2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

you’d think they’d worry ayton could figure out their scheme and become embittered but he’s so busy with video games

― Clay, Thursday, July 14, 2022 4:03 PM (one second ago)

yeah maybe he doesn't even realize he signed w/ the IRL indiana pacers, i hope this is clear to him

maybe the no trade in the first year thing is good for them bcuz he can at least come in next year knowing they're not gonna pull the rug out from under him suddenly. but phoenix has to be thrown in the bad vibes camp at this point

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video games!

--deandre ayton

suns can keep him

From what I’ve heard Kyrie for Kyle Lowry is not out of the question. https://t.co/5SEb9kXTAK

— Frank Isola (@TheFrankIsola) July 14, 2022

this almost feels like a no brainer for the heat if they could do it with one pick & a role player or something

lmao does pat think he can fix kyrie

the heat with their work ethic scrappy mentality heat culture and what not are the perfect team for kyrie... to poop on

it would be his greatest work, his crowning achievement

haha man for real this would thee ultimate test of heat culture

i want lakers tho the streets crave it

udonis in a locked room with kyrie, only one mentality walks out

love to lay completely nude on a Florida beach next to a roaring campfire fed with sage while loudly proclaiming that the jwst images just don’t give me the feels

if the heat could get out from under the last year of lowry’s contract and turn it into one season of contract year kyrie i would be down. not even sure lowry is more reliable than kyrie at this point, tho for different reasons

suns matched via shams

The Phoenix Suns have matched the Indiana Pacers’ four-year, $133 million maximum offer sheet on Deandre Ayton, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Ayton stays in Phoenix.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 15, 2022

so again we’re left to wonder…… what was the point of all this?

if they were just gonna pay him this much or near this much it doenst make sense to burn a whole season and/or burn the bridge with the player. amateur hour over here in the valley.

they continue to give the impression that they have no idea what they’re doing.

i mean that recent profile of their front office gave me the impression that this is the alternative medicine/essential oils version of franchise management so cheers to discovering truth and wellness in the valley of life

The Suns made clear throughout free agency that the franchise intended to bring Ayton back – and were committed to spend in order to continue competing for a title around All-NBA star Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Ayton. Phoenix now goes approximately $15M into the tax. https://t.co/PCVHYtk6OH

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 15, 2022

lol did they now

normal stuff

if they had just maxxed him out last year then they would be able to trade him now perhaps for kevin durant

yeah somebody was always going to max him on an offer sheet, obviously there are things about him that make that max a little scary but the suns know more about him than anyone and seem to have kind of played themselves.

it never made any sense. this was always going to be the outcome.

Wolves just signed Austin Rivers to a one year minimum

this deal when it finally gets done is going to be ludicrous

REPORT: The Jazz-Knicks deal was “close” on Tuesday night, but the Knicks ended up declining.

The Jazz reportedly wanted Immanuel Quickley, Obi Toppin, Quentin Grimes, Miles McBride, and 6 1st-round picks. 🤯🤯🤯

(via @tjonesonthenba) pic.twitter.com/KxUOdLfsZx

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) July 15, 2022

all so the mitchell brunson backcourt can give up one million points a game

Yah that is not a great pairing

plus barrett playing the 3 and randle at the 4? lol. prob one of the worst defensive line ups you could come up with on paper for a team aspiring to be good

don't do it! reconsider! read some liter-ature on the subject!

the devil on my shoulder is saying "thibs won't play the young guys anyway"

smh

none of their young guys will prob ever make an all star game, clinging to quickley and quentin grimes etc has strong “this franchise never has good young players so we’re going to overvalue any draft pick with more than a pulse” vibes to me. maybe there’s an opportunity cost aspect of throwing them all in one trade & not being able to flip them later but if the jazz want those guys i’d prob just throw them in and then try and talk them down on the picks

jazz are prob asking for those guys trying to get more picks

that is fair, just feels to me that if you're gonna sacrifice young and cheap depth and a buttload of future picks you should do it for a player who is better than donovan mitchell.

the market is the market, i guess

not that mitchell isn't good or anything, but having the smallest backcourt in the nba in a division with the celtics and raptors is not gonna work imo

you’re bringing logic to a multi year pursuit of a star by the knicks front office!

lol

that lineup is hilarious i need to see it now. jazz gonna come out of the rudy/dono pairing with like 14 picks and prospects. doing it right. they can also flip like 6 other rotation guys for picks or whatever at the deadline (bojan, conley, beasley, gay, clarkson, pat bev)

Danny likes picks.

they should try to get every pick

Brian Windhorst:

“The executives are going on vacation… At this point, the Nets’ preferred situation is for Kevin Durant to stay with them. There is no trade that they’ve got that they like.”

(via @ESPNNBA) pic.twitter.com/sLlSFfMPnl

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) July 15, 2022

KD: I'd like to be traded.

Nets FO: *shrug emoji*

kd is gonna trade himself via recess appointment

keeping them both is the right play imo. they have a ton of talent between KD/kyrie/simmons that they’re virtually assured of not being able to replicate in the next 5 years via trades. KD will never hold out. just run it back

Kuminga looks like a much more natural player nowadays

I was listening to the zach Lowe podcast today and he was discussing grimes, toppin, 4 firsts and 3 swaps as a sort of median proposal, which is just hard for me to fathom