JUST IN: James Harden is opting into his $35.6 million deal for next season – in order for the 10-time All-Star and the 76ers to work together on a trade out of Philadelphia, league sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. - Shams Charania

Not like this, I'm so distraught. I'm going to miss Marcus

Discussion thread for the 77th Season of the NBA.
Congrats to last season's winner, for the first time in history, the Denver Nuggets!

Free Agency started Friday the 30th at 6PM

Notable bags acquired
Atlanta - Dejounte Murray (ext.) 4/$120M
Boston - Kristaps Porzingis (ext.) 2/$30M, Jaylen Brown (supermax ext.) 5/$304M (most ever)
Brooklyn - Cam Johnson 4/$108M
Charlotte - LaMelo Ball (ext.) 5/$207M*
Chicago - Nikola Vucevic (ext.) 3/$60M, Coby White 3/$40M, Jevon Carter 3/$20M
Cleveland - Max Strus (sign and trade) 4/$63M, Caris LeVert 2/$32M, Georges Niang 3/$26M
Dallas - Kyrie Irving 3/$126M, Grant Williams (sign and trade) 4/$54M Seth Curry 2/$9.3M
Denver - Reggie Jackson 2/$10.25M, DeAndre Jordan 1/$3.2M
Golden State - Draymond Green 4/$100M
Houston - Fred VanVleet 3/$130M, Dillon Brooks 4/$80M, Jock Landale 4/$32M
Indiana - Tyrese Haliburton (ext.) 5/$207M*, Bruce Brown 2/$45M
LA Clippers - Russell Westbrook 2/$8M
Los Angeles - Austin Reaves 4/$56M, Rui Hachimura 3/$51M, D'Angelo Russell 2/$37M, Gabe Vincent 3/$33M, Taurean Prince 1/$4.5M, Cam Reddish 2/$4.7M

Memphis - Desmond Bane (ext.) 5/$207M, Derrick Rose 2/$6.5M
Miami - Kevin Love 2/$7.7M, Josh Richardson 2/$5.9M
Milwaukee - Khris Middleton 3/$102M, Brook Lopez 2/$48M
Minnesota - Anthony Edwards (ext.) 5/$207M*, Naz Reid (ext.) 3/$42M
New Orleans - Herb Jones (ext.) 4/$53.6M
New York - Donte DiVincenzo 4/$50M
Oklahoma City - Vasilije Micić 3/$23.5M (2x EuroLeague champion, 1x MVP)
Orlando - Joe Ingles 2/$22M
Phoenix - Eric Gordon 2/$6M, Signed the following players on 1/2yr deals all under $5M to round out roster: Yuta Watanabe, Drew Eubanks, Damion Lee, Keita Bates-Diop, Josh Okogie, and Chimezie Metu

Portland - Jerami Grant 5/$160M
Sacramento - Domantas Sabonis (ext., $195M in new $) 5/$217M Harrison Barnes (ext.) 3/$54M, Sasha Vezenkov 3/$20M (reigning Euroleague MVP)
San Antonio - Tre Jones 2/$20M
Toronto - Jakob Poeltl 4/$80M, Dennis Schroder 2/$26M
Utah - Jordan Clarkson (ext.) 3/$55M
Washington - Kyle Kuzma 4/$102M
*Designated Max; Increased to 5/$260M w/ All-NBA appearance this following season

Notable Trades
Suns gets Bradley Beal, Jordan Goodwin, and Isaiah Todd from Wizards for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, 2nd-rounders in 2024,'25,'26,'27,'28 and 2030, and 1st-round pick swaps in 2024,'26,'28, and 2030

Jazz get John Collins from Hawks for Rudy Gay and a 2nd-round pick

3 Team Trade:
Celtics gets Kristaps Porzingis #25 pick, 2024 1st-rounder via Golden State (Top 4 protected)
Grizzlies get Marcus Smart
Wizards get Tyus Jones, Danilo Gallinari, Mike Muscala, #35 pick

Warriors gets Chris Paul from Wizards for Jordan Poole, 2027 2nd-round pick, and 1st-round pick in 2030 (Top 20 protected)

Pistons gets 2 2nd-round picks (2027 Dallas, 2029 Milwaukee) for absorbing Joe Harris, sends Nets back $110k (league mandated minimum in trades)

Pistons gets Monte Morris from Wizards for a 2nd-round pick (Wizards get 9.8M TPE)

Thunder gets draft compensation for taking Victor Oladipo's expiring contract from Heat (details soon)

3 Team Trade:
Cavs get Max Strus
Heat get a 2nd-round pick
Spurs get Cedi Osman, Lamar Stevens, and a 2nd-round pick (details soon)

Pacers get Obi Toppin from Knicks for two future 2nd-round picks (pick details soon)

3 Team Trade:
Dallas gets Grant Williams
Spurs get Reggie Bullock and Unprotected Pick Swap in 2030 from Dallas
Celtics get multiple 2nd-round picks

New Head Coaching Hires
Atlanta - Quin Snyder (February last season)
Houston - Ime Udoka
Philadelphia - Nick Nurse
Detroit - Monty Williams
Phoenix - Frank Vogel
Milwaukee - Adrian Griffin
Toronto - Darko Rajakovic

Other
Nikola Jokić wins his first Finals MVP averaging 30.2/14/7.2.
Carmelo Anthony, Lou Williams, and Udonis Haslem announce their retirement from professional basketball.
Ja Morant has been suspended for the first 25 games of the season in response to (yet again) brandishing a weapon on IG Live.

It's wild to me that these threads have been happening the entire time I've been playing with barely anything to show for it. Doesnt matter who the person is. Just wild.

Celtics fans lmao....

Fresh Nuggets Hot n Ready in 5 games or less

I LOVE YOU!!!!! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY FRIEND!!!

Praise mastercoms (ninjad by 30 seconds but mostly thanking mastercoms here)
https://twitter.com/mastercoms/status/1623979622365896705

Time to Beat the Heat

John Milter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3yEjz5jSHo

76ers fans lmao

I'm scared

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/910473991846780940/1101151590443917322/Screenshot_20230427_102128_Instagram.jpg

Friendly reminder the Milwaukee Bucks left THREE (3!) timeouts on the board, one in regulation, two in overtime.

Going back to the 90s with Heat vs Knicks..

James Butler.

how do u not have migraines all the time with that pulsating brain of yours