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2014 NBA Off-Season; Paul George suffers a double-compund-fracture, likely out for season. Speedy re
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And a source close to Sterling told the commission that Sterling needs the sale to go through to clear debt.
The team will sale, Sterling is still mad so he's tripping
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^ I can dig that, which is why I said their PR people shouldn't let them mention sitting out unless they would actually do it. Should have said "The NBA has done what it can. Now it's in the hands of the court....blah blah." But since they didn't, they'll look completely stupid if they don't sit.
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Agreed. But all reports have said is they are considering sitting out. When they continue to play they will use that caveat
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The crazy part of the situation is, if it doesn't work out, Thunder are only out 30k instead of being on the hook for a 3 year rookie deal. 
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huestis is solid, watched him while he was out here at Stanford
guess Okc doesnt want to start paying him yet and possibly made a deal with him prior to the draft? if they picked him in the second rd, he could be gone in a couple yrs and hit FA.
Okc is only committed to 30k but what's in it for him?
guess Okc doesnt want to start paying him yet and possibly made a deal with him prior to the draft? if they picked him in the second rd, he could be gone in a couple yrs and hit FA.
Okc is only committed to 30k but what's in it for him?
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didn't say you quoted me wrong. said you quoted the wrong post. and i was saying the sterling didn't get 24hr media coverage this off season, only the bron thing did.
in the above quote, you didn't respond to what you quoted me saying. i said something about media pressure in another quote (the one that you responded to) which kinda means you quoted the wrong post post.
explanation 2: you quoted one thing but responded to another.
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The crazy part of the situation is, if it doesn't work out, Thunder are only out 30k instead of being on the hook for a 3 year rookie deal.
Presti out here finding the loop holes
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@DatZNastypmatic , ANYONE....explain the rationale behind this:
The NBPA is OK with Thunder's Josh Huestis becoming 1st domestic draft-and-stash 1st-rounder
Won't sign rookie deal w/ Thunder, but agrees to a 30k...yes, 30k deal w/ the Tulsa 66ers. Someone help me w/ this....
The crazy part of the situation is, if it doesn't work out, Thunder are only out 30k instead of being on the hook for a 3 year rookie deal.
thats CRAZY... dudes making new waves everyday for the league...
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hard to believe a team will blow a 1st round pick on someone that wouldn't get drafted. where's the logic in that? why not just signed as a FA after the draft was done since no one else wanted him. he would've been drafted. this contract is just the definition of ****ery
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OKC knows durant is up next to possibly leave. They'll be making moves next season for sure because once kd leaves OKC will be the next bucks FOREVER
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when dude is done with the league, he'll give interviews on how OKC ****** him over
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If they signed him as a free agent, they would have ad to pay the league minimum of $507,336. With them only pay 30K, they got a steal, for any player.hard to believe a team will blow a 1st round pick on someone that wouldn't get drafted. where's the logic in that? why not just signed as a FA after the draft was done since no one else wanted him. he would've been drafted. this contract is just the definition of ****ery
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Soo what exactly did Huestis do and why would he take that deal of only being paid $30,000 a year? That was a reach but he still would have been drafted.
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Why do I have the feeling that someone else is running Joel Embiid's twitter acct? On that Iron Sheik steez...
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Poor guy, Presti never loved him.
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this doesn't sound true. but i don't know so i'll take your word for it. they couldn't have scooped him for their d league team after he went undrafted?If they signed him as a free agent, they would have ad to pay the league minimum of $507,336. With them only pay 30K, they got a steal, for any player.hard to believe a team will blow a 1st round pick on someone that wouldn't get drafted. where's the logic in that? why not just signed as a FA after the draft was done since no one else wanted him. he would've been drafted. this contract is just the definition of ****ery
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http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/69962/josh-huestis-first-stashed-domestic-pick
A pre-draft arrangement like this isn't against the rules, as there are ample amounts of gray area within which to operate. But it's certainly against the spirit of the draft, as Tom Ziller of SB Nation notes. And because of it, one would think the National Basketball Players Association has some interest in this situation. On the surface of this is a first-round pick willingly giving up his guaranteed first-round rookie-scale deal, which locks him into roughly almost $2 million over the next two years and up to $5 million over the next five, for a $25,000 D-League contract.
Why would Huestis agree to this? Because of the potential guarantee of an NBA contract, and thereby bigger overall earnings. By all accounts, it was extremely unlikely that Huestis would be picked in the first round and find himself with a guaranteed deal. He was headed for the second round and was probably going to the D-League regardless. So instead of having to work himself into a future NBA deal, he's simply delaying it. In a roundabout way, it gave him control to pick the team he wanted, and presents him with something he likely wouldn't have otherwise had -- an actual NBA deal. Per his agent, Huestis had interest in doing this only with either the Thunder or Spurs. So think of it like a college grad who really wants to work at Google deciding to take an unpaid internship out of college, turning down a more lucrative offer with a company he didn't think he'd fit as well with.
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OKC is entering the danger zone with Durant and Westbrook. They are basically pinning their championship hopes on good health, the development of Adams (I think Lamb and Jones are just "guys" at this point) and Morrow being able to play playoff minutes that Sefelosha couldn't (he's played a grand total of ZERO playoff games).
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