Petrusev, 14 points in 16 minutes. 3 blocks. 1-1 from 3, 5-7 from the field. 

Only 1 foul, 1 turnover.

Efficient scoring, floor spacing, and rim protecting in a small allotment of minutes. Perfect bench piece. 

 

Riller continues to begin to look like an NBA bench scorer as well. 19 points in 18 minutes. 5-10 shooting. 3-5 from 3. 6-6 FTs, and 3 assists. 

Have to ship out some scrubs to make room

would be dumb not to keep petrusev on the roster

Not sure if this was actually said on ESPN, or if it was said by anyone with legitimate sources, or just a Steven A Smith rambling thought.

REPORT: LeBron James "wouldn't hesitate" to request a trade out from LA if the Los Angeles Lakers fail to trade for Kyrie Irving.

(via ESPN)

2 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Not sure if this was actually said on ESPN, or if it was said by anyone with legitimate sources, or just a Steven A Smith rambling thought.

REPORT: LeBron James "wouldn't hesitate" to request a trade out from LA if the Los Angeles Lakers fail to trade for Kyrie Irving.

(via ESPN)

I really have never liked him, yet Embid, Harden and Bron Bron.....if that can't get you 1 title........

2 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

I really have never liked him, yet Embid, Harden and Bron Bron.....if that can't get you 1 title........

yep.

Hate him. But Id take him for a year till he goes wherever Bronny ends up playing. 

F lebron

I can’t stand LeBrawn, but, on this one, he’s not wrong.

LeBron James didn’t hold back when sharing his views on Boston fans.

James, in a conversation on "The Shop” that premiered Friday, said TD Garden is a place where the fans can take the game away from you. 

When asked why he hates Boston fans, James replied: "Cause they racist as f***.”

 

 

 

I've only been to one Jewish wedding and I felt like a giant because every dude there was under 5'10"

9 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

If this is true, I have to wonder if there was a bottom line. Cause if not, Morey really blew it. Could have easily signed more impactful players if Harden was literally willing to just take "whatever is left over” after signing others. 

21 minutes ago, nipples said:

If this is true, I have to wonder if there was a bottom line. Cause if not, Morey really blew it. Could have easily signed more impactful players if Harden was literally willing to just take "whatever is left over” after signing others. 

They were limited by who could fit in to the salary of the MLE and BAE.

But probably still could have done better.  House was playing on 10 day contracts last year.  Should have been a vet min guy.

10 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

Well if he plays like sheet again he can use this to get people off his back I guess lol. But but but I took a discount, I'm not gonna play hurt on a discount rate

1 hour ago, nipples said:

If this is true, I have to wonder if there was a bottom line. Cause if not, Morey really blew it. Could have easily signed more impactful players if Harden was literally willing to just take "whatever is left over” after signing others. 

Ha...I wouldn't take the "whatever is left over" comment TOO literally.  Dude might want to win,  but accept too low of a salary, and he's a sucker. 

54 minutes ago, Lloyd said:

Ha...I wouldn't take the "whatever is left over" comment TOO literally.  Dude might want to win,  but accept too low of a salary, and he's a sucker. 

The 6ers had literally 2 avenues of bringing in FAs. MLE, and BAE which are both set dollar amounts. So he knew exactly much he could spend on those guys.

He may not know how many vet min guys they would sign. Right now its looking like they will need 1, backup center since Bassey laid a rotten egg in summer league.

Then, they probably told him they want X amount left below the apron threshold in case they need to, sign anyone mid-season due to injury, or have a good opportunity on the buyout market. So that they can do that, and stay below the apron. 

Even the unpredictability of the trade market isn't so unpredictable considering they have to match salary. 

He had a very good estimate of just how much he would be taking. "Whatever is left over" is not as open ended as it sounds. Its pretty easy to calculate.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

The 6ers had literally 2 avenues of bringing in FAs. MLE, and BAE which are both set dollar amounts. So he knew exactly much he could spend on those guys.

