wow
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert isn’t traveling with team to LA and won’t play vs. the Lakers on Tuesday in the Play-In tournament, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/Gey3twxchn— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 10, 2023
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
he can handle it. he's a grown man.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 10 April 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link
well obviously i don't care about him at all but it's an interesting organizational decision
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
what a disaster
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Monday, 10 April 2023 17:41 (one year ago) link
you're right, ofc. they seem to have decided that his presence with the team is more detrimental than his absence. which is nagl for a team that sold the farm to get him.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 10 April 2023 17:41 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtXsv_ZXoBg6uza?format=jpg&name=small
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Monday, 10 April 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
hard for me to believe they would be doing this if they were in the 9/10 game instead of the 7/8.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link
from an outside perspective, gobert throwing a punch (not even to the face...) seems like a fair reaction to what anderson said to him. it seems like organizationally they are taking anderson's side and kinda going out of their way to publicly shame gobert, which makes me think this isn't really about what happened in that huddle
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 April 2023 17:48 (one year ago) link
lmaooooo
The Timberwolves had to suspend Gobert for throwing a punch, but accepted that it was a shot to chest with no intent to injure Kyle Anderson and understood that Anderson called Gobert a “bitch” repeatedly on a night Gobert was playing hurt, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 10, 2023
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:52 (one year ago) link
ahaha an absolute masterpiece from Woj
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Monday, 10 April 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
love to consume quality journalism
― lag∞n, Monday, 10 April 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
Somehow it makes everyone involved sound worse than everyone else involved.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Monday, 10 April 2023 19:20 (one year ago) link
Jaden McDaniels suffered a fracture of his third and fourth metacarpals in his right hand, is wearing a cast and will be out indefinitely, the Timberwolves announced.— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) April 10, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 10 April 2023 20:36 (one year ago) link
Succession crossover. One thread.
― that's not my post, Monday, 10 April 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
Also funny that it all went down in a game that they won.
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 02:53 (one year ago) link
playin game 2 nite bb its that time of year when they go for all the marbles
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 13:46 (one year ago) link
i'm not really for the whole moving Trae thing, but i think it speaks to how much the hawks value the young guys on the roster. i could definitely see a version of this team without trae being very good under Quinn
― Heez, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
they go for all the marbles
^ the playoffs thread title has arrived
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link
oh yeah we do need one do the honors
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:34 (one year ago) link
No More Tankies
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
do we wait for after play in? i cant remember
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
Vague recollection we had one for the ins and one for the offs.
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
feel like one post season thread makes sense
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:41 (one year ago) link
― Heez, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 12:07 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
gotta be a lot of at play here seems so premature compared to the typical timeline of getting rid of a star, maybe they feel like trae is going to ask out, they have an owner who didnt draft him, serious questions about his viability as a star, his values prob not going to be higher than now, coach killer/bad teammate, style of play issues etc
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:42 (one year ago) link
He’s only played for Lloyd Pearce and Nate. This has demonstrably been his most disappointing season. I’m need to see him under Quinn for a minute
― Heez, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
iirc last year we made the thread after the 'ins but either way is fine
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
seems like theyre going to trade him idk just announcing that youre accepting offers not sure how you go back from that
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:47 (one year ago) link
idk it feels like the definition of selling low to me. i think this all blows over unless they're just done w/ him on a human level. cuz whatever offers they think would be out there for trae in theory are not actually going to materialize in reality, imo
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:30 (one year ago) link
they could also beat the heat and take 2 games off the celtics in a faux competitive series and the tenor around them would change a bit
they could also very easily lose twice and the tenor around them would change in the other direction
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
i think theres prob a pretty good market for him now like a 3 firsts or equivalent type deal and yeah maybe thats low but what if he keeps going on the current trajectory it could be really bad then, anyway putting it out there that theyre listening to offers really looks like theyre determined to move him otherwise theyd try to do more quietly, they could just be incompetent too tho lol, or someones trying to will it to happen even if the whole org isnt on board idk
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
I can’t wait to go to https://t.co/dLkj0UOsk0 Arena/STAPLES Center to watch the Lakers win tonight and advance to play Memphis!— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 11, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link
magics lock of the night get your money in now before the line moves
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
if there's a team out there willing to trade 3 firsts for trae i'd be shocked
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:51 (one year ago) link
the hawks just traded 3 first for dejounte murray last year
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
3 firsts doesn't make sense to me either. if that team exists it seems like it would stand out a mile as the obvious partner in that deal.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 1:54 PM (eight minutes ago)
he was also on an insanely cheap contract & coming off the best year of his career
to be clear my argument is not that trae isn't worth three firsts if you strip away context and measure him up against guys like mitchell, murray, gobert etc. but like i said yesterday if you start going thru the teams to find candidates to trade a huge haul of assets to turn the keys of their franchise over to trae... i just don't see many options, personally. but maybe there's secret huge trae fans out there amongst the GM community
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link
obvs finding a match for big trades is always a chore but i feel like getting 3 first for trae is pretty normal
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link
i agree that this would be selling low on trae, however i swear i won't cry if they do. my kid on the other hand...
― Heez, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
small point guard is just a tough fit bcuz you really only need one of those guys on the floor. if you already have one (most teams) idk if you're trading all your assets for another one. at least w/ dame you know ppl actually like the guy
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
I went ahead an made a play-ins thread: Worst gift in the pile: 2023 NBA Play-Ins
Someone else can make the Grand Unified Playoffs thread.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
many teams dont have that guy tho and they do want him
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link
tho it does rule out the funniest possible landing spot for trae the new york knicks
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:12 (one year ago) link
the new york nets tho...
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:13 (one year ago) link
lol, the Knicks were my first thought - they could play the "Fuck Trae Young" video on the jumbotron to welcome him
― This machine bores fascism (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qBTXZpe.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:16 (one year ago) link
also just feel like teams are gonna have to take stock of these recent assets for stars deals & notice that the acquiring teams have almost uniformly ended up w/ the short end of the stick. the market is gonna have to correct itself at some point. i doubt the hawks would be the ones willing to bite the bullet and do the trade that shifts the market back, but i do have to imagine the recent history of those deals would make teams hesitant to do one for a player like trae
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:26 (one year ago) link
the more i think about trae for brad beal the more i feel like that's the move if the hawks are serious about this
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
bad teams will always want to trade millions of draft picks for star players its just who they are, some owner will always want james harden, the only reason it wasnt happening more in the past is because stars werent available as much
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:30 (one year ago) link
brad beal and 3 firsts maybe, but i wouldnt even do that if i were the hawks. trae isnt even in his prime yet and he was just an all nba player one season ago. beal is 30 and not nearly as good as trae imo. the only way they get rid of him is if he's asked for it or the whole org secretly hates him.
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link