Great game

Spurs missing 4 straight free throws got them good

I have no words for how amazingly well this series is played. Those four free throws were big.

Hard to "blame" Parker on his, though. I'd have trouble shooting too after that elbow.

Derek Fisher is coaching the Knicks.

Really? Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, or Phil himself weren't interested?

Got a bad feeling about this.

It worked for New Brooklyn

But Kidd had Nets history. Which made some sense.



Don't know how or when Derek Fisher woke up one morning and said, "I wanna coach".

There were better candidates out there.

Well, Point Guards are literally assistant coaches. There is very relevant experience in playing 20 years as a point guard and transitioning into a head coaching role.

mark jackson doesn't want to leave the west coast

both of the van gundys would meltdown in NY

derek fisher is going to just be the mouthpiece for phil jackson

not a bad deal

I think it's impossible to play offense better then the Spurs did in the 1st Quarter.

Neither team is playing any real defense. This is weird for the Finals.

Spurs lookin good.

gives it to the man

Spurs can't miss. I don't love Popovich THIS much

Has Miami Thrice been diced?

This seems like LeBron vs Spurs.

Spurs have been flawless.

I think Lebron has to score 50 tonight for the Heat to win.

I don't think that's happening.

Lebron is not even looking to score anymore. This game is over.

Tomorrow's headlines will be about Lebron giving up.

Which will only be kind of true. I think he's tapped out, and has nothing left in the tank and Miami has no one who can back him up. Dwyane Wade is just another guy now.

Krimzon7's Kawai Leonard jersey is in the mail

Dominating performance by the Spurs. Fantastic.

Spurs were amazing. Never expected the Heat to be that manhandled on both sides of the ball this series.

Now the endless speculation on where LeBron will go begins.

Back to the Cavs.

do you know what endless means?

Just looking at the stats of every game and it was working as a team that led the Spurs to the championship. On the Heat side, like Ruien said, it was LeBron vs the Spurs.

The Spurs came in with a chip on their shoulders as well...after last year, letting the championship slip by them, you know they wanted to go hard the entire series. They drubbed the Heat.

NBA 2014 Offseason Thread
 

Carmelo Anthony opting out of his final year with the Knicks to be a free agent this offseason. Bulls are the current frontrunners for him.

Melo officially opts out

He officially opted out this morning.

Joel Embiid going down was big for the Sixers. They were slated to get Andrew Wiggins, but it's all up in the air now.

<font color=goldenrod>Melo was always going to opt out. My only hope is that Melo and whatever team he picks will be willing to work a sign-and-trade so Melo can get closer to his max deal and the Knicks can get some sort of draft compensation.</font>

Lebron will opt out of his remaining years in Miami and will become a free agent, per ESPN.

LeBron is the 1st of the "Big 3" to flinch and opts out of his deal with Miami.

The Decision 2: Decide Harder

Might as well keep the NBA/NHL Season/Offseason threads the same I think... just NBA 2013-2014 Thread. Just merged them

Possible Carmelo and Lebron team up? I haven't heard anything but since they are both opting out it seems like a possibility.

All depends who got the cap room.

You think they'll draft Embiid? Or pass on him since they have Noel already. Doubt they want 2 injury prone big men.

Someone said the Wizards are a sleeper to get Lebron cause they have cap room, in the eastern division and have the talent to win a championship with him. I say fuck that.

While that would be awesome, would love him on the Nuggets more. No chance of that probably, but a man can dream.

He'll probably stay with Miami just do a different deal so that maybe they can sign some better players so he isn't stuck out there by himself if they can get back to the finals.

If Wade and Bosh opt out then all 3 are prob re-signing with Miami, ala those rumors about them luring Carmelo into the fold.

Wade needs to be the one to take a huge pay cut, though. He is worthless nowadays. "Hey I'm going to sit out half the season and get paid for it so I can play better in the playoffs...oh wait I still suck in crunch time now, too." He should maybe consider hanging it up, honestly.

FFS tired of editing posts because auto-correct results in auto-fail most of the time.

But Lebron can't leave. He promised 8 championships and..and..He really meant it!

Heat currently planning on finding a way to move up in the draft to get Shabazz Napier from UConn as a way to keep Lebron from leaving.

Big problem is they barely have anything to offer and they waited too long to tell him to stop doing workouts to lower his draft value.

Mavs & Knicks about to swing a trade that would send Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton to Dallas for Jose Calderon, Sam Dalembert, Shane Larkin, Wayne Ellington, and a future 2nd round pick.

Don't know what Phil's up to, but that's quite a haul we get back if this gets approved.

Apparently they got picks #34 and 51 for the draft tomorrow. I like it for the Knicks.

Phil making moves, I like it.

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah that's a phenomenal trade for the Knicks. I liked Chandler but he seemed to get banged up quite a bit, and getting rid of Felton automatically makes the trade a win.</font>

That trade also assures Carmelo won't be a Knick.

I don't think it affects Carmelo either way. Felton is terrible and Chandler was nothing special at all last year. It also opens the Knicks up to make more moves with the draft picks and assets.

That said, I thought Carmelo was as good as gone even before the trade.

Adam Silver going Heyman on the draft crowd. He should repeat "The San Antonio Spurs have won the NBA championship" before each pick.

