The Official NBA Season Thread: SFA Prevails

[don ramon]

jim doing his best to bring down the sixers in china is pretty nasty after what the nba went through a couple of years back

 

[antidope]

I can't believe that's real.

 

[rolaholic]

League gonna threaten to do something about this the same way they did with Dame or nah?

Man's been moving nothing but nasty to force his way yearly

 

[Mister Meaner]

Spoiler

& Yanny too

 

[amitt5504]

 

[kingjay718]

He did it to himself. He should’ve stayed in Houston and sign that 2020 bag that the Rockets regime was begging him to do. But he got fat, partied, and forced his way to Brooklyn.

 

[rolaholic]

He really expected that max contract to still be there after that 9 point game 7 performance?

Philly would've been incompetent as hell signing up for that at this stage of his career.

 

[spiderjericho]

I think I've heard on the Lowe Post and Hoop Collective about that collective bargaining language.

Article XI, Section 3.


Players in the NBA have rarely held out while actively under contract and will typically agitate for a trade while ostensibly with the team. Ben Simmons reported to practice with the Sixers in 2021 before he stepped away from the team in their standoff. Lowe also reported this week that Simmons received credit for a year of service for the 21-22 season despite not appearing in any games.

Zack Lowe:

"There's an obscure clause in the collective bargaining agreement that says the following: 'A player who is in the last year of his contract.' Okay, so that's James Harden. He's on an expiring contract," said Zach Lowe on his podcast.


"'Who withholds his playing services for more than 30 days after the start of the last season covered by his contract shall be deemed', I'm paraphrasing now, 'should be deemed to have violated his contract. Accordingly, such a player shall not be a veteran free agent and shall not be entitled to negotiate or sign a contract with any other professional basketball team unless and until the team from which the player last played expressly agrees otherwise.'


"I was alerted to that clause by people who would know what it means. And then I checked with other people who would know what it means and I said 'Am I an idiot or does this say he doesn't actually show up, the Sixers, because he's on an expiring contract, can block him in perpetuity from signing in the NBA?'


"And I checked with legal people and cap people and team people and whatever people, and the answer every time was 'Yes. And not only the NBA, any other professional basketball teams means exactly what you think it is.


"So if you just read that, that's why I made the comment about James' quote showing his *** as you put it, because given that reality, if he's not traded, he kind of has to show up and we know what happens if he shows up and he's unhappy because we've seen it over and over again."

I'd just stay in shape and ball out. Don't mess with your money.

 

[rolaholic]

I can't believe that's real.

Generational bridge burner

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

*wee bey gif*

 

[spiderjericho]

Knicks Back, Baby!!

 

[addict4sneakers]

Send him to the G league

 

[adobecs4]

It's always something with this team

 

[rolaholic]

Send him to the G league

Dude is really pulling all this after already willingly opting in

Can't imagine the league's gonna let that fly and set that precedent up

 

[don ramon]

what james harden has been doing the last few years is the opposite of player empowerment. it may benefit him in the short run, but it works against the interests of most nba players in the long run.

 

[addict4sneakers]

All he had to do was shoot the ball game 7 and he likely gets paid. Nope. He peed the bed.

Definition of going out sad

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Harden is hilarious . When you look at this situation, Rich Paul deserves a lot of credit for the way he handled Simmons and AD. At the same time, Harden and Dame would've probably been traded by now if their desired teams made real offers for them

 

[reconic supreme]

I totally forgot about the morey/china stuff

 

[rbk93]

Harden.

 

[Cashflow]

 

[Zo gif]

Extremely unprofessional

 

[CJMcfly26]

things just got interesting . Who the Clips give up now is what to look out for. Zach Lavine really might end up in Philly.

 

[big j 33]

Lmao burn it down Jim

 

[N41D]

To be fair - Daryl Morey is a liar AND a fraud.

So I applaud Jim for holding back.