Holy Offseason I Can’t Believe it’s July FA/Trade/Waiver Thread

[Larry_Russell]

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Come to boston buddy.

Brown for giannis

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It all started with the typical Porzingis injury.

Then the Olympics and lack of off-time for JT, White and Jrue. I understand it's the Olympics, but 3 of your top players all get extensions and then want to play in the summer after playing all the way into June.

Then Sam had the nagging back injury.

The team never was able to get a rhythm when he got back.

By the break I can tell the team was starting to look gassed.

Joe was going for the jugular in the regular season rather than pace them and just manage to get at least a 4 seed.

The team didn't need homecourt.

It is what it is.

Joe rested our guys plenty.

We just got unlucky with injuries.

Because of the Olympic stuff, plus we had the shortest offseason ever (played in NBA finals, then had to start out preseason early in Abu Dabi..)

This clip elaborates on why we're seeing players get hurt more..

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I think it's more over usage via training rather than playing.

When LeBron finally retires, he can make another billion dollars giving a detailed insight on how to train properly.

He was never a big advocate of weight training. He is all about maintaining.

Now he is an enigma and genetic freak, but whatever he did to his body was the way to be IMO.

He averaged 71 GAMES A SEASON IN 22 YEARS !!! That's bonkers

Lebron is an outlier.

Also, as Presti says in the clip, the game is vastly different today than it was even just like 5-6 years ago. So most of those 22 years for Lebron aren't even relevant to today's game since they were so long ago, when the game was very different.

[jmr07019]

Milwaukee wow! I’m surprised Turner left Indy after that playoff run. Nice get for Milwaukee.

I commend Milwaukee for not sticking with Lilliatd when it clearly wasn’t working.

[Curmudgeon]

Dallas, Atlanta, Brooklyn and Chicago have large trade exceptions due to expire in a week. These are large enough to take in Hauser or Niang but not Simons.

Brown to the Spurs for Harrison Barnes and Castle makes too much sense to ignore. The Spurs might also throw in a pick or Sochan. You might also offer Simons for Barnes.

[Fierce1]

If it's true Giannis is not happy then JB for Giannis has a chance.

[Memokerobi]

Time to get Giannis

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[MrGreenRunsDeep]

Kornet die hard fans are salty.. pack up you guys can follow him to Spurs

good lord your posts are stupid.

Will send ya a nice spurs jersey.

[cl2117]

Giannis will never sign up to taking a year off. Unless we are dealing Tatum we are not getting Giannis.

[Scarletfire81]

It really only makes sense if we don’t have to give up JB, Derrick white, Simons, & fillers with multiple first round pick.

[165bows]

How about that Jazz offseason? Announce you are going to compete with one of the worst teams in the league, then trade Sexton for Nurkic and waive Clarkson.

Makes dumping two starters from a title team, losing a fan favorite and elite bench big for zero, and then likely bleeding out more guys to replace with Luka Garza seem decent.

[celtxman]

It does feel like Christmas day as the forgotten child having no money to spend in FA and just looking to cut salary. Having to watch all the other kids play with their new toys and I'm just sitting here looking at my Luka Garza like getting a SEGA when PS5 has already come out.

But then you look around and we are STILL in a better position to succeed long-term than like 85% of the league. It's a small comfort.

Bucks have to stretch Dame. Lakers are losing DFS for nothing. Indy loses Turner. Knicks are only adding Yabs to an already flawed team (yes I know they beat us). Miami stuck in no man's land. Philly stuck with a broken Embiid.

Houston and OKC are building goliaths. Spurs are recreating their Admiral/Duncan run with Wemby and a ton of other top picks. Dallas got Flagg but lost Luka and still have Nico.

Not a lot of other shoes I'd rather be wearing than our own.

I can't go that far.....yet. We have a new owner and we're in uncharted territory. We know that the former owners were willing to do whatever it took to win. I have no doubt that every one of the 30 owners "wants" to win a championship but there are clearly different levels of commitment. You may tell me every other organization would do the same thing as the Celtics and you may or may not be right. In Chisholm we have an owner that is an unknown and that's important to remember

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I predict the old potshots about how white the C's are, despite the Jays, will pick up again by the start of the regular season.

[CelticFaninLBC]

It all started with the typical Porzingis injury.

Then the Olympics and lack of off-time for JT, White and Jrue. I understand it's the Olympics, but 3 of your top players all get extensions and then want to play in the summer after playing all the way into June.

Then Sam had the nagging back injury.

The team never was able to get a rhythm when he got back.

By the break I can tell the team was starting to look gassed.

Joe was going for the jugular in the regular season rather than pace them and just manage to get at least a 4 seed.

The team didn't need homecourt.

It is what it is.

Joe rested our guys plenty.

We just got unlucky with injuries.

Because of the Olympic stuff, plus we had the shortest offseason ever (played in NBA finals, then had to start out preseason early in Abu Dabi..)

This clip elaborates on why we're seeing players get hurt more..

Read on Twitter

I think it's more over usage via training rather than playing.

When LeBron finally retires, he can make another billion dollars giving a detailed insight on how to train properly.

He was never a big advocate of weight training. He is all about maintaining.

Now he is an enigma and genetic freak, but whatever he did to his body was the way to be IMO.

He averaged 71 GAMES A SEASON IN 22 YEARS !!! That's bonkers

LeBron can give insights on his PEDs.

[Fierce1]

Giannis will never sign up to taking a year off. Unless we are dealing Tatum we are not getting Giannis.

Cs are not taking a year off.

[165bows]

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Tell me the Pacers want Simons without telling me the Pacers want Simons.

[jmr07019]

Playoff locks for the East as of 7/1/25: (In no particular order)

Cavs
Knicks
Pistons
Magic
Bucks
Raps (They'll be what the Pistons were last season, Biggest mover)

Bubble teams (in no particular order)

Hawks
Heat
76ers
C's

The raptors are not a playoff lock and should be in the bubble teams group. The hawks are a lock for the playoffs. Made it last year and got better

[chrisab123]

Giannis for JB would be interesting. Won’t happen but interesting

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Giannis will never sign up to taking a year off. Unless we are dealing Tatum we are not getting Giannis.

Cs are not taking a year off.

It's a bridge year. Just accept it.

[Hal14]

Playoff locks for the East as of 7/1/25: (In no particular order)

Cavs
Knicks
Pistons
Magic
Bucks
Raps (They'll be what the Pistons were last season, Biggest mover)

Bubble teams (in no particular order)

Hawks
Heat
76ers
C's

The raptors are not a playoff lock and should be in the bubble teams group. The hawks are a lock for the playoffs. Made it last year and got better

THe Hawks were not a playoff team last year. They lost in the play in to miami, who got the 8 seed..