Yeah, that's a fair point. They also want Dragic, so that'll affect their ability to keep Brunson around.
NBA 2021-2022
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The NBA really is trying it’s best year after year to make the regular season even more pointless.
It is possibly the most interesting regular season in a long time. The play-in invention alone has made it far more exciting, there are like 6 teams tanking currently where normally you would have 10-11 who would be gone by now.
Dragic will be gone after the season anyway. However having Luka, Dinwiddie, Bertans, Brunson, THJ, DFS all on substantial contracts and probably being well into the tax for a team that has zero chance of competing is probably not the best idea. It will take several picks to get off Dinwiddie, Bertans and THJ too. That’s a terribly constructed roster and waste of Luka.
NBA All Draft picks, is KD always such a weird cookie, on top of looking pissed during most of the whole thing. That last part of the picks thou, holy shit hahaHow the hell do you lose to the Knicks?
If you were gonna buy a jersey, how many players in the league do you really believe will definitely be with the same team in 4 years?
Better to get a retro jersey or get your own name.
Better to get a retro jersey or get your own name.
They did Harden dirty in the all Star draft
Out of the current group then I’d say most of the better rookies/sophomores/third year players (LaMelo, Edwards, Mobley, Cade, Garland etc.) and the younger players on good teams like Booker, Giannis, probably Trae and Ja. The good young players are under teams control for 8 years so that helps.
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With Nets losing again, Kyrie not playing at home and Durant still being out for a while there's probably a realistic chance that they don't make the playoffs at all. Rockets must be happy about that as they own Nets 2022 first rounder, unprotected.
And Dame of course. Mr. Loyalty.
I am not so sure. Harden is most probably not the player that will win you a championship as well.Morey won.
Still need to see Simmons back at Philly that first game. I'll drive down if need be
If KD returns and if Kyire can play every game, the Nets might have a chance to surprise everyone.
He can't, by definition.
The ban might be lifted in NY every week.
Unless you're a Kings or Knicks fan.
Knicks haven't extended any rookie they drafted since almost forever.
If Kings can trade Hali, nobody is safe
I'll bet they'll end up drafting another guard this summer and end up trading Fox and Mitchell because that's how they roll. Edit: last Knicks rookie that got extended with them was in 94, which means the Knicks haven't given any of their own rookies an extension for longer than most of the young players have been alive.
Kings seem happy to pay the minimum and soak up that sweet NBA cash, like they were the Glazers in The Super League. I won't he surprised if they let Fox go, they don't seem interested in competing.Unless you're a Kings or Knicks fan.
Knicks haven't extended any rookie they drafted since almost forever.
If Kings can trade Hali, nobody is safe
Edit: last Knicks rookie that got extended with them was in 94, which means the Knicks haven't given any of their own rookies an extension for longer than most of the young players have been alive.
Players that won the trade.
OKC players. They all basically get a bonus because OKC didn't hit the minimum salary floor
OKC players. They all basically get a bonus because OKC didn't hit the minimum salary floor
Players that won the trade.
OKC players. They all basically get a bonus because OKC didn't hit the minimum salary floor
Dort's bonus will likely be more than his actual contract.
Don't know how they split it though. If it's split according to the % of the salary cap they're affecting, his bonus is going to be low.
I get all the bad feelings towards Harden. But wouldn't you be pissed off too if the guy you rely on to help you win the championship choose to only be available half the time?
I think Harden's actions are completely justified - I don't think people will or should be particularly upset with him.
On the other hand:
I'm going to New York at the end of February, and excitedly bought tickets to Celtics vs. Nets. At this rate it's looking like I'm not going to see any of the big three.
What a feck up.He bailed on Houston last year to get to Brooklyn and after less than a year there stopped trying to get a move to Philadelphia. If he wanted a trade then that's fine but the lack of application from him during games is really bad. Plus it's hardly a shock that Kyrie has turned out to be unreliable, there were years of evidence beforehand that indicated that there would be an issue with him again at some stage.
He'll be gone in the Summer. The number of teams that may want to trade for him and would have the assets is probably technically down to the Knicks but this FO is so dumb they will probably happily take Duncan Robinson and a pair second round picks.He went there under the assumption that he would not have to do everything like he had in Houston towards the end. Turned out they'd be relying on him even more because Durant would be always injured and Kyrie would be always dumb. Apparently did not enjoy life in NY either, I think it's fair for him to approach the franchise and ask for a trade while they could still get something for him. Phila would have got him for nothing in the Summer.
To be fair, Durant was quite healthy last year in the playoffs, and it was Harden and Kyrie who got injured.
This season, they were leading in the table will a few weeks ago. Since then, him and Irving went to do a 0-10. Regular season is all bullshit anyway, and KD will be fit for the playoffs. If Kyrie stops being an idiot, I would still have them favorites. Just less year they were literally one inch away from winning the East despite Kyrie being injured and Harden being unable to move.
At this point I truly believe that Kyrie is just pure poison and Durant is the only person in the world who - for some odd reason - can stand him for longer than minutes at a time. I don't blame Harden one bit to want out of that stillborn superteam. I'd be fecking livid if my co-max-player who lured me there got paid while sitting on his arse for half a season reading conspiracy bullshit.
I actually think him wanting to leave now is fine, it's more the way he's gone about it (the clips of him just putting in no effort, being out of shape etc.) having done the same last year. It just makes the regular season very unsatisfactory when stars aren't playing or aren't applying themselves.
It's because KD and Kyrie both have gotten their rings. Their motivation for winning a ring isn't as high as just doing whatever the feck the want.
Oh, he got traded, he's healthy now!!
Chuck the GOAT Barkley
Chuck the GOAT Barkley
That part was predicted by a number of people. By the sound of it, it seems that he would only enjoy, Las Vegas, Florida or Texas.
He certainly liked restorants in the offer considering how out of shape he showed up.
Las Vegas has awful strip clubs.