Offseason

[bradael]

Yves Missi is on the summer league roster but not Jordan Hawkins.

Also interestingly enough, Antonio Reaves is on the roster if though he was just waived.

[JJackisangry]

Are they redoing Reeve's contract or something? It seems kind of weird he was let go of all people. Looked kinda decent for a rookie. Might just be giving him a familiar surrounding so he can audition for a new team. Weird

[markid]

Apparently might do a more team friendly deal with him. Who knows.

[bustah]

One last hoorah for CP3 and NOLA?

[bradael]

I think CP3 is deciding between Milwaukee, Phoenix, and the Clippers. Clippers & Suns are close to his home in Los Angeles while Milwaukee gives him a starting role in a weak conference. Milwaukee's head coach is Doc Rivers who he also played for with the Clippers for a number of years.

If the Suns buyout Beal and he signs with Milwaukee, and CP3 also goes there, it could be one of the top 3 teams in the East this year.

[ml wave]

Apparently might do a more team friendly deal with him. Who knows.

His original contract was set to partially guarantee in a couple weeks, maybe they'll bring him back on a non-guaranteed deal.

[ml wave]

One last hoorah for CP3 and NOLA?

No

[markid]

Nikola Jokic told Nuggets he's waiting after this season on any contract extension.

[Blattman]

Nikola Jokic told Nuggets he's waiting after this season on any contract extension.

Makes sense, he's eligible for and additionnal 80M next summer.

The Kevin Looney contract is lowkey great, 16M for 2 years with team option on year 2. Solid work from the FO.

[donato]

The Kevin Looney contract is lowkey great, 16M for 2 years with team option on year 2. Solid work from the FO.

Yep! I was super happy to hear next year is a team option.

[PELICANSFAN]

Derik Queen better be something special. That's all I gotta say.

My 'glass half full' time is long gone. This team has to make some noise this year. No excuses.

Missi / Looney
Zion / Queens
Murphy III / Jones
Poole / Hawkins
Fears / Alvarado

Seems to have some depth to it but still isn't flying off the screen as a shoe in for the post season.

The Pelicans have wasted so many assets the past 3 years, it is a clown show that this is what we are left with.

Poole needs to be an All Star this year for this team to succeed.

Agree. We could have had this year to see how Poole and Bey gel with the team and give Fears some quality playing time without pressure to win. We would have had 2 potentially high draft picks in a super strong draft next year to build out the roster. Instead, Dumars and Weaver did what they usually do, fall in love with a decent player and ******** away draft assets to get him. Now the pressure is on to win now with a somewhat clunky roster

[Darkhorse985]

Agree. We could have had this year to see how Poole and Bey gel with the team and give Fears some quality playing time without pressure to win. We would have had 2 potentially high draft picks in a super strong draft next year to build out the roster. Instead, Dumars and Weaver did what they usually do, fall in love with a decent player and ******** away draft assets to get him. Now the pressure is on to win now with a somewhat clunky roster

Joe Dumars and Troy Weaver are great at ensuring that the teams that they are managing stay at the bottom of the league and out of the way of the big market brands, which is why Joe was successful when David Stern was NBA commissioner. Joe reminds me of a New Orleans politician profiting off the past while having no idea on how to innovate and progress into the future.

[markid]

Herb signs new contract extension

[13 - 3]

Windy hinting LeBron could be done with Lakers . Could be traded or cut.

LeBron James reportedly felt the Lakers didn’t fully value everything he had done while shifting focus to Luka Dončić, per @ramonashelburne & @WindhorstESPN

“James understood the Lakers taking advantage of an opportunity to pivot to the younger superstar. But from James'… pic.twitter.com/RKSxOfIUjp

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) July 11, 2025

[PELICANSFAN]

Windy hinting LeBron could be done with Lakers . Could be traded or cut.

LeBron James reportedly felt the Lakers didn’t fully value everything he had done while shifting focus to Luka Dončić, per @ramonashelburne & @WindhorstESPN

“James understood the Lakers taking advantage of an opportunity to pivot to the younger superstar. But from James'… pic.twitter.com/RKSxOfIUjp

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) July 11, 2025

Not a chance in hell he gets cut.

[ramsters60]

I have to confess that I am interested as to where they go from here rosterwise....they almost certainly have to make some moves and very curious to see what they are...

[JJackisangry]

The goal at this point should be to get Zion through the entire season. It is our only hope. He will have to change his playstyle a bit. He will have to limit his MJ play and take some plays off. He will need to show more jumper ability and back to the basket play as opposed to bulldozing his way to the basket 24 plays a game. His body cannot handle it. Even players with thinner builds struggle do deal with that all season. If we can make the team efficient in any manner and figure things out, we can be okay. We cannot continue to run Zion into the ground and he has to keep in mind that it isn't in his best interest to take shots running at 90 miles per hour every game. We have to keep the big man healthy and work from there.

[DroopyDawg]

Saddiq Bey returns from ACL injury and this is his first time playing 5s �� he was cooking up in the NBPA runs in Spain @SaddiqBey @TheNBPA pic.twitter.com/u1qKNL4qgf

— Swish Cultures (@swishcultures_) July 26, 2025

[13 - 3]

Nikola Jokic told Nuggets he's waiting after this season on any contract extension.

Hmmmmm,

Nikola Jokic’s agent and LeBron ������

(h/t @Fullcourtpass ) pic.twitter.com/BVgEF64Y1A

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) July 27, 2025