cracking up at lagoon making two imperceptible thread titles and then being the first one to screw it up

hoisted with my own petard

it’s driving me nuts lol they’re right next to each other on bookmarks too and are indistinguishable on quick glance

heh

it's the eason for the season

spurs should draft alex sarr and go full team frahnce

― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, April 17, 2024 3:26 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

they could def go for paris texas status, they already have wemby and sidy cissoko (played mostly g league, but should probably get more time in the big club this year). theres not only sarr but risacher and tidjane salaun likely going in the lottery. i think risacher would be a great fit if he's as good a shooter as he seems, sarr im less convinced would work as a non-floor spreading big next to wemby.

wim wenders player intro hype video

Spurs would have the no. 1 pick with the "Gold Plan":

Thanks for continuing to champion the Gold Plan!

Here's the NBA version, with the Spurs running away with a second straight #1 pick by playing hard down the stretch.

We'll ask again, how's that not better?#PorVida pic.twitter.com/HpmvkmO69L

— Chuck (@ChuckSportsApp) April 15, 2024

im sorry i will never support anything with this obamacare exchange ass sounding name

lol it was invented by a guy named Gold!

which is kind of Obamacare-esque really

ha

what a coincidence that the guy who made obamacare was named obama

I didn't realize that Jontay Porter is Michael Porter Jr.'s brother, or that his other bro Coban was about to do eight years in prison for drunk driving/killing a lady.

damn rough times for the porter family

in this clip you can’t see woj blinking out the morse code for D-O-N-O-V-A-N-M-I-T-C-H-E-L-L with his eyes

Adrian Wojnarowski says that the Miami Heat are well-positioned to potentially acquire a star who aligns with Bam Adebayo's age timeline

(h/t @ohnohedidnt24 )

pic.twitter.com/xrJGy6HYF6

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) April 19, 2024

*shein influencer saying “okay” video*

Woj: "It's gonna be a different summer in the NBA. I think there are gonna be a lot of guys entering the NBA portal and I think there's gonna be a lot more player movement this summer." pic.twitter.com/sQpf6neTto

— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) April 19, 2024

entering the portal

portal check

portal rico babyyyy

hes prob right, hawks gotta trade one of trae or dejounte, gsw could shake things up, lebron could leave la, bulls might finally blow it up, the aforementioned d mitch, utah might go full tank 4 cooper and trade lauri, who knows who might flame out in the offs early and panic trade we could be seeing some deals folks which is almost as good as the games

woj and shams secret conspiracy to destroy the english language via nba rumormongoring

shams should actually be forced to use AI to write for him, he would be more legible

they're too busy entering portals to learn how to write or hire an editor

the nytimes bought the athletic as a way to save on editing their sports section

FX has released the official trailer for “Clipped,” the docudrama about former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. It airs June 4 on Hulu

Ed O’Neill plays Sterling, Doc Rivers is portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, J. Alphonse Nicholson is Chris Paul pic.twitter.com/pA4V0hIs1k

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 25, 2024

does blake griffin play himself?

Funny how Al Bundy is doing a voice but not Fishburne -- when did Doc's voice go?

Shams was ready

Inside the waning voice of Frank Vogel, offensive issues around the Suns and their Big 3, and what comes next for one of the NBA’s most expensive rosters after a first-round sweep — with @DougHaller at @TheAthletic:https://t.co/HCS0dJGrso

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 29, 2024

beal wrote that in the cms

Absolutely haha. Whole team got the memo were blaming Vogel and gonna give this another shot with a new coach next year and it will all be different we promise

Denver should draft Bron Jr just for giggles

lebron, welcome to the offs eason

lebron leaving la and letting the lakers empire crumble, lets gooooooo

There’s gonna be a lot of big moves this offseason I think

New Orleans Pelicans, welcome to the offs eason too. Sorry that you have to play Farrah Fawcett to the famous Lakers of Los Angeles

what can lebron really do it's quite the conundrum

LeBron on if this was his last game as a Laker: "I'm not gonna answer that. I appreciate it."pic.twitter.com/i3MVZAaJcF

— BrickWrld (@BRICKW0RLD) April 30, 2024

there is not an obvious pick here, he could always say fuck it round 3 in cleveland and thatd be fun. knicks would be fun but i think thibs would murder him with 40 mpg. gs might lure him to their retirement home with the promise of free tech stocks. or maybe he really will go to whomever drafts bronny and suffer in utah or something, i mean d wade kinda owns part of the team.

but the real answer is spurs, he'd be great with wemby

confirmed

He needs Trae by his side in LA

Maybe consider Milwaukee

Would he make sense in Philly? I think he would, but doubt that's the kind of market or team he is looking for.

it would be cool for him to play for a year on whatever team drafts his son, unfortunately I just don't think Bronny is good enough. he could be the next Thanasis I guess

he was considered a legit nba prospect before the heart attack theres a chance he could get back there but proving it in college would be good

it seems like even putting that aside, draft media got way over their skis on bronny. he’s like an avery bradley type but even worse at offense

spurs fans are salivating over castle, i dont see it yet. spurs spacing is so bad right now, and he'd be a project.

buzelis is interesting bc he's the sort of athletic big wing that every team needs, i just dont know if he's good at basketball haha

g league route is gonna be less and less common if the prospects are perceived to not develop and they can make more money at duke

exactly, NIL killed the ignite (this is praise)

literally

spurs fans are salivating over castle, i dont see it yet. spurs spacing is so bad right now, and he'd be a project.

― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, June 16, 2024 6:02 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

he shot 75% from the line which implies that he could get to dece three point shooting, but his whole game is kinda like that squint at him and he looks like a really good nba player but his upside is prob more likely solid starter, on the other hand everyone in this years draft is like that

how about williams at 4 and topic at 8

should be interesting to see what the market is for these tier 2 or 3 level stars

The New Orleans Pelicans are unwilling to pay Brandon Ingram an average of $52 million annually, per @cclark_13

“Brandon Ingram has one year remaining on his contract. On July 6, he becomes eligible to sign a four-year extension worth $208 million. The Pelicans value Ingram’s… pic.twitter.com/LrG46jQjPl

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) June 17, 2024

feel like topic could be a steal guy who put up numbers in europe at 18 years old, seems like a bad 3pt shooter (30%) but could possibly be a very good one (88%ft!) and is dropping due to a torn acl an injury that players tend to recover fully from, has elite feel for the game and an elite skill (passing), great height (6-6) for his position (pg)

not going to pretend i've broken down castle tape but one thing that intrigues me about him is that you usually don't see the best play from, or the full games of, young ball handlers on loaded college teams, especially ones w/ dominant big men. this is largely why so many kentucky guards over perform in the NBA. uconn had three perimeter players who, from what i can tell, are borderline NBA prospects take more shots than castle.

i watched some castle clips and the thing that made me think hes not going to be a star is he wasnt getting those easy buckets against a set halfcourt defense that make it obvious hes just much better than the guys hes playing against, he was effective but it was more of a craft thing working his way to the basket with multiple dribble moves, and his shooting isnt great, athleticism prob nba average, good but not overpowering size, almost certainly a guy who will get minutes in the nba but i dont see the high upside there

has elite feel for the game and an elite skill (passing), great height (6-6) for his position (pg)

the heat have done a good developing nikola jovic, but you can also watch highlights from his first ever summer league game and see that he just had a good feel for how to play basketball, naturally looked to pass, had good height even tho he was skinny, had some skill w/ the ball etc (read the first ever post on jordan's heat bløg). even if he is only ever a good bench player the four guys drafted ahead of him were david roddy, marjon beauchamp, blake wesley, and wendell moore jr. i still think feel for the game, ability + willingness to pass, ballhandling skill etc the euro way are underrated in the draft

for sure, feel pretty confident that jovic is going to be much more than a good bench player too

another thing re castle is hes convinced hes a point guard refuses to workout for teams that already have one, its just weird theres no evidence that hes got the stuff to play there in the nba, i mean i get the vision he would be more valuable if it were true but idk if he just expects teams to believe him

i believe castle can become an average-ish shooter maybe, tho tbh im not that swayed by ft% as a harbinger of 3p potential if its just around league average. (ie tre jones came in with similar shooting woes, has improved a lot from the outside and from ft and he's still below average as a 3pt threat).

spurs desperately need a lead guard who is a threat to pull up from 3 and/or blow by defenders to create space for wemby, and i dont think castle will do either of those things well enough. if he cant be a starting pg, then hes kind of a utility wing which is a good bench player at least. guy who i like more: devin carter who has a lot of the same defensive upside as castle with a lot more offensive polish. my bias is guys with legit two-way skillsets and i like him more than any other guard prospect.

dont know what to make of williams bc he shot well from 3 but on very low volume. i think he will fit well as a transition threat, and he is archetypally the kind of player that the spurs could use as a wingmate for vassell. i think hes a high upside swing, i wouldnt mind it for them.

im not a huge topic fan, i think hes too slow and has too short arms to be a plus defender and i want players who can't be hunted on switches.

good reminder that very few things can overcome bad ownership

Source: The Bulls passed on multiple offers to trade Alex Caruso for multiple picks, including one in the top 10 of the 2024 draft

The reason? A mandate from ownership at the trade deadline to push for the playoffs

More —> https://t.co/AAdSMkcPrc

— Will Gottlieb (@Will_Gottlieb) June 17, 2024

lol thats so dumb

topic is a baller you cant build a team around all solid two way guys you need ballers

spurs could just trade for garland tho

xxp

A mandate from ownership at the trade deadline to push for the playoffs

lol

xp imho carter has that dog in him. i dont hate topic, tho, i think he can hoop.