2018 NBA Offseason Thread -- News, Free Agency, Trades, Etc

[Rockethorn1978 6,061]

Do laker fans think their window is open for a decade? LeBron is 34 not 24. The window is maybe 3 years and as of now this up coming season is a guaranteed no title. So they have two years. Until another star is signed all they have is LeBron and a bunch of all the sudden overrated scrubs.

[joeycovers 377]

1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Do laker fans think their window is open for a decade? LeBron is 34 not 24. The window is maybe 3 years and as of now this up coming season is a guaranteed no title. So they have two years. Until another star is signed all they have is LeBron and a bunch of all the sudden overrated scrubs.

They are confusing signing a young Shaq paired with baby Kobe with an old Lebron. 

[Rockethorn1978 6,061]

2 minutes ago, joeycovers said:

They are confusing signing a young Shaq paired with baby Kobe with an old Lebron. 

Seriously all the nba talking heads are acting like the lakers are back for good. They just signed a guy on the back 9 of his career. He’s gonna be more focused on retiring in LA and making a movie career than staying in shape to go pursue titles. Window is 3 years tops.

[GabrielsHorn 2,142]

57 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Active players who've made All-NBA 1st team, by current conf.:

West
LeBron James
Kevin Durant
James Harden
Stephen Curry
Anthony Davis
Kawhi Leonard
Chris Paul
Russell Westbrook
DeAndre Jordan
Marc Gasol
Dirk Nowitzki
Derrick Rose

East
Joakim Noah

TBD
Dwight Howard
Dwyane Wade

If ever there was a time to do the playoffs from 1 to 16 instead of conferences, it’s now. 

[Machinator 32,097]

 

[GabrielsHorn 2,142]

Portland continuing to go all in on the best defense is a good offense. 

Edited July 3, 2018 by GabrielsHorn

[kopp0e 1,135]

7 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Any team other than LAL offering anything remotely valuable for Kawhi should build plenty of provisions into the deal in case he pulls another fake injury bullshit and sits out 75% of the season until he is an UFA. 

How would a franchise go about writing something like that..? Wouldn't the (past) CBA's oppose something like that being stuck in the contract..?

[Francisco 2.0 32,318]

1 hour ago, Orca of Peace said:

if GS is like half a billion $$ over the cap, i'm sure the Lakers can afford all the luxury tax. 

Unlike the Warriors, the Lakers ownership isn't that wealthy.  Sure, the Buss family is 1%'ers, but they aren't fuck you rich.  

[kopp0e 1,135]

17 minutes ago, joeycovers said:

They are confusing signing a young Shaq paired with baby Kobe with an old Lebron. 

Some of the "new blood" Laker fans have no knowledge of that, as they were probably still on Similac formula during that period, so all they have known is an aging Kobe with an over-rated cast of (comparative) scrubs as Ron Artest & Pau Gasol (eventually) replacing Shaq...

[kopp0e 1,135]

Just now, Francisco 2.0 said:

Unlike the Warriors, the Lakers ownership isn't that wealthy.  Sure, the Buss family is 1%'ers, but they aren't fuck you rich.  

That tech money tho...

[Radical Larry 28,528]

Holy shit.

[shakahorn 1,625]

42 minutes ago, joeycovers said:

They are confusing signing a young Shaq paired with baby Kobe with an old Lebron. 

And it took Shaq 4 years before he won a title in LA.

[Michael Knight 12,888]

1 minute ago, Radical Larry said:

Holy shit.

cool..

[Rockethorn1978 6,061]

Wtf how can they sign boogie? Did they have any cap space? I’m confused how someteams just sign and trade with ease? 

[Orca of Peace 109]

Cousins holy shit.  GS wins it 2019 and 2020 then it blows up.  That's 5 of 6.

 

It's for $5.3 mil only.   Does he want a ring that badly???

so he gives up $10mill+ at least just for a ring???

 

Dumb Lebron you should have gone to Philly. 

Edited July 3, 2018 by Orca of Peace

[Machinator 32,097]

Took a major pay cut. Wants a ring.

 

[Michael Knight 12,888]

 

[TexasMan 10,786]

Goddamn. Why even watch this season?

[BigOrange1 6,422]

ok fuck this shit.

[Aqua Buddha 14,501]

WTF?  Why even have a season?

[Michael Knight 12,888]

guess the warriors just want to destroy the nba

[Orca of Peace 109]

so they traded Shaqtin a Fool for Boogie.  That GS GM is GOD 

77-5 then 16-0 right?

