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gobert and mutombo are/were slow, too. but edey hasn't shown the defensive instincts of other successful big slow guys, imo.

 

I was skeptical of how McGee would look outside the Warriors' system but he worked out for us. I don't know about Looney. There was a notable drop-off from him this year, particularly on offense. His defense is more about smarts and playing within a scheme rather than athletic tools. He's only 28 but has been limping around out there like a 14 year vet for a few seasons now. He's not my first choice as a backup 5 but we could certainly do worse.

 

Wojnarowski explained Tatum is on the precipice of landing a five-year, $315 million extension, which will be the largest in league history.

Notably, Tatum's C Bags teammate, Jaylen Brown, has the largest contract in NBA history at this point, although Wojnarowski said the former's impending deal will "eclipse" it by approximately $30 million.


Note to Jeanie : in order to get money you should spend some

 

I’m not sold on any GS role players. I think it’s more scheme than skill. I was convinced that JTA was gonna be a major guy off our bench and he flamed out once he left the Warriors.

 

Lol Juan Toscano-Anderson he was almost non existent in GSW too

 

edey would've been going #1 overall if this was 20-30 years ago

he's not going to be successful in today's NBA. far too slow, can't shoot, and nothing impressive about his post game or defense

 

Ayton would be interesting but trying to fit in that contract would ruin any move to shore up the needed upgrades over Dlo and Rui.
All those Portland guys are freakin expensive man

OTOH Brooklyn has a lot of tradeable contracts: surprised if they don't wheel and deal.
I wonder how many picks the Lakers would be willing to get Bridges, Schroeder, and DFS. Risky move I like Bridges but he regressed after looking like a star initially. You get him, Schroeder plus Dinwiddie you could really run some very tough closing lineups (Lebron, Bridges, AD, Reaves would be tough to handle)

 

Hurley sure didn't have that attitude about him. He's got a nice enough stroke already going as shown at the combine, years before Brook ever started even thinking about working on his 3 pointer. None of these skinny quick footed tall dudes are going to be able to keep him from scoring and rebounding down low either. Why I was excited about Dan, he knows you scheme to put guys like this in spots to succeed and take advantage of what THEIR advantages are too, not just worry about what he can't do, allegedly. For the record he was 4th in the top 5 among centers in lane agility, by a blink over a fifth of a second from the top .... over wherever Sarr, Clingan and Missi ALL placed outside that group, and has a 31" vertical to go with the 7'4" height and almost 8' wingspan.

https://www.nba.com/stats/draft/combine

https://www.tiktok.com/@theherd/video/7352952372580158763

 

Man Edey and Clingan are just huge. Edey looks very slow on the limited film I've seen him but Clingan could have a Gobert like run

 

Mikal is a great player but Nets treated him as a superstar (because he was their best player) but he isn't. He's like a D.White wing version. He can be your 3rd guy. But you're paying him (not salary but in a trade) as a #1 guy because that's what makes sense for Brooklyn to trade him.
I think it will be difficult for the Nets to accept trading him, unless they get a high pick or a couple young guys they like a lot. We don't have either.

He would be amazing here and we would contend while Lebron's here. But he will then leave for nothing and AD, Reaves and Mikal don't get you far

 

Sacramento » trying to get Zach Lavine or Alex Caruso

« Kings » contacted « Bulls » regarding the exchange of Zach or Alex Caruso.

Sacramento offerred Harrison Barnes, defender Kevin Herter and draft picks.

According to the source, « Kings » want to save Malik Monk and offer him $ 78 million in four years, which does not compare with the offers of such teams as « Detroit », « Charlotte » and « Orlando », which are also interested in the defender.

It is also expected that « Kings will resume negotiations with Washington regarding forward Kyle Kuzma.

 

yeah, it's hard to explain, but gobert just sort of understands where the ball and bodies are going, inuitively. i think clingan may have that, too. i don't see it in edey. he's a technician.

LT: i really don't put a ton of stock into the combine testing. feel like there are always some fairly unathletic guys killing the shuttle/lane agility drills or guys with a huge vertical who don't use it functionally in games.

if we draft edey, i'll hope for the best, but i'm hoping someone else takes that risk.

barnes/huerter/picks is probably more than i'd offer for lavine, so they must have been after both?

though the salary is hard to get to. those two might barely cover enough to bring back lavine's number. they're also on the books for the same length as lavine. it would be a very bulls move to trade lavine for those guys, though. just cement the 11th place finish for the next couple years.

the bulls need to bottom out, imo. they're not close to contention, and they've been treading water for too long. i'm generally not pro-tanking, but in their case, it's what needs to happen. lavine needs to be traded for expirings if possible. derozan and vucevic, too (or just let go). caruso needs to be traded for picks or a cost-controlled prospect. they won't do any of this, of course.

btw, sac's interest in kuz is almost as bad as our hield obsession. all parties must still be mad at westbrook.

 

Wow, he butchered his team in the ECF and he gets rewarded for it with this? Ok.

 

https://x.com/VinceGoodwill/status/1803425050722226663
Why he's getting so much interest from the league ? Who is that

 

If they've stopped overpricing their assets.

 

they stopped too late. could have gotten a first for him last year; no way i'd give up a 1st for him now unless they're eating bad salary for me. he's 31, never looked good without luka on offense, and his defense has been slipping for a couple years. you can find guys like this for less, imo.

there are new royce oneales and DFSs out there. we need to be uncovering them rather than moving assets for the corpses of the previous models.

edit: maybe not fair to put oneale in the same category as DFS--oneale is still a very good defender. i just worry he's about to drop off, too.

 

oh man...morey's rep might cost him his shot at PG. hilarious.

i was actually hoping for PG to philly, though, because the clips would probably be in trouble.



gs's salary expands.



old news but stein confirming derozan wasn't coming for the mle back then.

 

Yeah I think DFS is very overrated. He has this image of being a prototypical 3&D player, but I don’t think that matches reality anymore. 33.7% from 3 two years ago, 34.8% last year.

Pretty sure his reputation is that he’s a very streaky shooter too, not necessarily a reliable/consistent 35% from 3

I wouldn’t necessarily be opposed to something like Gabe + #17 for DFS if the draft board doesn’t fall out way, but I’d have to think about it