my guess is they know pg and kawhi are coming back this season and want to make a push
― Spottie, Friday, 4 February 2022 20:23 (two years ago) link
that's the type of trade you can only do with a guy like ballmer signing the checks
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 February 2022 20:28 (two years ago) link
ty lue actually said last night they’re not expecting kawhi back but both norm & covington do fit into their small ball switch everything style
Ty Lue said when asked about his stars being out, “We know Kawhi's probably not gonna come back.” Asked to clarify later, Lue said he hopes every day Kawhi will return and then reiterated his phrase tonight that was used about PG’s MRI: “Hope is stronger than fear.”— Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) February 4, 2022
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 20:30 (two years ago) link
yeah, this seems more like getting your christmas shopping done early. they could re-sign convington for a lower number i bet. both those guys are good fits.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 February 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link
hm ok xp
― Spottie, Friday, 4 February 2022 20:45 (two years ago) link
Jackson/Powell/Coffey/Covington/Zubac is a fun league pass team
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 4 February 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
the clippers are pretty fun in the same way that the raptors are pretty fun, tho they're less fun than the raptors. the win ceiling on a team like that still seems pretty low -- you need elite players and you need at least some sort of big man -- but it does make for fun basketball
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
raps have an all star at least, and siakim mighta been one too if hed been healthy to start the season.
― Spottie, Friday, 4 February 2022 21:03 (two years ago) link
I feel like the blazers didn’t get enough salary relief here, but they did get a guy who was picked 21st and maybe they really like him
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 4 February 2022 21:23 (two years ago) link
bcuz bledsoe has another year left the salary relief isn’t immediate tho per bobby marks it does get them under the tax this year. but longterm in shedding powell’s contract they’re getting off $60 million in the final three years which feels fairly significant
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 21:31 (two years ago) link
also i bet they feel like they can move bledsoe again in the offseason
Yeah I guess it’s good enough.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 4 February 2022 21:36 (two years ago) link
signing norm powell to a five year deal then salary dumping him the same year even tho hes playing well ok
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 22:30 (two years ago) link
guess they did have gm turnover since then but still silly stuff
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 22:31 (two years ago) link
yeah. old GM desperately trying to save his job, new GM undoing the moves made in desperation
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 22:38 (two years ago) link
feels pretty painless for portland tho. they got a recent first round pick & the second in the deal is from detroit, and all they had to give up was covington. i can't tell if the clippers are being the desperate ones or if powell is perceived to have value. from my POV it feels like the blazers paid a pretty small price to move off a negative contract
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
yeah seems like a reasonable deal from a payroll perspective, but its an on court negative, which is prob not the best from the dame lillard mind state perspective
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 22:48 (two years ago) link
Hello, drama, it's me, Philly:
Sources: The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to pursue Brooklyn's James Harden ahead of NBA trade deadline Thursday – and the Nets are now open to discussing a deal.Details on @TheAthletic: https://t.co/asdsGS0Sht— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 4, 2022
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Friday, 4 February 2022 22:48 (two years ago) link
ah nice
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 22:49 (two years ago) link
NY media talking like the Nets are getting Simmons, Maxey, Thybulle and picks.
If Morey trades Maxey, I'd recommend he live in a non-fixed address for whatever time he's got left in Philly.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Friday, 4 February 2022 22:52 (two years ago) link
philly fan love maxey so much, the heart wants what it wants i guess
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
I'm not arguing it's rational, but I'm not putting Maxey in the deal.
Otoh the burned out husk of Danny Green matches the salaries perfectly.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Friday, 4 February 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
maxey is a good young player and i agree they shd try not to trade him, the guy i do not understand being attached to is thybulle, hes an amazing defender but literally does nothing else
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 22:59 (two years ago) link
I wouldn't want to trade Thybulle with Simmons because someone on the team has to play D on the perimeter, but I would if I had to (unlike with Maxey).
