2016-2017 NBA Free Agency/Offseason Thread

[King P]

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

Another thing for the 76ers they gotta trade Noel asap looking at some of these numbers. Unless they see him as their starting big going forward. Noel is legit better than every big that got paid today. He'll get the max and at his age and with his some what unique skillset I think he'll deserve it.

 

[My neck and my back]

Ain't Turner a good defender? He can be a poor mans iggy for them off the bench with his playmaking

 

[tremonthustler1]

Take the penalty or sign guys you don't really need?

It's supposed to be an easy decision

 

[King P]

 

[NoMorePie]

 

[threattonature]

most of these contracts won't look too bad in a couple of years when the cap goes up again. ppl were shytting on lebron and the cavs for giving thompson that big contract but they ended up winning a championship

the only problem is giving injury prone players like parsons and beal a max

I have no problem at all with a team that's a championship contender overpaying for someone. When you're close for a title you go all out to go for it. It's these bad and middle of the road teams that I think it's dumb for. All you're doing with these bad contracts is limiting flexibility and clogging your cap space over the next couple of years that may cause you to miss out on talent. Hell just by having extra cap space you can acquire 1st or 2nds just from teams needing to dump a contract or as a dumping ground for other teams to complete their trades.

 

[Skooby]

Parsons

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wtf, Grizz?

Blazers will match any Crabbe offer now, you'd assume. why lose a cog when your trying to build something

They already said they would.

Didn't see that coming. This isn't much better than the Parsons deal. But at least Turner can play some defense.

so how is portland matching crabbe if they're throwing out these ridiculous deals to wing players?

They have the cap room to match.

I will say this for Portland tho;

I'd rather have Turner on that contract than parsons

Exactly. Given what we was going to sign...this isn't too bad.

 

[Kang Deezy]

Great deal for the Bucks, I have to think the Cavs match it though, right?

provably, compared to everything else that's happened since midnight, this is probably one of the three or four best deals I've seen

This
Ish smith
And al Jefferson

Considering he's a restricted and they didn't overpay, I'd imagine Cleveland matches but maybe Delly asks Lebron to throw him a bone and let him go to a situation where he will most likely start

 

[Kang Deezy]

Another thing for the 76ers they gotta trade Noel asap looking at some of these numbers. Unless they see him as their starting big going forward. Noel is legit better than every big that got paid today. He'll get the max and at his age and with his some what unique skillset I think he'll deserve it.

They have to make a decision between okafor and Noel after the smoke clears on free agency

There will be some desperate teams

 

[Kang Deezy]

I like the Evan Turner signing (not so much the money) a lot more if he's coming off the bench.

 

[Kang Deezy]

Speaking of Evan Turner, he said Danny ainge seemed very confident about signing horford

 

[Kang Deezy]

Turner said Ainge did not give a sense of where the Celtics stood in the Durant sweepstakes, but he said that Ainge “seemed confident with Horford.” Multiple reports said the Celtics were scheduled to meet with Horford Friday.

Turner said he worked out with Kyle Korver — Horford’s Atlanta teammate — in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Thursday. Korver told Turner that Horford was ultimately going to re-sign with the Hawks. But then on Friday, Turner said, Horford sent Korver a text message asking him to call him, and Turner had a sense that something might have shifted.

 

[Frump]

So many teams spending absurd money to stay on a mediocre nba treadmill

What Hinkie did will be looked at far differently in a year or two and hopefully other Gm's will realize you have to hit rock bottom first to get to the top

 

[King P]