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ballup • One-Punch Man Posts: 25,423 Likes: 11,869	Post by ballup on Jun 21, 2017 1:32:45 GMT Trades! Draft! Free Agents! All up in here! 6/19/17 - Celtics trade #1 Pick to Sixers for #3 and future pick 6/20/17 - Lakers acquire Lopez from Nets, sends back Russell 6/20/17 - Hawks send Howard to Hornets 6/21/17 - Wizards get Frazier from Pelicans for 52nd pick 6/21/17 - Butler and 16th pick traded to Wolves for Dunn, Lavine, and 7th pick 6/21/17 - Blazers swap 15th and 20th pick for King's 10th pick 6/21/17 - Jazz trade Lyles and 24th pick for 13th pick from Nuggets 6/28/17 - CP3 Opts in to be traded to the Rockets 6/28/17 - Cash Considerations get Ridnour'd for Tim Quarterman, Ryan Kelly, and Darrun Hilliard 6/30/17 - Wolves trade Rubio for future OKC 1st round pick 6/30/17 - George traded for Oladipo and Sabonis in stunning fashion 6/30/17 - Blake to resign with Clippers 6/30/17 -Curry resigns with Warriors on max deal 6/30/17 - Patty Mills resigns with SA long term 6/30/17 - Teague agrees to be on Wolves 6/30/17 - Livingston back on the Warriors 6/30/17 - Holiday cements trio in NO 6/30/17 -Bucks re-up Snell long term 6/30/17 - Nene stays with Rockets 6/30/17 - Galloway joins Pistons 6/30/17 - Baker announces his continued Baking on the Knicks 7/1/17 - West thinks Warriors has the best title chances again 7/1/17 - Redick shocks in siging high one year deal with Sixers 7/1/17 - Amir Johnson Joins Redick in Process guiding 7/1/17 - Hornets rolls dice on MCW 7/1/17 - Calderon think the Land is a better place for his ham farm 7/1/17 - Bulls excited to keep Felicio 7/1/17 -Ingles stay faithful to Jazz 7/1/17 - Iggy likes it in the Bay 7/1/17 - Tucker impressed by Rockets, becomes one of them 7/2/17 - Ibaka stays in the North 7/2/17 - Taj misses the good ole' times with Thibs, joins Wolves 7/2/17 - Meeks to be part of Wizards new bench 7/2/17 - Korver wants to be Lebron's next Ray Allen 7/2/17 - Lowry doesn't throw away his bromance with Demar, stays North 7/2/17 - Justin Holiday survives PG waives, gets new deal with Bulls 7/2/17 -Memphis wanting McLemore to be the next guy that OJ Mayo should have been 7/2/17 -Millsap one mile higher in Denver 7/3/17 - KD takes less money so Warriors can keep team together 7/3/17 - Collison starts new with Pacers Freedom Day - Hill leads new faced Kings Freedom Day - ZBo new mentor for Kings youth Freedom Day - Hayward reuinites with Stevens, commits to Celtics Freedom Day - Patterson joins OKC to fill in void at the 4 Freedom Day - Clippers finally found SF they been searching for years 7/5/17 - Nick Young chases ring 7/5/17 - Waiters expands his island in Miami 7/5/17 - Roberson tips himself a $30M contract 7/6/17 - Clipper fans franticly jump to Youtube as the Clipperse sign Milo Teodosic 7/6/17 - Bogdan bogs down in SAC 7/6/17 - Olynyk head to Miami. Club attendance skyrockets as a result 7/6/17 - One time Gay is welcomed in Texas 7/6/17 - Carter misses wearing purple, joins SAC 7/6/17 - James Johnson pledges to lose another 30 pounds in Miami 7/6/17 - Dirk not ready to retire, Barnes getting antsy 7/6/17 - Tim Hardaway Jr. returns to NYC 7/7/17 - With Millsap and Howard out of ATL, Muscala submits his claim to the iron throne 7/7/17 - Tyreke Evans starts his dream of owning a BBQ restuarant in Memphis 7/7/17 - Bojan Bogdanovic likes his all star chances in Indy 7/7/17 - Felton wants to change OKC's +/- when Westbrook comes off the floor 7/7/17 - Zaza falls back into Warriors 7/7/17 - Mack fights for PG spot in Orlando 7/7/17 - Jeff Green believes he has competitive fire to beat Durant. Joins Cavs 7/8/17 - Crawford shuffles his way to Minnesota 7/9/17 - Masai trades Cojo for date with model 7/9/17 -Baynes signs with Celtics with hopes of free BBQ bonus 7/9/17 - Suns retain Alan Williams 7/10/17 - King Joeffrey signs with Spurs after urgent meeting with Pop 7/10/17 - Reggie Bullock still a Piston 7/11/17 - Tolliver still a Piston 7/11/17 - KCP gambles on himself by signing 1 year deal 7/11/17 - Atlanta decides to restart with Dedmon 7/12/17 - Sefolosha goes west, now a Jazz 7/12/17 - Cedi Osman signs 3 year deal with Cavs

