2024 NBA Offseason News

[Who]

Chicago May end up worst record in NBA..Ball & LaVine probably miss more games than play..have no idea who?s on the roster & don?t think they do either lol

G: Coby White, Ayo Dosunmo
G: Z LaVine
F: J Giddey
F: Pat Williams, M Buzelis
C: Vucevic, Jalen Smith

Yeah, I have them dropping out of the play-in mix to being one of the bottom teams. They should have enough to avoid the absolute bottom but they are still selling off pieces. They want to trade Zach LaVine who is their best player now and may be looking to trade Vucevic as well. Then they are truly a 20 win caliber team.

They are maybe a 25-28 win team right now.

[Who]

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk

Kings' No. 13 pick Devin Carter reportedly to undergo shoulder surgery, could miss start of next season

[SparzWizard]

Lakers GM Rob Pelinka on re-signing LeBron James: ?Alongside fellow team captain Anthony Davis, LeBron and new Lakers head coach JJ Redick will together lead a championship-caliber team that will play with great pride every time they take the floor.?

Delusional.

IST Championship-caliber.

You right and Pelinka's right in a way. They will be champions of the IST. LeBron will be doing this to his son under all the raining confetti 

[Who]

Toronto are in an interesting place

G: Immanuel Quickley, Davion Mitchell
G: RJ Barrett, Ja'Kobe Walter
F: Gradey Dick, Bruce Brown Jr
F: Scottie Barnes, Sasha Vezenkov, C Boucher
C: Jakob Poeltl, Kelly Olynyk

Good shot at being a play-in team next year.

I enjoy the idea of JK Walter and B Brown off the bench bringing energy, athleticism and defense. I love the 1-2 punch at center of Poeltl and Olynyk. Davion Mitchell another energetic fiesty defender as well off the bench. Then an offensive PF in Vezenkov or a lightweight two-way (lightweight on both ends) PF in C Boucher.

I expect Gradey Dick will replace Gary Trent Jr in the starting lineup in order to get an extra shooter out there.

Looks a solid team.

At the moment, I am looking at Atlanta, Toronto and Detroit as teams vying for a play-in spot in the East. Behind them Brooklyn, Chicago, Charlotte and last place Washington. Charlotte could be a surprise team if LaMelo is healthy. They have a decent looking starting 5 and bench. I have no confidence in LaMelo being healthy at this point though. That would make it a four-way race for those final two play-in spots.

[Who]

Evan Sidery @esidery

Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said on @1075thefan that Johnny Furphy was ranked No. 14 overall on their 2024 NBA Draft big board (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the?). With Indiana?s recent track record on draft picks, Furphy might end up being a steal selected early in the second round.

[Roy H.]

The NBA and network executives finalized contracts that will make NBC and Amazon Prime Video new partners, while maintaining ABC/ESPN as the home of the NBA Finals, under agreements that will extend for 11 seasons and be worth $76 billion, according to executives with direct knowledge of the deals.

While the NBA and its partner agreed to all the language, incumbent TNT Sports continues to threaten to match. The CEO of TNT Sports? parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery?s David Zaslav, has publicly stated he may attempt to use language in the current contract to remain involved with the NBA. If Zaslav goes through with that, he is expected to target Amazon?s package.

The next step is for the league?s governors to approve the agreements with ESPN, NBC and Amazon, which is expected to be a formality.

The board of governors has meetings Tuesday in Las Vegas. At some point following the final step by the league?s governors, the NBA will send the finished contracts to TNT Sports.

At that point, the company will have five days to make its move. If it declines, then the NBA is expected to be an official announcement before the Olympics, which open on July 26.

The NBA, TNT Sports, ESPN, NBC and Amazon declined to comment.

Under the new NBA television deals with ESPN, NBC and Amazon Prime, the regular season would feature national telecasts nearly seven days a week, according to sources briefed on the agreements.

[Donoghus]

The NBA and network executives finalized contracts that will make NBC and Amazon Prime Video new partners, while maintaining ABC/ESPN as the home of the NBA Finals, under agreements that will extend for 11 seasons and be worth $76 billion, according to executives with direct knowledge of the deals.

While the NBA and its partner agreed to all the language, incumbent TNT Sports continues to threaten to match. The CEO of TNT Sports? parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery?s David Zaslav, has publicly stated he may attempt to use language in the current contract to remain involved with the NBA. If Zaslav goes through with that, he is expected to target Amazon?s package.

The next step is for the league?s governors to approve the agreements with ESPN, NBC and Amazon, which is expected to be a formality.

The board of governors has meetings Tuesday in Las Vegas. At some point following the final step by the league?s governors, the NBA will send the finished contracts to TNT Sports.

