2016-17 Around the NBA

[Ronin]

Desmond a free agent
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Sources on @TheVertical: Spurs 7-footer Dewayne Dedmon reaches decision on $3M player option for next season.

 

[JCSunsfan]

The Celtics can have any PG in the draft and they have the Nets pick in the next draft.

I wouldn't say they are in a no win situation but the situation with IT is tricky going forward.

No it isn't. They will eventually trade IT.

 

[Mainstreet]

No it isn't. They will eventually trade IT.

If the Celtics draft a PG with the #1 pick in could get interesting especially with Marcus Smart on the roster.

Eventually the Celtics would have to trade someone.

 

[sunsfan88]

ProBasketballTalk @nbcprobballtalk
Report: Multiple NBA teams willing to give Mavericks’ Nerlens Noel a max contract
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/05/30...o-give-mavericks-nerlens-noel-a-max-contract/

Wow I'm curious about what Len will get.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Wow I'm curious about what Len will get.

I am more curious what Sauce will be offered. He is not a secret.

 

[sunsfan88]

I am more curious what Sauce will be offered. He is not a secret.

Hopefully we can retain him at a Dudley type contract.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I am more curious what Sauce will be offered. He is not a secret.

Me too.

 

[TheBook1]

Cavs in 7!!

 

[Ronin]

Warriors could eclipse $260 million in spending next season
By Dan FeldmanJun 1, 2017, 12:57 PM ED

Kevin Durant is reportedly willing to accept less than a max contract next season.

That, ironically, could get very expensive for the Warriors.

Golden State would need to clear cap space to pay Durant his max – the system working as intended to limit spending. But if Durant takes less than his max, the Warriors could operate as an over-the-cap team, sign players like Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston with Bird Exceptions and spend into the stratosphere.

Just how high could Golden State’s payroll get next season? Let’s make a few assumptions:

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/06/01/warriors-could-eclipse-260-million-in-spending-next-season/

 

[Ronin]

Enes Kanter‏Verified account@Enes_Kanter 9m9 minutes ago
HEY WORLD MY DAD HAS BEEN ARRESTED
by Turkish government and the Hitler of our century
He is potentially to get tortured as thousand others

 

[Ronin]

Marc Stein‏Verified account@ESPNSteinLine
League sources tell me that Chris Paul intends to give San Antonio serious consideration in free agency if he decides to leave the Clippers.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Marc Stein‏Verified account@ESPNSteinLine
League sources tell me that Chris Paul intends to give San Antonio serious consideration in free agency if he decides to leave the Clippers.

I want to see this happen if only so that SOMEONE could give the Warriors a run in the next four years.

 

[overseascardfan]

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/06/01/warriors-could-eclipse-260-million-in-spending-next-season/

Is that if Durant accepts less than mac deal? I've read Durant is willing to take less money to keep GS Big 4 together and GS wouldn't need to renounce anyone either. If that happens PHX might as well take its time with a rebuild because it'll take 4 maybe 5 years before Curry starts to decline. I think NBA is going to have problems with fan interest pretty soon because no one is going to want to see a GS/CLE Finals matchup for the next 3 years.

 

[devilalum]

Is that if Durant accepts less than mac deal? I've read Durant is willing to take less money to keep GS Big 4 together and GS wouldn't need to renounce anyone either. If that happens PHX might as well take its time with a rebuild because it'll take 4 maybe 5 years before Curry starts to decline. I think NBA is going to have problems with fan interest pretty soon because no one is going to want to see a GS/CLE Finals matchup for the next 3 years.

Didn't the NBA grow more in popularity during the 80's when there were 2 or 3 super teams than any other period of time?

 

[Ronin]

RealGM @RealGM
Chris Bosh Medically Ruled To Have Career-Ending Illness: (link: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/246130/Chris-Bosh-Medically-Ruled-To-Have-Career-Ending-Illness) basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/246130…


4:31 PM · Jun 2, 2017

https://mobile.twitter.com/snitendogaming

 

[Hoop Head]

Sad to see Bosh go out like that but it's much better than the alternative. I assume that's it in the matter of his return.

 

[Ronin]

NBA Trade Rumors: Knicks reportedly interested in acquiring Wolves' Ricky Rubio
The New York Knicks could really use an upgrade at the point guard position. While most assume that will come through the NBA Draft on June 22, some in the organization are interested in pursuing a trade to land Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio, according to a report from ESPN.

Rumors at the trade deadline in February previously linked the Knicks interest with the 26-year-old Rubio in exchange for Derrick Rose. That deal, which would have been a big coup for the Knicks and was said to have been close to being completed, never got done.

But here we are again in June with a similar situation: The Knicks still need a point guard, and the Wolves still have a wealth of them.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/n...y-interested-in-acquiring-wolves-ricky-rubio/

 

[JCSunsfan]

Didn't the NBA grow more in popularity during the 80's when there were 2 or 3 super teams than any other period of time?

It grew when they had stars with the charisma of MJ and Magic. They took to the league to a new level. But the stuff that MJ did that was new (athletically) is now common place.

 

[Hoop Head]

The Bucks are interviewing Becky Hammond for their GM position. She's already made history being the first female assistant coach in the league and is still an assistant in San Antonio. I'm surprised she's getting looked at for a GM job but that could end up being a huge story this summer if she does get the position.


https://sports.yahoo.com/news/sourc...monday-215107648.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

 

[sunsfan88]

The Bucks are interviewing Becky Hammond for their GM position. She's already made history being the first female assistant coach in the league and is still an assistant in San Antonio. I'm surprised she's getting looked at for a GM job but that could end up being a huge story this summer if she does get the position.


https://sports.yahoo.com/news/sourc...monday-215107648.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Looks like a PR stunt.

 

[Ronin]

Yeah I would like to see Becky Hammond promoted to head coach other than a front office she has no experience in.jmho

 

[GatorAZ]

Yeah I would like to see Becky Hammond promoted to head coach other than a front office she has no experience in.jmho

Why should she get a HC job before other Spurs assistants?

I'd rather see Ettore Messina get a gig.

 

[Ronin]

Michael Scotto‏Verified account@MikeAScotto 20s20 seconds ago
Sources: Detroit Pistons are gauging the trade market on Andre Drummond and Reggie Jackson. Both were on the market at the trade deadline.

 

[SirStefan32]

Michael Scotto‏Verified account@MikeAScotto 20s20 seconds ago
Sources: Detroit Pistons are gauging the trade market on Andre Drummond and Reggie Jackson. Both were on the market at the trade deadline.

Hm, I wonder what it would take to get Drummond.

 

[Chaplin]

Hm, I wonder what it would take to get Drummond.

A brain aneurysm, because hopefully that's the only way McD would consider trading for him.