I'll name this offseason thread later: The NBA 2019 Offseason/Free Agency Thread

[Big Boss]

 

[MillionMills]

Another potential Laker gone

Roster will be disgusting if (when) Kawhi dont sign there

 

[Barnett114]

 

[NatiboyB]

Somebody needs to start investigating this shyt first they get DeAngelo Russell for literally no specific reason and didn't even give up shyt of value...Now they somehow are able to sign WCS to a vet minimum contract...You're telling me Boston, Dallas, Clippers, Lakers, Minnesota, and whatever other team could give him a chip of the MLE?

Lakers and Clippers are going to fukk around and offer some of us a contract at this rate.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

This the exact bytch logic in talking about. nikkas sound like bytches with all the excuses and shyt. Either your with dudes teaming up forming these almost guaranteed chips or you’re not. fukk all the semantics of blah blah blah is different because end of the day this potential team will be just as loaded and deadly as GS or Mia when they got together.

You want it to be "semantics" so you can ignore what actually happened and push your pathetic narrative instead. fukk off, idiot.

 

[Barnett114]

Boston

Boston just signed Kanter

Minnesota has two centers already in Dieng and KAT

The Lakers are really waiting for Kawhi

 

[Morethan1]

 

[Flex Luger]

 

[NatiboyB]

Boston just signed Kanter

Minnesota has two centers already in Dieng and KAT

The Lakers are really waiting for Kawhi

I mean if he's signing for the vet minimum he's better than Dieng and you could move Kat to the 4 at times....The Celtics he could be with Kanter and WIlliams as a rotation at center....The Lakers have minimum contracts to offer and can still wait on Kawhi.

I could be tripping but the Lakers/Clippers can still offer more dudes like Daniels deals...And hold off on the Kawhi and Exception until he reaches his decision. They still need to fill the roster out.

 

[philmonroe]

You want it to be "semantics" so you can ignore what actually happened and push your pathetic narrative instead. fukk off, idiot.

Nah bytch I don’t want it to be semantics so I can ignore shyt. You dumb fakkits I’ve already said what I disagreed with if you bytches don’t agree cool but spare me all this hoe logic you’re kicking. It’s the same shyt at the end of the day but you probably a Lebron nut gargler so of course you want to excuse it fukking bytch.

 

[KingBeez]

The warriors has the best FO in the biz. Only rival is the spurs

 

[Bledswole]

Kawhi went East and immediately won a ring. Now you need him to come to LA and carry LeBron to some more.

Sorry but LeBron's mystique was irreprabably damaged. He now looks like a guy who only won cause he played in the weak east and had superstar teammates carrying him.

Lebron went East and immediately won a ring too against a way better squad than Kawhi beat,he beat a beat up GS team,yea I’ll give him his props,but it ain’t one for the record books far as how tough the competition was. Stop it,Lebron will finish his career top 3 to ever touch a ball,let these rings come in over the next few years and he got a clear black and white case for GOAT

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

It’s how he gets his assists. He literally dribbles the air out of the ball looks to make a pass to a corner shooter with 4 seconds left on the shot clock. Lebron doesn’t set guys up all night like Magic used to do.

He’s robotic in his reads which is why you see him throw the ball clear out of bounds expecting people to be there

You gaslighting fukkers do not watch basketball.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

How the hell do the Warriors have space for WCS?

 

[Left.A1]

I didn't name 15 guys playing 20 minutes. Damn near all those guards except Rondo are guys you don't really want playing more than 10 minutes if at all. And Rondo is coasting until the playoffs so you can't lean into him. Iggy is old as hell so you can't lean into him.

I didn't say you did but this over emphasis about being deep seems exaggerated especially when we all all know playoffs rotations get Shortened

KCP averaged 11 a game with a 57% TS yet you don't want him playing more than 10 minutes a game? Lol KCP put up better numbers than Gary Harris last year and is a bigger defender but are you talking about how the Nuggets are in trouble because they lack guard depth?? Are you talking about how the Nuggets relying on 34 year old Paul Millsap to start at the 4 puts them behind the 8 ball or how the rockets relying on a CLEARLY declining 34 year old CP and 34 year old PJ Tucker are in for problems?.... Everybody has old players....so what??... That in itself isn't the problem...can they play is the question... Iggy looked very capable to me in the playoffs...if he didn't to you perhaps we were watching different leagues

But the big issue as @Eric Brooks just said is you're trying to load manage LeBron and AD so that they even reach the playoffs.

This is your problem...you're starting off with fake news... Where is this "load management" shyt even coming from?... Lebron has never been on a load management plan and AD just came off back to back seasons where he played 75 games before last year where his own team sabotaged his GP... So yeah sure if you cook in this made up narrative about "load management" you can create this doom and gloom scenario... But why aren't you talking about load management for the supposed other contending teams players like Chris Paul?

Look at your lineup, the moment AD goes out they are sucking ass at center. The moment LeBron goes out they're relying on a 36yo at SF.

You can say this same shyt about damn near any team and their star players... If curry goes down who are the Warriors relying on? If Harden goes down who are the Rockets relying on? If Mitchell goes down who are the Jazz relying on and so on and so forth...if all you're coming with is banking on an injury I would say that's a weak argument imo

Rondo may or may not have a real year left in him and Cook didn't look very good in the playoffs. The bench barely has any scoring except for Kuz and not much defense either, you're shedding points at any moment that LeBron and AD are on the bench at the same time.

Why would AD and LeBron spend extended minutes on the bench together? You'd obviously stagger their minutes my guy...this is like common sense basketball logic correct?

Marcus Morris put up 14 a game last playoffs on 52% shooting and 45% from 3 how much more offense do you need from a 4th option?

Cook is a career 40% 3pt shooter so is Daniels they don't need to create offense that's what the stars are their for... Also imo you're putting too much emphasis on Rondo...with heavy usage guys like AD and ball handlers like LeBron and even Kuzma to a lesser degree his role will simply be to set those guys up and make smart reads... I don't doubt his ability to continue to do that...I just watched him do that last season... If you want to predict him forgetting how to do those things magically... Hey I could see your point...I just disagree with that prediction personally

That lineup looks formidable for any 1 game. Over the course of a season they look like this year's Lakers, a bunch of guys rotating in and out of IR with far too many thin spots at too many positions.

Last year's team didn't have two all star caliber players on it... If you look at a team with Lebron James and Anthony Davis on it and somehow see Lonzo Ball / Brandon Ingram /Josh Hart... Hey I can't help you with that one... We'll just have to agree to disagree