****The Official 2016-2017 NBA Thread****

If the NFL had bird rights like the NBA does, could you imagine the kind of teams that would be built there.. truly the only league with any parity..

"Sumlit wrote:

Far more intriguing is watching how he handles being hated and massively scrutinized. He made huge stinks those rare times someone in Oklahoma dared to question him these past years. Watch him blow his nice guy cover now when he gets lambasted on a daily basis.

I agree that seeing him deal with the vitriol will be interesting. What Lebron faced was ridiculous. People are often just too wrapped up in their fandom to show any class. I don't see KD having any ego issues playing with Curry and Thompson though.

"LiferYank wrote:

No one thought that... Try again. The only joke is your mindless ranting.

Are you kidding me??? You must have missed the last 10 hours when Boston literally and desperately tried EVERYTHING to get KD to sign while every other team in the process just let everything unfold. You didnt see Miami have Dan Marino, Don Shula, et., you didnt see GSW have famous bay area athletes or any city. Only desperate Boston because they cant sell basketball itself anymore and need Tom Brady and Big Poppi to se KD.

"shamegame13 wrote:

Your still mad Wizards had no chance from the get go. Stop. A guy from D.C. gave his hometown team no chance because they are fair weather fans lmao I'd be mad too I guess.

Nah, I never got my hopes up. Sure I'd love to have him, there are a dozen players I'd love to have but the team didn't make the playoffs last year and we didn't have the ammo to get Durant, it was never something I gave too much thought. I'm a Wizards fan, the expectations are much different for me lol.

"shamegame13 wrote:

Are you kidding me??? You must have missed the last 10 hours when Boston literally and desperately tried EVERYTHING to get KD to sign while every other team in the process just let everything unfold. You didnt see Miami have Dan Marino, Don Shula, et., you didnt see GSW have famous bay area athletes or any city. Only desperate Boston because they cant sell basketball itself anymore and need Tom Brady and Big Poppi to se KD.

GSW has been recruiting him for awhile.. The Clippers put out all the stops.... We heard on this very forum that Riley would work his magic.

The Celtics have been down for awhile what is wrong with people recruiting him? Just admit you just want to rant about the Celtics because you thought he would have some how landed in Miami and you just cant handle it.

Trust me i never got over Len Bias this is nothing compared to that shock.

82-0 confirmed.

"LiferYank wrote:

GSW has been recruiting him for awhile.. The Clippers put out all the stops.... We heard on this very forum that Riley would work his magic.

The Celtics have been down for awhile what is wrong with people recruiting him? Just admit you just want to rant about the Celtics because you thought he would have some how landed in Miami and you just cant handle it.

Trust me i never got over Len Bias this is nothing compared to that shock.

Lmao, again, I knew we had very little chance and my team didnt oversell which Boston did. Again, where was Isiah, Horford, or Crowder? Even Olynyk? Yall brought Tom ****** Brady, that would of been smart if KD was thinkong about playing wide receiver, I understand the Celtics dont have a true superstar on the team they can sell but c'mon.

"shamegame13 wrote:

Lmao, again, I knew we had very little chance and my team didnt oversell which Boston did. Again, where was Isiah, Horford, or Crowder? Even Olynyk? Yall brought Tom Brady, that would of been smart if KD was thinkong about playing wide receiver.

Some of them were at the meeting.. IT was recruiting him hardcore as they were friends.

Boston has won a few championships recently which is what they were selling to him... You are overblowing this to rant... Do you always do this so i can save time and throw you on ignore?

Wade with more cryptic messages towards Riley/Heat. Riley, offer him a one year deal, he can sign it or leave. I'm so done with this guy.

Riley is trying to be a GM, trying to bring wins. He did his job by trying to get Durant here. His job isn't to massage Wade, give anything his "highness" wants. As a matter of fact, Riley is the highness.

So Wade, I love you, you're my favorite NBA player, but shut the **** up. I'm so ready to move on to the next era. Go sign with the Nuggets, I'll still root for you there, whenever they show the Nuggets on national tv.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Wade with more cryptic messages towards Riley/Heat. Riley, offer him a one year deal, he can sign it or leave. I'm so done with this guy.

Riley is trying to be a GM, trying to bring wins. He did his job by trying to get Durant here. His job isn't to massage Wade, give anything his "highness" wants. As a matter of fact, Riley is the highness.

So Wade, I love you, you're my favorite NBA player, but shut the **** up. I'm so ready to move on to the next era. Go sign with the Nuggets, I'll still root for you there, whenever they show the Nuggets on national tv.

Jesus, you guys are ****ing terrible. I mean seriously.

"LiferYank wrote:

Some of them were at the meeting.. IT was recruiting him hardcore as they were friends.

