2024 NBA Off-Season Thread (FA, Trades, Extensions, Rumors)

Originally Posted by scott

TNT, denied.

Probably for the better, relatively speaking. Discovery is just going to be sold for parts again in a couple years. Maybe to Amazon.

Originally Posted by ace3g

Amazing to think that as a kid, I grew up watching the NBA on NBC and then whole careers have passed by since the end to this new iteration. To think Manu never had a game on NBC (maybe his rookie year now that i think about it ) or LeBron who's about to go into season 21 and this will be his first. Makes you feel old

^ that composer is about to make an ass load of money

Originally Posted by NASpurs

Amazing to think that as a kid, I grew up watching the NBA on NBC and then whole careers have passed by since the end to this new iteration. To think Manu never had a game on NBC (maybe his rookie year now that i think about it ) or LeBron who's about to go into season 21 and this will be his first. Makes you feel old

Not sure LeBron will be playing when the contract kicks in in 2025. His kid is about to be eviscerated on a national scale.

Originally Posted by CGD

^ that composer is about to make an ass load of money

John Tesh.

While we're at NBC, probably my favorire intro ever, just sad what has mainstream media become today.



It is neither right nor fair, but it is fact and the time is now.

Y’all are forgetting the true origins of this theme…

Originally Posted by LeBowen

While we're at NBC, probably my favorire intro ever, just sad what has mainstream media become today.



It is neither right nor fair, but it is fact and the time is now.

Bob Costas, who takes a lot of flack from people who don't agree with him, comes from an era and subset of sports journalists who took their craft seriously and put serious work into it. Compare and contrast that to folks like local Spurs beat writers, and you can see quite the difference.

Originally Posted by scott

Bob Costas, who takes a lot of flack from people who don't agree with him, comes from an era and subset of sports journalists who took their craft seriously and put serious work into it. Compare and contrast that to folks like local Spurs beat writers, and you can see quite the difference.

Professionalism went out the door and now it's full of personalities and acts. ESPN sucks.

Originally Posted by NASpurs

Professionalism went out the door and now it's full of personalities and acts. ESPN sucks.

Because you are the model of professionalism and not full of acts….bozo

Originally Posted by Atl Spur

Because you are the model of professionalism and not full of acts….bozo

Do you work for ESPN? wtf does my comment have to do with anything.

I know you miss me not paying attention to your ty posts.

Originally Posted by NASpurs

Do you work for ESPN? wtf does my comment have to do with anything.

I know you miss me not paying attention to your ty posts.

Starting to wonder if he runs an alt account where you need to sign waivers

Good for the NBA to have options to choose contracts they feel is best for their product. They have come a long way from us having to watch NBA playoff games on tape delay on Friday nights, 10:30 pm central. Or having to listen to Spur games on WOAI radio. I never want to go back to that crap again.

So I’m sure a lot of us are from different areas in the US (US based Spurs fans), but what does this mean for those of us in NY, as far as our options to watch the Spurs?

I'm just curious if Ballys is still going to be around and showing the full season

Amazon gon pay for multiple years upfront. TNT doesn‘t have that type of money

Originally Posted by TekXX

I'm just curious if Ballys is still going to be around and showing the full season

Ballys was starting to fail around the league last year, with several teams setting up their own streams to replace it. I’m pretty sure Amazon will be streamed local broadcasts, replacing Ballys.

Originally Posted by exstatic

Ballys was starting to fail around the league last year, with several teams setting up their own streams to replace it. I’m pretty sure Amazon will be streamed local broadcasts, replacing Ballys.

Considering they're in large part replacing the NBATV games, you're probably right. The overhead if much cheaper for them that way. But I imagine at least the playoff games with have independent broadcasts. I guess we'll have a better idea if we start hearing about commentary teams they sign.

Hopefully these deals revise the absurd blackout rules that currently exist

Cam Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Bojan Bogdanovic are the three forwards teams around the league are labeling as the next names to be on the move. Out of this grouping of players, Johnson is the one generating the most interest. In addition to the Kings inquiring about Johnson, the Rockets, Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and San Antonio Spurs have been linked to the former first-round pick, sources said. Michael Scotto of HoopsHype has also reported that the Toronto Raptors have shown interest in Johnson.

What happened in Vegas? Lauri Markkanen, Reed Sheppard dominate NBA Summer League talk (clutchpoints.com)

Frankly don't see the point in trading for Cam Johnson for the Spurs, unless its for something like the CHI pick. He's a nice player, but not going to be what moves the needle in a big way and isn't going to be a long-term building block. Yes, he is significantly cheaper (both to acquire and in long-term salary) than Lauri, but Lauri becomes part of a Big3 core whereas Johnson is just a complimentary piece, which we are not particularly ready for without that core trio in place, IMO.

So again, unless it's for the CHI pick, I'd rather just keep the powder dry. If it were the beginning of the offseason and we were going to pair Cam Johnson with some other big acquisition or move, then I'd feel differently.

Originally Posted by NASpurs

Amazing to think that as a kid, I grew up watching the NBA on NBC and then whole careers have passed by since the end to this new iteration. To think Manu never had a game on NBC (maybe his rookie year now that i think about it ) or LeBron who's about to go into season 21 and this will be his first. Makes you feel old

overrated ty 90s NBA

Originally Posted by LeBowen

While we're at NBC, probably my favorire intro ever, just sad what has mainstream media become today.



It is neither right nor fair, but it is fact and the time is now.

eh


NBC had dumbass Magic Johnson and notorious Jordan slurper Marv Albert, it wasn’t really better

Originally Posted by LeBowen

While we're at NBC, probably my favorire intro ever, just sad what has mainstream media become today.



It is neither right nor fair, but it is fact and the time is now.

At the notion of "many calling him (Drexler) the second greatest player in the game" . . .

Tier 1: Jordan
Tier 2: Olajuwon, Robinson, Malone, Barkley
Tier 3: Stockton, Pippen, Ewing, Drexler

Originally Posted by Strategic

Wow 20 mil a year for Nembhard. I thought he looked like a mid rotation player

Back during his draft, I was all over here saying the Spurs should take Nembhard. The usual cast of experts insisted that he didn't even deserve to be in the NBA. Chinhook saying that he can't shoot... his numbers are virtually identical to Tre Jones. And that's the problem. He was a bargain as a second round pick. For $20 Million he's not a bargain.

That was the same draft (2022) that I said the Spurs should grab Jabari Walker in the second round. He put up decent numbers as a rookie until he got injured. He put up good numbers this season, and next year he's going to be one of the big bargains in the league at about $2 Million.

Both of those guys (Nembhard and Walker) would have actually helped the Spurs, on the cheap.

The year before that, it was Tyrese Haliburton and Desmond Bane - the Spurs could have had both of them.

They got lucky, I guess. If they had drafted better, they probably wouldn't have landed the top pick for Wembanyama. It really is better to be lucky than good.