Klay Thompson is truly on his Pat Ewing Orlando era 😭😭😭

With Ihart’s 3rd year not being guaranteed I think the 29M a year isn’t so bad. Doesn’t affect us re signing Jdub and Chet, doesn’t affect shai’s money and we’re trying to win rn which he’ll help with.

Seems like there isn't much point in handing out grades if the grading scale only goes from A to B.

Idk how people are hating on klay lol. On his worst year, he still averaged 18, 39% from three on 9 threes a game. That’s still a great year. To get that for only 16.6 mil a year is great

OKC landing Hartenstein is an A+ and if your reasoning is it’s an overpay then you just don’t know what you’re talking about lol we can afford to overpay. Our roster would be the exact same if we were able to get him for free but overpaying is a requirement for a small market team like OKC

You know. Why OKC had to overpay him? Because they can't get any free agency. He's the best free agent That's the thunder sign in their history. So if you're a small market, you gotta overpay for the players you need. They overpay now so they can have them later on

Paul George getting a higher grade than James Harden doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If you watched the Clippers last year, Harden was clearly still better. He's making less money on a shorter contract while PG will be making close to 60m when he's 38.

yesterday the clippers signed derrick jones jr, kris dunn, nic batum, kevin porter jr and mo bamba 😳 one or two of those guys might fall out of the rotation but damn... that's a nice way to add some depth after losing your guy

Bro is so salty over Hartenstein. Typical knicks fan

Kyrie was a D+ by some.... I guess the same people who are grading the Klay Pick Up bad.

Klay gets no Respect

There's just no way you can't give OKC an A+ on the Hartenstein move. He fixes virtually every possible problem OKC had last year and the money doesn't even matter because his contract doesn't interfere with any core players on the team already. Overpay for the quality of player? Maybe, but it isn't an actual overpay with the extreme cap flexibility they had

I have to disagree with the Hartenstein grade. Thunder is a small market team. That’s not a bad contract at all. He doesn’t interfere with any of the other players contracts extension and he last year is not guaranteed. There no risk for the thunder giving him that contract

Love the heartenstein deal, if a team is a piece away from championships, almost any price is justified

Spurs have a exciting future

I think the reason OKC had to play 5 out so much is because they didnt have a big besides Chet which is an incredible floor spacer. I think Hartenstein is going to give them defensive versatility on teams like Denver and the lakers in a playoff series. I see OKC doing a lot of 4 out this year.

Isaiah Hartenstein is an elite pick up

After years of watching free agents pass over okc for big market teams I cannot shed a single tear for New York

iHart is a clear A+. The overpay doesn't matter in this instance, the cap space was there to be filled and he was the best possible player they could have got without giving up assets. Add that the team option on the 3rd year when they'll extend chet and dub and you got yourself a perfect deal.

The media really dont like the mavs at all man, ESPN has really brainwashed people into disliking Luka and the mavs will never get the credit and respect they deserve because of it.

Bro missed a golden opportunity to put the plus after the B in the Nets logo

Fans of big market teams just dont understand! Small markets gotta overpay to get anyone! Give Sam Presti and the Thunder organization a big market like LA or NYC, and they win a championship years ago. The fun is in the challenge, though. Winning one championship in OKC is worth more than 10 in any big market.

I feel Like the Hartenstein deal is secretly amazing because even if he doesn't work out there that is a pretty large contact for matching salaries in a trade with all those picks they still have

IHART is the best pickup of the offseason by a team. thunder v 76ers finals

My new favorite basketball KZfaqr!

The Hartenstein move was one of the best imo, did you watch them in the playoffs? When Chet was out the game the entire team went to crap. iHart playing 20 mins a game will keep him fresh and he gives them an insurance policy for Chet(who missed his entire rookie season). But they had to pay up he's only 26 and the market for a good Center is thin. Win now mode for OKC.

Sros posting means it’s a good day 😊😊

To pay Hartenstein 29 mil a year to fix only one issue (probably the only real issue they had last year, rebounding) is a little much but they did have to hit the salary floor. They can also always stagger the minutes between him and Chet, also Chet defensively is better at the 5 but if KAT was able to transition to the 4 then Chet definitely can if it’s not for the full game

Klay on his redemption arc😅

Tatum signing supermax was big for the Cs. Since you are a Knicks fan I am not shocked you did not include this…..😁🍀

Could CP3 have the same impact that he did for SGA on Castle?

didn’t realize klay was a sign and trade and that we got Green. Love that deal, was hoping to get him in the PJW deal. Pretty much gave up PJW and some 2nds for Green/Williams/Curry and a 1st

I didn’t realize okc was paying hartenstein 29 mil a year that’s crazy lol maybe I don’t understand player value but there’s no way he should make more then 20 mil a year lol

These contracts are insane. Role players getting 100+ million is wild

As a mavs fan I give the klay signing a D grade Same grade that these “experts” gave to the kyrie trade AND PJ trade

What grade would you give the pistons signings ?

