2017/18 NBA Thread

CROJAM95

Parker just wants to play. Dejounte has emerged, Patty Mills gets lotta minutes.

Kawhis uncle supposedly is running the show and wants him in LA. The puzzling question is, are they prepared to leave about $80M on the table? Spurs can offer that Supermax of over $220m, and it has to be signed by October or he has to requalify for it. Lakers can only offer 4 yrs at a lesser rate. Plus Texas has no state income tax, and Kawhi was finals mvp. The Spurs have shown they can get it done, but I heard Kawhi discouraged big Free Agents don’t want to come to SA.

HesCalledDyer

JK_Livin said:

HesCalledDyer said:

JK_Livin said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Poncier said:

Wobbie said:

grayson allen, huh?

Didn't take him long to translate his college cheap shot douchiness to the NBA...

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24011613/trae-young-atlanta-hawks-grayson-allen-utah-jazz-get-altercation-summer-league

That's all on Trae Young.  I'm not a Grayson Allen fan by any means, but he's unjustly being targeted as the cause for the altercation here.

Allen makes no attempt to initially remove himself from Young.

Oh come on.   He's playing defense.  Young makes no attempt not to get himself tied up in the first place then continues to make it worse as the play ends.

Who's got the track record of being a complete psychopath?

Allen, but this incident is on Young.

cutz

Man, how low can you go?

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24055695/former-nba-player-kermit-washington-sentenced-charity-fraud

Former NBA player Kermit Washington sentenced for charity fraud

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Former NBA player Kermit Washington has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in charity donations on vacations, shopping sprees and plastic surgery for his girlfriend.

The U.S. attorney's office says Washington, 66, also was ordered Monday to pay nearly $970,000 in restitution. Washington, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty in November in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri, to making a false statement in a tax return and aggravated identity theft.

Washington played for five NBA teams in the 1970s and 1980s and is best known for throwing a punch that fractured Houston Rockets player Rudy Tomjanovich's face and left him unconscious during a 1977 game. Washington was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers at the time.

I remember when he did this when he was playing:

https://youtu.be/BI8nVJLHDMo

Wobbie

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

Wobbie said:

out on a limb......grayson will have a better career than trae.

I'll gladly take that bet.

I wouldn’t. Young fell apart when he was under pressure. Grayson doesn’t. 

thank you.

Wobbie

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

I live in salt lake and don’t care enough to dig up video.

out on a limb......grayson will have a better career than trae.

I'm wondering about how living in Salt Lake is relevant to you not caring enough to dig up video?

for fuck’s sake, juggler.....he plays for my team (one of them) but I don’t care enough to see the video.

Poncier

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

I live in salt lake and don’t care enough to dig up video.

out on a limb......grayson will have a better career than trae.

I'm wondering about how living in Salt Lake is relevant to you not caring enough to dig up video?

for fuck’s sake, juggler.....he plays for my team (one of them) but I don’t care enough to see the video.

Don't all the players in the NBA play for one of your 30 teams?

Wobbie

I get a bad rap.

23scidoo

https://www.facebook.com/bleacherreport/videos/10156365562681006/

tempo_n_groove

23scidoo said:

https://www.facebook.com/bleacherreport/videos/10156365562681006/

Hahahahahahahah!!!

HesCalledDyer

https://instagram.com/p/BkBa-RZA0Lp/embed/

markymark550

ESPN reporting that the Raptors and Spurs are finalizing a trade involving DeMar DeRozan and Kawhi Leonard. Risky move for Toronto, especially if they are unable to re-sign him. I don't know if I could trade 3 years of DeRozan for only 1 guaranteed year of Leonard. Apparently neither one was particularly enthusiastic about it when learning of it. Didn't see this one coming.

tempo_n_groove

markymark550 said:

ESPN reporting that the Raptors and Spurs are finalizing a trade involving DeMar DeRozan and Kawhi Leonard. Risky move for Toronto, especially if they are unable to re-sign him. I don't know if I could trade 3 years of DeRozan for only 1 guaranteed year of Leonard. Apparently neither one was particularly enthusiastic about it when learning of it. Didn't see this one coming.

DeRozan was told that they "wouldn't trade him"...  Well he will be salted come his next contract signing.

Anybody else see Kawhi not liking it in Toronto?

eeriepadave

tempo_n_groove said:

markymark550 said:

ESPN reporting that the Raptors and Spurs are finalizing a trade involving DeMar DeRozan and Kawhi Leonard. Risky move for Toronto, especially if they are unable to re-sign him. I don't know if I could trade 3 years of DeRozan for only 1 guaranteed year of Leonard. Apparently neither one was particularly enthusiastic about it when learning of it. Didn't see this one coming.

