2023 General Offseason/PostSeason League News

[Kryptonic]

BTW, Beal is in the positive side of the jumbled middle section.

I’m just waiting for someone to throw in Waldo in one of these…. It’s how I feel looking through that sometimes lol

[Kryptonic]

One guy I think we’d all like to put in the ring of honor just because he’s such an all around great dude

[Furlanfufi]

[Kryptonic]

Prayers for him and the fam.... Hope the kid recovers and doesn't have any long lasting issues. To young for this

[Flagrant Fowl]

Wow, reminds me of Shaq's son who essentially lost any hope of a professional career before ever really getting a chance to make it. Obviously glad to hear Bronny is OK.

[pickle]

What happened to shaq’s son?

[The Bobster]

Jaylen Brown has agreed to a five-year, $305 million extension.

Career accomplishments - 7 seasons, 2 All-Star Games, 1 2nd Team All-NBA

Richest deal in NBA history. $69.1 million salary in 2028-29.

You figure it out.

[Kryptonic]

Jaylen Brown has agreed to a five-year, $305 million extension.

Career accomplishments - 7 seasons, 2 All-Star Games, 1 2nd Team All-NBA

Richest deal in NBA history. $69.1 million salary in 2028-29.

You figure it out.

I wish could…. This is mind blowing. Not sure what’s worse for the nba… Danny ainges fleecing of the timberwolves or this contract. The ripple effects are going to be a shit show.

[3TheHardaway]

Jaylen Brown has agreed to a five-year, $305 million extension.

Career accomplishments - 7 seasons, 2 All-Star Games, 1 2nd Team All-NBA

Richest deal in NBA history. $69.1 million salary in 2028-29.

You figure it out.

I wish could…. This is mind blowing. Not sure what’s worse for the nba… Danny ainges fleecing of the timberwolves or this contract. The ripple effects are going to be a shit show.

Imagine what the market value will be for someone who actually has a left hand. Sheesh.

[Split T]

Everyone freaks out every year about these deals but they’re going to keep going up. It’s no different than the supermax deals signed in previous years. It’s just worth more because the salary cap went up. It’s still a 35% of the cap deal. Same contract Booker and Beal are on.

Booker’s next deal could potentially pay him 100 million in the last year

[Kryptonic]

Precedence doesn’t mean it’s right….

Well some of us like taking our families to games without having to mortgage our future for it…. We’re the ones paying for these contracts, not the owners. That’s why I take issue with this.

At some point, the bubble will pop…. Fans aren’t going to pay $100/seat for nose bleeds.

[The Bobster]

But for Jaylen Brown?

[TOO]

But for Jaylen Brown?

He's the new Beal.

[Superbone]

But for Jaylen Brown?

He's the new Beal.

When do we get him?

[Split T]

Precedence doesn’t mean it’s right….

Well some of us like taking our families to games without having to mortgage our future for it…. We’re the ones paying for these contracts, not the owners. That’s why I take issue with this.

At some point, the bubble will pop…. Fans aren’t going to pay $100/seat for nose bleeds.

Oh well that’s a different issue. I thought you were saying it was an overpay in basketball terms. I agree it’s ridiculous how much they get paid in general. Sucks that they are pricing out a lot of people.

[The Bobster]

As we all know, they will continue to prices tickets as high as they can as long as they continue to sell.

The player salaries are driven more by media revenue and merchandising/licensing.

[Mori Chu]

Do you think the max salary should be higher, lower, or that there should be no max (limited only by the salary cap)? 35% of the cap is a ton of money. I wish it were lower. But a lot of folks argue that having no max (or a much higher max) would lead to more realistic negotiations since there wouldn't just automatically be a number both sides agree on immediately. I'm not sure.

[Mori Chu]

Dame Lillard and his agent warned by the NBA for telling non-Miami teams not to trade for him.

[3TheHardaway]

Dame Lillard and his agent warned by the NBA for telling non-Miami teams not to trade for him.

The irony of the Lillard progaganda czar Chris Haynes tweeting this out is not lost on me.

[Mori Chu]

I doubt the league will really do anything, and I realize this is a bit thin given our recent pursuit of KD and Beal, but I do think it's a big problem when these star players sign huge multi-year contracts and then almost immediately demand a trade to a very small group of teams (or even to just a single team).