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shakespeare wrote:Thomas went from playing with the Celtics to the Cavs to the Lakers to signing a one year league mining deal with the Nuggets.

Scary.
He was the toast of Boston less than a year ago. That's kind of mind blowing. Then he goes to Cleveland, LA then Denver....
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Free agent forward Jabari Parker has agreed to a two-year, $40M deal with the Chicago Bulls, league sources tell ESPN. Milwaukee rescinded Parker's qualifying offer moments ago, making him unrestricted.

Dunn
Lavine
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Marrkannen
Wendell
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Wow, if he stays healthy, big if, then that’s a nice haul for the Bulls.
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Chicago have put together a talented young quintet for their starting line up. If they stay healthy and reach their potential they look set and that's before any future additions in free agency or through trades or the draft.
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Parker ain't really a SF. They'd probably have him be a sixth man on that squad at combo forward.
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Wendell should be a good two-way player (for a rookie), but the rest of this starting five will bleed points. You can't win without defense, and I would be legitimately scared to put Parker and Lavine together out there
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Restricted free agent Marcus Smart has agreed to a four-year, $52M deal to return to the Boston Celtics, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
Calderon: "It’s no fun when you try to win for the Knicks and people want you out of the Knicks.” (2/18/16)
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they have a lot of ppl to pay..surprised he staying
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Don Che wrote:they have a lot of ppl to pay..surprised he staying
Me too. Thought he would want to spread his wings a bit.

And BTW, this is more of what the THJ contract should have looked like.
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2019 FA:
Leonard, Irving, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Al Horford, Jeff Teague, Kevin Love, DeMarcus Cousins and Kemba Walker are among next summer’s free-agent glitterati. Center Marc Gasol is also free, but scratch him off Mills’ list after his titanic feud with new coach David Fizdale.
https://nypost.com/2018/07/18/why-knick ... ard-trade/

It's mostly fantasy, but we're still in position.
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Michael Beasley has agreed to a deal with the Lakers, per @ShamsCharania https://t.co/4DMjbyb6EJ
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1000% Stevo....if Tim got that I'd be good with it.

And Smart wins playoff games.
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Boston_PuppyDawg wrote:Michael Beasley has agreed to a deal with the Lakers, per @ShamsCharania https://t.co/4DMjbyb6EJ
I'm still not totally sold on how good they'll be, their saving grace is having LeBron on board, but the Lakers look to be in decent shape:

Ball - Rondo - Caruso
KCP - Hart - Bonga
Ingram - Stephenson - Deng
LeBron - Beasley - Wagner
Javale - Kuzma - Zubac
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I saw the lineup on Twitter yesterday and thought the same. It’ll be very interesting to see how Luke Walton, his coaching assistants and, to a lesser extent, LeBron is able to corral all of these “different” personalities into a well-oiled machine, if that’s humanly possible.

But Magic has assembled a solid group of talent, albeit misfits.

Note: LeBron wanted Cavs to sign Beasley shortly before New York signed him.
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Where should Melo go?

Houston?
Golden State?
Lakers?

If I’m Melo, I’m headed to Golden State.
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I never considered GS. That would be pretty funny.
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“But to grab Anthony would be the most gratuitous act yet, the middlest middle finger of them all – a spite signing done for the sole reason of making people turn purple.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcbay ... ml%3famp=y
Agreed. :thumbsup:

Not to mention I still want to see Carmelo win a ring during his NBA career.
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shakespeare wrote:Agreed. :thumbsup:

Not to mention I still want to see Carmelo win a ring during his NBA career.
That would be the emptiest championship ring anyone ever earned. People gave Barkley shit for joining Houston, this would blow that out of the water..

That Karl Malone / Gary Payton LA season was pretty sad as we’ll. So funny they blew it.
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/sarcasm
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StevoStarks wrote:
That would be the emptiest championship ring anyone ever earned.
To us, basketball purists, this is the truth.

But to these new breed of sports “fans” witnessed on a daily basis via social media, I’m not so sure.

For example, there are some who truly believe Stephen Curry is a better overall player than LeBron James.
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