2017 Offseason Thread Posted on Jun 21, 2017 1:32:45 GMT Edited by ballup Jul 12, 2017 23:36:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top

ballup • One-Punch Man Posts: 25,423 Likes: 11,869	Post by ballup on Jun 22, 2017 1:40:24 GMT www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19702251/pelicans-send-tim-frazier-wizards-late-pick

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ballup • One-Punch Man Posts: 25,423 Likes: 11,869	Post by ballup on Jun 26, 2017 21:29:22 GMT Updated before July 1st

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bladefd • Renaissance man. Dreaming casanova. Posts: 19,136 Likes: 4,420	Post by bladefd on Jun 28, 2017 19:58:26 GMT CP3 to Rockets is a horrible deal for everyone involved. Rockets - gave up Beverley, professional scorer in Lou and Sam Dekker for just 1yr of CP3 rental. Cp3 didn't sign an extension so he will most likely be gone next summer. 1yr rental is not worth giving up Beverley. Clippers - they got Beverly for CP3 essentially, which is not bad at all. Lou is redundant as they already have Crawford. 1st pick they received is top 3 protected supposedly so yeah, Clippers won't get it unless if Rockets somehow get top 3 pick, Clippers won't get the pick. With the team the Rockets have, there is no chance it will be top 3. Clippers got Sam Dekker, zzzzzz.. Essentially was a salary dump and CP3 was going to leave anyways so Clippers got something rather than nothing. Seems clear they plan on rebuilding. This means Griffin is gone. Something for CP3 is better than nothing for CP3. CP3/Harden - CP3 doesn't fit well next to Harden. Both need the ball in their hands. Ultimately, Harden will be forced to revert back to off ball guard. On paper, this is the 2nd best backcourt in the nba behind only Curry/Klay, but chemistry is a huge issue here. Curry/Klay fit almost flawlessly and Klay is great defender, making up for what Curry lacks defensively. Neither Harden or CP3 play even halfway decent defense. I doubt CP3 plans on staying. I expect him to go to the East next year once his contract ends. Maybe to the Knicks? Nothing but a 1yr CP3 rental. Rockets will have top 3 records again in west, maybe the 2nd best record in the west. Still, there won't be a deep playoff run. They ain't touching the Warriors. Overall trade grade: C for Rockets, B for Clippers, D for CP3/Harden
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bladefd • Renaissance man. Dreaming casanova. Posts: 19,136 Likes: 4,420	Post by bladefd on Jun 28, 2017 20:33:21 GMT Think I got the details on top 3 protected pick wrong. Top 3 protected means if Rockets don't get top 3 pick, it goes to Clippers I think. I had it the other way around. My bad. This means Clippers will get the 1st rounder next year (much later in draft). I will upgrade Clippers grade to B+ with potential to become A if they draft well next year and Sam Dekker becomes a decent bench backup. I would keep either Lou or Crawford and trade the other for 2nd rounder or just salary dump/buyout.
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ballup • One-Punch Man Posts: 25,423 Likes: 11,869	Post by ballup on Jul 4, 2017 19:27:35 GMT Updated again

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BurningHammer • Jordan-esque Posts: 33,221 Likes: 9,749	Post by BurningHammer on Jul 4, 2017 19:46:30 GMT So the Gordon Hayward saga should end today, right?
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T'Chayda • Juice Man Posts: 7,216 Likes: 5,760	Post by T'Chayda on Jul 7, 2017 23:30:09 GMT OP lazy.
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BurningHammer • Jordan-esque Posts: 33,221 Likes: 9,749	Post by BurningHammer on Jul 8, 2017 1:31:23 GMT It seems like 75% or more of bigger named free agents have been signed with West teams.
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ballup • One-Punch Man Posts: 25,423 Likes: 11,869	Post by ballup on Jul 8, 2017 22:10:25 GMT Stopped being a lazy POS.

