The NBA threatened the Pelicans with a $100K a game fine for sitting Davis

[baseline bum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMY6Bz4yvcM

What a load of shit that NOLA is forced to play a guy who has no interest in being part of the team. It's idiotic to play a guy they have to trade and risk him getting hurt.

[Robz4000]

:lmao holy shit

[baseline bum]

I hope they play him four minutes a night.

[Clipper Nation]

Silver is a clown, basically punishing the Pelicans for not trading AD for the Lakers' garbage.

Demps should suspend Davis indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team and dare the league office to do something about it.

[Raven]

I really don't get on what grounds

[baseline bum]

Silver is a clown, basically punishing the Pelicans for not trading AD for the Lakers' garbage.

Demps should suspend Davis indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team and dare the league office to do something about it.

Pretty much this

[MultiTroll]

I really don't get on what grounds
This.
fucking faggot Silver.

Agree with BB and others. Play the bitch 4 minutes a game or less.

I am happy to hear New Orleans is playing him because of their own choice "it's the ethical right thing to do" and not the league extortion. But, also find that kinda hard to believe.

[Laker_1995]

Fuck the pelicans lmao. Nugggas didn’t wanna deal. Now they’ll get Tatum and smart and take over the western conference for years to come in NOLA !.

[LkrFan]

As long as the Spurs don't rang

[ambchang]

Lakers fans ain’t kidding when they talked about the lakers leverage.

The league should have just came out and said “ Norleans, if you don’t take the lakers garbage for Davis, we will fine you $100k a game till the end of the season and send your team to Anchorage next year”.

[Raven]

AD getting consistently booed by his crowd :lol

[Ginobilly]

Kawhi influencing his cancerous ways across the league.

[Will Hunting]

I hope they play him four minutes a night.
Same here largely just because it’d be interesting to see what the NBA does about it. Is Silver going to start giving minute requirements that teams have to follow? The whole thing is a slippery slope that can easily end in a lawsuit.

[Robz4000]

Fuck the pelicans lmao. Nugggas didn’t wanna deal. Now they’ll get Tatum and smart and take over the western conference for years to come in NOLA !.

That'd be infinitely better than the Lakers' trash.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Same here largely just because it’d be interesting to see what the NBA does about it. Is Silver going to start giving minute requirements that teams have to follow? The whole thing is a slippery slope that can easily end in a lawsuit.

I'd like to see it happen. Now that Duncan is done, nothing of value will go to waste in a 2 or 3-year lockout tbh.

[Will Hunting]

I'd like to see it happen. Now that Duncan is done, nothing of value will go to waste in a 2 or 3-year lockout tbh.
Not sure how a disagreement between certain owners and Silver would lead to a lockout.

[Raven]

lol, davis going bananas

[StrengthAndHonor]

Silver is a clown, basically punishing the Pelicans for not trading AD for the Lakers' garbage.

Demps should suspend Davis indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team and dare the league office to do something about it.

Meh, the Lakers wasn’t the only option. They declined a Porzingis package too and snubbed the Clips offer as well. This one is on the NOLA for being total amateurs, not surprised since the owner has no idea nor the passion to keep the franchise.

[baseline bum]

Meh, the Lakers wasn’t the only option. They declined a Porzingis package too and snubbed the Clips offer as well. This one is on the NOLA for being total amateurs, not surprised since the owner has no idea nor the passion to keep the franchise.

Amateurs for not waiting for Boston's offer? :lol

[Kyle_Kuzma]

Amateurs for not waiting for Boston's offer? :lol
kyrie not re-signing in nola
best believe ainge will not offer light skinned rudy gay for a rental

:lmao

[blah28]

I read somewhere that the Pelicans owner will fire Demps this summer and let the New GM deal with the Davis trade, so the new GM can mold the team to their liking.

[Laker_1995]

That'd be infinitely better than the Lakers' trash.


lmao. Funny how media thinks Tatum is the next superstar but he’ll only be a joe Johnson type guy. Gunna be hilarious seeing Pels getting fucked then Tatum leaving ASAP

[LkrFan]

I read somewhere that the Pelicans owner will fire Demps this summer and let the New GM deal with the Davis trade, so the new GM can mold the team to their liking.

