2019-20 NBA Thread: Blazers sign Carmelo Anthony in attempt to make team actively worse

[Capella 21,740]

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Edited November 15 by Capella

[ShamrockPride 4,454]

First.

[Sammy3469 9,332]

Lakers just committed robbery.

[whoknew 6,664]

From twitter - Kemba Walker will be a top target in free agency for the Lakers after they reached an agreement in principle to trade for Anthony Davis, according to league sources

[Dez 773]

Lakers are now 7-2 favorites at Caesars to win the 2020 NBA Championship.

Edited June 15 by Dez

[ShamrockPride 4,454]

Brooklyn right now

[Ramblin Wreck 11,505]

[Sammy3469 9,332]

Lebron+AD+Kuzma+FA+random non-2019 Lakers is pretty solid given the Warriors injuries.  

[Good Posting Judge 13,515]

Live look at Danny Ainge's office.

[Good Posting Judge 13,515]

1 minute ago, Sammy3469 said:

Lebron+AD+Kuzma+FA+random non-2019 Lakers is pretty solid given the Warriors injuries.  

If they sign another max FA, you and I might be in the running to be some of those random non-2019 Lakers.

[Slapdash 14,417]

10 minutes ago, whoknew said:

From twitter - Kemba Walker will be a top target in free agency for the Lakers after they reached an agreement in principle to trade for Anthony Davis, according to league sources

At least my purple Kemba jersey will be close enough  

[hagmania 7,067]

LeBrow!

[hagmania 7,067]

No one can compete with the NBA on year-round engagement.

[Sammy3469 9,332]

9 minutes ago, Good Posting Judge said:

If they sign another max FA, you and I might be in the running to be some of those random non-2019 Lakers.

We’d still win 55 games:confetti:

Edited June 15 by Sammy3469

[Juxtatarot 8,011]

I don’t think the Pelicans could have done much better.

[Bucky86 15,671]

[hagmania 7,067]

12 minutes ago, Good Posting Judge said:

If they sign another max FA, you and I might be in the running to be some of those random non-2019 Lakers.

Dustin Thomas might be looking for work

[Yogibear 87]

I guess this means we won't ever hear of Lonzo Ball's dad ever again now that his son is in New Orleans.🌞☀️

[scoobus 1,060]

Wonder if the Pelicans are gunna flip some of these returns.

[ShamrockPride 4,454]

8 minutes ago, Yogibear said:

I guess this means we won't ever hear of Lonzo Ball's dad ever again now that his son is in New Orleans.🌞☀️

He'll battle back hard and be louder than ever these next few weeks initially, then he should fade off into irrelevance once and for all.

[Encyclopedia Brown 1,938]

7 minutes ago, scoobus said:

Wonder if the Pelicans are gunna flip some of these returns.

John Paxson supposedly likes Lonzo Ball and thinks he would fit in real well with the Bulls. He also claims LaVine, Markkanen and Carter Jr. are off-limits, so it doesn't seem likely anything can get done without one of those players being involved. 

[Insein 8,309]

The Lakers are funny enough.

[ShamrockPride 4,454]

Kemba, somebody, Kuzma, AD, Bron.

Bron/AD frontcourt you'd think, right?

[Capella 21,740]

Somebody in the playoff thread the other day said well that’s it, nothing interesting in the NBA until May  

[Leeroy Jenkins 2,435]

Think they flip Ball for something else?

[caustic 1,789]

You know, D’Angelo Russell would make a ton of sense for the Lakers now.

[millertyme1 56]

1 hour ago, Juxtatarot said:

I don’t think the Pelicans could have done much better.

Imagine the Celtics giving Tatum and every other asset leaving AD and Hayward.

Yikes

Edited June 16 by millertyme1

[Leroy Hoard 9,614]

Vegasinsider basically predicting via their odds a raptor/buck/warrior/laker final 4.

[caustic 1,789]

Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42

The Lakers will have either $27.8M in room or $32.5M in room after this deal. All depends on the timing and if Davis waives his $4M trade bonus.

5:36 PM · Jun 15, 2019

[Craig_MiamiFL 1,793]

1 hour ago, Juxtatarot said:

I don’t think the Pelicans could have done much better.

Thought they did fantastic. They have endless options at this point.

Ahything from using 4 to attach to Hill/Moore and moving down.....then getting a high level FA (or acquire existing player under contract in that deal). They have a #### load of cap space if they rid of Hill and/or Moore and Jrue/Ball/Ingram/Williamson to build around.

Jrue + Ball + Ingram + Williamson is only around $50 million for the upcoming season.

EDIT: There's a going to be a ####load of interest in that 4 pick.

Edited June 16 by Craig_MiamiFL

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28 minutes ago, millertyme1 said:

Imagine the Celtics giving Tatum and every other asset leaving AD and Hayward.

