2021 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: Media Day...SHENANIGANS

[storm2006]

Only one I recognize is Cuttino Mobley.

This combo was LETHAL in NBA Live 2002

 

[amitt5504]

Stat padding in a win > stat padding in a loss

The Russell Westbrook conundrum

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Chicago can certainly win a dunk contest

 

[HOU$TON]

Imagine if someone did this today, especially someone the media already didn't like like a Westbrook. You're up 8 bro with just seconds left, no shot clock and you shoot anyways to get 60. Someone from the other team should meet you in the locker room with the hands, instead the Hawks are all celebrating like they're fans who bought tickets when Bird hit his last couple shots

 

[getback]

Imagine if someone did this today, especially someone the media already didn't like like a Westbrook. You're up 8 bro with just seconds left, no shot clock and you shoot anyways to get 60. Someone from the other team should meet you in the locker room with the hands, instead the Hawks are all celebrating like they're fans who bought tickets when Bird hit his last couple shots

 

[datznasty]

watching it now, don't know if it's good or accurate or not. Seems like

Spoiler

they're maybe going to suggest he had a BMX biking accident that messed up his shoulder

 

[2163O1baller90]

Sexton, garland, okoro, Lauri, and either Allen or mobley smh.. were not doing **** next year lol smh

 

[pmatic]

I feel like the Cavs could've addressed a need (big SG/SF ) in exchange for Nance Jr. He has legit value around the league.

 

[akajae]

Didn’t know storm2006 was Nate Duncan

 

[titang545]

This combo was LETHAL in NBA Live 2002

Man I remember this team in NBA2k2 on Dreamcast.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

What's the difference between book's 70 point game and Ricky Davis's triple double game?

 

[8pm at msg]

What's the difference between book's 70 point game and Ricky Davis's triple double game?

The Cavs won

 

[datznasty]

That Markelle Fultz doc was good, Netflix level and got the quotes and behind the scenes I hadn't seen before. Gonna watch the Ben Simmons one by the same channel

 

[Moheezy]

KLove’s gotta be on his way out

Via buyout because ain't nobody taking that Contract unless the Thunder wants to continue their Silver Approved version of the process.

 

[2163O1baller90]

Man I remember this team in NBA2k2 on Dreamcast.

Cat and moochie were automatic from 3

2k used to be friendly with player ratings back then, Andre Miller and Jumaine Jones should have never been an 88 and an 85 lol smh

 

[Moheezy]

Damn, Portland got Nance....I really liked Nance for Philly instead of Drummond.

 

[storm2006]

Didn’t know storm2006 was Nate Duncan

Nate, Cuffs and NickMaz know the deal but imma let y’all tell it.

Only on the internet can you not celebrate an accomplishment.

Won three playoff rounds? Get back in the gym.

 

[pmatic]

 

[antidope]

The facist regime begins

 

[earldagoat]

Sources told Bleacher Report that Victor Oladipo was influenced to leave longtime representative Aaron Turner of Versus Management for Excel Sports just before free agency this summer. Excel gave Oladipo the same sales pitch: a new agent can deliver more money than the previous one. In this case, like Noel's, they didn't deliver.

[…]

Noel's lawsuit is the first unveiling of a high-profile agent's clandestine strategies. Here, Paul wooed Noel while they both attended the birthday party of another Klutch client, and Noel's former teammate, Ben Simmons.

The NBPA was not prepared for Noel's hammer to drop after Paul's Kutch Sports filed a grievance with the union, claiming Noel did not pay his $200,000 commission on last season's one-year, $5 million deal with the Knicks.

"It is wild to see all of it aired out like this," another veteran agent said. "It happens all the time, but it never becomes public. It happens around the draft even. Guys will say anything to convince these players to come."

Maybe these headlines do go away and Noel's filing was simply a public gesture against the agent he feels wronged him. "I'll pay you this 200 grand, but I'm gonna s--t in your cornflakes before I do," one representative who previously worked with Noel said.

The majority of league sources contacted by B/R do expect the union to settle some type of agreement between these two parties, being that a legitimate legal battle benefits neither Klutch nor Noel. For Noel to win $58 million in alleged lost salary, he would seemingly face a daunting uphill battle in a court of law.

"The truth is Nerlens is not innocent in this," another agent said. "If you're silly enough to turn down that kind of money, that's not on Rich."

Paul's defense would be simple: An agent can never be held accountable for accurately predicting the future. He was providing a client with counsel, counsel that Noel did not have to accept, and if Noel did not suffer an injury, he very well could have garnered a richer deal.

That following summer, in 2018, Clint Capela scored a five-year, $90 million contract from the Rockets, a solid payday for a bouncy pick-and-roll threat and rim-protector of similar ilk.

Noel's case relies on the argument that Paul did not act in Noel's best interest, that Paul had no part in pitching the center to the Thunder in 2018 or sufficiently marketing him to other teams the following seasons.

The lawsuit claims Paul never informed Noel of Philadelphia's interest in bringing him back—that he later only heard the intel from coach Brett Brown, who said Philly's front office was unable to reach Paul. The 76ers, and the team's coaching staff in particular, were indeed interested in Noel before Philadelphia ultimately shifted its pricier sights onto Al Horford, sources confirmed to B/R.

Noel goes on to allege that the Clippers and Rockets also attempted to contact Paul that same offseason, also to no avail. League sources confirmed this detail to Bleacher Report as well. "Nerlens was always somebody we really liked in Houston and definitely tried to get in touch with," one former Rockets official said. "But my understanding is it never got very far."

It likely would be very challenging, however, for Noel's defense to find a team figure willing to come forward and confirm that series of events as a witness at trial. It's a sensitive topic that multiple league personnel declined to comment on for this article.

Maybe the only impact here is a little dent in Paul's armor. Noel was neither the first nor last client Klutch advised to turn down a richer offer than one that would later come. Not all press is good press when it comes to securing future players.

Paul's then-client, Shabazz Muhammad, declined a four-year, $40 million offer from the Wolves, which never materialized again. He urged Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to turn down Detroit's five-year, $80 million extension. Marcus Morris fired Paul after they declined a three-year, $41 million offer from the Clippers in free agency.

But Morris was then traded to Los Angeles that deadline, where he re-signed on a four-year, $64 million deal. Eric Bledsoe and Tristan Thompson each secured massive contracts after their loud holdouts.

You can bet on yourself with either outcome. We'll see if the union ends up adding more rules to the game before a player decides whether to make that gamble.

 

[D StaXX]

The facist regime begins

TYRANNY!!! lol

 

[antidope]

But not the players

 

[aepps20]

These announcers don't support Law Enforcement.

 

[Platinum State]

Are players required to be vaxxed or nah?

 

[pmatic]

But not the players

Has to be collectively bargained...