Optimistic Laker fan

[StatMotive @StatMotive]

Kawhi's $123M extension in Toronto only exists if the Clippers let the trade go through. So do you spite him or take the two firsts? #kawhi #clippers #raptors #steveballmer #nba #nbatrade

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The NBA’s response misses the actual criticism.

Yes, most RFAs eventually signed contracts. That doesn’t mean they had a healthy market. The issue is whether teams have enough cap flexibility under the current CBA to legitimately compete for these players.

Jalen Duren is coming off an All-Star/All-NBA season and still hasn’t received an offer sheet. Bennedict Mathurin hasn’t either. Last summer, Giddey, Kuminga, Grimes and Cam Thomas all sat unsigned deep into the offseason. Thomas and Grimes ultimately took qualifying offers rather than accept depressed long-term deals.

And pointing to sign-and-trades doesn’t disprove the problem. In some cases, they’re evidence of it: teams have to engineer complicated transactions because they don’t have the flexibility to simply make competitive offers.

The funniest part is the NBA bragging that two offer sheets is tied for the most since 2018.

If two teams making offer sheets is considered an unusually active RFA market, maybe that tells you something about the market.

The question isn’t whether RFAs eventually sign somewhere.

It’s whether they actually have multiple teams competing for their services.

Right now, for too many of them, they don’t.

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Biggest gap on tonight's board: Jameson Taillon. Book set 4.5 strikeouts. We project 7.4.

Still only our fourth-ranked arm — edge and confidence aren't the same thing.

These 4 are the top arms. Every hitter and pitcher on the slate is in the app.

#MLB #PlayerProps

[Optimistic Laker fan @KavanKumbhani]

@AnthonyIrwinLA Rob doesn’t have the relationships around the league to pull off a multi team deal that gets them stuff and creates roster flexibility. He talked about getting good players from teams that are in the second apron get out of it through trade and instead he signed a bunch of FA’s

[Optimistic Laker fan @KavanKumbhani]

@hmfaigen Jeanie on cloud 9 know that it isn’t her money Austin just got

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We tried using our basketball model for baseball…. It did not go well. #mlb #sports #dfs

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Tyler Herro and Bam at practice

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@ShamsCharania @ohnohedidnt24 Modern Kobe vs Shaq altercation lmfao

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@ShamsCharania Had to make sure this was the real shams

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Team USA in the first half

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Laker fans 6 min into free agency

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Marco Rubio realizing he has to be the starting forward for the Lakers

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A security wall has been placed inside MSG at the request of the secret service. Enjoy the game!

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Missed our number on Bridges in Game 1. He blew through it in Game 2. Game 3 is the widest gap we've had all series.#spurs #knicks #NYC #nbaplayoffs #fyp #nbafinals #nba #playoffs

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Yeah. We were wrong about Castle. Here's why.

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How long does it take for the Giannis to the Thunder rumors to start if they lose this game

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Analytically the Cavs are winning this game

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So do James Harden stans just say “next year is his year” or do they finally come to grips with reality?