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

nets reporter said Lakers are optimistic of the Kyrie trade going down soon maybe tomorrow

 

Had he signed the deal, we would not have had to move KCP and Kuzma last year for Westbrook. Rob would have likely gave him up in the trade.

 

Hahahahhahahahahhaahahhahahah. Oh my god!! One of the funniest sequences in wrestling history. Triple H was really good with comedic promos.....Playing The Crock was almost as good as this one...

 

Wow! Totally their own Caruso moment and for sounds like what would have been even less of a tax hit?

 

They just won a chip..they are looking to save a couple of bucks. They still have their rookies, Wiseman, Poole,Looney and Wiggins. They haven't exactly started a fire sale.

 

Let’s hope it’s tomorrow. The 4th of July has bad connotations. I speak, of course, of the Nash debacle.

 

… with Curry too?

 

I'd call up Utah and kick the tires on trying to pry Jared Vanderbilt. That's a nice cheap option for a 4/5. PJ Washington too. Gabriel and the traded player exception would match those contracts.

 

You don't seem to understand this point, role players aren't worthless - they are interchangeable.

Basketball has rotations as little as 7 players during the playoffs. Your star can play 40-44 mins in big games and be on ball or the on ball defender for literally the whole time they are on the court. There is no other sport where a star can have as much impact in a team based sport as the NBA and basketball.

If we call the modern era of basketball 1980 and onwards. Here are the champions:

80: LAL - KAJ & Magic
81: BOS - Bird
82: LAL - KAJ & Magic
83: PHI - Dr J & Moses Malone
84: BOS - Bird
85: LAL - KAJ & Magic
86: BOS - Bird
87: LAL - KAJ & Magic
88: LAL - KAJ & Magic
89: DET - Isaiah Thomas (Team Effort)
90: DET - Isaiah Thomas (Team Effort)
91: CHI - MJ & Pippen
92: CHI - MJ & Pippen
93: CHI - MJ & Pippen
94: HOU - Hakeem
95: HOU - Hakeem
96: CHI - MJ & Pippen
97: CHI - MJ & Pippen
98: CHI - MJ & Pippen
99: SAS - Duncan & Robinson
00: LAL - Shaq & Kobe
01: LAL - Shaq & Kobe
02: LAL - Shaq & Kobe
03: SAS - Duncan
04: DET - Team Effort
05: SAS - Duncan
06: MIA - Wade & Shaq
07: SAS - Duncan
08: BOS - Garnett, Pierce & Allen
09: LAL - Kobe
10: LAL - Kobe
11: DAL - Dirk
12: MIA - Lebron & Wade
13: MIA - Lebron & Wade
14: SAS - Team Effort
15: GSW - Curry
16: CAV - Lebron
17: GSW - Curry
18: GSW - Curry
19: TOR - Kawhi (Team Effort)
20: LAL - Lebron
21: MIL - Giannis
22: GSW - Curry

In the last 40+ years of modern basketball, there has only been 2 outright team efforts as winners DET in 03 and SAS in 2014. You can count Detroit in 89 and 90 and Toronto in 2019 if you really want. So over 90% of the time, the teams that win championships are the ones that have top 5 MVP caliber players. That's why you can't build a team of great role players and win. There is only a handful of teams every year with stars that can truly win and there are tens of dozens of role players you could surround them with and get the job done.

 

No, I understand your guys’ flawed point completely. I just think it’s hogwash. Carry on, and have a good night.

 

Same boat as Brick is in and I would much rather chance the light going on and burning bright in Kyrie’s weird mind than trusting Russ’s not bright, self unaware in his own bubble brain to stick to the plan all year, and with infinitely less talent for what the Lakers need than Irving has.

 

You don't present any counter argument, so if its a flawed point, it should be easy to argue against it.

 

Lol..that's all you got? Waste of time.

 

Everyone knows this..it's just something trivial to argue about around here.

 

Guess we'll see.

Hopefully goes down tomorrow. We can finish up this roster and see what we have going into the season.

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Yes but with Hollinger’s analysis there’s a perfectly flawed analysis of the likely winner in terms of wins and losses.

 

Lots of progress made in the last few hours. Framework of deal has been agreed upon. All that’s left is for LA to find a third team such that they can get additional assets/give up less picks. Otherwise they will move forward with both.

Lots of credit goes to Irving. Kyrie’s camp has actively signaled to other teams that he wants to only go to LA, and given his prior history, teams are not willing to take a risk on him like Toronto was with Leonard.

Almost there (but basically done)!!!

 

Kyrie + AD + Bron gives a shot at a title vs play in. Fingers crossed this gets done ASAP.

 

we will put this one in the refrigerator.