(07-04-2022, 01:38 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Well, "desperate" and "good value" are both terms of relativity.
I'm simply saying that a shocking number of potential Durant trade outcomes come with the necessity of removing Simmons from the roster. I'm confident that IF Durant gets traded (not a definite, I suppose) THEN Simmons won't be a Net next year.
Eh. Desperate is the Mavs trying to trade KP. Having potential KD trades that require moving Ben Simmons doesn't mean they'll take the first offer that comes along for him.
We (this board) tend to dream of big names (Kemba and Lowry most recently) and then end up with the likes of Wright and Bullock. And at the same time we find a way to nitpick big names with concerns about fit and what not. Hell, someone said this past week they wouldn't be interested in Durant.
You want a big name? Offer a future first and THJ or Dinwiddie and additional players to salary match Kyrie's contract. That would beat what the Lakers are going to offer in Westbrook + distant FRP and the Nets would gladly not send Kyrie where he wants to go. Thinking we could offer the same and get Ben Simmons instead is crazy. And Simmons value and the Mavs not being able to afford him is how this tangent kicked off.