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2018 NBA Offseason Thread
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If he's saved any of his salary, he is wealthy by any definition other than "relative to NBA stars".
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He’s rich. I have a pretty hard line between rich and wealthy. He’s making a million more than fucking lance stevenson. It’s ridiculous.
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I think of being rich or wealthy as a balance sheet measure, not of income statement.
When Rex referred to him as wealthy, I took that as a measure of the money he already has. If you already have more money than you'll likely ever spend, you can take a slightly less enormous salary in order to play for the Golden State Globetrotters.
When Rex referred to him as wealthy, I took that as a measure of the money he already has. If you already have more money than you'll likely ever spend, you can take a slightly less enormous salary in order to play for the Golden State Globetrotters.
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I agree with AB on this. Also, while the league usually likes having marquee teams, at some point what the Warriors are doing has to be bad for the league (if it isn’t already). Adam Silver really wants to stop tanking, but doesn’t having a league where one team could probably win 75 games if it cared to, and *maybe* 2-3 teams have any chance whatsoever at winning the title (and that’s being generous) create a huge incentive for widespread tanking?
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eh. We can’t comprehend this money. I just think on relative terms he is making a bad decision on par with one of us taking a big pay cut but it’s oknbecause we had a decent 401k balance at 27.
(That was in response to sck)
(That was in response to sck)
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Still, it matters not. The union and the commissioner will wring their hands and shake their heads and scold people. Changes nothing.Joe K wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:30 pmI agree with AB on this. Also, while the league usually likes having marquee teams, at some point what the Warriors are doing has to be bad for the league (if it isn’t already). Adam Silver really wants to stop tanking, but doesn’t having a league where one team could probably win 75 games if it cared to, and *maybe* 2-3 teams have any chance whatsoever at winning the title (and that’s being generous) create a huge incentive for widespread tanking?
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With the Trump tax cuts, he's in a really good place right now. I doubt he will play much, this is like a year of fantasy camp for him.
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Fair. I’m on team Rex now.
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Yep. No doubt.
And to say it all a bit differently, with NBA salaries so enormous nowadays for the stars, taking less salary is still taking an awful lot. So, it isn't surprising that other desires begin to trump (sic) taking the absolute highest dollar. Such as, getting to be on the team you you really want to be a part of.
And to say it all a bit differently, with NBA salaries so enormous nowadays for the stars, taking less salary is still taking an awful lot. So, it isn't surprising that other desires begin to trump (sic) taking the absolute highest dollar. Such as, getting to be on the team you you really want to be a part of.
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The team he told to fuck off a year ago?
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All is forgiven and forgotten, I assume.
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Chris Rock put it best.
"Shaq is rich. The white man that signs his check is wealthy."
"Shaq is rich. The white man that signs his check is wealthy."
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Everything is relative, I guess. If you want to distinguish between the top half a percent of Americans and the top quarter of a percent of Americans.
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Well, he said that in 2004. I'm sure Shaq is much wealthier now.
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This could be your bad advice. I’m sure whatever Portland had in mind for a sign-and-trade would’ve been a lot more money than $5.3 million. I assume this kind of stuff happens all the time but if his agent steered him away from Portland because he was concerned about Nurkic’s next contract or playing time that seems like a pretty big conflict of interest.
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I read Zach Lowe's take. If the market was truly dried up like he insinuates, then I guess chasing a ring and trying to prove yourself isn't the worst tack. Looks like the best he was getting was in the 8+ range, so this isn't terrible.
"Even had the full midlevel been on the table, Cousins in signing with the Warriors cost himself at most $3.3 million this season -- and bought the right to try free agency again next summer in a better marketplace. If he wins a ring in the process, well, he never has to hear about that again. He was distraught last season upon missing his first chance at playoff action. Winning would ease some stress."
ANd what Joe K just posted sucks for boogie, too.
"Even had the full midlevel been on the table, Cousins in signing with the Warriors cost himself at most $3.3 million this season -- and bought the right to try free agency again next summer in a better marketplace. If he wins a ring in the process, well, he never has to hear about that again. He was distraught last season upon missing his first chance at playoff action. Winning would ease some stress."
ANd what Joe K just posted sucks for boogie, too.
