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Mmb Lounge: Draft, Free Agency, And Summer League Discussion

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With there being nearly 3,000 comments between the current Lounge thread and the NBA Finals thread, it seems you all like to talk! I am glad, I want you to hang out here. A couple of notes:

  1. With regard to content moderation: I have no say. SB Nation has made a big push and we want y’all here, but the terms of service are pretty broad and the latitude given to the mods is also broad. Just don’t get banned please :).
  2. Use the FEED. While I very much appreciate these threads, my bosses have asked me to try to direct daily questions, debates, etc. to that location as it’s higher up on the main page.

Now that’s out of the way, on to the topics for the month. This thread starts about 5 days before the NBA Draft. That’s going to be wild, rumors are simply moving like mad at this point and half our online fanbase is terrified Nate Ament is going to be the pick at nine. I just can’t see that.

I would be happy with any guard. I would accept a trade back. But what I DO hope is for an active day one (remember they split this thing into two nights for reasons beyond me). What’s your hope?

Free agency comes next, but I expect it to be tame. There’s no open money really. Dallas will make moves, though, they have to.

After that, it’s my favorite event in NBA Summer League.

Enjoy the peace.