2023-24 NBA Season

[Day2]

Now, bring back Phil Handy & hire Rajon.

Kinda funny that the two biggest offseason moves for the Lakers (so far) are assistant coach hires.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Now, bring back Phil Handy & hire Rajon.

Answer: Who are two more guys LBJ won’t listen to?

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Leaving this here because I don’t feel like throwing the hoops board into a full blown tantrum

Brown coach T.J. Sorrentine excited by 'unique opportunity' to join NBA's Washington Wizards

Sorrentine’s relationship with new Wizards coach Brian Keefe stretches back more than two decades.

www.providencejournal.com

 

[Newhouser]

Bronny's contract is way more insulting than his getting drafted.

 

[Melancer46]

Bronny's contract is way more insulting than his getting drafted.

Hate to defend it too much because he wasn't really a draftable prospect, but Milwaukee basically gave the same contract to Rich Paul client Chris Livingston last year after Paul made sure he slid to us with the final pick in the draft.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

J-L — a decades-long Jazz fan — is mad as hell & he’s not gonna take this anymore.

 

[Newhouser]

Hate to defend it too much because he wasn't really a draftable prospect, but Milwaukee basically gave the same contract to Rich Paul client Chris Livingston last year after Paul made sure he slid to us with the final pick in the draft.

Yeah I understand that, but the Wong kid from Miami was the 55th pick last year to the Pacers. Bronny's contract is 14 times larger.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Yeah I understand that, but the Wong kid from Miami was the 55th pick last year to the Pacers. Bronny's contract is 14 times larger.

Maybe he had the Wong agent.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

J-L — a decades-long Jazz fan — is mad as hell & he’s not gonna take this anymore.

It's tough being a Jazz fan. But it was good seeing some other guys playing well last year like Collin S e ton and Keyonte George. Kris Dunn also, but they let him go. If Markkanen ends up on Minnesota, that's the team that a lot of Jazz fans root for.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Summer League starts Saturday, time for a 2024-25 thread? 2024 Summer League | Latest | NBA.com

 

[Fireball Jr.]

You forgot the bubble.

 

[Day2]

On what planet?

 

[Melancer46]

Yeah I understand that, but the Wong kid from Miami was the 55th pick last year to the Pacers. Bronny's contract is 14 times larger.

Yeah, but Livingston was the 58th pick last year and got the same deal as Bronny. Toumani Camara (#52) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (#57) did too.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Yeah, but Livingston was the 58th pick last year and got the same deal as Bronny. Toumani Camara (#52) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (#57) did too.

He got 4 years?

 

[Melancer46]

He got 4 years?

All three of those guys did. Bronny, Jackson-Davis, and Livingston all got two years guaranteed with a team option on the 4th year. Camara got one year guaranteed and a team option on the 4th year.

 

[Newhouser]

All three of those guys did. Bronny, Jackson-Davis, and Livingston all got two years guaranteed with a team option on the 4th year. Camara got one year guaranteed and a team option on the 4th year.

Bronny has four years guaranteed I thought?

 

[Melancer46]

Bronny has four years guaranteed I thought?

Nope, just the first two and then a partial guarantee on the 3rd I believe so the Lakers can cut him when his dad retires in 2 years if they want.

 

[jordville]

DeRozan to the Kings. Bulls get two 2nd round picks, cash, and old friend Chris Duarte. Spurs are the 3rd team in the trade— and get Harrison Barnes and a pick swap.

 

[Eric15]

If you're Lebron and worth $1.2 billion, why not play for the league minimum at this point and let the Lakers go to town signing high quality role players to build depth on the roster?

 

[Knicks411]

If you're Lebron and worth $1.2 billion, why not play for the league minimum at this point and let the Lakers go to town signing high quality role players to build depth on the roster?

At some point the salary is a status symbol as much as anything else.

Also the Lakers are pretty close to capped out without Lebron on the roster at all. He claims he would've taken a significant paycut to use the full MLE if they could've gotten someone they liked at that number (Jonas Valuncunias being on that list is one of the funnier things I've read recently) but even if he played for free basically they would have about $10 million in space.

 

[MikeSU02]

If you're Lebron and worth $1.2 billion, why not play for the league minimum at this point and let the Lakers go to town signing high quality role players to build depth on the roster?

Because you don’t get to $1.2B by being satisfied with a dollar amount.

An extra $50M a year (minus taxes/fees) is a lot of money regardless.

The union would not want anyone taking a discount like that.

He won’t devalue his brand.

He’s looking to be a part owner in buying an NBA team. Another $100M doesn’t hurt that endeavor.

 

[MSOrange]

Because you don’t get to $1.2B by being satisfied with a dollar amount.

An extra $50M a year (minus taxes/fees) is a lot of money regardless.

The union would not want anyone taking a discount like that.

He won’t devalue his brand.

He’s looking to be a part owner in buying an NBA team. Another $100M doesn’t hurt that endeavor.

Your other points are correct, but the union thing was the first one that came to my mind,

 

[Eric15]

I know my post was out there with the "league minimum" idea but even pulling a Tom Brady and taking a modest pay cut to create cap room in the future. I don't think Brady's brand was affected by that. If anything it made him look great in many people's eyes.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I know my post was out there with the "league minimum" idea but even pulling a Tom Brady and taking a modest pay cut to create cap room in the future. I don't think Brady's brand was affected by that. If anything it made him look great in many people's eyes.

NFL contracts work differently than NBA contracts though.

 

[Knicks411]

I know my post was out there with the "league minimum" idea but even pulling a Tom Brady and taking a modest pay cut to create cap room in the future. I don't think Brady's brand was affected by that. If anything it made him look great in many people's eyes.

He said he was going to do that if they could get one of a few guys to sign there. Not sure he actually would have but he at least got the word out