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Yeah, but I don't believe the negotiations are completely over. But if they are, and they had serious negotiations, they must’ve been far apart with no resolution in sight.

These negotiations often take time. Kessler’s agent is pushing the price up, as he should, to see how high he can go. Eventually, they’ll reach a deal. I say this because I'm pretty sure AA wants to sign him to a long-term contract.

Good debate, guys. My guess is the main issue here is simply his value, i.e., his projected value as a player in the coming years. How much to pay for an offensively limited center? We’ll see if both sides compromise before the season kicks off.

I do think AA wants to sign Kessler. He just doesn’t want to give him too much. Maybe they’ll end up going around 25 per year, as you said.

I’d offer a $22 million per year kind of deal, and if he won’t accept, then trade him.

Yes, Jarrett Allen might be comparable, but he's an efficient shooter from close range. I’m one of those here who think Kessler is just too one-dimensional to be on a modern championship team. Obviously, if he greatly develops his shooting, it’s a different story, but I don’t think it’ll ever be...

If the Jazz play better than expected, I think it's largely due to Lauri and internal growth.

This dude is a shrewd operator A central figure in the Kawhi Leonard, Clippers investigation

Collier & Keyonte is my guess. But wouldn’t be surprised if Clayton bumps one of them to the bench later in the season. Will be fun to watch.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVYxKRXDT2I

Some Lauri haters popping up here is funny. He had a great tournament and led his 10th-ranked team to the semifinals. His shot didn’t fall in some of the games, but he created a lot of open shots and lanes for his teammates in every game. Germany was impressive with their coaching and teamwork...

I thought Lauri played quite well against Germany. He received intense defensive pressure throughout the game and had to take tough shots. Tomorrow, he'll be facing Giannis, who didn’t have a good game (12 pts, 5 TOs, –30) against Turkey. Like Lauri, he was guarded heavily

Pablo keeping his foot on the gas. Circumstantial evidence is piling up. Stinks worse and worse for the Clippers.

I don't think Ballmer would make such a call. I don't think he has left any hard evidence against him.

Or could Ballmer just have called Aspiration and said, " I’ll invest 50 mil in your company if you make a 28 mil endorsement deal with Kawhi?" Whatever, Uncle Dennis probably has his fingers in this pie. It turns out he tried to make similar "no show" endorsement deal arrangements for Kawhi when...

Yeah, I’m skeptical as well. Uncle Dennis is the funnest dude here. Wouldn’t surprise me if he demanded Ballmer to arrange a big endorsement deal for Kawhi, and then Ballmer said, OK, let me see what I can do. Then he gave 50 million to Aspiration and asked someone to tell them that this money...

I enjoyed reading your reporting, Tony. You think you’ll be able to focus on the Sixers? You’re still gonna be hooked on the Jazz.

Yes, Ballmer appears confident that he has left no paper trails or unsilenced lips behind. But he'll be sweating for the next few months because when the NBA investigates why the deal between Kawhi and Aspiration was kept secret (never announced, etc.) (and why it included a clause stating that...

Yeah, in that interview, Ballmer said pretty much everything I thought he would say, but when he was asked why Aspiration would pay Kawhi 28 million to do nothing, that’s where he started to stumble. That Cuban's defense is incredibly weak imo.

Here’s an article that digs deeper into this thing...