Edited July 3, 2018 by Orca of Peace

[immortal13 4,059]

6 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

Holy shit.

Haha lol

[Machinator 32,097]

This is actually absurd.

[GabrielsHorn 2,142]

If they remain healthy, they're probably the best team of all time. Oh well, no reason to watch games outside of the Mavs this year. 

[Rockethorn1978 6,061]

Unbelievable but lol at that “closer” magic. LeBron came for Hollywood not rings as they surround him with dog shit headaches. 

[Horny Bull 2,759]

7 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

Holy shit.

What the fuck

[youdunnf'dup 2,147]

Hahahahaha 

fucking unreal

[RockyMountainHighHorn 889]

Hahaha hell yes. On to another one 

[Orca of Peace 109]

only the 1992 Dream Team could beat these guys.  OK  maybe 1996.

[Message Board User 12,389]

I want to see some torn ACLs, ruptured Achilles, and detached retinas in the City (tm) next year.  Lakers' next signings should be Rick Mahorn & Charles Oakley.

[Michael Knight 12,888]

the warriors got spooked because they didn't give a shit and so they added boogie as insurance in case they might lose a game

[BigOrange1 6,422]

maybe boogie and draymond literally kill each other?

[GabrielsHorn 2,142]

I honestly don't know what the league can do to stop this at this point. The SuperMax obviously didn't work, the soft salary cap didn't work, and with how large shoe contracts are, the salaries aren't even that important. 

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

  I'm guessing he was getting low ball offers based on his injury.   He figures get healthy, play a few months, show everyone he still has it, get a ring,  then get paid next summer.   Let's  see him healthy first though.  

Edited July 3, 2018 by dingleberryswitzer
Ring

[Michael Knight 12,888]

The Warriors got Cousins for 5.3 million , the same price the Lakers paid for Lance

[immortal13 4,059]

2 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

I want to see some torn ACLs, ruptured Achilles, and detached retinas in the City (tm) next year.  Lakers' next signings should be Rick Mahorn & Charles Oakley.

Wishing injuries is fucked up on any level. Have some neg, bitch

[Michael Knight 12,888]

silicon valley tech bros ruin everything

[Orca of Peace 109]

Just now, immortal13 said:

Wishing injuries is fucked up on any level. Have some neg, bitch

i agree with this except for dirty ones like Zaza 

[Rockethorn1978 6,061]

Let’s hope psycho cousins shows up and ruins the chemistry. Plus he won’t even be ready until January at the earliest with no guarantee he will be the same player.

 

thats all I got to cheer myself up.

[CurlyDumps 4,439]

4 minutes ago, immortal13 said:

Wishing injuries is fucked up on any level. Have some neg, bitch

Not wishing injuries on the Warriors is fucked up.

[TommyGufano 6,021]

7 minutes ago, GabrielsHorn said:

I honestly don't know what the league can do to stop this at this point. The SuperMax obviously didn't work, the soft salary cap didn't work, and with how large shoe contracts are, the salaries aren't even that important. 

hard cap. no max salary next CBA. that's it.

[Jhawk 1,075]

New theory. There is a union-wide memo that tells all players to accept less, go to stacked teams, build a massive imbalance. This is all because the players are willing to give more power to owners for a larger slice of pie. They are using contracts and rules to create a massively imbalanced nba and for the owners to spread the wealth they will have to share with the players or teams will be sucked dry by lack of competition.

 

This is insane

[immortal13 4,059]

1 minute ago, CurlyDumps said:

Not wishing injuries on the Warriors is fucked up.

Spurs fan?

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

4 minutes ago, GabrielsHorn said:

I honestly don't know what the league can do to stop this at this point. The SuperMax obviously didn't work, the soft salary cap didn't work, and with how large shoe contracts are, the salaries aren't even that important. 

Hard cap is the only way.  I don't  want that to happend though. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

This is getting bad for the NBA. What's the point of watching next year? 

[Francisco 2.0 32,318]

The current CBA expires after the 23-24 season.  There is a mutual opt-out after 22-23. 

 

Until then, just have to sit back and take it.  

[Orca of Peace 109]

no max no cap is the real answer where all the remaining freaks can join forces in a Super Team 2 .. such as Bron, Kawhi, AD Harden all on one team with a $300mil salary, no tax. 

[TexasMan 10,786]

 

[GabrielsHorn 2,142]

3 minutes ago, TommyGufano said:

hard cap. no max salary next CBA. that's it.

Even with no max salary, the players are making so much from outside of the league that it doesn't really matter. See Kawhi's situation and the rumors about the shoe companies pushing him to a bigger market.