I bet CIA Pop gets a 25% consultant fee when they finally deal him. :lol

[LkrFan]

kyrie not re-signing in nola
best believe ainge will not offer light skinned rudy gay for a rental

:lmao

Facts. Killa Kyrie might wanna reunite with Bron in LA. Where there's smoke...
https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/gty_893206134_960311691-e1529944562886.jpg?w=1000&h=600&crop=1
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/lebron-james-of-the-los-angeles-lakers-and-kyrie-irving-of-the-boston-picture-id1095218400

I didn't even want Kyrie in LA. But then I thought about it. If Kyrie bolts for LA, no way Ainge trades Tatum. No Tatum = no AD trade to Boston.

Back to NOLA. They won't deal with LA this summer either. That's cool. 1-year rental for whoever trades for AD...only to see him walk to LA in 2021 to join with Bron, Kyrie, Kuz and Ingram.

Meanwhile, Boston will be back in the lottery in no time - where they belong. :lol

[LkrFan]

Amateurs for not waiting for Boston's offer? :lol

What if Kyrie bolts for LA? If AD could leave upwards of $80 million on the table, why wouldn't Killa Kyrie? :downspin:

[LkrFan]

AD getting consistently booed by his crowd :lol

Kobe got booed in 2007 when he said he wanted to be traded. It happens son. Act like somebody damnit. :lol

[Clipper Nation]

Facts. Killa Kyrie might wanna reunite with Bron in LA. Where there's smoke...
https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/gty_893206134_960311691-e1529944562886.jpg?w=1000&h=600&crop=1
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/lebron-james-of-the-los-angeles-lakers-and-kyrie-irving-of-the-boston-picture-id1095218400

I didn't even want Kyrie in LA. But then I thought about it. If Kyrie bolts for LA, no way Ainge trades Tatum. No Tatum = no AD trade to Boston.

Back to NOLA. They won't deal with LA this summer either. That's cool. 1-year rental for whoever trades for AD...only to see him walk to LA in 2021 to join with Bron, Kyrie, Kuz and Ingram.

Meanwhile, Boston will be back in the lottery in no time - where they belong. :lol
:lol Sorry, Juan, but if the Celtics don't get him, the Logo will swoop in with a deal to complete the Big Three of Kawhi, KD and Davis. And he'll re-sign.

Meanwhile, GM M:lolgic will max out Nikola Vucevic and then say, "see, I told you we were getting another superstar!" :downspin:

[LkrFan]

:lol Sorry, Juan, but if the Celtics don't get him, the Logo will swoop in with a deal to complete the Big Three of Kawhi, KD and Davis. And he'll re-sign.

Meanwhile, GM M:lolgic will max out Nikola Vucevic and then say, "see, I told you we were getting another superstar!" :downspin:

:lol

Y'all getting Kiwi, no way you get KD too. F:lolH

AD? y'all have just as good a shot as we do (Logo), but it would have to be free agency because NOLA wouldn't trade him to a WC team. I'd like him in New York, if the Lakers don't get him. Anything to keep them Boston Bums out of the Finals. :tu

And stop clowning Magic :cry :lmao

[UZER]

:lol

Y'all getting Kiwi, no way you get KD too. F:lolH

AD? y'all have just as good a shot as we do (Logo), but it would have to be free agency because NOLA wouldn't trade him to a WC team. I'd like him in New York, if the Lakers don't get him. Anything to keep them Boston Bums out of the Finals. :tu

And stop clowning Magic :cry :lmao

Magic clowned himself in 1991.

[Robz4000]

lmao. Funny how media thinks Tatum is the next superstar but he’ll only be a joe Johnson type guy. Gunna be hilarious seeing Pels getting fucked then Tatum leaving ASAP

At least he might turn in to a Joe Johnson type of player. Wouldn't be anywhere near the value they should get in an AD trade but the Lakers' package is nothing but below-average to shit players outside Kuzma who has nowhere near the potential to become a superstar player.

[baseline bum]

kyrie not re-signing in nola
best believe ainge will not offer light skinned rudy gay for a rental

:lmao

A guy with Kuzma as his avatar talking about light skinned Rudy Gay. :lol

[Laker_1995]

At least he might turn in to a Joe Johnson type of player. Wouldn't be anywhere near the value they should get in an AD trade but the Lakers' package is nothing but below-average to shit players outside Kuzma who has nowhere near the potential to become a superstar player.

lmao. Just like them Celtics fans. Faggets over hype any player not in LA. Bet many of y’all though DLO was trash like everyone on the lakers but yet bro an all star.

