The Official Off-Season NBA Thread

[xxpizzo]

That defensive rating is so low because Tobias been locking up lol

facts man

he said it himself he needs to find other ways to help the team and if that means by him giving it his all on defense..sign me the hell up

 

[rolaholic]

Gotta get ahead of the slander I guess

Lmaoo

 

[SORIANOTRON]

Russell Westboulder

Russell Westbunz

 

[RustyShackleford]

Sick Day Simmons calling HR on folk

#SocialiteSeason
#PTO Prince
#CatchingFeelingsNotFlights

 

[earldagoat]

 

[squatchnt]

Ben should change his name to Brick in honor of Russ.

 

[akajae]

speaking of fans i was just watching vids from the atlas vs queretaro game in mexico from this weekend and that **** was a full on riot. 17 folks got killed.

where are you reading that 17 people died? I'm reading zero deaths.

 

[storm2006]

where are you reading that 17 people died? I'm reading zero deaths.

Your avy

 

[elpablo21]

where are you reading that 17 people died? I'm reading zero deaths.

According to AP, the match was staffed mostly by private security officers. That company will have all of its contracts canceled.

As of Sunday, 23 people were still hospitalized, per the report. Ten of them were in serious condition, and three more were in critical condition. According to TV Azteca’s David Merando Felix, there was an initial early death toll of 17 after the incident. That, however, is still unofficial and is contrary to other reports — including one from Jalisco Gov. Enrique Alfaro.

Looks like a social media thing that spread. Still pretty bad unfortunately

 

[freeze]

Wait...

So Westbrook is soft?

No way.

I'm

Shocked.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Gotta get ahead of the slander I guess

This is actually brilliant . I can honestly see this working out for him

 

[WASHED KING]

Gotta get ahead of the slander I guess

Run him his money

 

[James_O]

Well it didnt happen on our soil, and soccer in general isnt as popular in the US so thats why it isnt big news here. Also the big controversy with the TS thing is that he didnt stop or try to crowd control.

My man TS was prolly so high he couldn’t see his hands in front of his face

 

[storm2006]

This is actually brilliant . I can honestly see this working out for him

He has probably had this plan in place since the trade. From a week and a half ago:

So much has happened that this is forgotten but given the latest developments, it’s eem funnier 8 months later:


Another (very likely) thing to consider is that this is financially motivated. Getting traded and playing immediately would be a horrible look in arbitration when he tries to recoup his lost wages from the Sixers.

 

[OTG]

where are you reading that 17 people died? I'm reading zero deaths.

Everything we know about the Atlas vs. Querétaro soccer match that turned violent

A riot broke out during a Liga MX game between visiting Atlas and Querétaro FC on Saturday. Here's what we know at this point.

www.latimes.com

The numbers seem to be up for dispute but I don't think all those folks on the ground looking comatose were just napping. Some are saying it's even more than that.

 

[akajae]

This is actually brilliant . I can honestly see this working out for him

he's banking on philly fans being philly fans

Bennito out here playing 4d chinese checkers

 

[storm2006]

 

[Coupé It]

Bens getting all his money.

Philly is going to have to eat that.

 

[RustyShackleford]

 

[B Sox]

"Does Ben Simmons deserve a tribute video when he comes back to Philly?"
Next on NBA Today

 

[elpablo21]

 

[friscostylez]

Can't Philly just do sum marketing and get the fans to don't do anything and they will get rewarded too?

 

[WASHED KING]

Wish Ben was playing.....would've been game of the year.

 

[B Sox]

Fans now booing him as an opposing player isn't going to have any impact on him recouping money

 

[storm2006]

"Does Ben Simmons deserve a tribute video when he comes back to Philly?"
Next on NBA Today

Ima need to re-engage my Sixers network because I already found the tribute video they need:

Fans now booing him as an opposing player isn't going to have any impact on him recouping money

I see where you're coming from but that's not how his representation will flip it. They will say the fans knew about his mental health issues resulting from hostile fans, which is why he didn't want to play in Philly/wanted to get traded, and all hostile acts above and beyond simple "booing" will bolster their claim.

I don't know if it was Rich or his lawyers but as folks have said, it's actually really smart.