Exclusive The OFFICIAL 2019 NBA Offseason Thread

[DDolla]

Warriors are done... no KD, Klay hurt, no Cook, no Bell, no Livingston, no Boogie, no Iggy

 

[bradk8605]

I wonder if he would sign for the Min with us?

 

[hoopsjock]

Warriors are done... no KD, Klay hurt, no Cook, no Bell, no Livingston, no Boogie, no Iggy

Why didn't you mention anyone they picked up?

 

[GhostOfPGA]

I wonder if he would sign for the Min with us?

He’d be the best backup guard as he can play with all of Dame, CJ, Simons, and he can run an offense.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Do you know where I want Westbrick traded to? Nowhere. I want him in pain.

To The Pain.
It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.

 

[blazerfan11]

Do you know where I want Westbrick traded to? Nowhere. I want him in pain.

To The Pain.
It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.

I'd like to see him playing for the Knicks, but it seems they're too shitty for anyone nowadays. How bad do you have to be to fuck that up? Imagine if Westbrick said no to the Knicks? They're two peas in a pod.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

PG trade STILL not official

 

[wizenheimer]

PG trade STILL not official

my guess is that OKC may be trying to find a 3rd team to divert Gallo to and pick up some extra assets AND a huge TPE. That makes a lot of sense for them

it's a done deal in terms of PG going to LAC, IMO

 

[wizenheimer]

Why didn't you mention anyone they picked up?

yeah....people are writing the epitaph for the Warriors way early

Klay could be back before Christmas; they got D'Angelo Russell, brought back Looney; signed Willie Caulie-Stein, Glenn Robinson, and Alec Burks

they aren't going to be as bad a many apparently think

 

[BigGameDamian]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...n-should-the-heat-trade-for-russell-westbrook

Miami Heat's $171 Million Question: Is Russell Westbrook the Right Trade Target?


Miami Heat Receive: Russell Westbrook

Oklahoma City Thunder Receive: Goran Dragic, James Johnson, Dion Waiters, Duncan Robinson

 

[Sarni]

OKC will not give any of their picks to trade him. He’s a high contract but also still a pretty good player. He had a good season overall, if he can get his shooting back to previous numbers he would still be a top 15 player in the league. For teams like Heat there’s really very little hope of getting a player of this quality other than via trade considering their cap restrictions.

There will be a team willing to offer just expirings to take him. I would even expect someone to give a couple of small assets to take him.

 

[Sarni]

my guess is that OKC may be trying to find a 3rd team to divert Gallo to and pick up some extra assets AND a huge TPE. That makes a lot of sense for them

it's a done deal in terms of PG going to LAC, IMO

Of course it’s a done deal. George is going to LA, as you are saying they are probably trying to reroute Gallinari because if they don’t do it now they will have to wait a month before they can make structured trades around him (they can only send him somewhere alone without any other players or picks involved on their side).

 

[ABM]

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/12-sports/433142-342153-trail-blazers-on-the-move

TRAIL BLAZERS ON THE MOVE

I've been covering the Trail Blazers since Rick Adelman was coaching, Clyde Drexler was playing and Bill Schonely was announcing, and I can't remember as much player movement from season to season as we've seen from our local NBA contingent this year.

The same goes for around the league after all the action at the trade deadline, but more on that in a minute.

Of the 15 players who began last season on Portland's roster, only six remain — guards Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Anfernee Simons and Gary Trent Jr., center/forward Zach Collins and center Jusuf Nurkic. And Nurkic will miss at least a good portion of the season while recovering from a broken leg.

Not a forward who began last season with the Blazers returns. Al-Farouq Aminu is with Orlando, Moe Harkless with the Los Angeles Clippers, Meyers Leonard with Miami, Jake Layman with Minnesota and Evan Turner with Atlanta.

Seth Curry, Nik Stauskas, Caleb Swanigan, Wade Baldwin and Enes Kanter — the latter who came on at midseason — have found new clubs.

Blazers general manager Neil Olshey has doubled down on the stability of Lillard and McCollum and the promise of Simons and Trent Jr. while providing the 21-year-old Collins with the opportunity to claim a starting job at power forward in his third NBA season.....

 

[illmatic99]

Clips are upto something

 

[Sarni]

Fun fact: between themselves, Magic and Knicks will have 89% of NBA power forwards under contract.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

KD ready to play in January? Cris Carter says it's so.

 

[Sarni]

That would be great. Would make the league so much more interesting.

 

[RR7]

Clips are upto something

Other than minimum signings, they're kind of limited, I believe. The only salaries they have to trade are his and Lou Williams'.

 

[illmatic99]

Other than minimum signings, they're kind of limited, I believe. The only salaries they have to trade are his and Lou Williams'.

Perhaps in August/December?

 

[tlongII]

KD ready to play in January? Cris Carter says it's so.

If this is true then I assume Nurk will be ready for training camp.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Other than minimum signings, they're kind of limited, I believe. The only salaries they have to trade are his and Lou Williams'.

I have a Clipper friend who is leery of Lou being effective with Kawhi or PG. Off the bench sure when they are resting. But not along side them. Not a spot up jumper in his opinion. Only effective when he creates for himself. He said he would not be surprised if he was included in a deal. (Only makes 8 million though)

 

[PtldPlatypus]

 

[Scalma]

Portland will be in position to make a run at George and Kawhi in 2021 hehe.

 

[illmatic99]

Portland will be in position to make a run at George and Kawhi in 2021 hehe.

Wonder how Jerry West et al feel about trading away all those unprotected picks now.

 

[illmatic99]

 

[e_blazer]

So, it wasn't so much the NBA deciding to ditch the term "owners" from teams' "governors" as it was star players ripping it from their grasp.

 

[dviss1]

POR Gets: Danilo Gallinari
OKC Gets: Miles Plumlee, 2020 POR 1st
MEM Gets: Ian Mahinmi, Future POR 2nds
WAS Gets: Kent Bazemore

Stop tryna give away 1st rounders. LOL.

 

[Scalma]

Wonder how Jerry West et al feel about trading away all those unprotected picks now.

Probably the same as when he made the trade. He knew what Kawhi was going to sign.

 

[dviss1]

Understandable. Frontcourt depth has me worried though.

Then why are you always tryna trade for injury prone bigs?

Blake, Gallo? We'd still eventually have frontcourt depth problems.

 

[e_blazer]

The Blazers need to cycle from having potential cap space in even numbered years to odd numbered years. Even years talent sucks by comparison.