I like Dame and feel like if he had gone about this better he would’ve came out with minimal hate but waiting until after the grant deal, only wanting to be dealt to Miami, and now threatening to sit out is a bit much.
Like he’s earned a bit of choice in wanting to go to a contender with all he’s done for Portland but if you force yourself out this kind of way you burn up your goodwill pretty quick
Yeah I think having a new coach is what they’re hoping will be the difference maker. I think if Giannis was healthy they would have made the ECF/Finals but don’t think they would’ve beat the nuggets with bud as coach.
Bud is a good regular season coach but has consistently struggled in the playoffs due to lack of adjustments. Outside the year they won (and sometimes even in that year) it felt like they never played up to their talent level
[The Athletic] In NBA free agency, cap space isn’t cool anymore
Interesting article talking about the shift in recent years of less stars being outright signed as free agents. Think a lot of that is the last CBA (and now the new one) making it a bit easier to keep you own players with things like the super max, higher raises, etc. Think it’s a win for small market teams that normally would lose players to big markets and the players themselves are still getting paid so don’t think they care too much since they can always still leave if they don’t like their situation the team just ends up getting assets back more often now.
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