2027 NBA Season

[Yaunfitda]

What do you think about Cooper Flagg being drafted by the Dallas Mavericks? Would this be a big boost to the team, will they be back in the playoffs again, or even become a championship team? If you look at it, it's only Luka who left; next season they will have a healthy Davis, Irving, and the rookie Cooper Flagg.

Definitely, he will be  big for the Mavericks next season, and there are a lot of hype on him as we have seen how good he is in his college days. So all eyes on him and I saw a post like how the Dallas will be with this rookie. They already have AD and then Klay, and hopefully if Kyrie can play next season, then that is a formidable starting five.
However, I think the NBA Draft's attention was stolen by  Dylan Harper's mom, Lol. There are a lot of posts in our social media, like his mom is a certified baddie.  . In any case, Dylan is another half Filipino who is going to play in the NBA so the country must be proud of him.

[Dave1]

Austin Reeves declining a 4 year $90,000,000 contract extension pretty much ends his days in Los Angeles. I think they’re going to have to trade him so they don’t risk losing him for nothing. That gives the Lakers some interesting roster possibilities. We’ll have to wait a few months to see just what they can do with this.

As if Lakers will offer big to him considering they have Luka on the roster. Lakers will indeed just trade him and get a playoffs piece player that can support Luka since they literally don’t have much defense in AR15.

Maybe AR15 wants to change team so that he can fully grow which is a gamble in my opinion since there’s no guarantee that he can receive same spotlight on Lakers to showcase his skills.

Perhaps he is willing to take the risk and not accept the offer of the Lakers. And obviously, he is looking for a big paycheck, so let's see. For sure he believes that he deserved more money that the Lakers has to offer for him.

Just like what Caruso did, now he is a 2 time champion with OKC. Hopefully though this is a good decision for Reaves as we have seen how he improved to be one of the best player for the Lakers. But I guess with Luka, it might be too crowded for the two of them and so Reaves decided to try the free market.

[avp2306]

Austin Reeves declining a 4 year $90,000,000 contract extension pretty much ends his days in Los Angeles. I think they’re going to have to trade him so they don’t risk losing him for nothing. That gives the Lakers some interesting roster possibilities. We’ll have to wait a few months to see just what they can do with this.

As if Lakers will offer big to him considering they have Luka on the roster. Lakers will indeed just trade him and get a playoffs piece player that can support Luka since they literally don’t have much defense in AR15.

Maybe AR15 wants to change team so that he can fully grow which is a gamble in my opinion since there’s no guarantee that he can receive same spotlight on Lakers to showcase his skills.

Perhaps he is willing to take the risk and not accept the offer of the Lakers. And obviously, he is looking for a big paycheck, so let's see. For sure he believes that he deserved more money that the Lakers has to offer for him.

Just like what Caruso did, now he is a 2 time champion with OKC. Hopefully though this is a good decision for Reaves as we have seen how he improved to be one of the best player for the Lakers. But I guess with Luka, it might be too crowded for the two of them and so Reaves decided to try the free market.

This is perfect time for him to do that action especially he's known to be a major contributor to his team and provably that lots of team would offer him a nice contract and good playing time.

He won't also get good growth on Lakers especially that they are to focus on Luka and Bron. That's why its really better for him to test the market and go to the team that can possibly use him and try to grow their.

Its risky but if he didn't try nothing will happen on his career.

[stadus]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

[blockman]

Please, no curse of the number 1 pick.

While everyone is optimistic about his future career. Only time can tell and most of the round 1, number 1 picks career didn't go well except for the few. We wish him the best, he's been destined to be picked as the overall #1 for this NBA draft class. And in our country, it's become a headline when Dylan Harper was picked second, #proudtobepinoy. LOL  

What?? Most?? The word most would mean over 50%, normally it would even mean like 70-80%. In regards to no 1 draft picks what you wrote is SO wrong.
Look at the last 25 years and then think again. You got:

Victor Wembanyama
Paolo Banchero
Cade Cunningham
Anthony Edwards
Zion Williamson (I think he still can be great)
Karl-Anthony Towns
Andrew Wiggins
Anthony Davis
Kyrie Irving
John Wall
Blake Griffin
Derrick Rose
Dwight Howard
LeBron James
Yao Ming

All these guys had good careers (so far), almost (or maybe not almost) all of them have been allstars as well. That's 15/25.

