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Quote from: OgNasty on July 16, 2023, 11:51:26 AM

The LeBron James number story is a bit of a strange one when you consider the timing of it. If memory serves me correctly though, he actually wanted to do this immediately after Bill’s death and before the season started last year, but I believe it was Nike or the league or some company told him no because they already had so much #6 merchandise ready to go.

Of course, no company in the world is going to want to take a huge loss. That is exactly what will happen if LeBron James does decide to go back to his old jersey number. I don't know but I am pretty sure that the last time this happened some companies had to take a little loss. Because I believe previously he was wearing a number 23 Jersey. He changed it and made it number 6.

Anyway, if a star player like him does end up changing his jersey number the companies which have already made Jerseys with the number 6 on the back are going to take a big loss because no one would want to buy the number 6 Jersey anymore. I don't think LeBron James should do it as well because that should probably affect him financially as well because any player gets a lot of money through different merchandise.

Although, maybe you need to think about how much money you could make from that as well? I mean you are going to have people buying Lebron jersey every year, that's a guaranteed X amount of money made, and you already spent some money to print those as well, so that's Y cost.

So normally what you have is X-Y=Profit they make. In this case we have a bit change, where he changes his number, if they let him last season, that would be Y amount of cost again, but also this time there would be Z amount new purchases, because of number change. Which means, does (X+Z)-2Y= same or more profit or not. That's the question. I feel like they just didn't want to take risk but considering how many more people would buy, I feel like they could have made some profit.

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Looks like the Phoenix Suns have addressed they’re not having a backup center by signing Bol Bol to a one year deal. This means they probably won’t be going after JaVale McGee in the free agent market. It also means that DeAndre Ayton had better not get too comfortable on this roster. I am excited that the Suns got Bol Bol though. He’s like a more developed version of Wemby.

It's actually a sneaky good pick up. He can run the floor for 20 or so minutes and provides outside shooting too. The difference between ayton and bol bol will be tough to match up against. Guess that's why they traded away cam to open up cap space. Suns definitely in a win now mode.

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Looks like the Phoenix Suns have addressed they’re not having a backup center by signing Bol Bol to a one year deal. This means they probably won’t be going after JaVale McGee in the free agent market. It also means that DeAndre Ayton had better not get too comfortable on this roster. I am excited that the Suns got Bol Bol though. He’s like a more developed version of Wemby.

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The LeBron James number story is a bit of a strange one when you consider the timing of it. If memory serves me correctly though, he actually wanted to do this immediately after Bill’s death and before the season started last year, but I believe it was Nike or the league or some company told him no because they already had so much #6 merchandise ready to go.

That's a bad idea to buy his jersey then when they only know that he will gonna change to number 23 again because not only his jersey, I believe his Nike shoes also have his jersey's number. Well! that's just how they do business and right now most people who had bought those merchandise will be buying some of it again when they release it. We cannot blame those people because LBJ is no doubt one of the living legend who is still playing right now and to gather as much of his merchandise is merit and prestige for the NBA fans.

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Quote from: EFS on July 16, 2023, 07:32:00 AM

The LeBron James number story is a bit of a strange one when you consider the timing of it. If memory serves me correctly though, he actually wanted to do this immediately after Bill’s death and before the season started last year, but I believe it was Nike or the league or some company told him no because they already had so much #6 merchandise ready to go.

Profits first says Nike. Cheesy

Waste of money tbh. Brown was good until Finals, then he choked pretty bad.
Does he deserve max contract? On his own perspective probably yes, but I don't think he and Celtics will get away with that last failure. If they ever get to Finals again, everybody will remember that moment.

I read that it's the biggest contract in NBA history. Nobody get paid 70m on a year before. Even Jokić has 5-year 276m contract. Brown will pass the MVP and other players. Pretty good deal for a Top 10 player.

It's a no to me too.
Well, he is happy about it but I doubt the Celtics will find more room for good players to add to their roster. Letting Marcus Smart go might not be the wisest move they made. They are trying to go big but I believe it will leave a hole in their defense. Kristaps Porzingis is not known to be a defensive player. I think Brad Stevens will make more mistakes as he paves the road to making the Celtics an offensive team. They did not reach the Finals in the previous years because of their offense, it's mostly because of their defense and now they let go of the prime defender of their roster.
Let's see how they will deal with this and I doubt Tatum is happy with all the changes they made. I don't want to judge early but I am seeing some blur on their newly created roster. They will probably have a bad start of the season.

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Quote from: EFS on July 16, 2023, 07:32:00 AM

Quote from: EFS on July 16, 2023, 07:32:00 AM

Big contract for Jaylen Brown.
I read that Jaylen Brown could sign a maximum contract of $304 million with the Boston Celtics.
If this is true, the last year of the contract will be $ 70 million.

That's huge for Brown, him and Tatum has been the face of Boston Celtics for years. And now that Marcus Smart is gone, he could be very influential to the team right now. Hopefully, Boston will blossom and reach the finals again or even win.

