Honestly, can we be done with the Curry-dissing bullshit? We get that you don't like him or whatever, but enough. FFS.

I love Wembanyama. I'd love to see the Thunder throw another tower in there, but we might actually win too many for that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Really cool to see athletes across the world acknowledge how Steph plays when his team is losing in the 4th quarter. <a href="https://t.co/98HtO3ecTr">https://t.co/98HtO3ecTr</a></p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1541088445107421184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

You may be completely unoriginal, but at least you're consistent.

The Knicks overpaying for Jalen Brunson are why they’re the Knicks.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks is working with Kevin Durant and his business manager Rich Kleiman on finding a trade for the franchise star, Kleiman tells ESPN.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1542581090812149767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Durant requested a trade with the team today, sources tell ESPN. <a href="https://t.co/BkNEHwkrc0">https://t.co/BkNEHwkrc0</a></p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1542581252028497928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This guy is hilarious.

This seriously needs to end with him crawling back to the Warriors.

Miles Bridges going for the any% Speedrun on what not to do when hitting free agency.

NBA off-season>any other sport’s actual season

Durant prefers the Suns or Heat from what I've read.

LMAO WTF. Kyrie just opted in.

I hope you keep laughing if goes there and GS wins a couple more titles in a row...

KD: hey Steph. You up?

Nah, he wants Phoenix or Miami.

Neither Miami or The Suns have better a trade package than what my sixers could put on the table imo. Plus he wouldn't have to move house either. Bam can't be traded so who else have Miami got? Sixers could give Maxey, Thybulle, Harris plus picks!!..no contending team is beating that imo.

Go back to OKC...if he could win a title with OKC he would be beloved almost everywhere

LMAO The most chaotic timeline

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brian Windhorst, taking a deep, deep breath, says on ESPN that league executives have &quot;floated&quot; that the Lakers could try to trade for KD and Kyrie as a package deal if the two are still interested in playing together.</p>&mdash; Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegoon/status/1542624538889814016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ayton, Bridges, Johnson and multiple picks. Plus he wants Phoenix.

Yep! I was just about to post this same info. That’s a good haul.

I don’t want to trade Bridges but I don’t see the Nets trading KD without him in the deal.

Ayton is a free agent though right? Plus Maxey is a better piece than anyone on that list imo. He's got superstar written all over him.

Shit is flying fast and is hard to keep up. Saw that PJ Tucker is going to the 76ers. Joker got the largest contract in NBA history, 5 years $264 million. Booker is getting his supermax and dumbass Beal decided to take his max instead of winning.

The Thunder just gave Lou Dort 5-year and 88M contract. Good god thats an overpay.

Saw a report from Windhurst that Kyrie is trying to go to the Lakers and the Lakers may have a package to trade for KD lol. I bet KCC would instantly love that :p

Wait til you see what the Knicks give Brunson.

Why of course. Great use of the MLE LeGM.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Lakers are signing guard Lonnie Walker IV to a one-year contract with the $6.5 million mid-level exception, his agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, confirmed to ESPN. The 23-year old averaged 12.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists for San Antonio last season.</p>&mdash; Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1542647373054091265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Difference is I think Brunson is actually a good player. Probably deserves most of it unless its supermax.

That’s where I’m at. If the trade happens, he has to be involved. But man I love that guy.

They tendered Ayton so they have the right to match. That will lead to a sign-and-trade. Ayton just has to be willing to sign an offer sheet with the Nets.

He is a good player, but a $25 million dollar a year player? I know NBA contracts are inflated but seems excessive

The Tucker deal bugs me but I guess with Embiid and Harden requesting him Morey had no choice.

This is going to complicate things for the Nets in trading KD

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is the list of players that were signed to the Designated Rookie Extension.<br><br>Can only have 1 player acquired in a trade<br><br>A.Wiggins<br>B. Simmons<br>J. Embiid<br>D. Booker<br>KAT<br>J. Murray<br>D. Mitchell<br>D. Fox<br>Ja. Tatum<br>B. Adebayo<br>Tr. Young<br>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<br>L.Doncic<br>M.Porter, Jr.</p>&mdash; Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) <a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1542656369404383233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I’ve heard that they’ll have to get a third team involved because the Nets don’t want Ayton.

Nothing wrong with Beal being loyal. He probably enjoys playing there so good for him for sticking with his team.

