(06-29-2023, 03:51 PM)MFFL Wrote: Adrian Wojnarowski
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BREAKING: 76ers G James Harden is picking up his $35.6 million option and sides are beginning to work together in exploring trade scenarios, sources tell ESPN. It’s expected that Harden has played his last game for Philadelphia.

(06-29-2023, 03:51 PM)MFFL Wrote: Adrian Wojnarowski
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BREAKING: 76ers G James Harden is picking up his $35.6 million option and sides are beginning to work together in exploring trade scenarios, sources tell ESPN. It’s expected that Harden has played his last game for Philadelphia.

(06-29-2023, 03:53 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: No Rockets return. Not staying in Philly. Interesting. Off the top of my head I have a hard time coming up with a potential destination. Clippers? Knicks? Heat?

(06-29-2023, 03:27 PM)omahen Wrote: The problem I see here is, Mavs can't really offer him minutes. I mean, I would never enter the season with Bamba as a starting center. Than you have Lively as a back-up, that will take most of available minutes. So Bamba would basically get the third string center role, and I think he would not be interested at all. Guys like Drummond, as much as I hate him, are the third center types. Or some really unknown youngsters looking at last straws to come/stay in the league.

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Beasley also out. Lakers politely said, they would consider them for vet min.

https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1674513038265966593

(06-29-2023, 04:10 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Completely disagree. He´s exactly the kind of player you pick up now. Sell him on getting a fair chance to earn the starting spot and his next payday. He´s only 25, but I seriously doubt, that he´ll get more than the BAE offer. He´s PERFECT guy to take a chance on.

Think about this. He spent his first 4 1/2 years in the league in Orlando.

Here are his starting PGs.

MCW/DJ Augustin
MCW/Fultz/DJ Augustin
Fultz/Anthony
Fultz/Suggs/Anthony
Fultz/Suggs/Anthony

He´s literally played with one true (veteran) PG in DJ Augustin in his whole career. He´s a rim-rolling big and that´s the inexperienced rookie crew he had, who were trying to learn how to read defenses and play, while throwing him lob passes.

I don´t know whether it would work out and the injury concerns are legit, but that´s the kind of situation you read, analyze and think LUKA.

And I´m 99%, he´ll go for the BAE.

(06-29-2023, 04:13 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: With drafting Lively, we already have a third center/developmental guy. Don’t see how we can carry Bamba unless they plan to send Lively to the G league.

That’s not even taking Richaun Holmes and McShaqtin into account.

(06-29-2023, 04:13 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: With drafting Lively, we already have a third center/developmental guy. Don’t see how we can carry Bamba unless they plan to send Lively to the G league.

That’s not even taking Richaun Holmes and McShaqtin into account.

(06-29-2023, 04:24 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: I’m trying to learn twitter. This guy had the top 5 in the draft, Whitmore falling out of the top 10, Coulibaly getting a promise from the Wizards. He also predicted Harden opting in for a trade yesterday.

Same dude that mentioned KAT to Phoenix or Dallas. “ Some NBA intel. KAT may get traded to PHX or DAL.”

https://twitter.com/droppingdimes20?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

(06-29-2023, 04:30 PM)omahen Wrote: Atlanta forum also has a bunch of KAT speculations. To be honest, their assets are much better and I wouldn't want KAT anyway. He is not what is needed next to Luka. Even less so next to Luka and Kyrie. I could see Mavs get in as a third team, as Minny doesn't need Capela (neither does Atlanta, if they get KAT).

(06-29-2023, 04:26 PM)Nowitzki Way Wrote: Surprise news on Harden.

I bet a trade happens pretty quickly.  Suns? How is that possible? Same problem they have with wanting Kyrie. They have nothing to offer but Ayton.  76ers have no use for Ayton.


Is this some big 3 team, 4 team trade with Ayton going somewhere else.

Clippers can throw some combination of Norman Powell, Morris, Covington, Batum, etc.

(06-29-2023, 04:28 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Yeah, that’s obviously a burner account for someone plugged in, somewhere. He has right in the money with everything, way before it breaks.

I hope he’s wrong about KAT or Ayton, though. I guess KAT would be my preference, but I’m not all that interested in either of them.

(06-29-2023, 04:33 PM)Jym Wrote: Yeah KAT on Ayton money would be great


But this is just scary:


2026-27
$57,124,200

2027-28
$61,063,800