New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

[steve williams]

Will Kyrie and LeBron reunite in LA?

NBA | Video: Will Kyrie and LeBron reunite in LA?

Will former teammates Kyrie Irving and LeBron James reunite in LA for a championship run?

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[steve williams]

an interesting spin on reality......

How past trade efforts for Shaq, Kobe and Kawhi might inform the Kevin Durant trade landscape​

How past trade efforts for Shaq, Kobe and Kawhi might inform the Kevin Durant trade landscape

Three blockbuster trade negotiations that did (and didn't) work out -- and what each might say about the massive trade request that has rocked the NBA.

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[rblnr]

Same with what Pop told Boban. He didn't want to leave, but Pop told him to go get paid.

DeRozan is the same story. Always big hugs and conversation after Bulls/Spurs games last yr.

They did a great job developing Murray.

 

[jadis]

KD has joined in the 'cryptic tweet' club, after bff Kyrie posted a bird flying out of a cage tweets. As I said, this isn't just basketball anymore. Players are now influencing teams to trade them to the teams they like. For a change, these 2 should be traded to lottery teams, separately.

- Yahoo Sports

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[jadis]

And deja vu...

Apparently he doesn't care about his 'legacy' and 'damn respect'. He just wants the ring in a silver platter.

Kevin Durant wants to play for Heat, but only alongside Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry, per report​

Durant wants to join a team that is ready to compete​

Kevin Durant wants to play for Heat, but only alongside Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry, per report

Durant wants to join a team that is ready to compete

www.cbssports.com

 

[jadis]

And how does Miami even trade for KD without giving up Butler, Bam and Lowry? Picks for the next 20 years? It really gets more and more absurd.

 

[rblnr]

And deja vu...

Apparently he doesn't care about his 'legacy' and 'damn respect'. He just wants the ring in a silver platter.

Kevin Durant wants to play for Heat, but only alongside Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry, per report​

Durant wants to join a team that is ready to compete​

Kevin Durant wants to play for Heat, but only alongside Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry, per report

Durant wants to join a team that is ready to compete

www.cbssports.com

100% agreement. The Nets are what he insisted they be with Irving, Harden and Jordan, now he’s bailing. Is Lebron his role model?

 

[rblnr]

And deja vu...

Apparently he doesn't care about his 'legacy' and 'damn respect'. He just wants the ring in a silver platter.

Kevin Durant wants to play for Heat, but only alongside Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry, per report​

Durant wants to join a team that is ready to compete​

Kevin Durant wants to play for Heat, but only alongside Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry, per report

Durant wants to join a team that is ready to compete

www.cbssports.com

100% agreement. The Nets are what he insisted they be with Irving, Harden and Jordan, now he’s bailing. Respect the contract you signed. He’s up there in the GOAT discussion, but is following Lebron’s model.

Current rumor is some kind of Kyrie/Westbrook swap. Why on earth would Nets want Westbrook?

 

[jadis]

100% agreement. The Nets are what he insisted they be with Irving, Harden and Jordan, now he’s bailing. Respect the contract you signed. He’s up there in the GOAT discussion, but is following Lebron’s model.

Current rumor is some kind of Kyrie/Westbrook swap. Why on earth would Nets want Westbrook?

My thoughts exactly. Doesn't make sense from the GM respective.

 

[steve williams]

KD has joined in the 'cryptic tweet' club, after bff Kyrie posted a bird flying out of a cage tweets. As I said, this isn't just basketball anymore. Players are now influencing teams to trade them to the teams they like. For a change, these 2 should be traded to lottery teams, separately.

- Yahoo Sports

sports.yahoo.com

@chrisroph.
I know KD is your A team but his decision to leave GSW almost cerainly has cost him dearly. Hopefully Suns will get him and that would cost the Suns even worse.

 

[jadis]

And I saw a clip where Bobby Marks listed more than 10 big name players that can't be traded to the Nets like Bam are long as Simmons is still with the Nets.

So they should trade Simmons too. Clear house. Clean house.

 

[jadis]

Lakers look like winners in this rumored deal. And it looks like nobody else wants to take in Kyrie , or Westbrook, except these 2 teams.

 

[jadis]

How bout this, Kyrie gets into a team owned by Michael Jordan. I'd like to see that happen. And perhaps this package is better than 1 player named Westbrook. And it also gets back a message to Kyrie that he cannot dictate what he wants to the Nets. The Nets have the ball.

"The Nets might be willing to accept a deal that includes a combination of sharpshooting point guard Terry Rozier, versatile wing Kelly Oubre Jr., former first-round pick P.J. Washington and draft compensation."

Report: Nets ‘might be’ willing to send Kyrie Irving to Charlotte

Reports indicate that the Nets could be interested in a Kyrie Irving trade that sends young talent over from Charlotte.

us.yahoo.com

 

[jadis]

I kinda forgot Danny is running the Jazz team. This time he got a lot more from the Nets for the KG/Pierce trade.

Reusse: Why fret about Wolves trading their future for Rudy Gobert? Start with Danny Ainge ...

The first reaction to Adrian Wojnarowski's latest news release, that the Timberwolves are trading four players and four No. 1 draft choices to Utah for center Rudy Gobert, is that this franchise should be reluctant to do business with Danny Ainge. Way back in 2007, Ainge was running the Boston...

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[jadis]

Nets want Booker from Phoenix. But of course.

Nets want Devin Booker in trade with Suns for Kevin Durant, not Ayton​

Josh Matthews
Fri, July 1, 2022 at 10:00 PM

Nets want Devin Booker in trade with Suns for Kevin Durant, not Ayton

Reports indicate that the Brooklyn Nets want Devin Booker in a potential Kevin Durant trade with the Phoenix Suns.

us.yahoo.com

 

[christoph]

Wow...didn't see this one coming

Reports: Jazz trade Rudy Gobert to Wolves in multi-player deal​

Minnesota sends a steep package, including 5 players and 5 picks, to Utah.

Jazz trade Rudy Gobert to Wolves in multi-player deal | NBA.com

Minnesota sends a steep package, including 5 players and 5 picks, to Utah.

www.nba.com

Rudy is an awesome player

 

[christoph]

Anybody else think they’re overpaying for Gobert?

Who with max contracts is NOT overpaid?
At least Rudy is playing (very good!) and is not demanding a trade, at least as far as I know...

 

[christoph]

10 players, lots of future picks. Yeah. That's a lot.

I would say kudos to the negotiator

 

[jerrybj]

Gobert was done as soon as he touched that mike and recording equipment.
That was the beginning of the end of the relationship with Mitchell.
Sure things would have been smoothed over if they'd had deep playoff runs.
But unfortunately, they didn't.
Lots of respect to Quin Snyder for walking away as he did.

 

[jadis]

Who with max contracts is NOT overpaid?
At least Rudy is playing (very good!) and is not demanding a trade, at least as far as I know...

I think 'overvalued' is a more appropriate word.