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

OG is the peak of a 3&D. He's too expensive for us, but for sure we should call them. They are having a bad season and have decisions to make, you never know

 

i just don't see why toronto dumps talent for picks right now, tbh. they're not a big FA destination, and the FA market is bad this summer. if they dump one of their most attractive players, they lose the base for a trade involving picks to go for a big fish (e.g., when durant asked out, they could have made a competitive offer, but not if they'd already dumped anunoby for picks, imo).

maybe i'll be wrong, but i think trent's the only guy they move cheap, and even then, they'd probably rather pick up a useful player than some second rounders.

i just don't see deals for us there. that said, we've clearly spoken to them a lot over the past couple of years, so you can't rule it out entirely.

 

sucks that we dont have THT anymore, because apparently, their FO rated him enough to have offered us a FRP for him at some point (rumoured).

 

yeah, obviously in hindsight we should have moved THT before last summer, but lots of people (including me) thought he'd end up being a rotation player for us this year and in the years to come. oops.

 

Yeah, I remember getting a lot of criticism for suggesting to trade him. I didn't say he was trash, but I was suggesting that we should trade him while his value was up.

 

i probably criticized you. sorry!

relevant to another thread's conversation, when schroder turned down our extension, i said we should trade him for anything of value, because it meant to me he was going to walk. little did i know how that would pan out...

 

They make the trade for picks because they can reroute them for a star over the next 12-36 months. And our picks are some of the most valuable out there.

I think they ask for Christie and 2 firsts for OG. I’m not sure I do that. But I’d be tempted just to take away the front office’s ability to trade for a third injury prone star in Lavine or Beal.

 

I would find it amusing if the Lakers trade Lebron this summer, only for the Lakers to draft Bronny the following season… and 40 year old Lebron comes back for the league minimum lol

 

Man..I can't believe it..I seem to be on an island here all of a sudden, thinking that we need to add more defensive capability over adding more shooters.

Yes (Abeer) I'm still a believer in having multiple guys with the ability to score, even against good defenders. Yet..I think we have enough scorers as is.

Turner, Grant, Wood, those guys add size,length, rebounding, more defensive flexibility. They can all score some but that's a plus.

OG is going to be overpriced, I'd give up a FRP for all 3 of these guys. I'd be willing to go Bev,Nunn and Walker for Grant, I don't even know if he's available but if Portland is sucking by the trade deadline? Who knows. Turner and Wood would be cheaper, but any of the 3 Lakers I listed would be on the table plus a FRP.

I love bigs, AD,Bryant, and 1 of these guys..that's a legit Title team IMO. We'd have to make those trades before the deadline, because we won't be able to sign them in FA (maybe Wood), and a S&T won't work.

 

Not necessarily on an island. I think folks just want to see if our guys can keep shooting better.

I also don’t think there will be many complaints if we grabbed someone to improve our defense or a nice big.

 

You kind of reversed from a week or so ago pooh poohing the importance of defense this particular season?

 

Someone asked me what guys I'd want at around the 20 million dollar mark. This is my wishlist, same one I had at the end of last season. I think bigs are still undervalued in this league, for our team these are homerun trades IMO. Anthony is a unique talent, couple him with a guy that can slide from 4 to 5 or 3-4, that is the best possible scenario IMO.

Walker is a promising talent, we have to give up something of value besides a future pick. I think he's more enticing than Kendrick.

 

Of course he like Nunn and Bev can walk at the end of the season.

 

Not exactly. Like I said..we have enough offense, we are already 5th in scoring. We can bolster our 7th ranked rebounding though, and support AD on defense with any of these guys.

You already know that I like bigs, over guards and small forwards, I've been on these same 3 guys for 2 seasons now. All three of these guys are good from the 3 pt line too, for those that think that is some kind of big deal.

 

So could any of these 3 guys we'd be trading for.

 

Yeah, I've thought Prince would be an easy get. From what I've read, they like Slo Mo so they might not be willing to move Anderson. I like Reid from Minny if we're in market for bigs. Prince and Reid for Nunn and Jones + 2nd rounders works, not sure of their incentive unless they really like 2nd round picks.

First, I would need to know if Ham can (or is willing to) make a big lineup work. You can't pay McGee that to be a 3rd string C. If we continue to start Bryant after AD comes back and you bring McGee in as backup C, I'm good with that. Your center depth isn't depleted next year either if Bryant bolts.

I'd give Bullock another try. This is his worst shooting year since his rookie season. You hope a change of scenery bumps that 32% closer to a 35, 36%. He still brings some improved defense to the wing.

Reddish for free, I'm all in on that one. Both wing acquisitions are gambles, but I'd rather gamble at a position of need than on undersized guard number nine.

 

Ham coached in Milwaukee and won a chip playing a big lineup. I have no idea why he wouldn't be willing to do it here. He would probably want a big that can shoot the three like in Milwaukee tho, they have two. He's already played Bryant with AD and Gabriel too. He's also played Bryant and Wenyen together this season.

 

i thought about reid, but i think they like him more than anderson, tbh. he's been good in limited minutes and another reason they're REALLY regretting the gobert move.

mcgee's the tax for getting a bigger bev in bullock.

 

They do but they can't afford to keep him when they have 6 picks and over $70m tied to the twin towers. I can't and won't get over what a brutally bad decision this was and it'll only going to get worse when Edwards demands a trade next year and tells them to shove the 24-25 QO up their a** or just walks after next year. Feel bad for those fans.