Its easy for Obi hes the backup 4 and Jarrace will play the backup 3, Mathurin will play the backup 2. There isnt really a log jam if you watch the Pacers and know what positions they play on a nightly basis. PG Hali/ TJ/ tbd SG Nemby/ Mathurin/ Shephard SF Nesmith/ Walker/ Furphy PF: Pascal/ Obi/ (James Johnson hopefully) C: Turner/ Jackson/ tbd While with this being a full 10 man rotation with the benefit of having Shep to come in with others in foul trouble. Plus Obi made over 100+ 3s while shooting 50+ percent from the field and 40+ percent from 3. He found his fit and got a bag for it. Also would like to add 9 out of 13 current people on the roster are under 25.

how can you give the Klay deal a B+ and the IHart deal a B? Hartenstein is the only thing OKC was missing last season meanwhile Klay brings 3 point shooting but they have also lost out on defense by letting go of DJJ. a lineup where Klay, Kyrie and Luka are starting won't work in the long run, teams will score 150 points on them.

What do you think about Plumlee to the Suns? That’s gotta be an upgrade over Eubanks to back up Nurkic

The Alien & The Point God... Gotta Love It!!!!!

Indy also added James Wiseman today, so uh... yeah... Taking the Pistons route of just overloading their roster with as many big men as possible for some wacky reason. Denver keeps allowing their key rotation pieces they need to contend to just... walk away for some weird reason. First Bruce Brown, now KCP. That's a huge issue for them.

no mentions of the clippers signing kris dunn DJJ nico batum mo bamba is crazy just called us deperate

I agree with you man with the Pacers like where the minutes for Jarace man if Toppin and Sikam are in front of him if I’m Jarace I’m asking for a trade so he could at least get some minutes

This is how I find out Jalen Smith went to the Bulls? Damn, he's a really solid player with high potential, in my opinion. I wish we would've kept him.

I thought you were gonna have another mock draft

PG is def an A grade, yes in a few years he’s gonna be older making a lot of money, but you’re worried about right now if you’re the 76ers, you want a championship right now and he is the perfect fit in their lineup

dude the return for Thompson was NOTHING WOW

Hartenstein and Porzingis make the same money to put it into perspective 😂

Pray for Paul’s health

Man it hurt losing Derrick Jones jr had a great season for us and gonna miss them lobs.. but I’m happy with bringing in klay and naji Marshall really hoping a change of scenery gets klay back to the old him. He had some flashes last year of old klay but only a handful of times. Can’t be worse than having Tim hardaway jr out there. Losing Josh green after his playoff performance kinda sucks he’s definitely improved but happy Jaden Hardy is finally gonna get his time to shine‼️ GO MAVS

giving chris paul a+ but harden B is so braindead like genuinely. CP3 the idea is so much better than the actual production he'll be giving

I expect IHart to average like 10ppg/7reb, but mostly excited about his defense and play making

Kevin porter jr is a great signing for the clips

I'm telling you, everyone counting out the Hornets. Give us one healthy season and were in the playoffs and now with the personnel changes, were on the come up fast.

you really shit the bed on the Magic breakdown. You are talking about shooting with the magic review. With KCP and suggs in the backcourt, you have 2 2nd team defenders. add in Franz very underrated defense and Issac coming off the bench, this team is going to be a monster on defense.

clips also got mo bamba

The PG contract doesn’t matter b/c while the sixers did overpay for him you’re paying him that money for the player he is now and if the sixers don’t make a serious title run in that time frame they’re probably gonna be moving off of Joel anyway so it makes sense to go all in now and if over the next two-three years or so they don’t make any real noise they’ll be looking to rebuild or should be at least and if they do make a serious title run or even win one then the money is negligible

How about Eubanks?

We wanted the best available center. If we wasn't going to pay him someone else would have. Plus signing Ihart doesn't affect anyone on our roster. We didn't want no one else in free agency anyways.

