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watching msu-minnesota.  fears has already received a tech for kicking a guy in the balls.  earlier he hit the guy in the throat.  then he just hit him in the head.

he's the black grayson allen.  total dirty player.

i'm not worried about the contract, i'm worried about the age.  he's got a lot of goals this year, but jis shooting percentage is higher than its ever been in his career.

yzerman has always liked him, so he may deal for him.  i'd rather spend a first on defense this year.

i wouldnt be too upset by stamkos, but by golly i wouldnt be overjoyed!  better than elias petersson...

Just now, Shinzaki said:

Stamkos could be had for a number 1..has a no trade clause...IIRC.  Think the Stevie love is strong enough for him?  Copp ios doing alright as the 2C..but Stamkos would be an upgrade and his right handedness would give us a hedge against Danielson not advancing as a prospect

main drawback is his contract..runs through 27/28 with an $8 million per cap hit

i have no interest in stamkos, but i can almost assure you that yzerman does.

12 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Shams also said Utah will waive Ball.  

i'd take him.  he wont help woth your spacing issues but he can still pass and lead a second unit.

age is not the number okc should be concerned with, their real concern will be the luxury tax and how to pay all those guys.

bulls finally embrace the tank.

1 hour ago, Betrayer said:

Boston - If you're talking about a healthy Tatum, probably not, but that's a problem for next year. Also, any Boston series is just going to come down to whether or not they're hot from three. That's their entire gameplan.

Cleveland - Probably.

Orlando or New York - Yes (as long as Stew is healthy this time).

Trajan is sitting here with the #1 seed in the East by a wide margin who's just behind the #1 seed in the league by a tiny margin. None of the young core is even 25 years old yet. I think he views this season as playing with house money. Unless there's a slam dunk of a trade I doubt he's going to risk crippling the future on a risky/bad trade just to do something. As much as I think you have to shoot your shot while you can in sports because you only get so many chances, I can see his point of view of trying to stay patient and financially flexible as long as possible to see this team develop in the playoffs and find the right trade.

i would make boston with tatum a favorite.  without tatum its a toss up.  i dont need to remind any of you how officials see boston...get ready for a parade of jalen brown to the free throw line.

cleveland will be favored over detroit.  the pistons' best hope is to get to game 7 so mitchell can pretend he's hurt and harden will choke.

a healthy orlando scares me.

the knicks scare me the least.  i think kat has returned to being a pussy because he's not scared of his coach anymore.  a healthy stew means a scaredy Kat.

Does this pistons team beat a healthy boston, orlando, cleveland, or new york in a 7 game series?

on the one hand, you look at the east as being so weak that even this pistons team can win it.  what they really needed was more shooting and they upgraded in that department from ivey to heurter.  ivey was a declining asset and moving him now for even a slight upgrade this season is a positive.  if things hold to form and minnesota doesnt go all in and get giannis, the pick swap is likely to gain the pistons 5 or 6 spots in a loaded draft.

on the other hand, the east is so weak and the pistons refused to make a move for a much needed second star or for better pieces that work around cade.  they go into the playoffs with a massively flawed team and didnt bother to upgrade.  this is likely the last best chance to massively upgrade and now their future is cade/duren/ausar.  is that three as your core enough to win?  or do you need to go the dallas/luka route, build the team around cade with 3 and d players and one more star bucket getter?  the pistons are not that, instead, they are cade surrounded by a couple old shooters who cant defend, and a couple defenders who cant shoot.  your betting the future on duren's continued development.

tobias' spot is ok for this season and then wasted because they didnt move it when they could.  same with duncan robinson.

they kept their powder dry and didnt go all in for JJJ or markannen or murphy, herb jones, or even zion.  theyre rolling with flawed.

Now, watch them make a big move thursday and make all this moot.

so the biggest move this deadline is doing our part to move giannis to the westeen conference?

i'd give up a girst for zack lavine before ayo or coby.  at least we know lavine can play second fiddle offensive creator.

the bulls - with coby white and ayo dosunmu in the starting lineup - just lost by 16 to the giannis-less bucks.

think about how many assets you want to give up for these fellows.

a couple second rounders?  sure.  a first?  not on your life.

