We are so close
Brunson/Jose
Mikal/Shamet/Mcbride
Lebron/Diawara
OG/Hart
Kat/Drummond
Kolek, (vet min center)
Nickel - 2 way
Kaylil- 2way
Team would be 12 deep
After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....
The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.
Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.
This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.
The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.
Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.
The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.
This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.
Erling Haaland was so happy to reunite with KSI his childhood favorite YouTuber that he couldn't stop saying his full name 😭❤️🩹
"I remember him as KSI Olajidebt 15 years ago when I was watching him on YouTube"
So Rich Paul literally said if Jalen made a call to LeBron saying the fit isn’t an issue with him, he’d sign with the Knicks lol
I’m assuming LeBron hasn’t signed anywhere yet because he’s waiting to see if that happens
Knicks really hold all the cards lol
NBA CHAMPIONS.
This is interesting by @WindhorstESPN: the Knicks' dominance in the playoffs had some financial implications for all NBA teams.
Fewer playoff games → less revenue for the league → lower salary cap than expected.
After hearing what Rich Paul had to say today, it tells me this: LeBron wants to be a Knick, but coming off a championship, it’s a bit hard and would take everybody to sacrifice on the court and be on the same page to get it done.
🚨 Rich Paul made a white board with 'realistic destinations' for LeBron 👀
76ers, Knicks, Cavs, TWolves, Nuggets, Heat, Warriors, Celtics, Spurs, and Mavs 🍿