2024-2025 Around the NBA Thread

[leclerc]

Hope CP3 has something left on the tank. Looking forward to playing the Spurs now. To me it's better to have him on the Spurs than cheering on Steph, Klay and those douches. No offence.

 

[Mainstreet]

How is this guy still playing

They mentioned leadership in the tweet, but I never followed Tristan Thompson much.

 

[Phrazbit]

They mentioned leadership in the tweet, but I never followed Tristan Thompson much.

LeBron James bullying the Cavs into signing Thompson to an insane contract and then jetting the next season is one of the funnier LeBron moments.

 

[Hoop Head]

Contracts are getting nuts. The Nuggets had to pay Murray but $50m+ a year is a lot.

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[Mainstreet]

Markieff Morris agrees to a 1-year deal with the Mavericks.

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[Mainstreet]

It's hard to believe an NBA team didn't sign Cedi Osman. There is definitely a need for expansion.

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[Yuma]

Markieff Morris agrees to a 1-year deal with the Mavericks.

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Jeez the years are going by fast! 14 seasons?? I AM OLD!

 

[Mainstreet]

Jeez the years are going by fast! 14 seasons?? I AM OLD!

The same here. It doesn't seem so long ago when the Morris twins were on the Suns.

 

[Hoop Head]

Jeez the years are going by fast! 14 seasons?? I AM OLD!

Thought the same thing.

The same here. It doesn't seem so long ago when the Morris twins were on the Suns.

I remember when Kieff was a rookie and the we added Marcus a year or so later and both sort of came into their own.

 

[leclerc]

Oh, brother!

 

[Hoop Head]

Oh, brother!

Anyone else hear Al McCoy in their head when they read this?

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

Evan Sidery

@esidery


The Cavaliers signed Isaac Okoro to a three-year, $38 million deal, per
@wojespn.Okoro, the top remaining free agent, stays in Cleveland.

 

[Hoop Head]

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I know it's essentially impossible to get Cam outside of Beal agreeing to go to Brooklyn and Brooklyn wanting him but Cam and KD would make for such a dynamic frontcourt.

I did a little digging to see if there was a way for a 3-4 way that landed Cam while shipping out either Grayson or Nurkic, who are 4 and 5 in annual salary for the Suns, and there really is no way to make it happen since we're in tax hell.

The overall haul that Brooklyn has received from KD is astonishing. It'll be interesting to see what they get for Cam. I'd imagine 2 1sts, maybe 1 lotto type pick. That will put them close to 10 1sts, which is nuts.

 

[leclerc]

I think maybe that's expecting a bit much for Cam Johnson (1 lotto + 1 first). We'll see though.

 

[Ronin]

Shams Charania

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The Lakers and seven-foot center Christian Koloko have agreed on a deal, agent Calvin Andrews of Klutch Sports says. Koloko is expected to have an opportunity for a role in Lakers frontcourt after he receives clearance from league’s fitness panel.

 

[Phrazbit]

I think maybe that's expecting a bit much for Cam Johnson (1 lotto + 1 first). We'll see though.

Swing guys who can shoot and defend outside are a premium position. Great shooter, solid defender, team player... injury yellow flags.

I always find those post draft "trade rumors" that are supposedly asking for a "lotto" pick rather funny... as though that is something you can schedule in advance. Outside of that rubbish, I don't see Cam getting moved for less than some combination of a couple picks and/or young players... with contract money thrown in because of his salary.

Not a block buster at all, but a future first or 2, or a young promising player combined with a player a bad, short term contract seems like something that Brooklyn would consider.

They're gutting the team, it looks like they're handing the offensive reigns over to Cam Thomas this year and that dude seems like an absolute "tank commander", a shot chucking, empty stat, champion.

 

[JCSunsfan]

We obviously undervalued Mikal and Cam.

 

[Ronin]

Shams Charania

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Free agent F Marcus Morris has agreed to a one-year deal with the New York Knicks, agent Yony Noy of LAA Partners tells @TheAthletic. Morris will have a chance to enter his 14th NBA season with the Eastern Conference contender

 

[Hoop Head]

Shams Charania
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Free agent F Marcus Morris has agreed to a one-year deal with the New York Knicks, agent Yony Noy of LAA Partners tells @TheAthletic. Morris will have a chance to enter his 14th NBA season with the Eastern Conference contender

I was going to be rooting for the Knicks for the first time in my life with Mikal, Cam Payne, Brunson, OG, and the rest of their Villanova alum but adding a Morrii really cancels out a lot of their likability.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I was going to be rooting for the Knicks for the first time in my life with Mikal, Cam Payne, Brunson, OG, and the rest of their Villanova alum but adding a Morrii really cancels out a lot of their likability.

It doesn't for me. The twins did not handle things properly but neither did we and I really don't know who was more wrong with the way things went down. JMO.

 

[Hoop Head]

It doesn't for me. The twins did not handle things properly but neither did we and I really don't know who was more wrong with the way things went down. JMO.

I don't just hold their anti-Suns/McD antics against them but their thuggish behavior. Like how they were both charged with assaulting their old agent. They've both taken cheap shots against others on the floor as well, although I believe Markieff did that more than Marcus as it appeared Marcus matured some when he became a father. I only can say because he started going by Marcus Morris Sr when that happened. I didn't follow him close enough to know when he had a kid but when a player changes their name and how they're announced and referenced it's hard not to notice.

 

[Ronin]

Trainer claims Ben Simmons is 'better now' than during All-Star seasons

Even dating back to his time coming out of LSU as the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Simmons has always had trouble with injuries.

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[Raindog]

Trainer claims Ben Simmons is 'better now' than during All-Star seasons

Even dating back to his time coming out of LSU as the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Simmons has always had trouble with injuries.

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The annual pre-season "Ben Simmons is finally going to get it together this year" story that will never come close to being true.

 

[Phrazbit]

The annual pre-season "Ben Simmons is finally going to get it together this year" story that will never come close to being true.

Final year of arguably the worst contract in NBA history, and probably the final year of Ben Simmons career.

I'd be surprised if he plays more than 20 games, the only real curiosity is if the Nets use his expiring as fodder in a larger trade.

There were some scouts who had him pegged from day one, watched him at LSU and saw a player with no interest in competitive basketball.