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Friday, 4 February 2022 23:01 (two years ago) link
one thing that would be good about getting harden is youd add rebounding which philly really needs
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
maxey strikes me as more of a sixth man personally, i wouldn't be scared to trade him. i would be scared to acquire james harden tho
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 23:06 (two years ago) link
maxeys putting up pretty sick numbers for someone his age can def see why a team would be weary to trade someone on his trajectory
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link
i feel pretty confident penciling him in as a starting quality player at the least
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:16 (two years ago) link
gotta give up something to get something (decrepit james harden) (highly doubt morey would trade maxey)
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 23:16 (two years ago) link
this is going to happen isn’t it
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:17 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jNxWM9N.png
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:19 (two years ago) link
i think maxey could be a sixth man of the year level player, highly valuable, tyler herro kinda vibe, no shots at him honestly. i just feel like his ultra scoring mentality may be better suited for the jamal crawford bench superstar role. i do wonder how sustainable it is to have a starting PG who averages 5 apg... tho some of this is mitigated by the overall awesomeness of embiid
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 23:20 (two years ago) link
Technically, Philadelphia *has to* put in extra money into a Simmons-Harden deal, about $2.1 million. Thybulle and Maxey each make just enough to do it, but also works with Korkmaz, or Reed + Joe, or lots of other combinations. https://t.co/RTr8suUEAY— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) February 4, 2022
from a drama and generally liking trades perspective i want to see this happen, but on the other hand it would prob make both teams better and i do not like these teams
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:22 (two years ago) link
i feel like it would be a pretty big statement by daryl after this entire saga to let a trade for his vaunted superstar break down over tyrese maxey. if the nets are just intent on pulling the plug on harden maybe they don't let it break down over that either, but i feel like it would be more of a sticking point on their end. then again daryl makes insane trade demands so who knows
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 23:23 (two years ago) link
xp i agree
i think maxey could be a sixth man of the year level player, highly valuable, tyler herro kinda vibe
― J0rdan S., Friday, February 4, 2022 6:20 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
herro is also a starting quality player! and both of them have a lot of room to grow too, also 5 assists is fine who cares
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:24 (two years ago) link
i do not want this trade to happen from the perspective of i do not want daryl morey to get what he wants, the very idea repulses me, i want the man to feel bad
― Clay, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:30 (two years ago) link
reasonable
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:30 (two years ago) link
but what if he gets what he wants then it blows up in his face
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:31 (two years ago) link
i considered that permutation and while it is desirable in the long term it is hard to stomach the moment when daryl morey does a fist pump and says "hell yeah" to himself in a dark empty office
― Clay, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:32 (two years ago) link
lmao
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:33 (two years ago) link
the more i think about it the less i'm convinced it makes the nets better initially. just hard to imagine them throwing a weird player/personality like ben simmons into the mix who hasn't played all year, w/ KD out and kyrie playing half the games, and then suddenly being a real championship threat in the playoffs. maybe in the long run it's better for them but i feel like it takes them out of the running this year
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 23:36 (two years ago) link
theyre probably already out of it this year anyway what with kyrie only playing half time kd being injured and hardens mind wandering, but i do think the roster makes more sense with simmons in there
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:38 (two years ago) link
yeah it would make them better next season prob. with joe harris back too. but theres a world where they could get right before the playoffs and brooklyn lifts its mandate and what not.
― Spottie, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:45 (two years ago) link
i kinda want this to happen cos i think harden and embiid will NOT work together and i want max drama.
― Spottie, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:46 (two years ago) link
i think if they have healthy KD and healthy harden they’re still a contender based on what we saw last year. but the east is better, last year they basically needed to win one round and they were in the finals. i don’t think that’s gonna be the case this year. also the team around them is prob slightly worse
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 23:47 (two years ago) link
its not impossible but theres so many ifs involved it just becomes unlikely
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
like last year in the offs they played really good D and are they going to be able to replicate that even idk
― lag∞n, Friday, 4 February 2022 23:50 (two years ago) link
yeah it’s hard to say. i mean blake griffin was their “stopper” and he might not even be playable this year
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 23:51 (two years ago) link