/NBA/ general

Dragic
Hayward
Melo
Johnson
Whiteside

Thomas
Bradley
Hayward
Davis
Horford

>Hayward literally trolling danny ainge by telling him he will sign there than take it back

My fucking sides.

patterson works a lot better than gay/any of the celtics weak shits

shoots better from 3 and also is small ball 4 like the raptors used him i think?

>at the end of the season, have nba players rank each other 1-50
>players that end up ranked 1-20 qualify for the "superstar" contract, giving you the ability to sign a contract for 30% of the nba's cap per year
>players that end up ranked 21-50 qualify for the "core player" contract, giving you the ability to sign for 20% of the cap
>players 51 - ?? qualify for the "roleplayer" contract, giving you the ability to sign for 5% of the cap
>a team may only have two superstar contracts on it's roster at once
>unused BRI is split evenly among players
>all contracts are 3 years with a team option for 4
>rookies all start off on the "roleplayer" contract
>you may not negotiate your contract for any price other than the terms above

i fixed the nba

A supermax won't stop people leaving free agency in small markets. Sometimes you literally can't pay someone enough to stay in their bumfuck town.

>Free agent forward Patrick Patterson has agreed to a three-year, $16.4M deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder, league sources tell ESPN.

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reminder:

this semen slurping sport needs some fixin and this is how you do it:
>30 teams
>get rid of conferences and divisions--no one cares
>each team plays every team 2 times in a season
>3 points for a win
>1 for a draw
>0 for a loss
>no overtime for regular season games
>6 team playoff
>5 game first round
>7 game champions hip series
>top 2 teams in the league table ranking get a first round bye
>playoff seeding determined by points(league table ranking) at end of 58 game regular season
>in case of a tie(league table ranking) , POINT DIFFERENTIAL[(total points scored during regular season) - (total points allowed during regular season)] for the entire season breaks the tie

Point differential would make every possession--every play--throughout the entire season count.
With a 6 team playoff you can expect to have 12-13 teams realistically vying for a playoff spot so around half the league will always be incentivized to play hard and win.
Since relegation isn't possible and there are no other competitions(Champions League for example) to qualify for, the other half of the league could be incentivized to win with a combination of determining a teams percentage of revenue shares + determining draft picks


you're welcome, I just saved your dying sport

>>76935208
just make it so teams can't go over the salary cap. problem solved

Hayward did nothing wrong

>>76931230

HOLY SHIT you're retarded. He already signed with the celtics, it's been confirmed ages ago.

>>76935208
> this gay ass socialist redistribution system
I'm sorry no players want to play in your small market town but this would make NBA even worse

>Backcourt
Roberson, Afflalo, Brandon Jennings, Rose, Waiters, Ian Clark, Jonathan Simmons, KCP, Barbosa, Rondo, Hardaway Jr., Vince Carter, Tony Allen

>Froncourt
Pau Gasol, Gallinari, Jeff Green, Rudy Gay, Illyasova, Mirotic, Nick Young, Otto Porter, LaVoy Allen, James Johnson, Sefalosha, Bojan Bogdanovic, Mbah a Moute, Shabazz Muhammad, David Lee, Beasley, Mike Muscala, Jamychal Green, Derrick Williams, Thomas Robinson, Joffrey Lauvergne

>Center
Tyler Zeller, Ezeli, Hibbert, Alex Len, Nerlens Noel, Dedmon, Pachulia, Olynyk, Mason Plumlee, Speights, Javale McGee


Patterson now off the market. Wiz have until Saturday to match Brooklyn's offer.

"Ssss ssss sssss"

Betrayward 2017

I hope my Celties sign Rudy Gay

i don't want to post here, it's a Betrayward Thread.

/nba/'s top hater player list:
BetrayD
Curry
Entire warriors roster
Gordon Betrayward
BetrayP3
Meme-biid
Deandre Jordan
Blake griffin
IT4foot faggot
who else? Lebron can not be posted here.

Trade Enes Kanter in a sign and trade for Rudy Gay

PG: Westbrook
SG: George
SF: Gay
PF: Patterson
C: Adams

>>76935208
ive got it a lot simpler

make max contracts slightly lower
players always go to teams that pay the highest automatically, they get 0 say in it
if its a tie player gets to choose but only if its a tie
restricted free agents work the same

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Melo

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>>76935226
>The state of the Raptors

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Kings are making the playoffs

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>>76935246
Vince Carter, Gay to Spurs pls we need someone..

"RRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
-Salty Bitch Shitty Udumb Jizz Fans, 2017

>>76935208

what if you make is so ONLY small market teams can go over the salary cap?

>>76935254
>players always go to teams that pay the highest automatically, they get 0 say in it
Nice slave/owner mentality. Typical utah white hick. Get fucked.

>>76935216
been telling okc fans for the longest, no one wants to live in a state that averages a small earthquake every damn day. Also who wants to hang out with fat religious rednecks who believe in magic underwear

>>76935246
can OKC get Utah to eat Singler's contract if they give them a 2nd round pick?

might allow them the space to pick up Thabo

>>76935253
they should trade kanter but not for gay lol

they need another shooter, someone at SG ideally

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>>76935227
Fuck off homosexual

Jazz have to sign a max player to meet the cap requirements. Now that they lost Hayward who do they sign? They are literally going to have to sign a bench player to a max contract.

>>76935250
lololl


you hear that /nba/?

"sssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssss sssss"

it's gordon betrayward

>>76935252
LeBitch

>>76935257

soon

Finish the sentence:

Lonzo Ball is the

is lebron the only guy who will do his old team right by returning to win?

>>76935260
they aren't sniffing the playoffs for another 5,6 years. It will be 2 decades before they are an 8th seed

>>76935288
Betrayers worst nightmare

>>76935280
Probs a combination of multiple players like Shabazz Muhammad and Bojan Bogdanovic

>>76935288
Next person to betray

>>76935227
this makes sense.

>>76935288
annual draft pick the Lakers use to say "we're on our way back!"

>>76935294
The whole reason he left is so they could draft someone like Kyrie. Then he returned a few years later so he could actually play in Cleveland with another good player. Pretty genius move on his part. He knew no one good was going to sign in Cleveland. He did the only thing he could to get someone else good there.

>>76935280
they should take on some bad one/two year contracts from contenders in order to pick up some assets, the tank has to start now.

>>76935288
next D'angelo Russell

>>76935288

bust

>>76935308
agreed

>>76935227
great insight, OP

>>76935315
In that case they need to trade Gobert before the season starts or they are going to end up being a team that just barely misses the playoffs which won't let them rebuild through the draft.

>>76935314
If only he could be an actual GM

>Rubio got on a 11 hour flight from spain to be fed some bullshit from Hayward just to be left high and dry in the end


Man i'd be pissed lol

>>76935314
Cavs getting Kyrie was the biggest rigging of all time

>1% chance
LMFAO

>>76935288

Anti-Snake

a Mongoose.

>>76935280
What is the punishment even for falling under the cap min?
Because going over the max is meaningless at this point

>>76935227
Great suggestion dude, wish I could upvote more than once

>>76935279
/sp/ is an anime board

anyone notice haywards player tribune article kept talking about subway for some reason? what the fuck are the jews trying to pull because now i want some subway

Thunder need to let Roberson walk

Us as fans need to stop memeing him as some good player. We need to kill that meme.

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>>76935326
>great insight, OP
You samefagging cuck.

>>76935314
And just imagine if they hadn't failed so hard on all the other picks they got while he was gone
Is Bennett even still alive?

>>76935331
they probably should get a read on how Gobert feels about their future, if they feel confident he is going to stay long term even if they're in the cellar they will be fine. Gobert is not going to be enough to drag this team above 30 wins but he is still a player worth keeping.

>>76935352
he's too young to let walk.

>>76935355

Last I heard he won a championship in europe, playing 2 minutes and scoring 1 point off the bench.

At least he won a ring somewhere.

>>76935355
Plays in Turkey now

>>76935343
You take the deficit and spread it evenly amongst the roster, as determined by NBAPA.

Sam Presti out here hustlin like a mother fucker playing 80D chess.

You either sink or swim and he out here like Michael Phelps.

>Among the 236 NBA players who used over 450 possessions this season, Otto Porter ranked 1st in scoring efficiency by a comfortable margin.

>>76935360
>25
>too young to let walk

>>76935352
they need to let him walk and bring back Thabo.

big mistake thinking Roberson would be a capable replacement.

>>76935343
iirc I think the team has to pay the difference to each player on the team, it happened to the sixers in the last decade pre Hinkie

How about this. There's no soft cap. there's a hard cap, and being over it for a single game, whether it be summer league, preseason, or regulear season, you forfeit a first. So if you are over for all 82 games, you forfeit 82 first round picks

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Can't wait till /nba/ hates us for being good, making up silly things to try and bring us down. For now? We Sit and be Humble.

