DaChef320

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i'm just a like you

Aman

I did not expect max contracts to be as common as they so far appear to be

Joneill44

Celtics sign Al Horford 4yrs/$113

DaChef320

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Mavs offers Harrison Barnes max contract 4 Yrs 95Mill take him!!!!!! we got iggy still!!

is300eater

Kevin Durant to the Golden State Warriors

DaChef320

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yup yup

Yumcha

Holy crap...they planning to score 200 points each night?

That's impressive.




Then...there are the Bulls...who signed Rondo.

BeezleTL85

Gasol to the Spurs too..... Looks like TD is leaning towards retirement now

Rick_TL-S

Warriors going to need a big and fill out their bench, though. They can't run Curry/Klay/Durant/Green all night.

is300eater

They re-signed Shaun Livingston

Rick_TL-S

I would hope so seeing as he & Iggy were the only bench players who performed consistently well. But, as of right now, their center is a 33-year old Varejao. They will be attacked all season at the rim.

Yumcha

Well, if Green continues his field goal attempts on people's gonads, the Warriors do not need a bench. The opponents will have no one around left standing.

DaChef320

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Interesting Mavs Gets Bogat and Harrison Barnes now signs Steph's younger brother Seth Dubs 2.0?

Rick_TL-S

Front office was afraid Dirk might be lured away, so they brought the Warriors to him.

If Bogut stays healthy, I'll be happy with the signing. Heard Seth has had flashes of being a solid player, just hasn't ever gotten a lot of playing time.

Doom878

Heat offer $40 2 years to Wade. Wonder if it'll be a 1/1 option like KD. However Wade plans to meet with the Bucks on Wednesday. Yeah right Gabi Union moves to Milwaukee

KaMLuNg

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the response tweets were hilarious...

Doom878

elessar

Calling it now: Adding Durant will screw up their chemistry and they will fall apart next year, the way the Lakers did when they added Karl Malone and Gary Payton to the Shaq/Kobe team.

Joneill44

Its basically a one year deal. If it works he wins a ring, if not he can get back with my boy Westbrook.

elessar

Or go to Boston and give them a new Big 3.

Joneill44

I never get my hopes up for free agents coming to Boston. Its just something that rarely happens

Dont get me wrong, we all love the Celtics here and our fans are some of the best in the NBA but they are 3rd if not 4th when it comes to sports priorities in Boston.

Edit: The more I think about the Celtics are definitly 4th behind the Pats, Sox, Bruins

elessar

Yeah I've noticed that... I have a bunch of family in Bean Town and the Celts (who are the only one of their teams that I pull for) are definitely at the bottom of the pecking order. I guess 22 years between championships will do that.

Still, I got my hopes up when they signed Horford over the weekend that they were about to pull off another coup like they did in '07 with Garnett and Allen, turning them into instant contenders. I think things are setup maybe even better now than they were then. Stevens is a very smart coach, and they have a lot of good role players plus Thomas and now Horford. If Durant opts out after 1 year with the GSW, there's your new Big 3. I think it would be a better situation for Durant, too - less competition in the East, less sharing of the limelight (neither Horford nor Isaiah even come close to Curry). Of course this all hinges on my hunch being correct about the Warriors' chemistry, but I know that "Dream Team" signings can be hit-and-miss: for every '07 Celtics there's an '03 Lakers...

Joneill44

I agree with most of what you said but you got to remember the difference between now and 07. Back in 2007 the Celtics traded the 5th pick in the draft for a 32yr old Ray Allen (great player but not quite in his prime anymore) then Kevin McHale gave us Garnett (31yrs old) in exchange for a bag of basketballs.

A little different than trying to sign a top 3 player in the world.

Doom878

But Payton and Malone were in the twilights of their careers. Durant is in his peak. Plus at the time of their primes I don't think either were top 3 in the NBA though Karl Malone is the 2nd best PF behind Duncan IMO.

Horford and Thomas do not equate to part of a big 3 though they are all stars.

Rick_TL-S

That's kind of odd considering the Celtics are, by technicality, the most winning franchise in the NBA. I figured Boston peeps would gladly boast about that compared to their other teams.

elessar

I think it's more of a "what have you done for me lately?" mentality. All but one of their championships came in the 50's, 60's & 80's.

Edit: Forgot about '74 & '76. The pattern still holds, though.

elessar

Very true. I guess we just need the Warriors to hire McHale now.

elessar

I know, it's not exactly the same situation. I'm just saying I've seen these kinds of "paper champions" before, and they're not always all that they're cracked up to be. You can't always tell how the team chemistry will turn out. Could be too many big egos on the same team. And yes, I realize that the Warriors are more than paper champions, since they are just a year removed from winning it all and still have the core of that team intact... but the exact same could be said for the Lakers in 2003! One of the GSW's strengths has been their depth, and they've already lost Barnes & Bogut. Just saying, don't count any chickens yet.

True dat. But throw Durant in there and I guarantee you people will start calling them that.

Joneill44

That really only holds true to the Pats. Boston has always been a hockey town at heart (having some of the best college teams in the country helps) and then you have the Red Sox who were an original team back in the 1870's so it just happens the Celtics fall to the bottom of the order.

Again Im not saying people dont care about the Celtics its just the other 3 get talked about more.

oonowindoo

is howard is still available?

he will fit in "nicely"

DaChef320

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is300eater

the Hawks signed him (3 years/$70.5M)

Yumcha

So, what's going on with Chewslikeacamel (Wade) and the Heat? Why is it not a foregone conclusion he'd re-sign with Miami...?


Cuz, he's going through the shenanigans of meeting with the Bulls and well, I've seen this story before.

oonowindoo

I just read some of the contracts that the free agents have signed in the past few days... Holy fuk.... and we thought Lakers overpaid Kobe last year... it was like pocket change when you think about contributions.

oonowindoo

$$$

He wanted 3 years $60M and Heat could not even make a 2 years $50M offer
He could come to Lakers and get something like 3 years $80M considering how much we paid for that No body a few days ago.

There is no point for us to save for the salary cap since we are tanking for the next few years anyways.

Rick_TL-S

Wade's trying to make bank on those titles he was apart of, though one could argue the last 2 were thanks to James. Seems like the only cut he's willing to take is with... the Cavs.

Yumcha

Wha...da...fawk...

DWade is a Bull.

Yumcha

Yumcha

Not sure how I feel about this after hating him almost all my life.

Yumcha

Must be a prank. Gonna check again.