NBA Season - now 24/25
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan they don't want to play for the Nets.
Bit of a bitch move by Durant after they stood by him during his rehab. That's the danger of putting your trust in a superstar mercenary. Sean should have stuck to building in the draft
nah every GM in the league makes that play if it's available.
It's gone very wrong (unless they get a good return) but a few very specific things had to happen for it to blow up.And, lets not forget, they were a KD toe from knocking the Bucks out last year.
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan they don't want to play for the Nets.
Bit of a bitch move by Durant after they stood by him during his rehab. That's the danger of putting your trust in a superstar mercenary. Sean should have stuck to building in the draft
nah every GM in the league makes that play if it's available.
It's gone very wrong (unless they get a good return) but a few very specific things had to happen for it to blow up.And, lets not forget, they were a KD toe from knocking the Bucks out last year.
Of course hindsight is a wonderful thing. And no one will blame Marks for making that deal. We'll see what the market is like for Irving now. LBJ might be the only guy who can keep him straight. KD certainly couldn't
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan they don't want to play for the Nets.
Bit of a bitch move by Durant after they stood by him during his rehab. That's the danger of putting your trust in a superstar mercenary. Sean should have stuck to building in the draft
nah every GM in the league makes that play if it's available.
It's gone very wrong (unless they get a good return) but a few very specific things had to happen for it to blow up.And, lets not forget, they were a KD toe from knocking the Bucks out last year.
Of course hindsight is a wonderful thing. And no one will blame Marks for making that deal. We'll see what the market is like for Irving now. LBJ might be the only guy who can keep him straight. KD certainly couldn't
i keep reading about Kyrie to the Lakers, how the fuck do they even make that happen?
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@canefan they don't want to play for the Nets.
Bit of a bitch move by Durant after they stood by him during his rehab. That's the danger of putting your trust in a superstar mercenary. Sean should have stuck to building in the draft
nah every GM in the league makes that play if it's available.
It's gone very wrong (unless they get a good return) but a few very specific things had to happen for it to blow up.And, lets not forget, they were a KD toe from knocking the Bucks out last year.
Of course hindsight is a wonderful thing. And no one will blame Marks for making that deal. We'll see what the market is like for Irving now. LBJ might be the only guy who can keep him straight. KD certainly couldn't
i keep reading about Kyrie to the Lakers, how the fuck do they even make that happen?
They have nothing valuable to trade. Unless the Nets want Westbrick....
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Not a bad synopsis of things
Kyrie Irving trade rumors: Lakers, Nets have no traction on any potential deal, per report - CBSSports.com
Earlier reports suggested Irving could be traded in a deal involving Westbrook
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Not a bad synopsis of things
Kyrie Irving trade rumors: Lakers, Nets have no traction on any potential deal, per report - CBSSports.com
Earlier reports suggested Irving could be traded in a deal involving Westbrook
Lakers would have AD, LBJ, Kyrie, and a bunch of guys playing on the veterans minimum. Which they might as well do because they are screwed in the draft for a few years
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How much of a fluffybunny do you have to be that a team would take Westbrick and that contract over you?
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@mariner4life the only saving grace is that Nets will only deal with the Lakers if they get more than Russ. Not a great look for Russ.
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That's a fucked up contract though, like 47 milion or something.
What would it take for the Nets to take on Westbrick and still be a contender? Move Simmons or keep him? Other pieces?
One thing about Russ, is that as the man and by himself he would probably show up everyday, and with the right pieces they could be dangerous, so they could conceivably finish about the same and have a team of players who are turning up everyday and working hard, which ownership might care about as they try to save face.
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I don’t mind Russ. He can’t shoot to save his life but if he can regain some of that form he showed in the second half of that season with Washington, where he and Beal were pretty dangerous together - a big if after this Lakers nightmare - then he can be an excellent piece for a team that already has an established star and scorer.
47 big ones is a massive dent in anyones cap, but the Nets could offload Kyrie and Joe Harris to make room.
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I read that in games without LeBron last season, Russ averaged 22/8/8 on 55% true shooting. That's not bad at all, but he just stunk up the gym as part of the main unit. It's not worth $47m either, but if the Nets have to ditch an unreliable Kyrie then it kind of works.
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@TeWaio said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
I read that in games without LeBron last season, Russ averaged 22/8/8 on 55% true shooting. That's not bad at all, but he just stunk up the gym as part of the main unit. It's not worth $47m either, but if the Nets have to ditch an unreliable Kyrie then it kind of works.
His contract expires at the end of next year so they would get all that cap space too.. Russ and a bunch of role pieces, draft picks and a budding superstar from the KD trade and they will at least be competitive
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@gt12 said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Could the Nets trade to get Russ and a championship side? What would be the other pieces?
It would be fucking hilarious if they traded Durant and then won with Russ (I know its a dream).
Not going to happen. The best they can hope for is to try to hasten the rebuild/reload
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So in my Aussie NBA watch - Jock Landale who traded from the Spurs to the Hawks in the Dejonte Murray trade has now been traded by the Hawks to the Suns.
Just spitballin’ but could Landale be one of several pieces in a KD trade that lands KD at the Suns and Landale in Brooklyn along with fellow Aussies Ben Simmons and Patty Mills. The Brooklyn Boomers 😉
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Landale was better than the minutes he got would suggest
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Mitchell to the Cavs
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Found this image on another forum. Found it a very interesting take on the "analytics" era
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Found this image on another forum. Found it a very interesting take on the "analytics" era
Awesome image
Be interesting to see the same graphic for the playoffs. You'd expect similar, but maybe not as pronounced as defences force more mid-range stuff
