(06-28-2023, 10:06 AM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Just an across the sports spectrum buyer beware statement...  Overpaying for championship role players rarely pays off.  Those backup minutes on outstanding teams are not analogous to starter minutes on a good team.

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There you go with your Delorean again.  The key is predicting two years out, not projecting from 2 years previous.

(06-28-2023, 10:06 AM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Just an across the sports spectrum buyer beware statement...  Overpaying for championship role players rarely pays off.  Those backup minutes on outstanding teams are not analogous to starter minutes on a good team.

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There you go with your Delorean again.  The key is predicting two years out, not projecting from 2 years previous.

(06-28-2023, 09:55 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: https://twitter.com/thenbacentral/status/1674067440739708931?s=46&t=Fmdr94oXagcEyy75KJqaFg

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The Cavs are open to potential Darius Garland trades, per @AmicoHoops
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Its Amico so take with a grain of salt, but didnt Windhorst also allude to CLE having some spicy deals set up?

Quote:According to a league source, the Kings and Harrison Barnes’ camp have restarted talks. No word if he will sign a new extension, but they are back at the table.

Quote: The Rockets are planning to ‘tempt’ Fred VanVleet with a contract starting at $40M per year, per
@michaelgrange
“One league source told me the Rockets, armed with $60 million in cap room and no state tax in Texas, are going to tempt VanVleet with a two-year deal for $80 million adding veteran stability to a roster teeming with talented players on rookie contracts.”

Quote: All signs point to Brook Lopez, Khris Middleton and Jae Crowder staying in Milwaukee, per
@TheSteinLine
“League sources say that Milwaukee is indeed in a promising position when it comes to re-signing both Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez…The Bucks are increasingly expected to re-sign Jae Crowder after surrendering five (yes, five) second-round picks to acquire him from Phoenix before the February trade deadline.”

Quote:Teams that have made calls for Pascal Siakam:
Atlanta Hawks
Charlotte Hornets
Dallas Mavericks
Houston Rockets
New Orleans Pelicans
Sacramento Kings

(06-28-2023, 09:45 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: A 3+1 descending contract for the least amount of money realistically possible is the most ideal scenario.

4/160 descending would start him right around 44.5 and descend all the way to 35 in his last year.

(06-28-2023, 10:37 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: I think Houston will be fascinating this offseason.  Who is going to take their money.  For me, if i was a free agent I don't think I would be pumped going to Houston right now.  They have a lot of young talent, but I am not sure if it is ready to win yet.  Plus, they have a lot of young players that expect minutes.  Could be a difficult space for a veteran. 

Jake Fisher mentioned tis morning have been gauging interest in players like KJ Martin, Usman Garuba and Josh Christopher.  Martin is a FA after next year and is probably in line for a bigger payday.  Garuba may just be lost in the shuffle with all their other younger players.

(06-28-2023, 10:13 AM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: How is this looking backwards? Bruce Browns game didn’t change, the team around him did. The point he’s trying to make is that he’s been successful in both roles, guarding POA and handling the ball AND playing as a small ball big. The reason he didn’t get the bag last offseason is because folks felt he was ONLY a small ball big actually.

(06-28-2023, 09:38 AM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Do the math.  You need about 4k minutes at each of the 5 positions.  Just listing a name is not enough.  What are your projections on how much each can play?  How many minutes?  Brown at PF???  Are you being served?  Holmes to start?????

Calling guards "wings" doesn't make them not guards.  Bullock, THJ, and Green are tweener SG/SF.  Ditto with Brown.  So you've got 6 guards in the rotation in Kyrie, Green, Hardy, Bullock, THJ, and now Brown.  Luka as a PF/SF.  Maxi who played 929 minutes last year.  Holmes who last year played 349 minutes.  Lively who played only 20 minutes in college and was completely invisible in many games.  OMax, a rookie.  Heavy minutes for McGee.  And bringing back Powell?????????

You are presenting a Luka exit plan.

(06-28-2023, 10:41 AM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: We need his cap hit this year to be smaller so we have access to the MLE.  Not sure why everyone started talking about a descending contract all of a sudden.

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Houston seems like a team with a bad owner that wants to cobble together a competitive team to sell tickets instead of continuing the rebuild.

Quote:The Sixers are expected to offer James Harden a contract ‘considerably higher’ than his $35.6M player option, per Brian Windhorst

(06-28-2023, 10:47 AM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: How is looking back over 2 years ago looking backwards?  Say that out loud.

Nellie used to start Erick Strickland at C.  They're the same size.  Does that mean Brown can be a C too?  How many championships did Nellie win with this type of nonsense?

Let me get this straight.  Y'all are projecting to start Brown at PF because he did so in the Nets failed experiment over 2 years ago and not use him like he was used on last year's championship team?  Do you not see the madness in this?

How about we build a roster in the likeness of DEN, you know the champions, and not in the likeness of failed gimmicks?

Rebounding is a key to defense.  You want to rotate a washed up Holmes, always injured bad rebounding Maxi, Luka, and 6 guards and expect to rebound?

(06-28-2023, 10:41 AM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: We need his cap hit this year to be smaller so we have access to the MLE.  Not sure why everyone started talking about a descending contract all of a sudden.

(06-28-2023, 11:18 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: At 45mil, the avenues of getting to full MLE and BAE are open as long as Bullock is S/W

The draw for a descending contract just makes Kyrie a more appealing asset in a couple of years.