*The Cavs are sending a package to the Pacers that includes Ricky Rubio’s expiring contract, lottery-protected 2022 first-round pick and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 6, 2022
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:31 (two years ago) link
i had sort of came down on the side of the cavs really shouldn't trade their first round pick bcuz they're not going to win anything this year & if the low first round pick they trade could've turned into a desmond bane or rudy gobert type player then they will have made a poor swap of resources. that said i don't hate this, it seems like a good fit for them given how bereft they are on the wing and the fact that he's under contract for a few more years
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
Full trade: Indiana sends Caris LeVert and a 2022 second-round pick via Miami to Cleveland for Ricky Rubio, lottery-protected 2022 first-round pick, 2022 second-round pick via Houston and a 2027 second-round pick via Utah, per sources.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 6, 2022
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:39 (two years ago) link
it’s funny the cavs ended up with both allen and lavert now out of the harden/nets trade
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
Levert has been playing better and better this season
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:43 (two years ago) link
i kinda like this for both teams, cavs have plenty of youth and need to upgrade to be more competitive in the eastern conf which is a weird thing to say but here we are. indiana is stockpiling for a rebuild so i'd expect sabonis or turner to be gone soon.
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:45 (two years ago) link
Cavs!!!!!!!!!!
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
This season, Caris LeVert ranks in the top-10 in points per game on drives per https://t.co/79ljlErUJ2.As a team, the Cavaliers rank 29th in scoring on drives, ahead of only the Nuggets.— Matt Williams (@StatsWilliams) February 6, 2022
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:54 (two years ago) link
pacers play the cavs in an hour
― micah, Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:11 (two years ago) link
Lollll wonder how many times that’s happened in NBA history
― frogbs, Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
i love this, love to see a weird young team go for it
― Clay, Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
as they should! real chance to make some noise in the offs
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:41 (two years ago) link
east playoffs could be feisty this year
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:48 (two years ago) link
a lot of good whippersnappers vs old heads possibilities all over the place
― Clay, Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:55 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 February 2022 23:16 (two years ago) link
Speaking of reddish, does thibs just hate him or what
― Spottie, Sunday, 6 February 2022 23:26 (two years ago) link
crazy stuff from luka and trae already in this game
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 February 2022 23:32 (two years ago) link
was reading a thing in the atheltic the other day speculating that the knicks might try and trade away some vets at the deadline so that thibs is forced to play reddish
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 February 2022 23:33 (two years ago) link
luka has played 12 mins in this game and has already thrown like 4 ridiculous behind the back/over his head passes on pick and rolls for wide open threes
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 February 2022 23:48 (two years ago) link
smh cuban out on the court arguing w a ref
― lag∞n, Monday, 7 February 2022 00:48 (two years ago) link
luka drives, hawks collapse, luka hits a wind open shooter in the corner, easy game
― lag∞n, Monday, 7 February 2022 01:07 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Sunday, February 6, 2022 4:35 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i think this makes sense as far as the thinking--levert has his limitations but doesn't seem like someone who will rock the boat much and gives them some of the stuff they need. i also think that their ballhandling/creation deficit had gotten bad enough that it could have wrecked a lot of the momentum they had built this year.
they gave up 2 really tasty 2nds though which is the part i have to question.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 February 2022 01:29 (two years ago) link
yeah they gave up a little more than you would like
― lag∞n, Monday, 7 February 2022 01:32 (two years ago) link
a 1st for levert is good
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 February 2022 01:50 (two years ago) link
the sort of ball the mavs were playing today strikes me as playoff ball — pretty small, lots of shooting, ability to D up on the wings a bit, superstar maestro pulling all the right strings. curious how dangerous they can actually become
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 February 2022 01:52 (two years ago) link
dont think they ultimately have the talent to hang with the big boys but they could still make some noise
― lag∞n, Monday, 7 February 2022 01:59 (two years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Sunday, February 6, 2022 8:29 PM (twenty-seven minutes ago
nate duncan has been making the argument on his podcast w/ hollinger that every move the cavs make should be with the best interests of the team 3-5 years down the line at the top of mind. i'm sure the cavs response would be that levert is young enough that they are getting better now and getting better in the future, and that a late first round pick and a high second are lottery tickets that could wind up giving you zero. but i would agree w/ nate that the possibility of those lottery tickets -- getting a desmond bane or a pascal siakam or a malcolm brogdon -- outweighs the certainty in hand w/ a player of levert's caliber & contract status. but i don't think the cavs are crazy in their reasoning
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 February 2022 02:02 (two years ago) link
It’s sad cos Rubio was such a great fit there.
