Yeah man we talked ball for like an hour. He was basically like I wanna go anywhere but the pistons or wizards lol. But even back then he was hoping for the nuggets or bucks. Said it was a hard decision to declare, he coulda come out last season but was making crazy NIL money in college.
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Thursday, 27 June 2024 04:31 (two months ago) link
couple of not unexpected but less than ideal shams bombs
Denver and star Jamal Murray are working toward a four-year, $209 million maximum contract extension this offseason, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Nuggets will present the deal to Murray – a 2023 NBA champion and one of the best clutch players – and sides expect agreement. pic.twitter.com/tOZ7UBWuli— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2024
Denver’s Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is declining his $15.4 million player option for the 2024-25 season to become a free agent, sources tell me and @Tjonesonthenba. Caldwell-Pope – a two-time NBA champion – is expected to receive interest from multiple teams with salary cap space. pic.twitter.com/R1P8fhqBfn— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2024
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 June 2024 19:58 (two months ago) link
still seems like KCP re-signing at a higher but not totally unreasonable AAV is a strong possibility. hopefully the bruce brown situation was instructive
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 June 2024 20:00 (two months ago) link
kevin, congrats
Denver is trading Reggie Jackson to Charlotte with three unprotected second-round picks, source tells ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 27, 2024
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 June 2024 21:44 (two months ago) link
heh
https://i.imgur.com/lshNrjj.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 June 2024 22:04 (two months ago) link
our long national nightmare has ended
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 June 2024 22:04 (two months ago) link
Keep getting locked, but… Denver is trading the Nuggets’ own seconds in 2025, 2029 and 2030 to Charlotte of move off Reggie Jackson’s $5.2 million salary for next season, league sources told @YahooSports.— Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer) June 27, 2024
wait they’re TRADING three picks to offload reggie?
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 June 2024 22:06 (two months ago) link
yeah
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 June 2024 22:07 (two months ago) link
oh…
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 June 2024 22:33 (two months ago) link
seems like a lot just to offload $5m
― lag∞n, Thursday, 27 June 2024 22:34 (two months ago) link
he’s really bad and they’re up against the apron. but still
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 June 2024 22:35 (two months ago) link
Holy fuck bro please keep the beard and mustache this is aura pic.twitter.com/BhZOSVBKZ7— moose (@MooseRantanen) June 27, 2024
new era/aura
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 27 June 2024 23:57 (two months ago) link
oh no
― Clay, Friday, 28 June 2024 00:00 (two months ago) link
so close to zangief cosplay
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Friday, 28 June 2024 00:16 (two months ago) link
feeling pretty bummed about this off-season and the team’s trajectory. it seems likely now that KCP will walk and the nuggets will get nothing in return. the team is in a tough spot because under most scenarios, re-signing KCP (which they can do at any number since they have his bird rights) puts them into the second apron and severely limits their future flexibility. but losing KCP risks capping their ceiling and squandering some serious championship equity.
I’ve thought for a while that while he’s been great for the team, KCP is probably the most expendable starter. he’s an excellent defender and shooter, though both of those skills are highly dependent on his mobility and he’s about to hit his mid-thirties, and maybe losing him a year early is preferable to two years too late… but if the alternative is getting nothing of real value in return, that’s a bummer
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 30 June 2024 16:33 (two months ago) link
yeah letting him walk sucks is prob the right move but they really need to hit on some guys
― lag∞n, Sunday, 30 June 2024 16:41 (two months ago) link
New cba succcccks
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Sunday, 30 June 2024 19:51 (two months ago) link
if i were an nba team i would simply not pay my role players max salaries
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 30 June 2024 19:55 (two months ago) link
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope intends to sign a three-year, $66 million deal with the Orlando Magic, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Massive pickup for the rising Magic, acquiring the starting shooting guard of two NBA title teams. pic.twitter.com/fhu04mauIx— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2024
sigh
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 30 June 2024 23:31 (two months ago) link
we’ll see if there’s another move there, but that has not really been the MO of this team. I’m pretty despondent and mad at ownership. worried they’re just going to take jokic’s prime for granted
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 July 2024 00:04 (two months ago) link
idk what pretty similar means here
Denver offered KCP a salary pretty similar to what he ended up getting from Orlando and I’m told the Nuggets offered three years. The Nuggets definitely tried here— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) June 30, 2024
― lag∞n, Monday, 1 July 2024 00:13 (two months ago) link
they also offered a contract in us dollars
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 1 July 2024 00:14 (two months ago) link
I honestly am not sure how plugged in tony jones is — he’s kind of the stopgap beat reporter for the athletic but he’s primarily a jazz guy. I’d be shocked if the nuggets matched and KCP chose orlando, but I guess anything is possible
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 July 2024 00:16 (two months ago) link
No state taxes
― Jeff, Monday, 1 July 2024 00:17 (two months ago) link
yeah honestly if that’s what it came down to, fuck him
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 July 2024 00:18 (two months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/B8ooBaK.png
― lag∞n, Monday, 1 July 2024 00:20 (two months ago) link
they did… ?
