OT Free Agency Round The League

[BonesJones]

Wow the NBA is such a fucked league.

 

[LuckyShot]

Fuck this league.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Huh, 4 years? Honestly didn’t think he was looking to be long term.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

So, now who else is gonna be with him?

 

[Hobbesarable]

Hold on to your asses....

That totally reminded me of Samuel L. Jackson in "Jurassic Park."

 

[LuckyShot]

So, now who else is gonna be with him?

Fuck it, let's trade them Dame and CJ for injured Ball and whatever other trash they have laying around. The best players always end up there anyway and we don't have a real shot at winning.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

So, now who else is gonna be with him?

LONZO BALL!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Fuck it, let's trade them Dame and CJ for injured Ball and whatever other trash they have laying around. The best players always end up there anyway and we don't have a real shot at winning.

Bill Simmons did say Dame... Dame also has said if he wasn’t a Blazer he’d wanna be a Laker... oh god no

 

[Rastapopoulos]

That totally reminded me of Samuel L. Jackson in "Jurassic Park."

Not Deep Blue Sea?

 

[rotary111]

Are you ready to pounce now Neil??

Or are you done?

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

LONZO BALL!!!!!!!!!!

Not for long

 

[Hobbesarable]

LONZO BALL!!!!!!!!!!

Don't forget his father LaVar. Haha

 

[LuckyShot]

Bill Simmons did say Dame... Dame also has said if he wasn’t a Blazer he’d wanna be a Laker... oh god no

Who the fuck cares at this point. You think LeBron played by different rules before, just wait until he's the head of a new super team with Kawhi on the Lakers.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Please Spurs don't fucking do it

 

[handiman]

Edit: this was meant as a response to wizard mentor, I must have hit the wrong thing.
The NBA is a business, and their employees are there only real assets. The assets have figured it out and have learned to exercise their power. I find it annoying the decisions some of them make, but I believe they can and should have the ability to make those decisions.
They don’t owe fans anything, they don’t owe owners anything, it’s what they do for a living.
Now should the league owners try to figure out ways to create more parody in the “who’s a contender” year and in and out, I’d like that, but it shouldn’t infringe upon players being able to make personal choices.

That's where I disagree. Players owe the owners and the fans everything. Without them, they're just the best players on the playground. No AAU perks, no one-year college scholarships, no mega contracts...

The players generally think of just their interests ($$$), while the fans and owners are more compelled to care about historical and future success. Which side's choices do you think are going to better represent the health of the league?

 

[dviss1]

Look, I can't stand that one of my favorite players went to the team I hate the most.

But, why are people mad at the league about it?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

That's where I disagree. Players owe the owners and the fans everything. Without them, they're just the best players on the playground. No AAU perks, no one-year college scholarships, no mega contracts...

The players generally think of just their interests ($$$), while the fans and owners are more compelled to care about historical and future success. Which side's choices do you think are going to better represent the health of the league?

Don’t all the parties think of their best interests?
No the players are highly skilled employees, they are just as much a needed ingredient as the owners or the fans, they all need each other to have a sports league. If they play out their contracts, if they do things by the rules of the contracts they sign when it’s done they don’t owe anyone anything.
Target employees don’t owe target customers anything. They can appreciate them for helping pay their checks but they don’t owe their services.

 

[LayneStaley]

1. He earns too much.
2. The Spurs might want him back - he's a great defender.

He fits in the TPE. The spurs might want him back but according to rumors they asked Philly for Saric/Fultz and 3 first rounders.

 

[dviss1]

Man FUCK....

NEIL OLSHEY....

This is all because you signed BUTTERS to that BULLSHIT contract!!

 

[BBert]

Are you ready to pounce now Neil??

Or are you done?

I'm certain there are deals Neil would love to make. The question is, are his preferred trade partners ready.

 

[dviss1]

This is the worst off-season...

 

[jlprk]

Look, I can't stand that one of my favorite players went to the team I hate the most. But, why are people mad at the league about it?

They're mad at the System. Which only the League has power to change. (I know, it would be hard.)

The "League" is a proxy. Shorthand. Like singling out Allen, Olshey, or Stotts, knowing the cause is really a mixture.

The League consists of disagreeing rich owners, and a CBA negotiation. The Commissioner could try to herd cats, but he won't.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Man FUCK....

NEIL OLSHEY....

This is all because you signed BUTTERS to that BULLSHIT contract!!

I am so tempted to just stop watching, and buying the NBA as a product. Plenty of good basketball to be found elsewhere. Blazers and about half the other teams might as well shut down shop.

 

[handiman]

Don’t all the parties think of their best interests?
No the players are highly skilled employees, they are just as much a needed ingredient as the owners or the fans, they all need each other to have a sports league. If they play out their contracts, if they do things by the rules of the contracts they sign when it’s done they don’t owe anyone anything.
Target employees don’t owe target customers anything. They can appreciate them for helping pay their checks but they don’t owe their services.

In a sense yes, but not meaningfully. The players care about earning power over their career. The owners also care about the bottom line, but they care about all the contracts not just one, and they care about what happens after those players move on. Fans simply care about the team.

The perspective is much narrower for players.

Of course the players are needed to create the product. Target employees are not in the entertainment biz. Putting out an entertaining product is as important as being good at your job. A better example would have been the early movie biz, with actors under contract to studios and limited in who they can work with, but I'm not sure how to unravel that...

 

[TBpup]

Would Pop be up for all the young players when all he has to go with it is Aldridge who isn't a leader? I can see someone else getting involved in a 3-way so the Spurs get a more established player. If LA wasn't such a softy, young guys might energize him but I think Pop would want someone else to lean on.

 

[BonesJones]

This is the worst off-season...

Worse than 2015, worse than 2016.

 

[Hobbesarable]

I am so tempted to just stop watching, and buying the NBA as a product. Plenty of good basketball to be found elsewhere. Blazers and about half the other teams might as well shut down shop.

I enjoy watching NCAA basketball. You might want to give that a try as a substitution for the NBA.

 

[BonesJones]

Look, I can't stand that one of my favorite players went to the team I hate the most.

But, why are people mad at the league about it?

Because a star level player can completely alter a team, and the league has max contracts that make it so that 3 of them can team up even if they sign for the maximum contracts that are in place... The league doesn't promote parity. LeBron should be making 75% of the salary cap, if it was based off impact.

The league could take steps to making it more competitive with more parity, but they're lazy, and would rather just promote 3 teams and 5 players and not give a crap about any of its other members. It's stupid. Compare it to other leagues... It's horrible.

 

[Labinot41]

Orlando RFA Aaron Gordon has agreed to a four-year, $84 million deal to re-sign with the Magic, league sources tell Yahoo.

 

[craigehlo]

Aaron Gordon got crazy overpaid. At least he's off the board.