Around The NBA : 2024-25 Offseason

[CROBulls]

Lost a lot working for ESPN hopefully he gets back to his old self.

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Well he got a money from ESPN. Now he can do what he wants. He is doing his early Griffin from Berserk . Selling himself first to make something for himself. Dislike those guys. But hey good for him.

A bit more like Rachel from Tower of God.

Never had time to read that book. But will be on my list

[kodo]

Does Doug get any of this money?

[drosestruts]

MPJ sharing some of what he's excited about now that he's in Brooklyn, including a training facility with more than one court

Porter Jr. appreciated the fact that his new practice facility has dual basketball courts, whereas the Nuggets do not, according to the seven-year veteran.

“I’m just glad y’all got two courts, man. Because over there [in Denver] we had the one court.”

source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/nets-michael-porter-jr-takes-161326761.html?guccounter=1


The Reddit comments on the article are pretty funny.

It's not even a separate practice facility, it's just a court in the basement of their arena

Their owner fined Christian Braun for parking in his dedicated parking spot (based off cctv footage, Braun didn't even block him from parking there)

The nuggets practice court for anyone curious - https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/nuggets/sites/nuggets/files/img_0202websize_0.jpg

[kodo]

Mikal Bridges (17/3/3) at $38M per year. Seems like a good deal.

[Hangtime84]

Mikal Bridges (17/3/3) at $38M per year. Seems like a good deal.

I feel like he absolutely trash last season. But I’m appreciative guys who take pay cuts for their teammates.

[kodo]

I feel like he absolutely trash last season. But I’m appreciative guys who take pay cuts for their teammates.

He's definitely a 3rd option, but that's what 3rd options get paid on teams taking the playoffs seriously. Garland gets $40M. PG13 $51M. Suggs $35M.

[sco]

I feel like he absolutely trash last season. But I’m appreciative guys who take pay cuts for their teammates.

He's definitely a 3rd option, but that's what 3rd options get paid on teams taking the playoffs seriously. Garland gets $40M. PG13 $51M. Suggs $35M.

Living in NY area, I watch the Knicks as my 2nd team (sorry). IMO, Bridges on that team illustrates a problem with having unbalanced rosters. Bridges, again IMO, is a 2nd option scorer, but when he came to the Knicks, his role became minimized to be tied with OG for being the 3rd/4th option. Point being that after 2 scorers, the rest of your guys need to be more glue guys and/or defenders. Both OG and Bridges are 2-way players (although Bridges less so) so the Knicks still looked decent. On Bridges, he definitely seemed used to having more plays run for him...Also, IIRC, he complained that Thibbs was overplaying guys (and asking him to do more than he was used to on defense).

So my point on the Bulls is that adding another offensive player like a Kuminga (even just keeping Vuc) has diminishing returns and likely even a negative impact on winning.

[sco]

Interesting article on CBA and impact on mid-level players

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45862506/nba-free-agency-fact-fiction-cba-impact-end-bonuses

[kodo]

Interesting article on CBA and impact on mid-level players

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45862506/nba-free-agency-fact-fiction-cba-impact-end-bonuses

I don't really think it's the 2nd apron and more the fact that sign & trade and extension is how players get new contracts now, not free agency. No teams are willing to let a good much less great player just walk out for nothing, they'll always move in a trade even if it's just filler and some 2nd rounders coming back. Heck, even Lauri Markkanen at his lowest value got a protected 1st round pick for us. If someone actually is let go by a team with no interest from the other 29 teams, free agency buyers beware (eg, Paul George).

Bulls will be one of the biggest FA cap space teams in 2026, so we'll see how going with the old massive cap space strategy works for AK. I'm not hopeful.