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Trade Maxi ..problem solved.

 

Get Maxi's name out yo mouth.

 

I been saying Michael Porter Jr. on here.difference maker basically he’s exactly what Luka needs stand your a** in that corner and hit the jumper. Check the post.

 

can you imagine the Porn lol.? Zion will be buying a house in Tarzana. Just make sure you have lots of condoms and baby oil.

 

i'm with pioneer on vuc. that said, he has been a better player than ayton this year and most other years, for whatever reason. ayton's having his worst offensive season ever by a large margin. but again, our problems are on defense, and vuc does not help there at all. he's having his worst season on defense by the metrics i trust. throwing him out there behind 41 year old lebron, luka, and reaves...holy s***. i honestly don't even want to think about it. it's upsetting.

kcp, on the other hand, would be a great pickup in the short-term, as he can still defend at the 1 or 2 and can still finish plays. my only concern with him is that he has a PO next year, but as i've mentioned before, there might be ways to get him to give that up (offer him 3/30 if he opts out?) to recover some cap flexibility. but he's the exact fit, and a gabe/kleber trade for him works straight up, saves us about million and a roster spot. hell, if vuc is traded for an upgrade (much more likely than chicago dumping him) to a team that doesn't want him, that spot can be used to bring your hero home (though i'm still not in favor of it).

 

Guess what??? Hopefully I’m watching my Rams in Super Bowl. I think that week is the trading deadline? Most likely I’ll be traveling to Vegas that Thursday and then back for all star weekend in L.A.

 

I don’t expect a lot. Not a lot of big trades.

Michael Porter Jr. definitely getting traded.

and Robs gonna try to pull something off.

what if it’s Lauri Markanen??? He’s been getting a lot of DNPs. Does that move the needle???

I think Lavines on the move.

Washington always deals with the Lakers

Billal Colley Bub Carrington those are the young guys. They need to get rid of some of that stuff because they have a logjam and Tre Johnson and Trae Young.

it’s so funny Washington actually traded the best player they probably had since Webber Avilla. Traded him for nothing. Damn they got fleeced in that deal. Wish we could’ve got him. But no one saw that coming.

 

Kcp doesn't solve anything here, and Vucevic would make more of an impact on the court. Vucevic defensive rating is about the same as Ayton 's this season. Our problem in the playoffs hasn't been on defense, it's the inability to score in the 2nd halves. Vucevic helps solve that problem and he still boards at a high rate. That's more bang for our buck IMO.

I really don't see KCP affecting anything, he's not an improvement over Smart, so why cough out 20M for him?I'd rather try Ellis as the POA. He's still a Klutch client too. So now we expect Rich Paul, to do Rob a solid on the extension too?

 

If i see KCP mentioned again, i'll barf.

 

avdija was traded on draft night for a lotto pick (carrington, whom we supposedly liked, btw), a first swap, and 2 2nds. i think more than one team was interested, so people saw him coming, imo. maybe not borderline allstar "saw him coming", but i think people saw him as a viable starter on a good team. i also wonder if he's getting a little overhyped currently. he's good, but not a legit #1 guy, probably not a #2 on a really good team. like, people say reaves can't be...then advija can't be, either.

anyway...i agree that a) washington will trade with us, b) they have a logjam at guard/forward, and c) they have some guys that are interesting.

coulibaly is a tough one. after some early hype, he's largely stagnated. he's improved on defense to where people thought he could be, but the shooting hasn't come around. on the plus side, he kind of looks like derrick jones jr did right before he went to dallas and emerged as a legit rotation player. that said, the wiz may think young could create opportunities for him just like luka, so they might want to see that first.

pretty sure they'd move him over george or carrington. but he was a lotto pick--do they accept a pick swap and knecht? i don't trade a first for a guy who's shooting 27% from three and is set to be FA soon. knecht/kleber for coulibably/min (aj johnson) works salary-wise. wiz would want a sweetener, though...

justin champagnie interests me. i'd do knecht straight up for him, and that works financially, too. i think that's fair, as knecht still has the higher ceiling, imo.

i don't think second half scoring will matter when you're down 1000 at the half.

and i'd take ellis over kcp, too, but he's not for sale to us right now, imo. gs likely dropping out of that bidding does help us, though.

as for smart/kcp, they're slightly different players, but we need another smart type. we're short one.

 

I think the most likely outcome is we stand pat, but if they can pull off this "turn our one tradeable pick into a couple of lesser picks" thing I think there is a real chance we make a trade for someone like Ellis. I seriously doubt this is going to be like the 2023 deadline where we brought in like 5 new guys.

 

Man one aging guard, isn't going to transform our defense at all. Ellis fits this box that you think is soo important too, I don't think he'd have any effect either, but we might be able to get him anyway.

I'd rather add the scoring and rebounding, the guys we have, will just have to play better on the defensive end. They are capable of such IMO. Again I wouldn't look for Rich Paul to be doing Rob any favors.

 

f*** rich paul. if kcp wants to roll the dice at age 34 on a new contract, be my guest, brother. your expiring will be dealt and then any slippage means vet min city or worse. if rich wants to make it so that klutch can't deal with us in any capacity, his clients will suffer more than our team will, for sure.

 

Maybe or he could just opt into the that 21M, and then take his chances in 27.

Paul might thinking that Rob won't be here anymore after this summer.

 

a guy who can play off-ball on offense and on-ball on the perimeter on defense doesn't help us now? we're begging for one! two, really!

 

that's what i said. he can take his 21 million and hope he doesn't lose a step or get injured. most guys his age would go for more guaranteed money stretched out over time. and this works for us, as this summer will be the only time we have real cap space for the next few years, so who cares about an extra year?

but if he wanted to just be a big expiring next year, that's fine, too. the trade would be mostly for this year, to turn dead weight into a 20mpg player who's proven they can do it in the playoffs.

 

For 21M dollars though? KCP is shooting 40% from the field and 34% from 3. His defense isn't particularly great this season either. Id rather spend that cash somewhere else. Upgrade at another position and Gabe's replacement is irrelevant.