― Spottie, Monday, 7 February 2022 02:03 (two years ago) link
Seems like the biggest development for the mavs is how good brunson has been this season.
― Spottie, Monday, 7 February 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
― lag∞n, Sunday, February 6, 2022 8:59 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
if luka fulfills the prophecy and becomes the biggest of boys who knows
― auld gang syne (k3vin k.), Monday, 7 February 2022 02:09 (two years ago) link
xp i've been listening and i totally get nate's macro point but i think it misses the real life aspects of this...like if you were working on a team that was delivering really successfully and then you lost two of the best people who do a given job, and management was like it's ok we'll just lean really hard on the 3rd person that does that job because it's better for us to replace those two people next year or the year after......it's just not how things work in reality and that's probably for a reason.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 February 2022 02:10 (two years ago) link
the mavs would need some breaks i think. ultimately jumping from not winning a playoff round to i.e. the finals seems like too big of a leap. the suns did it but they had lots of injury luck along the way, no disrespect.i don’t think they could beat a fully healthy suns or dubs team, i just think they’re playing a style that makes sense where the roles are defined and the defense seeming to be fixed. ideally the talent level would be upped & ultimately that feels like the step they’ll need to take but they have a clear identity which is a foundation you can lean on
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 February 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link
if rubio didn't have the injury i presume this trade never happens?
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 February 2022 03:14 (two years ago) link
yeah he was playing great for them and fit well
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 February 2022 03:23 (two years ago) link
i don’t know, they’re different players who do much different things. they may have needed to figure out a different way to match the salary but still a possibility they go after a scoring wing
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 February 2022 03:31 (two years ago) link
rubio will probably re-sign in cleveland, theyre basically just losing the ability to pay him while he recovers from injury
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 7 February 2022 03:39 (two years ago) link
Spottie at 5:26 6 Feb 22Speaking of reddish, does thibs just hate him or whatgoing out of his way to alienate a talented young high draft pick? doesn't sound like the thibs I know
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 February 2022 04:04 (two years ago) link
lets do this baby
The Brooklyn Nets are open to a Ben Simmons and Seth Curry package in a James Harden trade, per @BillSimmons (Via the Bill Simmons Podcast | h/t B/R) pic.twitter.com/mimwpP6YXK— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) February 7, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 7 February 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
I'd prefer Danny Green go instead of Curry but I think I would ultimately do that. Curry got killed on D late in games against Atlanta last year.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Monday, 7 February 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
The New Knicks are emerging as a ‘legitimate trade suitor’ for CJ McCollum, per @TheSteinLine (Via https://t.co/OV8XTF4RUa) pic.twitter.com/0QUWm2ugFF— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) February 7, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 7 February 2022 21:55 (two years ago) link
good luck cracking thibs' starting lineup, cj
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 February 2022 22:03 (two years ago) link
Murray and Lamelo are the all star fill ins for Dray and Kd
― Spottie, Monday, 7 February 2022 22:05 (two years ago) link
see this is why i never trusted the idea that the knicks actually had found a competent front office. no such thing is possible w/ james dolan as owner
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 February 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
I really like McCollum as a player and as a person, but the Blazers need to move him if they can find a trade that makes any kind of sense.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 7 February 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
lol what the hell are the knicks going to do with cj mccollum
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 February 2022 22:38 (two years ago) link
if the portland front office actually has a plan apart from dumping salary and going deeper into the tank, it should be obvious by mid-July. if no clear plan emerges, this just looks like the prelude to dame moving on and another rebuild.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 7 February 2022 22:49 (two years ago) link
can’t wait to see how dirt cheap the market for cj is after waiting five years for things to somehow just work out, feels like some matching salary and a second rounder?
― scan bones into bonecoin (Clay), Monday, 7 February 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link
I hope the pellies part with an unprotected first for cj. (/dreaming)
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 7 February 2022 22:52 (two years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Monday, February 7, 2022 5:17 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
relatively competent
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 00:42 (two years ago) link