2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

it works pretty well for both sides

russ and what

the lakers constantly being rescued from their managerial incompetence <<<<<<<

russ and the lakers 2027 pick prob

it depends what the market actually is. if he convinces the nets/the rest of the league that there’s only two teams they can trade him to then it won’t be

― J0rdan S., Saturday, July 2, 2022 7:57 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

in that case the nets have no reason to trade him

suns are prob ready to back up the truck anyway

in that case the nets have no reason to trade him

― lag∞n, Saturday, July 2, 2022 8:13 PM (one hour ago)

it doesn't seem like this one is gonna go that way

could see it

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one kind of funny thing about this whole situation is for anyone who watched the playoffs durant is obviously not as good as everyone thinks

hes 33 hes injured a lot he pretty much just takes elbow jumpers now

i could see it working in the right situation but still someone is going to give up too much for maybe a two year championship window

yeah that’s the big thing, he’s not a top 5 player anymore and you’re trading for his decline years

hollinger:

The Miami megadeal
Trading Durant to his other preferred choice, Miami, is equally complicated. For starters, Durant wants to go there to play with Jimmy Butler, not to be traded for him. Second, Bam Adebayo can’t be part of a trade as long as Ben Simmons is a Net, as a result of that same CBA provision on “designated rookie” deals that scuppered our Mitchell scenarios above.

There is one way around this, however: Put Simmons in the trade. I doubt Miami wants him, but tough noogies. If you want Durant, this is what you have to take with him. Simmons would be Miami’s DeAndre Jordan.

If that’s the case, then suddenly we can get to Miami trades that actually work. How about one where Miami sends out Adebayo, Kyle Lowry, Duncan Robinson, Tyler Herro, two unprotected firsts (2023 and 2028) and three pick swaps (2024, 2027, and 2029) for Durant, Simmons and Seth Curry?

It still seems tricky. The Heat might argue they don’t need to include this much draft equity, and would surely look for scenarios to avoid including Adebayo at all. Since those scenarios basically don’t exist, it might be a conservation-ender. Even if it wasn’t, Simmons would become a guy the Heat had to count on — yikes — and they wouldn’t have a center.

But they would have Kevin Durant.

bam and simmons are pretty similar players tbf

think that deal has too many swaps not enough picks in it for the nets, having a swap with miami is pointless theyre always good

i dont get any KD-to-miami deal tbh, herro is not good enough to be a centerpiece, the miami picks wont be any good, losing bam to get simmo seems like a step back to take a step forward, kyle might be washed, duncan robinson's contract is underwater.

bam and simmons are pretty similar players tbf

― lag∞n, Sunday, July 3, 2022 1:41 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

pretty big difference though in that one of them is confirmed to play basketball and the other is not

bam is better in every facet of the game and also has a certain… mentality… that the heat prize and which simmons lacks

i wouldn’t trade bam for KD and i doubt the heat would either

the heat’s path to KD is KD forcing his way there, they aren’t going to be able to outbid an open market. if KD wants to go to phoenix that just makes too much sense, tho i’m not sure a package headlined by bridges is all that exciting personally. but you could feel good about suns picks 3-5 years out being juicy just based on how bad the franchise is

suddenly we can get to Miami trades that actually work

but not trades that actually make sense

Seems like the phx, Toronto and GS have the best shot at this.

Does KD have Heat mentality? He has definitely been a competitive, hard working guy. But he's also done everything by now (according to a fair observer). Suppose Butler could reignite the hunger.

Kd works really hard no way he wouldn’t fit the heat culture.

kd is still clearly trying to win when hes on the court

bam is better in every facet of the game and also has a certain… mentality… that the heat prize and which simmons lacks

― J0rdan S., Sunday, July 3, 2022 2:39 PM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

cmon simmons is a much better ballhandler passer and transition player theyre prob equal defenders, however it is true ben does not have that dog in him, he has a dog deficit

regardless theyre just similar players stylistically, which is kinda interesting cause theyre both freaks, idk who else is really like them draymond maybe

giannis

bam is the closest thing to giannis in the league in terms of size + athleticism combo and defensive ability/versatility and turning rim protection to solo offense on the fast break. and yet giannis is miles better than him which is a testament to how incredibly good giannis is

yeah giannis has those guys type capabilities but is also a dominant scorer

Hearing some Durant to the Warriors chatter, which I do not care for

Yah no thx

i thought i heard that the warriors had signaled no interest from their end pretty clearly

Likely they’re just driving the price up lol

think i read that kd said the dubs were the one team he specifically did not want to go to

yah but is it like "oh PLEASE don't trade me to the warriors. i would HATE to play for the warriors. that's the LAST place i want to be"

yeah thats the quote i saw

if it’s true that he’s being motivated at least in part by wanting to win a title “on his own” like steph was able to do then going to the warriors isn’t a solution

also given that the warriors accomplished their goal of winning another title while building a young core of players thru the draft it seems counterintuitive that they would then turn around and trade kuminga etc for KD

itd be tragicomic if the dubs trade their young players and then kd and klay get injured again

i very much doubt either side is all that interested no matter what rumors are out there.

yeah i do not at all actually believe kd wants to go to the warriors fwiw

Hard to believe the Dubs and KD are going to call do over

Don't even say that bise.

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i also miss kwame brown

lol

lolol i guess 2004 never happened and i guess kobe's entire personality never happened either

Wtf: https://www.reddit.com/r/warriors/comments/vqyok1/thompson_the_warriors_superstars_have_been_in/

Ah reading a little more closely that's just highlighting that the players would be ok with a reunion.

katie is a bitch