My bad on that, I have not said it clearly on what I mean about the career, I mean about the championships. While their individual careers were great and good. It's not all of them who's got their rings. Well, I stand to be corrected and that's a great stat for the first picks about their individual careers up to now.

However, I think the NBA Draft's attention was stolen by  Dylan Harper's mom, Lol. There are a lot of posts in our social media, like his mom is a certified baddie.  . In any case, Dylan is another half Filipino who is going to play in the NBA so the country must be proud of him.

Maria did really took the spotlight but there's also the other one, Chloe Kitts, the gf of Collin Murray-Boyles the ninth pick of Raptors.

[ultrloa]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

Its really scary especially that we see a Schroder like incident on where they ruin everything just for turning down the offer of Lakers. Now Reaves is entering the same scenario and this is huge gamble for his career.

Hopefully his agent would do a nice thing towards negotiating with other team and he could get those salary and position that he like for his potential new teams.To bad if he also receive a same like situation and receive much smaller pay check just like what happen to Schroder.

[Maslate]

Maria did really took the spotlight but there's also the other one, Chloe Kitts, the gf of Collin Murray-Boyles the ninth pick of Raptors.

Just saw that.. the video’s definitely gone viral, and yeah, that lady in the red dress was looking fine. Raptors are red too, so nice choice of outfit, I guess as it matched the color of the team. But let’s end that here. We don’t want this thread turning into a discussion about NBA players’ girlfriends.

[Russlenat]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

Its really scary especially that we see a Schroder like incident on where they ruin everything just for turning down the offer of Lakers. Now Reaves is entering the same scenario and this is huge gamble for his career.

Hopefully his agent would do a nice thing towards negotiating with other team and he could get those salary and position that he like for his potential new teams.To bad if he also receive a same like situation and receive much smaller pay check just like what happen to Schroder.

They probably already have options lined up for Reaves where he can earn a good salary and take home better net pay after taxes, we all know how heavy taxes can be. Reaves is still young and coming off solid stats, so it’s normal for him to look for a team that can fully maximize his value. But they’ll have to play their cards right.

A lot of players have made the wrong call by turning down big contracts. It’s not just Schroder, even Victor Oladipo made that mistake. He declined a 4-year, $112 million extension, and things didn’t go well for him after that.

[passwordnow]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

It is what everyone thinks of when they've declined such offers. Maybe that there's already something that's offered to him from the other teams and it's only a matter of time that we'll see it. We just hope the best for his career because he's a likeable player but to know that he wants to get out of the Lakers might frustrate a lot of Lakers fan from that point.

A lot of players have made the wrong call by turning down big contracts. It’s not just Schroder, even Victor Oladipo made that mistake. He declined a 4-year, $112 million extension, and things didn’t go well for him after that.

Dang, those were the biggest mistakes that they've done for their lives. But that's their evaluation for themselves and think that they're worth more than the contract extension that's offered to them.

[Volgastallion]

I see a lot of people complaining about players who didnt took the contracts extension or some pretty good offer in terms of money, and yes with the confirmation of that being a bad take we can blame them, but in the time they rejected it we dont know what they want for their carreers, and also we dont know how much they care about the money, a lot of them already have so much money and they only want to be in a contender team.

[btc_angela]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

Its really scary especially that we see a Schroder like incident on where they ruin everything just for turning down the offer of Lakers. Now Reaves is entering the same scenario and this is huge gamble for his career.

Hopefully his agent would do a nice thing towards negotiating with other team and he could get those salary and position that he like for his potential new teams.To bad if he also receive a same like situation and receive much smaller pay check just like what happen to Schroder.

They probably already have options lined up for Reaves where he can earn a good salary and take home better net pay after taxes, we all know how heavy taxes can be. Reaves is still young and coming off solid stats, so it’s normal for him to look for a team that can fully maximize his value. But they’ll have to play their cards right.

A lot of players have made the wrong call by turning down big contracts. It’s not just Schroder, even Victor Oladipo made that mistake. He declined a 4-year, $112 million extension, and things didn’t go well for him after that.

