2022/3 season thread

Apparenty over the cap teams who have no hope of getting under it are expected to be busy making trades this week.

The new CBA kicking in on July 1st severly limits over the cap teams from trading.

This is the kind of deal we are going to see a lot more of going forward with the harshness of the new CBA. Teams that are so desperate to salary dump to stay under the tax apron won't be as patient as in the past. Young teams can get better really fast by soaking up bad contracts. I love it.

The Dame talk is getting very tiring.

Harden actually took his player option but has requested to leave Philly.

Be more trades to free up cap room aswell.

Duarte to Kings for picks gives the Pacers 36m in cap room.

I'll be surprised if some teams dont take Morris and Wright from the Wizards to be back up PG's.

And Harden seems to be destined to be a Clipper soon.

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Good for Van Vleet. Get paid

I'm afraid I probably have to disagree on this being a bad move by Houston. They had a ton of money to spend, and Van Vleet brings shooting, flexibility to play off the ball, and he's still a decent on-man defender. He's also a professional and adds leadership and experience. That it's three years means it aligns with their window. Sure, he gets a bit more than he's strictly worth, but this addition will much improve Houston, and it's a far better fit in this context than Harden. Harden can't play off-ball, doesn't defend, and can be a troublesome locker-room presence.

They don't own their own 1st, and the one they have from Brrooklyn 1st is top 4 protected, so they didn't have the incentive to continue tanking either.

The money has to be spent. Timing and leverage. I’ll never understand why this annoys people. The more the players make, the better.

Lots to unpack generally. Vincent and Prince good business for the Lakers - Rui maybe a bit rich but a reward for what he did in the playoffs. Denver and Miami had rough nights. Warriors get to finish the story and save a bunch of tax. Toronto are dead for some time. Suns got the best minimums they could have, you’d think. Kuzma took the money, good for him.

Dallas is tough. This may not work out at all. But it was what they would always do really, and hard to see how they could have paid less.

Interesting to see now whether Bucks can agree with Lopez and Lakers with Russell.

Probably missed loads - really really busy. Will be unpacking for a while

This argument is lost in the CBA negotiations. Focusing on individual players as a source of ire is a fruitless endeavour.

But as it is, players will continue to earn more and more and more as the sport continues its significant commercial success. In this context, I'm happy for any player that maximises his situation and leverage. There is no game without their industry and talent. They deserve whatever success they create for themselves.

If you don't like it, cancel your NBA sub / Sky Sports sub.

Reggie Jackson's contract is the maddest from Day 1 imo.

Aaaaand Lillard requests the trade, hardly surprising and was kinda obvious that the Heat are very confident when they salary dumped Oladipo lastnight.

Duncan Robinson and Lowry probably seal the deal.

Lillard quitting also makes Grants new bumper contract odd.

As noted above, he improves Houston significantly, and to get him, they needed to offer that number. Making it over three years rather than four (which was predicted duration at a similar value in a few places) is in Houston's interest, given their cap space and current development track. So what's "value" in this context?

Russell signs for 2/37, seems like a reasonable price

Could potentially bring back Lonnie Walker IV now too

EDIT: Reaves confirmed, 4/56

Lakers are running it back, more or less. Vincent instead of Schroder is probably an upgrade on balance. I think they have enough to still do Lonnie Walker also.