The fact they can't announce draft day trades is horrible. They need to change it now. Part of what makes the NFL draft exciting.

Wow, Wiggins has a huge mouth

Someone told Embiid you better look happy being drafted 3rd even if you're going to the 76ers

Gordon with the 4th pick shakes up the next few picks for sure.

Vonleh fell to the Lakers, but Randle is clearly more NBA ready. Always comes down to potential v. NBA ready players.

Older school power forward in Julius Randle. Let's go LA.

Canadians go #1 overall in back to back drafts.

Jazz select Dante Exum. Meh,

Nice draft gesture by the NBA for Isaiah Austin

Don't like the Marcus Smart pick but really like the James Young pick for the Cs tonight.

He's two years away from being two years away.

<font color=goldenrod>Cleanthony Early! Nice!</font>

Knicks and Mavs among the teams currently interested in Pau Gasol. Knicks want him both as a replacement for Tyson Chandler and as an incentive for Melo to resign with them. Mavs want him as a way to entice Melo into signing with them.

Dwade is going to opt out.

There cannot be a big market out there for him. He'll resign at a reduced amount, and Lebron I bet will also resign at a reduced amount.

The only of the big 3 in Miami I see actually leaving is Bosh, because he's asking way to much for his attributes. Sacrificed his value when he signed with the Heat.

Nets likely looking for a new coach soon after a recent fallout between management and Jason Kidd. Kidd wanted more power while the Nets refused so now he's considering working for the Bucks next season.

If I recall, Prokhorov promised Nets fans a championship within 5 years after buying the team.

Soooooooooooo? This is it this coming season, right?

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Really hope the Jazz sign Jameer Nelson to help out Exum and Burke. Hopefully Hayward comes back. Jazz have a ton of young talent.

Luke 6:29

Lol that is pretty fucked up what Houston did.

Do I really want to see Melo as a Bull?

Not really because he's too much of a diva.

As long as he never returns to Denver I will be happy.

If the Bulls do not land Melo I would love for them to go after Lance. If Indiana does not want to pay him I will gladly take him.

Stephenson?

That dude is crazy. I don't want him in a Bulls jersey either. He's a circus act, not a basketball player.

He is a circus act on a team with no leadership. Besides for West, Lance was the only player playing with passion against the Heat. He just has to tone it down a tad and he will be fine. Just like Rodman.

Kobe flew into LA from his offseason stem cell routine to sit in on the pitch to Melo

Kobe, Melo, Nash, Pau.

Sounds like a really fucked up version of the A-Team.

apparently Kupchak is going to try to pitch the Lakers to LeBron/LeBron's agent.

what's his pitch gonna be?

"You get to play second banana to Kobe, because Kobe refuses to play Robin for anyone. But hey, LA!"

Crazy, as much as I dislike the Heat, 4 finals appearances in 4 years seems like a pretty good success, as well as going 2 for 4 in the series.

Now it looks like LeBron may actually leave, and Bosh getting that max offer from the Rockets means he'll likely be gone.

Heat sign both Josh McRoberts (4 years, $23 million) and Danny Granger (2 years, $4.2 million). Both were signed to help entice Lebron to stay.

Mavs and Lakers currently interested in Lance Stephenson but neither have him as their top priority. Pacers were willing to offer a 5 year, $44 million deal for him.

New big 3!

Is it just me or has every free agent this season been asking ridiculously high amounts per year for their services?

Please do it Lebron. I wanna see all these bandwagon Heat fans throw themselves underneath the moving Heat bandwagon as it leaves for Cleveland.

So let's say these moves happen

Lebron goes to Cleveland and Bosh to the Rockets? What happens to DWade? I guess with the Heat but at a really reduced amount. He would have lost himself a ridiculous amount of money this summer for nothing. I would be pissed if I'm Wade and these moves happens.

Or do you think he would follow Lebron or Bosh at again a reduced rate?

That or Wade got Carmelo on speed dial and he does whatever begging he can to get him to come to Miami.

Carmelo's not going to to Miami if Lebron leaves.

Probably stays at Miami. Declined way too much over the past couple of years to be worth the big bucks now unless some team was that foolish.

He had a chance before the Big 3 arrived to leave for Chicago but doubt they'd be interested in him now.

DWade stays in Miami.

Some NBA news:

Cs-Cavs-Nets trade ended up creating more cap space for the Cavs to go after Lebron while also going after either Ray Allen, Mike Miller, and/or both.

Meanwhile Melo is waiting until after Lebron gets his new deal and/or team to have his own new deal done. Rumored to want to see if it will still be possible to play together on the same team for next season.

The Sixers have an really long athletic Summer league team.

They have this Jakar Sampson who played for St. John's in college. He does not have NBA game however he definitely is an NBA athlete. He needs to change his game up, and become a poor man Dennis Rodman. He just needs to focus on defense and rebounding, and he can make a team.

What the hell is going with Lebron James right now!?!? So many conflicting reports!

#TheDecision2 : Decide Harder

#beforelebrondecides trending worldwide on Twitter

What a letdown if he resigns.

already annoyed at this whole LeBron & Carmelo situation.

Particularly with the fact that the Lakers should say fuck it (like they should have at the beginning) and start working on using that money towards solid players.

LEBRON. CLEVELAND.

Somewhere Johnny Football is pissed off.