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Looney signed for the minimum so I don't see West or Zaza returning.
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Between salary and the luxury tax, we have the first $300m team in NBA history.

And it's not the Lakers. No, it's... the Zombie Sonics.
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Weren't the Sonics supposed to come back at one point?

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Weren't the Sonics supposed to come back at one point?

At some point yes.   If the NBA expands the teams two more teams the Sonics are one of the teams most likely to come about from that decision. 
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This is hilarious.
https://mobile.twitter.com/espn/status/1014351716878340097/video/1

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_xP7libTZo

And I think if they expand, Seattle and Las Vegas  are the 2 most likely expansion locations.
And this would likely move Memphis Grizz back to the East where they belong.
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BNM that video is so on point.
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This is hilarious.
https://mobile.twitter.com/espn/status/1014351716878340097/video/1

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_xP7libTZo
BNM that video is so on point.

#accuratereenactment

The best part was after the fade to black.

"Real G's move in silence, like in Lasagna"
"The whole league out here playing checkers... We out here playing Chess"
"What did LeBron say!?.... Not 1, Not 2... Not 3, you were prophecizing , just about us!!"

LMAO
The whole video was very on point for reactions around the league.
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Looks like the Thunder is stretching Melo out of OKC to save some money in their luxury tax.   

Looks like the Lakers, Trailblazers, Rockets or the Heat could be options for Melo.
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He'd be lucky if any of them were interested.
Luckily the Rockets were, according to sources. ;)

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Per ESPN, Raptors agree to deal to acquire Spurs' Kawhi Leonard for DeMar DeRozan

Unsurprisingly, neither player is enthusiastic about the deal.

This is probably the best deal the Spurs could hope for especially if the they can get a pick. If I’m the the Raptors, I’d push for a pick from the Spurs since DeRozan has three years left on his deal. Everyone knows Leonard doesn’t want to be in San Antonio. He also doesn’t want to be in Toronto.

This is not that risky for the Raptors. Even after LeBron James left the East, they had a very tiny window to even get to the Finals with a roster led by Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan. They were going to have to rebuild in a couple years anyway. Leonard is a much better player so they’re throwing a Hail Mary, and if it yields a championship (it won’t), great. If it doesn’t, they get off DeRozan’s money sooner. Either way, making a bold move like this is good for their front office. It shows free agents how serious the team is about trying to win.

I’m really glad the Lakers didn’t pull the trigger on a trade. Chasing Kawhi Leonard probably cost them a meeting with Paul George (try explaining to a marquee free agent that he’ll have to change the way he plays to be the third option). Two weeks before free agency, the Lakers found out they were not only in play for Leonard but were the favorites. They chose to focus on Kawhi Leonard. 100 times out of 100, you make that choice. I still think Kawhi Leonard ends up on the Lakers next year, possibly before the trade deadline. The Raptors know where they stand now, but I don’t think they’ll let him walk for nothing. They either get a commitment from him or they start tanking midseason.
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Congrats to Toronto. Even without LeBron in your conference, you still find ways to own yourselves.
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Congrats to Toronto. Even without LeBron in your conference, you still find ways to own yourselves.
The trade is defensible, but I still laughed out loud in the middle of work. Bravo.

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Spurs are getting a protected 2019 pick out of it too.  Pretty solid trade for them.
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The only way this works for Toronto is if they immediately trade Kawhi to the Lakers and manage to get 2 of their young core and a pick. Then they suddenly get younger and have more potential down the line.
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The Lakers aren’t willing to trade their young core. Otherwise, they would already have Kawhi Leonard. Brandon Ingram isn’t as good as Paul George, but he’s about as good as they’d need a third option to be. The Lakers are right to wait it out and either sign Leonard as a free agent or trade significantly fewer assets. They signed a bunch of one-year deals and let Julius Randle walk just to have that leverage.

I doubt the Raptors believe they’re keeping Kawhi Leonard. They just knew they weren’t winning with DeMar DeRozan as their best player. They’ll make a run this year with a hopefully healthy Kawhi Leonard, but the team was always headed for a rebuild with or without him. Teams rebuild with draft picks and cap space. When/if they lose Leonard, they can use cap space to absorb a bad contract for picks. The Raptors are a treadmill team in the East. Masai Ujiri is betting by the time the Raptors are good again, the Warriors won’t be.

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Bit disappointed in the Jazz this off-season. They basically resigned almost everyone from last year except a few 3rd-stringers they've already replaced with Summer League players. They resigned Favors, so that's great. But we basically didn't get any better during the off-season aside from drafting a promising new point guard.
I wonder if we'll see them more active on the Trading Circuit as the season goes on.
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This trade for Kawhi by the Raptors I think was the best anyone could offer that both sides would agree on. 

Raptors get Kawhi and Danny Green. Spurs get DeMar Dorzan, Jacob Poetli, and a protected 1-20 2019 first round pick which after 1 year will turn into two 2nd round picks.


One thing that I think makes this trade a little one sided long term is that the Raptors traded Dorzan who might have had been able to keep Kawhi around after the year but that isn't likely now.   This trade is most likely just to get an wing in Green and cap space after Kawhi's year is up.   


It will make the east a bit more interesting to watch now with the Raptors, 76ers, and Celtics most likely coming out at title contenders in the east.
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Looks like the Thunder traded Melo to the Hawks and it looks like they are going to waive him so he can go to the Rockets.

https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2018/7/19/17590136/atlanta-hawks-trade-dennis-schroder-oklahoma-city-thunder-carmelo-anthony-mike-muscala-trae-young
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Re: The NBA Thread: Congrats to the Warriors on winning the 2018-19 NBA Finals
« Reply #643 on: August 10, 2018, 10:43:45 PM »
NBA Game Schedule is out.
http://stats.nba.com/schedule/

Here is Opening Night:


KD gets his 2nd ring right before tip-off infront of Westbrook.

Warriors face off against Lebron and the Lakers on X-Mas and MLK Day

Televised games list is out too
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Re: The NBA Thread: Congrats to the Warriors on winning the 2018-19 NBA Finals
« Reply #644 on: August 10, 2018, 11:01:22 PM »
Honestly none of the teams that have 1 game on national TV deserve it.
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Re: The NBA Thread: Congrats to the Warriors on winning the 2018-19 NBA Finals
« Reply #645 on: August 10, 2018, 11:09:08 PM »
Honestly none of the teams that have 1 game on national TV deserve it.

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Re: The NBA Thread: Congrats to the Warriors on winning the 2018-19 NBA Finals
« Reply #646 on: August 11, 2018, 01:14:38 AM »
Honestly none of the teams that have 1 game on national TV deserve it.

What about the team that has 2?

And I wonder who those 1 games are against.

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Re: The NBA Thread: Congrats to the Warriors on winning the 2018-19 NBA Finals
« Reply #647 on: August 11, 2018, 09:25:08 AM »
Still kind of weird to see a Canadian team in the upper third of that list or thereabouts. Time to see how much of a draw Leonard really is.
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Re: The NBA Thread: Congrats to the Warriors on winning the 2018-19 NBA Finals
« Reply #648 on: August 11, 2018, 09:49:24 AM »
Honestly none of the teams that have 1 game on national TV deserve it.

What about the team that has 2?

And I wonder who those 1 games are against.


That Cleveland vs Brooklyn game right before the All-Star break is just what the NBA needs.
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Re: The NBA Thread: Congrats to the Warriors on winning the 2018-19 NBA Finals
« Reply #649 on: October 06, 2018, 09:49:01 AM »
Kevin Durant did a cool thing last night in an NBA Preseason game in Seattle.

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