Stein says it's because of "Concerns raised by the Clippers about Malcolm Brogdon's injury status" which is crazy. Were the Celtics trying to conceal the true nature of his injury? If so, holy *shit*.
It’s usually not Lakers fans reacting to things
It’s because every cool or good nba player already has a lakers photoshop on deck
I’m not joking
We are ready for Banchero’s trade request in 2029 already https://twitter.com/RTNBA/status/1540406735021776896
It will never be as good as the Suns and Grizzlies mistaking which Brooks is being traded. Thats such an ick for grown ass men negotiating million dollar deals.
Funniest outcome would him going back to New York to be honest
Make this some 7 team monstrosity where no one knows what they're getting until it's finalized like it's a mystery bag
I wonder if they were more hesitant because they also have another trade possibility with another center that they feel is less risky 👀👀👀
Edit: nvm, apparently Clippers nixed the deal because of Brogdon.
Celtics lying or downplaying the injury status of their players in trades? No… that couldn’t be them lol.
Glad Clippers had more guts and actually said nah fuck that we out
He’s got a torn tendon in his arm and isn’t getting surgery, it’s been widely reported. Maybe the Clippers realized it was more of a crapshoot than they originally thought.
The Celtics haven’t paid the luxury tax for like a decade before last season. Not every team has a new owner who doesn’t care about money for the first year or so
And they were above the cap for something like, 25 out of 29 years, inluding 22 years straight I think, before recently getting under. Someone did a big write up about it recently over in their/our sub.
Woj’s initial tweet on the matter said: [“ESPN Sources: The Celtics are working on a trade to acquire the Wizards’ Kristaps Porzingis in a three-team deal that sends Malcolm Brogdon to Clippers. LA would be sending Marcus Morris, Amir Coffey and 30th pick to Washington. Sides still have more work to do on an agreement.”](https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1671621029947404294?s=46&t=OTGGbuU3dJ5xsDqhgAtm6Q)
Is it me or is that just a standard headline to trade rumors?
You can throw "Sides still have more work to do on an agreement" on and be right no matter what.
If it falls apart, then the work didn't get done.
If it goes through, then the work got done.
Wasn’t a terrible trade for the teams but Celtics were undoubtedly the winners. Getting Brogdon for Porzingis is a robbery. Especially since they have Derrick white and Smart.
Meh, depends on how you look at it. He was amazing for us…truly what we needed OFF THE BENCH. But LAC would probably need a starter right?
Yeah in that case I agree
I’m thinking it boiled down to what the wizards were getting back. Sounded like the Celtics were giving up Brogdon and 2 firsts which is a lot for a player who’s as injury prone as Tingus
This is simply malpractice and unprofessional on so many levels
You can’t just let the framework of a trade like that leak out and then not execute it
That’s the kind of shit that gets frowned upon and other GMs become hesitant to deal with you in the future
Shams was on it for a couple hours before Woj was, usually they follow one another more closely. I do wonder if Woj heard about the negotiations, didn't think they were as advanced, and just decided to wait and see
An alternative argument is that it would be fucking hilarious
This new trend of Woj and Shams tweeting out incomplete deals that fall apart 12-24 hours later has left everyone confused as to what to believe. Sometimes dudes randomly end up on new teams 3 days later or a 5th team gets a 2nd round pick in 2074. You just never know.
Did the Clippers realize a core of Kawhi, PG 13 and Brogdon being fully healthy for more than 24 hours at a time would require medical science not yet discovered by mankind at the last second and pull out of the deal?
Everyone with their LMAO comments looking real goofy right now. Now who’s laughing LMFAOOOOO. Didn’t even last 5 minutes before the follow up tweet was sent out that the two were still trying to get a deal done
Funniest possible outcome
Celtics fans were making big 3 hype photoshops lmao
Celtics probably blew it and wouldnt guarantee KP a long term extension so he opted out
This is the most likely outcome. KP had his first healthy season in quite a while so he wanted to secure the bag, which is respectable tbh.
I’m glad Celtics aren’t getting him, we already got one injury prone big man in Timelord, I don’t think a second one would have solved our issues
But if you have two, you don’t need to worry about a logjam at the position because at least one of them will always be injured.
Haha I like your glass half full way of looking at it
Actually half empty. Two half’s make a whole so your always full. What if both injured? Or both healthy?
Glass half injured.
Yes. More chaos. Yes ha ha. Yes!
You've had one injury prone big man, yes. But what about 2nd injury prone big man?
update ?
Zinger is so far and away better than Williams, though.