Right, Oladipo is the worst of them all, although Dennis  Schrodergets more of the flack because he is with the Lakers and Lebron. And with Austin Reaves, he is healthy and still have a good potentially so I don't think that he will be the next in line so I think he will be fine.

I reading about this NBA Draft, (I can't remember his name), and it looks like he doesn't want to play with the Jazz. It was said that he turn down a practice session with them and obviously, he don't want to play with them.

But still Danny Ainge is savage and still pick up this kid.

[livingfree]

LOL, Ace Bailey is so demanding. Is it true that he's asking for a mansion and two private cars from the Jazz?

He didn't even flew with his co-rookie to the Utah for the introduction that they need to go through as part of the process.

Was this even the guy that has faked his height?

[Oasisman]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

 I have the same feeling he'd likely going to follow that path. Specially that playoffs performance he had. It looks to me like he's not ready to be a superstar or even an allstar. He should stay in LA at least for another contract so he can enhance his skills and increase his value.
Having LeBron and Luka on the same team is an individual advantage to whoever is around them, because there have been a lot of things to learn from these two.
Schroder took it personal and so does Reaves now. Those trade rumors really hurt those players who's not in an elite caliber yet.

[Shinpako09]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

 I have the same feeling he'd likely going to follow that path. Specially that playoffs performance he had. It looks to me like he's not ready to be a superstar or even an allstar. He should stay in LA at least for another contract so he can enhance his skills and increase his value.
Having LeBron and Luka on the same team is an individual advantage to whoever is around them, because there have been a lot of things to learn from these two.
Schroder took it personal and so does Reaves now. Those trade rumors really hurt those players who's not in an elite caliber yet.

I’ve been seeing a lot like this on social media, but I don’t agree. Statistically, he’s better than Schroder, and fans often see him as their third star. Fans wouldn’t think that way for no reason. I’m not even a Lakers fan, but I still think he’s better than Schroder, whether as a scorer or as a role player. But yeah, his image isn’t at a superstar level yet like others. What he needs to do is surpass his stats next season and prove he’s worth more than what they are offering. But if his stats decline, maybe we’ll see another Schroder.

[Dave1]

It was reported that Raptors President Masai Ujiri was fired hours after the NBA Draft.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/breaking-news/article/raptors-part-ways-with-team-president-masai-ujiri-a-day-after-2025-nba-draft-131702065.html

The man who brought a championship to the Toronto Raptors is leaving the franchise. The Raptors and team president Masai Ujiri are parting ways, the team confirmed Friday.

The move comes at an unusual time. Ujiri just took part in the 2025 NBA Draft with the Raptors, and was entering the final year of his contract. Ujiri could have hypothetically finished out his contract with the team and left in the offseason. It's unclear why both sides felt it was necessary to move on at this time.

Very brutal, but this is the world they live in. Just imagine that you take part of the draft and not knowing that the owner already had his plans in mind that after the draft you will be fired. But I guess he is man enough to accept it and maybe another team will pick him up with his experience as he is the one who brought the Raptors 1st championship in 2019.

[stadus]

Very brutal, but this is the world they live in. Just imagine that you take part of the draft and not knowing that the owner already had his plans in mind that after the draft you will be fired. But I guess he is man enough to accept it and maybe another team will pick him up with his experience as he is the one who brought the Raptors 1st championship in 2019.

That’s business you know...
we never really know what’s going on behind the scenes and honestly, it doesn’t matter much at this point. As fans, all we really care about is seeing our team play well.

Since the Raptors already won a championship, and I’m sure the goal is to get back to the finals. But it’s been a few years now, and IIRC they haven’t even made it past the second round since then. Maybe it’s long overdue ,we just haven’t been paying close attention.

[Yaunfitda]

Very brutal, but this is the world they live in. Just imagine that you take part of the draft and not knowing that the owner already had his plans in mind that after the draft you will be fired. But I guess he is man enough to accept it and maybe another team will pick him up with his experience as he is the one who brought the Raptors 1st championship in 2019.

That’s business you know...
we never really know what’s going on behind the scenes and honestly, it doesn’t matter much at this point. As fans, all we really care about is seeing our team play well.

