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I don't think this changed. The biggest offer Lin can get in the first year is the MLE. Raises can be higher than a normal contract, but it gives the current team the right to match even if they're over the cap.

Interesting research and simulations run by Basketball Prospectus, with team rosters (but not team motivation) updated after the deadline: https://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2168 Short version is that 17.3% chance GS keeps pick, 82.7% chance Jazz get it. "As noted...

Great night. Warriors win, and everyone behind them lost except for Washington (and Washington was the preferred team to win in that game). Also Phx and Minn which are both in striking distance. Feeling a little better right now than 24 hours ago.

Heard a funny story about Vescey from Dave Blackwell one time. Blackwell met Vescey's brother, who is apparently a respected journalist (as opposed to Peter). When Blackwell realized this, he asked the other Vescey to confirm that they were brothers. Other Vescey said, "I know. Same father...

Warriors keep the pick if it is #1 through #7 after the lottery.

That whole 4th quarter really stood out to me. With 11:12 left, Richard Jefferson hit a free throw to bring GS within 1 point, then missed the second. After that their offense became a model of inefficiency and settling for deep jumpers: 27-footer 20-footer 27-footer (MAKE) TO...

I think it's damage control because they look so much like they're tanking and maybe someone (the league office) is telling them to at least look interested in the remaining games. As they look more and more like tankers, this is a red herring to act like they still want to win and are...

My hope is dwindling as well, but they still have to catch one of Detroit, Sacramento or Toronto to lock up 7th worst, and it's not like those teams are going to win a whole bunch either. And even if they take over 7th worst, a team could still leapfrog them in the lottery.

Let's hope. I don't want the W's to win to often, but I don't think that's a threat. They have a handful of games that they can win even while tanking that may keep them from being able to tank all the way. This is one of those games. Home wins against Minn, Sac, NO, NJ and NO again would...

Warriors take over 5 minutes to score their first points against Minnesota. Ugh. 6-4 Minny half way through the first. How sad is it that I'm still considering putting on the headphones and listening to radio coverage of this game here at work?

Sure they CAN win any or all of them, but is it that likely that they beat Den, Dal, Orl and SA? You could also put it this way: "If the Jazz can lose to the freaking Toronto Raptors at home, we can lose to all of those other teams too."

No, the first time he left (signed with the Warriors) as a free agent.

Several teams trying to prove me wrong that the Warriors can't tank enough to catch them: Toronto coming up with a win in Memphis Sacramento beating the Celtics Golden State losing big to Milwaukee (although I expected that one after the Ellis trade)

OK, I'm calling it quits. When I get up in 4-5 hours, I hope to see that all (or at least some) of my trade deadline dreams have come to fruition. If not I'm going to feel really stupid for staying up this late to monitor nothing.

Sounds like that deal isn't happening, or at least Howard isn't in it. Someone in another thread cited 1280's sources.

Of course both of these assume trading them for nothing. If they have to take back salary, they don't save as much.

Yes! Movement! <calculating how long I can afford to stay up>

Yep, lived in SLC until 2006, then in Phoenix for five years. Moved to Singapore one year ago, where I enjoy enjoy Jazz games at crazy times like 9:00am (tomorrow vs. Minny) or as early as 7:00am. Often I end up watching them later.

Seriously, this is like watching paint dry. I realize it's only 8:18am in Utah and 10:18am in New York, but there's nothing new out there. No new tip-off by Locke (in which he'd repeat things he already said). Nobody I follow has tweeted in 31 minutes. We're less than 5 hours from the...

3:00 am Friday (Singapore time) I believe. I probably won't stay up.