this dame trade vs no trade stuff is tiring but man has it been nice drawing away media from some nonsense reports throughout this offseason
General Offseason Thread.
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It took less than 24 hours for a terrible contract to some how look twice as bad.At least they have Grant locked up for 32 million a year to build around
I'd love to be wrong, but all signs point to Miami. Lillard will be 33 and Butler 34, but that's a pretty terrifying end game duo.
They have tons money left, going to get Reaves at a great price plus probably re-sign Russell
Sure, but Richardson didn’t need to be traded in the transaction. Boston had a TPE to absorb the White contract. They chose to send out Richardson instead. They could really have used that extra body given that Udoka was already in playoff rotation mode.
What could the Clippers offer? Is that just a bullshit stalking horse team leaked by Dame’s camp?
Paul George, or the proceeds of selling him I would guess? Not much worse than what MIA can offer
Oh, I assumed they’d look to keep George (would Dame really be that much better?), but that might not even work from a cap perspective.
EDIT - They could theoretically get there from a cap perspective if they kept George, actually, but it would involve players the Blazers probably wouldn’t be interested in.
And they still might be under the Celtics after all that
Yeeha. this is great.
I mean Powell has a lot of value and between Powell and Morris they’re most of the way there. But they’d definitely need a third team willing to eat MaMo for a pick or two to make it more palatable. But they’d need some first round draft picks because they’re mortgaged to OKC through 2026.
He was named to the NBA's 75th anniversary team. The athletic had him #68 on their all time list. It shouldn't be a huge surprise.
Powell has very little value, they've been shopping him for weeks and all indications are his value is less bad contract and seconds. No chance POR wants him at 30 with 3/57 left when they traded him away a year ago because they didn't want to pay him that.
Even the Heat package is MUCH better than a LAC deal that doesn't involve Paul George
It's funny - Miami has first-round picks to trade (2024 and 2026) while the Clips do not (no first rounders until 2027), but would you place much value on a Miami first-round pick? Those are probably never going to be higher than the teens as long as Riley and Spo are around.
So Lillard is one of the 75 greatest players of all time but Jokic isn't? Hmm. (I realize the list is from October 2021, but still Jokic had won an MVP award at that point. Anyway ...) I think Lillard is pretty damn good, but also think he may be somewhat overrated.
I was under the impression that the Heat had traded their 2025 (protected) #1, meaning they can’t move their picks in 2024 or 2026. 2027 and 2029 should be available, however.
The 2025 pick is protected then becomes unprotected in 2026, so the earliest they can trade in 2028.
However...I bet they are going to remove the protection as part of the Oladipo trade, opening the door to trade 2027 and 2029
Thanks for the correction, pjheff. Getting picks that far out is just going to keep Portland in purgatory forever.
I mean, Tatum was publicly working out with Durant during the rumors between the teams last summer lol.
I also think we could beat the Heat package without Jaylen, as does Tatum I’m sure.
Brogdon White Champagnie works,
But yeah I would hope Brad is not considering a Dame trade
And a protected pick at that (unprotected in ‘26). Meaning that they’d have to strip the protections from it in order to send out ‘27 & ‘29.
I would need another meaningful asset to make that swap given their ages. But Jaylen would be a nice fit around a young PG like Scoot who wants to push the pace.
Yeah if the Cs are in it, the outgoing piece that beats all other moves is Jaylen. Can't see PDX settling for less.
Brown/Brogdon with a 3rd team would probably be the move.
But he probably wants the beach and no income tax.