2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

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The proposed three-team trade scenario included Westbrook going to Utah and getting bought out. Utah would send Donovan Mitchell to the Knicks, a combination of two players, including Patrick Beverley and Jordan Clarkson, Bojan Bogdanovic or Malik Beasley to the Lakers, and the Jazz would receive significant draft pick compensation from the Knicks and Lakers. The Knicks also would’ve had to part with veteran salary filler(s), such as Derrick Rose to help make the salaries work.

those are not players that will help the lakers

idk they wouldn’t vault the lakers into contender status by any means but if you look at their roster any of those guys definitely would help them. bogdanovic in particular feels like someone a lot of teams should be after. whether sending out all their picks for a combo of those guys is a good idea is perhaps a different question but the lakers need all the NBA level talent they can get.

dumping russ is classic addition by subtraction

minimal defense six man types are always hit or miss in the playoffs depending on the game but clarkson feels like one of the only guys from the jazz who hasn't completely shit his pants in the playoffs the last two seasons. his stats in that dallas series were actually pretty good, he gave them what you would expect from him

ainge blatantly trying to construct a trade that will return the most picks ever, out there trying to set records, going for the gusto

He's gotta feel invincible after that Gobert trade.

whether sending out all their picks for a combo of those guys is a good idea is perhaps a different question but the lakers need all the NBA level talent they can get.

― J0rdan S., Friday, August 5, 2022 5:42 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah i get this, any of those guys would play in the rotation and maybe we're past the point where the lakers have any path to contention, but i think they all would get exposed in the later rounds of the playoffs--even bojan, who is fearless and an absolute baller, might be a little too far out of his prime. i'm also comparing these guys to the turner/hield package, which has its issues but also might be pretty interesting if you squint hard enough.

any one of those guys - turner, hield, bojan, or clarkson - would replace westbrook as their third best player

Lakers really need ad to play 65+ games as a top ten players and a lot of stuff will work itself out

imo ad has the early big man decline bug and will never be top 10 again (if he ever was)

he could have a random bounce back season but its prob the most likely outcome, idk maybe if he goes on the juice

AD is injured all the time and has the pain threshold of a Habsburgian dandy

also he’s someone whose jump shot was lights out in the bubble and has cratered since

he doesnt seem super passionate about the game of basketball either

or about anything really

Relatable

yeah totes

In a meeting with Nets owner Joe Tsai, Kevin Durant reiterated his trade request and informed Tsai that Tsai needs to choose between Durant or the pairing of general manager Sean Marks and coach Steve Nash, sources say.

Story: https://t.co/W1voNf9MDC

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 8, 2022

nets are in a tight spot!

gotta think kd trying to get his gm fired will make other gms less interested in trading for him

He chose nash lol. And what’s his beef with marks?

Which side leaked this to Shams do you think?

KD's side, he's trying to get things moving

And what’s his beef with marks?

― Spottie, Monday, August 8, 2022 2:53 PM (two minutes ago)

that the franchise is a complete shitshow?

iirc hes mad at marks for the way he treated kyrie (did not give him a max contract)

if all it takes to smooth everything over w/ KD is to fire steve nash (should not be an NBA head coach) and sean marks (orchestrator of a giant mess of a team) that might actually be a small price to pay

read some thing that tsai already thinks the players are making him look like a bitch so idk

it's one thing for shams to tweet various abuses of the english language from his own account, but it's infecting his employer's accounts:

The Nets understand that Kevin Durant will continue to be resolute in his stance of a trade request.

Which teams are the potential destinations?@ShamsCharania has the latest intel: https://t.co/W3w4ZCqDcg pic.twitter.com/CH2tIPk2Pm

— The Athletic NBA (@TheAthleticNBA) August 8, 2022

god I hate KD so much

he should retire and embrace his natural endpoint as a chump steamroller on a local sports radio show

Marks is not the gm tho that’s Kyrie and KD until now so all they can do is turn the mirror on themselves. Marks pulled off the rare 3 man super team that Kd wanted and they fumbled it. Marks should leave on his own accord and air all the laundry.

he can't get credit for "pulling it off" but then take none of the blame for running a front office that wasn't able to keep it together for even one full season. at best he doesn't have enough clout to stand up to the superstars on his team and keep any semblance of chemistry going or ward off bad ideas, at worst he's made a number of decisions that have made the situation worse. either way he's unfit for the job he has... maybe he'd be fine running a small market team that would love to win 45 games and scrap its way into the play in tourney but that's not what the nets want to be

a trio like KD, kyrie, and harden is always gonna have a certain level of sway and power w/in an organization but we've seen franchises *actually* pull this off before. pat riley had the juice. bob myers had the juice. sean marks does not. it all seems pretty cut and dried to me

those three guys on the same team was just fundamentally a bad idea

kyrie on any team might just be a bad idea

both of those things may be true

it seems pretty clear that the thing that broke them apart was kyrie not getting vaxed and maybe that fact alone soured harden on the whole thing and there was nothing anyone could do but i also think it's obvious that the front office allowing him to come back and play road games was a catastrophic decision that created a complete circus around the team and made harden want to get out asap. they took a strong public stance against kyrie playing and then buckled under the first bit of roster strain, they were weak and short sighted and couldn't stand strong as a franchise. if you break that easy you're never gonna be able to make it work w/ multiple superstars.

sean marks traded a first round pick for royce o neal

Our front office and coaching staff have my support. We will make decisions in the best interest of the Brooklyn Nets.

— Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) August 8, 2022

well i'm convinced

heh

The Pro City Hoops team consisting of Julius Randle, Obi Toppin and Jalen Brunson lost by 13 tonight pic.twitter.com/yj9sh2QthU

— Rob Lopez (@r0bato) August 9, 2022

the knicks

i dont have anything substantive to offer

You absolutely hate to see it

That’s like 18ppl, he’ll be okay. https://t.co/TiJmFrvhSp

— A.K (@Kungu_NBA) August 9, 2022

You have to give KD credit for goosing a slow news cycle and giving us something to talk about.

sean marks traded a first round pick for royce o neal

Furthermore, the first-year head coach said one wrinkle he will implement and stick with is having the offense run through Anthony Davis, and James concurred, sources said. The team has been encouraged with Davis’ offseason progression and believe he’ll be in optimum shape to avoid serious injuries and carry a heavier load.

The team is also hopeful for a corner-3 shooting percentage bump from Russell Westbrook next season, sources said.

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