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

This "mystery star" better be Giannis or Luka. Otherwise, it's not worth the trouble.
Delusional much LOL

 

people keep saying it because it's true. if you can't move a pick until it's already made, then you're restricted to offseason trades involving just that one pick (e.g., your danny green/schroder type moves). flexibility is having the mid-sized salaries AND the future picks. people are basically asking us to be on the wrong end of the boston/nets deal from years back.

 

I feel we’re in a worse place than in Kobe’s last few years. There’s no exciting talented and full of potential guys like JC Randle Nance or DLo on the team to root for to make the sucking at least palatable. No spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down.

 

I would gladly rather trade Lebron before I trade AD.

AD is injury prone and we just have to realize he may be a guy that can only play 65 games as season. Lebron might have 2 years left in his career and is at that stage where he will miss significant time as well due to injuries, recovery time, rest, etc. So the time missed is a wash to me.

The politics will make it so that we basically never even consider trading Lebron, when we actually should.

As for the “mystery star”, I want to throw out one theory here. What if it’s a deal with Golden State?

Russ+Beverley, 2 FRPs for Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

The Warriors may find appeal to this if they think Draymond is on his last legs and doesn’t want to give him a long term extension. They may also want to free up more playing time for their younger guys, especially Poole/Wiggins/Moody/Kaminga/Wiseman. They would end up saving a ton of money from the luxury tax by dealing Klay/Draymond for expirings and picks.


I can definitely get behind this one….

 

That's an interesting one.

 

Ben Simmons is one of the biggest p****** I've ever seen in basketball.

 

simmons definitely hasn't come back the way he needed to if he wanted to salvage his stardom.

 

Nick Anderson Syndrome

 

Imagine if Simmons had a time machine to the 90s where he could be Dennis Rodman with pg skills. In todays nba you’re worthless if you can’t shoot.

 

Not worthless. Just means the Lakers will trade for you

 

Ben Simmons mental health is shot. All confidence is gone. As coaches on a junior level get on our players for not taking open layups. I'm sure NBA head coaches/teammates aren't so nice.

 

Not only are they not doing enough on D, Nunn is being hunted on that end of the court. Not 10 games into the season. Just imagine what they're going to do to him in big games late in the season in March and April(not even thinking about that distant hopeful play-in game right now)

 

Rob STILL doesn’t realize this.

 

i think nunn and bevs will be moved, but not until the trade market opens up in december.

 

he lacks rodman's motor. but yeah, the priority on shooting has changed the game, for better and worse.

 

if the mystery star is Ben Simmons, that would be beautiful.