Kings can trade several assets for Westbrook:
Rudy Gay
Kosta Koufus
Picks
And some of the bigs they drafted.
Do it Vlade!
Your only 2 assets right now Boogie and WCS.
your picks you cant trade because you owe draft swap rights to the Sixers the next 2 years, plus after that you owe the sixers your unprotected 1st so you cant trade them. Rudy Gay and Kosta Koufus aint gonna get you shit other then high first rounder
The only way the Kings get Westbrook is if they trade Boogie. Your franchise has literally nothing else.
Cavs
Hawks
Raptors
Celtics
Knicks
Hornets
Pacers
Bulls
*That's in no order
Heat lost 3 starters and didn't get any replacements so I think they are out. Detroit was an 8th seed last year and I think they get edged out by the Bulls and Knicks.
Really though it's the same as last year minus the heat.
Tier 1 - Cavs
Tier 2 - Raptors, Celtics, Hawks
Tier 3 - Everyone else
Hawks replace solid ass Horford with terrible Dwight Howard, and lose some bench depth with their trade of Teague and are in 2nd tier? Pacers are probably better then them right now tbh
1. Cavs
2. Celts
3. Raptors
4. Pacers
5. Hornets
6. Hawks
7. Knicks
8. Bulls
That's what I'd think at least.
1st of all, let's look at the standings of last year
1. Cavs - Lost some role players, doesnt matter they have Lebron
2. Raptors - Lost a role player, shouldnt be that much of a difference tbh, but they'll get worse
3. Heat - Lost Wade and Bosh, not on your list, so can't call you out
4. Hawks - Lost 2 starters in Teague and horford, only got 1 replacement in Dwight who was a mess the past year and is only getting older. They'll get worse
5. Celtics - Added Horford and Jaylen Brown, should be better
6. Hornets - Lost Lin, added Batum, they should stay around the same as they were last year
7. Pacers - Added Teague, and Horford, should be better then they were last year
8. Pistons - Super Young team, was able to compete really well last year
So let's just look at the logic, you have the Knicks and Bulls passing the Pistons? None of their signings make them that much better, Wade can't get it done in the regular season like he used to. They still have no perimeter shooting
The Bucks were very efficient with Giannis at the point, and I think this year is a breakout year for Jabari. Middleton should improve as well, and you think the Knicks and Bulls are better then them with their shit roisters? Rose and Noah sucked last year, how are they getting all those wins with no depth and bad players?
Wizards should be able to compete if Beal stays healthy, that's the best backcourt in the east if Beal is healthy tbh. You have Knicks getting more wins then them, they had 32 last year, the wizards had 9 more wins. Where are the knicks getting those 9 wins from
And the Magic is still a young team that I would honestly take over the both of them. I dont like what theyve been doing, but they should improve over last years squad barring major injury
Bulls have 3 ball dominant players who can't shoot the ball well, and only 1 of them really can play defense at this stage of their career. Knicks have 2 players who got carried by Butler for a year and still missed the playoffs, yet they're going to suddenly win 10 more games to sneak into the 8th seed over the other 4 teams listed? Even though they added Derrick, Ive become an inefficient mess, Rose and Joakim Noah, both of which are a year older and played like shit last year
Wade, and Rondo aint gonna help you win that many more games in the regular season. You bring in Wade for a playoff run as he can still ball well for short stints of time.
People need to cool their expectations on those teams