Clippers in the middle of a great run to get back into the playoff race.  what a time for team unity, coming together to work toward a common goal, finally realizing the potential in the team to make a run for the title..

NOW is the moment james harden decides to demand a trade!  the most selfish player east of jimmy butler and west of russell westbrook has stepped in AGAIN to undermine his team.

the only real surprise here is that daryl morey didnt bring him back to philly.

1 minute ago, Deleterious said:

I do admire the hate.  

its my superpower.

so many marginal players are setting offensive records this year, you wonder if there's a universal theme like, i don't know, NO ONE PLAYS ANY DEFENSE ANY MORE.

28 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Why is it always such a struggle?  Denver is down a starter tonight.  Another starter is playing his first game back after a long injury layoff and is on minute restrictions.  Their best player is playing his third game back after an injury and on a minutes restriction.  But somehow it's  a 2 point game with 2 minutes left.  

you already know the answer.

the faced this same team without jokic and barely won.

a win is a win, and everyone makes a run in nba regular season games, but we all know this team is flawed.  and we all know the cure.  its just difficult to get the right medicine.  

42 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Yeah.  More important, early Bird and not full Bird rights.  That could get a bit sticky if another team makes him a decent offer.  

then let him go and find the next third string point guard in the g league like you did with this one.

do not overpay danniss jenkins.

38 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Both are unrestricted free agents after this season.

Chicago would like something, rather than losing them for nothing.

I wonder if several 2nds would be enough for them.

 

PS: Who would you prefer on the bench for the upcoming playoffs: Jenkins/ LeVert/ Huerter?

Or White/Dosunmu/Huerter?

(Daniss NOT traded, but on the bench behind these 3).

IMO, I want a White/Dosunmu combo off the bench, not a Jenkins/ Levert combo. And it's not even close, IMO.

the bulls could easily re-sign both of them.

i dont expect to see jenkins in the playoffs unless its an emergency, i figure they'll pick someone off the buyout heap that can handle the ball.

coby white can theoretically handle the ball, but he plays zero defense, is incredibly streaky as a shooter, and will be exposed by anyone playing serious defense.

i'm not giving up a first for that.  or dosunmu for that matter.  

ayo last year against the heat in the playin: 10 points in 26 minutes.  3-9 shooting.  1-4 from 3.

ayo the year before in the playin: 10 points in 41 minutes.  3-15 shooting.  2-11 from 3.

like coby, he will be found out in the playoffs.

25 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Cade makes a 3 pointer for a 19 point lead at halftime and Blaha says "Man, these guys are playing like Champions." 😆😆

george also said that two years ago a few times during the season.

Just now, 1984Echoes said:

PS: And I STILL want White and Dosunmu.

But what does Chicago want...?

why do you want coby white?

ayo is getting extremely overrated.  he's a bench player on a playoff team.  he'll get played off the floor in a meaningful game, just like he is every playin game when the bulls get their asses kicked by the heat.  

ayo is what ivey is now, only he is a better defender.

and if the pistons wanted them, they would have traded for them in the heurter deal.

i think it does make the pistons better now, but not by a ton.  its not what they need to be a championship caliber team.  but its possible they dont have the assets to trade for a difference maker.

if we thought ivey was going to be valued enough to include in a trade for a difference making player, this should be a wake up call.  ivey went for a guy you could grab with a second round pick.  that's his value.

what's holland's value?  what's duren's value or ausar's value when theyre due big pay days?  what's our pick's value when its likely to be in the 20s for the foreseeable future?

probably not much.

do you want damaged goods like ja?  maybe ausar and a bunch of picks gets you that.

24 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

His contract is dirt cheap and for 3 more years. He's young enough to still kind of fit in their rebuild. There is no reason for them to trade him. So you would have to massively overpay, and your offer wouldn't even get a response. 

Unless he demands a trade or will be very expensive to acquire him. 

putting duren in the deal will get troy weaver interested.  after all, rebounding is the most important thing to him.

there has to be another trade.

ive heard good things about the wings...