Around the NBA - July 2017 Edition

I agree, and with an entire season of him we should be in a better position to go deeper in the playoffs.

 

He makes nothing compared to guys like Flacco, Carr and Wilson. And he defers most of that salary or has special clauses written in so the team is in better cap situation. Kraft contracts companies Brady has a stake in so that he gets a pay off. It's a way of getting around the rules. But since when have the Patriots been interested in those?

 

I don't even care about the big free agents. I just want to sign a nice role player and get rid of Meyers and/or Davis and one of Aminu/Harkless. We should've gotten rid of them at the deadline but didn't for whatever reason. I get Meyers but the rest shouldn't be hard to move. Get rid of this goddamn clutter. It's long overdue.

 

AND Fansided!!!

NBA Trade Grades: Ricky Rubio is headed to the Utah Jazz
https://www.google.com/amp/s/fansided.com/2017/06/30/nba-trade-grades-ricky-rubio-jazz/amp/

 

If this thread had a credit score it would be like 750. Good stuff.

 

Add me to the group who's still optimistic about next year even w/o any major moves this offseason.

An offseason w/Nurkic could be huge and Collins and Swanigan have a chance to be instant upgrades over Vonleh and Leonard. I've been watching tons of both the last few days and we might have something pretty special with both of those guys.

Then you have Dame and CJ who I trust to continue to improve.





Harkless could also make another modest jump, Crabbe played better the 2nd half of the year and has chance to have a mini bounce back w/hopefully increased aggressiveness plus more disciplined defense and while I still think Turner is an awkward fit, maybe he improves in the 2nd year on a new team much like he did in Boston.

There's still a lot to get excited about w/ this team imo.

 

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
2 hours ago
THE RICKY RUBIO TRADE WAS TODAY. THAT WAS A THING THAT HAPPENED LESS THAN 12 HOURS AGO.

 

Jrue Holiday gets 126 for 5 years!!

Signing Turner was insane, but signing Jrue for 25 Miliion per year is beyond insane! This is batshit crazy!




Edit: and Patty gets only 50M/4 to stay with the Spurs. Mills had the same numbers as Jrue per36 minutes.



I just don't get it...why would Mills leave so much money on the table??

 

Everybody doing stuff besides us. Falling out of the playoffs...

 

Curry and GS agree on richest contract in history.....201 million.

So much for takingva bit less for the team

 

Well, my original comment is that we'd could have enough to be in the running for Igoudala, and I'd say 20 mil would be enough to be in the running for him.

 

And he's still making less than Leonard/Crabbe/Turner combined.

 

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

@KingSpeed .... @BonesJones
I get what Kerr SAID, but there is also what he DID. He left Aminu wide open....practically had his team run away from him to guard other players and let him shoot. It was like what the Clippers did to Plumlee the year before. They had Jordon leave him completely alone. You would hope they would put up some numbers when there is absolutely no one guarding them for 90% of the game.

That doesn't mean they are very good. It means the other team's game plan thought so little of them that they gave them every opportunity possible. That those players put up some number under those circumstances isn't really impressive. Fair enough?

 

This is just not true....by a long stretch...you don't like his game, fine...but he's a great defensive player whether you recognize it or not...for all your draft knowledge BJ....you are out to lunch on your Aminu bashing...he's not an overrated defender at all...

 

Crabbe plays basketball the way he talks....barely audible

 

NO impression?

 

STOP!!!!!

 

On one end of the court Aminu is fine. On the other end he is not. It's pretty simple.

 

STOP!!!!