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I understand the Pelicans deciding to move on once Julius Randle became available. But what on earth are the Lakers doing? I didn’t think they should have given Boogie a big multiyear deal. But he was willing to accept a 1-year contract and they instead used their cap space on KCP, Rondo and Lance Stephenson? The only rationale I can think of is that LeBron has total control over personnel decisions and is using the old Doc Rivers strategy of “sign free agents who played well against me at some point in a playoff series.”
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And the counter to that is that he’s in the Western Conference now so the goal now should probably be something more than a team that can *almost* avoid getting swept by the Warriors.
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It's looking that way to me, but I can't see Lebron throwing away a year either.
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I got push notifications that said Boogie was down to Golden State and Boston. So he went with the more likely NBA champion next year.
Also, Enes Kanter is gonna get fined:
Also, Enes Kanter is gonna get fined:
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Totally. I'm thinking there is a significant possibility LeBron plays closer to 2,000 minutes (roughly 32 minutes X 60 games) than 3,000 minutes (roughly 38 minutes X 80 games) to save some wear and tear for future seasons. With the roster the Lakers have constructed, next year seems to be more of an experiment in figuring out which players among Ingram, Ball, Kuzma, and Hart have a longterm fit with LeBron than trying to make the playoffs. Signing the head cases like Stephenson and McGee is a "so what" move. They're in town one year and their real purpose is eating up cap space for one year so it's there next summer.
With Kawhi Leonard sticking to his desire of playing for the Lakers, keeping cap space to bring him in next season by signing a bunch of guys you almost certainly don't want back to one-year deals seems like a legitimate plan. Why give up high-end assets (like Ingram) to bring in a guy who you can get without giving up those assets next season? And, should they miss the playoffs, they're in the draft lottery (cue the conspiracy theorists).
Laker fans are going to pour money into the team this season because everyone is going to be buying LeBron jerseys and driving up ticket prices. It's just money to go into the coffers for future luxury tax bills.
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I have a hard time seeing LeBron tanking unless he's really tanking--in other words, opts for surgery on some unspecified ailment and sits out most of the season. I don't think he will stand to be actually playing on a team that misses the playoffs.
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Did you listen to the Bill Simmons podcast yesterday? That's what 'Conspiracy Bill' stated, but it was couched with a 'the Lakers have their own draft pick next year' talk as well.
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I get the strategy of giving guys one year deals to keep cap space for 2019. But I really don’t understand giving those one year deals to guys like Lance and Rondo instead of an All-NBA center. The upside to Boogie is so much higher. That’s why I was stunned that the Warriors got him for only $5.3M. They obviously don’t need him, as Jordan Bell looked more than competent last year. But if Boogie is anywhere near his best, they’ll have a juggernaut the likes of which has never been seen in American sports. Oh and while everyone is assuming he’ll miss a bunch of time, Boogie still thinks he can be ready for training camp. As optimistic as that sounds, that’s about how long it took Rudy Gay to recover from his Achilles injury last year and Gay is several years older than Cousins.
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A. The Lakers don't care how good the Warriors get this year. That's irrelevant.
B. Who's more tradeable during this season in the event they decide to move pieces around early, any of the 3 guys they signed or a probably-more-expensive locker room problem with a major injury?
B. Who's more tradeable during this season in the event they decide to move pieces around early, any of the 3 guys they signed or a probably-more-expensive locker room problem with a major injury?
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I just don't get the fit of Rondo with Lebron. Now both PGs are incredible passers but can't shoot.
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That's easy - LeBron looked up JR Smith in the antonym dictionary
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The Lakers recent signings finally make sense to me. If Grayson Allen manages to get playing time as a rookie, having Rondo and Lance Stephenson on the same Western Conference team is a pretty good recipe for having someone actually get into a fistfight with him.
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Melo is totally ending up on the Lakers this offseason, right? I don’t know the mechanics of stretching guys’ contracts and how it would work logistically but it just seems like destiny for LeBron and Melo to team up together to get swept by Golden State.
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Just saw that Luke Walton, Lebron's new coach, was drafted the same year as Lebron.
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I know you're kidding, but then there would be the added benefit of no Mark Jackson on TV.
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Though the situation with SA last season does worry me a bit, I'm extremely excited by this. DeMar seems like a fine player and a wonderful man, but I honestly think that the Raps had gone as far as they could with him as their best scorer, and if one of the two had to be sacrificed, I frankly would rather keep Lowry.
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How excited would you be if I told you Kawhi really really really doesn't want to be there?
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