>>76935280
We'll give them Jahlil Okafor to get closer

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>yfw you realize P-Pat is the first major free agent signing the Thunder have had in their entire history

>>76935362
>At the end of his first season in European basketball, Anthony Bennett lifted the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague trophy.

>Bennett signed only to play the EuroLeague and scored 9 points in a home loss against Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz late in the regular season. But once the Fenerbahce roster recovered from a rash of injuries, Bennett’s playing time dropped.

>He appeared in only one playoff game and in the championship game. Despite averaging 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds in 10 games and leaving the club days after winning the EuroLeague title, Bennett considered his experience to be a satisfying one. "It has definitely been a crazy experience," Bennett said after the final. "Me being out there for the first time, in the EuroLeague, I definitely accomplished more than what people can say."

How JUST is the former #1 pick

if durant and wb didnt choke okc would be another spurs like organization in a small market.

>>76935381
>>76935381
KEK

>>76935378
but Thabo ain't the same when he was with the thunder during the Harden years. It may backfire

>>76935385

I don't understand. This dude looks like a white dude with a tan, but has cornball hair. What kind of crazy race mixing is going on here?

>>76935391
Not very funny.

how about we just ban niggers from playing bball

>>76935388
there has never been reason for it, good drafting and mostly shrewd trades have prevented the need.

this is the first time the Thunder have gone into free agency without KD, so things are different.

>>76935405
Why do you think so many hispanics identify as white? A lot of them are basically tanner white people

>Tells them to resign a role player.(Joe Ingles) Jazz have to massively overpay him to resign him.
>Says he wants to play with Ricky Rubio.
>Jazz trade for him.
>Waits until all possible replacements are signed.
>Announces he is leaving.
>No possibility of tanking because they still have Gobert.
>No possibility of playoffs without Hayward.

Has anyone ever purposely fucked over a team so hard before he left?

>>76935378
You're so fucking retarded it's not even funny. Thabo is washed up and injured to hell.

lmfao OKC could have had

WB-KD-Ibaka-PG

KD is truly the biggest bitch of all time.

>>76935412
and let betrayward dominate? lel no. we should ban white people.

>Patterson is Sam Presti's biggest open market free agent signing. Previous was Nenad Krstic at $15.8 million for 3 years.

>>76935425
No they couldn't. Paul George trade was a desperation move to try to convince Westbrook to stay next summer. Wouldn't have happened if Durant was still there.

WB
PG
PP
SA
RG

thunder are going to the finals

>>76935425
Ibaka was traded for Oladipo/Sabonis
Oladipo and Sabonis were traded for PG

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>>76935279
You're really calling someone an anime fag on a Vietnanese basket weaving board?

>>76935433
no that was signing oladipo on a garbage contract

>>76935412
I think banning all these soft ass white people might help

Also ban KD

>>76935425
OKC has nothing to trade for PG while keeping Ibaka you idiot

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>>76935437 (You)
(You)

>>76935441
No such thing as a soft white person, whites are the gladiators of planet earth

hayward is overrated, not sure why there was this much buzz about his free agency. he chokes constantly and lebron matches well vs him.

Woooooow what are you losers doing on an anime imageboard on the 4th of july? Why aren't you watching fireworks and eating hot dogs while getting drunk?

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>>76935437
>assblasted weeb say this in a sport board, in the non contaiment weeb shit section

Lmao

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How to destroy a team by Gordon Snakeward:

Leave as late as possible so every potential replacement is gone. Also ask them to sign some old meme players for big money so they can't rebuild.

>>76935441
ummm, KD is the number one baller on the planet sweetie.

Champion and Finals MVP

>>76935460
He is the third best small forward in the league after Lebron and Durant.

conflicted about Patterson

it's not a bad contract but Kentucky fans are fucking obnoxious snakes in the grass, they pretend to be fans of your team while in reality they are just throwing everybody else under the bus to make excuses for their player.

>>76935433
They didn't need PG to convince him to stay, he was already expected to sign. Trading for him keeps them in contention while dumping a bad contract, and even if PG leaves that's now available cap space for a max contract that wouldn't have existed beforehand. Now Westbrook doesn't have to sign it, can save cap room, and they can load up for a little run and showcase Westbrook even more to other players in the league if his insane MVP season wasn't enough.

It's multi layered and genius from a GMs person. To turn the expiring contract of Ibaka into the expiring contract of Paul George and the chance to resign him is more than anyone ever could've predicted ever happening.

