Summer League Notes

[Smitty731]

Just wanted to say thanks Smitty, these threads have honestly been some of the coolest insight into the real NBA guys I've ever seen. Thanks for taking the time to tell us what you've heard and giving us access in a way we'd never otherwise have an opportunity to experience.

Thanks man! I really appreciate that more than you know. I made it a goal that I wanted to give back to the boards as much as I possibly could, since the boards are who encouraged me to make a leap of faith and go for it.

Thanks again man, and looks like McGary took care of himself .

Hahaha! Yeah man. He's an idiot.

[bondom34]

Also, gonna forward this to some DT folks on a slow night there, they'll appreciate it greatly.

[Old Man Game]

I asked a handful of follow ups today before everyone cleared out:

On Waiters:

"Nothing new there. No rush from our side. We're letting it play out and we'll go from there."

On who starts at SF:

"Right now it would probably be Rob (Roberson), but we are a long way out. Maybe mix and match. Way too early to guess."

On plans for potential cap space:

"Well, the market is kind of dried up." which led in to a tangent of "KD waiting until Monday was tough. It really put us in a tough spot because we wouldn't react. The league needs to have two periods. Max guys go first and then everyone else or something. We lost the best player in the league and you can't replace him, but we didn't even have a f*cking chance."

I asked a follow up about Durant being the best player in the league:

"Hands down. Well he was until Russ averages a triple double for us this year."

I asked about that:

"We're gonna wind him up and let him go. We're gonna push pace big time, which Russ wants. We'll play exciting basketball"

Overall, the team is pretty salty. The McGary suspension really had people pissed off. I wouldn't be surprised if he's outright waived before the season, if not just given away.

Personal opinion, these guys need to step away for a bit and re-set if they can. It hasn't been an easy week for them.

Just wanted to say thanks Smitty, these threads have honestly been some of the coolest insight into the real NBA guys I've ever seen. Thanks for taking the time to tell us what you've heard and giving us access in a way we'd never otherwise have an opportunity to experience.

100% echo that sentiment. You da man, Smitty.

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[Pillendreher]

Thanks man! I really appreciate that more than you know. I made it a goal that I wanted to give back to the boards as much as I possibly could, since the boards are who encouraged me to make a leap of faith and go for it.

Thanks again man, and looks like McGary took care of himself .

Hahaha! Yeah man. He's an idiot.

Thanks for not using the Durant version.

Btw: I like that the team's salty. The season can't start soon enough.

[NaturalThunder]

Glad to hear someone from within the organization get salty over Durant dragging out his decision until Monday. I don't think Durant did that on purpose, but he could've at least agreed to a sign-and-trade or something (maybe we could've gotten Barnes out of the deal although I wouldn't want to pay $20M+/yr to Barnes) or let us known sooner he was going to the Warriors; from the sound of it, he had a pretty good idea back in, like, February he was going to Golden State. He let them whisper sweet nothings in his ear all season long and even when we were in a heated playoff series with them for a chance to go to the Finals, he was still letting them woo him.

He was always going to Golden State. If he had just told us it wasn't happening on June 30th, we could've fielded a FA or two to put with Russ and a still promising young roster that could've been more competitive next year in what could be Westbrook's last season with the team.

To sum up: Durant can go f*** himself.

[TKainZero]

Interesting about dakari...
Really hope he ends up with the lakers somehow

[bondom34]

[Kizz Fastfists]

Interesting about dakari...
Really hope he ends up with the lakers somehow

Dakari for Ingram. Let's get it done.