Waste of money tbh. Brown was good until Finals, then he choked pretty bad.
Does he deserve max contract? On his own perspective probably yes, but I don't think he and Celtics will get away with that last failure. If they ever get to Finals again, everybody will remember that moment.

I think it's a huge gamble for the Celtics giving that kind of contract to someone they may trade in two or three years time if they keep failing at winning the title. Maybe it would make more sense if there are certain conditions in the contract that he should meet before he gets full payment.

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Waste of money tbh. Brown was good until Finals, then he choked pretty bad.
Does he deserve max contract? On his own perspective probably yes, but I don't think he and Celtics will get away with that last failure. If they ever get to Finals again, everybody will remember that moment.

I read that it's the biggest contract in NBA history. Nobody get paid 70m on a year before. Even Jokić has 5-year 276m contract. Brown will pass the MVP and other players. Pretty good deal for a Top 10 player.

If Green values himself at $100 million, then we shouldn't be surprised that Brown got such a huge contract. It's worth noting that team salary caps are increasing year on year, and I guess some players will have $500+ million contracts in a few seasons. For comparison, $20-25 million per season was a huge salary for top players 12-13 years ago, but now the same salary is paid to average players.

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Big contract for Jaylen Brown.
I read that Jaylen Brown could sign a maximum contract of $304 million with the Boston Celtics.
If this is true, the last year of the contract will be $ 70 million.

That's huge for Brown, him and Tatum has been the face of Boston Celtics for years. And now that Marcus Smart is gone, he could be very influential to the team right now. Hopefully, Boston will blossom and reach the finals again or even win.
Again, him and Tatum are blending well in the last couple of years and they should be around their prime years right now.
So it's good to see that he has been rewarded by the Celtics management.

Waste of money tbh. Brown was good until Finals, then he choked pretty bad.
Does he deserve max contract? On his own perspective probably yes, but I don't think he and Celtics will get away with that last failure. If they ever get to Finals again, everybody will remember that moment.

I read that it's the biggest contract in NBA history. Nobody get paid 70m on a year before. Even Jokić has 5-year 276m contract. Brown will pass the MVP and other players. Pretty good deal for a Top 10 player.

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Quote from: Pamadar on July 16, 2023, 02:46:01 AM

The LeBron James number story is a bit of a strange one when you consider the timing of it. If memory serves me correctly though, he actually wanted to do this immediately after Bill’s death and before the season started last year, but I believe it was Nike or the league or some company told him no because they already had so much #6 merchandise ready to go.

Of course, no company in the world is going to want to take a huge loss. That is exactly what will happen if LeBron James does decide to go back to his old jersey number. I don't know but I am pretty sure that the last time this happened some companies had to take a little loss. Because I believe previously he was wearing a number 23 Jersey. He changed it and made it number 6.

Anyway, if a star player like him does end up changing his jersey number the companies which have already made Jerseys with the number 6 on the back are going to take a big loss because no one would want to buy the number 6 Jersey anymore. I don't think LeBron James should do it as well because that should probably affect him financially as well because any player gets a lot of money through different merchandise.

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Big contract for Jaylen Brown.

I read that Jaylen Brown could sign a maximum contract of $304 million with the Boston Celtics.
If this is true, the last year of the contract will be $ 70 million.

That's huge for Brown, him and Tatum has been the face of Boston Celtics for years. And now that Marcus Smart is gone, he could be very influential to the team right now. Hopefully, Boston will blossom and reach the finals again or even win.

Again, him and Tatum are blending well in the last couple of years and they should be around their prime years right now.

So it's good to see that he has been rewarded by the Celtics management.

What a huge amount of money if that offer is true.

Though if looking at how Boston rotating their offense, it's mostly for Tatum and him, the blend and chemistries are already
established and the good catch for Boston, both are still young.

They just need to invest more with their role players and allow both Tatum and Brown to take over whenever the
team needed them most.

And the money being offered are getting bigger and bigger in the NBA right now, although it fare very small as compare to football. Nevertheless, Boston are rebuilding again and most likely they will have Brown and Tatum as the center of it.

Of course, they need more pieces, like role players at hand. They don't have Marcus Smart and Grant Williams so they will have to find a good replacement for them. Specially in defense because that's what Smart provided them during his years in Boston.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on July 15, 2023, 10:30:24 PM

Big contract for Jaylen Brown.

I read that Jaylen Brown could sign a maximum contract of $304 million with the Boston Celtics.
If this is true, the last year of the contract will be $ 70 million.

That's huge for Brown, him and Tatum has been the face of Boston Celtics for years. And now that Marcus Smart is gone, he could be very influential to the team right now. Hopefully, Boston will blossom and reach the finals again or even win.

Again, him and Tatum are blending well in the last couple of years and they should be around their prime years right now.

So it's good to see that he has been rewarded by the Celtics management.

What a huge amount of money if that offer is true.