He may not know how many vet min guys they would sign. Right now its looking like they will need 1, backup center since Bassey laid a rotten egg in summer league.

Then, they probably told him they want X amount left below the apron threshold in case they need to, sign anyone mid-season due to injury, or have a good opportunity on the buyout market. So that they can do that, and stay below the apron. 

Even the unpredictability of the trade market isn't so unpredictable considering they have to match salary. 

He had a very good estimate of just how much he would be taking. "Whatever is left over" is not as open ended as it sounds. Its pretty easy to calculate.

I guess I just don’t understand the NBA cap BS. It’s confusing as hell. Should have just made it a hard cap like the NFL and quit with the max contract, MLE, trade exception, bird rights, bs. 
 

I guess my thought was I’d Harden was willing to just take whatever is left over, even if that’s like $20M, that would leave a whole lot of wiggle room to sign other guys. 

5 minutes ago, nipples said:

I guess I just don’t understand the NBA cap BS. It’s confusing as hell. Should have just made it a hard cap like the NFL and quit with the max contract, MLE, trade exception, bird rights, bs. 
 

I guess my thought was I’d Harden was willing to just take whatever is left over, even if that’s like $20M, that would leave a whole lot of wiggle room to sign other guys. 

Yeah but they didn't actually have any cap room.  They are way way over. They couldn't just go spend money.  They only had the 2 exceptions available to them. 

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Yeah but they didn't actually have any cap room.  They are way way over. They couldn't just go spend money.  They only had the 2 exceptions available to them. 

So all the Harden charity is just fluff?

1 hour ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

So all the Harden charity is just fluff?

I dont think so. Not exactly. 

He could have taken his 47 million and the team woudnt have had the tools available to sign Tucker and House. 

He took less, and it allowed Morey to do more.

The part that can get exaggerated is the quote where he said give me whatever is left over. That sounds open ended. Like- what if the team went on a spending spree and Harden only took like 10 million?!

That was never a possibility. They didnt have cap space to go on a spending spree. They just had the 2 exceptions to use. It was a known dollar value. So Harden would have always had a ballpark idea of what was going to be left over. He would know its going to be somewhere around 34-36 million. 

 

 

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

I dont think so. Not exactly. 

He could have taken his 47 million and the team woudnt have had the tools available to sign Tucker and House. 

He took less, and it allowed Morey to do more.

The part that can get exaggerated is the quote where he said give me whatever is left over. That sounds open ended. Like- what if the team went on a spending spree and Harden only took like 10 million?!

That was never a possibility. They didnt have cap space to go on a spending spree. They just had the 2 exceptions to use. It was a known dollar value. So Harden would have always had a ballpark idea of what was going to be left over. He would know its going to be somewhere around 34-36 million. 

 

So he helped free up enough to get an over the hill defender and a guy who played on 10 day contracts.... Yippee! So he did his part and yet he is still trying to sell that he is doing so much to help when they can't do nothing else. Such a great guy. 

8 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

So he helped free up enough to get an over the hill defender and a guy who played on 10 day contracts.... Yippee! So he did his part and yet he is still trying to sell that he is doing so much to help when they can't do nothing else. Such a great guy. 

Would you rather he just opted in on his contract so they couldn’t have done anything? 
 

I do think Tucker was a nice signing. He’s going to bring that toughness that this team is severly lacking. He can rebound and hit some corner 3s. 
 

 

Kd from Washington but i don’t see it or them having enough without giving up beal which makes no sense at that point 

 

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Kd from Washington but i don’t see it or them having enough without giving up beal which makes no sense at that point 

 

I just don’t see who can offer a good deal for him that doesn’t weaken the rest of the team to the point where he wouldn’t want to go there anymore. 
 

Keeping reading about a possible Golden State reunion, but why would they do that? They just won it without KD, so why trade key pieces from a championship team to bring KD back? Feels like a lateral move.