OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - July 2021

I want their jersey patches to be Metamucil or Depends.

 

I have a very hard time believing DeRozan would sign for 6 million when he could get almost 30.

 

And that plan worked out so well for Gary Payton and Karl Malone.

 

You tell us, Mr. Lakers fan! LOL.

 

Thunder pelicans Toronto Spurs have shown interested in Zach Collins.

 

Getting Zach for a minimum is a no brained. Interested to see if anyone offers him more

 

speculation and rumors. Teams can't show interest right now without tampering

 

Link??

 

If you're following Fischer, a lot of the stuff he's reported has come true in some way or fashion. Also reading his AMA on reddit was pretty helpful. I think you're naive to think teams aren't already talking to agents already. They can talk numbers, potential interest and other details without actually agreeing to a contract. It's not a secret that free agency has already started.

 

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...-on-cp3-the-lowry-domino-emerging-pg-carousel
Fischer has been on point so far.

• Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Toronto and New Orleans are known to be interested in unrestricted free-agent center Zach Collins, sources said.
  

 

trades right?

I thought we were talking free agents. How many free agent predictions has he got right so far?

it may be that Powell will re-sign. I just think the notion that a low-level of chatter about Powell right now is any kind of gauge of his intent is premature

 

I will be SO FUCKING PISSED if Zach gets well (well, not that part - keep reading) and becomes a solid starter for another team. But the precedents of Darius Miles, Brandon Roy and Greg Oden do not bode well for him.

 

I don't know. We will see next week won't we?

This is what Fischer says about his reporting process:

So of course it's possible he hasn't heard anything on Powell, or has gotten misinformation from Powell. I'm just making an inference based on there's not enough chatter about interest in Norman Powell from other teams.

 

So much for tampering rules

 

Bradley for the vet min please.

 

I get what your saying. I think if Zach was to bet on himself getting healthy, and being able to sign a lucrative contract later, he would stay in Portland on a 1 year minimum contract. I, like you, want him to get fully healthy. The potential is there. We saw the great defense vs. Jokic in that WCS. Allowed Kanter to dominate on the boards and not bother with the Joker.

 

Doubt his market is $30m.
I'd expect it to be ~15-20m

 

Hoopshype rumors.

 

Of course these are rumor not necessarily there true.