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

I think they value more DFS than Brunson. It's also more easy to find cheap Brunsons than cheap DFSs in the market.

I also think THT brings no value to Dallas + they would be helping a rival in the West.

Don't see it happen.

 

this all runs directly counter to what folks that follow dallas say.

no value? ok, so your take is that THT is untradeable then?

pretty safe bet. i just made it up. your reasons aren't good, though.

 

Major Change to the MVP Race Rankings

Spoiler: Bad News!

Chicago Bulls G Alex Caruso to have surgery for fractured wrist, out 6 to 8 weeks, says team

https://www.espn.ph/nba/story/_/id/...o-surgery-fractured-wrist-6-8-weeks-says-team

 

Aww...good to see you get all emotional.

 

You just proved my point.

Edit: No personal attacks on LB

Argue against the post, not the character of the poster.

-Barnstable

 

There's a lot of people in the internet don't believe everything you read.

I don't understand the question on THT. He is of no value to Dallas because he's not that good, definitely won't be an asset in a winning team for at least 2 years and makes 0 sense to Dallas as they are in win-now mode to please Luka. Much less by trading an interior presence for nothing and the best defensive wing on the team for a project of a player.

Pelinka is good but he can't do much if he goes to jail ahah

 

well, sure, but i'll believe people who make their living covering dallas sports over guys on lakers message boards.

they're really not in win-now mode. they need to conjure an impact player out of thin air, and THT is the kind of project that might interest someone in that position. again--he's better than he's looked or than lakers fans insist (see: kuz).

 

Couple minor updates from Stein...

On the earlier Russ-Wall report

Terrence Ross floated as an option for the Lakers

On a couple other wings the Jazz are chasing (so are we)

 

Pincus' latest trade buzz...

On Russ-Wall

On a more likely deal with the Rockets...

Please no!


Wiz considered the favorites for Grant. Mavs are a dark horse candidate

Turner update: Hornets interested, injury scared some away

 

when did terrence ross become a defensive-minded wing player? he's a buyout candidate, and that's it.

why is utah always trying to get rid of ingles, btw? i see he's having a down year, but not that down by his standards. i guess they have a pretty huge payroll, but adding grant to that doesn't solve anything.

no. death.

also, curious that washington's already ready to move dinwiddie.

 

Ross has always been a great 3-D player in theory. Has the length and size for it but was never a great defender or shooter. Definitely not the move we need, especially if it'll cost us all of our trade assests.

Dinwiddie and Beal don't fit. And then you have Kuz, Rui, Thomas Bryant guys that also need the ball to be effective. Just not a great fit overall and Beal is the better between the two.

 

League wide, I'm not sure. For us he'd be one because we're so desperate for anyone with the physical profile who's at least active on that end. He's too expensive though. I like Ross and Bamba and I threw out a trade idea earlier, which is the only one I'd take from them... our standing offer to all the GMs who will take Rob's call (minus the pick) for Ross, Bamba, and both of their early 2nd round picks in the upcoming draft.

It's a little odd. Before the season, they were worried about payroll and being able to offer their extensions so they were considering shedding his contract. At the deadline, I think he's one of the only assets they have that can bring a contributor back. They seem to realize they need a big wing to try and contend, even though I think they're still playoff fool's gold regardless of who they add.

 

I'd think long and hard about that trade if it includes Bamba. Orlando is loaded with big-men and theres a bigger logjam if Isaacs ever comes back. Bamba has been injured a lot early in his career and finally has a somewhat healthy season. He still needs development but he'd fit well with AD. He's like a Myles Turner-lite

 

Kevin O'Connor with the Ringer on trade buzz...

On our standing offer

I think just because it hasn't yielded anything doesn't mean that it won't. Like I said regarding another earlier Grant report and this applies to most of our targets, teams have little incentive to deal this early. Wait till day of, raise the value, and milk the bidding war.


Speculates/hypothesizes if neither team finds a better dance partner, Lakers and Rockets could engage in a larger deal

Yuck!

 

Works for me!!!

 

I would love to have Eric Gordon on this team … if Houston was willing to buy him out. Trading THT for a 33 year old 6’3” guard would not be good.

I had been similarly wondering though if it might make sense to expand the framework of a Westbrook/Wall swap to bring back additional players instead of giving up our pick.

I was thinking something like Westbrook, THT, Bazemore, DJ, and a second rounder for Wall, Christian Wood, and David Nwaba.

We free up another roster spot, get a solid wing defender in Nwaba, and Wood is a much better fit for us than THT.

Probably pipe the more I think about it though, I don’t think Houston does that.

 

I just can’t understand bringing in Wall who is already sitting because he wasn’t good enough to have a large role on a bad Rockets team.

 

Or is it just that they know they are rebuilding and playing Wall would only delay the experience the other guys need to gain. ???

 

Grant is the home run. Perfect fit for what we need. But reports say he wants assurances that he has a sizeable offensive role, and I don't know if he prefers playing behind LBJ and AD

Smaller names: Kendrich Williams, Torrey Craig, Justin Holiday, pretty much all combo of long, rangy wings that can help.

We need to improve the "athletic profile" (stolen phrase by some dude on Twitter) of this team.