Live Thread: NBA Free Agency Midnight Madness 2016
2016-06-30It’s that time of year again (no, it’s not quite Fourth of July… although technically it’ll be Canada Day for the Raptors). Instead it’s time to sit back and watch the NBA Free Agency fireworks to kick off another crazy summer of exploding cap space. As the clock counts down to midnight, and the calendar flips to the second half of the year, nearly every team in the Association and their fans will be on the edge of their seats keyboards and Twitter feeds awaiting the next Woj-bomb to fall… hoping it means good things for their franchise.
One team… in fact our team, the Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves in a much less stressful position as they continue to bask in the glow of the first championship in more than 50 years. The decisions this year don’t revolve around much of the core of this team (unless you really are needlessly worried about LeBron not re-signing for a few million more). Instead of drama surrounding Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson and when LBJ would re-sign, there are lesser degrees of concern about bringing the likes of J.R. Swish, Delly, R.J. and Moz back into the fold. In reality, though, the Cavs don’t exactly have many options outside of bringing these guys back, and possibly finding a ring-chasing vet to take the minimum.
Meanwhile, around the league, the biggest bombshells will be saved for where some of this year’s premiere Free Agents will land, with Kevin Durant set to light the fuse on the whole shebang.
We’ll begin to find out shortly as the fireworks and madness kick off Free Agency in a blaze of glory. Stay tuned for all of the breaking rumors, news and developments…
Adande and Aldridge getting got…
Yawn… 21 minutes in and no deals yet…
I guess there’s just no respect out there Ramona…
They should call Dion out of respect…
Hope he stays healthy.
Odds are 50/50…
HAHA. Someone retweeted the one from 2014. I’m a morno.
I couldn’t make sense of this, either…didn’t notice the date…
This may be fake…
https://twitter.com/NBASteinLine/status/748729274534727681
It is. Fake Stein account. MAvs can’t offer fifth year, only Miami can.
Yeah, think that’s a fake account. He’s at ESPNSteinLine.
I hope Mozzy says this when Mitch signs him…
Srsly… how awkward is this potentially?
Okay… this is nuts…
It’s insanity. SO MANY TEAMS HAVE MONEY.
Lakers contacted Mozzy at 12:01. I hope he gets paid. I’ll always love him.
Don’t know why you’d grab an over-the-hill Dwight, when you could get the young version of him without the baggage in Biyamo.
I’m just so happy for Bill Simmons…finally he can get excited for his team…
Same goes for the Knicks with their $70M Jo Noah ridiculousness…
Rumors say that this video had a lot to do with the Lakers’ offer…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkXrdQPKDw
Good Bear.
Sorry was afk for 90 seconds…did Ainge give Dwight 150 mill yet?
Soon…. soon….
The song Rondo is singing tonight…
He’ll be the perfect symbol of the current Nets.
Go Celtics!!
Boston should pay him at least 28 mill, just to make sure he’s happy…also 5 year deal, so he feels secure.
LOL… Maybe make him a minority owner in the team also…
Keep tryin’ Knicks…
Out of ‘respect’ he should visit the Lakers….that was the dumbest thing she ever said when she made that remark regarding Durant…
Yeah, Mitch or Magic probably paid her to say that…
My son found this… so much awesome…
https://twitter.com/ChrisFishermans/status/748717579665944576
Live countdown on NBATV. I love it.
It’s really become a crazy event…
The Superbowl of Sources…
Man… the Lakeshow is DESPERATE…
They should be maxing Dion…then they can trade away D-Lo, since he’s a ‘cancer’…
There’s going to be a lot of money thrown around this weekend. I’m so glad Griffin has this team basically locked up already.
https://twitter.com/JeremyChase59/status/748719434374717440
Tweet of the night… so far…
https://twitter.com/AlmightyProphet/status/748718858119155712
Sounds like Durant is staying and they want Horford. Good moves by them. Cavs-Thunder next year.
Unless they choke again in the WCF…
That is a likely outcome. Cavs in five. LeBron is Awesome!
LOL…
https://twitter.com/LakerGIFs/status/748717794473103361
I’m home, Mitch…give me a jingle.
Whoever signs Biyombo to a large deal is going to severely disappointed. Dude played 20 minutes/game on a not that great Toronto team. 5 pts, 8 rebounds and a horrendous amount of turnovers.
Probably the Lakers… since they can’t get a KD meeting, are going to lose Whiteside to the Mavs, DeRozan to the Raps and Horford to the Celtics…
It’s about production per minute and defense. And you literally have no idea what you’re talking about here. 13 rebounds per 36 minutes, 2.6 blocks, and only 1.4 turnovers.
As long as we get JR back I’ll be happy.
The Nets create the need for the facepalm emoji…
I wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole…
I wouldn’t touch him with your barge pole…
I’ll never understand why teams want to throw guys like this money. He literally quit on his team….IN THE PLAYOFFS! He has never been that great, anyway, even in his Bill Simmons ordained “MVP season”.And he’s just a stat hunter now, just tries to get phony assists, and fraudulent triple doubles.
JR taking in some golf at Firestone CC today…
Porn-stache on the move?
He should take it, really…unless he really, really, really wants to stay with GS. He’d be in a bad situation with GS if he takes a near max, since I have no doubt there would be petty resentment from some of their better (and less highly paid) players.
Dumb move by Sixers tho… not a surprise…
Really? They have 40 million under the floor. What the hell else are they gonna spend it on?
LOL…
Beal has always been one of the most overrated players. Not worth max. Good but not elite.
Hilarious…
http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/prepare-for-nba-free-agency-madness-with-this-twitter-emoji-handbook-063016
I am going to buy a St. Weirdo #3 Kings jersey the second this happens…
Some team is probably going to have buyers remorse on him…he’s going to get a max or near max, and he can’t stay on the court…
Really think the Celtics should max both Dwight and Ryan Anderson…
^^^^^^^ Bill Simmons heartattack…
https://twitter.com/jcorrado19/status/748705787564859392
Delly gonna sign max deal at 12:01 with Bucks.
Cavs can still match ;)
Haha :)
I am actually hopeful Delly stays. Think his playoffs struggles may knock his value down to the point it makes sense to keep him. But I suppose it only takes one team to make a silly offer.
All joking aside… I don’t think it will be a max, but it probably will be something like $12 per for four years or something from either the Bucks, Pistons or Knicks…
Wow. That would be steep. But possible.
Restricted free agency is so tough. No one wants to lock up their money on a guy they might not get for 10 days.
Dion + Kings = AWESOME!
This has me sooooo excited!
It’s Dion’s destiny. Like Charlton Heston finding a ruined Statue of Liberty on the beach.
http://s1.dmcdn.net/MmH2/526×297-guo.jpg
Reefer madness?
http://media.ifccenter.com/images/films/reefer-madness_592x299.jpg