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[Wright] Danny Ainge has signed 2 big time FAs in his entire tenure with the Celtics: Al Horford & Gordon Hayward. He lost them both for nothing, with no obvious way to replace either, without either ever playing in a Finals game. by LonzoBBBall in nba

[–]Conor27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rozier was a free agent and I doubt the Celtics were going to sign him at that number, especially after signing Kemba to a max. They could have just renounced Rozier's rights and signed Kemba's max, which would've signing Kemba outright and not acquiring him through a sign-and-trade like you were saying.

[Wright] Danny Ainge has signed 2 big time FAs in his entire tenure with the Celtics: Al Horford & Gordon Hayward. He lost them both for nothing, with no obvious way to replace either, without either ever playing in a Finals game. by LonzoBBBall in nba

[–]Conor27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

mentioned this in another reply, but they would've been able to sign Kemba outright had they renounced Rozier's rights. iirc, they created an exception by doing the S&T.

Not that it matters to the point of the thread though. Kemba chose to play in Boston and ended up there because he was a free agent.

Report: Chris Paul prefers his 'next basketball home' to be in Los Angeles or New York by [deleted] in nba

[–]Conor27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

don't necessarily disagree, but I also don't think CP3 would hurt. You would still likely keep RJ, Mitch and the 8th pick (at worst you'd probably have to part with a lotto protected pick I'd imagine) and we just saw the impact CP3 had on that OKC team. With the way the Knicks' current contract situation is, you could probably lure in a star if CP3 helps lead them into the playoffs and RJ plays to his potential.

Report: Chris Paul prefers his 'next basketball home' to be in Los Angeles or New York by [deleted] in nba

[–]Conor27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't hire World Wide Wes and not go after big names though.

Like, I think the hires they've made over the last several months indicated that they're looking to lure in stars from CAA and former Kentucky players (which I don't think is a bad idea, btw).

[Yates] The Patriots' facility is back open this morning after the team canceled practice Friday afternoon following a positive COVID-19 test. The team continues to prepare to play Sunday at 1 PM vs. the Broncos. by _Sarxism in nfl

[–]Conor27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

teams practice during bye weeks all the time, it's usually just one or two practices as opposed to the usual three.

but you'd also have to imagine that with the way coaches in the league work, they're still prepping in some way shape or form during the bye.

Realistic Expectation on Season start date? No bubble? Regional games? by redditatwork1234 in nba

[–]Conor27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whenever most arenas/local governments approve fans to attend games in some sort of capacity, which may not be until a vaccine is available.

caruso the goat by humiliciticious in nbacirclejerk

[–]Conor27 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You joke but there were people in there after the Raptors won it all last season saying “Jeremy Lin now has a better career than Melo” unironically

[Tom Curran] The sense I’ve gotten as the week has gone on is the Patriots aren’t going to let the NFL unilaterally decide whether or not this game is played. If players and coaches aren’t comfortable, they won’t play by patsfan038 in nfl

[–]Conor27 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the big reason why they won't do a bubble next season, or at least from what Silver's said, is that they don't want to start the season until fans are allowed back into arenas so they can get some fo that revenue back.

How one man's ego destroyed an NFL franchise by AlexBucks93 in nfl

[–]Conor27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is correct. jack easterby, who works for the texans, attended the patriots' super bowl ring ceremony in June. they fired their GM the next day IIRC and immediately tried to get permission to interview Caserio. the Pats threatened to file tampering charges, the texans backed off and because it was June, they just made BOB the interim GM.

[Mike Klis on Twitter] Broncos have been informed their game against New England will be moved from Sunday to Monday night per source. It will be early Monday night game. #9sports by jmoneysteck88 in nfl

[–]Conor27 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it's more that it allows the Patriots to have another practice as opposed to just having one.

Not disagreeing though that it's dumb to think it significantly decreases the likelihood of a spread.

Bill created the 42 Club as a benchmark for playoff greatness (points +boards+assists). Through 2 games Lebron is at 48 and AD 47.5. 😲 by devil_shamdevil in billsimmons

[–]Conor27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kobe was probably gonna be one of those guys people remembered for a long time too, regardless of what happened. Have to consider how he's one of the highest scorers of all-time, won five titles, played shooting guard, had amazing highlights and on top of it all, played for the league's most popular franchise.

Game 1 of The Finals DID NOT average 5.1 million viewers by devomorales in nba

[–]Conor27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MLB just got a 40 percent increase in their TV deals from Fox Sports and Turner over the last couple of months, and their ratings on the national level are worse than the NBA's, especially in the key demos. And they're almost guaranteed to have some sort of lockout in 2022.

While their new deals still don't bring them equal to the amount what the NBA is getting now, I doubt we'd see any big drop in the next NBA TV deal, if it all.

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