Though if looking at how Boston rotating their offense, it's mostly for Tatum and him, the blend and chemistries are already
established and the good catch for Boston, both are still young.

They just need to invest more with their role players and allow both Tatum and Brown to take over whenever the
team needed them most.

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The LeBron James number story is a bit of a strange one when you consider the timing of it. If memory serves me correctly though, he actually wanted to do this immediately after Bill’s death and before the season started last year, but I believe it was Nike or the league or some company told him no because they already had so much #6 merchandise ready to go.

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Quote from: OgNasty on July 15, 2023, 02:25:39 PM

Stephen Curry just hit a hole in one on live TV during a golf tournament. This guy is living the dream man… I’m guessing that’s going to go down as one of his all time favorite sports moments, which is crazy when you consider that he’s an MVP and NBA champion. You can catch the clip on twitter everywhere in a couple minutes I’m sure.

Happy Gilmore! Grin

Then he ran like it was a buzzer-beater shot.
Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqjQVm1T4SI
It's one hell of a crazy shot. Just when he pulled the trigger, it already looked perfect, and when it dropped just one bounce and then it went in. Perfect touch. Then people are chanting MVP, I got goosebumps while watching it.

There's news about Lebron James.

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LeBron James will change his uniform from No. 6 to No. 23 next season. “It’s LeBron’s decision,” Rich Paul of Klutch Sports Group told ESPN. “He chose to out of respect for Bill Russell.” The NBA retired No. 6 league-wide last August; James wore it a final season to honor Russell

https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1680378150172372994
I think he will retire on this number. That's his first jersey number so it is just normal that he is going to end it the same way. I also think this is his lucky number so let's see if there will be a change in what will happen on the Lakers team this season. They now have a good point guard Austin Reaves, what they need are more shooters that could spread the floor more.

Yes, just saw the clip on one of my social media accounts, and the fans are delighted and some of the are even at awe. It just really proves how good Steph Curry is, the best shooter we have seen in the NBA.

Good for Lebron to change his jersey to 23 now. I don't consider Austin Reaves though as pure point guard if we are talking about him compare to let's say CP3. But definitely last season he proved himself as the new White Mamba as his impact is more than Caruso has when he was still playing with the Lakers.

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Quote from: OgNasty on July 15, 2023, 02:25:39 PM

Stephen Curry just hit a hole in one on live TV during a golf tournament. This guy is living the dream man… I’m guessing that’s going to go down as one of his all time favorite sports moments, which is crazy when you consider that he’s an MVP and NBA champion. You can catch the clip on twitter everywhere in a couple minutes I’m sure.

Happy Gilmore! Grin

Then he ran like it was a buzzer-beater shot.
Here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqjQVm1T4SI
It's one hell of a crazy shot. Just when he pulled the trigger, it already looked perfect, and when it dropped just one bounce and then it went in. Perfect touch. Then people are chanting MVP, I got goosebumps while watching it.

There's news about Lebron James.

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LeBron James will change his uniform from No. 6 to No. 23 next season. “It’s LeBron’s decision,” Rich Paul of Klutch Sports Group told ESPN. “He chose to out of respect for Bill Russell.” The NBA retired No. 6 league-wide last August; James wore it a final season to honor Russell

https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1680378150172372994
I think he will retire on this number. That's his first jersey number so it is just normal that he is going to end it the same way. I also think this is his lucky number so let's see if there will be a change in what will happen on the Lakers team this season. They now have a good point guard Austin Reaves, what they need are more shooters that could spread the floor more.

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Quote from: OgNasty on July 15, 2023, 03:14:48 PM

Dallas coming out and saying they are not planning to have JaVale McGee on their team when the season starts is a bit of a surprise as I think JaVale is a quality player that is underrated. Him being waved would likely open the door up for a return to Phoenix or Los Angeles on a minimum contract, which I think would be great for either team.

With his championship experience, he will be a good fit for any team that needs a defensive player like him. I'm just curious why they didn't resign him. Maybe it's because they want to develop their draft pick this year. Maybe another reason is that he isn't that much of a help offensively especially now that we are seeing Centers who are shooting threes as well. He isn't like that, but he's a good defender still. I wonder which team will get him. I would be happy if he will be reunited with the Warriors since they're still in need of a center that can sub out Looney.

Big contract for Jaylen Brown.

I read that Jaylen Brown could sign a maximum contract of $304 million with the Boston Celtics.
If this is true, the last year of the contract will be $ 70 million.

The word is "could" meaning is isn't guarantee that he will get that contract.
Another question is that, with how he played in their series against the Heat in Game 7, do you think that the front office will think of giving him that much of a contract knowing that he's kind of unreliable in crucial games like that. I don't think so TBH.

Well, if that happens, that would be the largest contract in NBA history, but if I'm the front office, I will not give that much money to him. Yes he had a big impact towards the Celtics' success in the past years, but that contract is just too much. Maybe if it's Tatum that will request that contract then it would be better.

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