2022-23 Team Developments: News / Trades / Free Agents / Rumors

yeah, curious to see if it works out. feel like that's a big payday for a gm. on the other hand, this is what i hope the lakers do if and when they move on from rob. just pull out the checkbook and steal the best exec from another team

 

Klutch is trying

 

B/R's Jake Fischer with some free agency buzz

Ayton

Hawks looking to make moves?

I mentioned that the other day that I think the Hawks have reached their ceiling with that roster. If they want to shed some guys we have a Russ.


Lavine notes

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...z-intel-on-deandre-ayton-zach-lavine-and-more

If LaVine wants to be somewhere he can cook, I don't know where that leaves him. Portland? No. Dallas? No, not unless he think Luka will take on more of a role as a facilitator. Hawks? No, Trae is gonna shoot. Lakers? Definitely not. Klutch is using us as headline fodder. Spurs? That probably makes the most sense out of the recently mentioned teams.

 

Rob has f’ed us up big time in the matter of draft capital so little chance Lavine happens. Mitch crap the bed as usual during the Randle draft, having Jokic and Lavine available

 

Draft picks won't have anything to do with why Lavine won't be a Laker.

It's the hard cap, it's players on the roster that teams want (Bulls are a playoff team needing depth, picks are not what they're looking for), and it's what Lavine is looking for (he wants max money and usage, we can't give him that sized role).

 

lol, he'll go to the clippers.

 

This is interesting...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nba.nb...ton-suns-might-not-match-max-offer-sheet/amp/

 

you could see this coming when they extended bridges and not ayton. they'll s&t him.

 

The NBA is reportedly expected to announce two new expansion teams in Seattle and Las Vegas after their media rights deal expires in 2024.
While the Seattle Supersonics were a prevalent part of the NBA from 1967-2008 before moving over to Oklahoma City (where they still reside), Las Vegas hasn’t been in this landscape before. This isn’t a change that will come this upcoming season since the media rights deal won’t expire for another two years, but if this does indeed become a reality, there will be 32 teams in the league as opposed to the 30 there currently are. Plus, these two new teams in Seattle and Las Vegas will surely be part of the Western Conference, meaning one of the teams in the West could switch to the East. Another small change that was recently announced was that the Bulls and Pistons will face off in Paris in the regular season, which will mark the 12th trip to France (preseason included) since 1991. Ever since commissioner Adam Silver implemented the play-in tournament, it seems like he’s not done making changes around the league quite yet, with these two tidbits being good for expansion purposes and for emphasizing that the NBA is indeed continuing to push to become a global sport.

SOURCE: John Canzano on Twitter
May 24, 2022, 4:10 PM ET

 

Memphis will probably go the East. Two new franchises...watered down product ahead?

 

Minnesota or NO should join them in the East.

 

love to see the sonics back. wish they just moved sac to seattle, though.

 

There is such a big difference in the quality of writing from reporters in the past to what is put out today. Just the flow of the reading is night and day difference, and not for the better.

 

I think we need proof of life from Clippers on Lee Jenkins.

 

Lee Jenkins > The Rambii

 

Will the NBA add more divisions? Or lesson divisions?

Will there be a true incentive to win the division?

NBA players aren't playing 82 anymore do to harsh activity to the body. I think they should regionalize the games more so travel isn't as extensive. Try and keep teams in the same time zone as much as possible as well. Then the soft cry babies do not have an excuse at least in the travel side of it.

If that is the goal, then expanding the divisions would be beneficial.

Western Conference

LA Lakers
LA Clippers
Sacramento
Golden St.

Portland
Phoenix
Seattle
Las Vegas

Oklahoma City
Minnesota
Denver
Utah

Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
New Orleans

Eastern Conference

Milwaukee
Detroit
Chicago
Indiana

Toronto
Boston
New York
Brooklyn

Philadelphia
Washington
Charlotte
Cleveland

Memphis
Atlanta
Orlando
Miami

10 games against each team in the division. 30 games

3 games against interconference opponents. 36 games.

1 game out of conference. 16 games.

82 games. Limited travel. Division relevance. Everyone wins.