Around the League: The Offseason

[iLLmatic]

^Yep Danimal, me too.

[Danimal]

2 trades went down today:

OKC gets: Matt Barnes' contract
CHA gets: Jeremy Lamb

POR Gets: Noah Vonleh and Gerald Henderson
CHA Gets: Nicolas Batum

Batum and Vonleh are both players I had hoped the Suns might target.

I know he hadn't done a great deal in the league, but I had hoped we could have picked up lamb as a young shooter on the cheap since OKC was looking to dump salary. So besides Steve Adams what the hell does OKC have left from the harden trade?!

[Gladiator]

So besides Steve Adams what the hell does OKC have left from the harden trade?!

Disappointment and Regret. I think they both play SF so have struggled for playing time behind Durant, I guess.

[Mori Chu]

That Harden trade looks worse every year.

[carey]

That Harden trade looks worse every year.

Yes. Which is a large part of why we (and Boston and Philly) are having a hard time packaging our assets for a significant player on the rise.

[In2ition]

Does Wade leave Miami?

If Whiteside can get his anger under control and Bosh comes back healthy, they should have a big bounce back year.

[Mori Chu]

Wade wants to finish his career on the Heat. He isn't going anywhere.

[Wally_West]

...Wade is totally gonna leave Miami.

[Mori Chu]

Why would he? They'll pay him well and give him a prominent role on the team; he gets to finish his career with one team and be taken care of after playing there; he'll be a godlike figure in the city of Miami for the rest of his life; and their roster has improved so that they'll probably be a playoff team and do some damage in the East. Why wouldn't he stay there?

[Mori Chu]

I wonder if Carmelo will start to demand a trade out of New York. They need to rebuild and drafted a guy who will need years to develop and therefore won't be able to play well next to Melo. Maybe they'd listen to an offer like Morrii + 2 1st rounders + Goodwin + whatever...

[In2ition]

You really want Melo?

[carey]

You really want Melo?

I was thinking about that today actually. I'm torn. If that's all it takes then sure. Can you not say that adding Melo at the expense of the Morris twins & Goodwin makes us better?

The real problem is just the Knight & Bledsoe back court. I am firmly off the dual PG offense right now. What do we do? Who do we move? Most people say Bledsoe but I was not a fan of Knight before he got here and I thought he was awful in the games he did play. I'm not a fan of Bledsoe either. I guess we'll just see what happens. I'm trying to remain optimistic.

[ShelC]

Melo would have to waive his no trade clause and he's not doing that to come to PHX.

[In2ition]

Well, we can't really be worse off with Melo as we are without him. I've stop trying to build a championship roster in one offseason, as so many like to do.

[Danimal]

I kinda always thought if melo moved on and waived the trade clause, it would be to another big 3 type situation. He has tried doing it alone and has come up very short every time. But that's assuming winning is in anyway important to him

[Mori Chu]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13154 ... nba-season

The Spurs expect Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili to return next year, and at salaries low enough that they'll still be able to sign LaMarcus Aldridge to a big contract. The rich get richer. That'll be a fun team to watch next season if this happens.

[carey]

Cool lil interview with Woj at GQ.

http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2015/0 ... rview.html

[Gladiator]

I wonder if Carmelo will start to demand a trade out of New York. They need to rebuild and drafted a guy who will need years to develop and therefore won't be able to play well next to Melo. Maybe they'd listen to an offer like Morrii + 2 1st rounders + Goodwin + whatever...

THe Melo rumblings are starting

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/ ... -porzingis

[TOO]

Everyone saw this coming, Phil is no fool. He'd be wise to cash that Melo chip now before it gets any older. As soon as they drafted Porzingis, I thought for sure we'd send them Bledsoe, oh well.

[SDC]

great way to scout future nba players because the americans try to win all the games. this is where i first saw curry in 2007.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... e_uploaded

Top 3 players in Class of 2016 lead USA Basketball U19 past Iran in FIBA World Championships
http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports. ... pionships/