Looks like I may have been wrong on the Paul George situation.  Golden State is reportedly offering him a 4 year contract with a max deal attached to it.  I don't see Paul George passing this up.  I'm not sure how well he will fit in with Golden State, but he's a major upgrade from Klay Thompson on both ends of the floor.  I'm not sure where this would leave the Clippers going forward or if this will send Kawhi searching for a new team, but it's definitely interesting.  It would be the first time Steph has a legitimate superstar as a teammate.

And there goes one big now.

OG Anunoby[1] agreed to sign with still New York Knicks for a $212.5M deal for 5 years. This is a wise move for the Knicks and as well as OG.

As long as the price is right, they're going to make these deals very fair and easy.

[1] https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/og-anunoby-staying-with-knicks-star-defender-set-to-sign-five-year-212-5-million-contract-per-reports/

Trust me, the Knicks are way better now than what they are 2 seasons ago. This isn't a desperation move coming from the Knicks. They're just utilizing their draft picks just to get a good role player that will help Brunson and Randle carry the team.

They just gave OG Anunoby a 5-year $212M contract, and they also got Bridges. Both of them are very good at defending and that's what the Knicks want. They already have the offensive firepower already, and Bridges can be their center since he's also agile just in case Coach Thibs decides to have a small ball line up. I really didn't expect too much with Bridges when he's in Brooklyn because he's not enough to be the main start of a team. He's more of a good role player, and now he can do it again alongside his college teammates.

The Clippers have one option - match the salary that the Warriors are giving if they want PG13 to stay.
They just extended Kawhi's contract, but they don't want George to give a max contract. PG for me is the best star that's on the trading blocks and if the Warriors get him, they will be giving players like Wiggins, or maybe CP3 if they wanted too but his contract is too much for a player who's injury prone. Nevertheless, it's very exciting to see teams moving already.

I don't know, but this is the best time for me. Teams trading players, and we don't know which player will be going to which team.

When rumors about KD available in the trading block it is pretty sure that many teams are still interested in signing him and Dallas Mavericks is just of them. But I do not think Dallas can acquire KD without giving up Irving more players or future draft picks. It is also impossible for Dallas to take Bron unless the superstar exercises his right and declines the $51 million salary with the Lakers and opt for a cheaper salary in Dallas for a chance to crown again. Still I cannot imagine Kyrie in Dallas if there is KD or Bron or both of them.

I am now interested on the next move Dallas does this off-season. Luka showed that he is capable of bringing the team singlehandedly in the conference finals so adding another star that is capable of stepping up unlike Kyrie would be a great move.

He was just new to the team. You can't see his value just by looking at his numbers because if you saw how productive he was in the playoffs, you'd be impressed with him as well. He is a good defender and can score as well. I guess they'll be letting some guys go because of the huge salary they offered him. I'm thinking they might get rid of Randle, as they seemed to get better without him in the lineup.

The main star is still Brunson, whose salary will now be lower than OG's because of this new contract. But when Brunson renews, for sure he could get a massive paycheck, potentially breaking the record for the biggest in NBA history. Currently, considering the news, OG will be at the top of the list.

This is last season's payroll.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/NYK.html

It seems that Knicks is ready to waste their money for giving such huge contract to Anunoby. Maybe they see something that we don't see and they believe that the guy has potential then they could develop to release its all star level potential.

But OG is young so I guess they believe so much on his talent, that's why they secure and give him long contract to stay on Knicks and lets just see if he can prove that he deserves the contract given.

He's stats is not really that impressive but maybe he do something special on the court and make him a valuable player on Knicks.

I haven't heard this rumor that KD is available for a trade or he is willing to get out of the Phoenix Suns. But base on his performance, yeah it seems that KD is somewhat off with him and Booker combination and so he might be willing to get out and maybe try to go to a good contender team that is Dallas.

But it's not going to be cheap for sure and it might cost them a lot of good players as well. I do agree though that in the last season of Dallas and reaching the finals, they need someone besides Kyrie to help him in scoring and be consistent.

That would be a big 3 for the Dallas and they sure will improve as all these players (big 3) are clutch players. Durang and Irving have also played together before, so they won't have a problem with that. I guess if Dallas are gonna trade some players, that would include one of their best big men, either Lively or Gafford, Hardaway, and probably Jones as well. Not sure if Dallas can sacrifice these players but if that's the price to pay to get Durant, then I guess it's worth a gamble.

I see that most talks today on this thread are about the trades and not about what happened to the first round draft pick. Well, I've read a lot of comments on many of these draft picks video that this is the weakest draft that they've ever seen. It's totally different from last year where we've seen real contenders that were drafted. Anyway, Bronny hasn't been drafted yet on the 1st round and the schedule was different for this year because tomorrow will be the time that the 2nd round draft pick will happen. Let's see on which team he will be drafted or will he be drafted.

I think it is partially due to the loss in interest in college sports during the pandemic. These kids just weren’t followed the same way that some draft classes before them were. I’d only heard of one guy that was drafted all night. I’m hoping it is the lack of coverage and this draft has some good prospects. I just don’t know of any.