2022 NBA Offseason Thread: Preseason kicks off; Things are fine in Los Angeles, Draymond beats the charges

[Moheezy]

No mercy

 

[Raji Lowenthal]

Like someone mentioned KD probably feels a huge amount of pressure now that the Warriors won a title without him

A huge amount of pressure ain't the word. GS went 15 wins to 39 wins to NBA champs in 3 years. He def bout to bust a pipe from that pressure

 

[Blue Mamba]

 

[clyde the glide]

KD renewing his bus pass huh

Interesting

 

[essential1]

They ruined a fun Nets team for this. SMH

 

[frshstunna]

Hawks FO gotta be the sickest people in America rn

The wild thing is they still got a few picks and all the players on the roster since they only traded Gallo…Hawks can put their bid in too

 

[big j 33]

Houston won

 

[rolaholic]

Ben realizing he shoulda stayed in Philly.

Ben is super happy right now. Living in New York while playing for an irrelevant team where no one will notice? that's his dream scenario bro.

 

[pmatic]

I really need a team to sign Ayton to an offer sheet to screw the Suns.

 

[essential1]

I mean he was right. It has been scary so far. Only to get more scary.

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Funniest thing about all this is the Nets trading a 2023 first for Royce O'Neal only for Kevin Durant to walk into the office minutes later and want out.

Holy **** I missed this in all the chaos.

a first round pick for WHOOOOOOOOO?

 

[moe200069]

thread this morning:

thread immediately after KD:

i can’t keep up with the speed of this thread. i read one page and a new one is added

 

[amitt5504]

I really need a team to sign Ayton to an offer sheet to screw the Suns.

Hornets?

 

[Based Jesus]

Nets fell apart after only TWO 40 win seasons?

But when EYE said it

So much for them being a title contender

But at least MVP was right about them bringing in stars like...Lamarcus Aldridge and Blake Griffin

Oh wait they got Ben Simmons too and it only cost them James Harden. Worked out well enough for them there I guess

THEIR floor was 40 wins and a 1st round exit and THEIR ceiling was 40 wins and a 2nd round exit. Glad to see the "distractions" didn't affect them in any way.

In the future Lakers fans should worry about their own franchise instead of giggling about how they think Knicks fans should feel about theirs. Have fun paying Russ 47 mil

 

[aepps20]

KD is a Lib and supports CRT. Clown status.

 

[whoaitsgee]

Boston should go all in.

Offer Tatum or Jaylen. They own plenty of their first round picks too, iirc.

 

[ballinsam23]

If the Lakers were smart they’d offer Anthony Davis. They don’t have the balls for that though.

 

[MVP]

 

[jpzx]

Windhorst on ESPN2 moments ago:

“Not surprised. From Monday afternoon, as soon as Kyrie opted in, the league was anticipating this … by Tuesday, there were teams asking their star players what they would think about playing with KD or Irving.

Sean Marks said at the end of the season, that they wanted ‘selfless, team-first’ players, so think about constructing a trade with those players [coming back] … if you think about Mikal Bridges, he fits that vision completely. Next, what is important, executives are blowing up my phone asking where Kyrie is going to go. Make no mistake, that if Kevin Durant is on the first train out, Kyrie will be on a caboose.”

 

[DLF]

That deal isn’t finalized

Just finalized

 

[blakep267]

Holy **** I missed this in all the chaos.

a first round pick for WHOOOOOOOOO?

It’s the Philly pic which prob is not worth anything

 

[pmatic]

 

[essential1]

Theo Pinson isn’t going to be dancing through that door.

 

[af1 1982]

 

[pmatic]

Holy **** I missed this in all the chaos.

It’s the Philly pic which prob is not worth anything

Brooklyn has done a good job with picks in the late teens-20s range.