You're about to see the era of trades and contracts being voided because a key player left so teams won't get as shafted as Utah

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>>76935454
>No such thing as a soft white person, whites are the gladiators of planet earth

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

>>76935472
bait

>>76935236
This desu. Somebody needed to go to the East,

So are teams finally going to wake up and realize you need to trade these guys before their contract is up

>>76935474
this post is epic ftw!!! i see u my brother! ur kendrick lamar reference i see it bro

>conflcited!

oooooh

>>76935467
I'm not a tranny Larry. Don't talk to me like that.

Good contract for Patterson. OKC is making good moves.

>>76935466
Dude literally pulled a KD down to the date and website yet couldn't manage to leave for a team that's actually good.

Lmao

>>76935479
1. Lebron
2. Durant
>Everyone else is way below those 2.
3. Hayward
4. Leonard
5. George
6. Melo

>>76935227
How does this solve superteams?

>>76935405

he's half white and half cuban

>>76935503
at least KD did it in the morning and didn't pretend he had yet to make his decision even though there was already a 2100 word article written about him leaving.

>>76935478
>Last time whitey had a race riot
they dropped bombs from planes
>Last time Tyrone had a race riot
some litter and broken windows

>>76935472
That's literally Kawhi, then Paul George, then Butler.

this is why lebron is the king of sneks. he doesn't fake pander and pretend he'll miss the team, he just bounces and pretends it never happened.

>>76935472
>He is the third best small forward in the league after Lebron and Durant.

Fuck off, retard

>>76935475
Even if they got cap room for next summer, it doesn't mean they can get a player that is even close to the same caliber as PG. They had trouble getting FA when Durant was there and Westbrook isn't the best teammate either

>>76935510
>Hayward over Kawhi
You high as fuck

>>76935454
>not as intelligent as asians
>not as athletic as blacks
>not as durable/hard working as beaners

literally name one thing whites do that another race doesn't do better

>>76935510
This is straight up false. Hayward has played in one playoff series and with fairly mediocre performance mostly carried by Joe Johnson and Exum lmao.

George, Leonard have all played spectacularly in playoff games and actually won a series

>>76935519
When wiill whites learn?

Hayward is like a better version of Kawhi Leoanrd thiws is undenaible

>>76935493
Sam Presti been woke since day one. He knew Harden was leaving. Only person he had to take the risk on was KD because of how good he is and they could've won a championship.

So who do the Jazz trade for to replace Hayward? Or are they going to trade Gobert to rebuild? There is literally no one left to sign to replace him because he waited so long.

>>76935535
Whites are the humans of the MMORPG we call life. JUST

>>76935539
28/7/3 is not mediocre

Don't @ me again if you're gonna be casual

>>76935541
>2x DPOTY
>FMVP
>top 3 in voting the last two MVP seasons
>Hayward somehow better than him

>>76935544
you can't blame presti, his owner is a cheap faggot. he made the best moves in his situation.

obviously kd leaving he can't do anything about, they basically won that season if they didnt choke.

>>76935526
>LeBron = cobra
>Durant = corn snake
>Hayward = ???

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>tfw jazz fan

Welp, give it another 10 years and maybe we'll have a shot

>>76935557
He's discriminated against in a league full of black people and black media.

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:(

#betrayward

>>76935557
Heyward is white. that moves him up 15 slots automatically

Super team era started with kd and ended with Gordon Snakeward. Expect contracts to have conditions. call it the Snake clause or the Betray Clause.

Trade ideas for Gobert? Jazz need good first round picks for him or some good assets to develop. They need to go into full rebuild mode and must trade Gobert in order to do that or Gobert will lead the team into the 10th best record in the west which means it puts them in a really bad position for future drafts.

>>76935568
LOLOLOLOL

BETRAYWARD!

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>>76935535

If I'm the Jazz I dump Gobert right now and start the tank. There is no way they'll get anywhere without an elite SF and PG.

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>Hayward is like a better version of Kawhi Leoanrd thiws is undenaible

>>76935531
They had trouble exactly because of that. KD took up 35% of the cap, Westbrook 25%, Ibaka was 10-15%. Rest was role players.

You can't sign free agents with no cap space regardless of talent when that talent is the ones keeping people from coming. At the end of the day most journeyman and decent role players are about money first, especially when it comes to non big market destinations. Even the free agent they got closest to signing in Pau Gasol chose Chicago just because their opera houses.

>>76935591
Yes but can they trade him for? Is there any team that can give them multiple first rounders?

