2025-2026: Around the League

Post #701 » by **Knightro** » Mon Jul 14, 2025 2:36 am

eyriq wrote:Paolo will finish ahead of SGA in MVP voting

You're just being goofy.

Post #702 » by **eyriq** » Mon Jul 14, 2025 3:00 am

Knightro wrote:
eyriq wrote:Paolo will finish ahead of SGA in MVP voting

You're just being goofy.

Honestly, I posted a game thread comment here by accident and decided it was fate to post the first prophesy that came to mind and behold the truth flowed through me.

Then I did it again.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #703 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:37 pm

eyriq wrote:Orlando will finish with more wins than OKC

I would take a winning road record then worrying about winning more than OKC.

yoyojw17 · Post #704 » by **yoyojw17** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:44 pm

Beal to the clippers after buyout. Damn. Imagine getting paid to stay away from the team

jonbob17 · Post #705 » by **jonbob17** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:20 pm

Lots of smoke about expansion, probably a couple years off. Might reset everybody's salary cap problems, and add more parity to the league as it erases the best constructed teams' depth. If we could only protect 7 right now. Who you got?

As of right now i'd have
Paolo
Franz
Suggs
Bane
AB
Jase
Penda

Some of the other guys probably have more trade value than the rookies, but i value that team (cost) control on the young guys. Probably a pretty good argument that low cost productive guys have a lot more value.

Optimus_Steel · Post #706 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:26 pm

Lillard back to Port 3 year contract….wow. So
Much for all the min talk lmao

RichCollab · Post #707 » by **RichCollab** » Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:03 pm

Everyone snubs the Heat now. And I love it.

BadMofoPimp · Post #708 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:21 am

RichCollab wrote:Everyone snubs the Heat now. And I love it.

Ya, the Heat don't have $14 mil per to pay Dame.

RookieStar · Post #709 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 12:31 am

RichCollab wrote:Everyone snubs the Heat now. And I love it.

Heat fans still supporting Riley thinking Jaime Jovic and a pick is an overpay for pre-injury Dame...

Black and Blue · Post #710 » by **Black and Blue** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:05 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:Lillard back to Port 3 year contract….wow. So
Much for all the min talk lmao

It’s a bit of a perfect situation. He gets a statue and immortalized while the blazers sit on a lions share of assets for dealing him. Love when it works out that way!

BadMofoPimp · Post #711 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:43 am

RookieStar wrote:
RichCollab wrote:Everyone snubs the Heat now. And I love it.

Heat fans still supporting Riley thinking Jaime Jovic and a pick is an overpay for pre-injury Dame...

I agree with those fans as Dame at 35 is toast.

RookieStar · Post #712 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 2:44 am

BadMofoPimp wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
RichCollab wrote:Everyone snubs the Heat now. And I love it.

Heat fans still supporting Riley thinking Jaime Jovic and a pick is an overpay for pre-injury Dame...

I agree with those fans as Dame at 35 is toast.

He was 33 during the trade where he ended up in MIL no?

pepe1991 · Post #713 » by **pepe1991** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:07 am

RookieStar wrote:
RichCollab wrote:Everyone snubs the Heat now. And I love it.

Heat fans still supporting Riley thinking Jaime Jovic and a pick is an overpay for pre-injury Dame...

Given how Lillard looked in playoffs and how much of a disaster him and Giannis actually were.... Riley is smart to not getting him.

RookieStar · Post #714 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:05 am

pepe1991 wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
RichCollab wrote:Everyone snubs the Heat now. And I love it.

Heat fans still supporting Riley thinking Jaime Jovic and a pick is an overpay for pre-injury Dame...

Given how Lillard looked in playoffs and how much of a disaster him and Giannis actually were.... Riley is smart to not getting him.

Hindsight is 20/20 but when Dame asked out of POR, he was a hot commodity without injury concerns

drsd · Post #715 » by **drsd** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:27 am

I now see that these bought out players get both the old and the new salaries; Lillard will now make 70M a year BECAUSE he blew his leg out.

The next CBA needs to correct this.

RichCollab · Post #716 » by **RichCollab** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 11:17 am

drsd wrote:I now see that these bought out players get both the old and the new salaries; Lillard will now make 70M a year BECAUSE he blew his leg out.

The next CBA needs to correct this.

Why? He signed a guaranteed contract. That money is his. The team is free to make it non guaranteed if they have injury concerns.

MasterGMer · Post #717 » by **MasterGMer** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:22 pm

Is Jure Holiday being bought out from Portland?

Also another Portland player Hansen Yang has been good.

Now Dame is coming back also. However, West is in an arm race. lol. But they will be fun to watch

Post #718 » by **SOUL** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:28 pm

MasterGMer wrote:Is Jure Holiday being bought out from Portland?

Also another Portland player Hansen Yang has been good.

Now Dame is coming back also. However, West is in an arm race. lol. But they will be fun to watch

Why would Jrue be bought out? Lillard is out the whole year

Post #719 » by **Knightro** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:28 pm

drsd wrote:I now see that these bought out players get both the old and the new salaries; Lillard will now make 70M a year BECAUSE he blew his leg out.

The next CBA needs to correct this.

Why?

Lillard didn’t choose to get waived. The Bucks did.

BadMofoPimp · Post #720 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 1:36 am

RookieStar wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
Heat fans still supporting Riley thinking Jaime Jovic and a pick is an overpay for pre-injury Dame...

I agree with those fans as Dame at 35 is toast.

He was 33 during the trade where he ended up in MIL no?

Now he is 35 and just got a 3 year $42 mil deal. This will be alot like Paul George as he won't live up to it.