And now I present to you the NBA Champions...



Way to take the thunder away from the Toronto Raptors. It's still LeBron's NBA, they're all just playing in it.

But here's a big congratulations to longtime poster bigt2k4 for surviving with his fandom through all those playoff sweeps and to finally get to enjoy an NBA Championship.



With Durant out likely all of next season, and Klay out for possibly all of next season it will be interesting to see how the Warriors will perform (Will they sneak into the playoffs with 49 wins? Will Steph get hurt and they become lottery bound? Who the **** knows!?). I imagine the Warriors will still give max length / max money contracts to both of them.

The latest NBA free agency rumors:

- Kyrie wants to join the Nets
- The Knicks could be interested in D'Angelo Russell in that case, offering him a max (or very close to it).
- Kawhi could very well re-up in Toronto or go to the Clippers.

However, he may be tempted to form this triumvirate of basketball awesomeness:



- It looks like Jimmy Butler will get a 5 year max from Philadelphia. Will Purple and Gold tempt him to go West young man?
- Kemba Walker has reportedly said he will take LESS than a max to stay in Charlotte (like seriously WTF, Jordan has plenty of money. Make him pay you that silly silly looking American money.)

The Ringer has this to say about Kemba:

- Khris Middleton has reportedly been the sole focus for the Bucks this offseason since they extended Bledsoe during the season. My guess is that he'll be staying with the Bucks.

Full list of 2019 Free Agents here:

https://www.nba.com/freeagents/2019/tracker

The NBA Draft is this Thursday.

Zion will be #1, Ja Morant #2, and RJ Barrett #3.

The rest is reportedly a lackluster draft (I'm saying Bol Bol will be the steal of this draft). Right now the Pelicans have the #1 and the #4 pick but they are reportedly aggressively shopping the #4 pick for an all-star player (I've heard that Bradley Beal is on their radar).

and now without further ado, I present to all of you TZ fans:

The Real NBA Season, The NBA Offseason!

Mavs wish list
-middleton
-klay
-patbev

We need a fa game like someone ran for the nfl offseason. We pick team and contract and get points accordingly.

If Pelinka did this, oh my.

U guys have cap space?

Any chance this is a cagey sharp play by Griff to make sure Lakers can’t sign another max player, thus giving even more value to future picks/swaps for Pels? Any chance the Pels can squeeze more(maybe a future 2nd rounder?) from the Lakers by agreeing to allow trade to be commenced later(don’t know the rules concerning this obv)? Or is it just LolLakers/Pelinka incompetence?

loool

and obv the knicks are ****ed.

Bol bol

Bol Bol will be the next Durant.

Does Cowherd hate on him? If so, snap take him in the DRAFT.

Bol Bol did the dougie once. Do not draft

how much cap space for a FA do they have if it gets amended to the 30th?

why would davis ever give away a free 4m lol?

Go Raps Go

your avatar is awesome.

Well after taxes it's only 2 million, plus he'll be bound to make it back in endorsements after the Lakers sign a max free agent and win the next 3 championships.

Just rooting for Sarver to have a stroke and pass away peacefully in his sleep this offseason. ****n 6th pick, ugh.

Wait not only does Anthony Davis get to be an enormous ***** who completely gives up on his franchise and act like a completely baby to force the FO's hand but he actually gets $4 million for doing so and is rewarded???

I come back to TZ for the first time in 6 months and the OP doesn't say a word about a TZGM winning an NBA title

There's a whole thread dedicated to it.

Link: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/4...z-gms-1745520/

Here to announce knicks offseason 2020

Yeah, the motivations in NBA contracts are perverse sometimes. I remember when Josh Smith sucked so bad that the Pistons released him; he was then able to sign with other teams and make even more money.

3? In 3 years the Pelicans core of Lonzo-Zion-Bol Bol will be elite and a new dynasty will be beginning.

The Finals will be an epic Lakers-Pels 9 game* war with Bron passing the crown to the new King Zion.

*By that point Silver will have changed the Finals to 9 games with 5 rest days between each game so that it becomes a 2 month long affair.

LeBron has a player option in 21-22 so he could always opt out and sign a more team friendly deal. Worked out well for Brady.

If I'm the Pelicans I am gambling like hell on acquiring the Hawks 8th or 10th pick and taking Bol Bol.

I can just imagine the Pels welcoming him now.

"Here, hit this bowl Bol Bol."