stashing assets for the 2023 nba offseason

thats alotta quasi draft picks baby

Washington and Phoenix have finalized the Bradley Beal trade, landing the Wizards six second-round draft picks and four first-round pick swaps, sources tell ESPN. Suns are sending seconds in 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2030. Pick swaps in 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2030.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2023

Mike Dunleavy’s first move as GM is to trade for someone more hated than he was.

— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) June 22, 2023

gotta get the heat off him

xxp oh those swaps could actually be great. that... changes things? of course for the swaps to be valuable the suns don't just have to fall, the wiz have to actually be good

cp3 and steph will preserve each other

― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Thursday, June 22, 2023 2:41 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this was my first thought haha

decent all things considered

So Beal for Poole, Shamet, a 2030 protected 1st, 4 1st round swaps (one being the middle pick of 3), and seven 2nd round picks

— Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) June 22, 2023

jordan poole is clearly living his best life. he won his ring early, now he can go shoot to his heart's content in obscurity. there might be fewer baddies in the stands tho, sadly

so this makes me feel like the wiz would've accepted tyler herro back in a beal trade but the heat obviously weren't going anywhere near that

yeah seems like the heat just werent into him

gonna go out on a limb and say that at least 2 of those 4 swaps will occur

sort of think paul is a great fit for the dubs, especially if he’s willing to come off the bench. their bench has been extremely bad and he’s sort of the ultimate stabilizer, as an added bonus he won’t be arguably the worst defensive player in the league. he can share the court with curry in limited minutes too to take some of the ball handling pressure off of him, we know curry doesn’t need the ball all the time to be productive

whenever cp3 comes off the bench it will ensure the pace of the game slows to a crawl while the starters rest

not a bad thing!

Steph and CP3 will have to be the oldest backcourt in the league.

this is a classic chris haynes tweet, i’m dying

There’s growing sentiment Toronto star Pascal Siakam — who’s on an expiring deal — would not re-sign with a team who attempts to trade for him as his preference is to remain with the Raptors, sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 22, 2023

pascal siakam won't re-sign w/ a team that attempts to trade for him -- aka a team that he is not on -- because his preference is to remain w/ the raptors... the team he would no longer be on if another team actually did trade for him

if his contract is expiring, then the team that trades for him would need to re-sign him to a new contract in order to keep him on the team, no?

hmmm...

https://imgur.com/a/Mj87xQC

much to think about

situationally evaluating

image didn't work, so...

raptors trade:
pascal siakam
otto porter jr.

knicks trade:
julius randle
evan fournier

this trade is successful. you have not affected the winning percentage of either team.

if you try and put julius randle into a trade for value the trade machine breaks itself in protest

you know a trade is good when it doesn't affect the winning percentage of either team

if the heat strike out on dame i like siakam a lot for them & they have enough ammo for that

raptors really dont want to fold idgi. they even got a chip so they shoudlnt be so desperate to ride out the back side of their window once it becomes improbable

trading pascal seems like the the good idea hes older than their other guys and due a huge deal next year, they could get a lot for him

you know a trade is good when it doesn't affect the winning percentage of either team

― ciderpress, Thursday, June 22, 2023 4:53 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's pure, elegant, a trade for the love of trading

exactly

loooooool

pic.twitter.com/v1mHyfEsN9

— SB Nation (@SBNation) June 22, 2023

gr80e80 8===D

tiktokcore

meanwhile…

Bulls VP Arturas Karnisovas on Lonzo Ball: “Our expectation is that he's not going to be back next season"

— Jamal Collier (@JamalCollier) June 23, 2023

if they’re already ruling him out for next season it’s hard to imagine him ever playing again

tbf arturas karnisovas is almost certainly a lithuanian-nationalist assassin

feel like this thread will be pretty chill since there arent a bunch of FAs, and it feels like the few FAs that exist will actually stay in most cases.

there will be a big trade though

its all about trades these days

trades, and hopefully lots of movement amongst rotation pieces that could swing a team one way or another, like the bruce brown/KCP type moves from last offseason.

i admit i am intrigued by the clippers putting out feelers for paul george, and lebron will definitely be texting kyrie to come play with him and ad and 9 lucky new klutch clients next year

oh my god

https://i.imgur.com/zhfpwsp.png

the king of posting through it

AK now that Vucevic trade is official with Orlando's selection of Jett Howard: "I thought that deal worked out pretty well for us."

— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) June 23, 2023

except the picking jett howard part

attn ciderpress we have a new theory

Brandon Miller:

“I see the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA Finals next year.”

(via @ashstro) pic.twitter.com/eDh0poFRpO

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) June 24, 2023

lol

new KAT just dropped

lol

i liked this one too

Brandon Miller says Michael Jordan airballed a free throw at their draft workout, per @SiriusXMNBA. pic.twitter.com/FZZ3a152wm

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) June 22, 2023

a storied franchise begins a new chapter of dominance xp

im wacky 4 wembanyama

― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Tuesday, October 18, 2022 8:08 PM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Wemby Rocking #1 in his Uniform first look @vicw_32 #Spurs pic.twitter.com/pth38MH4SK

— JazzTamir (@JazzTamir1) June 24, 2023