**** Durant. I'm sure he will play for a team this upcoming season then leave if he doesn't get his way or they don't win a championship. That's just how he is. Dude is a snake.

In regards to this KD trade, it will be the biggest in NBA history and the Nets will want close to equal value plus you have to match salaries. I can't forsee the Nets trading KD for a bunch of picks and a group of average players.

So for example the Suns, do they have a good enough package without throwing in Booker or for the Heat they would have to send Adebayo. But the Nets would have to move Simmons first or throw him into the deal for either of those trades to happen.

Oh really? Wow! That may get interesting.

At this point the league would be better if Lebron, Durant, Harden, Simmons and Kyrie all just retired.

I guess but he is an All-Star and continues to play for a losing franchise. You would think that would get old as a competitor. Then again maybe he will do what other All-Star players are doing, sign the large contract then ask for a trade. That would be the smart move.

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Would love KD going to Miami because they'd have to unprotect their 2025 pick to OKC. They'd also have to get OKC to agree (and they won't want to as KD on the Heat significantly devalues the pick), so they'll need more draft compensation to do it.

You wish. At the rate LeBron is going he could still play in this league until he's 45, making every record practically untouchable.

I still don't see how either of these two things are feasible with their cap situation. Who is taking Westbrook off their hands?

Raptors should be making the rookie of the year Barnes available in addition to obviously other pieces as well. Judging by the Kawhi trade, Masai Ujiri is certainly not risk averse.

Will be interesting to see just what they're able to get out of him.

What Do you mean 'at this rate'?? Dude is getting injured more and more each year. He isn't playing until he is 45

I wish because of all the drama and team jumping they all do. I don't give a shit about any of his records he may get if he plays 25 years. Be the new KAJ..nice.

****ing hell, Bridges....

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfdGh08jdvz/

Listening to their kid casually recount trying to get his dad to stop beating the shit out of his mom is horrible.

If Zion Williams were a European player he’d be labeled soft. But he’s not so he gets the benefit of a doubt and a big contract.

Don't know but Windhurst said today Irving to the Lakers is most likely going to happen.

He’s still a top 5-10 player in the league when he does play at age 37. He’s playing as long as he wants.

Yeah, it will happen next year though when Westbrook is gone and he is a free agent. I just don’t see how the entire situation is workable unless/until they get rid of Russ, but maybe I just don’t know enough about how the cap works.

A guy with the longevity of KAJ and the peak of MJ. Hmm I wonder what that will make him.

Oh yeah they will have to get rid of Russ. I guess either the Nets take his expiring contract or a 3rd team does.

Someone has to take on that contract yeah (either the Nets or someone else). I suppose some rebuilding team could take him as an expiring to get rid of some longer-term salaries they don't want, but that's the only way I could see it.

Well, right now the masses think Curry is approaching LBJ level and maybe surpassed. So he needs to hold off that dude before we talk rarified air.

The masses are stupid though. That's just one example of why.

So quit getting pissed so few like LJB or think he is the GOAT. If you like him so much have his dick bronzed ,put in on your mantel and stfu about it.

And I could be wrong but aren't you the one that argues Tom Brady is not the NFL QB GOAT? He with all those career numbers?

But that's mostly because I hate Tom Brady and am incapable of being objective on the subject.

There's still a pretty massive difference between the two, though (Brady was probably the best player in the NFL for only a few years between Manning's peak and Rodger's peak while LeBron was the best player in the NBA for well over a decade).

Gobert to the T-wolves for a bunch of guys and picks. Haven’t seen any details on the picks yet.

Gobert is 30. I'm... well, we're going in. That's cool and all, but I see this leading to a playoff series win or two over a couple of years until guys get old and we can't collect incoming resources.

Then we're back to being the Royals of the NBA. Except the Royals at least got a ****ing banner out of the deal.

But... eh, gotta have hope, I guess? Go Wolves.

The players are whatever. Bev was cool for the play-in and a game of the playoffs, but he's just old and whiney.

The thing is we're getting Gobert, but DRuss is still our starting PG.

It all hinges on Ant. If he's continuing to develop and turns into a top 5 player in the league, this deal can work. If he's just a really good player like he was this past season, then we're down some depth and lose out on the ability to build it back up.

And that's not to shit on what Ant did last season. I'm not doing that at all. He's dynamic and incredible. But he wasn't the kind of player who could get you to the top provided he didn't have utter crap around him. He has the potential to be able to do that, but he's young and not there yet.

