NBA 2019 Offseason Thread

[Say Hey Kid]

Kevin Durant
Kawhi Leonard
Kyrie Irving
Kemba Walker
Klay Thompson
Jimmy Butler
D’Angelo Russell
Tobias Harris - NBA Free Agency 2019: The top players

I listed 8 of the top free agents, but 35% of the league are free agents. Please post your opinions here.

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[John Price]

I'm telling you that Leonard is not going to re-sign w ith Toronto. Why would he.

"He can make a name for himself in the east"

Most of the talent remains in the West though including LeBron

Durant maybe goes East. Kyrie could go West. Kyrie, Zion, Leonard and LeBron on the Lakers. Mercy.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Minor signings and rumors only, please... major signings should get their own thread.

Thank you.

 

[Blitzkrug]

God I'd love to watch Durant and Kyrie go to NYC like the rumors are saying.

Those two mental midgets would get eaten alive by that media

 

[Voight]

God I'd love to watch Durant and Kyrie go to NYC like the rumors are saying.

Those two mental midgets would get eaten alive by that media

I'd hate it cause Knicks stans would be unbearable after.

 

[Terry Yake]

my predictions

KD-NY
Kawhi-LAC
Kyrie-LAC
Walker-NY. but something tells me he could end up on the lakers
Klay-GS
Butler-PHI

 

[Newsworthy]

Do the Knicks chase Kyrie or Kemba?

 

[Voight]

 

[Newsworthy]

NBA salary structure and free agency is a joke.
No way guys like Tobias Harris should get paid similar to Durant or Irving.
This whole max contract deals and players wanting to join super teams has messsed up the landscape.
Harris may re-sign with Philly for a lot of cash.
I would bet that the Pelicans and Hornets would offer more.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Making the already pretty obvious official, but Lillard is likely staying in Portland;

Sources: Damian Lillard expected to get $191M supermax deal from Trail Blazers this summer

I love him as a player but that contract is ****ing absurd for even a star like Lillard. 48 million a season?

 

[Voight]

Making the already pretty obvious official, but Lillard is likely staying in Portland;

Sources: Damian Lillard expected to get $191M supermax deal from Trail Blazers this summer

I love him as a player but that contract is ****ing absurd for even a star like Lillard. 48 million a season?

He's a top 3/5 PG.

 

[Gecklund]

my predictions

KD-NY
Kawhi-LAC
Kyrie-LAC
Walker-NY. but something tells me he could end up on the lakers
Klay-GS
Butler-PHI

I would love Kawhi/Kyrie on the Clippers. They don’t have the space for 2 max contracts right now though

 

[Cassano]

Making the already pretty obvious official, but Lillard is likely staying in Portland;

Sources: Damian Lillard expected to get $191M supermax deal from Trail Blazers this summer

I love him as a player but that contract is ****ing absurd for even a star like Lillard. 48 million a season?

I don't think it's that bad.

Look at what John Wall got. Lilliard is way better than him.

 

[Suiteness]

KD on the Clippers makes too much sense imo.

 

[Maestro84]

I don't understand why anyone would want to play for that god awful franchise aka the Knicks. I think KD either goes somewhere like LAC or maybe Miami, while Kawhi is a lock for LAC and Klay is gonna be a Warriors as well. Boogie is the interesting case since it'll be tough for him to get the max deal given his injury history the last 1.5 years.

 

[Suiteness]

I don't understand why anyone would want to play for that god awful franchise aka the Knicks. I think KD either goes somewhere like LAC or maybe Miami, while Kawhi is a lock for LAC and Klay is gonna be a Warriors as well. Boogie is the interesting case since it'll be tough for him to get the max deal given his injury history the last 1.5 years.

Nobody is going to the Knicks, I think it's wishful thinking from long suffering fans lol.

If KD comes off the books, I figure Boogie stays in Golden State.

 

[Maestro84]

Nobody is going to the Knicks, I think it's wishful thinking from long suffering fans lol.

If KD comes off the books, I figure Boogie stays in Golden State.

Realistically suggesting that multiple superstars in the prime of their careers are actually gonna "team up" and sign with that laughing stock franchise known as the Knicks is just as delusional as the long suffering Leafs fans a few years ago who actually believed that they could land Doughty and Stamkos LOL

And yea I agree, I think Boogie will sign another 1-yr deal with GSW if KD really decides to leave, and in that case, if Boogie returns to full strength next year and the Warriors use the remaining $ on improving their bench depth, I can definitely see them as title favorites once again

 

[Del Preston]

 

[Avs_19]

Good news.

 

[Newsworthy]

Durant to the Knicks makes plenty of sense. The other max contract could be either Walker or Irving. Other Knick options are Tobias Harris and Butler.
I would say Cousins is a long shot unless he agrees to a reduced deal. To me
Durant and Kemba would be ideal.

 

[Newsworthy]

Realistically suggesting that multiple superstars in the prime of their careers are actually gonna "team up" and sign with that laughing stock franchise known as the Knicks is just as delusional as the long suffering Leafs fans a few years ago who actually believed that they could land Doughty and Stamkos LOL

And yea I agree, I think Boogie will sign another 1-yr deal with GSW if KD really decides to leave, and in that case, if Boogie returns to full strength next year and the Warriors use the remaining $ on improving their bench depth, I can definitely see them as title favorites once again

You are going to be proven wrong this year.

 

[Voight]

Players simply dont want to play for Dolan. He's a control freak and all around arse, he treats his ex players like crap and cant even take a little heckling from paying fans. Remember when the Knicks were the favorites to land the Miami 3? Lolz they got Stoudemire. Then they gave away all their depth for Melo, who wanted to live in NYC more than he cared to play for the Knicks. So its not like he said "I want to play for the Knicks..." - he wanted to live in NY year round.

Then there was the time he took the biggest contract possible and killed any chance his team had at signing a 2nd star.

 

[Morozov]

Knicks will miss the biggest names and end up blowing their wad on someone like Harris and then overspending on someone else because they missed out on all the big names.

They'll have some decent start, all the Knicks fans will be boasting about how it's their year, they're returning to the playoffs. Then they'll fade out and be trash as usual.

Hopefully Jimmy goes there because it will be hilarious.

 

[Terry Yake]

ummm can you say tampering?

but its not the lakers so lol @ thinking the league will do anything

 

[Voight]