I've said it many times and I'll keep on saying it, this guy's ball knowledge is absolutely horrible, klay signing with the mavs is literally an A+ move and absolutely nothing less, especially for only 16 mill a year, low risk very high reward move, dude can go off at any moment, will always be lights out from 3, and can still play really good defense, it's nothing short of an exceptional signing for dallas

It does look strange seeing klay in a mavs jersey.

Aaron Wiggins deal was 5 years 47 mil, not 4

Chet is making rookie money, IH is making starter money. Thats why the Thunder did it

Spida back to the cavs

Man forgot about Kevin love going back to the Heat

So cool the spurs got chris paul! Imagine he plays another 2 years after next year and the win a chip in what would be wembys fourth year.

If the Knicks would’ve traded Mitchell, how much of that 15 million could’ve they given Hartenstein?

Love Klay, losing DJJ and Josh Green does suck for the Mavs just Naji Marshall was a solid pickup.

IHart gets at least an A- bro cmon

definitely some bias in that ihart grading.. yes its an overpay but this will soon be a norm with the way these salaries are growing, and when this was the final piece you needed based on last season's shortcomings, plus they still have a lot of assets and even some cap space, then it doesn't really matter how big the contract is

Scottie?

L on the Thunder grade. He solves their rebounding issues and he fits the kind of basketball they want to play. Great defender and good on offense. He and Chet can play with and without each other. It’s also, OKC. They have to overpay a little to get free agents like that. Especially to get them to leave a place like New York and the situation he was in as well. They had the cap space too, and the 3rd year is non guaranteed. Essentially a two year deal. So why not? This is an A+ signing for me.

Sorry, your take on the IHart deal just sounds like a hurt Knicks fan. No chance there is any downside to this 2 year deal. There is no such thing as an overpay if you have to spend to get to the floor and that cap can't be spent on anything else. Who cares if they spent 15M or 29M. It isn't our money. Just because a player gets paid more than your expectation doesn't mean it is a bad deal.

iHART will be great for OKC ⚡️

bucks delon wright??

Delon Wright to Bucks?

Thunder vs 76ers finals

Mavericks defence is finished 😂

“B For hartenstein. Yes they become the nba favorites”. Isn’t that the ENTIRE point of making this acquisition? To put them to the top? All season okc was crucified for not getting size and when they do they get no love. Using the contract as the excuse is also bad.. okc basically has to use that money anyways and the contract ends when their max contracts are handed out to Chet and Jalen Williams. This is all upside with almost no downside. Uniformed take there

i disagree with the paul george signing they didn’t sign him for the full four years they are willing to bite the bullet of the last two years bc they are in a closing window right now anyway

Can't Grade Shaq Move to LA 😆😂😂😂😮😮

Mavs might have the worst 1-3 defense in the league now.

OKC signing is Greta they will prolly t least make the WCF. Gotta be at least an A

Mavs aint even making to the conference finals next year lmaoooo. This will be OKC's year

Kd in rockets

Mavs are losing in the first round next year with klay

Force kyrie to switch numbers

Lol you lost your dang Mind ! Klay is an A compared to all these Signings and CP3 is almost an F because dude cant stay Healthy and is 137 years old Somebody call Joe Louis 😂

Lmao the Celtics aren’t your favorites next year?

Knicks r still better than Philly I mean pg13 jsut isn’t constant nba is injured they don’t really have a 5th man and their bench is very weak

Why would you draft Sarr and sign Jonas. Just play Sarr...

Orlando spend 66 mln for 31 year old nice shooter and good defender Why? Simmons from Portland ja better choice good shooter spacer and better on the ball magic needs someone like simmons no another defender

zero chance klay comes off the bench. but luka is a much better defender than he used to be. and our bench and big men will shut that shit down. B+ grade? horrible take.

O g cant be an a, he is hugely overpaid.

Some in the comments don’t know ball

Hartenstein immediately makes us title favorites. A+ from Presti per usual.

You think OKC gonna win it all next year ? 😂😂 you just showed you know nothing about NBA. OKC WILL NEVER win title over Boston, Denver, Dallas, Minnesota or whole bunch of other teams even if this have all the picks in the whole NBA

I disagree with your hertienstein😂

Tobias Harris has zero confidence. He passed out of open shots multiple times a game, passes up open threes to take a dribble towards the basket and miss a shot with a hand in his face. He has no skill he is above average at and never took a charge or dove for a loose ball over the course of his max contract. He will put up empty stats for a terrible Piston team and some contender will trade for him only to be inevitably disappointed.

first is wild