NBA Info - July 2025

[Deleterious]

Reports that Luka will return to the US in a few days and sign his Lakers extension.  It will be 4/$229 million.  That trade cost him some serious money since his extension with Dallas would have been 5/$345 million.  

Most are speculating the 4th year will be a player option since 3 years gets him to that 10 year mark.  

[Deleterious]

The same people happy about this will be the same ones complaining when he puts his stuff behind a paywall.

 

[Deleterious]

He has to sign the qualifying offer and try free agency against next year.  Same for Giddey and probably Kuminga.  Nobody has leverage when no teams have cap space to spend.  

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/did-brooklyn-nets-low-ball-050925809.html?guccounter=1

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“Cam Thomas thinks of himself as one of the most elite playmaker scorers in the NBA, and he wants to be compensated as such. But to my understanding, the Brooklyn Nets have not offered Thomas anything more than a two-year deal with a team option on the second year in the $14 [million] AAV range,” Fischer told his listeners. That’s the full MLE, which is available to a half the NBA’s teams.

“At this point, Cam Thomas seems like the most likely to take the qualifying offer of all the notable restricted free agents on the board.”

That appears to be new or is it? Last week, Fischer said the Nets hadn’t really talked yet.

 

[Deleterious]

Starting to like this kid.

 

Edited Friday at 08:11 PM by Deleterious

[Deleterious]

 

[Shinzaki]

Has Donovan earned that kind of extension? 

[Deleterious]

1 year out of 5 he has been over .500.  But in his defense, he hasn't exactly been given any great/good teams either.  

[Deleterious]

Reese replied, "Got it bad cause I'm brown"

You have to be a NWA fan to get that one.  

 

[buddha]

5 hours ago, Deleterious said:

1 year out of 5 he has been over .500.  But in his defense, he hasn't exactly been given any great/good teams either.  

the bulls dont care about winning.  all they want to do is make the play-in every year and sell out the arena because its chicago.  still living off michael jordan, 30 years later.

both nate silver and bill simmons labeled them as one of the franchises with the worst future.  its not that their cap is terrible, its not that they dont have any talent, and its not that they dont have their draft picks (now that their disastrous vucevic and derozan trades are over), but they have zero ambition.  they are happy to draft 8-12, lose a playin game, and hope they get lucky in the lottery like they did with D rose.

they're not phoenix.  no one is phoenix.  but the bulls are just.....blah.  and that's all they really want to be.

[casimir]

8 hours ago, Shinzaki said:

Has Donovan earned that kind of extension? 

In the opinion of the right (ie, whoever can authorize that deal) people he has.

[Deleterious]

Sort of interesting how well the league does while its bigger market teams are run by idiots.

The Bulls have been covered.  They are the third-largest media market in the country.

The Knicks are #1.  They haven't won a title since the early 70's.  Haven't really been that good since the Ewing era.  Dolan is a complete embarrassment, especially the stuff with Oakley.  They are sort of good now, but IMO they botched their coaching search.

Lakers are the best of the bunch with a title in the Covid year.  But even they have struggled.  In the last 12 years they have missed the playoffs 7 times.  

Dallas has the Dirk title and made the finals two years ago.  But they just blew things up with Luka.

Houston has to go back to The Dream for their last title.  Philly has to go back to Malone/Erving/Cheeks.  Atlanta and Washington haven't been good in decades.  Boston is where you finally get to a decent organization and then Golden State of course.  

That is a lot of poorly run organizations at the top of the market size chart.  

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

Teenage boys feverishly googling how to become a cameraman.

 

[Deleterious]

Is the jury still out on if he is better than CP3?  Or can we call it?

 

[buddha]

kcp turned out to be a much better pick than burke.

[Deleterious]

He is being accused of bouncing two checks at two different casinos.  

 

Edited yesterday at 09:21 PM by Deleterious

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

Looks like he has lost a lot of weight.

 

[Deleterious]

Guess I won't post the picture.  But a green dildo was tossed onto the court during the Atlanta-Golden State game tonight.

[Deleterious]

That is a bad offer for Kuminga.  Especially since GS is reportedly asking for a good young player, a veteran to help in the playoffs, and a 1st round pick for him.  That type of value is a $30 million a year type player.  Plus it would be dumb to give up that no trade clause.  That is how you end up in Charlotte.

 

[Deleterious]

Satan must have been busy.

 

[Deleterious]

Meh, I already read/watched Molly's Game.