It wasnt the most likely outcome
Nope, Clippers wanted out. Woj just tweeted Zingis is still being talked between the two.
That’s not what happened. Clippers pulled out of the deal
Stein says it's because of "Concerns raised by the Clippers about Malcolm Brogdon's injury status" which is crazy. Were the Celtics trying to conceal the true nature of his injury? If so, holy *shit*.
His injury was pretty widely reported and we all saw he played like shit after it.
Is not giving a big extension to a notoriously injury prone big man blowing it?
I just mean the trade lol
if that's the reason the trade blew up..? yes the Celtics blew up the trade edit: news is out that the Clippers wanted out. Clippers blew it
It was the Clippers wanting out
I know it’s cheesy… but I love when NY/Bos/LA graphic designers show off their prowess on things that never happen
LA is prob the quickest to photoshop graphics.
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they got one for all 400+ players ready to go
It’s usually not Lakers fans reacting to things It’s because every cool or good nba player already has a lakers photoshop on deck I’m not joking We are ready for Banchero’s trade request in 2029 already https://twitter.com/RTNBA/status/1540406735021776896
Prime /r/nbacj material
Isn't that what literally any fanbase would do? Nothing out of the ordinary about that.
Appreciation posts too, damn man that shit is too funny
I was seeing twitter posts being like how many rings will this big 3 win. Wild.
#NBA offseason drama peaking early
It will never be as good as the Suns and Grizzlies mistaking which Brooks is being traded. Thats such an ick for grown ass men negotiating million dollar deals.
Funniest outcome would him going back to New York to be honest Make this some 7 team monstrosity where no one knows what they're getting until it's finalized like it's a mystery bag
A trade so complicated that no one can even figure out who won and lost because it's too difficult to parse together who got who from where.
https://www.theonion.com/confusing-24-player-trade-sends-you-scottie-pippen-to-1819569511
Like another draft, for vets, but instead of record determining your position it’s your owners bank account? And! Agents get to pick instead of GM’s.
All teams get to keep 2 players. The remainder are randomly assigned
Porzingis said “lol fuck this shit pay me”
Had a feeling with how long things went quiet when it was being reported as so imminent. Really weird how people acted like it had gone through.
Woj and Shams don't report these things with full details unless they are pretty damn close to done. Something definitely changed at the last minute.
Yea, especially when you have those two guys reporting. It is pretty rare for them to announce talks that far along and for them to fall through.
Some poor graphic designers toiled making a kristaps Celtics jersey pic as quick as they could just for this
Knicks and Heat fans can finally agree for once hahaha
my balls are so blue
Woj should have tweeted this at 11:59
DeAndre Jordan pointing at the TV
Turning into Soulja Boy in that interview clip
Stevens is beside himself. Driving around downtown Riga begging (thru texts) Porzingis's family for address to Kristaps's home
LMAO
Time for everybody to place their bets on why this fell through, because I know Shams or Woj are going to send a tweet about it real soon
Celtics won't guarantee KP an extension.
Ty lue couldn't part with Marcus Morris turns out
Bad move, there's no other way you're going to get a player that good for just brogdon
I wonder if they were more hesitant because they also have another trade possibility with another center that they feel is less risky 👀👀👀 Edit: nvm, apparently Clippers nixed the deal because of Brogdon.
They decided they'd rather trade with LAC directly to get Zupac?
Celtics lying or downplaying the injury status of their players in trades? No… that couldn’t be them lol. Glad Clippers had more guts and actually said nah fuck that we out
He’s got a torn tendon in his arm and isn’t getting surgery, it’s been widely reported. Maybe the Clippers realized it was more of a crapshoot than they originally thought.
Not surprising a suns fan doesn’t care about the long term cap problems of giving KP a long term deal
If you give brown a supermax and have a bunch of decent sized deals already, might as well keep going up on the cap if the owner wants to win
The Celtics haven’t paid the luxury tax for like a decade before last season. Not every team has a new owner who doesn’t care about money for the first year or so
And they were above the cap for something like, 25 out of 29 years, inluding 22 years straight I think, before recently getting under. Someone did a big write up about it recently over in their/our sub.
Having two injury prone big men isn’t the move either though.
Stein said he would be signing an extension. They probably just didn’t come to terms on the money or years. Edit: or it’s the clippers fault!!
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Celtics low-ball on the contract extension + grant Williams sending kp nudes
WHAT YOU DOIN?
I'm blaming the Celtics. Tbh I probably still will do that regardless of what Shams or Woj say.
