Quote from: slamtheking on Today at 12:38:50 PM

with White out, I'm wondering who'd going to eat his minutes running the team when PP is sitting.  maybe Harper gets some real burn.

TP for another great game thread FL

Scheierman? Simmons is a point too...

Baylor was tested out that way in summer league and was awful.  simons has been far more of a finisher than disher this season.   we'll see what Joe comes up with

As I watch the trade rumors and random speculation floating around the internet I have a few thoughts


1. Is there a more classic Knicks trade than to go after AD, New York has long loved their stars regardless of health issues. I can't even field a guess what a deal looks like mostly because I am so low on KAT as a winning piece of an NBA team.


2. Giannis, I suspect he is traded this summer if at all but if he is moved a team that I dont think is talked about enough are the Blazers. They have injured Dame on the roster along with Jrue. With the rise of Avdija as a legit allstar wing do the Blazers offer a package built around Scoot Henderson, Camara, Hansen Yang, Grant (for salary) and picks? Giannis would be joining a currently 22-22 team sitting at 9th in the west with a starting lineup of Holiday, Sharpe, Avdija, Giannis, and Clingan with Timelord, Murry, and Love off the bench. Then Dame returns next season.


3. Kings, if they blow it up it will be fun to watch. Blowing up a team of bad contracts and players who are tough pieces to fit into winning rosters could yield a terrible return and a truly ugly post blow up roster. For a team not known to draft well this could be a mess.


4. Pelicans, a terrible team with a problematic Star (Zion) and no 2026 1st is prime for a desperation move. Queen and Fears are building blocks of the future and Murphy is good but they really need to make a move that at least gets them into the middle of the lottery to avoid watching a generational star get handed over to ATL. I wonder if they wait to see if a big trade drops (like Giannis) then swoop in to try to grab a couple win now vets (Derozen/Portis types) to help the franchise save face. 

Why are the Clips interested in moving Zubac?

Yeah, not sure I get it.  This proposed trade involves giving BOS an expiring contract (Bogdan Bogdanovic, $16M TO for 2026/27) for an even bigger expiring contract (Simons).  Bogdanovic's contract is not that bad, if you think he can play, pick up the option, if not, don't.  I don't know the injury status of Bogdanovic but he has not been on the court much the last couple of seasons.  Then Hauser and a protected pick for Zubac.

I don't mind this trade, I see Zubac as a very nice get for the next couple of seasons of contending for titles.  And Bogdanovic may be able to help next season or even this season.  But if I was LAC, I would not do this trade.

I wouldn't say there was a version of the team I didn't like or root for but I definitely couldn't stand Kyrie while he was here after that first season.  that first season of Kyrie was a soul crushing one with Hayward going down a few minutes into the first game.

Quote from: Celtics4ever on Today at 09:54:31 AM

If a team as bad as the Pelicans don't want him, why should we?

Did you say the same thing about Queta when we got him from Sacramento?

Exactly. And we got Queta for free. Presumably NOP wants a pick. It makes sense if they don?t think they can develop him and want to focus on Queen. Not a lot of sense since he?s cheap and controlled, but maybe they just really want a pick after blowing it with ATL and IND