LockOfTheWeek
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Is there a fan base in existence that hasn't melted down when one of their stars left? Sports fandom isn't exactly a rational thing.
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Is there a fan base in existence that hasn't melted down when one of their stars left? Sports fandom isn't exactly a rational thing.
Well let's see
Grizzlies fans melted down when Pau left until ZBO and Marc came along
76ers when AI and Andre left
Kings when Webber and Boogie left
Hornets when CP3 left
Can't think of one that stayed sane
Caddywompus
Member
Oh, of course Hayward pulls his shenanigans on the 4th of July.
Well I'll still hold out hope for some Deandre type drama, maybe IND will pull out of the George deal.
So what else did I miss...
Otto Potter is going to be in the top 10 highest paid players in the league and the Wiz think that's a good idea to match.
Kings making sure they are better than any lottery team in the East for some reason.
Casspi signs a one ring deal with GS
OKC replaces Gibson with an even more inconsistent 4 to take those long jumpers. But for that price you really can't complain
Is Vault Dweller alright? Has anyone check on them recently?
Well I'll still hold out hope for some Deandre type drama, maybe IND will pull out of the George deal.
So what else did I miss...
Otto Potter is going to be in the top 10 highest paid players in the league and the Wiz think that's a good idea to match.
Kings making sure they are better than any lottery team in the East for some reason.
Casspi signs a one ring deal with GS
OKC replaces Gibson with an even more inconsistent 4 to take those long jumpers. But for that price you really can't complain
Is Vault Dweller alright? Has anyone check on them recently?
mechashiva
Member
When your team can give someone the most money and they still leave it's tough. It's fair to not be happy about it.
legend
LyleLanley
Banned
It is a good idea though.
The difference in money was negligible since he wasn't eligible for a supermax and he'll likely opt out after year 3 anyways.
Caddywompus
Member
Is it? They haven't paid Wall yet. Hell this is a team that's paying their backup center more than their starting center so it's hard to tell whether or not when a front office paying Porter more than Beal is a great investment.
LyleLanley
Banned
They're not going to have cap space for free agents anyways. It's either max out Porter or lose him for nothing without a good replacement.
Caddywompus
Member
Yeah I guess it's a lose lose situation either way
It's basically the Jrue Holliday situation that New Orleans was facing this year. It's not optimal but you probably need to do it.
Caddywompus
Member
Man I feel terrible for NOP, maybe they will still get some help with vet min contracts.
That's a horrible system when you can't improve so the only option is to overpay to keep
from getting worse.
Bad contracts catch up with you. Both the Wiz and NO have an abundance of them. Asik and Hill are making like 23 million this year; Ian Mahinmi is making 16. They blew all their flexibility on bench fodder.
BlackNMild2k1
Member
I'm gonna hold you to that, and my boy is a tattoo artist....
So depending on where you at, just might have him do it for you.
LyleLanley
Banned
Supposedly if Stevens/Ainge can convince Hayward to take around $300k less the C's will be able to keep Bradley, Smart and Crowder by dealing Rozier and Jackson while renouncing their free agents.
johancruijff
Banned
in other news
Embiid started his feud with Lavar Ball
https://twitter.com/NBA_Skits/status/882458023473577985
Embiid started his feud with Lavar Ball
https://twitter.com/NBA_Skits/status/882458023473577985
Yikes.
Cornbread78
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LyleLanley
Banned
Assuming Hayward doesn't take a pay cut I imagine at least one of smart/Bradley/Crowder gets moved for a backup big.
Skiptastic
Member
Yeah, they'll do that if they want to never trade with another team again. Jordan could do that because it was just affecting him. The Pacers organization does that? Shit would impact the team years down the road.
Cornbread78
Member
They need to keep Smart to back up IT, so it's gotta be Crowdah that gets moved. Bradley would only go if they try to get a big name 5.
Zizac is their only big right now..
friskykillface
Banned
How don't the Celtics have money? Thought Horford was the only big contract they have, the fuck is all this money
Got a cool 60 mil in cap space wrapped up for Hayward and Horford for a start.
Cornbread78
Member
From "rumors" the plan is to have him play the 2 and trade Bradley and Crowdah for a big.
This means
IT
Hayward
Brown/Tatum
Horford
Zizac/trade subject
silver.tongue
Member
Hayward plays good at the 2?
Ninja Scooter
Member
Well they have Heyward now, and IT, Smart and Bradley are going to get really expensive next year.
Losing one of Bradley, Crowder and Smart would make me pretty sad, but it's inevitable.
I think Crowder is most likely to go. He's the most easily tradeable (but also has the best contract situation), but he's also the most directly duplicated by the wings they've added this summer. I'm not sure Crowder does anything better than Hayward, except perhaps some positional versatility at the 4.
How much time do they have to clear the cap space? Is it the 8th?
Man, if Hayward would just take $300K less this year, it'd all be gravy. But I suppose that's a bit greedy. That cap figure coming in lower is going to likely cost the Celtics a pretty good player.
I think Crowder is most likely to go. He's the most easily tradeable (but also has the best contract situation), but he's also the most directly duplicated by the wings they've added this summer. I'm not sure Crowder does anything better than Hayward, except perhaps some positional versatility at the 4.
How much time do they have to clear the cap space? Is it the 8th?
Man, if Hayward would just take $300K less this year, it'd all be gravy. But I suppose that's a bit greedy. That cap figure coming in lower is going to likely cost the Celtics a pretty good player.
Bradley is definitely more likely to go. He's a free agent next year. Jae is not and is on a great contract. They will lose AB for nothing. Id rather have AB but it's not logical. Who knows. Maybe they move Them for that bum center on ATL that shoots threes.
StanleyStutters
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Think Indy has any regrets about jumping on the OKC trade for George so quickly? Now that Hayward is in Boston, it stands to reason that Danny would be more optimistic about locking up George. Wonder how much Indy could've gotten from him.
They handled the George trade in the worst way possible at every step
BlackGhost
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friskykillface
Banned
Indiana had all summer to field offers for George
Season starts in fucking October
The time to trade for garbage is during the all star game
I'd rather take Crowder x Smart x lakers pick x Memphis pick for George than lol Ololdipo
Season starts in fucking October
The time to trade for garbage is during the all star game
I'd rather take Crowder x Smart x lakers pick x Memphis pick for George than lol Ololdipo
MushroomSamba
Member
I thought a big part of it was that Indy didn't want him to trade him to a team in the East.
Peter Ian Staker
Member
Pacers didn't care. They wanted to exile him to OKC.
They didn't want to let him go to a team that can reach the finals and sure as hell didn't want to grant his wish and send him to LA.
Ainge wasn't giving him something better than a pick in the 20s and they knew it.
LyleLanley
Banned
Yeah, a lot of NBA Twitter guys are talking about it. Don't think there's anything serious yet outside of Mannix saying some unnamed execs have talked about it being a possibility.
Cornbread78
Member
LyleLanley
Banned
How would a gasol trade work? The C's don't even have enough cap space for Hayward as is.
friskykillface
Banned
I'd rather get Pau cause he's cheap af
Cornbread78
Member
They can go over the cap from a trade, which is what they were going to do with PG.
Yup. Why wait when Ainge doesn't want to part with his precious assets?