Official 2016 NBA Off-Season Thread: Westbrook staying in OKC for 3 more years. Confirmed MVP

GeoG2 · 2016-06-20T23:59:03.000Z

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LeBron just discovered Hot Topic?

po_pimpus · 2016-06-21T00:27:47.000Z

LeBron sending subliminal messages.

Ultimate WARRIOR and the Undertaka, playa.

DGod205 · 2016-06-21T00:30:17.000Z

You know LeBron came out of that plane to this:
https://youtu.be/KedHNubae88

po_pimpus · 2016-06-21T00:34:38.000Z

I mean, no one can say shit to LeBron anymore. That man and his team did what no one else could do in over 50 years.

I tip my hat. Congratulations to the city of Cleveland… If only for a moment, you guys’ long time suffering is over.

KD_Alpha · 2016-06-21T00:39:16.000Z

GeoG2:

It’s Chandler Parsons or bust for the Warriors. He’d be the perfect addition at SF for them along with Noah at C.

They can afford to go crazy with the money with Bogut coming off the books next year.

Parsons is shit, too inconsistent, shot is flat as fuck, injures easily, Dallas fans will tell you they got hosed with his albatross contract. If Warriors are dumb enough to pick it up then I gave their FO too much credit.

GeoG2 · 2016-06-21T00:45:24.000Z

KD_Alpha:

GeoG2:

It’s Chandler Parsons or bust for the Warriors. He’d be the perfect addition at SF for them along with Noah at C.

They can afford to go crazy with the money with Bogut coming off the books next year.

Parsons is shit, too inconsistent, shot is flat as fuck, injures easily, Dallas fans will tell you they got hosed with his albatross contract. If Warriors are dumb enough to pick it up then I gave their FO too much credit.

Parsons deficiencies are still far more tolerable than what Barnes does for them. His height and passing alone are upgrades.

After Parsons, there’s nothing else. Luol Deng is the next best thing. Maybe a Derrick Williams or a Jared Dudley, but certainly not something to help them get back on top. So if you’re the Warriors you take the best option available.

Wil · 2016-06-21T01:20:03.000Z

LeBron finally did it in Cleveland. I hated him mainly because he had to leave Cleveland for another team to win a championship. I really hated the Miami LeBron. He shouldn’t have left Cleveland to begin with. He said fuck Dan Gilbert when he left the team and likely still has the same mentality now after winning the championship. I give him props for winning it for his hometown but he really didn’t need to leave the franchise and city hanging just to have a championship fling or two with Wade and Bosh. LeBron winning it for Cleveland is special. It’s far more special than winning those rings in Miami.

Spoiler

Geo pls go easy on me for that last sentence.

DGod205 · 2016-06-21T01:27:57.000Z

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GeoG2 · 2016-06-21T01:54:57.000Z

Wil:

LeBron finally did it in Cleveland. I hated him mainly because he had to leave Cleveland for another team to win a championship. I really hated the Miami LeBron. He shouldn’t have left Cleveland to begin with. He said fuck Dan Gilbert when he left the team and likely still has the same mentality now after winning the championship. I give him props for winning it for his hometown but he really didn’t need to leave the franchise and city hanging just to have a championship fling or two with Wade and Bosh. LeBron winning it for Cleveland is special. It’s far more special than winning those rings in Miami.

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Geo pls go easy on me for that last sentence.

I agree with you.

Him even being here was a mistake. He took Dwyane’s team away from him and became the face of the Heat, then in the blink of an eye he leaves. He was better served just staying in Cleveland. The problem is they would not have been bad enough to get Kyrie, nor would they have had the resources to trade for Love.

Plaid_Unicorn · 2016-06-21T01:58:24.000Z

Dan Gilbert is a fucking fuck though.

I wonder if that makes winning it for Cleveland a little bitter sweet knowing his ass got the trophy

subt-L · 2016-06-21T02:02:30.000Z

https://twitter.com/CANTCM3/status/745009900158279680

GeoG2 · 2016-06-21T02:10:41.000Z

Free agency next week and I have no idea what to expect from Miami. This is gonna either be a great summer or a brutal one.

Psychoblue · 2016-06-21T02:37:15.000Z

DGod205:

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DGod205:

CTG:

DGod205:

So the real question for Thursday:
Who’s getting traded? My money’s on Embiid.

It’s either Noel or Okafor - more likely it’s Noel.

Possibly. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bledsoe gets traded Thursday, too. But who would be stupid enough to eat his contract and bonus? Probably the Knicks, because they’re desperate for a competent backcourt.

The Suns traded Dragic (this trade still hurts) and Thomas to keep Bledsoe. They are not trading him anytime soon unless it’s some top tier player.

According to various sources, the Suns are truly trying to give Bledsoe the boot and possibly try to get Dunn before he slips to another team.
https://mobile.twitter.com/nbadraftnet/status/743940978399023107?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

If this goes through it’s going to be seen as a panic move by McD, who is on the last year of his contract but is no closer to breaking the no playoff streak than he was when he picked up the team (and back then the Suns were hopeless: a ton of unwanted contracts of old and unmotivated players with no takers). Bledsoe was the guy who’s been touted as the face of the franchise since McD took over, and if Bledsoe goes but Knight stays it’ll be made clear as day that McD has no idea what he’s doing.

echelonNYK · 2016-06-21T02:40:05.000Z

Watching the draft this week as a Knicks fan is going to feel like attending a party i wasn’t invited to.

Plaid_Unicorn · 2016-06-21T02:42:32.000Z

echelonNYK:

Watching the draft this week as a Knicks fan is going to feel like attending a party i wasn’t invited to.

I’m this draft ain’t great but it sucks not having a first round pick and your team is garbage.

Also has Phil just given up at this point. There is literally no chatter from the NY camp of even anything being discussed.

KD_Alpha · 2016-06-21T02:53:10.000Z

LeBron learned championship pedigree and mentality from Wade, Riley, and their organization. Without it I doubt he figures out how to get over the hump. He went to Miami to learn how to replicate it in Cleveland and it worked.

When his career is over people will look back at that move as what he needed to do to win for his hometown team. He will go down as the greatest athlete from Ohio ever.

GeoG2 · 2016-06-21T03:38:38.000Z

https://twitter.com/rileycurry/status/741226222231949313

People send hateful shit and death threats to this guy, thinking he’s Steph’s daughter. So I don’t know which is worst: the fact that people are so fucking stupid that they can’t bother to check his av/bio to determine he’s not associated with Steph, or the fact that people say these things under the assumption that he really is a 3 year old girl.

Ephidel · 2016-06-21T03:58:05.000Z

Most mocks now have Hield going higher, so I’m not sure if he falls to Minny. He’s been impressive in workouts as of late.

Grimmjow316 · 2016-06-21T04:14:19.000Z

https://twitter.com/sbnation/status/744757932160593920

SF09ers · 2016-06-21T04:15:32.000Z

The Golden State Chokers will never recover from this monumental collapse. Meanwhile I can see this Cavs team winning 74+ games next season.