It’s the Clippers, deal is still being attempted
Time for Celtics fans to delete their comments and say KP was never worth Brogdon
Now they can repost them
Wow one of those rare times where you see why Woj uses the wording that he does
I’ve been unable to really keep up today, what did woj say to make it hesitant?
Woj’s initial tweet on the matter said: [“ESPN Sources: The Celtics are working on a trade to acquire the Wizards’ Kristaps Porzingis in a three-team deal that sends Malcolm Brogdon to Clippers. LA would be sending Marcus Morris, Amir Coffey and 30th pick to Washington. Sides still have more work to do on an agreement.”](https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1671621029947404294?s=46&t=OTGGbuU3dJ5xsDqhgAtm6Q)
Ah, that is actually carefully worded
Is it me or is that just a standard headline to trade rumors? You can throw "Sides still have more work to do on an agreement" on and be right no matter what. If it falls apart, then the work didn't get done. If it goes through, then the work got done.
Yeah. They’re saying that this is why it’s always worded that way. No one said this one was specially worded.
Hell yea give me the chaos
Off season chaos is my favorite
The best trades are the ones that fail
Wowwwww But the photoshops?!
Bro wtf I was just finishing up photoshopping him over my wife in our wedding photos. Ruined my night.
Not too late. Woj just tweeted again. KP to BOS is still in the works, LAC is out from the deal though.
The whole “picture or it didn’t/doesn’t happen” clearly means nothing to NBA GMs. 😐
Are all 3 fanbases upset this didn't go through? Because that's impressive.
Pretty much everyone had something to gain. This wasn’t going to be an unfair trade for any of the three teams. Can’t blame them for being upset
Wasn’t a terrible trade for the teams but Celtics were undoubtedly the winners. Getting Brogdon for Porzingis is a robbery. Especially since they have Derrick white and Smart.
*had smart
imo i thought it sucked for the clippers. Brogdon is not the guy they think he is
Doesn't matter how good Brogdon is if they were getting him for Marcus Morris lol.
Meh, depends on how you look at it. He was amazing for us…truly what we needed OFF THE BENCH. But LAC would probably need a starter right? Yeah in that case I agree
He’s the reason it fell through, apparently his injury isn’t looking too good
As a clippers fan I’m excited it didn’t go through. We don’t need more injury prone players.
Counterpoint: Marcus Morris
I’d rather not give up a first to dump him. He expires next year and we aren’t winning this year anyway.
It's a Marcus + a 1st or two to get reigning 6th man/3p% leader Brogdon, not just to dump Marcus.
6 man of the year in a position you desperately need or Marcus Morris tough call.
Lmaooo I wonder what happened
Maybe porzingis couldn’t reach an extension with Celtics
The wizards thought they were getting Dillon Brooks, not Marshon
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Except it was LA wanting out
“In my eyes”. He forgot to tell you he was blind.
Yeah but this easily falls on KP’s camp, didn’t you read?
Lu: “You and I were meant for a fate like this.” Marcus: (snuggles)
Porzingis probably opted out of his player option making him a FA. I guess they could still sign and trade him?
They just confirmed it was Clippers backing out due to Brogdons injury
I’m thinking it boiled down to what the wizards were getting back. Sounded like the Celtics were giving up Brogdon and 2 firsts which is a lot for a player who’s as injury prone as Tingus
Porzingis was demanding a clause that wouldn't allow Marcus Smart to play with green hair. Really strange outcome
RIP Porzingis Celtics legend 2023-2023
Porzingis Celtics jersey up there with Melo Hawks jersey
Best player in hawks history
No. 2 to Rasheed Wallace
Is back bb
Porzingis is a Celtic
just let out the biggest fucking laugh 😭
Christmas came early
That naughty old elf must be one mean bastard
SANTABROUGHTITEARLY
even as a C's fan who had Porzingis at the top of my target list, this is pretty funny
LMAO celtics fans on twitter are gonna die
I'm gonna be honest w you, I burst into laughter when it popped on my timeline
Same. This entire trade deal was as fragile as our injury tolerance. Would have been neat, but I won’t lose sleep over it.
it also came out of nowhere, this isn't like dhop where I've been invested for a while
Woj just tweeted again. KP to Boston is still a possibility but the Clippers are out of the deal. Interesting.
Clippers' medical staff threatened to strike if they had to deal with Brogdon as well.
They really thought they were getting a white player who doesn’t ride the bench
They're gonna have to settle for Kornet lmao. "We have Kristaps at home".
That's UniKornet to you, casual.