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 July 2024 00:22 (two months ago) link
🚨🚨🚨THE DENVER NUGGETS ARE SHOWING INTEREST IN SIGNING RUSSELL WESTBROOK (per @ShamsCharania) pic.twitter.com/kXNIeLK4eZ— Nuggets Lead (@NuggetsLead) June 30, 2024
please execute me
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 July 2024 00:49 (two months ago) link
― Clay, Monday, 1 July 2024 00:49 (two months ago) link
I’m so sad about the KCP thing man. guy decided he had no interest in contending for a championship and preferred a few extra bucks. really goes against everything I thought I knew about him. good riddance
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 July 2024 00:50 (two months ago) link
ugh
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 July 2024 10:57 (two months ago) link
mostly mad at the kroenkes I guess :/
There’s a genuine case to avoid the second apron if you’re Denver. Matt’s not wrong. I just fundamentally disagree because we know this five-player starter core can win the title. We’ve seen it be the best group in the NBA. And removing KCP without a replacement REALLY downgrades https://t.co/6NNXCAoUIz— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) July 2, 2024
there’s an interesting dynamic playing out here where there seems to be a clear divide between national writers, who are mostly pillorying the move, and local writers, who are sort of sheepishly defending it. there are probably some access factors at play but otherwise I find it pretty baffling
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 2 July 2024 21:34 (two months ago) link
yeah isn’t that usually the dynamic, riskier for local writers to just kill the team
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 2 July 2024 21:38 (two months ago) link
local writers are hayseed rubes is how i break it down to an extent
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 July 2024 21:40 (two months ago) link
The Nuggets and Jamal Murray have not yet agreed to a contract extension. Negotiations are still ongoing, and there’s a possibility that this becomes a bigger story than anticipated after Shams declared an expected deal on draft night.— Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) July 8, 2024
this might get interesting. I guess I had assumed the front office would just roll over, but I can totally understand the FO wanting to add some protections or offer less than the max, and I also can understand jamal’s perspective if he wants to bet on himself and thinks he can make an all-NBA team
― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, 8 July 2024 21:06 (two months ago) link
tough one. this years playoffs dropped his stock a bit. prob one of those guys thats worth 35-40m per year but may fracture the relationship if you dont offer the full max or whatever
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Monday, 8 July 2024 21:13 (two months ago) link
seen windy waggling his eyebrows over this situation a few times
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 July 2024 22:48 (two months ago) link
one thing I hadn’t thought of, which the DNVR guys pointed out on their podcast today, is jamal is on the team canada roster. would sort of be malpractice to sign a guy who gets injured a lot right before he plays a huge tournament
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 July 2024 01:40 (one month ago) link
True. But messing around backfires sometimes, all these guys are different how they handle being ‘slighted’
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Tuesday, 9 July 2024 01:46 (one month ago) link
they tend not to handle it well
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 July 2024 02:19 (one month ago) link
paul george broke down what happened with leaving the clips on his pod and it seemed like more or less he got sick of them negotiating with him, tbf according to his telling they were being kind of ridiculous about it, they did eventually come around to what he wanted which was what kawhi got but by then he had decided he wanted a no trade too and the rest is history
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 July 2024 02:22 (one month ago) link
I mean the no trade request was pretty nuts. I’d ask for one too, but that obviously wasn’t going to happen
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 July 2024 03:13 (one month ago) link
he just wanted them to show him the love, if they had given him the kawhi contract in the first place it wouldnt have come to that, maybe they didnt really want to sign him tho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 July 2024 03:18 (one month ago) link
Hahahaha Jokić doing Jokić things for Serbia pic.twitter.com/f98EvPjHwt— Katy Winge (@katywinge) July 12, 2024
he looks even more svelte than normal
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 12 July 2024 20:19 (one month ago) link
Dude Daron tore his Achilles first summer league game :( :(
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Saturday, 13 July 2024 04:54 (one month ago) link
cool guess I’ll just die
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 13 July 2024 05:12 (one month ago) link
Aura +1000000 pic.twitter.com/9BDYcOI95y— THE JOKER(S) 🃏🇷🇸🏆 (@SerbsInSports) August 10, 2024
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 August 2024 21:13 (four weeks ago) link
the serbian basketball team getting hammered before accepting their medal has been the best thing to happen to me all month so I made a lil edit to celebrate pic.twitter.com/q02Gvux0TR— furiosarah (@slothanova) August 13, 2024
my king
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 13 August 2024 13:57 (three weeks ago) link
lmao
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 August 2024 14:01 (three weeks ago) link