At that point, the company will have five days to make its move. If it declines, then the NBA is expected to be an official announcement before the Olympics, which open on July 26.

The NBA, TNT Sports, ESPN, NBC and Amazon declined to comment.

Under the new NBA television deals with ESPN, NBC and Amazon Prime, the regular season would feature national telecasts nearly seven days a week, according to sources briefed on the agreements.

Well, the good news is that Roundball Rock will be coming back.

The bad news is that we're getting another 11 years of horrific ESPN/ABC coverage and losing TNT.

[Who]

Omari Sanfoka II @omarisankofa

JB [Bickerstaff] on what he learned from coaching Garland and Mitchell, in regards to Cade and Ivey: "They have to play to their strengths. We always tried to keep one of them on the floor. They would start and finish games together, but you always want to have one of them on the floor."

[Roy H.]

Shortly after, with ESPN paying $2.6 billion, just slightly less than the $2.7 billion checks it writes for the NFL, the NBA agreed to keep the Finals on ABC/ESPN exclusively. NBC is expected to pay $2.5 billion per season, while Amazon is going to dole out $1.8 billion per year.

In the current agreement, ESPN and TNT Sports pay a combined $2.6 billion on what is a nine-season agreement.

So, an extra $4.3 billion per season.  I believe about half of that goes to players (via salary), with the other $2.15 billion being divvied up among the owners.  That's an extra $71 million per season in their pocket, each.

[liam]

Shortly after, with ESPN paying $2.6 billion, just slightly less than the $2.7 billion checks it writes for the NFL, the NBA agreed to keep the Finals on ABC/ESPN exclusively. NBC is expected to pay $2.5 billion per season, while Amazon is going to dole out $1.8 billion per year.

In the current agreement, ESPN and TNT Sports pay a combined $2.6 billion on what is a nine-season agreement.

So, an extra $4.3 billion per season.  I believe about half of that goes to players (via salary), with the other $2.15 billion being divvied up among the owners.  That's an extra $71 million per season in their pocket, each.

Does that raise the salary cap by 71 million for each team?

[Celtics2021]

Shortly after, with ESPN paying $2.6 billion, just slightly less than the $2.7 billion checks it writes for the NFL, the NBA agreed to keep the Finals on ABC/ESPN exclusively. NBC is expected to pay $2.5 billion per season, while Amazon is going to dole out $1.8 billion per year.

In the current agreement, ESPN and TNT Sports pay a combined $2.6 billion on what is a nine-season agreement.

So, an extra $4.3 billion per season.  I believe about half of that goes to players (via salary), with the other $2.15 billion being divvied up among the owners.  That's an extra $71 million per season in their pocket, each.

The better way to say that is it?s an additional $142 million per team, and some teams will pay their players more and some will pay their players less.

[Celtics2021]

Shortly after, with ESPN paying $2.6 billion, just slightly less than the $2.7 billion checks it writes for the NFL, the NBA agreed to keep the Finals on ABC/ESPN exclusively. NBC is expected to pay $2.5 billion per season, while Amazon is going to dole out $1.8 billion per year.

In the current agreement, ESPN and TNT Sports pay a combined $2.6 billion on what is a nine-season agreement.

So, an extra $4.3 billion per season.  I believe about half of that goes to players (via salary), with the other $2.15 billion being divvied up among the owners.  That's an extra $71 million per season in their pocket, each.

Does that raise the salary cap by 71 million for each team?

No, the salary cap is limited to a 10% rise in any season.  If the players share is too little, the increase gets carried forward.  Essentially you can expect the cap to rise the max 10% for several years beginning next year.

[Moranis]

Interesting that Turner is threatening to match Amazon. Guess they just put all games on Max and call it a day.

[Roy H.]

Bam Adebayo on DPOY voting: The goalposts move for me

?A point guard (Marcus Smart) got it over me, a center (Rudy Gobert) got it over me, a power forward (Jaren Jackson Jr.) has gotten it over me,? Adebayo told Yahoo Sports. ?The goalposts move for me, in certain degrees. It?s me and a lot of undrafted dudes, and we still have a top-five defense.? ?These other guys have All-NBA dudes (around them). Some of it is, they don?t really care about us and that?s fine. I think they should pay attention to consistency because being top five DPOY, I think I have the longest streak of All-Defensive teams, so the goalposts move for me.? ? via Yahoo! Sports

[Who]

While speaking on ESPN Cleveland radio, NBA insider Brian Windhorst said that Evan Mobley's contract extension should be done "somewhat soon". Mobley is expected to get a max rookie scale extension from the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Why??

Make him prove he deserves a max contract. He is only a middle of the pack starting PF. He doesn't deserve a max. You are grossly overpaying him on potential he may never fulfill. Wait 12 months and see what he gives you next season. It is not like his price can go up.