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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    #1685

    The challenging thing in all of this is having signed that extension last year - 4 year $189m - the Nets will want at least one household name and others to make it somewhat worthwhile.

    I’m hoping it doesn’t get to this, but there could be another player v team stand-off as the team waits for the right trade - which again won’t be a straightforward one you would think with that contract.

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    @ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    @mariner4life it is crap but that’s the cycle when you try to make a run with what you had and it doesn’t work out. The good thing for the Spurs (and most other teams) that are in that situation is that they will have draft picks and control their own destiny.

    The Nets on the other hand are in a massive pile if KD opts out. They gave up years of draft picks for that (stupid) Harden trade. The Rockets are laughing big time.

    I am no expert on the whys and wherefores of the draft but what would the situation be if the Nets identified someone (for example a graduating/ed college student who thought he would enter the business world and then had second thoughts and wanted to become a professional player shortly after the draft had concluded) that they really wanted on their roster but had no draft picks. Would that player be within his rights to not declare for the draft and then be signed up as a freelance uncontracted player by the Nets the moment the draft was over?

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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    @Higgins in that scenario, the short answer is possibly. Players can go undrafted and then get picked up by a team - probably play in their G league team (the feeder team for the NBA side) for a period before making the full squad.

    In that scenario the player has probably declared for the draft and just not been picked up.

    The best player in recent times to have gone that course is Fred Vanfleet. He’a been an All-Star and won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors.

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  • mariner4lifeM Offline
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    okay all good. The Spurs just went and got a bunch of first rounders so they could put together a package to the Nets for KD. We're back fuckers

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    #1689

    KD wants the Suns or Heat, but Marks has to get the best deal for the Nets.

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    @Bovidae said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    KD wants the Suns or Heat, but Marks has to get the best deal for the Nets.

    and i want to fuck Jennifer Connelly

    in the immortal words of Maynard James Keenan

    what you want and what you need don't mean that much to me

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    @mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    @Bovidae said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    KD wants the Suns or Heat, but Marks has to get the best deal for the Nets.

    and i want to fuck Jennifer Connelly

    in the immortal words of Maynard James Keenan

    what you want and what you need don't mean that much to me

    With a four year contract, he'll have to play for them.

    Fuck him too.

    I wonder about the Pelicans here - send Zion and some pics (do they have them?).

    Thoughts on what the Nets will look to do?

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    I reckon to the Suns for Ayton + other pieces (Bridges?) is pretty likely.

    Could see KD and Book working well together like Steph and KD did at Golden State.

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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    Book has signed a super max, Joker has signed a super max (biggest ever!), Ja signs a 5 year max too.

    In saying all this, after KDs max extension last year and if he’s traded, then some of these contracts might mean jack…

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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    @mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    couple of other interesting stories

    Apparently James Harden is not taking up his player option, but will sign a cheaper deal so the Sixers can build the roster.

    Patty Mills declined his Nets option and will enter free agency. Must have loved his week or so up here. Mills to Taipans confirmed.

    Mills signs 2 year deal with Nets.

    Good for him and Ben.

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  • ACT CrusaderA Offline
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    Brunson signs 4 year $104m deal with the Knicks. That’s overs in my view, but good on Rick’s son!

    Knicks need something else though

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    #1696

    Free agency is off and running. The Jazz send Gobert to Minny for a package of bit players and Pat Bev plus 4 first round draft picks. I wonder what they plan for Mitchell

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    The Celtics acknowledge the fact they need a proper PG by trading for Malcolm Brogdon of the Pacers

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    The fucking Lakers man

    Fuck their roster up. Have no picks. No trade value. Absolutely shit the bed. Miss even the play in

    And yet, somehow, they are going to talk thr Nets in to giving the Kyrie.

    Fuck this franchise. The Spurs are burning it down to start from the bottom. These fluffybunnies just have to wait for shit to fall in to their laps.

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    @mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    The fucking Lakers man

    Fuck their roster up. Have no picks. No trade value. Absolutely shit the bed. Miss even the play in

    And yet, somehow, they are going to talk thr Nets in to giving the Kyrie.

    Fuck this franchise. The Spurs are burning it down to start from the bottom. These fluffybunnies just have to wait for shit to fall in to their laps.

    excellent.jpg

    Funny thing is, until they went all in on KD and Kyrie, Marks was trying to build his version of San Antonio in Brooklyn. Character guys, family atmosphere. I wouldn't blame him for trying to hit the home run, but it was high risk and it isn't going to pay off. The Nets are not a desirable trade destination traditionally, he was probably better served trying to build via the draft

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    @canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    @mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    The fucking Lakers man

    Fuck their roster up. Have no picks. No trade value. Absolutely shit the bed. Miss even the play in

    And yet, somehow, they are going to talk thr Nets in to giving the Kyrie.

    Fuck this franchise. The Spurs are burning it down to start from the bottom. These fluffybunnies just have to wait for shit to fall in to their laps.

    excellent.jpg

    Funny thing is, until they went all in on KD and Kyrie, Marks was trying to build his version of San Antonio in Brooklyn. Character guys, family atmosphere. I wouldn't blame him for trying to hit the home run, but it was high risk and it isn't going to pay off. The Nets are not a desirable trade destination traditionally, he was probably better served trying to build via the draft

    I can see why Marks did it, but it was not the way he learned from the master.

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    @gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    @canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    @mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    The fucking Lakers man

    Fuck their roster up. Have no picks. No trade value. Absolutely shit the bed. Miss even the play in

    And yet, somehow, they are going to talk thr Nets in to giving the Kyrie.

    Fuck this franchise. The Spurs are burning it down to start from the bottom. These fluffybunnies just have to wait for shit to fall in to their laps.

    excellent.jpg

    Funny thing is, until they went all in on KD and Kyrie, Marks was trying to build his version of San Antonio in Brooklyn. Character guys, family atmosphere. I wouldn't blame him for trying to hit the home run, but it was high risk and it isn't going to pay off. The Nets are not a desirable trade destination traditionally, he was probably better served trying to build via the draft

    I can see why Marks did it, but it was not the way he learned from the master.

    Or maybe the decision was made for him by ownership? Who knows

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  • voodooV Offline
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    Marks absolutely did the right thing. If you have budget, and the chance to build that roster, you go for it every time. If Kyrie played the whole season, it could have been very different. They just never hit a rhythm.

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    @voodoo said in NBA Season - now 21/22:

    Marks absolutely did the right thing. If you have budget, and the chance to build that roster, you go for it every time. If Kyrie played the whole season wasnt such a toxic team mate, it could have been very different. They just never hit a rhythm.

    Fixed. KD made a bad call hitching his wagon to Irving. And when they got Harden they had another guy who has a history of quitting on teams

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  • barbarianB Offline
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    Can we talk about Minnesota giving up three future unprotected firsts for... Rudy Gobert?

    Easily the biggest overpay in recent memory. They've got a nice team now, sure, but they are an injury or two away from absolute disaster. It took the Nets five years to get over the Pierce/KG trade.

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