OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - August 2021

[royo]

kyrie seems like a good person, but hes a bit lost

He surely has his head open I am sure he will be generous for his tribe and someone should fuckin be at some point of history.

 

[BigGameDamian]

What about the players? Oh ya, it’s a players league. They can do whatever.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Solution:

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Rajon Rondo may be the smartest man in the NBA

 

[JoshuaHall]

Seems like Love will not be bought out acc. to woj. He's stubborn imho. Nobody is going to trade for him so say hello end of the bench. He should take a vet min somewhere if he was smart.

Id say not accepting a buyout of your 60 mill contract is smart.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[Jelloman]

No, if he's SMART, he'll stay where he is and get PAID.

Cleveland is not going anywhere, make him play 45 mins a game and make him earn his money!

Thats how you get him to agree to a buy out.

 

[THE HCP]

 

[Cugel]

Id say not accepting a buyout of your 60 mill contract is smart.

Well sitting on the bench sucks

Id say not accepting a buyout of your 60 mill contract is smart.

Not if you think of your legacy...

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Which means that at least three of them are going to be pissed at their minutes, while the rest of them are going to be thinking "how come I play as much as ____ but he's paid literally 20 times more?"

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Cleveland is not going anywhere, make him play 45 mins a game and make him earn his money!

Thats how you get him to agree to a buy out.

No, that's how you get him to pull a hammy in the first game.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[THE HCP]

Which means that at least three of them are going to be pissed at their minutes, while the rest of them are going to be thinking "how come I play as much as ____ but he's paid literally 20 times more?"

Nope, it means because they are SO old, they have quality depth over the course of a long season.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

 

[THE HCP]

And will STILL finish with a better record then our Blazers.

 

[THE HCP]

I wish he had been.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Nope, it means because they are SO old, they have quality depth over the course of a long season.

So you mean you HOPE that half of them are injured for the playoffs, because that's when they'll all want to play? Or that half of them have essentially retired and reckon this is a way to get a ring without having to play?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

And will STILL finish with a better record then our Blazers.

Let's hope Metamucil isn't one of the banned substances the NBA tests for

 

[e_blazer]

It’s weird to think that Dame is now the oldest guy on the Blazers’ roster.

 

[THE HCP]

So you mean you HOPE that half of them are injured for the playoffs, because that's when they'll all want to play? Or that half of them have essentially retired and reckon this is a way to get a ring without having to play?

Had to read this a couple times…..still didn’t get it. Regardless sir, your hate for the team can’t keep you from realizing they finish ahead of us in the standings does it?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Had to read this a couple times…..still didn’t get it. Regardless sir, your hate for the team can’t keep you from realizing they finish ahead of us in the standings does it?

When you reach the age they're at, it's best not to make long term plans. I always told my Grandma - "don't buy green bananas"

 

[Haakzilla]

...with plenty of "under the table" guaranteed local sponsorship deals to pass around like candy!

 

[JoshuaHall]

Well sitting on the bench sucks


Not if you think of your legacy...

I’d rather have 50 million more in my bank account than accept a pennies on the dollar to play on a minimum contract on a contender…

most likely also on the bench

 

[Rastapopoulos]

...with plenty of "under the table" guaranteed local sponsorship deals to pass around like candy!

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Seems like Love will not be bought out acc. to woj. He's stubborn imho. Nobody is going to trade for him so say hello end of the bench. He should take a vet min somewhere if he was smart.

How is taking way less money smart?

 

[KSF-ERIC]

And will STILL finish with a better record then our Blazers.

Like they did last year? Oh wait. Lakers finished with the same record as us last year. In offseason, Blazers got better and the Lakers got worse. Don’t get me wrong. If this was 2010, Lakers would be biggest favorites of all time. Unfortunately for Lakers fans, it’s 2021 going on 2022.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I’d rather have 50 million more in my bank account than accept a pennies on the dollar to play on a minimum contract on a contender…

most likely also on the bench

And what does “contender” even mean? Were Nets a contender last year? They won one playoff series. I wouldn’t give up tens of millions for that.

 

[THE HCP]