DeRozan was told that they "wouldn't trade him"...  Well he will be salted come his next contract signing.

Anybody else see Kawhi not liking it in Toronto?

should have gone to philly

tempo_n_groove

eeriepadave said:

tempo_n_groove said:

markymark550 said:

ESPN reporting that the Raptors and Spurs are finalizing a trade involving DeMar DeRozan and Kawhi Leonard. Risky move for Toronto, especially if they are unable to re-sign him. I don't know if I could trade 3 years of DeRozan for only 1 guaranteed year of Leonard. Apparently neither one was particularly enthusiastic about it when learning of it. Didn't see this one coming.

DeRozan was told that they "wouldn't trade him"...  Well he will be salted come his next contract signing.

Anybody else see Kawhi not liking it in Toronto?

should have gone to philly

HA!  He would have been a good fit there.

CROJAM95

Kawhi is a mindless fool

he def wasn’t as injured as he said... this whole thing was a grand scheme to force the Spurs hand with trying to portray them as the bad guys when it clearly backfired and made him and his team look like morons

its one thing to do this if you play for the Kings, the Nets or some shitty bottomdweller piss poor run franchise.

He should have kept this in house, told them ... look I want to go to the Lakers, LA clippers whatever and I don’t plan to resign here

The guy had a lot of Respect... mid round selection turned into best NBA 2 way player, finals MVP , champion, hard worker

now this? 

xavier mcdaniel

The trade is official and it's this:  
The Toronto Raptors announced Wednesday they have acquired two-time NBA All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard and guard Danny Green from the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for guard DeMar DeRozan, centre Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first-round draft pick. 

I love this trade from the Spurs perspective, three years of a guy who can average 25 points and show something with an evolving 3-point game (he shot 31 percent). Yes, Leonard is the better player but who knows where this guy is mentally or health wise. I guess he could be ultra-motivated being this is a contract year, but already reports are surfacing he doesn't want to go to Toronto, which other than the cold weather is a good basketball city from my experience of going to a game and watching the Raptors trade.

Of course the downside for DeRozan after three years of not being able to shake LeBron in the playoffs, he goes to the Western Conference where LeBron happens to be. At least we get four times of DeRozan-Curry in the regular season.

markymark550

Yes, really good trade for the Spurs. If you're going to lose Leonard via free agency anyways, get as much as you can for him. 

No Coder

I've seen where people think Toronto won this trade. Can't see it myself, as I would be massively shocked if Kawhi stays past next season. Whoever is advising him is tarnishing his career.

Spurs received a decent package back and if DeRozen is as upset as it seems, he may take another step up to make Toronto wish they never traded him. I'm not a huge fan of his, but he is certainly in the top SG's in the NBA.

I also think Toronto took a huge risk , they may look terrible for trading away the face of the franchise for a 1 year rental

tempo_n_groove

No Coder said:

I've seen where people think Toronto won this trade. Can't see it myself, as I would be massively shocked if Kawhi stays past next season. Whoever is advising him is tarnishing his career.

Spurs received a decent package back and if DeRozen is as upset as it seems, he may take another step up to make Toronto wish they never traded him. I'm not a huge fan of his, but he is certainly in the top SG's in the NBA.

I also think Toronto took a huge risk , they may look terrible for trading away the face of the franchise for a 1 year rental

Everything I hear about Toronto as a Basketball town is legit.  It's a town that embraces the players.  Kawhi may not want to leave after being there.

We will have to see.

No Coder

tempo_n_groove said:

No Coder said:

I've seen where people think Toronto won this trade. Can't see it myself, as I would be massively shocked if Kawhi stays past next season. Whoever is advising him is tarnishing his career.

Spurs received a decent package back and if DeRozen is as upset as it seems, he may take another step up to make Toronto wish they never traded him. I'm not a huge fan of his, but he is certainly in the top SG's in the NBA.

I also think Toronto took a huge risk , they may look terrible for trading away the face of the franchise for a 1 year rental

Everything I hear about Toronto as a Basketball town is legit.  It's a town that embraces the players.  Kawhi may not want to leave after being there.

We will have to see.

I hope he stays, the NBA needs talent in the East. I agree that Toronto is a Basketball Town and maybe he does a PG and stays when everyone thought he'd run to LA