The Summer of Dysfunction: NBA 2022 Offseason thread

[Unfiltered]

Ayton in Indiana don't sound right that's a serious change of playbook. Slow paced packers.

Dude don't have the physicality to bang like that.

 

[CarltonJunior]

A sign of how fast the nba has grown


Mike Conley contract is 40 million dollars less than a max rookie extension.

If I'm not mistaken part of the justification for why Conley got that contract was the fact that the salary cap was growing, so that contract wouldn't hurt as much in the future.

Harrison Barnes ate that offseason too for the same reason

 

[who_better_than_me]

Conley was worth it back then. Was arguably the best perimeter defender in The league

 

[firemanBk]

If I'm not mistaken part of the justification for why Conley got that contract was the fact that the salary cap was growing, so that contract wouldn't hurt as much in the future.

Harrison Barnes ate that offseason too for the same reason

I mean that was partially true but still terrible justification
Mike Conley was a top 10 salary in the NBA 4 out of 5 years he held that contract despite never being close to a top 10 player and never having made an All Star game at that point or during the entire contract

Reminds me of the Rashard Lewis Orlando contract but at least Rashard had made all star once (that was still a terrible overpay)

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

 

[CarltonJunior]

I mean that was partially true but still terrible justification
Mike Conley was a top 10 salary in the NBA 4 out of 5 years he held that contract despite never being close to a top 10 player and never having made an All Star game at that point or during the entire contract

Reminds me of the Rashard Lewis Orlando contract but at least Rashard had made all star once (that was still a terrible overpay)

I agree, the perception of Conley his whole career was that he was underrated, capable of making All NBA and winning championships but never had the right team around him, plus the Grizz didn't have anybody else so that's why he got paid probably

 

[42 Monks]

 

[Peter Popoff]

I can see these 2 guys going to Dallas for any number of black players in the near future. OKC should trade Shai and make America great again too.

 

[Mandizi]

Conley was worth it back then. Was arguably the best perimeter defender in The league

Nah, it wasn't.

 

[Black Mamba]

 

[SchoolboyC]

I get it, the Nets want a huge return for KD because he’s a legit superstar with 4 years left on his deal

But also…if a team gives up the farm for KD, who the hell is he gonna play with?

 

[TheGregReaper]

The Nets are trolling.

He ain't going nowhere.

 

[Henry Orbit]

Does this also count towards the Hornets off-season fukkery tally even though he’s been gone for a year?

 

[42 Monks]

Does this also count towards the Hornets off-season fukkery tally even though he’s been gone for a year?

Those Borrego Boys™ wild

 

[Primetime]

"When the Nets put him on the market, I think there was going to be a tremendous bidding war," said Brian Windhorst on ESPN. "And while there's a lot of interest, from what I can tell, that bidding war isn't really hot right now. Teams have made their offers and don't really feel the need to increase them.

"Maybe we'll see a little bit of action coming out of Summer League, all of the executives are gathering in Las Vegas over the next few days and there could be a restart of action there.

"There's been a couple of thing that have happened that have even made it more complicated that involve the Utah Jazz. The Jazz make this trade with Rudy Gobert last week where they get an incredible haul of draft picks in which the Nets respond by saying 'the price for Durant just went higher.' And the rest of the league is kind of saying 'We don't think so. We don't want to pay that price. We didn't like that trade.'

"And then you look at Donovan Mitchell. After the Gobert trade, there was a belief that maybe Mitchell would be next. And maybe at some point he will be. For now, the Jazz are telling people they don't intend to trade him. And on Mitchell's side, he's going to stand pat, he's not going to force any action right now. Without Mitchell on the market, the teams are not trying to outbid each other. It doesn't make sense for teams to sell their house to pay for a car, even if that car is a Lamborghini like Kevin Durant."

Durant has four seasons remaining on his contract, but is 34 years old with an injury history and hasn't displayed an extended sense of happiness with his prior teams.

Brian Windhorst/ESPN