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NO doubt a move paid for by Ballmer and worse it was completely false...From trying to recruit all year to giving the Sixers Tobias Harris to create a road block for us and now planting fake stories during our parade....pathetic insecure organization.
Lol at when they immediately fired Bruce Bowen for being critical of Kawhi on a Clippers broadcast over a year ago :russ:
 

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It was in Sacramento back in December,he was spotted hanging out outside the visitors locker room trying to get a meet and greet with Kawhi after the game (cringe)

He was asked about it afterwards by a Raps beat writer and said he heard about it but didnt know what he looked like :scust:


pathetic ass shyt.

shyt is see through breh, like some real weirdo ass shyt. For all this talk about Kawhi not liking attention, you’d think this stalker ass behavior wouldn't be the brightest idea. clippers gon sign him tho, let ballmers hoes on the espn stroll tell it....:russ:
 

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Lmao, you talkin bout scrappy vibes when he’d literally be passing up millions not to mention he’d wear himself down much quicker having to carry a “likeable scrappy team” like the clippers.

Meanwhile, the Lakers give him the most endorsement opportunities, the Lakers give his brand the biggest boost other than NY or all of Canada, the Lakers with two other superstars would have the perfect situation for load management, championship runs, and longevity with sustained winning. Oh, and if Kawhi was concerned with being liked he would’ve never left San Antonio. Remember, when all this shyt began it was some ADish shyt. He wanted to be traded from the spurs to the Lakers, even after LeBron signed. Now he has the opportunity of a lifetime. Clips can’t replicate. That’s a blip on the map in NBA history, signing with the Lakers with Bron/AD and being the lead scorer is on some legendary shyt.

Clippers is the biggest joke I’ve ever heard.

He’s not going to the lakers.

Kawhi above that super team nonsense

You can have kyrie
 

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Norfeast groovin…
He’s not going to the lakers.

Kawhi above that super team nonsense

You can have kyrie

Nah, you want Kyrie. There’s a difference. I’d rather not deal with someone that unpredictable.

No one is teaming up because they can’t get rings on their own. At least not in Kawhi’s case case. This super team is only a three year experience, Kawhi would still have AD, the Lakers, and added cap space from LeBron’s retirement to retool the team. He’s already proven he can win on his own so it’s not the same as Kyrie who absolutely would be running to a super team (and the teammate he wanted to get away from) because he can’t do it on his own.

Now what’s more likely? Kawhi signing with the Lakers because he wants to be home with his family and that was the team he originally wanted to go to and because he’s proven himself on his own, has a degenerative quad issue and might need to lighten the load if he wants to play well into his 30s, and has paid his dues and should reap the full benefits off the court of his superstar status with tremendous opportunities

Or Kyrie signing with the Lakers to rejoin LeBron after going out sad with a nice Celtics team around him? After wanting to get away from LeBron just a few years earlier? After Kobe got in his ear about winning on his own? With no LA ties like Kawhi but rather tri-state area ties which makes the Nets or Knicks more attractive?

:kbshrug:
 

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If its for basketball reasons why would he leave Toronto to go to LAC ? Its clearly more than basketball but even Toronto can offer more brand opportunities than the Clippers can in that market,i been reading some AEG reports Clippers might as well be an WNBA team...the branding deals arent there unless ur with the Lakers..

I just don't see him not taking a 1 + 1 deal with the Raps. But if that doesn't happen and it came down to the LA teams, I don't really see the incentive of joining the Clippers over the Lakers tbh. (assuming money is equal)

Being the best player on a celebrity team with Lebron and AD as your 1b and 1c is the type of shift I could (almost) understand walking away from a reigning championship team for... but giving up your chance to repeat to join a LAC squad with worse players and inferior branding? That just sounds like the least appealing challenge out of the 3.

We gon see tho
 

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They traded for the expiring. They don't give a fukk about the player. Detroit eating a shytty contract to get a late first. fukks up call flexibility the year a bunch of contacts are coming off the books, but is what they're gonna have to do since they don't have a lot of assets. Now they better reach for some nikkas with potential and not these pedestrian ass nikkas they been drafting that can't stay in the league.
Pistons don’t have a SF on the roster. Snell is atleast serviceable. I don’t care about their cap space anymore. The FA market for next year is horrible. The last few times the Pistons had a ton of cap space we signed Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, and Josh Smith. Other than a ridiculous overpays in FA, no one is eager to play in Detroit. Getting more draft picks is Pistons best option.

They better not draft anymore low ceiling players. Now is the time to take a risk on Bazley, Porter jr, bol bol, or Langford. People with boom or bust potential. Casey has good track record of developing young guys
 

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Pistons don’t have a SF on the roster. Snell is atleast serviceable. I don’t care about their cap space anymore. The FA market for next year is horrible. The last few times the Pistons had a ton of cap space we signed Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, and Josh Smith. Other than a ridiculous overpays in FA, no one is eager to play in Detroit. Getting more draft picks is Pistons best option.

They better not draft anymore low ceiling players. Now is the time to take a risk on Bazley, Porter jr, bol bol, or Langford. People with boom or bust potential. Casey has good track record of developing young guys

Real shyt

I need the Pistons to pick a nikka that’ll either be a all star or he’ll be workin at Ford Field in two years


If they fukk and pick some role player looking ass nikka imma put my TV in the Boston Crab.
 

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He’s not going to the lakers.

Kawhi above that super team nonsense

You can have kyrie
:russ:

"I liked Kyrie when the narrative was he doesnt like Lebron and he might succeed without him. As soon as that narrative proven wrong, now i dont like Kyrie anymore. Woj says Kawhi not going to Lakers so now we like him and hes the real one. If woj is wrong and he somehow goes to Lakers, I reserve the right to immediately turn my back on him as well."
 
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Pistons don’t have a SF on the roster. Snell is atleast serviceable. I don’t care about their cap space anymore. The FA market for next year is horrible. The last few times the Pistons had a ton of cap space we signed Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, and Josh Smith. Other than a ridiculous overpays in FA, no one is eager to play in Detroit. Getting more draft picks is Pistons best option.

They better not draft anymore low ceiling players. Now is the time to take a risk on Bazley, Porter jr, bol bol, or Langford. People with boom or bust potential. Casey has good track record of developing young guys
  • I agree on the cap space to sign free agents, especially if you just gonna overpay bums. But cap space also allows them to be a player in the trade market, like a 3rd team being able to get a quality player for next to nothing just to make the contract situation work because you have the space to absorb it. It's not a huge deal, especially since we don't really have a sf on the roster and he fits needs as a 3 and d player. I was just pointing out that it wasn't a one sided trade where we just unloaded our trash on them.
 

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Damn, apparently Kyrie didn’t fukk with none of the Celtics young guys....

Irving, Brown's relationship 'worst' on C's

[“You can write a whole book on what went wrong because the season was basically a disaster from start to finish," Mannix said.

"His (Irving’s) relationship with the young players on the roster was awful. Jaylen Brown, he was probably the worst with. I don’t think it was great with Jayson Tatum, and it was awful with Terry Rozier because Terry was supplanted at a position he thought he did enough to win. That created a pretty nasty atmosphere. Kyrie’s leadership skills were lacking, and he failed at it.

He was the first player to be coached by Brad Stevens who didn’t really enjoy being coached by Brad Stevens and that relationship wasn’t solid.”
 
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