Exclusive The OFFICIAL 2019 NBA Offseason Thread

Whispers. I'll check in later.

4 year 140ish for Kyrie...I believe

 

Why does Houston think Philly will want Capela in a S&T? This is more Morey bullshit to deflect the crap he was getting for ruining Giannis' moment.

 

I suppose three team trades could work. What's stopping us from just getting Butler for ourselves in a S&T? We're not hard capped yet.

Morey has cried wolf on enough stars now for me to know when not to believe their bullshit.

Don't want/need Capela either.

 

So if we can come up with 28 mil to send out, we should be able to trade for him as well as keep our TP MLE? Think i'm misunderstanding this

 

On Bill Simmons podcast Marc Stein speculated New Orleans makes sense as the mystery team that will sign Horford for 4 years 100 million.

I really like that roster with Horford! They could be a playoff team and even finish above the Lakers which would be awesome.

Horford Okafor
Zion
Ingram Moore
Hart
Jrue Lonzo

Plus they control Lakers picks until 2025.

 

It seems like Kawhi wanted to get the credit for success of a NBA team, and the following of the city.

Now he is the star of an entire country!

I think he stays in Toronto on a 1+1

 

Ewwww I'd maybe consider Harkless and Leonard for Capela but nothing more.

 

Hell yeah! But when I think about it rationnaly, I think it's not a great fit for us.

 

Ujiri to stay in Toronto, 'confident' about Kawhi

Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri says he's staying with the team he helped build into an NBA champion.

Ujiri made the announcement to reporters during his season-ending media availability Tuesday.

"I love it here. My family loves it here. My wife loves it here, which is very important. My kids are Canadians. You want to win more. ... In my mind, I'm here," Ujiri said.

Earlier this month, league sources told ESPN that the Washington Wizards were preparing to offer Ujiri a deal approaching $10 million annually with an opportunity for ownership equity.

Ujiri, who has two years left on his contract, is the architect of the first championship in Raptors history. He also helped to build the Denver Nuggets into a contender.

The 48-year-old Ujiri now will focus on retaining NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, who is expected to opt out of the final year of his contract and become a free agent.

Ujiri said he texted with Leonard as recently as Monday night and talked to Leonard's uncle and adviser, Dennis Robertson, earlier on Tuesday. Ujiri said he's "confident" Leonard will decide to return to Toronto.

"We'll wait. He's our player and he's a superstar on our team and we'll wait on that," Ujiri said.

Ujiri stressed the main selling points of his pitch to Leonard: health, trust, success.

"I said we have to be ourselves, and we were ourselves for the whole year,'' Ujiri said. "I think he saw that. I think we built a trust there.

"I believe winning a championship, him seeing who we are, working with his medical staff combined with our medical staff and getting him to where he wanted to be,'' Ujiri added.

Ujiri acquired Leonard and Danny Green last summer in a major trade with San Antonio that sent DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a first-round draft pick to the Spurs.

"I think they know what the effect of Kawhi's decision is, but we're really approaching it like we want to bring everybody back on this team,'' Ujiri said. "That's a priority for us.''

Center Marc Gasol also has a player option for next season, and Green is a free agent.

Less urgent is a potential extension for forward Pascal Siakam, a runaway winner of the NBA's Most Improved Player award. The parties plan to meet during the summer league.

"Pascal has gotten to a place where he's definitely a priority for us and it's definitely going to be a conversation that we'll have,'' Ujiri said.

Ujiri said little about his confrontation with a deputy following the Game 6 clincher. The deputy's lawyer, David Mastagni, says his client is on medical leave with a concussion and jaw injury and is considering a lawsuit. Ujiri says his lawyers are updating him about the investigation.

"I am confident about who I am as a person, my character and as a human being,'' Ujiri said. "For now, I'll just respect their process there and wait for the next steps.''

Ujiri finished fourth in voting for the NBA Executive of the Year award, won by Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst.

 

This is just stupid. Either Capela or Gordon would be amazing in LA next to Davis/Lebron. They might unintentionally make their competition better.

Also. What tampering rules? Ain't no way they're doing this without assurance from Butler.

 

I wish we could get any of those three

 

There is a tweet about Butler on vacation yesterday and hadn't even considered the Rockets in free agency.

 

lol i know, i posted it. Woj keeps beating this drum tho

 

I wonder if Houston is in the running and Butler is just a smokescreen.

 

I don't think LA has the 1st to send to them, though.