07-04-2022, 01:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-04-2022, 01:51 PM by KillerLeft.)
(07-04-2022, 01:47 PM)cow Wrote: Having potential KD trades that require moving Ben Simmons doesn't mean they'll take the first offer that comes along for him.
Never said anything remotely like that.
To get Mitchell (or Booker, or others) ONTO their roster, the Nets MUST remove Simmons from their roster. That's all I'm saying.
Since they won't be tanking, they'll need to get a player on that level onto their roster, and it's very likely he'll be in his rookie max extension already, so...Simmons is very, very likely to get traded.
(07-04-2022, 01:47 PM)cow Wrote: We (this board) tend to 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.
Oh, sure, but this isn't the conversation (I thought) we were having.
When I used "desperate" I was only referring to the necessity of getting rid of Simmons, not the price they'd ask. I don't think it's likely he ends up in Dallas any more than you do. I just think it's almost a lock that he gets moved somewhere.