i think if you combined both these teams you’d definitely hehe the 7th best team in the west
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 05:30 (two years ago) link
remember when russ and harden were teammates recentlyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D93WiYp6KM
― Spottie, Friday, 4 February 2022 17:49 (two years ago) link
you know its bad when melo is calling you out for defense
― Spottie, Friday, 4 February 2022 17:50 (two years ago) link
Westbrook is so over being a Laker. Or an NBA player for that matter. He just wants to chill out and spend all day enhancing his wardrobe. He needs to retire and do just that. It would make him happy and his teammates, too.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 4 February 2022 18:51 (two years ago) link
TRADES
The Clippers are trading Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, Keon Johnson and future second-round pick to the Trail Blazers for Norman Powell and Robert Covington, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 4, 2022
― Spottie, Friday, 4 February 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link
just a pure salary dump for the blazers huh
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 19:57 (two years ago) link
either covington didn't have that much value in the end or they really wanted to get off that powell contract, which seems prudent
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
clippers just picking up rotation players for free
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 February 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
The trade will put Portland under the luxury tax.The Clippers tax bill increases from $93.9M to $112.9M (+$19M). https://t.co/ZpEJfML8XM— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) February 4, 2022
― J0rdan S., Friday, 4 February 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
Balmer can afford it
― sknybrg, Friday, 4 February 2022 20:22 (two years ago) link
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