2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

don't forget about this one that is still probably hanging up

 

Not really looking forward to this season at the moment, the west is going to be a bloodbath. I know FA isn't over, but this is how the teams are shaping up at the moment with their top end players:

- Warriors: curry, durant, green, klay & iguodala
- Spurs: leonard, green, aldridge, simmons & george hill or rudy gay possibly?
- Rockets: harden, cp3, ariza, gordon & capela/nene
- Thunder: westbrook, pg13, kanter, adams & rudy gay possibly?
- Wolves: kat, wiggins, butler, teague & gibson
- Pelicans: ad, cousins, jrue, hill & a bag of chips
- Jazz: hayward, gobert, favours, rubio & ingles
- Clippers: griffin, jordan, beverly, lou will & crawford
- Nuggets: jokic, murray, chandler, gary harris & gallinari?
- Grizzlies: gasol, conley, tony allen, green & randolph/vince carter?
- Blazers: lillard, cj mccolum, nurkic, turner & crabbe

I feel like all those teams above are currently better than us as constructed. Even then the bottom of the west still has:

- Mavericks: dirk, nerlens, barnes, wesley matthews & seth curry
- Suns: booker, bledsoe, chandler, josh jackson & bender
- Kings: de'aaron fox, hield, tyreke evans, cauley-stein & skal

Just going to be a tough, tough year to get a wins with our current team:

- Lakers: ingram, ball, lopez, randle & zubac/clarkson

I think we could see 10 or 11 teams play .500 ball or close to it in the west this coming year. Based on that, we are probably looking at the 12-14th seed if we finish with about 30-35 wins.

 

Who knows maybe Rondo wants to go to the Lakers and shine to get back at the C Bags. I'd be okay with that...

 

I think everyone knows barring a trade for George at the deadline this team isn't making the playoffs.

This year is about making ourselves look attractive to the latter and Ball and Ingram's development. That's enough to get me excited.

 

Apparently Shabazz Muhammad is now a UFA. We should definitely consider throwing him a 1 year deal.

I still hate the Rondo signing if it happens...I'll need to just watch highlights of the 2017 1st round NBA playoffs when the Bulls went up 2-0 against the C Bags to feel better about the signing. That's literally the only thing I can come up with right now...

 

Rondo..So he's a douchebag....so what? Pretty Ricky was too and I'm sure we all got a soft spot for that guy....must be the smile...has to be the smile. Then there is the Diesel who instead had a stint with the lepercons, but I'm still all about that Shaq-fu. Maybe some of you ain't. But if the hate is still deep in alot of you, then one guy is surely the exception. He went from Laker to C-bag to Laker again and theres no way yall are hating on my man Travis Knight...right?

Well, if you hate Rondo cause he used to wear green, then that's just not a good enough reason IMHO. He was part of "the rivalry"-lite edition. If it was a player from the 80s, then I get the hate. But this is Bird, McHale, Ainge...so Rondo on a 1-year deal makes absolute sense to me.

The FO had to have run this by Luke and if Luke wasn't down, no offer. So the coach-killing nonsense is moot. Last I checked we's a young group and that's exactly who Rondo stood up for last year with the Bulls...this against Butler and Wade. So he's about that life and I'm with it.

Dude will give Zo an edge in an NBA that is reddi-whip soft and I dig that as well. Plus the kid needs to earn the keys to the kingdom...there shouldn't be handouts.

Getting this guy on a 1 year deal doesn't hurt us long term and is a small risk high reward type of deal especially if he works out for us and we choose to retain him.

The priority should be dumping Deng tho. We know the Suns don't mind salary dumps and it looks like the Kings will take any type of salary. Strap some assets to Deng and lets get something going. If Randle isn't truly part of the core moving forward, we can't afford to just offer him an extension. Still I would try to move Clarkson first. Deng plus Jordan = 30M in cap space.

Zo/Rondo
PG/
Ingram/Kuz
Bron/Nance
Lopez/Zu

Definitely some wishful thinking and of course we would need some hometown discounts, but in 2018, if we can get a starting lineup that can nearly all play from the elbow and with their backs to the hoop...can all dime up...can literally interchange on defense and give us positionless flexibility, then we're on the fast track to title town.

All you need is the possibility...so don't limit your options and do whatever it takes to give yourself such a possibility that you can make a reality.

 

ok so he had 12-8-6-2 in game 1 and 11-14-9-5 in game 2..both W's on the road in Boston.

If Rondo helps us make the playoffs (doubtful), that would also make our pick to the C Bags worthless.

I'll be OK with this if this is the Rondo we get...but if he goes Luol Deng on us....AND he destroys our locker room? Oh boy....

 

Waiters is interesting...seems like a long shot though. Think he could get a longer than 1 year deal.