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Fixed it for you. We’ve already got 2 key ones this year again.

 

Another name from Dave

 

Who is Nic Clayton ?
Is it Nic Clarkson from Brooklyn

 

That's terrible. If he's ready to hang it up, once he recovers, I could see him coaching a meaningless one they make it about all about celebrating Pop. A home game against Utah or Toronto is a good place to start looking.

 

Damaged goods

 

Wembanyama- 50, Towns scored 46 points, Giannis -59, it's Davis turn to score big

 

Where do the Cavaliers rank in best starts in NBA history ?
2015-16 Golden State Warriors (lost NBA Finals): 24-0
1993-94 Houston Rockets (won NBA Finals): 15-0
1948-49 Washington Capitols (lost NBA Finals): 15-0
2002-03 Dallas Mavericks (lost Western Conference Finals): 14-0
1957-58 Boston C Bags (lost NBA Finals): 14-0
2024-25 Cleveland Cavaliers: 13-0
1996-97 Chicago Bulls (won NBA Finals): 12-0
1982-83 Seattle SuperSonics (lost first-round series): 12-0

 

You take the risk IMO and make him live at the Lebron household.
Honestly this would be the best thing to happen to Zion is he gets adopted and becomes Zonny James Junior so he can be under Daddy James tutelage. Maybe the only way he'll ever take care of his body enough to live up to his potential.

 

i don't think that's based on anything other than money follows the lakers.

i think there are definitely teams that should strongly consider taking the risk, but we're not one of them, mostly due to the really awkward fit with lebron and AD. it's russ-esque (even though zion is much better, of course).

i mentioned miami somewhere, and that one makes sense to me for similar reasons to those you stated. charlotte, washington--any perennial have-nots that have trouble finding stars should try to see if they can get one on the cheap. if you're NO, do you take a kuzma/brogdon/1st package for zion? is that an over or underpay? such a tough market on this one, but i think he needs to move. if we weren't in position to take an immediate swing at contending before lebron retired, i'd want in on the bidding.

 

We have a lot of salary that we could utilize in a trade; however, DLO and Wood are the only expiring, right? So, anybody who hasn't played (Vando and Wood) or been horrible (Vincent, Max) has multiple years left on their deals or something to that effect.

Any competent GM will want to extract assets to take on any of those contracts, IMO. I guess we have another month to see how this shakes out. Just fyi: LaVine has been good. Who knows how long it lasts before he gets injured. I've heard the Bulls want to make the playoffs and given how weak the eastern conference is, I don't think they'll move him. I'm not advocating it, I think it's something Rob might consider down the line if he's available for any reason, IMO.

 

i advocated moving for him this summer when the bulls seemed really motivated to get off his contract. that ship has sailed now, i think.

 

Only issue with Miami is that I believe they still do the fat% check at camp. Zion ain't passing that. Ever.

 

We know one Laker voice who would never sign off on Zion.

 

Garland is 6'1
Mitchell is 6'3

Good luck with that in the playoffs

 

i tend to agree. i think it's kind of too bad that the way the game is played and officiated rules out a team with a huge front court and a back court that's the size of the bad boys pistons backcourt, though.

though it's less about size and more about the fact that garland has historically been a dlo-level defender. mitchell had been trending up (think his numbers are down there early, but garland's are up, so could be a quirk of small sample/lineup configurations).

main issue is the boston has two absolute clamps in the backcourt, each of whom is also a plus on offense.

i think cleveland could, in theory, beat anyone else in either conference.

 

Man..I'd trade Tinkerbell, Rui, and an unprotected FRP, for Zion in a heartbeat. Throw in another top 15 protected FRP. They can have JHS too.

Lebron is about to be 40, Zion is 24. James would be more than happy to adjust his game, to fit that kind of talent. That would still be highway robbery, fat and out of shape as he is. Zion and AD would be a ridiculous combination. In a great way.

I'd give up whatever Orlando asked, for Banchero too(besides James or Davis).

Zion and Paulo are the closest thing to Lebron in the NBA. If Rob passed on a deal to pick up Zion Williamson, he should be fired immediately.

 

If Rob snagged Zion, he'd be at Jerry West status here.

 

i could be persuaded.

orlando won't trade banchero for anything, though. well, they'd trade him for wemby, i guess. maybe jokic or luka. but that's probably the extent of the list.