Yikes

As a C's fan that would have been fine with me. Get the rebuild started. As it is, we're stuck in mid-2000's Hawks Josh Smith/Joe Johnson territory.

[The Kansas Comet 681]

Glad that the Lakers got the deal done without having to take a bad contract back in return.  I thought Pelinka would give away everything and take back a bad deal too.  I wonder what number Davis will wear next season, as 23 is taken.

[Bucky86 15,671]

Balls daddy already crying.  

[Bucky86 15,671]

https://twitter.com/notoriousohm/status/1140067474949337089?s=21

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24 minutes ago, Craig_MiamiFL said:

Thought they did fantastic. They have endless options at this point.

Ahything from using 4 to attach to Hill/Moore and moving down.....then getting a high level FA (or acquire existing player under contract in that deal). They have a #### load of cap space if they rid of Hill and/or Moore and Jrue/Ball/Ingram/Williamson to build around.

Jrue + Ball + Ingram + Williamson is only around $50 million for the upcoming season.

EDIT: There's a going to be a ####load of interest in that 4 pick.

Is Jrue/Ball/Ingram/Williamson the worst shooting team ever* assembled?

*Since 2018 Orlando Magic

[modogg 4,145]

2 hours ago, Dez said:

Lakers are now 7-2 favorites at Caesars to win the 2020 NBA Championship.

happy for the Lakers that they got the guy they wanted, but i will be hammerring Lakers unders and fading Lakers galore for next year. What the hell does that team have left? I really hope it was Palinka and no Magic last year that made those moves. 

[The Kansas Comet 681]

10 minutes ago, Bucky86 said:

Balls daddy already crying.  

Woj needed to add that the Lakers traded Lavar away as well.  That really helps the trade grade.

The Pels backcourt will be a defensive nightmare for opponents if Ball can stay healthy.  

Edited June 16 by The Kansas Comet

[modogg 4,145]

2 hours ago, Sammy3469 said:

Lebron+AD+Kuzma+FA+random non-2019 Lakers is pretty solid given the Warriors injuries.  

don't forget coach Vogel/Kidd. Lakers unders, here we come....

[Encyclopedia Brown 1,938]

10 minutes ago, Bucky86 said:

Balls daddy already crying.  

He said AD can't dribble, can't shoot FT's and that in LA you had better perform because sugar turns into #### real fast.

[modogg 4,145]

under discussed point of that AD trade is the 3 1st round picks. Let's say Lebron shows more wear and tear this year, what the hell is AD going to do for the next 5 years there? 

[modogg 4,145]

2nd best part of the trade has to be the Celtics. That team has 7-8 seed written all over it for the next few years. Great job Ainge and Celtics' front office, way to show no balls to get any kind of quality player

[Kev4029 1,189]

4 minutes ago, modogg said:

under discussed point of that AD trade is the 3 1st round picks. Let's say Lebron shows more wear and tear this year, what the hell is AD going to do for the next 5 years there? 

He's a free agent after this upcoming season, he can jet.

[modogg 4,145]

1 minute ago, Kev4029 said:

He's a free agent after this upcoming season, he can jet.

lol, if he jets, Lakers will be the worst team in the league for how many years in a row? 

[Kev4029 1,189]

LeBron from two years ago, I would say LA could have assembled the title favorite. I feel like with 2019 LeBron, some of the shine has worn off personality wise, if not talent wise, and it's going to be a little more difficult to assemble a legitimate roster around AD and LeBron, unlike the Heat from 8 years ago or whatever.

[Kev4029 1,189]

1 minute ago, modogg said:

lol, if he jets, Lakers will be the worst team in the league for how many years in a row? 

No worse situation than they've been in for the last 5 seasons.

[Good Posting Judge 13,515]

Given how teams now actively target the opposition's worst defensive player with PNR, and sag off a team's worst shooter to clog the lane, it'll be interesting to see how the 2 (3?) really good guys, one decent guy, and a bunch of filler approach works in 2019-2020. Certainly going to be an interesting experiment.

Edited June 16 by Good Posting Judge

[Leeroy Jenkins 2,435]

Why is it that they can negotiate and announce trades right now but not negotiate free agency?

[Good Posting Judge 13,515]

Brandon Ingram has the most on-brand NBA Reference picture ever:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/ingrabr01.html

[Long Ball Larry 11,404]

 

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The Pelicans will get the following picks from the Lakers, league sources tell ESPN: No. 4 pick in 2019

Top-8 protected in 2021, becomes unprotected in ‘22

Unprotected swap in ‘23

Unprotected first in ‘24

Unprotected swap in ‘25

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2 minutes ago, Long Ball Larry said:

 

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The Pelicans will get the following picks from the Lakers, league sources tell ESPN: No. 4 pick in 2019

Top-8 protected in 2021, becomes unprotected in ‘22

Unprotected swap in ‘23

Unprotected first in ‘24

Unprotected swap in ‘25

That is wild.