Honestly….who wants him? The Spurs would be the best long term fit but that was before they drafted Castle. The Lakers are the other but I think they would need to include Hachimura , but I think they love him and it would then create a massive frontcourt hole as his versatility covers too many of their needs. They would need to make other moves prior to a Trae trade to open up space beneath the second apron…..so if you see them dumping salary that could be a precursor to a Trae deal.
The Lakers may be sold that Tare can be the 3rd piece with Bron/AD.
Problem is that ORL lacks high end contracts to make it happen other than Isaac ($25M) and KCP (&$22.5M).
They’d also give up a ton of points. AD would blow of out four of his limbs trying to cover got the rest of that lineup.
Minnesota doesn’t have any tradeable contracts, of players that they would consider moving, to make those numbers work. He’d be an ideal 6th man on that team if he’d buy into it too.
Unfortunately for Trae, no owner is signing off on a $40M 6th man, even if the contracts worked.
He’s still play starters minutes but would be a better fit off the Wolves bench. That won’t happen though.
Cle also playing Atlanta at 2:30pm the day after Thanksgiving, in Atlanta. After playing Wednesday in Cle.
The Celtics played hard after a low intensity 1st quarter. They really upped the defensive effort in the 2nd half, and Luke/Tillman played better than Queta, or were better matchups.
How ironic would it be for the Cavs to lose beat Atlanta, have the best record in the NBA, and not qualify for the IST?
Thanks for posting that.
Tammy Nenault has been the NBA’s Chief Marketing Officer since November, 2022. Did she win Adam over with this grand idea during the interview process?
Thanks for this.
If you're talking about this year's courts versus last year's, seems like they tried to tone down the courts this year - but you liked last year's better?
Ime has yet another team just flat out clamping and stoning dudes. Minnesota is playing tough too. Gobert vs Sengun is fantastic. Houston has such length and their players play with high IQ.
Dillingam’s 4th quarter minutes were a roller coaster in the best way for someone without a rooting interest (except for more basketball - though I do need to get over to my hate watch of the Lakers soon).
I still can’t believe the Rockets passed on Stephon Castle. Such a perfect player for Ime.
I love the courts. As do many many people. Seems that there are more people in the "hey, that's different and cool" than the "these are terrible" bucket. But either way, people are talking about it, and that's always good for revenue
This year's courts are amazing. I think the Wolves have the best design but there are so many good ones. Also, they do feel like they really do provide a visual queue to not only fans but also the players that these games are different.
I like DIFFERENT courts. There is a tournament in Hawaii now with flowers in the key. But these courts all look mostly the same, other than color And a few details. Do City Connect courts or something like that. But these are unimaginative.
I get your point, but the entire purpose of these courts was to create an immediate visual cue that they are all for the same tournament, and not used for anything else.