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BurningHammer • Jordan-esque Posts: 33,221 Likes: 9,749	Post by BurningHammer on Jul 9, 2017 14:39:23 GMT Carroll is traded to that burning tire yard that is the Nets!
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bladefd • Renaissance man. Dreaming casanova. Posts: 19,136 Likes: 4,420	Post by bladefd on Jul 25, 2017 21:33:15 GMT If Kyrie gets traded to the west as well, my goodness... NBA will be more lopsided than ever before. It already is historically lopsided. I don't see the point of watching eastern conference playoffs..
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BurningHammer • Jordan-esque Posts: 33,221 Likes: 9,749	Post by BurningHammer on Jul 28, 2017 16:19:06 GMT Kyrie is doing shits similar to Vince Carter did to the Raptors. Let's hope Cavs' new GM is as dumb as Rob Babcock.
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ballup • One-Punch Man Posts: 25,423 Likes: 11,869	Post by ballup on Jul 28, 2017 16:51:15 GMT Why not Kyrie + Shump for Bledsoe and Chandler?

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bladefd • Renaissance man. Dreaming casanova. Posts: 19,136 Likes: 4,420	Post by bladefd on Jul 28, 2017 19:01:23 GMT Jul 28, 2017 16:51:15 GMT ballup said: Why not Kyrie + Shump for Bledsoe and Chandler? Cavs don't get enough in return tbh. Chandler is past his prime defensively (+35yrs old soon) and is too similar to Thompson - too redundant. Bledsoe is very good but not enough to replace someone at the level of Kyrie. Suns would need to include more. Maybe someone young like Josh Jackson. Suns might bite considering Kyrie is a sure thing while we don't know for sure about Jackson. It would be a KLove for Andrew Wiggins type of deal. Sure thing for potential. Or maybe Suns could include a couple future first rounders then Cavs would bite for the days beyond LeBron.
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ballup • One-Punch Man Posts: 25,423 Likes: 11,869	Post by ballup on Jul 30, 2017 23:42:36 GMT Jul 28, 2017 19:01:23 GMT bladefd said: Jul 28, 2017 16:51:15 GMT ballup said: Why not Kyrie + Shump for Bledsoe and Chandler? Cavs don't get enough in return tbh. Chandler is past his prime defensively (+35yrs old soon) and is too similar to Thompson - too redundant. Bledsoe is very good but not enough to replace someone at the level of Kyrie. Suns would need to include more. Maybe someone young like Josh Jackson. Suns might bite considering Kyrie is a sure thing while we don't know for sure about Jackson. It would be a KLove for Andrew Wiggins type of deal. Sure thing for potential. Or maybe Suns could include a couple future first rounders then Cavs would bite for the days beyond LeBron. I was thinking more in the realm of Shump being a liability at this point of his career while Chandler is somewhat useful. Tyson provides depth that the Cavs wouldn't mind. Maybe sprinkle a future first or two to sweeten the deal

