**Official NBA Offseason... Big Names switch teams, Kawhi/P13 to LAC...wtf Westbrook and CP3 traded

Better believe they did it for a reason but it ain’t because of Russell. I’m sure it’s to help their relationship with another team. No need to burn bridges. Probably to help their relationship with Russell’s agent.

lol y’all love to argue niggas down about their teams

you see me giving a fuck about the mavericks lol???
 
lol y’all love to argue niggas down about their teams

you see me giving a fuck about the mavericks lol???
Nigga I’m a NBA fan. If I was just a Mavs fan I wouldn’t give a damn either. :lol: If niggas only talked about their teams then what type of discussion would we have here?
 
Kawhi might be just lowkey fucking with his competition. If he stays with the Raptors at this point you would almost have to believe he really didn't plan on leaving.

Or maybe he's prospecting for his next free agency?

If he intentionally sabotaged the Lakers and that arguably plays a role in him winning another title, Board Man has to win the NBA's "chess not checkers" lifetime award.
 
Also don't know and not pretending to know if we're even keeping Russel

And the Iggy shit sucks big time but it's abnormal and isn't any words than any other older player being moved

The branding around Warriors team culture did not suggest a still-contributing Finals MVP being treated as "any other older player."

If he's going to entertain minimum-level offers, I don't understand why Golden State bringing him back is not mentioned as an option.
 
The branding around Warriors team culture did not suggest a still-contributing Finals MVP being treated as "any other older player."

If he's going to entertain minimum-level offers, I don't understand why Golden State bringing him back is not mentioned as an option.


Cause of the hate lol

People are really upset with the warriors
It's literally like the warriors stole their bitch and then they'll never ever let it go lol


Just observe this thread and the media and general populus

We don't even mention them they jump out of their skin to wish nothing but bad things on us lol



I love it
 
I would not retire Durant's jersey in Golden State.

Tenure matters. I think the Knicks should retire Oakley and Starks jerseys but the Warriors retiring Durant's if ridiculous. It was a good fling, nothing more.


Has everything to do with with appreciating what he did which was help fuel all time pain and hate

The grown men crying is what I'll love the most

Niggas still crying and hoping that the players there are horrible and ain't shit and we know it's not true
 
Kawhi Leonard will reportedly wait to make his free agency decision
By Dane Delgado
Jun 30, 2019, 9:58 PM EDT
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AP

Kawhi Leonard is going to ruin your 4th of July. Or make it, depending on who you root for. Book it right now.

The Toronto Raptors superstar has reportedly not met with any teams as free agency opened late on Sunday, and he is preparing to take his time to decide between the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, and Raptors.

It’s not like Leonard hasn’t had a chance to think about where he might play basketball for the past two years. What’s another 72-96 hours?

Still, there’s no impetus for Leonard to sign right now. He’s not required to do so, and the teams looking to add him to their roster will forego any other decisions until he picks a destination.

We’ve seen this happen before. Gordon Hayward waited until everyone in the collective NBA culturesphere was already six Whiteclaws deep on their uncle’s boat to announce via a Players’ Tribune article he was going to the Boston Celtics.

Leonard — because he is an enigma, wrapped in a mystery, shrouded by cornrows — will inevitably do the same. I can feel it in my bones.

Meanwhile, the prospects for who Leonard will play with has shrunk. The Clippers won’t have many options to add next to Leonard, with both Jimmy Butler and Al Horford finding new destinations in the Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers, respectively.

Leonard’s only other chance to play with mega stars is by joining the Lakers, who have LeBron James and Anthony Davis. That doesn’t feel like the route he’s wanted to go, particularly given how much he seemed to enjoy being the top dog with the Raptors this year.

He would still get the cachet of living in Southern California by joining the Clippers, but have a similar structure as he has with the Raptors right now. L.A. has an excellent front office in place, and he should have real confidence in them building something around him for years to come.

Of course, Leonard could have dragged this whole thing out simply to return to Toronto, which Raptors fans would love. That’s a smart choice at this point given how they, you know, won the NBA Finals this year. But the Raptors will have a hard time staying together over Leonard’s next contract, and that team is getting older.

We still don’t know what Leonard will do even though Sunday was a flurry of activity with big name stars getting huge, max deals. We are once again sitting here on our thumbs, waiting for Leonard to make a decision so we can, finally, mercifully, stop talking about which team he plays for.

All I want to do on the Fourth of July is scarf a bratwurst and eat an amount of potato salad my cardiologist considers “alarming” but I’m going to assume Leonard makes his announcement in a few days when he can be the brightest firework of all.

Looks like we’re going to have to just hang tight until the Board Man decides where he gets paid.
 
Troy Daniels is going to hit a lot of open three-pointers for Lakers

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Bryan Kalbrosky
July 1, 2019
One of the first pieces the Los Angeles Lakers landed to build around LeBron James and Anthony Davis is veteran sharpshooter Troy Daniels.

The 27-year-old guard is a knockdown shooting ace off the bench. Last season, this was a role many expected Josh Hart to fill on the Lakers alongside James. But now that the former Villanova guard has been traded to the New Orleans Pelicans as part of the haul for Davis, it is entirely possible that Daniels steps into that same projected role.

When he is on the court with James and Davis, expect Daniels to be wide open as defenders account for the superstars. The former Phoenix Suns guard was 45-for-94 (47.9 percent) on three-pointers when the nearest defender was at least six feet away last season. That ranked Top 10 among all players who had at least as many attempts.

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Most of the time, these shots will come from the corner. His three-point percentage from that spot has ranked in the 85th percentile or better in each of the last four seasons, per Cleaning the Glass.

Approximately half of the field goal attempts that Daniels had last year were catch-and-shoot three-pointers, per NBA.com. Since his professional career started in 2013-14, that frequency rate is astronomically high at 56.2 percent.

According to Synergy Sports Tech, teams that had James on the roster have ranked Top 10 in unguarded catch-and-shoot field goals during five of the last seven seasons. Now with Anthony Davis on the floor as well, expect that to trend to continue for the Lakers in 2019-20.

Daniels averaged 1.36 points per possession (84th percentile) on unguarded catch-and-shoot opportunities last season, per Synergy Sports. It has long been the primary source of his offense and where he’s been most impressive.

During his campaign in 2015-16, Daniels was an absolutely ridiculous 20-for-27 (74.1 percent) on unguarded catch-and-shoot looks. His three-point percentage (59.6 percent) on wide open looks was the best in the NBA that season.

As noted by Kellan Olson, the new Lakers signee increased his dribbles per touch and time of possession last year. Regardless of this is how he is used more often moving forward, his ace touch from beyond the arc will be very valuable for Los Angeles.
 
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