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Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1305 on: July 01, 2019, 06:17:02 PM »

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No news from Leonard's camp in some time. I have a very bad feeling the guy is gonna be a Laker.

Him and Lebron are trying to become soulmates while texting each other. Lebron crossing his fingers while telling Kawhi it will be his team.

Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1306 on: July 01, 2019, 06:19:53 PM »

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Free-agent guard Tomas Satoransky has agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal with the Chicago Bulls, league sources tell ESPN.

The Bulls are acquiring Satoransky in a sign-and-trade deal with the Washington Wizards, and he'll have a chance to compete for the starting point guard role, sources said.


The Wizards will receive some valuable draft considerations, sources said, including the elimination of protections on a 2023 second-round pick that Chicago owed Washington; the Wizards get the better of Memphis' and Chicago's 2020 second-round pick and the right to swap the Lakers' 2022 second-round pick that Washington obtained in a deal for the better of Chicago and Detroit's 2022 second-round pick.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27095783/sources-bulls-get-satoransky-sign-trade

Great move by Chicago. I love Satoransky on that Bulls team. They already got loads of offense with Zach LaVine, Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. They needed someone who would get those guys the ball in good spots and give them the spacing they need to go to work. Satoransky does both.

Then there is Otto Porter too. Beautiful.

Chicago having a great offseason getting Thad Young (6th man) and Satoransky (starting PG).

That is a clear playoff team next year.

Maybe a 50 win team.

Wait, do you really think Young and Santoransky could possibly turn a 22-win team into a 50-win team?

Even with (exponential) growth from Markkanen and WCJ (LaVine is pretty much who he is), they won’t sniff 50.
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Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1307 on: July 01, 2019, 06:42:31 PM »

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Free-agent guard Tomas Satoransky has agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal with the Chicago Bulls, league sources tell ESPN.

The Bulls are acquiring Satoransky in a sign-and-trade deal with the Washington Wizards, and he'll have a chance to compete for the starting point guard role, sources said.


The Wizards will receive some valuable draft considerations, sources said, including the elimination of protections on a 2023 second-round pick that Chicago owed Washington; the Wizards get the better of Memphis' and Chicago's 2020 second-round pick and the right to swap the Lakers' 2022 second-round pick that Washington obtained in a deal for the better of Chicago and Detroit's 2022 second-round pick.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27095783/sources-bulls-get-satoransky-sign-trade

Great move by Chicago. I love Satoransky on that Bulls team. They already got loads of offense with Zach LaVine, Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. They needed someone who would get those guys the ball in good spots and give them the spacing they need to go to work. Satoransky does both.

Then there is Otto Porter too. Beautiful.

Chicago having a great offseason getting Thad Young (6th man) and Satoransky (starting PG).

That is a clear playoff team next year.

Maybe a 50 win team.

Wait, do you really think Young and Santoransky could possibly turn a 22-win team into a 50-win team?

Even with (exponential) growth from Markkanen and WCJ (LaVine is pretty much who he is), they won’t sniff 50.

Aw gawd ... I had a big post and clicked the wrong button. Bummer. Start over.

A couple of things

(1) Their GM deliberately san****ged  (why is sand ... bag .. ed blacked out?) his own team last year by filling the squad with lousy supporting players. These guys not only failed to add to the team buy actively hurt the team and made them worse. Lessening the team from a 30-35 win team to a 20-25 win team.

Examples of this are terrible NBA players like Jabari Parker and Cameron Payne. Nobodies like Chandler Hutchinson, Wayne Seldon and Shaquille Harrison. Low level bench players trust into large roles like Justin Holiday and Ryan Arcidiacono. Antonio Blakeney.

Their PG rotation was so bad that they were delighted when Kris Dunn came because he was such a huge improvement over what was there without him.

(2) Two big holes where filled as the season went on. One - Lauri Markkanen missed the start of the season and they got off to a terrible start. Two - Otto Porter was acquired and filled the huge gaping void they had at SF (like Boston's void at C in recent days).

Add to that Wendell Carter played only half season. He was impressive when he played and I am big fan of his. He won me over. I think Carter and Markkanen is one of the best if not the best young big man combination in the league (what Tatum & Jaylen are on the wings).

By the end of the season, I thought the Bulls had established a core that was a .500 team. That core being Markkanen, Carter Jr, Porter and Zach LaVine.

They just needed to give them an actual supporting cast. Not the garbage they had around them last year that were screwing up over and over.

Fast forward to the last two days and they have added a starting PG who was exactly what they needed - low usage, passer, shooter who will get the ball to their young stars. And a 6th man in Thaddeus Young who adds to their big man rotation to make it one of the most difficult big man rotations in the league to matchup against given it's speed and high skill-level.

Add in Kris Dunn and there is your backup PG.

It is coming together. This is a good team.



Edit: Zach LaVine is also growing on me. He is developing his offensive game. He had a very good year offensively. Put up big scoring numbers, shot the ball well, got to the basket well and was a good secondary playmaker. Now if we can just get him to play some more defense.
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Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1308 on: July 01, 2019, 06:46:11 PM »

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Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1309 on: July 01, 2019, 06:59:13 PM »

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The top 4 FA available power forwards based on @hoopshype rankings:

Marcus Morris
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Markieff Morris
Jeff Green

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« Reply #1310 on: July 01, 2019, 06:59:50 PM »

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Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1311 on: July 01, 2019, 07:00:14 PM »

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The top 4 FA available power forwards based on @hoopshype rankings:

Marcus Morris
Kenneth Faried
Markieff Morris
Jeff Green

JaMychael Green is superior to Jeff Green.  Also to everyone but Mook on that list.

Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1312 on: July 01, 2019, 07:10:37 PM »

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No news from Leonard's camp in some time. I have a very bad feeling the guy is gonna be a Laker.

Does it matter? It's not like we're a serious threat anyway. People keep freaking out over the Lakers, but they're operating in a different class at this point.
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Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1313 on: July 01, 2019, 07:19:32 PM »

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Strong rumors claiming that Kawhi to LA is a done deal.

Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1314 on: July 01, 2019, 07:21:53 PM »

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Free-agent guard Tomas Satoransky has agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal with the Chicago Bulls, league sources tell ESPN.

The Bulls are acquiring Satoransky in a sign-and-trade deal with the Washington Wizards, and he'll have a chance to compete for the starting point guard role, sources said.


The Wizards will receive some valuable draft considerations, sources said, including the elimination of protections on a 2023 second-round pick that Chicago owed Washington; the Wizards get the better of Memphis' and Chicago's 2020 second-round pick and the right to swap the Lakers' 2022 second-round pick that Washington obtained in a deal for the better of Chicago and Detroit's 2022 second-round pick.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27095783/sources-bulls-get-satoransky-sign-trade

Great move by Chicago. I love Satoransky on that Bulls team. They already got loads of offense with Zach LaVine, Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. They needed someone who would get those guys the ball in good spots and give them the spacing they need to go to work. Satoransky does both.

Then there is Otto Porter too. Beautiful.

Chicago having a great offseason getting Thad Young (6th man) and Satoransky (starting PG).

That is a clear playoff team next year.

Maybe a 50 win team.

Wait, do you really think Young and Santoransky could possibly turn a 22-win team into a 50-win team?

Even with (exponential) growth from Markkanen and WCJ (LaVine is pretty much who he is), they won’t sniff 50.

Aw gawd ... I had a big post and clicked the wrong button. Bummer. Start over.

A couple of things

(1) Their GM deliberately san****ged  (why is sand ... bag .. ed blacked out?) his own team last year by filling the squad with lousy supporting players. These guys not only failed to add to the team buy actively hurt the team and made them worse. Lessening the team from a 30-35 win team to a 20-25 win team.

Examples of this are terrible NBA players like Jabari Parker and Cameron Payne. Nobodies like Chandler Hutchinson, Wayne Seldon and Shaquille Harrison. Low level bench players trust into large roles like Justin Holiday and Ryan Arcidiacono. Antonio Blakeney.

Their PG rotation was so bad that they were delighted when Kris Dunn came because he was such a huge improvement over what was there without him.

(2) Two big holes where filled as the season went on. One - Lauri Markkanen missed the start of the season and they got off to a terrible start. Two - Otto Porter was acquired and filled the huge gaping void they had at SF (like Boston's void at C in recent days).

Add to that Wendell Carter played only half season. He was impressive when he played and I am big fan of his. He won me over. I think Carter and Markkanen is one of the best if not the best young big man combination in the league (what Tatum & Jaylen are on the wings).

By the end of the season, I thought the Bulls had established a core that was a .500 team. That core being Markkanen, Carter Jr, Porter and Zach LaVine.

They just needed to give them an actual supporting cast. Not the garbage they had around them last year that were screwing up over and over.

Fast forward to the last two days and they have added a starting PG who was exactly what they needed - low usage, passer, shooter who will get the ball to their young stars. And a 6th man in Thaddeus Young who adds to their big man rotation to make it one of the most difficult big man rotations in the league to matchup against given it's speed and high skill-level.

Add in Kris Dunn and there is your backup PG.

It is coming together. This is a good team.



Edit: Zach LaVine is also growing on me. He is developing his offensive game. He had a very good year offensively. Put up big scoring numbers, shot the ball well, got to the basket well and was a good secondary playmaker. Now if we can just get him to play some more defense.

Coby White should actually be the backup pg which is much better for this team than a signing or Kris Dunn.  May not be in the immediately better than a vet, but getting him experience now will be important for their long term view.  And who knows, he could turn out to be good early on and maybe even take the starting role from Satoransky.
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Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1315 on: July 01, 2019, 07:21:56 PM »

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Strong rumors claiming that Kawhi to LA is a done deal.

It's from an unverified account. Let's wait and see if someone legitimate reports it.

Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1316 on: July 01, 2019, 07:22:44 PM »

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A lot of people claiming Leonard returning to Toronto is now done

Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1317 on: July 01, 2019, 07:23:30 PM »

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The top 4 FA available power forwards based on @hoopshype rankings:

Marcus Morris
Kenneth Faried
Markieff Morris
Jeff Green

JaMychael Green is superior to Jeff Green.  Also to everyone but Mook on that list.

Would love a defensive minded PF/C in case grant W is not that guy yet.

Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1318 on: July 01, 2019, 07:24:26 PM »

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Strong rumors claiming that Kawhi to LA is a done deal.

It's from an unverified account. Let's wait and see if someone legitimate reports it.

A lot of people claiming Leonard returning to Toronto is now done

 ???
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Re: 2019 Summer Rumors official thread
« Reply #1319 on: July 01, 2019, 07:28:45 PM »

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Strong rumors claiming that Kawhi to LA is a done deal.

It's from an unverified account. Let's wait and see if someone legitimate reports it.

Unfortunately, the guy who reported it (RDAmbition) is supposedly a verified Lakers Redditor (with sources) and he's gotten a lot of things right so far. Even Horford-to-PHI he reported it like 5-6 days ago  :(
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