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2021 NBA Offseason Thread

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This is such a bad look for JJ Redick. He left a contender to chase the bag and joined a young re-tooling team that just traded away a top 5 player LMAO. If he wanted to leave so bad to join KD/Harden/Kyrie shouldn't he just give back most if not all of his money?
 
LeeBuckeye said:

This is such a bad look for JJ Redick. He left a contender to chase the bag and joined a young re-tooling team that just traded away a top 5 player LMAO. If he wanted to leave so bad to join KD/Harden/Kyrie shouldn't he just give back most if not all of his money?
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Didn't BKN and PHI offer him a decent amount of money too?
 
LeeBuckeye said:

This is such a bad look for JJ Redick. He left a contender to chase the bag and joined a young re-tooling team that just traded away a top 5 player LMAO. If he wanted to leave so bad to join KD/Harden/Kyrie shouldn't he just give back most if not all of his money?
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I think he was upset because he felt like he was lied to by the Pelicans front office.
 
LeeBuckeye said:

This is such a bad look for JJ Redick. He left a contender to chase the bag and joined a young re-tooling team that just traded away a top 5 player LMAO. If he wanted to leave so bad to join KD/Harden/Kyrie shouldn't he just give back most if not all of his money?
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I listen to it and it seems like Griff promised to send him to the northeast or to buy him out. He said he would have been happy with any team in the northeast just so he could be closer to his family. He said because of the NBA covid rules and the rules that his son's school has, that it makes it real hard for them to see each other.

He went on to say that Griff and him had 4 or 5 conversations about it. He wanted to deal directly with Griff and leave the agents out of it. He was mad that Griff sent him further away from his family.
 
I think you can crown the Nets for 2021. This team is just stacked. Yeah Blake and LA aren't who they once were, but the way the game is played today just favors these type of players.
 
Real Deal said:
I think you can crown the Nets for 2021. This team is just stacked. Yeah Blake and LA aren't who they once were, but the way the game is played today just favors these type of players.
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It’s a little bit ridiculous how some teams can just acquire aging stars on the cheap. There should be rules against it, but one would have to be thoughtful about the rules. It makes a mockery of competitive balance in the league.
 
KilgoreTrout said:
It’s a little bit ridiculous how some teams can just acquire aging stars on the cheap. There should be rules against it, but one would have to be thoughtful about the rules. It makes a mockery of competitive balance in the league.
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Competitive balance in the league? When has that ever happened? LeBron went to the Finals eight straight times. It’s a superstar driven league. Buyouts of aging stars are a very minor factor.
 
When I used to play pick up basketball one of my friends said his sister knew JJ and he was "kind of a dick".
 
KilgoreTrout said:
It’s a little bit ridiculous how some teams can just acquire aging stars on the cheap. There should be rules against it, but one would have to be thoughtful about the rules. It makes a mockery of competitive balance in the league.
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There are rules. 29 other teams can claim a player on waivers. If any other team before BKN wanted Blake Griffin or LaMarcus Aldridge they could have claimed them on waivers. They chose not to so the players became Free Agents.
 
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There are rules. 29 other teams can claim a player on waivers. If any other team before BKN wanted Blake Griffin or LaMarcus Aldridge they could have claimed them on waivers. They chose not to so the players became Free Agents.
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If you claim a player off of waivers, I'm 99% sure that contract becomes your responsibility. Not sure anyone would want that for these two.
 
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If you claim a player off of waivers, I'm 99% sure that contract becomes your responsibility. Not sure anyone would want that for these two.
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Well that's the point.

Every other team had a chance to pony up and stop it and didn't.

I really don't wanna see the bitching about it afterwards.

Essentially this is just other contenders whining because they didn't get the buyout players on the cheap.


Out of all of the things wrong with the competitive balance of the league, this isn't one of them.
 
Rich said:
Well that's the point.

Every other team had a chance to pony up and stop it and didn't.

I really don't wanna see the bitching about it afterwards.

Essentially this is just other contenders whining because they didn't get the buyout players on the cheap.


Out of all of the things wrong with the competitive balance of the league, this isn't one of them.
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And look at the list of buyout players.

All of these guys were let go for a reason.

 
If Brad Stevens gets fired in Boston, should the Cavs make a run at him? I saw a short segment today that Stephen A thinks he's on a short leash.

If not Brad Stevens, who? Our current coach doesn't seem to be the man we thought he was.
 
Rich said:
Well that's the point.

Every other team had a chance to pony up and stop it and didn't.

I really don't wanna see the bitching about it afterwards.

Essentially this is just other contenders whining because they didn't get the buyout players on the cheap.


Out of all of the things wrong with the competitive balance of the league, this isn't one of them.
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I don't believe that's the case. Given the hard cap rules, I think only teams under the cap could have actually claimed Drummond / Aldridge / Griffin and taken on their contracts. And since most of those teams are not competing for a championship, taking on Drummond at $30 million is a massive negative asset that would make no sense for them.

I don't think buyouts are a major issue. Contending teams have the opportunity to add an extra piece that's likely washed and doubtful to swing their championship odds in a meaningful way. But I do think the rules can be adjusted to limit teams to one buyout addition per season and/or include a player's pre-buyout salary on a team's cap sheet.
 
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