(01-31-2024, 08:53 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Saw this on Discord.  I believe Smitty is compiling posts from Cjeter.  Everyone is suddenly playing well.  It is like washing the old car you are thinking about trading in for a new car.  Suddenly, now clean, the old car doesn't seem that bad.  Especially when you consider the cost of the new car:


“Timmy is now averaging 22.3 on over 46% and 43% shooting in the last 10 games after last night”

“Andrew Wiggins in the 5 games since Draymond Green's return: 18.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 61.1 FG%, 43.8 3P%, 81.0 FT%”

PJ wash in the last 5 games: 19.0/3.8/3.0, 58.7 FG%, 50.0 3P% (15/30), 1.2 BLKS, 1.4 TO per game

Kuzma in the last 10 games: 19.5/8.6/5.3, 43.0 FG%, 25.0 3P% (16/64), 1.0 BLKS, 2.7 TO per game.

DFS in the last 10 games: 6.5/4.4/2.0, 32.8 FG%, 30.0 3P% (15/50), 1.0 BLKS, 0.9 TO per game.

(01-31-2024, 09:09 AM)JamesConway912 Wrote: Only one of those guys is a 6’7 two way wing player who was arguably the second best player on a team that won the chip less than 24 months ago. 

I like DFS as well but he has never been close to that level. He’s an a lot more stagnant player on the offensive end.

Kuzma isn’t a winning player Imo, don’t want him here at all due to his defense.

PJ isn’t a sure thing either but a promising player with upside at a position of need, I wouldn’t mind bringing him ieither (Id even argue he can play alongside Wiggins here pretty darn well too)

Hardaway has made some progress as a shot creator but we know how limited he is. I’d try to utilize him in a trade to get more size on the wing / at forward.

(01-31-2024, 06:33 AM)meistermatze Wrote: Agreed. I just think we disagree on how many prototypical players like this do exist. It is not that they don't exist, it is just that the Front Office just decided too late to prioritize them.

(01-31-2024, 10:44 AM)vfromlmf Wrote: Not expecting many here to like this deal but it would totally revamp the wings, adding a ton of length, rebounding, and starter-level talent.

Hield and IND couldn't come to terms on an extension but a high volume movement shooter is ideal in that system. Carlisle knows how to use THJ. He plugs right in on a declining contract, giving DAL a large expiring to send along with Curry, who has a team option next year, to WAS. That's a basic 3-team deal.

Separately, DAL sends two underperforming players to GSW for an underperforming player.

THJ --> IND

DAL '27 + CURRY (team option) + HIELD (expiring) --> WAS

WILLIAMS + HOLMES --> GSW

WIGGINS + KUZMA --> DAL
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LUKA | KYRIE | WIGGINS | KUZMA | LIVELY         
EXUM | GREEN | DJJ | KLEBER | POWELL | HARDY | OMAX

Obviously you'd have to hope alphas Luka + Ky and Kuzma's scoring take the pressure off Wiggins so he get's back to being the player he can be. This deal would limit future flexibility but as we've seen, any contract can be moved if your front office is creative enough.

(01-31-2024, 10:56 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: Mavericks have 2 2nd Rd picks, Royce O’Neale is 30, goes 6’6-6’7 & is on an expiring contract, would you make that move? #MFFL

(01-31-2024, 10:56 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: (@TheDunkCentral)
The Houston Rockets are interested in Mikal Bridges and are open to trading a combination of the draft picks acquired in the James Harden deal back to Brooklyn to facilitate a trade, per @MikeAScotto

“Recently, the Houston Rockets were among the teams to register trade interest in Bridges, league sources told HoopsHype. Houston was prepared to send back several of Brooklyn’s unused remaining draft picks from the James Harden trade, but talks never got to that stage because the Nets declined to entertain anything for Bridges when Houston inquired.”

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Kevin Gray Jr. (@KevinGraySports)
“…rival executives who’ve spoken with HoopsHype believe Brooklyn could potentially garner multiple second-round picks in exchange for Royce O’Neale.”

Mavericks have 2 2nd Rd picks, Royce O’Neale is 30, goes 6’6-6’7 & is on an expiring contract, would you make that move? #MFFL

(01-31-2024, 11:15 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral)
The New York Knicks are considered the favorites to acquire Jimmy Butler if the Miami Heat decide to trade him, per @BovadaOfficial

New York Knicks: +210
Philadelphia 76ers: +225
Sacramento Kings: +325
Brooklyn Nets: +475
Dallas Mavericks: +600
Golden State Warriors: +700
New Orleans Pelicans: +950

(Via http://bit.ly/DunkNBASpecials)

(01-31-2024, 11:18 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: What in the world are we doing??? Not your fault, SH, but this cottage transaction industry (and sports betting) are getting out of hand. Who on Earth believes the Heat are about to trade Jimmy Butler?

(01-31-2024, 11:19 AM)omahen Wrote: Kendrick Perkins said Miami is not winning anything and should do Butler good by trading him to a contender. That is what it started it

(01-31-2024, 11:18 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: What in the world are we doing??? Not your fault, SH, but this cottage transaction industry (and sports betting) are getting out of hand. Who on Earth believes the Heat are about to trade Jimmy Butler?

(01-31-2024, 10:56 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: (@TheDunkCentral)
The Houston Rockets are interested in Mikal Bridges and are open to trading a combination of the draft picks acquired in the James Harden deal back to Brooklyn to facilitate a trade, per @MikeAScotto

“Recently, the Houston Rockets were among the teams to register trade interest in Bridges, league sources told HoopsHype. Houston was prepared to send back several of Brooklyn’s unused remaining draft picks from the James Harden trade, but talks never got to that stage because the Nets declined to entertain anything for Bridges when Houston inquired.”

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Kevin Gray Jr. (@KevinGraySports)
“…rival executives who’ve spoken with HoopsHype believe Brooklyn could potentially garner multiple second-round picks in exchange for Royce O’Neale.”

Mavericks have 2 2nd Rd picks, Royce O’Neale is 30, goes 6’6-6’7 & is on an expiring contract, would you make that move? #MFFL

(01-31-2024, 11:19 AM)omahen Wrote: Kendrick Perkins said Miami is not winning anything and should do Butler good by trading him to a contender. That is what it started it

Quote:Smitty

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Trade:
BRK- THJ+Holmes+2nd

Mavs: Dinwiddie+O'Neal

(01-31-2024, 11:30 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral)
The Washington Wizards are not demanding two first-round picks for Kyle Kuzma, and the asking price may be lower, per @TheAthletic

“League sources maintain Washington has been holding out for two first-round picks for Kuzma, though team sources indicate that is somewhat overblown. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.”

(01-31-2024, 11:30 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral)
The Washington Wizards are not demanding two first-round picks for Kyle Kuzma, and the asking price may be lower, per @TheAthletic

“League sources maintain Washington has been holding out for two first-round picks for Kuzma, though team sources indicate that is somewhat overblown. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.”