Around the League: The Offseason

[JCSunsfan]

Frye is due to be sent to the glue factory, folks. He gained weight and blew out his leg last year. I loved him when he was here, but he isn't that player any more.

We miss Channing Frye's presence, but if we had signed him we would have missed his presence anyway. We need the guy Channing Frye was, not the guy he is.

[carey]

Man... PG really does not want to play the 4 in Indy.

https://twitter.com/CandaceDBuckner/status/650500620575596544

https://twitter.com/CandaceDBuckner/status/650500858346471424

https://twitter.com/CandaceDBuckner/status/650502559912755201

https://twitter.com/CandaceDBuckner/status/650503221056638976

https://twitter.com/CandaceDBuckner/status/650503381321027585

https://twitter.com/CandaceDBuckner/status/650499752795090946

[Superbone]

This LeBron James/Tristan Thompson crap sounds familiar:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lebron-jam ... --nba.html

[Cap]

What? I thought they agreed on a 3/53.

[carey]

What? I thought they agreed on a 3/53.

Makes no sense for the Cavs. These new big contracts only become valuable on the back end.

[Cap]

A 3/53 agreement was indeed reported on 9/24, but the report turned out to be wrong.

http://www.slamonline.com/nba/report-tr ... km5mX4V.97

[JCSunsfan]

How can the Cavs pay so much for a back up PF? They need to decide. Love or Thompson. The problem is that LeBron know he needs Love, but he has a financial stake (no doubt about it) in Thompson.

Sign LeBron and you sell your soul (team) to him.

[ShelC]

The Yahoo article is spot on. Aside from LeBron, TT has no leverage and blew it by not even taking the QO. KLove is a far superior player so at the very least the Cavs have a trade chip if they do indeed decide to re-sign TT for that kind of money. I think LeBron is saying the right things and for some reason, I don't think he's pressuring the organization. He won't turn his back on a teammate, but he also knows the challenges of having 3+ max players on a roster and still being able to fill the rest of it with talent.

[Mori Chu]

'I'm not going to go to them and tell them what they should do,'' James said. ''That's their job. ..."

James posed for a photo with Thompson that he posted on social media with the caption, ''Get it done!!!! Straight up. #MissMyBrother.''

Uh. Yeah, sure, Lebron. Won't tell them what they should do, not in the slightest.

Fuck Rich Paul and fuck Lebron's clique of hangers-on who are trying to control the league.

[Shabazz]

Drafting Tyler Ennis over Clint Capela (and McGary and Hood) was....not great.

[In2ition]

Drafting Tyler Ennis over Clint Capela (and McGary and Hood) was....not great.

Yep

[Ring_Wanted]

Drafting Tyler Ennis over Clint Capela (and McGary and Hood) was....not great.

McGary for me. Really liked his motor combined with the size. Reminded me of a quicker young Felipe Reyes.

But yeah, not counting hindsight (Jokic, Clarkson) there were like 5 guys that should have gotten a better look at #18 before Ennis, and that's without factoring in team needs at the time.

On the other hand, Bogdanovic at #27 looks really promising.

[EDC]

http://deadspin.com/police-video-shows- ... 1735279363

It is kinda scary how easy it is for people to sweep things like this under the rug for so long. Just seems like so little was done about all the accusations. I'm kinda glad this reporter seems to be making it his mission to let everyone know about this.

[Superbone]

Fenerbahce Ulker 101 Nets 96.

Bogdan Bogdanovic 17 points

Bojan Bogdanovic 3 points.

Who were you saying was the good Bogdanovic, INF?

[INFORMER]

Bojan.

[Mori Chu]

Let's not get "Bogdan" in the details of who said what!

[Superbone]

Let's not get "Bogdan" in the details of who said what!

I can't find the groan emoticon.

[TOO]

Let's not get "Bogdan" in the details of who said what!

7/10 would smirk again.

[Superbone]

Let's not get "Bogdan" in the details of who said what!

7/10 would smirk again.

LOL

[Ring_Wanted]

Booker+Bogdan at SG could be a good way to balance out Bledsoe-Knight on the ballhandling/decision making areas, if the two 'PGs' are still here whenever Bogdanovic comes over.

Absolutely too early to tell, but I am afraid Bledsoe and Knight don't mesh nearly as well as Bledsoe-Dragic did. Hornacek will have to do some serious juggling to create a functional offense when both are on the court.