The 2019 NBA Playoffs

The 2019 NBA Playoffs

Amid losing their pursuits of top free agents Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, Knicks president Steve Mills released a statement empathizing with "disappointed" fans, saying the team is optimistic the franchise is still headed in the right direction for its first NBA championship since 1973.
"While we understand that some Knicks fans could be disappointed with tonight's news, we continue to be upbeat and confident in our plans to rebuild the Knicks to compete for championships in the future, through both the draft and targeted free agents," Mills said.
The Knicks, who cleared enough salary cap space to land two free agents to max contracts with their January trade of Kristaps Porzingis, struck out when it came to Durant and Irving, two franchise-changing players who both agreed to four-year near-max contracts with the Brooklyn Nets.
New York, which finished with the worst record in the NBA last season, has missed the playoffs in each of the last six seasons. Over the past 20 years, they have the worst winning percentage among all NBA franchises as well.
Yet Mills is trying to instill some confidence in the rebuilding Knicks, who drafted RJ Barrett third overall last week and have a young roster that also features Kevin Knox, Dennis Smith Jr., Mitchell Robinson, Frank Ntilikina and Allonzo Trier.
The Knicks also agreed to a three-year, $63 million deal with 24-year-old forward Julius Randle, a two-year, $20 million contract with veteran forward Taj Gibson and a two-year, $31 million deal with Bobby Portis on Sunday, SNY's Ian Begley confirmed.
However, it's hard to say Randle, Gibson and Portis have as much impact and star power as Durant and Irving, who have combined for 16 All-Star Game appearances and three NBA championships.
Mills and GM Steve Perry released a statement in April indicating how they thought the Knicks' future was "extremely bright," as team officials in February were reportedly optimistic they would be able to land Durant and Irving.
Several months later, that mood has shifted.
 
The Kawhi Leonard watch will continue, as it appears the sought-after free agent won't be making any decisions about his professional future on Sunday night.
Toronto coach Nick Nurse says Leonard will be meeting with the Raptors in the coming days.
 
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BAK said:
The Kawhi Leonard watch will continue, as it appears the sought-after free agent won't be making any decisions about his professional future on Sunday night.
Toronto coach Nick Nurse says Leonard will be meeting with the Raptors in the coming days.
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It seems he made his decision long time ago not to sign with Warriors and his first choice was New York Knicks unfortunately they are worried about his recent injury and made a decision to stay away from him. It seems they spoke with Kyrie before to play for the same team. I wanted him to sign with the Knicks. New York is a bigger market as compared to New Jersey.


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Details of Kawhi Leonard’s conversations with Magic Johnson revealed
July 1, 2019
by Steve DelVecchio
Magic Johnson confirmed on Sunday that he spoke with Kawhi Leonard about the possibility of the NBA Finals MVP joining the Los Angeles Lakers, and the reported details of the conversation make it seem like Leonard is genuinely considering teaming up with LeBron James.
Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times said in an appearance on Spectrum Sportsnet Sunday that Leonard and his uncle and business manager, Dennis Robertson, have spoken with Johnson several times. One question they asked is whether or not the Lakers tried to trade for Kawhi prior to last season, to which Magic said the team did but would have had to give up too much because of Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs being hesitant to do business with them. Leonard and Robertson also asked about the dysfunction in the Lakers organization.
“(Robertson asked) is it as dysfunctional as we’re reading and hearing?'” Turner said, as transcribed by Harrison Faigen of Silver Screen & Roll. “And the response was, ‘We had some issues, but we’re past that. I’m past that. We’re still a family, such as you fight with your brothers and sisters sometimes, well, I had somewhat of a disagreement with my sister. And Rob Pelinka, yes, I said he was a back-stabber, but that happened then. Now I want the Lakers to be a championship team. Having Kawhi here would do that.'”
Leonard also asked if the Lakers would be open to adding some of his personal medical people to the team’s staff, and Magic said they had done that with LeBron James and he believes they would make the same accommodations for Kawhi.
The overall takeaway here is that Leonard doesn’t seem like the type of guy who wants to waste time, and asking those types of questions must mean he is legitimately interested in the Lakers. We may have to wait a while for his decision, but the Lakers are clearly in the running.
 