Since the Raptors already won a championship, and I’m sure the goal is to get back to the finals. But it’s been a few years now, and IIRC they haven’t even made it past the second round since then. Maybe it’s long overdue ,we just haven’t been paying close attention.

How time flies isn't it, but it was 6 years ago that the Raptors won their only championship ring with Kahwi Leonard and obviously Masai Ujiri was a big part of it. Nevertheless, as what we have seen in every sports, even the highest position can be fired by the owner themselves. And maybe Masai didn't see it coming, but he should know that this is the business that they are in and everyone is not safe. And you are right, we only remember the winnings as a fan. But after that if the jobs is not accomplished in the following season, then someone's head is going to roll and unfortunately, it was their team President.

[blockman]

Maria did really took the spotlight but there's also the other one, Chloe Kitts, the gf of Collin Murray-Boyles the ninth pick of Raptors.

Just saw that.. the video’s definitely gone viral, and yeah, that lady in the red dress was looking fine. Raptors are red too, so nice choice of outfit, I guess as it matched the color of the team. But let’s end that here. We don’t want this thread turning into a discussion about NBA players’ girlfriends.

I guess that Collin shows that he'd be picked by the Raptors and he told her girlfriend about that. And to match the night with the color of the team, she wore a red dress and she was stunning and got the attention of the boys who's not only watching the draft but also who's with the nba draftee.

That’s business you know...
we never really know what’s going on behind the scenes and honestly, it doesn’t matter much at this point. As fans, all we really care about is seeing our team play well.

Since the Raptors already won a championship, and I’m sure the goal is to get back to the finals. But it’s been a few years now, and IIRC they haven’t even made it past the second round since then. Maybe it’s long overdue ,we just haven’t been paying close attention.

I agree, everything is all about money and business there. And I can still remember that time when Kawhi is with the Raptors and helped them get the title. Until now, they don't have any remarkable line up as per their roster anymore.

[dwyane36]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

 I have the same feeling he'd likely going to follow that path. Specially that playoffs performance he had. It looks to me like he's not ready to be a superstar or even an allstar. He should stay in LA at least for another contract so he can enhance his skills and increase his value.
Having LeBron and Luka on the same team is an individual advantage to whoever is around them, because there have been a lot of things to learn from these two.
Schroder took it personal and so does Reaves now. Those trade rumors really hurt those players who's not in an elite caliber yet.

It seems to me that at times like this, when not yet top but already promising NBA players refuse to maximize their contract extension, they are driven by excitement and greed. In fact, Reaves is now hoping that he will perform even better next season and be offered a more profitable new contract next offseason. But it can never be ruled out that the performance could get worse, and an injury could happen. In such a case, a huge contract would only be a dream.

[btc_angela]

Reaves turning down an offer like that makes me hope we don't see a repeat of what happened with Schroder. He declined that $84M extension over four years after the Lakers won the championship, and it ended up being one of the biggest mistakes of his NBA career. Since then, he hasn't really been able to land a solid contract. Hopefully Reaves doesn’t follow that same path.

 I have the same feeling he'd likely going to follow that path. Specially that playoffs performance he had. It looks to me like he's not ready to be a superstar or even an allstar. He should stay in LA at least for another contract so he can enhance his skills and increase his value.
Having LeBron and Luka on the same team is an individual advantage to whoever is around them, because there have been a lot of things to learn from these two.
Schroder took it personal and so does Reaves now. Those trade rumors really hurt those players who's not in an elite caliber yet.

It seems to me that at times like this, when not yet top but already promising NBA players refuse to maximize their contract extension, they are driven by excitement and greed. In fact, Reaves is now hoping that he will perform even better next season and be offered a more profitable new contract next offseason. But it can never be ruled out that the performance could get worse, and an injury could happen. In such a case, a huge contract would only be a dream.

They are willing to take that risk as they gamble on themselves, although we can see that there are some players who really did that but lost in the end. But if you think about it, Reaves are very healthy and he might not have hit his prime years and so he is expecting that he will still continue to perform, hence he decline.

And it good though, I mean if you don't get out they you don't know how much you are worth? If it turns out that he is wrong, then at least he try. So no regrets whatsoever, and there are no what if. Dennis is still playing though, beat the US with Reaves in the Fiba and so it's not that bad if we look at his career when he decline the offer of the Lakers years ago.