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Russ/Robes/PG/PP/Adams

>>76935579
nance, kuzma, hart and bryant for gobert and hood

>>76935595
its true tho

>>76935608
good starting lineup, but the bench is thin on talent.

hopefully Ferguson or Huestis or somebody can contribute

>>76935604
Maybe have to wait a season

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>PATRICK PATTERSON

>>76935572
Still doesn't solve the fact NBA GMs are so fucking stupid they have to be protected from themselves. There's a reason amnesty clauses have been involved in multiple CBA agreements.

>>76935608
Sign-and-trade for Rudy Gay is still a possibility. Crowder may be on the trade block now as well

>tfw Presti is just getting started

>>76935623
Why on Earth would the Jazz do that? They need first round draft picks. Not benchwarmers who won't develop into anything.

>>76935626
Is Donovan any good at staggering minutes?

>>76935604
http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/yearly

Sixers have two

Don't think they'll go with another C

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>>76935512
it doesn't, I wrote that as a way to fix the irrelevancy and unwatchability of the regular season. it would also be nice if there was a real 2nd tier pro league below the NBA that way teams could also be relegated and there wouldn't be any incentive to tank.

to fix superteams I guess you could just set a limit on the percentage of the cap space a player could take up that way guys would have to go to smaller markets to make the kind of money they want

>>76935646
ok fine, you drive a hard bargain, you can have Nwaba too.

>>76935631
So Hayward really fucked them over that bad?

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REJOICE RAPTIE BROS WE FINALLY GOT RID OF PABRICK BRICKERSON

>>76935652
why even have the carrying rule if you're not going to call it

KD, Russ, Harden, Curry, these guys carry the ball all the fucking time.

>>76935558
This is the most tired and debunked lie I've seen propagated for years by casuals that never read a single article by a single insider when the deal actually happened. They've been over the cap many times and paid the luxury tax many times over the years yet you don't even know this. Read up the Windhorst explanation of the 2011 CBA, Rose Rule, why they made the trade, and how none of what you said makes any sense if you read, understand, and know the facts. Was on the Lowe post podcast.

PG: Westbrook
SG: George
SF: Crowder
PF: Patterson
C: Adams

>>76935595

Gordon Hayward was picked 9th in the draft while Kawhi was picked 15th, you can look it up. For awhile back in 2011-2012 Gordon was considered much, much better

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>>76935625
>Brazilian flag
Fuck off and die.

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>Have fun being Lebron's little b word

I though Mormon's were nice people?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWJawmzBOdt/

>>76935664
haha its westdickrider! i can tell! everyone laugh at him! look brazil hes trying to show his face around here again! lmao

i hope that celtics dont think getting betrayward will solve everything, hope they didnt only have cleveland in mind because their snake doesnt match up to oaklands snake.

Anyone who watched Hayward do nothing in these finals knows that it doesn't matter where he goes.

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NOW
THIS
IS
GOING
TO
BE
FUN

>>76935684
false stereotype, just like the one that Canadians are nice and super-apologetic.

>>76935674
6MOTY: Gay

Lou will and eric gordon on suicide watch

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HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Danny Ainge finally got his guy in Jimm-.. Chris Pa-... Paul Geo-... Blak-... GORDON HAYWARD! THE PRIZE OF ALL PRIZES

>>76935648
Hell no.

This is what he did in 2016:
>Russell's lineup was monster small-ball with high-tempo offense and formidable defense.
>Durant's lineup was iso-heavy with stagnant ball movement, mediocre defense, and foul prone.

His lineups for this year when Russ left the floor were depressing.

>>76935692
oh man, i can't wait to hear what celtics fans say when it doesnt work out.

>>76935692
its about the end the same as the way lakers in ultimate irony

>>76935715
Danny Ainge finally got his man in JaKarr Sampson

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>>76935688
literally the easiest gimmick to spot lmfaoooooo dat nigga is always mad

>>76935692
Dude just jinxed it. Now it's going to crash and burn.

Wow what an exciting and crazy offseason!

>the warriors will still rape everyone to a guaranteed repeat title

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#betrayward just keeps on giving

>>76935721
i'll pay a visit to the warriors practice facility then

>>76935719
>>76935688
What took you so long to change your flag, samecuck?

Who here hyped for Westbrook vs. Durant WCF?

>>76935707
>Snakeward
ftfy

>>76935710
Have you seen the roster and the fact they haven't had a decent backup point guard since Derrick Fisher and Reggie Jackson had been throwing games to get himself traded as soon as he was drafted? There's only so much a coach can do.

>>76935710
>>76935626
>>76935608
The best OKC can hope for is a favorable matchup in the first round. Wasn't Oladipo supposed to be their 6th man in the first place? Guess they overpaid him too much to keep him.

