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[DanSchwartzgan]

What in Tarnation?

I tried to skim the board before going to bed.  WTF.  Maybe I’ll have a clearer head in the morning 

OK, caught up more...

Good about Bruce Brown.  Fingers crossed.  If that happens, at least one of THJ/Reggie needs to be traded for something.

Oh Hell No to KAT.  I'd rather suffer through Holmes/Powell until Lively is ready.

Why in the world would any team sign up for the Harden Sh!t-Show.

I hope Nico has as many alternative plans as he did at the draft.  It feels like he's going to need them.

We need to game plan for something that lands us a PG (Fultz and Lowry come to mind or one of the extras they have in Washington).  Feels like we might need one.

I think I was right to not trust Kyrie.  This doesn't feel like cooperation in order to build the team around him.  It feels like full-on selfishness.  We don't know what Dallas is offering, so that might not be fair.  Recall he and Brooklyn were discussing a 2 year $86mm extension and he got mad because Brooklyn wanted to build in protective clauses.  A clean two year deal at this level from Dallas would have been improvement.  If we've learned anything from the last two weeks it is that even superstars who make too much are a negative asset.

Personally, I'm fine if he moves on.  Better than him staying and feeling disrespected (something we don't control and can happen without warning).  Philly seems the easiest thing.  Maybe it is a four-way with the Clippers and Phoenix and we end up with Ayton.  Or, maybe we add in Indy, they get Ayton and we get Turner/Hield.  Then THJ is part of the outgoing for Lowry or Fultz.  I could also see Philly getting the Clipper's crap for Harden and Dallas swapping out Tobias Harris for Kyrie.  

I don't think he bolts for nothing.  More likely he tries to engineer himself somewhere.  One fear I have is him dragging this out.  If Bruce Brown says yes quickly, it probably means we offered him a starting spot.  If we offered him a starting spot it may mean that spot belonged to Kyrie.  Brown and Green as perimeter defenders are also both good ball movers.  Maybe we move away from the concept of defensively-challenged guards next to Luka playing 'your-turn, my-turn'.