NBA season 2018/19
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@Sneakdefreak said in NBA season 2018/19:
Be interesting to see if Steven Adams is traded away or they keep him as the veteran on a young team rebuilding.
ESPN reported that OKC have shopped him but his current contract makes him all but untradable
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@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
@Sneakdefreak said in NBA season 2018/19:
Be interesting to see if Steven Adams is traded away or they keep him as the veteran on a young team rebuilding.
Not sure anyone would be game enough to take on his contract. Still got two years left at $25m a year, which is huge for an injury-prone big man who seems to be on the decline.
OKC would have to add in a pick (of which they now have plenty) maybe, to find a willing trade partner.
You never know, though.
His contract is the issue but he's not at all injury-prone. He played 80 regular season games last season.
He's most likely the veteran guy on team of kids. OKC will rebuild for the next two years and then he signs somewhere else (probably with a contender).
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@Sneakdefreak said in NBA season 2018/19:
@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
@Sneakdefreak said in NBA season 2018/19:
Be interesting to see if Steven Adams is traded away or they keep him as the veteran on a young team rebuilding.
Not sure anyone would be game enough to take on his contract. Still got two years left at $25m a year, which is huge for an injury-prone big man who seems to be on the decline.
OKC would have to add in a pick (of which they now have plenty) maybe, to find a willing trade partner.
You never know, though.
His contract is the issue but he's not at all injury-prone. He played 80 regular season games last season.
He's most likely the veteran guy on team of kids. OKC will rebuild for the next two years and then he signs somewhere else (probably with a contender).
It will be interesting to see him on a team that uses his offensive potential. I reckon he can be better than he's shown so far
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@Sneakdefreak said in NBA season 2018/19:
He's most likely the veteran guy on team of kids. OKC will rebuild for the next two years and then he signs somewhere else (probably with a contender).
A veteran at 25 (soon to be 26).
This has been one of the most fascinating free agency periods in years.
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Thought this was a really good summary about the 'insiders' and their reporting of the Kawhi saga:
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Now OKC trades Westbrook to Houston for Chris Paul and a swag of picks!
The NBA is something else.
FWIW I don't know if that's a great trade for OKC (replacing an older, injury-prone PG with another), but now they have a huge swag of first round picks over the next seven years.
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@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
Now OKC trades Westbrook to Houston for Chris Paul and a swag of picks!
The NBA is something else.
FWIW I don't know if that's a great trade for OKC (replacing an older, injury-prone PG with another), but now they have a huge swag of first round picks over the next seven years.
How many years does CP3 have on his contract? I think he gets paid too much to get another trade but I am sure if a contender wanted him a deal is always possible. So Harden can shoot threes and Russ can concentrate on slashing to the rim. Wait a minute, how many balls are there?
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From Google:
Paul signed a four-year deal with the Rockets last season worth $159.7 million that has the team on the hook for a whopping $38.5 million for next season, $41.3 million the season afterwards, and finally $44.2 million in 2021/2022 at the age of 36.
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Wonder if OKC is about to swing a deal with the Lakers so Paul can play alongside his buddy Lebron. Looks like it. Presti is winning this offseason even if his team will suck this season.
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@Sneakdefreak yeah I have seen this scenario this morning mentioned by several people on social media. Not sure how likely it actually is though.
Paul would work for OKC if they had another go-to player but they have absolutely no one.
Wait......it's all coming to fruition........Adams is about to become a 30-10 player ............
I'll see myself out
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out of the billion trades that have happened all I wanted was Adams to be traded somewhere (ideally the spurs). Instead they literally traded everyone else except him. Fuck sakes.
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@Sneakdefreak said in NBA season 2018/19:
Wonder if OKC is about to swing a deal with the Lakers so Paul can play alongside his buddy Lebron. Looks like it. Presti is winning this offseason even if his team will suck this season.
Could happen, but the Lakers have a pretty bare cupboard in terms of assets. Kuzma is about it, they don't have a first round pick until 2025 I think.
So they'd have to involve a third team somehow, and I'm not enough of a trade expert to work that out.
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@barbarian Kuz and Rondo. At least OKC then would have 3 players in their team.
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@Magpie_in_aus said in NBA season 2018/19:
out of the billion trades that have happened all I wanted was Adams to be traded somewhere (ideally the spurs). Instead they literally traded everyone else except him. Fuck sakes.
He will be traded either before the season or if he shows signs that the final 2 months of last season were a blip.
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OKC will hold on to Adams so they still have a player on their roster and trade him next season when his contract is expiring. Don't think he's tradable right now unless a team believes he has more offensive upside.
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@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
@Sneakdefreak said in NBA season 2018/19:
Wonder if OKC is about to swing a deal with the Lakers so Paul can play alongside his buddy Lebron. Looks like it. Presti is winning this offseason even if his team will suck this season.
Could happen, but the Lakers have a pretty bare cupboard in terms of assets. Kuzma is about it, they don't have a first round pick until 2025 I think.
So they'd have to involve a third team somehow, and I'm not enough of a trade expert to work that out.
I don't know how buyouts work, but that seems like too big a contract for that
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@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
Maybe Paul ends up in Miami? They don't have many future picks, but do have good young players like Adebayo and Winslow.
Detroit is another possibility - bring back Lob City.