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Details of Kawhi Leonard’s conversations with Magic Johnson revealed
July 1, 2019
by Steve DelVecchio
Magic Johnson confirmed on Sunday that he spoke with Kawhi Leonard about the possibility of the NBA Finals MVP joining the Los Angeles Lakers, and the reported details of the conversation make it seem like Leonard is genuinely considering teaming up with LeBron James.
Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times said in an appearance on Spectrum Sportsnet Sunday that Leonard and his uncle and business manager, Dennis Robertson, have spoken with Johnson several times. One question they asked is whether or not the Lakers tried to trade for Kawhi prior to last season, to which Magic said the team did but would have had to give up too much because of Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs being hesitant to do business with them. Leonard and Robertson also asked about the dysfunction in the Lakers organization.
“(Robertson asked) is it as dysfunctional as we’re reading and hearing?'” Turner said, as transcribed by Harrison Faigen of Silver Screen & Roll. “And the response was, ‘We had some issues, but we’re past that. I’m past that. We’re still a family, such as you fight with your brothers and sisters sometimes, well, I had somewhat of a disagreement with my sister. And Rob Pelinka, yes, I said he was a back-stabber, but that happened then. Now I want the Lakers to be a championship team. Having Kawhi here would do that.'”
Leonard also asked if the Lakers would be open to adding some of his personal medical people to the team’s staff, and Magic said they had done that with LeBron James and he believes they would make the same accommodations for Kawhi.
The overall takeaway here is that Leonard doesn’t seem like the type of guy who wants to waste time, and asking those types of questions must mean he is legitimately interested in the Lakers. We may have to wait a while for his decision, but the Lakers are clearly in the running.
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The Kawhi announces to join Lkers, I will jump into that ship straight away.

It will be the death of GSWs.
 
We’re still waiting to hear from NBA Finals MVP, but it does not look good for Raptors. It seems Magic Johnson had a successful sales pitch to Kahwi.
 
Mambo ni zamu kwa zamu, Kawhi aende Lakers amsaidie King James kupata ndoo 3 mfululizo.
 
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Ngoja tusubiri nasikia owners na management ya Raptors wanakutana na Kahwi sijui kama wataweza kumbadili uamuzi wake ila Kahwi atapoteza $50 millions akiamua kusign na Lakers.

Don Clericuzio said:
Hatujashuhudia 3 Peat recently, na Kawhi ndiyo muharibifu wa 3 Peat mara 2. Kwa hiyo ya kwake inaweza ku-materialize.
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BAK said:
Ngoja tusubiri nasikia owners na management ya Raptors wanakutana na Kahwi sijui kama wataweza kumbadili uamuzi wake ila Kahwi atapoteza $50 millions akiamua kusign na Lakers.
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Hayo mahesabu ya $50M huwa siyo actual, in real sense inakuwa kama ni $15M.

Maximum salary player anayebaki kwenye timu yake = $190M/5years ni 38M kwa mwaka.

Maximum salary player anayehama timu yake =$141/4 years ni 35 kwa mwaka, kwa hiyo hapo tufauti ni hiyo ya $3m kwa mwaka, ambapo kwa Kawhi kwenda Lakers ataicompesate kwenye business na endorsements.
 
Mkubwa 190-141 ni ngapi vile?

Don Clericuzio said:
Hayo mahesabu ya $50M huwa siyo actual, in real sense inakuwa kama ni $15M.

Maximum salary player anayebaki kwenye timu yake = $190M/5years ni 38M kwa mwaka.

Maximum salary player anayehama timu yake =$141/4 years ni 35 kwa mwaka, kwa hiyo hapo tufauti ni hiyo ya $3m kwa mwaka, ambapo kwa Kawhi kwenda Lakers ataicompesate kwenye business na endorsements.
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