**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

[kingjay718]

Danny ainge take notes. ThTs how you cash out draft picks.

 

[mr s j king]

Don't think Kawhi and PG are a good mix. Dudes are too similar.

PG just ran out on Russ like that though, after committing to OKC.

I'm trying to see it myself and cant see how it works
Maybe this is where Doc Rivers shows us how great a coach he is

 

[getback]

Is AD gonna say f*** it and bounce in 2020 now?

 

[whitemamba27]

OKC got the bag thou..

All things considered

especially when you consider what they traded to get PG in the first place...

 

[Nipsey3000]

Don't think Kawhi and PG are a good mix. Dudes are too similar.

PG just ran out on Russ like that though, after committing to OKC.

Why wouldn't any team want two guys that could put the ball in the hole and defend?

 

[art vandelay]

I'm legit excited to see their Defense tho, like, they'll score the ball no doubt, but the clamps, the damn clamps.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Two playmaking defensive minded wings is absolutely going to work

Son added another team to his list

Serious? We’re in an era of positionless basketball and these 2 don’t mesh? Both who shoot the 3 ball well and are excellent on ball defenders?

Really?

PG is a streaky shooter. He's more of a scorer than knock down shooter. Offensively they're a lot similar, Kawhi is just better. Their defense will be a monster though.

 

[BIG FISH]

Woj just said Kawhi would be a Laker if the Clippers didn’t make that trade

 

[Based Jesus]

The focus now is fine, we're doing what we should with that we have. I'm just SO TIRED of the Kool-aid drinker's "Getting rid of KP was a great move!" narrative. The reality is we mismanaged a valuable asset. I'm not talking just about the trade, I'm talking about making our best draft pick in decades and 3 years later trading him for almost nothing. If he was being a diva then YOU PACIFY HIM UNTIL YOU CAN TRADE HIM FOR ACTUAL VALUE. That's part of the game. The NBA is a diva's league. If you can't manage divas you got nothing.

Pacify him? He threatened to go back to Europe unless we traded him He publicly desired a trade coming off an ACL tear and tanked his own trade value.
His snake in the grass *** brother had been whispering in his ear for the entire Knicks tenure. Not a Knicks fan alive that liked Janis Porzingis.
We got dealt a bad hand and used that trade to position us to sign KD and the star of his choosing. If he didn't tear his achilles we'd likely have him and whoever right now.
It's only in hindsight someone could now be upset but we did the right thing. Maneuvering for cap space was the right thing. There is no greater value than a star player.

 

[casper90403]

I’m going to take the high road and not talk a bunch of **** in here and instead will just be happy for my team and the long-time fans.

I will say the fact that nobody in the media had a clue this was happening is a testament to how good our FO is.

Lastly, if later today you see a 5’8” white dude with a dad bod running naked through the streets of LA swinging a Clippers flag, that’s probably me

Flourish my guy! FLOURISH. Let it hang!

 

[kingjay718]

It's really some **** dude bailed on a guy who thought he was his boy and just had his best season with to go do the dirty work for a player hes basically a poor mans version of. Between this and calling a 40 footer in his eye for a series a bad shot I'm not so sure about this guy. Maybe missing a few pieces up there.

PG don’t care he just wanted to get out of okc. I know his baby mama doesn’t want to be there either.

 

[alchemist iq]

Woj just said Kawhi would be a Laker if the Clippers didn’t make that trade

Jerry west >*

 

[tatayniDarna]

from a neutral POV and as a basketball fan, i can't think of a better outcome.


western conference is gonna be a blood bath.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Son added another team to his list




PG is a streaky shooter. He's more of a scorer than knock down shooter. Offensively they're a lot similar, Kawhi is just better. Their defense will be a monster though.

Earthquake got you shook

 

[IATT]

Is AD gonna say f*** it and bounce in 2020 now?

@MVP

 

[whitemamba27]

Klaw a smart dude didn't know he tried to recruit Durant first. I remember watching this video on youtube and being amazed at how KD and PG stood above the group, they have all the tools.

 

[ThePeoplesChamp_]

Did you see Kawhi in games 5 and 6?
8-20 in game 5
5-14 in game 6
I'm a fan but I still have doubts
He's in position now to do something legendary
Better get it done
It aint going to be easy

He was injured and gassed.

 

[dman14]

lakers fans going to be screaming at their tv set when lebron is settling for jumpshots while pat bev guards him

 

[ahat]

Man the west gonna be crazy but I'll say this...

**** those damn 1030 start times man!

 

[IATT]

don't feel bad for Russ. He chose this life

He got richard-ered over by the snake

Ain’t his fault the plan fell apart

 

[100027]

Yeah .... teams were going to give the bank for an injured KP that is in the middle of a rape allegation.

Then you're going to force players to come to the Knicks.

You got it ....

Pacify him? He threatened to go back to Europe unless we traded him He publicly desired a trade coming off an ACL tear and tanked his own trade value.
His snake in the grass *** brother had been whispering in his ear for the entire Knicks tenure. Not a Knicks fan alive that liked Janis Porzingis.
We got dealt a bad hand and used that trade to position us to sign KD and the star of his choosing. If he didn't tear his achilles we'd likely have him and whoever right now.
It's only in hindsight someone could now be upset but we did the right thing. Maneuvering for cap space was the right thing. There is no greater value than a star player.

1. You really believe the man was going to go back to Europe?
2. Question the "Dolan did nothing wrong" crew has never answered. Why did KP demand to leave all of a sudden? What were his reasons?
3. All you've heard about KP's demands to leave and the Knicks having no choice: what were the sources for that? Were they all leaks from the Knicks org? Do you trust the Knicks org?

 

[antidope]

He shoots almost 40% from three he's far from streaky.

I hope this is the year where Paul George remembers how to play basketball past March 1st. Don't hold Kawhi back with your nonsense.

 

[206to813]

Don't think Kawhi and PG are a good mix. Dudes are too similar.

PG just ran out on Russ like that though, after committing to OKC.

Too similar ? Lmao
In the sense both are elite wings, can wreck havoc defensively and lock up multiple positions, do anything offensively, yeah they’re similar. It’s not like they just added 2 post up power forwards from the 90s.

 

[dman14]

Klaw a smart dude didn't know he tried to recruit Durant first. I remember watching this video on youtube and being amazed at how KD and PG stood above the group, they have all the tools.

his team tried to recruit klay as well. them two became close during the draft process and kawhi was legit sad when klay got hurt in the finals
if i had to guess, klay was probably his first choice to pair with but knew he was a warrior for life

 

[ThePeoplesChamp_]

Is AD gonna say f*** it and bounce in 2020 now?

this would kill the franchise if he did this.