# 2024 NBA Off-Season Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** basketball-nba\ **Created:** [June 18, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011 "2024-06-18T12:47:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/21 "2024-07-01T14:32:28Z")
Could be he thinks the rebuild with Wembanyama might pay dividends soon. Or he’s realized the NBA gods truly hate his bullshit and will never allow him a ring, and he’s decided to follow the [churros and big ol’ women](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP5BBAYzLxg) to San Anton’. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/22 "2024-07-01T14:45:43Z")
There’s not really a dominant team in need of help to go ring chase with right now. Anyone who might possibly fit the bill either has had him already and don’t want him back, or they simply have no use for him at all. Paul is certainly not a guy that’s going to put anyone over the top at this point in his career. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/23 "2024-07-01T15:16:57Z")
Isaiah Hartenstein (I probably butchered that) to OKC. Great pick up, OKC has a ridiculous team and enough trade assets to build a generational dynasty. Unless they completely fuck it up again like they did with their Durant/Westbrook/Harden/Ibaka team. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/24 "2024-07-01T18:55:29Z")
Klay Thompson to the Mavericks on a sign-and-trade deal. > **[Sources: Klay to join Mavs on 3-year, $50M deal](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40475185/klay-thompson-join-mavericks-3-year-50m-deal)** > > Klay Thompson plans to join the Dallas Mavericks on a three-year, $50 million deal that includes a player option, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/25 "2024-07-05T22:44:17Z")
Franz Wagner, who averaged about 20 PPG last year, has signed a 5-year, $224M contract extension to stay with Orlando. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/26 "2024-07-06T17:52:49Z")
Yup, the rookie max extension. It was pretty much guaranteed as you can argue he is one of the top three players in that draft. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/27 "2024-07-07T02:27:10Z")
Breaking: The Sacramento Kings are agreed on a sign-and-trade that will land DeMar DeRozan on a three-year $70 million plus deal, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski with Tim Bontemps. The Kings send Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs and Chris Duarte, two second-round picks and cash to the Chicago Bulls. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/28 "2024-07-13T02:30:26Z")
The group draws for the second In-Season Tournament, now called the Emirates NBA Cup, have been announced. [![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/853831517344497664/1261508143989657661/facebook_1720837367256_7217715052833705731.jpg?ex=66933683&is=6691e503&hm=8a27db5786be3728ffc5c57e845426732253a5f180549e97285cd8b0d9ad0a00&) ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/853831517344497664/1261508143989657661/facebook_1720837367256_7217715052833705731.jpg?ex=66933683&is=6691e503&hm=8a27db5786be3728ffc5c57e845426732253a5f180549e97285cd8b0d9ad0a00&) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/29 "2024-07-18T18:55:11Z")
The Los Angeles Clippers are trading Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz. He’s expected to negotiate a buyout and sign with the Denver Nuggets. > **[Report: Russell Westbrook Traded to Jazz, Expected to Land with Nuggets After...](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10126650-report-russell-westbrook-traded-to-jazz-expected-to-land-with-nuggets-after-buyout)** > > Russell Westbrook is reportedly leaving the Los Angeles Clippers after one-and-a-half seasons with the team. Westbrook was traded to the Utah Jazz after… The Nuggets will be his sixth team. After spending the first 11 years of his career in Oklahoma City, he’s never spent more than 2 years with any other team. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/30 "2024-08-27T02:15:07Z")
My Pacers newsletter, 8 Points 9 Seconds, proposed a mock trade involving (ONCE AGAIN) Myles Turner to the Lakers. The media is obsessed with that idea. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/31 "2024-09-26T23:06:23Z")
A few days after being released by the Memphis Grizzlies, former MVP Derrick Rose has announced his retirement. > **[Former league MVP Derrick Rose retires from the NBA | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/sport/former-mvp-derrick-rose-retires-nba-spt-intl/index.html)** > > Derrick Rose, longtime NBA veteran and former league MVP, announced his decision to retire from professional basketball on Thursday. He’s probably one of the greatest “what might have been” stories in NBA history, and will surely become the first NBA MVP not to make it into the Hall of Fame. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/32 "2024-09-26T23:12:02Z")
I imagine he is a shoe in for the hall of fame. BTW i believe he asked to be released. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/33 "2024-09-27T02:36:40Z")
MVP is usually an automatic ticket to the HOF. Granted, he was never the same player after the injury, which was quite early in his career, but youngest MVP ever still carries quite a lot of weight. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/34 "2024-09-28T14:55:00Z")
Wolves and Knicks swap KAT for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo. Minnesota also gets a conditional 2025 1st round pick. The Hornets are marginally involved for cap purposes. > **[Sources: Towns to join Knicks, Randle to Wolves](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41482366/sources-knicks-nearing-deal-send-randle-divincenzo-wolves-towns)** > > Just days before training camps begin, the Knicks and Timberwolves have agreed to a blockbuster deal that will see Karl-Anthony Towns land in New York and Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo head to Minnesota, sources confirmed to ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/35 "2024-09-30T17:47:52Z")
Hall of Famer and advocate Dikembe Mutombo has died at 58 from brain cancer. > **[Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at 58, NBA...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/sport/dikembe-mutombo-death-nba-spt-intl/index.html)** > > Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo – known for his shot-blocking and famed finger wave after denying opponents at the hoop – died Monday from brain cancer aged 58, according to the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011/36 "2024-09-30T19:43:35Z")
Remember this Dikembe Mutombo Geico commercial? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W4WWvMMblaY/maxresdefault.jpg "Dikembe Mutombo Geico Commercial (2013)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4WWvMMblaY) “NOT IN MY HOUSE! HA HA HA!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-nba-off-season-thread/1003011.md?page=1)