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Astaluego wrote:esvl wrote:Residual-Heat wrote:How do you sign Claxton when you're over the cap? Going to have to dump a contract or several.
Sign-n-trade is our only option I believe.
I think that's very optimistic... especially with the Nets' lack of talent... I wouldn't understand them letting him go or trading him unless it was in a star package.
esvl wrote:Residual-Heat wrote:esvl wrote:
Sign-n-trade is our only option I believe.
Nets probably wont want Clarke so Im guessing its Luke Kennard+ after you pick up his player option? Still it will probably be difficult to make that happen. The Grizzlies would definitely need to give up some good assets to convince the Nets.
We can get RWIII and send him to the Nets
otherwise
it would be Kennard + Ziare W or LaRavia + #8 (Clingan) or Aldama. The best offer would include both #8 and Aldama.
It’s not bad, but all depends on Clax’s position. If he says I am leaving, the Nets wouldn’t have a strong position either.
HadAnEffectHere wrote:Kawhi out with a knee injury.
Hard to overstate how catastrophic the Clippers' situation is.
They desperately need to trade Kawhi to OKC for their best 2025 and 2026 firsts (which would end up being theirs...), but I don't know if OKC has any interest.
It's really hard to see Paul George staying with the Clippers or the Clippers having any interest in retaining George if they lose in the first round. This was their last chance.
Scoot McGroot wrote:esvl wrote:Residual-Heat wrote:Nets probably wont want Clarke so Im guessing its Luke Kennard+ after you pick up his player option? Still it will probably be difficult to make that happen. The Grizzlies would definitely need to give up some good assets to convince the Nets.
We can get RWIII and send him to the Nets
otherwise
it would be Kennard + Ziare W or LaRavia + #8 (Clingan) or Aldama. The best offer would include both #8 and Aldama.
It’s not bad, but all depends on Clax’s position. If he says I am leaving, the Nets wouldn’t have a strong position either.
Can’t realistically include a pick from this current years draft along with a sign and trade as it’d basically admit tampering that Memphis just so happened to select exactly who Brooklyn would want and that Brooklyn just so happened to negotiate a contract that Memphis agreed to exactly?
jbk1234 wrote:toooskies wrote:daoneandonly wrote:
I still think you can have close to or just as many games with a more fair revised format. There are risks/rewards as with anything in life. I mean does anyone really want to see NO or Mia in the playoffs without Zion and Jimmy respectively, but we may have to as those guys got injured in said play-in game
Not to mention, the pathetic EASt once again has teams that wouldnt even make it out West, not a play-in issue per say, but still a tired story that keeps repeating itself.
Any proposal that eliminates teams before the end of the regular season or trims the number of teams in the play-in is a non-starter.
The play-in is not there to resolve unfairness, even though it is structured as if that's somewhat the case. It's there to get 20+ markets to care about NBA basketball in March and April instead of 16. It's there to keep the Atlanta and Chicago markets interested.
This. The NBA doesn't want half its teams giving up after the deadline which presents a different kind of unfairness in terms of scheduling.
NYG wrote:Average of...
https://nbadraft.theringer.com/
https://www.nbadraft.net/ranking/bigboard/
https://www.espn.com/nba/draft/bestavailable
Rank / Player Name / ESPN Pos. / Height / The Ringer Style Comp
3 Dalton Knecht SF 6'6 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope/Max Strus
4 Matas Buzelis SF 6'10 Lamar Odom
9 Donovan Clingan C 7'2 Roy Hibbert
17 Tristan Da Silva SF 6'9 Kyle Anderson
19 Kyshawn George SG 6'8 Joe Ingles
24 Kel'el Ware C 7'0 Myles Turner
25 Kevin McCullar SF 6'7 Nic Batum/Bruce Brown
MoneyTalks41890 wrote:No I’m myopic and shortsighted and I want my pile of draft picks.
daoneandonly wrote:jbk1234 wrote:toooskies wrote:Any proposal that eliminates teams before the end of the regular season or trims the number of teams in the play-in is a non-starter.
