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league rewards the bulls. again.

you're probably right about buium, but maybe its still injury recovery related? they were really high on him out of camp and then he got hurt and missed almost the whole season. if wallinder isnt up next year he's probably back to sweden.

create a win floor. you have to have 30 wins to qualify for the #1 pick. anything less than that and you can't pick higher than 4. or if a team falls below a certain win # -say less than 25 wins - you add wins to their lottery odds so it decreases the chances. until you incentivize winning, teams will continue to tank. its the smart strategy for bad teams in the nba where one player means so much. the pistons have had terrible lottery luck, but the one time they got the #1 pick, they got cade. turned the franchise around. ausar is a nice piece, and ivey was struck by injury, and holland is useless, but think about this team if they had picked #2 and gotten jalen green? and lets be honest, at the end kf the day the league is just going yo rig the results for the spurs or the narrative (lebron to cleveland, drose to chicago) so none of this really matters. 😉

i hope they do. well run franchises make their own luck.

danniss: -28 duren: -14

we'll all sit around and get drunk when duren gets $40+ from the pistons.

i see johannson before asp. or wallinder/buium just because of their size.

i think you'll see mbn and mazur out of camp. one of postava and cossa for sure (if not both). anton will likely need a little more time. asp too after this year's nhl showing. who knows about danielson. did the injury affect him in detroit? part of me hopes so because he wasnt very impressive when he was here. right now you have: blank-larkin-raymond debrincat-copp-blank (kane FA) finnie-kasper-blank rasmussen-compher-appleton edvinsson-seider faulk-aljo chairot-blank gibson with no changes and if you assume they dont bring back Kane (and i think they will bring back Kane), 3 forward spots and 1 defenseman. again, 2 forward spots if they bring back Kane. i dont think you can expect a playoff team unless you get a proven player on line 1. is that kasper? do you start finnie there again? or do you trade for someone? i bet two prospects are traded for a forward. danielson might have enough value to be the centerpiece to get an ep40, but who knows? he hasnt been very good. do you have to part with mbn or bear instead?

that's hilarious. i mean, you know its the NBA, right? those guys are going to do what they want and try when they want.

harden is due for one of those games where he goes off and gets 40+.

playoff james harden has made an appearance!

if you had the best player in the league, would you trade him for some prospects ranked in the 50s? probably not.

the only deal for mcdavid we could make would start with seider. edmonton is not dealing him to detroit for all the reasons stated above. edmonton wants to win a cup next year, i dont think theyre dealing their core for prospects. maybe darnell nurse if you want to part with edvinsson. they might deal ike howard, but likely for an established goalie. and then mcdavid will leave for san jose or anaheim or toronto.

Athletic article makes no mention of detroit. ranks gustavsson, makenzie blackwood, and jordan binnington as trade targets.

good.

who would he be an upgrade on and how would we know? he hasnt played in the nhl. if a team is in desperate need of a goalie for next year, they probably go the free agent route. a team could also try to pry hellebuyck from winnipeg since he seems quite unhappy. if anything, i think we overrate cossa here, like we do most wings' prospects. were fans. we want to believe.

i swaer i heard he is not exempt.

once again, success in sweden doesnt translate to the smaller ice/more physical north american game. a year in GR would do ASP good. time to bulk up a bit.

if they dealt a goalie, i imagine its as part of a package for ep40 or some other established nhl player. i dont think the wings would deal cossa for prospects.

if someone wants to pay duren north of $30m, let them. of course, we all know were going to pay duren. were just fooling ourselves.

if harden is on harris, there will be a mouse in the house.

Jaylen Brown calling someone else out for flopping is pretty hilarious.

you realize you are talking about the executives who put together the josh smith/greg monroe/andre drummond and james wisemam/marvin bagley iii front lines?