Boston has won a few championships recently which is what they were selling to him... You are overblowing this to rant... Do you always do this so i can save time and throw you on ignore?

Lmao @ another desperate delusional Boston fan such as yourself. I would laugh at the Heat too if we brought Tannehill or Marino or some B.S. like that, but we didnt, Boston did and they did it at an unreal rate only to be left reeling and hurt because of all that effort.

P.S. what does Edelman do with his make believe KD jersey? Idiot celtic fans already believe this.1 and 1 is a ploy for Boston to sign him next year!! Lmao gotta love twitter.

"finfansince72 wrote:

Jesus, you guys are ****ing terrible. I mean seriously.

How is what he said terrible? I don't get it. Good teams don't stay good by overpaying.

"finfansince72 wrote:

Jesus, you guys are ****ing terrible. I mean seriously.

likewise, and the wizards are terrible and will continue to be terrible. Doing some internet message board psycho-analysis, I think the reason your anger towards the Heat has a lot to do with making your team look like a JV high school team in 2005 in the second round.

During FA people have to understand that you have competing interests at play. GMs will try to get players for as little as possible while agents will try to get as much as possible for their players. And you usually have no idea what is coming from the players, what is coming from their agents and what is coming from friends, acquaintances or even posers pretending to have inside knowledge. So I don't waste my time believing every rumor or tweet and blaming/vilifying ever alleged comment I hear.

"shamegame13 wrote:

Lmao @ another desperate delusional Boston fan such as yourself. I would laugh at the Heat too if we brought Tannehill or Marino or some B.S. like that, but we didnt, Boston did and they did it at an unreal rate only to be left reeling and hurt because of all that effort.

P.S. what does Edelman do with his make believe KD jersey? Idiot celtic fans already believe this.1 and 1 is a ploy for Boston to sign him next year!! Lmao gotta love twitter.

I do agree that I would have been embarrassed as a Heat fan if they'd brought in Marino.

meh i dont get the kd hate he joined the only team that made sense why leave a top 5 player unless you're joining another one. I do wonder if westbrook is trade bait now too bad we really wouldnt have anything to offer.

"CaribPhin wrote:

That's one person. Calm down bruh. You constantly insult the entire fan base then play the victim. This is why I asked if you have friends to talk to. No one should be this committed to trying to be a dick online.

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Stop with the personal attacks, its embarrassing.

Regarding Durant, i think he had LeBron in mind when signing with GSW. LeBron has owned him for years and his best (easiest) route to beating LeBron was in GSW. It was far from a guarantee in Mia, OKC, Bos. It was a close call with LAC and SA, but its a guarantee in GSW that he gets over that hump.

"CaribPhin wrote:

You literally just said "you guys are ****ing terrible". There you go again trying to play the victim. Sack up bruh.

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I get that you're disappointed and pissed but I'm not your problem, please grow up.

"CaribPhin wrote:

Btw, has any team done so little with so much as Boston has this offseason? Cap space and picks and all they end up with is Al Horford.

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Lol I know right. They have to be so butthurt right now. Boston was feeling themselves the past couple.of days and had high confidence they were gonna lock down KD.

"shamegame13 wrote:

Lol I know right. They have to be so butthurt right now. Boston was feeling themselves the past couple.of days and had high confidence they were gonna lock down KD.

They added an all star caliber player to their team, their offseason has been positive so far. I hate Boston but they are a better team after getting Horford. They didn't have any big losses and they still have some room I believe so their offseason has been a net win.

Durant's article: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/kevin-durant-nba-free-agency-announcement/

The primary mandate I had for myself in making this decision was to have it based on the potential for my growth as a player — as that has always steered me in the right direction. But I am also at a point in my life where it is of equal importance to find an opportunity that encourages my evolution as a man: moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest potential for my contribution and personal growth. With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors.

"shamegame13 wrote:

Regarding Durant, i think he had LeBron in mind when signing with GSW. LeBron has owned him for years and his best (easiest) route to beating LeBron was in GSW. It was far from a guarantee in Mia, OKC, Bos. It was a close call with LAC and SA, but its a guarantee in GSW that he gets over that hump.

I would think so. I don't believe Lebron would have ever won any rings if he'd stayed in Cleveland the whole time. He needed to learn to win. And even then I believe Cleveland was lucky to win this year. Durant probably figured out that "competitive balance" doesn't mean crap in the long run. A smart player maximizes his potential.

"finfansince72 wrote:

They added an all star caliber player to their team, their offseason has been positive so far. I hate Boston but they are a better team after getting Horford. They didn't have any big losses and they still have some room I believe so their offseason has been a net win.

But they wanted Whiteside first, and guess who got him? Boston has to "settle" with players nowadays and I love it. **** Boston.