https://x.com/billsimmons/status/1693314925639426222?s=61&t=xcbX1QdYdZojDIIdouH5kg Also says : Team USA’s biggest issue for the actual tournament — accepting that Haliburton and Reaves are 2 of the best guys on the team. They’re gonna have to be out there in any big situation even if feelings get hurt.
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Bill Simmons also says : Team USA’s biggest issue for the actual tournament — accepting that Haliburton and Reaves are 2 of the best guys on the team. They’re gonna have to be out there in any big situation even if feelings get hurt.
could have had manu and Duncan 2.0
Acting like the Lakers wouldn’t have just matched anyway
That’s an enormous overreaction but who am I to complain?
Bill is so salty that teams didn’t just use their cap space to fuck over the Lakers.
It was definitely surprising considering their hate boner for the Lakers
We would have matched it, so why would the Spurs bother?
Lakers would have matched and waited as long as possible to do it in order to tie up the Spurs cap space. We’re not contending, Reaves wasn’t going to make us contenders. Taking on contracts for picks is a valid strategy.
USA win, Reaves showing out, BS salt … Other than the hurricane outside my morning is going great y’all
Certified hater
where not gonna give him a 100 million dollar deal when we have devin contract and future aspirations to get some good talent after all those 1 year deals are up.
cam payne and osman might not even be on the team long term tbh
Wish it wasn’t him to say it but it’s fucking insane every other year some team maxes just to see if it sticks and forcing other teams to have to match. I agree with him 100% ever since I watched NBA teams have always done so. It’s soo weird Reaves didn’t get another offer. Fucking ayton got matched
There’s no way this man is serious lol.
1) LA would’ve matched
2) there’s no reason to spend big money on Reaves in the 1st off-season of our rebuild when there’s going to be plenty of opportunities in the next few off-seasons to chase bigger names or go after guys in the same tier as him if they so choose.
the make offers on restricted agents to troll hasnt really ended well for teams
So stupid of them not to lock up all their capspace on a guy they knew they werent getting anyways
At least they had the opportunity to sign somebody.
Bill is really going to die on this hill. How many times has he mentioned in this summer? 5+?
His Laker hate ramped up a notch since he moved to LA. A lot of that hate has to do with him being mercilessly heckled, not that I’m shedding any tears.
Bill is so salty. Taking that tweet as respect for Reaves.
He does realize these teams need to cooperate and get deals done right? Doing point petty shit is as productive as it sounds. Win the battle, lose the war.
If Bill Simmons is slamming your move/no move, you know you are doing something right.
Does this guy ever stop crying?
Well… times will tell.
Nothing like recency bias to make a reasonable choice look bad.
Ten years from now, Redditors could very well be asking “Why did the Lakers pay so much to keep Reaves.”
He’s got good foundations, sure, but he’s more likely to end up like Shane Battier than Donavan Mitchell.
Is Bill under the impression the Spurs should be competing next year? The Spurs will ideally get another lottery pick this year while letting Wemby and their other young guys develop without the pressure of having to win immediately.
Maybe Devin, Keldon, and Sochan take big steps forward and Wemby is an All-NBA level player right out of the gate and they compete on accident, but I don’t think that’s the intent.
Is playing without LeBron and still performing at his high level what is making all this additional noise?
i’m a spurs fanatic and a bill hater and i kinda agree with him here…i can’t think of a downside for the spurs offering reaves the max
People should realize these FO executives aren’t interested in “fucking over” other teams, they’re all part of the same club. The Lakers said they would match so the Spurs weren’t going to waste their time plus Reaves has a hard on for being a laker so you could question if he’d give his all being on another team. That being said I would have loved if the Spurs offered the 4/100 and made the Lakers pay, it’s not like the Spurs did anything that week with their money anyway
All SA would’ve done is to hold up their cap space for a few days to fuck the Lakers??? It’s not like they would’ve got Reaves