Exclusive OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: OCTOBER 2024

That “Parody “ account seems to make jokes that have some truth to them.

 

They just signed him to a 200 million dollar extension. Seems like if they wanted to move him, they'd have waited on that.

 

I’m here in Denver this week. Dozens of Nuggets fans I have spoken to have said they think he’s washed and wish that extension never happened.
Of course they are fans so can’t take that too seriously right?

 

Again, if they wanted to move him, the smart move would have been before the extension. I agree that they SHOULD look to move him. They can't sustain him, Jokic, MPJ, and a Gordon extension looming. But they DID extend him recently, which I believe makes him ineligible to be traded this year. So posting a parody account saying NOW would be a good time to start looking for a new home outside of Denver seems silly at best.

 

I think an argument could be made either way. If he was traded before the extension.... he would still want to get paid by his new team. At least now the team who trades for him knows he is locked up for an additional 4 years as opposed to making the trade and not being able to resign him. So they might get better offers now.

The dilemma is if he plays well they will want to keep him. (and maybe trade MPJ instead) But if he doesn't play well ....they are screwed.

 

D'Aaron Fox is no Jalen Brunson.

Kinda adding insult to injury after the whole "we didn't draft Luka AND we traded Halliburton because we were committed to you" thing.

 

This kind of surprised me: "Fox is going into his eighth season with the Kings" (time flies)

This did not surprise me:

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Fox and his agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, have turned down a lucrative contract extension in order to position the All-Star point guard for a bigger deal next summer.

 

The comment was simply that there is some truth to the tweet.
I agree on all points.

 

Young player Suns gave away is coming back to haunt them
He's looking good, real good.


https://valleyofthesuns.com/young-player-suns-gave-away-is-coming-back-to-haunt-them-toumani-camara


The Phoenix Suns are currently rolling through their preseason slate of games at a nice pace, with head coach Mike Budenholzer having the group playing with a flow offensively that was sorely lacking last season under Frank Vogel. Devin Booker might be resting his sore ankle, but 3-point attempts are way up, and that is good news for this team.

The place the organization finds itself in right now is a direct result of two seismic moves they made last offseason. That was moving out Chris Paul for Bradley Beal - who finally looks like he could be back to his best - and ditching Deandre Ayton for Jusuf Nurkic and Grayson Allen. Both moves that paid off as the team won 49 games last season.


But there's a sting in the tail of that second move for the Suns.
Nobody cared at the time, but second round pick Toumani Camara was also sent to the Portland Trail Blazers alongside Ayton. He'd had a couple of nice showings in Summer League, but holding up the deal in order to keep him in The Valley would have been ridiculous. Not that that was ever on the table, and Camara was moved on before ever playing a competitive game for the Suns.

Then he hit the ground running in Portland, and right away he looked like everything the team who drafted him were missing last season. There was defensive pop and an intensity when he was on the court for the lottery bound Trail Blazers that the Suns desperately needed as they stumbled through the regular season.

With a year of action now under his belt - starting 49-of-70 games and playing just shy of 25 minutes per night - Camara has looked really good in preseason. It does help that the Belgian has been given the opportunities to play through his mistakes and put up numbers for a bad team, but he already looks like he could help a playoff outfit in a real way.

That Herb Jones comparison might sound optimistic, but that's exactly how Camara has helped the Trail Blazers since landing with them. Offensively he continues to get better, while the defensive end is were he has quickly made a name for himself. In fact there are shades of Mikal Bridges to his game, which is what made giving up on him immediately so painful for Suns fans.

The only saving grace here is the introduction of Ryan Dunn - the Suns' first round pick this summer - who has been everything the franchise needs and more to this point. He's rightly getting compared to Bridges himself, with Bradley Beal going so far as to say that Dunn reminds him of Camara.

 

One of the least impressive highlights anyone could post while saying something like “buying stock”. I think Reed will be good, but that play doesn’t say much.

 

Yeah good point lol. Reed was by far my favorite player in this draft.

 

As of October 2024, the average rent in Los Angeles, CA is $2,157 per month. According to apartments.com.

 

Jeremy Grant about to get a rebound.... (we kid because we love )

 

Happy for the guy. Hope he's truly healthy