>>76935692
Remember when Al Horford was gonna change everything? LMAOOO

>>76935749
OKC will make the WCF and lose to the Warriors in 5.

>>76935736
Bro it's still.gonna be spurs/rockets.

>>76935753
He got them to the eastern conference finals....

>>76935749
OKC is a top 4 team in the West. Probably 3-4. They should get home court advantage in the 1st round.

>>76935762
Rockets are legit awful and make no damn sense.

Are you dumb or do you just not understand basketball at all?

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>Betrayward
>Gordon Hayward
>Born: Indianapolis, IN

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>>76935692

>>76935776
So? KD was born in DC. Snakes don't have to necessarily betray their hometowns.

>>76935721
it's rockets or spurs in the finals this year. bestern conference won't allow dubs 4 trips in a row. cap this.

Good guy CP3 tells his team that he intends to leave with time so that they could get something in return for them. Clippers get solid players for cp3s age. Goes to a somewhat contending team to help them get over the hump. Clipper and cp3 leave on good terms.

THATS HOW YOU LEAVE A TEAM.

https://twitter.com/anapiersk/status/882433942208495616?s=09

https://twitter.com/spee_C/status/882433940279054336?s=09

More jersey burns

>>76935767
And got absolutely embarrassed by the Cavs LMAO

When will there be another contender in the East?

>>76935792
Don't forget he did a sign and trade as well to give them assets for him leaving.

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>>76935547

I have a solution

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HSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

>>76935804
This, he took a big ol' pay cut for that shit

https://twitter.com/anapiersk/status/882434169279729664?s=09

>>76935810
dude this is no where near KD level

>>76935799
I just don't get why he had to wait to the absolute last second like this. It's like he was trying to ruin the Jazz.

>>76935227
>no overtime
some of the greatest moments come from overtime

Why do most dudes not even put a hand up when a shot is being taken near them? Do they just not give a fuck or do they think it won't affect the shot or what?

anyone cracking up watching people call haywards goofy dumbfuck looking ass a snake?

i dont have an opinion but i just crack up thinking about it

>>76935775
People legitimately still consider Paul to be elite yet in the same breath would say Harden was a good point guard last year despite it being clear it was the system getting the assists. Now that's completely compromised with Paul and Harden would have to give up not only being a point guard but a on ball SG in order to be off ball. Chris Paul is clearly better but he's also not a point guard built for the system Antoni and Morey use, obsessively preach, unless they allowed mid range shots and therefore compromise the system even more.

>>76935804
>>76935792
Wow, he really is a good guy.

>people wanted Hayward to hurt his new team by doing a sign and trade

makes sense

>>76935824
>tell your team to get Rubio cause you like him
>teams does it
>tell them you like Ingles
>they overpay him
>leave them waiting to sign more people
>end up leaving with no other option

>>76935824
it's worse!

ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss


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>>76935792
I'm sure it had nothing to do with the Rockets being able to offer a 5 year supermax because of the trade. What a guy.

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>modern NBA
>if an all-star caliber player leaves in free agency he's a snake
>if he says he wants to play somewhere else when he hits free agency but gets traded it's ok

Only Durant's actions were snake-ish. Hayward shouldn't be getting hate for leaving. He should be getting hate for joining the celshits lmao

Hayward is overrated, he's not in the same tier as pg13 and jimmy buckets. Idk why he's getting all this attention. He's a very good player, but he's not elite. And he certainly will not help get the celtics past lebron, he's not that big of a player.

>>76935858
he could have got the same with l.a.

this is the year the spuds finally die

>>76935846
Instead of letting Kelly go for absolutely nothing, then trading Bradley or Smart afterwards, why not trade all of them to the Jazz instead? It's literally that simple.

>>76935859
no matter what road he takes, it all ends at the same destination.

Snake City.

>>76935870
But he wanted to leave and if the Clippers didn't trade him then the Rockets would not be able to offer the supermax next year. But I'm sure money wasn't on his mind at all, he's a good guy after all.

>>76935859
>Pushing the Jazz into overpaying Ingles and trading for Rubio so he'll stay
>Leaves when they do it anyway
This just changed trades and contracts. there will be player specific clauses. If this same situation happened next year you'd see clauses that void Ingles extension and the Rubio trade since Hayward left

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>Brook Lopez : "Nope, no snakes here".

>>76935832

The second thing.

