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"guess we gotta make this work so we should probably... communicate"

They should rent a banana boat together

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folks its that time again

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"There is a school of thought speaking to people around the league that they think the Kevin Durant trade request wasn't actually about him getting out of Brooklyn, it was about getting Kyrie Irving out of Brooklyn."

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— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) July 19, 2022

conspiracy theory based on nothing: nets will not trade kd at all, kd only publicized the trade demand so he could remain in kyrie's good graces but he's secretly relieved to be rid of kyrie

― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Tuesday, July 12, 2022 5:53 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink

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didn’t he specifically mention the nets “treatment” of kyrie as the reason he wanted to be traded?

yeah doesnt really make sense feel like this is a psyop by the nets

some arguing about durant to new orleans on espn today...is there anything to that? to me, it would seem weird to blow it up without ever having seen how it works with a healthy zion

espn is bored

july-august is sports purgatory

the mlb all-star break even more so

nola is maybe the team best equipped to make a deal for kd but then the timeline with all their young players just doesnt make sense and they prob wouldnt be a contender anyway

they should pretend theyre going to do it tho, to spice things up

espn is bored

― Spottie, Tuesday, July 19, 2022 3:55 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ha yeah i spose

I’m bored too someone should do a big trade

zach lowe thinks the knicks have the best chance, who knows?

for the drama that would be pretty fun

that would hilarious

for KD? i don't think so... nobody thinks the nets would trade KD to the knicks under any circumstances. he was prob talking about mitchell

Oh yeah u know what he was sorry, podcast brain comes for us all

nola is maybe the team best equipped to make a deal for kd but then the timeline with all their young players just doesnt make sense and they prob wouldnt be a contender anyway

― lag∞n, Tuesday, July 19, 2022 4:00 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

idk imo if you're the pelicans, your title window does not exist and has historically never existed, they have a shitload of picks for just this kind of scenario. i think they should go for it with ingram, cap filler, and like 4 or 5 picks and still have tons of draft capital while opening up a two year window.

the question is if KD is really that player anymore. i tend to agree w/ the everyone who still thinks he's a top 3 player but that boston series has to be a tad concerning. but if you're trading that much stuff to give yourself a two year window you better be 100% sure the guy is still at that level

the question isnt "is kd that guy?" its "will brandon ingram (or any of these picks) ever be that guy?"

it's kinda two questions but again if you're giving that much up for KD you can't have him putting up another playoff series where he shoots 40% from the field. i feel like it was just a really bad match up and he'll be a beast again in the playoffs but i would maybe be slightly worried

its not a surefire trade to be sure, but if it was then KD would not be available at all

Dubs getting JaMychal Green for a back-up big seems like a low-key valuable move.

hes a quality rotation player for sure

he'll fill the bjelica role nicely

imo kd is not that guy anymore celtics just exposed him hes basically been exclusively taking elbow jumpers since he he blew up his achilles

i mean he averaged 34 in the offs in 2021, i think its too soon to say hes cooked bc the c's matched up so well on him

no its true actually

i mean hes still good but i would not break the bank

he's no rudy gobert

when youre talking about the stifle tower youre talking about a guy you empty the chamber for

It’s true he’s better than Kd cos he only takes the most effective shot in basketball aka the slamma jamma

Report: Danny Ainge and the Utah Jazz are seeking seven to eight first round picks for Donovan Mitchell, per @TheSteinLine

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— Top Ball Coverage (@TopBallCoverage) July 20, 2022

they counted how many picks the knicks have

lol

has anyone been traded for more than 4 first round picks before?

gobert might have permanently broken the trade market

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this many more picks than Rudy! ah hah ha ha

Free agent star James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement on a two-year, $68 million deal with a player option, league sources tell @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 20, 2022

Ainge walks around like Anton Chigurh but with an 11-sided die rolling for picks

holy shit people are bored. Josh Minott snubbed by Summer League! I hope Adam Silver has a press conference to address this.

https://dunkingwithwolves.com/2022/07/18/timberwolves-josh-minott/amp/

The inflation from Gobert trade has got to cool off sooner than later, right? If asking prices for players oriented around that price end up stifling the trade market, the askers are going to have to start lowering their prices right? Unless it's all a game of chicken and some idiot GM caves.

it will cool off but it might take time. there was a point in time where no one thought a team would ever give up something like the nets package for pierce/garnett again. these things always cycle.

i think its good that teams are giving up a lot for stars now theyre worth it you just have to make sure theyre actual stars

arguably the current inflation started with anthony davis to the lakers then you had paul george right after which was crazy