NBA offseason news
The offseason is starting to get to that point where all we want to see is some basketball. But, there's still some news and rumors flying around that we can talk about.
Derrick Rose to Cleaveland
Derrick Rose has decided to sign for a one year and a veterans minimum salary of $2.1 million, this coming after Kyrie reportedly demanded a trade. I must add that this is an absolute steal for the Cavaliers as Derrick Rose is coming off a season where he averaged 18 points on 47% shooting, however, he did only play 64 games as he once again went down with a knee injury. If the Cavaliers end up losing Kyrie Irving, Derrick Rose certainly is a down-grade but not a dreadful one. Derrick Rose signing with Cleveland not only allows Rose to contend for a championship but also possibly play a starting role, if Kyrie does in fact leave.
Bad news for Suns
Brandon Knight of the Pheonix Suns has gone down with a torn ACL this coming after his worst season to date. This is very unfortunate news not so much for the Suns but for Knight himself. It is going to be very difficult for him to return to his former self. The man just does not seem to get a break in his NBA career. I hope for his sake he can take this time to re-evaluate his career and know exactly where he wants to be and what needs to be done, coming out of injury. I wish the man best of luck!!
Kyrie Irving Drama
As much as I don't want to talk about it, the situation seems to be absolute chaos as the media are having a field day running stories and rumors, and in my opinion running their mouths. There are so many conflicting reports with some saying Lebron is highly annoyed with the whole situation and others saying Lebron doesn't want to get too involved. All I know is that the whole NBA landscape is shook up by the news and that Kyrie and Lebron have not actually publicly said much about the whole situation. At this point, I am going to hold off on making any assumptions until we all know more about the situation.
Thanks for the update. Think the biggest news potential is Kyrie at the moment. However, am also excited to see what the C's are doing - still dreaming after M. Gasol/ Porzingis
I appreciate the fact that you recognize the claims and "sources" that are going back and forth in the Cleveland soap opera may or may not be true. It's funny how the news cycle is always so aggressive when it comes to Lebron and whatever team he's on. When the dust truly settles, I'll be very curious to know all the actual nitty gritty details.
I like the Rose signing, but I would really hope we have him coming off the bench and not starting. I'm starting to like the Irving/Shumpert to the Wolves for Teague/Wiggins around Christmas time idea...
Good post! Keep 'em coming!
It is always difficult because the media know that they are talking about the biggest names in the game so they have to have a real clickbaity story you know, draws in the views. Everything right now as far as that situation is concerned, everything seems exaggerated for me! Rose is still a very solid player unfortanately he is still also injury prone!
100% click bait motivated--I agree. Yeah, hard to sift through what actually is going on.
True, he is injury prone, but if he plays the back-up role maybe he'll be able to flourish (especially playing with LBJ).
Yeah, he will actually make sure the scoring doesn't go down when Lebron sits!!!
How is you and your bro doing?