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42 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I know how I feel about this:

It is a bad idea and it could turn off some teams that might potentially otherwise be interested.

NBA teams want to win and they are looking to find players that can contribute. If that is VO then between his resume, his agents, and his healthy time last season in the G League he was already on their radar. What they don’t want is a role player that writes pleading public letters.

Yeah, I feel sad seeing this.

IMO, there's no NBA market for VO and the letter comes off as a desperate move by a guy who had bad injury luck and regrets passing on some amazing contracts betting on himself. It's really unfortunate and obviously has to be tough to accept. I just hope he finds his path in the basketball world once he comes to grips with his playing days being in the rearview. 

[Demo]

A 30 mil fine for Balmer is the functional equivalent of docking his allowance. I suppose the 5 1’s aren’t nothing but is seems to me they should be allocated to Toronto since they were the one’s unable to match the under the table stuff and lost the player.

[BtownStrength]

8 minutes ago, Demo said:

A 30 mil fine for Balmer is the functional equivalent of docking his allowance. I suppose the 5 1’s aren’t nothing but is seems to me they should be allocated to Toronto since they were the one’s unable to match the under the table stuff and lost the player.

And no suspension for Kawhi which seems insane. 5 1sts is a justified hit though and will hurt unless Toronto goes through with the trade and Clips can reclaim some of their loss. 

[LamarCheeks]

23 minutes ago, Demo said:

 

Lawrence Frank -- the team president -- was banned for six months. 

He's an IU guy. Kind of Dusty May before Dusty May. Was a manager in the late 80s-early 90s under Knight. Went on to coach the Nets and Pistons. 

Was in one of my classes. 

[Hovadipo]

The most boring team in the world since Lob City disbanded getting dragged is the good stuff. Plus the Pacers absolutely won that trade in hindsight. Zubac is the man and I’m not convinced Wagler ever becomes a meaningful NBA player. 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, BtownStrength said:

And no suspension for Kawhi which seems insane. 5 1sts is a justified hit though and will hurt unless Toronto goes through with the trade and Clips can reclaim some of their loss. 

No suspension for Kawhi but he did receive a $700,000 fine and his agent (who is also his uncle) has been banned from representing players and the NBA,

[BtownStrength]

2 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

No suspension for Kawhi but he did receive a $700,000 fine and his agent (who is also his uncle) has been banned from representing players and the NBA,

Basketball

 

Kawhi made 21 million from Aspiration alone, so a $20.3 mil net gain doesn't sound too bad from his end. And while the Uncle Dennis ban probably stings because its family, he was already fired after all this became public earlier this summer. 

Silver knows a slap on the wrist to Kawhi would avoid going to arbitration from the NBPA. Glad the Clips got hit with the picks, as the onus to not pay ultimately falls on the franchise. Only other harsh punishment could have been a void of contract but that would have meant arbitration. 

[Demo]

Yeah, we all love Cubes, but he shanked this one about as badly as it can be done. 

[Pagoda]

15 hours ago, Demo said:

Yeah, we all love Cubes, but he shanked this one about as badly as it can be done. 

Yea.  I don’t know why he jumped in on this one… he is a bit of a know it all sometimes.

It was entertaining though.

 

[Demo]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50007389/raptors-agree-2-year-115m-extension-kawhi-leonard
 

2/115mil  with a year 3 player option at 63mil for a soon to be 36yo who hasn’t played more than 68 games in a season in 9 years. Can’t get over how Leonard came out of the Clippers thing absolutely smelling like a rose, though I assume Silver et al just didn’t want to get into a thing with the players’ union.

[jermhoosierfan]

17 hours ago, Demo said:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50007389/raptors-agree-2-year-115m-extension-kawhi-leonard
 

2/115mil  with a year 3 player option at 63mil for a soon to be 36yo who hasn’t played more than 68 games in a season in 9 years. Can’t get over how Leonard came out of the Clippers thing absolutely smelling like a rose, though I assume Silver et al just didn’t want to get into a thing with the players’ union.

He just turned 35 3 months ago, and they are willing to pay a guy $67.5 million a year who only plays about 75% of the time till he is 38?  Wow is all i have to say.

[Demo]

The crowd erupting over O.G. is objectively awesome. 

[jermhoosierfan]

14 hours ago, Demo said:

The crowd erupting over O.G. is objectively awesome. 

I didn't notice Josh Hart pinching Brunson during the celebration before.  It was funny.

[Demo]

Assuming there’s not more to the story Dillingham could be an interesting buy low candidate for someone. 

[OliviaPope40]

43 minutes ago, Demo said:

Assuming there’s not more to the story Dillingham could be an interesting buy low candidate for someone. 

Wasn't he just traded for?

[DChoosier]

On 9/22/2026 at 5:13 PM, Demo said:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50007389/raptors-agree-2-year-115m-extension-kawhi-leonard
 

2/115mil  with a year 3 player option at 63mil for a soon to be 36yo who hasn’t played more than 68 games in a season in 9 years. Can’t get over how Leonard came out of the Clippers thing absolutely smelling like a rose, though I assume Silver et al just didn’t want to get into a thing with the players’ union.

Man, are they ever going to regret this contract. As in 100% remorse.

How in the world could they have sat around a table and decided it would be a good idea to give this much $$$ to an often injured 35 year old….with a player option for $63,000,00 when he is almost 40!!!!  This is the first time I can see into the future and what I can see is Leonard grabbing that third year. 
Dumb, dumb, dumb  management.

[Demo]

On the Rushmore of mental processors. What I wouldn’t give to be in that dude’s head for a few minutes just to experience what seeing the game like that is like. Both the low defenders think the ball’s going to the guy cutting  to the free throw line because of course it is. Nobody targets the weak corner and if they do they aren’t throwing THAT. Unbelievable. 

[jermhoosierfan]

12 hours ago, Demo said:

On the Rushmore of mental processors. What I wouldn’t give to be in that dude’s head for a few minutes just to experience what seeing the game like that is like. Both the low defenders think the ball’s going to the guy cutting  to the free throw line because of course it is. Nobody targets the weak corner and if they do they aren’t throwing THAT. Unbelievable. 

How often does he practice that throw?  That was just nasty.

[Demo]

Dude’s worth a bill and a half and yet he’s doing the 21st century equivalent of casino greeting. For Chrissake, isn’t there a monetary point where your dignity outruns extracting the last dime available to you? 

[jepwatso]

3 hours ago, Demo said:

Dude’s worth a bill and a half and yet he’s doing the 21st century equivalent of casino greeting. For Chrissake, isn’t there a monetary point where your dignity outruns extracting the last dime available to you? 

No