The play-in is not there to resolve unfairness, even though it is structured as if that's somewhat the case. It's there to get 20+ markets to care about NBA basketball in March and April instead of 16. It's there to keep the Atlanta and Chicago markets interested.
This. The NBA doesn't want half its teams giving up after the deadline which presents a different kind of unfairness in terms of scheduling.
Well I know you cant predicts these things and sucks that they happened, but who wants to see NO and Mia without Zion and Jimmy? Its terrible and they both got injured in playin games. In ZIon's case, as the 7th seed, a game they should not have needed to play if the NBA kept the bubble play-in format.
jbk1234 wrote:daoneandonly wrote:jbk1234 wrote:
This. The NBA doesn't want half its teams giving up after the deadline which presents a different kind of unfairness in terms of scheduling.
Well I know you cant predicts these things and sucks that they happened, but who wants to see NO and Mia without Zion and Jimmy? Its terrible and they both got injured in playin games. In ZIon's case, as the 7th seed, a game they should not have needed to play if the NBA kept the bubble play-in format.
Because there's no chance those two players get injured in Game 1l? Those two aren't exactly the model of perfect health. You have 82 games to finish in top 6 in conference.
daoneandonly wrote:jbk1234 wrote:daoneandonly wrote:
Well I know you cant predicts these things and sucks that they happened, but who wants to see NO and Mia without Zion and Jimmy? Its terrible and they both got injured in playin games. In ZIon's case, as the 7th seed, a game they should not have needed to play if the NBA kept the bubble play-in format.
Because there's no chance those two players get injured in Game 1l? Those two aren't exactly the model of perfect health. You have 82 games to finish in top 6 in conference.
They could have, they could not have after getting a little more rest between the final regular season and start of the playoffs, all conjecture. But at the end of the day, 82 game season, 7th seed deserves the playoff spot without having to "earn" it again imo
MoneyTalks41890 wrote:No I’m myopic and shortsighted and I want my pile of draft picks.
The Miami Heat are believed to be in a position to use their asset pool and how appealing they are to All-Stars across the league to acquire one in the near future.
"Miami is always in great position because, especially if it's players with not a lot left on their contract," said Adrian Wojnarowski before Miami's loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 1. "One year or two years. And they tell their team, 'I want a trade to the Heat, and if you don't send me to the Heat, I'm going to become a free agent and go somewhere else. Don't trade me to that team or that team.'
"Teams can still decide to send you where they want to send you, but it's always an advantage for Miami. Players want to be part of that organization. So I think Miami will be in a position again to use the assets they have to get another All-Star level player that maybe connects more on the timeline of Bam Adebayo and his age."
While Wojnarowski didn't specifically mention any names, one player who appears to fit the description is Donovan Mitchell.
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JazzMatt13 wrote:just because I think aliens probably have to do with JFK, doesn't mean my theory that Jazz will never get Wiggins, isn't true.
babyjax13 wrote:The fact that Lore and A-Rod seem too poor to keep the team together means (IMO) that it is better for Taylor to retain majority ownership. The best option, though, would be finding someone rich enough to own an NBA team that isn't Taylor.
NYG wrote:https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/275439/Heat-In-Position-To-Acquire-All-Star-On-Same-Timeline-As-Bam-AdebayoThe Miami Heat are believed to be in a position to use their asset pool and how appealing they are to All-Stars across the league to acquire one in the near future.
"Miami is always in great position because, especially if it's players with not a lot left on their contract," said Adrian Wojnarowski before Miami's loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 1. "One year or two years. And they tell their team, 'I want a trade to the Heat, and if you don't send me to the Heat, I'm going to become a free agent and go somewhere else. Don't trade me to that team or that team.'
"Teams can still decide to send you where they want to send you, but it's always an advantage for Miami. Players want to be part of that organization. So I think Miami will be in a position again to use the assets they have to get another All-Star level player that maybe connects more on the timeline of Bam Adebayo and his age."
While Wojnarowski didn't specifically mention any names, one player who appears to fit the description is Donovan Mitchell.
Mitchell to Miami
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