2024 Offseason Thread

[peternorth]

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[peternorth]

But then Steve Kerr says he is an idiot for not playing him.

Good PR work by steve.

 

[Memphis]

 

[hotchilli]

Will always be remembered that he’s better than Lebron*

*at League of Legends

 

[peternorth]

There is a Timberwolf in each of the Olympic quarter finals.

 

[peternorth]

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

 

[Nicho50]

Patty Mills on the move again this time to the Jazz.

 

[LB#16]

Full NBA 24-25 schedule is being released tomorrow.

 

[fidstar]

Footy season over, only a couple of games left no one cares about.

Must be almost time for BBall!

 

[mattyc75]

Footy season over, only a couple of games left no one cares about.

Must be almost time for BBall!

I hope giddey breaks the triple double record!!

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[peternorth]

Russell Westbrook will wear no 4 at Denver. Christian Braun refused to relinquish no 0.

edit: This internal disagreement has been debunked.

Also aaron gordon will wear no 32 in honour of his late great brother drew.

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Zubac re-upping for 3/58, TJ McConnell for 4/45.

Reckon these pre-extensions will start to become more and more common. Free agency becoming less appealing.

 

[peternorth]

Zubac re-upping for 3/58, TJ McConnell for 4/45.

Reckon these pre-extensions will start to become more and more common. Free agency becoming less appealing.

I think theres value in those extensions

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Keldon Johnson gave up #3 for CP3. Probably made some easy cash

 

[peternorth]

Thibs and the Knicks have signed:

• Former 6er, Knick, Rocket, Clipper, Cav, Sun, Piston, Rocket, Celtic Marcus Morris Sr.
• Landry Michael Shamet

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Dannnnnnnnnn - sounds like it's a bum's rush to get to the Eastern Conference.

If two teams are added in the West, what will happen to the conferences?​

Presuming the two new teams are awarded to Seattle and Las Vegas, they would both land in the Western Conference. That would mean there would be 15 teams in the East and 17 teams in the West, necessitating one shifting from West to East to balance things out.

This will likely come down to a decision among three teams: the Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies. The Pelicans and Grizzlies are the easternmost teams in the Western Conference, but they also are short flights from several Western Conference opponents (each other, all three Texas teams and the Thunder).

Minnesota, meanwhile, is a little farther west but is far more geographically isolated. The Timberwolves' closest Western Conference opponent, by air miles, is the Denver Nuggets (680 miles). By comparison, Minnesota has five East cities (Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit and Cleveland) that are shorter trips than that, plus a sixth (Toronto) that is the exact same distance.

It would likely be a protracted fight to determine who would move east, but those facts seem to make Minnesota the most logical choice.

 

[fidstar]

No more Woj bombs

 

[peternorth]

 

[burge13]

Robinson out until December/January. Knicks letting Hartenstein go looking shaky

Precious will need to start and very little backup behind him. OG has done it a bit but the bigger guys will dominate

A mate of mine thinks Knicks will trade for Kessler, I guess it makes sense but surely it'd happen by now if it was going to. They need to reasonably quickly

 

[peternorth]

Robinson out until December/January. Knicks letting Hartenstein go looking shaky

Precious will need to start and very little backup behind him. OG has done it a bit but the bigger guys will dominate

A mate of mine thinks Knicks will trade for Kessler, I guess it makes sense but surely it'd happen by now if it was going to. They need to reasonably quickly

Question about Hartenstein was whether he'd back up well after last seasons efforts or not. I guess we will never know. There is a gaping hole at centre...and that maybe filled with a little randle

 

[burge13]

Question about Hartenstein was whether he'd back up well after last seasons efforts or not. I guess we will never know. There is a gaping hole at centre...and that maybe filled with a little randle

I can't see Randle playing it that well but someone is going to have to! I hope the Kessler rumour is true, I rate him more than Utah seem to

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Robinson out until December/January. Knicks letting Hartenstein go looking shaky

Was out of their hands.

The most they were permitted to offer was 4/72. OKC blew that out of the water.

 

[burge13]

Was out of their hands.

The most they were permitted to offer was 4/72. OKC blew that out of the water.

Just not replacing it, a giant hole in that position now. Brunson/Donte/Hart/OG/Bridges/Randle is great but there's a massive issue there they haven't addressed. I'm sure they will but seemingly put all the eggs in the MRob basket and he's always injured

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Just not replacing it, a giant hole in that position now. Brunson/Donte/Hart/OG/Bridges/Randle is great but there's a massive issue there they haven't addressed. I'm sure they will but seemingly put all the eggs in the MRob basket and he's always injured

Opportunity cost of the Bridges trade, I'm afraid, Sent all their expendable trade contracts and most of their draft capital to Brooklyn for that deal. They didn't have the cap room to replace Hartenstein if he walked, which he did, so it'd have to be via trade.

They might have figured they had a good chance of retaining Hartenstein when they pulled the trigger, although from memory there was a lot of conjecture that they were pessimistic. He almost played too well for them.

Other problem is this year's FA class was weak, particularly the bigs, so there wasn't much window to replace him cheaply with a stopgap solution. The Pels had the same problem, albeit we were replacing a centre who didn't fit, unlike Hartenstein - we ended up giving Dan Theis a min contract. The Knicks re-signed Achiuwa as their equivalent.

 

[peternorth]

Toronto Raptors NBA Beat Reporter Josh Lewenberg tweets that VC will have his jersey retired.



Anthony Bennett proud