2022-23 Team Developments: News / Trades / Free Agents / Rumors

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25. Out of Kansas. Hasn't found a home after hopping around a bit -- Suns, Grizz, Det, Sac.

There were Kawhi, Iggy, and Jimmy Butler comps coming out of college.

 

I think we have 3-4 guys that can solidify the back end of our rotation next year - Johnson, Reaves (may have a bigger role), Gabriel, Augustin.

Nunn is going to opt in. Also think Monk resigns.

Forgot about Talen.

I like that better going into next year already.

 

Also, would invite Mason Jones to camp, too.

 

@JSM ….. yeah soon as it finally came up I remembered him.

 

Money!!! Money!! And Money. The root of all evil and the ultimate tool in rationalizing your principals.

Trust me when I say this. I've had zero money and I've have had alot of it. In the end, it's important to have it but not at the cost of your principals. Not for titles, not for girls, not for fame not for anything. Don't believe me? How many people do you talk to on the daily who hate how society is? Loathe people and want to move somewhere secluded? Exactly. Because most people continue to enable the entitled and like children, the entitled always have another place to go because someone will compromise their values to do it.

So, here we are. The reward for the one title is to deal with why all those people spray painted the LeBron murals when he first signed. We know he isn't one of us. He's a passive aggressive clown who knows nothing about most things but has such a massive inferiority complex, he tries to make himself believe he does, and everyone else.

He's taken s***s everywhere he's been and left someone else to clean it. All in the name of "I'm my own brand". Well, here we are, seeing what his brand is. His brand is "I wanna play with <insert flavor of the month player>.

Lebron should change his name to "I". "I James". He says that word more than any word in the dictionary. Keep it I, James.

 

I like him because he plays within the flow of the game and doesn’t make dumb plays. He’s the kind of guy that can grow with the big club.

 

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y8punhmh

Hayward, Oubre and Thor for Brick and 2 picks

 

What? Why the picks? That’s terrible…

 

it’s garbage for garbage. Picks can mean 2nd rounders lol

 

Yeah. I figured you meant a 2nd rounder or two.

 

People are just so desperate to get rid of the old Westbrake aye

 

i'm a little wary of westbrook deals that don't return a starting pg (or a center, i'd take either). we only have so much money to fill out the roster. maybe there are some 3-way deals that can solve the issue, though.

 

I also think we shouldn't give picks to send Russ
Unless is for a great deal like Rozier and Hayward, or Turner

 

right. and nothing that's not heavily protected. i'm ok with giving up lotto picks for AD or any prime allstar/superstar player, but not in any deal for a non-star or worse, to offload an undesirable. get right out of town with that.

 

Unfortunately yes. I don't see a deal emerging that we come out clean and I also just don't think we can keep him. I've always felt like the best thing for us is if the Westbrook deal worked out. Now I think the team has to bring in the best assets they can.

 

Yuck.

Hopefully we resign Monk for 5.9 and get his bird rights and also resign Dwight as a depth big. Target wings like Josh Jackson, Daniel House, Rodney Hood, Taurean Prince, etc.

Grab another center like Damian Jones.. Options are very limited. It's important not to get fleeced in a Westbrook trade. Can also bring him off the bench/send him home and trade him at the deadline/or expire as the worst case scenario.

 

monk was one of the few bright spots this season. guarantee some team throws a ton of cash at him so i'm not expecting him back

bring back stanley, gabriel, THT, reaves, and dwight. nunn too if he's still alive

 

I’d like to see if we can package THT for a Myles Turner (probably no chance), Brook Lopez (fair chance) or Christian Wood (not sure on our chances). I’d rather Brook and Turner than Wood.

If we get rid of Russ, then maybe we can play a lineup of:

Lebron
Nunn
Wing
AD
Turner or Lopez

If we could get a 60 game Hayward season that could work really well.