Around the NBA 2024-25 - In Our Offseason, Vol. 1

[MrDollarBills]

This sh*t should cost...I don't know...forfeiting how many 1st round picks?

This is worse than what Minny did with Joe Smith.

This should cost them 5 first rounders at minimum.

Imagine if Dolan got caught doing this and what the reaction would be?

And like sham just pointed out...these fools circumvented the cap and paid Leonard extra money through a fake company...just for him to barely even play.

That in itself is worth punishment

Luckily for them, America and the NBA don't really give a flying f*ck about corruption anymore, so we can safely figure absolutely nothing happens.

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[god shammgod]

This sh*t should cost...I don't know...forfeiting how many 1st round picks?

This is worse than what Minny did with Joe Smith.

This should cost them 5 first rounders at minimum.

Imagine if Dolan got caught doing this and what the reaction would be?

And like sham just pointed out...these fools circumvented the cap and paid Leonard extra money through a fake company...just for him to barely even play.

That in itself is worth punishment

Luckily for them, America and the NBA don't really give a flying f*ck about corruption anymore, so we can safely figure absolutely nothing happens.

it probably opens up a can of worms where they then have to look at everyone's endorsements and judge did they do enough for it. i don't think they want to do that.

maybe they'll just make a rule that if a company has been funded in some way by an owner, that company can't hire players on that team for endorsements. not sure how that rule doesn't exist already.

[Capn'O]

the craziest part is that he felt he needed to pay kawhi extra money in the first place. your guy gets paid for mostly not playing already.

Good work if you can find it, eh?

[DOT]

This should cost them 5 first rounders at minimum.

Imagine if Dolan got caught doing this and what the reaction would be?

And like sham just pointed out...these fools circumvented the cap and paid Leonard extra money through a fake company...just for him to barely even play.

That in itself is worth punishment

Luckily for them, America and the NBA don't really give a flying f*ck about corruption anymore, so we can safely figure absolutely nothing happens.

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When you're a star, they let you do it.

[Wildcat]

Always thought Leonard was smarter than this. Investing 50 million into a fake tree planting business and couldn't make it look more legitimate? You know how easy it is to set up a contracting company? Then make fake bids on projects? Stupid, absolutely stupid with everyone involved.

You mean Ballmer right?

Nothing happens to Leonard outside of his contract being voided.

Both. Absolutely both parties. Leonard knew what he was doing. I work in the contractor industry. This is so easy to put together and fake.

[god shammgod]

"this is mitchell robinson for cablevision.....if you like country music television like me....you can find it on channel 754 on your guide. we also have the fastest internet speeds in the tri-state area. that'll be 10 million please" lol

[Capn'O]

"this is mitchell robinson for cablevision.....if you like country music television like me....you can find it on channel 754 on your guide. we also have the fastest internet speeds in the tri-state area. that'll be 10 million please" lol

[stuporman]

The overwhelming majority of people don't really care about corruption because they are selfish by nature and are only mad at the fact that they aren't getting a piece of the cake themselves, not that it's going on.

[gavran]

All this for half a year's worth of Bradley Beal's contract.

[god shammgod]

The overwhelming majority of people don't really care about corruption because they are selfish by nature and are only mad at the fact that they aren't getting a piece of the cake themselves, not that it's going on.

people are generally selfish but there's also a general sense of apathy because we're pretty much powerless. this thing with kawhi is nothing in the grand scheme of things. why care about this much ? we know a large percentage of our elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, serve the interests of their donors more than the people who elected them. we know that a percentage of the taxes we pay are stolen. we know that even though we pay for medical insurance, in the case of an accident that insurance company will do everything in it's power to not pay us. you can't even feel secure that if you give money to charity that the money will go to the actual cause the charity claims to be working for. of course the natural reaction to all of this is to feel that i just need to worry about myself and my family because nobody else will. i don't blame anyone for that.

[thebuzzardman]

The overwhelming majority of people don't really care about corruption because they are selfish by nature and are only mad at the fact that they aren't getting a piece of the cake themselves, not that it's going on.

people are generally selfish but there's also a general sense of apathy because we're pretty much powerless. this thing with kawhi is nothing in the grand scheme of things. why care about this much ? we know a large percentage of our elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, serve the interests of their donors more than the people who elected them. we know that a percentage of the taxes we pay are stolen. we know that even though we pay for medical insurance, in the case of an accident that insurance company will do everything in it's power to not pay us. you can't even feel secure that if you give money to charity that the money will go to the actual cause the charity claims to be working for. of course the natural reaction to all of this is to feel that i just need to worry about myself and my family because nobody else will. i don't blame anyone for that.

I don't blame anyone either. I blame the complacency of Americans that there aren't 10,000 Luigi's running around. That's the only thing that'll fix anything.

Best to act ASAP before all the surveillance technology is 100%, instead of the 80% good that exists now.

