From what I've seen of crossposts so far, the thread in each community has separate comments.

Very strong guard/wing lineup, but I'm less optimistic about their frontcourt. Olynyk/Powell isn't terrible, but I don't see much in the way of rim protection unless Edey goes ham.

Guess we'll see if any of the players back him up on this since they supposedly met with him. They certainly didn't waste much time hitting the portal.

If dame had been available before the porzingis trade it might have happened. Now I doubt Boston could make it happen without giving up Jaylen Brown since most of their other assets are gone.

Gonzaga here. Miss the flairs right now, but game threads might be more civil without them.

I’m guessing fvv/jalen green/brooks/Jabari/sengun. Mills, Christopher, whitmore, jeff green and landale off the bench? Defense is a question mark but they could push for the playin if green and Jabari take a step forward under Udoka.

By then the Warriors window will have closed and they'll be looking to start a rebuild. I wouldn't be surprised if Draymond and Curry both retire in the same offseason.

42.8 million per year for 3 years? FVV is a solid player but damn that’s way too much. More than luka, trae, booker, SGA and more. Rockets hurting themselves here.

Some much needed depth during the regular season, but how playable is he during the playoffs?

I don't think Giannis is going anywhere, but the Bucks window for contention is pretty short. Lopez is the perfect frontcourt partner for Giannis and I'm skeptical they can find anyone near as ideal a fit if he doesn't re-sign this offseason. Not to mention Jrue and Khris are both in their 30's and starting to decline. If Mil doesn't make some good signings or trades then they could become a non-contender faster than people might expect.

I'm not surprised to see him take his option. According to spotrac there's only 5 teams under the cap and 7 teams with practical cap space so not a lot of possible suitors. He gets more money overall by waiting until next offseason to pursue a 2-3 year deal before retiring.

There were always 'guard rails' as you put it. If you spouted hate speech or made some other kind of post that offended people then you were likely to end up banned. That's always been true whether it's irc channels, phpbb forums, online chatrooms, reddit, lemmy or whatever the medium of choice at that time was.

Who's going to start at the 4 now? Slide Hunter over and start Saddiq or Griffin at the 3?

Can the Suns sign anyone to fill out the roster since they're over the cap? This is a really expensive group of 4.

Community's still pretty new and there's not much in the way of mobile apps for Lemmy right now. Probably would have been more posters otherwise. I can't even login on my ipad through the browser, haven't been able to figure out why yet.

Whitmore falling has to be one of the bigger surprises. Think he was still being mocked in the top ten before today. Also happy to see Strawther go in the first round, to the Nuggets no less.

This has to be a straight salary dump to avoid the luxury tax right? Can't imagine why else they'd give away picks and the younger guard in this trade.

Blazers feel like they're in kinda a weird position since almost every path forward depends on what Charlotte does with the #2 pick.

Beal had a no trade clause so Washington's hands were tied even though they preferred Miami's offer.

Moving Beal saves them a lot of contract space since they can waive Chris Paul before the 28th. Kuzma and Porzingis both have player options, but after next season the biggest contracts they have are Gafford and Shamet. It looks like the Wizards owe the Knicks a first round pick, but they have a good chance at landing high picks in the next few seasons otherwise.