It's the kind of move the T-Wolves should absolutely be making at this point.

Now the question is does Donovan Mitchell go somewhere else now too.

LMAO Poor Bev

This feels like a lot to give up for Gobert but should at least make them more interesting to watch next year.

Gobert and Towns playing together makes little sense in today's NBA. Just don't see the two big men format working.

Massive overpay, in fact maybe one of the stupidest trades ever. If Gobert landed 4 FRP and 4 players what is KD going to bring?

The Grizzlies put up all those those embarrassing 4th quarter comebacks in the playoffs, and it wasn't because they were the Grizzlies. It was because nobody would ****ing rebound for us. I think the Mavs, Nuggets, or even the Jazz could have done the same ****ing thing to us.

I get it's a bad deal to build the power of your team around bigs these days, but something had to get addressed, and if we weren't going to trade KAT for a haul (I don't think anybody would have given up what we needed, which was immediate assets, not draft picks) the problem still had to get solved.

We still have some guys that can combat small ball lineups. Maybe that means you can't play KAT and Gobert on the court at the same time for stretches of the playoffs. Like I said earlier, we're banking on Ant, not KAT, so as long as he turns into the guy they think he can be, we can still be competitive.

Not denying it's risky as ****, and you're definitely bucking league trends with this move, but there's definitely potential for this to also be a big win

Would Brooklyn have taken this deal for Durant, or at least used it as a starting point?

I posted during that series I didn't quite understand the Twolves offense with KAT camping at the 3 pt line and when they missed no Twolves players within 10 ft of the rebound. Thought it was strange to have your center camping outside like that even though I understand he was your best 3 pt shooter.

So I get the trade but damn they gave up alot. This is the Christian Kirk deal for the NBA.

To answer your other question, the rumor is the Nets are asking for a young star and 3 FRP for KD. That is probably out the window now.

It was 4 first round picks? Wow that’s a lot. Just upped the trade market considerably.

By young star, I assume any or all of Jared Vanderbilt, Malik Beasley, Pat Bev, and Walker Kessler weren't going to get the job done.

And the Wolves definitely weren't giving up Ant or KAT. One of the local Wolves people has some kind of inside knowledge post-trade that I guess the Jazz were going to drop a 1st rounder or two if the Wolves could throw in Jaden McDaniels, and the Wolves said no to that, but I think that's a case of the Wolves valuing McDaniels more than other teams would.

Brooklyn is going to want a top (preferably young) player as a centerpiece, I think. Then all these draft picks as well. And maybe more.

Does Scottie Barnes, OG Anunoby and 3 first round picks get it done for Durant? I had a long discussion about this last night at a wedding and I’m convinced it makes sense for the Raptors.

Next rumor?

Jazz are working on a trade with the Suns for Ayton.

Jazz appear to be rebuilding.

Do black players want to play in Utah? Ayton is a young star. Utah is not somewhere budding stars want to go. Or are Mitchell and Dwyane Wade appealing to these players to consider the Jazz?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also has finished *every* contract he’s ever signed, never demanded a trade &amp; only changed teams via free agency. ��*♂️��*♂️��*♂️ <a href="https://t.co/3G7vnIy7Tv">https://t.co/3G7vnIy7Tv</a></p>&mdash; nick wright (@getnickwright) <a href="https://twitter.com/getnickwright/status/1542970508001648640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It really should. I don't think anyone else will top that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I think a team that&#39;s lurking is Toronto. They have all the kinds of pieces that you would want and their picks to do a deal for Kevin Durant... Masai Ujiri, you saw the chance he took on Kawhi Leonard.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wojespn</a> on the Raptors possibly trading for KD 👀<a href="https://t.co/XDvXdHwuC6">pic.twitter.com/XDvXdHwuC6</a></p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1543015522752548864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I would agree. Seems they’re involved too.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Per league source a potential Blockbuster 3 team deal between PHX, BRK &amp; Utah is being discussed &amp; could be finalized tomorrow centered around Deandre Ayton to Utah, Donavan Mitchell to Brooklyn and Kevin Durant to Phoenix. Other players and picks are involved per league source�� <a href="https://t.co/ZU2OYdjaVj">pic.twitter.com/ZU2OYdjaVj</a></p>&mdash; FLEX From Jersey (@FlexFromJersey) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlexFromJersey/status/1543090477309771777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>