Here's your quick F5 season update:
- It's Rick Bucher, so grain of salt time, but apparently Kyrie and KD have spoken "a few times" about teaming up together "somewhere" (Aka, Brooklyn) and further, that KD is extremely upset with the Warriors over his achilles injury. Jay Williams (who is very close with KD) and Perk (who is just a ****ing stud all around) have been saying similar.
- Kyrie is apparently also trying to get De'Andre to sign as a recruiting tool for getting KD. De'Andre is one of KD's best friends.
- Because the real estate portfolios of these guys becomes a news item at this time of the year, Kyrie bought a house in South Orange, Jersey. About an hour for Barclay Centre (but 40 minutes from MSG....)
- The Knicks have asked the league to fine Andre Iguodala for comments made on a NYC morning show. "Nobody is going to the Knicks, sorry" is the offending quote apparently. Barrett is going to love NYC but had the NYK organization, book it. Biggest gong show of any organization in the league and until Dolan sells, it will remain that way.
- Completely coincidentally, a report has come out of NYK that if they fail to sign Kyrie, KD, or Kawhi, they will just roll over until next season and not spend the money. This is at least an improvement over how the Knicks previously did business. I'm half surprised they didn't decide to blow their brains out on Middleton or Tobias Harris as a plan B.
- Drake apparently put money on the Raptors to beat the Warriors and won 300K
- Portland has traded Evan Turner to Atlanta for Bazemore
- Jimmer Fredette has left the Suns and will join the Warriors summer league team. They apparently only want shooting, everywhere on their roster.
- A story has come out from the Suns org during the Kawhi draft when they passed on Kawhi (and took a Morris...I don't know which, just one of them. The one that was supposed to be good and wasn't, isn't of the one that wasn't supposed to be good and ended up good I think) because they found him to be awkward in interviews and that he was sweating way too much. He apparently sweat right through the suit he was wearing. But this up there with the Colangelo era "confidence testing".
- Speaking of our lord and saviour, here's his interview from his draft workout with the Raptors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkZxfrYMhuE&t=48s
and finally...Japan is ****ing weird. Kemba Walker on some Japanese TV show
https://streamable.com/2mcci