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7-foot-9.OMFG.. He's going to finish his career before 25 unless AI can hack him

 

I don't think he can put on his own shoes tbh. What makes guys like Wemby (and to some degree Holmgren) great, is their flexibility, agility, all around fitness level. This Rioux guy can't even jump, i feel sorry fot the kid. No way he's healthy

 

they skipped shawn bradley and manute bol in that graphic! wasn't mark eaton 7'4", too? same with rik smits and boban.

anyway, all those guys (even boban) moved better than that rioux guy. not sure about the sturgess guy; never heard of him until now.

 

Drew Eubanks is perfect guy to play when Davis is Injured or just load managing and he was selected fby San Antonio so he played under Pop

 

https://x.com/LegionHoops/status/1804245905547366727

Ya f*** you too Pauline and don't forget to take you medicine

 

No way that Kessler rumor is true… Utah fans would riot if they trade him

 

We're not in a position to give picks for role players. You do that when you have your star pack complete. Like Boston or Dallas were. We are close to lose LeBron for nothing, so if we got that avenue, we're screwed for the next 5 years because of the Stepien rule

 

i'll tell it: what if sharpe or bitazde are basically as useful and cost less? you have to ask yourself why utah's considering moving him this soon, right? could just be ainge trying to pull a gobert on folks or something. could be that he's not that great. i'd be wary of ponying up assets for a guy who showed out (mildly) on a team that was terrible. especially if it seems like he's been made available.

 

LOL anyone speak the language of @Howardvot who just posted something in Trodger’s 2018 ROY thread in the Analytics section?

 

Ah okok, I can get behind that. Trading a pick this year for a proven player that can help us right away makes sense.
Depends on what's there, I would rather hunt for a wing stopper with such pick, if there's a market. But it's not a bad trade for sure. I do wonder why he's available as mentioned before.

Also, I think JJ won't be playing AD at the 4 and the lack of offensive game from Kessler doesn't make him a great replacement when AD misses games. But we would be better suited to beat Denver, for sure.

This is where I think we should learn from last year's draft. If there's no trade before the draft, we need to draft the guy with the highest upside. Have we drafted Whitmore and he would be a trading chip. We need these types of picks to be trading chips when you want to contend, use them to get instant contributors

 

We’ve got a couple wing stoppers. Such as they are in Vando and Reddish and am assuming Ham’s son picks up his option. If we’re not going to draft a goddam center that can be with the team hopefully long term because it’s still not enough of a priority, why don’t we get the closest to a stopper we can at the POA like everyone has been pointing out is needed, that can hopefully also play some at least decent PG on offense? That won’t cost an arm and a leg plus picks.

 

Our POA defender is Gabe. I 100% agree we need one, but if DLo stays I think we don't have the room. No one wants Gabe at this point. Maybe near the deadline but his highest value will be next year when he's an expiring.
Even if DLo walks, we will need a scorer/shooter to replace him, not another defender that is redundant with Gabe.
Our best hope is Gabe finds his Miami form.

We can't have Nunn story happening again. Right? Right???

 

I had Kessler on my fantasy basketball team and he’s a block machine with bulk. He was top 5 in blocks per game in his rookie season and was 2nd in blocks this past season.

He doesn’t have much of an offensive game but he’s a very capable defensive starting center who will average a double double (10pts/10rpg) while being a top shot blocker in the league.

Considering he was just a first round pick 2 years ago and has shown he can have a long career in this league, he would be worth a 1st rounder if he can get him for that.

The thing is I suspect Utah would want more than just a 1st, just because Ainge is a wheeler and dealer. He wants to flip everything for more assets.

 

missed this. would like to hear more details about offers, but a single unprotected and another protected seems like a fair price for a guy like caruso. i can see how chicago feels like getting a prospect is a successful pivot, but i disagree. okc was going to demote giddey, and they didn't want to deal with contract negotiations as he exits his rookie deal...and you signed up to take that on for them?

btw, for all the presti a**-kissing, nobody is talking about how he's moving a recent lotto pick for a guy he could have easily signed in FA a couple years ago. genius!

 

I feel vindicated on my Caruso take

 

The irony is that, didn’t we NOT want to put a banner up for that? Jeanie and the NBA forced it?

 

Gabe Vincent + 2029 1st for Kessler.

Why for Lakers?

1. Salary dump Vincent

2. Opens up full MLE if Dlo opts out

3. "Token" starting center to appease AD and a big strong body with could hopefully help on the Jokics of the world. Further, if AD is eventually traded in a rebuild/blowup, at least you could potentially have a center who could pick up the rim-protecting slack.

Why for Jazz?

1. Ainge has shown interest in future Lakers picks

2. Might have an eye on a similar player at #10 (Eddy, etc.)

3. They could absorb Vincent