Unless your hand is right in their face blocking their vision or you can threaten to block the shot simply putting your hand up won't do anything. It actually helps some shooters, weirdly enough

http://kutv.com/news/local/1-dead-in-hit-and-run-in-downtown-salt-lake

They aren't taking the news lightly

If you are a team's franchise player and you are leaving then you need to do it in a classy way.

>Classy way:
>Doing a sign and trade so your team at least gets SOMETHING for you leaving whether its draft picks or young players to develop.
>Leaving early in free agency to allow your team to have time to make decisions for signings for you leaving.

>Asshole way.
>Telling your team to sign a role player and massively overpay him or you will leave.
>Then telling your team to trade for a certain point guard to get them in another bad contract and causing them to lose a first round pick.
>Then leaving anyway late in free agency when all possible replacements are already signed with new teams.
>Also saying you are leaving to ring chase on another team when your team made it to the second round of the playoffs.
>Leaving when knowing this will put the old team into a no man's land where they can't rebuild because they left a player who is good enough to send the team to 9 or 10th in the conference destroying any chance of a good draft pick to rebuild.
>Also making it too late for that guy to be traded for draft picks so that team can rebuild.
>Telling your agent to tell the public you haven't made a decision when you already have.

>>76935268
Not even from Utah buddy

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>>76930909
>tfw celtics fan
>tfw little faggot cuck bitch jizz "fans" are flipping shit because the celtics got the ONLY player on their little backwater shit stain "team" who is actually ANY good at all

where are all of you little bitchy whiners? line the fuck up and give me your misery so i can have something fresh to ejaculate to LMAO.

>>76935897
Gobert is literally better than the whole Celtics squad

>>76935886

Is that a giant mirror or a really big basketball court?

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Post loyal players.

No snakes allowed past this point.

>>76935897
You seem angry, anon. Want to talk about it?

>>76935910
Two courts side by side

>>76935776
Time is so cruel, she was niooooce

>By signing Patterson to the $5.2M tax mid-level, OKC now avoids becoming hard capped. Thunder would have been limited (hard capped) and now have the flexibility to match a potential offer sheet on Roberson.

Bobby MarksVerified account
@BobbyMarks42

>>76935886
Based Robin "the rat and snake exterminator" Lopez keeping the gyms of LA clean from nosey roommates with camera phones and lying point guards with questionable leadership abilities.

>>76935478
I'm so happy this meme exists for white people. Kek.

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>>76935911

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>>76935911

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>>76935923
>Robin

>>76935946
Robyn?

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>>76935959

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>>76935911

So loyal he didn't even bother working out for another team

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>>76935911

>>76935921
Terrible pick up

>>76935972
this needs to update with

>will go broke within 1-2 years for taking pay cuts

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>>76935911

>>76935984
But its not lmao its a great pickup

>>76935969
Seriously, in 50 years, college marketing classes will have whole courses dedicated to Trump and Lavar Ball

>>76935989
I literally can't wait until the LeBrony era ends and the Giannis era begins.

>>76935984
A floor spacer for Westbrook? At a not bad deal when FAs are getting stupid deals all over the place? Come on.

>>76935535
War

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>8x NBA Champion
>8x Finals MVP
>6x NBA MVP
>5x NBA DPOY
>1x NBA 6MOTY
>1x NBA MIP
>2018 NBA ROTY
>First Team All-Rookie
>11x Scoring Champion
>7x Steals Title
>12x Assist Title
>18x All-Star
>5x All-Star MVP
>15x All-NBA First team
>3x All-NBA Second Team
>2x All-NBA Third Team
>15x All-Defense First Team
>3x All-Defense Second Team
>7x 50-40-90 Member
>Leading Scorer all-time
>Assist Leader all-time
>Steals Leader all-time
>Leading Playoffs Scorer all-time
>Assist Leader for Playoffs all-time
>Steals Leader for Playoffs all-time
>Leading Finals Scorer all-time
>Assist Leader for Finals all-time
>Steals Leader for Finals all-time
>All-time 3-Point shot leader
>5x Olympic Gold Medals
>5x Fiba World Cup Gold Medals
>NBA HOF as Player
>Career averages of: 28/14/8/3/2
>Shooting splits of: 53/44/92
>20 year career all for the Los Angeles Lakers

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>>76935959
STOP IT
YOURE KILLING HIM

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>>76936006

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>>76936006
>then he wakes up 15 years from now with one NBA Champion bench riding and a all nba rookie team

BUST my shit up

>>76936020
Haha Canada-kun, he's still here lmao we did it again!

>>76936000
Is he even an average floor spacer?

