NBA Off Season 2022

[JSD]

When will they learn??

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/breaking-2021-nba-first-round-pick-reportedly-arrested/ar-AA1342rb?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c03a15ec541448fab38b4b96b1f5a25d

Sounds like a bad culture in that Charlotte locker room.  That's at least the third arrest this off-season (although the other two are now gone).

And Melo due to miss time with that ankle injury. Offseason from hell if you’re a Hornets fan. They need to blow it up

[JSD]

Worst part of the Wembenyama phenomenon is that Westbrook’s contract is about to transition over into large asset territory as teams line themselves up to tank.

If you are the Hornets, wouldn’t you dump Hayward and Rozier for Westbrook straight up? Cut Westbrook immediately and essentially have a clean slate while entering into the Wembenyama sweepstakes. Jordan has got to be considering it.

The Lakers will eventually move Westbrook without giving up picks

[Vermont Green]

4 years, 95 million for Hunter.  Seems like an overpay for the Hawks.

Paying him like you expect to pay the 4th pick in the first round, not proportional to what his production has been.  I don't understand this.  Why not just let him become a RFA and match?  The Hawks must think he is going to have a break out year and that his cost will go up.  Who knows, maybe that will happen.

[Moranis]

4 years, 95 million for Hunter.  Seems like an overpay for the Hawks.

Paying him like you expect to pay the 4th pick in the first round, not proportional to what his production has been.  I don't understand this.  Why not just let him become a RFA and match?  The Hawks must think he is going to have a break out year and that his cost will go up.  Who knows, maybe that will happen.

Yeah I didn't understand that one.  Almost 24 million a year for missing half the games due to injury and producing just 13.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, and 1.6 apg.  Only an ok shooter and a good defender, but not an elite defender.  Just seems like a very strange move.  Even in Hunter's best case as the 4th best player (Young, Collins, Murray - and that doesn't even include Capela, Bogdanovic, or Okongwu) he isn't going to be a 20 ppg scorer where he could really price himself more into the Herro/Poole range.  That seems like the absolute top level he'd get on the open market, not the contract you extend him early for.

[Goldstar88]

4 years, 95 million for Hunter.  Seems like an overpay for the Hawks.

Paying him like you expect to pay the 4th pick in the first round, not proportional to what his production has been.  I don't understand this.  Why not just let him become a RFA and match?  The Hawks must think he is going to have a break out year and that his cost will go up.  Who knows, maybe that will happen.

It’s a gamble, but this is exactly what the Celtics did with Jaylen Brown. JB was coming off a season where he averaged 13pts, 4rebs, 1ast while shooting 46% from the field, 34% from 3pt and 65% from the line.  Luckily for Boston the gamble worked out and he averaged 20ppg the following season with much better shooting percentages.