NBA 2019-20 thread.

I forgot about the extension he signed last August. My mistake. I think you have to consider trading him before he tanks his own value. He’s still a solid player but not max-level, IMO.

 

Players get A fixed percentage of revenue, would you rather see that money in the owners pocket?

 

You and I both. I thought he was heading into a walk year. His $100 M/4 contract kicks in next year. That's going to be a hard one to trade.

 

That's not the problem. A $10 million dollar salary is often much easier to trade than a $2 million salary. The Lakers can't move Kuzma because he only makes $2 million and it's impossible to get anything back for him and make the salaries match.

I think the Warriors are going to be far more interested in getting actual players instead of draft assets. They're back in win now mode next season and this is a shit draft coming up. Draft assets shift them into a long game that they aren't playing right now, unless they can flip them immediately.

 

With Thompson and Curry out, it's been 82 sessions of Kerrball 101 for the younger players. I don't expect this team will be down long.

 

Draymond is a complimentary player, but the Warriors really run through him.

 

Never before in the history of SJ has the first half of one question so proved the second half.

 

The Warriors are also a pretty good bet to land a vet at below market price. It's not the guaranteed ring like it used to be, but I'm guessing there are a few players with more than $200m in earnings tired of playing meaningless games half the year.

 

I'd rather see LeBron and Steph and other players people actually pay to see earn that extra $5-10m a year, than the Allan Crabbes and Nik Batums of the league.

 

I agree with that but then you need to get rid of the individual max.

 

... which the union rank and file won't agree to. Damn socialists!

 

Hey, we've got a trade! And it's a bizarre four-teamer, like a hypothetical you make in the trade machine. I was attempting to summarize it here, but fuck, too many moving pieces.

I like the trade for Houston, because I think Capela is overrated, and Bell can probably do similar things to him, while Covington helps them in the playoffs. The Hawks already have John Collins, so I'm not sure why they need Capela too.