>>76936035
Ask the leaves

>>76936035
37% from 3 last year

>>76936035
PF that averages 37% from 3 and decent rebounder and FT shooter

>>76936046
Not bad.

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>>76936006
Got the wrong pic and team. Here's the real one who plays for the 76ers

I guess thunder gave up on Gay?

>>76936065
be careful what you wish for, You could lose kawhii, he could become Betray-ii, or LMB, Lamarcus Betraydridge.

>>76936077
He wants max contract and Thunder can't offer that.

>>76936065
just give up

>>76936077
He's supposedly going to discuss a sign and trade with the Kings

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>>76935909
>>76935913
>jizz faggots lining up FAST for me to blast a hulking dick-load

keep lining up for me, uturd jizz "fans". i am LOVING your impotent rage.

>yfw your best player left you with JACK SHIT to come play for a REAL fucking team instead of some backwater shit stained cuckold fesitval

keep fucking crying, faggot ass retards. i. am. LOVING THIS.

Since Hayward really fucked over the Jazz really fucking bad here is what is going to happen.

>Jazz sign Rudy Gay to max contract.
>He doesn't want to be there and only signs because they are the only borderline playoff team that can afford to give him a max.
>Jazz get 8th seed because they are much worse team as a result.
>Get swept by warriors.

>>76936096
>LOVING THIS
Are you trying to convince /nba/ of this, or are you trying to convince yourself?

if we get Melo, do we have the potential to get D Wade and eventually LeBron?
I want the super friends to form here in Houston

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>>76936123
oops, forgot pic

>>76935809
Does Houston have to buy dinner before it fucks Utah and New York?

Why don't more people want to go East?

So now that the Process worked, where do the Sixers go from here? Is a 4th seed a solid goal?

>>76936140
Late night Whataburger run, maybe.

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>>76936143
You know why.

tell me lads

how is hayward suppose to help Boston's rebounding?

or stop Bron from bullying his way to the rim?

>>76936123
Lebron's expressed a desire to play with his banana boat mates. and he'd probably love to help his two ringless friends win a chip.

>Boston went through all that trouble to have lebron hand them another 5 game sweep

What a bunch of idiots.

>>76936143
This. All they need to do is group.up in a team and they can easily take out LeBron.

>>76936123

Melo and D-wade for sure

you won't have the cap space to sign lebron though, unless they all take huge paycuts

>>76936143
literally Lebron

>>76935535
Enslaving/ruling over all those races you listed.

>>76936176

lebron is 35 and is about to hit the cliff any day now

Id be scared to play in Boston, Ainge treats his players like trading cards instead of employees

>>76936176
Hayward is literally the white Michael Jordan. You should ask how the FUCK are the Cavs going to stop him?

>>76936147
The way the East is looking right now, I wouldn't be all that shocked if they ended up 3rd or 4th seed

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>>76936153
>hard dick and beardies

>>76936180
>they can easily take out LeBron.
LMAO

>get betrayward
>dies game 1 of the season

pls happen

>>76936169
>>76936180
>>76936185
Sure, but as far as better financial opportunities go, wouldn't they have an easier time? Somebody has to make those All-Star games and take shitty teams' money.

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>they can easily take out LeBron.

LeBron barely beat the Pacers. Cavs are done and them firing their gm proves it. They are a mess.

>Josh LewenbergVerified account
@JLew1050
Raptors with Patterson on the floor over the last 3 seasons: +1004. Without: -38.

>>76936190
bron has special steriods hes staying forever

damn hes only 32

tfw okc 2nd best team in the west now

rip morey

Philly trusts the process, Boston trusts the assets. I think we all know who the real winner is here

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>>76936122
>little faggot tries to hide his impotent rage
>fails miserably

typical utah inbred "education" on full display tonight.

https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/882355688936054784

how much do you wanna bet Bosh tried calling up LeBron after seeing this tweet and LeBron hit ignore

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>>76936221
>LeBron barely beat the Pacers.
>they got swept

>>76936226
dude hes trash. ask any raptors fan and you'll know

Celties make the Finals after next season only to get stomped by the Warriors. rinse and repeat next 3 Finals.

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>>76936213

>heat right now
I know pat riley will make a good team out of this. but I am worried that the heat have no freaking picks to capitalize on having bad teams. heat have fucking no picks

>>76936226
Bro he's trash trust me
>>76936219
Nigga he can be taken out

>>76936247
celtics making the finals is not definite with the greek freek

Post your predictions on whos going to be the betrayer next.

>>76936268
Anthony Davis

>>76936268
LeGreedy

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>>76936202
>Hard dick and chokies