[TheGreenArrow]

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Uh oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[god shammgod]

The overwhelming majority of people don't really care about corruption because they are selfish by nature and are only mad at the fact that they aren't getting a piece of the cake themselves, not that it's going on.

people are generally selfish but there's also a general sense of apathy because we're pretty much powerless. this thing with kawhi is nothing in the grand scheme of things. why care about this much ? we know a large percentage of our elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, serve the interests of their donors more than the people who elected them. we know that a percentage of the taxes we pay are stolen. we know that even though we pay for medical insurance, in the case of an accident that insurance company will do everything in it's power to not pay us. you can't even feel secure that if you give money to charity that the money will go to the actual cause the charity claims to be working for. of course the natural reaction to all of this is to feel that i just need to worry about myself and my family because nobody else will. i don't blame anyone for that.

I don't blame anyone either. I blame the complacency of Americans that there aren't 10,000 Luigi's running around. That's the only thing that'll fix anything.

Best to act ASAP before all the surveillance technology is 100%, instead of the 80% good that exists now.

this whole thing is collapsing. nothing will fix it. everyone who can will just keep grabbing every dollar they can while it slowly decays.

[stuporman]

The overwhelming majority of people don't really care about corruption because they are selfish by nature and are only mad at the fact that they aren't getting a piece of the cake themselves, not that it's going on.

people are generally selfish but there's also a general sense of apathy because we're pretty much powerless. this thing with kawhi is nothing in the grand scheme of things. why care about this much ? we know a large percentage of our elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, serve the interests of their donors more than the people who elected them. we know that a percentage of the taxes we pay are stolen. we know that even though we pay for medical insurance, in the case of an accident that insurance company will do everything in it's power to not pay us. you can't even feel secure that if you give money to charity that the money will go to the actual cause the charity claims to be working for. of course the natural reaction to all of this is to feel that i just need to worry about myself and my family because nobody else will. i don't blame anyone for that.

Apathy because of systemic corruption at every turn yep I can agree that is part of the problem but the saddest part of it all is most people wouldn't turn down a taste of it themselves even if it meant betraying their own ideals and beliefs.

The social media era is replete with people doing that openly and suffering little to no consequences for their 15mins of fame and a few crumbs from those who benefit most from the system of deception and corruption.

[MrDollarBills]

Luckily for them, America and the NBA don't really give a flying f*ck about corruption anymore, so we can safely figure absolutely nothing happens.

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Ballmer moved on Adam Silver like a bitch

[stuporman]

The overwhelming majority of people don't really care about corruption because they are selfish by nature and are only mad at the fact that they aren't getting a piece of the cake themselves, not that it's going on.

people are generally selfish but there's also a general sense of apathy because we're pretty much powerless. this thing with kawhi is nothing in the grand scheme of things. why care about this much ? we know a large percentage of our elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, serve the interests of their donors more than the people who elected them. we know that a percentage of the taxes we pay are stolen. we know that even though we pay for medical insurance, in the case of an accident that insurance company will do everything in it's power to not pay us. you can't even feel secure that if you give money to charity that the money will go to the actual cause the charity claims to be working for. of course the natural reaction to all of this is to feel that i just need to worry about myself and my family because nobody else will. i don't blame anyone for that.

I don't blame anyone either. I blame the complacency of Americans that there aren't 10,000 Luigi's running around. That's the only thing that'll fix anything.

Best to act ASAP before all the surveillance technology is 100%, instead of the 80% good that exists now.

That's going in the big book of band names.... 10,000 Luigis

[stuporman]

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Ballmer moved on Adam Silver like a bitch

He didn't even ask

[BKlutch]

Here's a YT version instead of the tweet highlights.

Yabsule destroying Polish tractor mechanics and various sheetrock hangers

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Poland is really no worse than Brooklyn is now. But looking at those names, I don't recognize a single one. I struggle to pronounce some of them, even though my family is Ukrainian and some of our names aren't always easy. Only Marcin Wozniak sounds the least familiar. (Because Steve Wozniak is one of the two Steves, the famous Woz of Apple Computer.)

[MrDollarBills]

people are generally selfish but there's also a general sense of apathy because we're pretty much powerless. this thing with kawhi is nothing in the grand scheme of things. why care about this much ? we know a large percentage of our elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, serve the interests of their donors more than the people who elected them. we know that a percentage of the taxes we pay are stolen. we know that even though we pay for medical insurance, in the case of an accident that insurance company will do everything in it's power to not pay us. you can't even feel secure that if you give money to charity that the money will go to the actual cause the charity claims to be working for. of course the natural reaction to all of this is to feel that i just need to worry about myself and my family because nobody else will. i don't blame anyone for that.

I don't blame anyone either. I blame the complacency of Americans that there aren't 10,000 Luigi's running around. That's the only thing that'll fix anything.

Best to act ASAP before all the surveillance technology is 100%, instead of the 80% good that exists now.

this whole thing is collapsing. nothing will fix it. everyone who can will just keep grabbing every dollar they can while it slowly decays.

late stage capitalism sucks balls and I'm not thrilled about what comes next.

[MrDollarBills]

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Uh oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoo boy.

Now do I think there was a wink wink deal in place that allowed for Brunson to sign for less than market value. Sure. Brunson would be a fool to not ask for reassurances.

But I would hope the brass and ownership aren't stupid enough to set up easily traceable LLCs to pay him under the table. That's where it gets dicey.