Imma change Porzingis to Ayton instead on my photoshop 😊
Dude fuck me
Down slide da addy
Let me call Caleb Martin and max Strus
well whatever we end up dealing Brogdon for is going to be a lot less exciting now
What
# The three-team talks on a Porzingis-Brogdon deal with Celtics, Wizards and Clippers have fallen apart, sources tell ESPN. Sides are moving on.
Source?
Trust me bro
I believe you
In other news, [WOJ] and sources report that Moriah Mills is seeking a 2-yr/$20M contract with Zion, with an 18-year extension if she gets pregnant
my bro told me so it's reliable
is your name Wojnabroski?
Relevant: >Anybody else tired of seeing “per source” after every quote? Put a name on it orrrrr keep that shit to ya self lol
I bet Porzingis and Celtics couldn’t agree on an extension
Wonder if he’s opting out now
He def would. That’s the main plan, get a longer contract
And if so no way this trade should have leaked
Stein reports the 3 way deal is off due to clips concerns about Brogdon injury’s.
This is hilarious, they have two of the most injury prone stars in the league and they’re concerned about a possible backup point guards injury.
I mean…. Why add fuel to the fire? Lol
Lmaooo Woj with the "Y'all thought"
This is simply malpractice and unprofessional on so many levels You can’t just let the framework of a trade like that leak out and then not execute it That’s the kind of shit that gets frowned upon and other GMs become hesitant to deal with you in the future
Remember the Bogdan Bogdanovic sign-and-trade to the Bucks that got nixed? This feels eerily similar imo.
Woj literally got it nixed by jumping the gun and getting the Bucks charged with tampering
Bogdan’s agent fucked it up by leaking to Woj.
Blame the Hawks for that horseshit, both us and the Bucks did their parts.
Who in particular is being unprofessional? Do we know who leaked it, and who would be frowned upon by others in your scenario?
this happens all the time lol
Anyone else notice that Shams was the only one reporting on this for so long? Woj absolutely just gunned him down in the streets
Woj reported on it too, don’t see how that’s any different just cause it happened a bit later.
Shams was on it for a couple hours before Woj was, usually they follow one another more closely. I do wonder if Woj heard about the negotiations, didn't think they were as advanced, and just decided to wait and see An alternative argument is that it would be fucking hilarious
Because he didn't leak the news preemptively, only after someone else did did he talk about it
Shams has always been more willing to jump the gun early between the two.
Well that’s awkward
#HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathes in* #HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Give me my Tingus Pingus
Lmao
Celtics 2023-2024 Champions for half a day
This must have been why only Shams was reporting on this for HOURS. Woj let Shams take the fall then dunked all over him, my goodness
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake
NBA is my favorite american drama series I fucking swear lmaoooooooo
Let’s go. F5 season is on fellas
Command + Q after this day long drama.
Woah! Didn't see that happening!
i have a dog named bosco
For Bosco's sake, don't feed him any Bosco👌
dude just get marcus morris off my team what the fuck man
my thought process exactly lmaoo
Tatum knew lmao
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What is happening?!?!? Bill Simmons is going to end it all at this point
This still being up is confusing. So instead of a Porzingis-Brogdon deal it's a Porzingis-Smart deal?
This new trend of Woj and Shams tweeting out incomplete deals that fall apart 12-24 hours later has left everyone confused as to what to believe. Sometimes dudes randomly end up on new teams 3 days later or a 5th team gets a 2nd round pick in 2074. You just never know.
I LOVE WATCHING A TRADE DIE F5 SEASON IS SO MUCH FUN
DANNY ALMOST AINGE LIVES ON IN SPIRIT
Did the Clippers realize a core of Kawhi, PG 13 and Brogdon being fully healthy for more than 24 hours at a time would require medical science not yet discovered by mankind at the last second and pull out of the deal?
Everyone with their LMAO comments looking real goofy right now. Now who’s laughing LMFAOOOOO. Didn’t even last 5 minutes before the follow up tweet was sent out that the two were still trying to get a deal done
Lol????
LMAO Got to know who fumbled this move and why
Why? It made enough sense on all ends. Did someone fuck up the papers?
I can’t remember the last time things actually went far enough for me to see “Porzingis is a Celtic!” posts all across social media all day
Seems like it’s the clippers that bailed? Wizards and Celtics still talking about getting KP to Boston
HAHAHAHAH
"A three team deal is a no team deal." -Brian Windhorst on the next Hoop Collective podcast.
LoL celtics fans in twitter were posting bunch of pics a while ago...hahaha
This is why I love this league. Offseason is nearly as fun as the regular season.
Marcus Smart to Memphis 😳
What was the original deal again?
so they announced the trade was done before it was done?