[Will Hunting]

A guy with Kuzma as his avatar talking about light skinned Rudy Gay. :lol
:lmao:lmao

[Will Hunting]

lmao. Just like them Celtics fans. Faggets over hype any player not in LA. Bet many of y’all though DLO was trash like everyone on the lakers but yet bro an all star.
The Lakers fucked up his development by wasting his rookie year on he Kobe Bryant retirement tour (same thing happened with Julius Randle who’s development was also fucked up having to watch Kobe chuck bricks his rookie and sophomore year but is now quietly having a 20 and 9 season).

[Will Hunting]

Looking back at it the Lakers actually weren’t terrible at drafting with Kupchak and Jim Buss, their drafting didn’t go to shit until AIDS and Kobe’s agent took over.

[DAF86]

What if they give Davis DNP coach decision? How can the league justify fining NOLA for that?

[Will Hunting]

What if they give Davis DNP coach decision? How can the league justify fining NOLA for that?
I think the league would say that a DNP coach decision for the best player on the team is pretty much the same thing as a healthy scratch, but I agree with (what I think) your overall point is - there are DNP coach decisions every night, why would the Pelicans be fined for it? Goes back to the original issue which is where does the league’s ability to dictate a team’s active roster/minute rotation start and end, imo.

Im a fan of baseline bum’s idea. Put him in the starting lineup, play him for 4-6 minutes, then bench him the rest of the game. That forces Silver into the more dangerous territory of not only dictating that certain players have to play but also that they need to play for X amount of minutes.

[Kobe'sAchilles]

The irony is the Lakers would be a much better team with D-Bust than Lonzo :lol

And the NBA already rigged it for the Hornets to get the #1 pick to draft Anthony Davis to begin with. I don't feel sorry for them at all. They won't get a better offer than the Laker offer tbh but what the media doesn't understand is that it's worth it to get a worse offer to trade him East. If (and it's the biggest if) they traded him to LA and then make the playoffs with all the Laker castoffs (including Randle) and lose to the Lakers in the first round, they will look like chumps. Better to send him East where you will never see him again and where he will most likely stay bc of money, winning, or bigger market.

But if I were NO I would play him 45 minutes a night and tell both the NBA and AD to fuck themselves. He gets hurt every year anyways and people still want him so no point worrying about an injury.

[baseline bum]

Well shit, Davis got hurt tonight. Fucking Silver punishing the Pelicans for not trading Davis to the Lakers.

[Fabbs]

Raptors should have their media guy say they are fining that little bitch Silver 100K per day.

[DMC]

He can go to NY to see Kawhi's doc. He'll miss 2 years after that trying to wipe his own ass.

[DMC]

The irony is the Lakers would be a much better team with D-Bust than Lonzo :lol

And the NBA already rigged it for the Hornets to get the #1 pick to draft Anthony Davis to begin with. I don't feel sorry for them at all. They won't get a better offer than the Laker offer tbh but what the media doesn't understand is that it's worth it to get a worse offer to trade him East. If (and it's the biggest if) they traded him to LA and then make the playoffs with all the Laker castoffs (including Randle) and lose to the Lakers in the first round, they will look like chumps. Better to send him East where you will never see him again and where he will most likely stay bc of money, winning, or bigger market.

But if I were NO I would play him 45 minutes a night and tell both the NBA and AD to fuck themselves. He gets hurt every year anyways and people still want him so no point worrying about an injury.

Except there's only one ball, and Lebron has to have it. DBust is a shit team star. He won't be a star on a good team. Ok maybe the Lakers are a shit team but Lebron has to have the ball most of the time even if he defers.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

What if they give Davis DNP coach decision? How can the league justify fining NOLA for that?

If they haven't fined Houston for Melo, Cavs for JR, etc., they can't actually enforce a fine to NOLA if any rules matter at all anymore. They can threaten but don't think they could do it when push comes to shove.

[Kobe'sAchilles]

Except there's only one ball, and Lebron has to have it. DBust is a shit team star. He won't be a star on a good team. Ok maybe the Lakers are a shit team but Lebron has to have the ball most of the time even if he defers.
Brooklyn is actually pretty good this year. But I never said anything about him being a star. I just said they're better off with D-Bust than Lonzo. Lonzo can't shoot and that hurts Lebrons game a lot.

[Kyle_Kuzma]

Amateurs for not waiting for Boston's offer? :lol


kyrie not re-signing in boston
best believe ainge will not offer light skinned rudy gay for a rental

:lmao


:lmao

[phxspurfan]

Man how smart was it for AD to sit, especially now we see what happen to KD and Klay