OT-NBA Free Agency Opening Day

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So far since 12:01AM

Steph Curry agrees to 5 years 201 mill with Warriors.

JJ Redick meeting with 76ers.  #trusttheprocess?

Patty Mills 4/50 to return to Spurs

Jeff Teague 3/57 to head to Minnesota and replace Rubio

Tony Snell 4/46 to return to Milwaukee

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BlueInNoVA

July 1st, 2017 at 8:34 AM ^

I'm starting to feel like they overplayed their hand and may be completely shut out this off season. Still plenty of assets, but no remarkable improvement. not feeling confident in getting Hayward right now either.

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Mr. Yost

July 1st, 2017 at 9:15 AM ^

Maybe Tatum will be an All-star caliber player? I don't like the Celtics...but I'm hoping they get Hayward. Someone has to be able to push the Cavs to 6. Then again if somehow Cleveland gets something for Love and still gets Melo...it really won't matter.

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bronxblue

July 1st, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^

I know Gordon Hayward is a solid player, but this feels like people are trying to talk him into being a better player than that. I think he'd never a decent fit with IT, Bradley, etc. in Boston, but he's a level below George or Butler and doesn't seem like he'd put the fear of God into Cleveland.

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Cranky Dave

July 1st, 2017 at 9:17 AM ^

An NBA fan but still seeing guys I've never heard of (Snell, Teague) get paid that much money is insane to me. I know the market is what it is but guys that aren't household names getting paid tens of millions a year boggles my mind

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bacon1431

July 1st, 2017 at 9:25 AM ^

Nobody can name half the owners in the league, yet they're the ones paying the money. Because the league is that successful. I'd rather a few players get money people don't think they deserve than owners just keeping that money.

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Lee Everett

July 1st, 2017 at 2:09 PM ^

I don't understand this move.

If Galloway PG: why sign him to to more money than Ish Smith if he's projected to be third PG?  Do we move Reggie?  We HAVE to move Reggie right?

If Galloway SG: OH OKAY WHY DRAFT KENNARD THEN? 

Universally: we're hard-capped and can't obviously afford KCP.

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bacon1431

July 1st, 2017 at 2:31 PM ^

It's a three year deal. So even if Galloway is above Kennard in the rotation this year, we are not stuck with him long term. It's a pretty cheap contract, similar to what Ish Smith got last summer. It's slightly more but that's probably just a result of the market increasing. Him making more than Ish doesn't affect how I look at it really. He will probably be a combo guard for us, so not exclusively a third PG I think this means no KCP. Which isn't the end of the world. He wasn't gonna be quite worth the contract he'd get. But it'll be tough to replace that production without a savvy trade or FA signing this summer.

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bacon1431

July 1st, 2017 at 3:35 PM ^

I disagree about getting better every year. His eFG% didn't improve this past year and he shot a career worst from the field. He shot better from 3, but most of that was during the first half the season when he was playing up to max contract status. But it didn't last. He still hasn't shown the consistency necessary for being a top 3 player on a team. I would not have been upset had they given him the max contract but I certainly get why we didn't. We will miss his defense for sure. And I don't think we are better in 17-18 without him. But 3-4 years from now? Probably be happy we don't have his big contract.

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bronxblue

July 1st, 2017 at 6:56 PM ^

I think it showed the lack of SG depth in the East that KCP was considered a top-5 player at the spot. He's talented enough and I liked him coming out of college more than Burke (which was not popular around here), but like you noted his shooting has never been incredibly consistent and while his defense is solid, he's not on that lockdown level. Sucks to lose him, but he isn't necessarily a player who will get you over the hump.

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Franch Dressing

July 1st, 2017 at 2:40 PM ^

every 3rd or 4th game! Dude disappears non-stop! Let somebody else deal with the headaches

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fksljj

July 1st, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^

The East is going to be extremely boring to watch for the next 2-3 years. Practically nothing's changed and Boston was the closest to beating Cleveland and even that wasn't close. We're getting to the point in about 2 years where Lebron will start to slow it down a bit but until then...

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ckersh74

July 1st, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^

RE: The East.

Assuming he stays healthy, Lebron will be the Lebron we know for about 3 more years. At that point he's going to be over 49,000 minutes played (36 min/game x 75 games per season, plus the 41,300 that he's already put in). Only 5 guys have topped 50,000 minutes in NBA history (Kareem, Karl Malone, Garnett, Kidd, Elvin Hayes). Given Lebron's style of play, when he starts to go, he's going to go quickly.

Any injuries from this point forward are only going to accelerate the process. It's not the age, it's the mileage. 

If Lebron stays in Cleveland, the entire East is building for the 2020-2021 season if their front office has any sense. 

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