Official 2016 Free Agency Thread

That's just realistic. It is what it is.

 

tough to say after being burned in the dwight situation, but i think you want to at least get a bid in. i'd give up russell, but not anything of great value on top of it.

if boston puts bkn's pick and a player on the table, they can have him. big risk, though; he'd have to assure me that he wants to be here long term.

plus, westbrook probably means the other young guys are traded this year for another allstar. that's a lot of dominoes. with gs loading up like this, maybe it's ok to wait a year and see how the young guys look.

 

I'm with you, though, man. If Westbrook gave his assurance, he'd be here for the long-haul, I'd make the move. I just can't do it unless he I have that commitment.

 

yep; remember, dwight never said he'd stay. not at any point in the process. had he said that, the whole situation would have had a different tenor, imo. the FO has to have learned from that. not that you don't try to get a star when they're available, but that you don't take an impending FA unless you know he wants to be there long term.

 

It's going to be painful. There's going to be criticism all over the place. Trade rumors for D'Angelo, Clarkson. But when we do this the right way it's going to be that much sweeter. We'll have a 10 year window to compete (2018-2028). I'd prefer that now that we actually have young assets with potential.

You guys forget that for a team who just let go of a 20 year legend with 5 championships in the last 16 years (1 ring every 3 years), we're sitting on a stockpile of young potentially transcendental talent. And you're telling me I only have to wait until 2020 to be relevant? Look at the Knicks, look at the Warriors before Steph, look at the Bulls. Watch the Mavs after Dirk. Look at the C Bags between Bird and the Big 3 era. If we only have to wait 10 years to be back in the Finals, I'd call that the "Lakers doing Laker things".

 

dallas is sort of having the FA i wanted the lakers to have: barnes/bogut. i think the lakers were wise not to sit and wait--if durant doesn't choose gs, dallas's offseason is catastrophic. still, i will be watching.

 

***Sidenote*** This just occurred to me. When Billy Donovan and Kevin Durant to Horford to come to OKC, the reports was that Horford wouldn't commit to OKC, because both DURANT AND WESTBROOK wouldn't commit to signing long-term with the team. If that holds true, Westbrook isn't committing long-term, he's getting moved, IMO.

 

Ugh, why didnt Pau go to Toronto. I freakin hate the Spurs.

 

Adrian Wojnarowski ✔ @WojVerticalNBA


Sources: Kevin Durant had been recruiting Horford to OKC, but Horford eliminated OKC with no assurance Durant/Westbrook staying long-term.

4:35 PM - 2 Jul 2016

 

I believe that was a clincher for Durant to leave. I believe Westbrook was not sure or likely to leave. OKC will not be able to trade Westbrook because Westbrook will more than likely want the freedom to choose. Westbrook would not agree to a trade if it guts the other team and the only way OKC does trade him is if they allow themselves to get fleeced. OKC is in a s*** situation.

 

Yeah, Westbrook might be getting moved...

 

Boston doesn't have to gut their team and they have assets; Ainge would gladly take that risk.