2024-25 NBA Regular Season: Notes/Tidbits/Updates etc.

[AHF]

1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:

Couldn’t get Capela settle for Theis  

They could have easily had Capela, imo.  What they couldn't easily do is add Capela and dodge the tax.

[RedDawg#8]

30 minutes ago, AHF said:

They could have easily had Capela, imo.  What they couldn't easily do is add Capela and dodge the tax.

That whole Robert Williams to Nola, Ayton to Atlanta deal would have been dope for them. They could have offloaded Ingram and saved money overall.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[kg01]

30 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

I think I just threw up in my mouth .... 

[theheroatl]

3 minutes ago, kg01 said:

I think I just threw up in my mouth .... 

meanwhile live look at landry...

[kg01]

7 minutes ago, theheroatl said:

meanwhile live look at landry...

"Vet mins, vet mins ... ooh-weee, they callin' muh name!" - Laundry 

[JeffS17]

Scrimmage here, team USA versus some hodge podge of players including cooper flagg.  Flagg looks nice here, plays like a vet, smooth.  I can see why he's been hyped.  In other news, Lebron is looking very washed man.  I don't want to beat a dead horse but that Lakers pick could be nice lol

[akay]

Let's give em Cody and a top 12 protected 2032 FRP and ride 

 

[Hawkish]

27 minutes ago, akay said:

Let's give em Cody and a top 12 protected 2032 FRP and ride 

 

Why doesn’t Utah want him?  

[Alex]

Are the Jazz a minor league basketball team for the other 29 organizations? Good young players just cannot be in Utah it seems like. Like what is their plan? Acquire as many picks as possible, hit on a few, trade those guys away in 2 years, and do it all over?

[Afro]

51 minutes ago, akay said:

Let's give em Cody and a top 12 protected 2032 FRP and ride 

 

Shoot, give em that weird 27 Pels pick 

[theheroatl]

Griff caught in the cookie jar

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

1 hour ago, theheroatl said:

Griff caught in the cookie jar

 

 

Can we file a grievance and get another asset? Why not?

[JayBirdHawk]

On 7/8/2024 at 10:46 PM, akay said:

Let's give em Cody and a top 12 protected 2032 FRP and ride 

 

But then...there's this:

Jazz rejected two first rounders for Walker Kessler?

The Knicks have interest in trading for Utah Jazz big man Walker Kessler, but the cost could be steep. SNY’s Ian Begley reported on Tuesday that teams had offered two first-round picks to Utah in recent weeks and were rebuffed. Begley added that the value of the first-rounders offered was not known. Specifically, it was not clear if there were protections attached.

 

– via SportsNet New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe he didn't realize he turned down two?

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[Spud2nique]

19 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

But then...there's this:

Jazz rejected two first rounders for Walker Kessler?

The Knicks have interest in trading for Utah Jazz big man Walker Kessler, but the cost could be steep. SNY’s Ian Begley reported on Tuesday that teams had offered two first-round picks to Utah in recent weeks and were rebuffed. Begley added that the value of the first-rounders offered was not known. Specifically, it was not clear if there were protections attached.

 

– via SportsNet New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe he didn't realize he turned down two?

Ainge looks like an old bitter turd  

[Hawkmoor]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

Danny played when guards didn't go into the paint without repercussions.  He still upset with Tree Rollins, lmao

Todays league is beyond soft compared to how it used to be.

 

[Gray Mule]

I WANT!  I WANT!

Me and mine!  Doesn't matter what is best for the team or for the NBA.  This has become the cry of too many NBA players and the NBA has given in to their cries.  When a player demands, and gets, a huge contract, this means that his team has less money to pay their other 14 players.

It's great to want to make tons of money.  Taking away money from your teammates is what you are doing.  Any NBA team is limited in the total payroll that is available until they reach the point of having a massive tax bill because they overpay their players.  Punishment for going over is growing bigger and bigger.

To my way of thinking, and I may be wrong (I've been wrong before) but here it is.  Player A is due for a new contract.  "I want you to reduce the pay of my 14 teammates so that I can get a huge raise!"  How else is the team going to come up with the money to pay him?  Go over the payroll limit and encounter that huge payroll tax?  Is this player worth it?  Have the NBA raise the payroll limit so that more funds are available to pay him?  

Mega rich teams can afford to pay these players, pay the extra tax and smile all the way to the bank because they can still make money.  Other, less fortunate teams can't.

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

I hope the Clips added protections in his contract. 3yrs/$150 mil.

 

 

 

[JeffS17]

15 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

I hope the Clips added protections in his contract. 3yrs/$150 mil.

 

 

 

Why replace a big defensive wing with Derrick White?  Feels like they needed someone like Mikal Bridges or Jaden McDaniels