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bladefd • Renaissance man. Dreaming casanova. Posts: 19,136 Likes: 4,420	Post by bladefd on Jul 31, 2017 7:42:30 GMT Jul 30, 2017 23:42:36 GMT ballup said: Jul 28, 2017 19:01:23 GMT bladefd said: Cavs don't get enough in return tbh. Chandler is past his prime defensively (+35yrs old soon) and is too similar to Thompson - too redundant. Bledsoe is very good but not enough to replace someone at the level of Kyrie. Suns would need to include more. Maybe someone young like Josh Jackson. Suns might bite considering Kyrie is a sure thing while we don't know for sure about Jackson. It would be a KLove for Andrew Wiggins type of deal. Sure thing for potential. Or maybe Suns could include a couple future first rounders then Cavs would bite for the days beyond LeBron. I was thinking more in the realm of Shump being a liability at this point of his career while Chandler is somewhat useful. Tyson provides depth that the Cavs wouldn't mind. Maybe sprinkle a future first or two to sweeten the deal I see that, but here's the issue. Chandler and Thompson would never start together. There is little benefit in getting Chandler when you already have someone younger in Thompson, who gives you the same things that Chandler does across the board. It is redundant and doesn't do anything to help Cavs recuperate what they lose with Kyrie gone (i.e. scoring). Chandler is also turning 35 this season. Chandler also makes couple million extra per year than Shumpert -- Shumpert has a player option so he might very well opt-out while Chandler is guaranteed for next 2 years for more money than Shumpert. You are essentially trading the 2nd best player on the team, who is also top 6-7 pointguards in the nba, for a somewhat significant downgrade at pg, and at the same time you are also trading a young backup shooting-guard for an older backup center, who will play 20mpg or less, while getting paid more than Shumpert. I wouldn't do that deal. This trade also means you would be on your way to a rebuild. So let's consider the issues with that. Chandler would not be part of your plan beyond next year. Bledsoe has been somewhat injury prone with his messed up knees -- I wouldn't want to base my future around those 2 major questions. Couple first rounders would definitely mean something though. I would also want someone younger than Chandler.
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Deleted • Posts: 0 Likes:	Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 23:36:20 GMT Not "Him" hezonja claims he had an injury all last season...

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Deleted • Posts: 0 Likes:	Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 0:18:21 GMT "This will be LeBron's final season in Cleveland," the source told Sheridan. "He is 100 percent leaving. Relationship with owners beyond repair." chris sheridan claims lebron is leaving cleveland

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Lampz • Lebron23 Posts: 51,202 Likes: 20,652	Post by Lampz on Aug 17, 2017 0:30:50 GMT Jul 28, 2017 19:01:23 GMT bladefd said: Jul 28, 2017 16:51:15 GMT ballup said: Why not Kyrie + Shump for Bledsoe and Chandler? Cavs don't get enough in return tbh. Chandler is past his prime defensively (+35yrs old soon) and is too similar to Thompson - too redundant. Bledsoe is very good but not enough to replace someone at the level of Kyrie. Suns would need to include more. Maybe someone young like Josh Jackson. Suns might bite considering Kyrie is a sure thing while we don't know for sure about Jackson. It would be a KLove for Andrew Wiggins type of deal. Sure thing for potential. Or maybe Suns could include a couple future first rounders then Cavs would bite for the days beyond LeBron. the difference between kyrie and bledsoe isnt worth josh jackson

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bladefd • Renaissance man. Dreaming casanova. Posts: 19,136 Likes: 4,420	Post by bladefd on Aug 17, 2017 0:43:19 GMT Aug 17, 2017 0:30:50 GMT Lampz said: Jul 28, 2017 19:01:23 GMT bladefd said: Cavs don't get enough in return tbh. Chandler is past his prime defensively (+35yrs old soon) and is too similar to Thompson - too redundant. Bledsoe is very good but not enough to replace someone at the level of Kyrie. Suns would need to include more. Maybe someone young like Josh Jackson. Suns might bite considering Kyrie is a sure thing while we don't know for sure about Jackson. It would be a KLove for Andrew Wiggins type of deal. Sure thing for potential. Or maybe Suns could include a couple future first rounders then Cavs would bite for the days beyond LeBron. the difference between kyrie and bledsoe isnt worth josh jackson Probably not. Bledsoe + Josh jackson for kyrie is bit lopsided. Maybe Jackson + _??_ for kyrie
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Deleted • Posts: 0 Likes:	Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 0:50:26 GMT Aug 17, 2017 0:43:19 GMT bladefd said: Aug 17, 2017 0:30:50 GMT Lampz said: the difference between kyrie and bledsoe isnt worth josh jackson Probably not. Bledsoe + Josh jackson for kyrie is bit lopsided. Maybe Jackson + _??_ for kyrie all the sources say suns won't trade jackson for kyrie though....
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