NYLion Posted Friday at 02:29 AM Posted Friday at 02:29 AM 17 minutes ago, Deleterious said: I can't see them moving Murray. An all NBA level guard under 30 who averaged 25 and 7 while shooting 43% from three. Braun could be moved but his new extension and bad season drops his value a bit. The biggest problem Denver will have making these types of trades. They can't bring back any salary. Not many teams have the space to eat $20+ million salaries and if they send salary back to Denver, it doesn't help the Nuggets. Plus, to get teams to eat salary you often have to include draft picks. Denver has no tradable first round picks. I agree that trading Murray is a longshot but there were some rumors out there that he might be available. I think Braun could be tradeable because he had a good upward trajectory before the setback this season and is young enough to bounce back. I'm sure they'll attempt to trade him to free up money rather than trade Watson who has a higher upside but I'd love if he became available, he'd be one of my top targets. Ayo Dosunmu has been one of my favorite targets going back to the trade deadline so I hope Langdon is targeting him. Quote
Deleterious Posted Friday at 03:32 PM Author Posted Friday at 03:32 PM Wouldn't that be a kick in the junk 1 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted Friday at 07:36 PM Posted Friday at 07:36 PM 3 hours ago, Deleterious said: Wouldn't that be a kick in the junk Well, has has shot the three ball better than Duren recently ....... Quote
Deleterious Posted Sunday at 05:23 AM Author Posted Sunday at 05:23 AM Jake Fischer reported today that the Lakers, Bulls, Raptors, and Hornets will all be pursuing Mitchell Robinson this summer. IMO that would remove the Bulls or Lakers from the Duren race if they acquire Robinson. The Bulls have enough money for both, but if you have $65 million to spend and use it all on two very limited centers, you're cooked. Then the Lakers do not have enough for both. I don't think either one was ever going after Duren to be honest. Nobody offers restricted free agents anymore. 1 Quote
Betrayer Posted Sunday at 02:54 PM Posted Sunday at 02:54 PM 9 hours ago, Deleterious said: Jake Fischer reported today that the Lakers, Bulls, Raptors, and Hornets will all be pursuing Mitchell Robinson this summer. IMO that would remove the Bulls or Lakers from the Duren race if they acquire Robinson. The Bulls have enough money for both, but if you have $65 million to spend and use it all on two very limited centers, you're cooked. Then the Lakers do not have enough for both. I don't think either one was ever going after Duren to be honest. Nobody offers restricted free agents anymore. Exactly. Pistons have all the leverage here if they let him test the market...but they won't. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted Sunday at 04:40 PM Posted Sunday at 04:40 PM 1 hour ago, Betrayer said: Exactly. Pistons have all the leverage here if they let him test the market...but they won't. spending any time on the ins and outs of the NBA CBA is something I'm not willing to do, but in my limited understanding I don't see any downside to making him an offer and letting see if he can beat it out on the market. Quote
Betrayer Posted Sunday at 06:54 PM Posted Sunday at 06:54 PM 2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: spending any time on the ins and outs of the NBA CBA is something I'm not willing to do, but in my limited understanding I don't see any downside to making him an offer and letting see if he can beat it out on the market. They'll say it's player coddling...sorry, "relations". We wouldn't want to upset the pampered star making 30-40 mil a year by allowing the market to set his value. Quote
Deleterious Posted Monday at 01:01 AM Author Posted Monday at 01:01 AM I imagine one of him or Reed is gone. You can't have $60 million tied up in your C position. 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted Monday at 01:03 AM Author Posted Monday at 01:03 AM They could use cap space or the MLE to offer him more if they wanted. Quote
Deleterious Posted Monday at 10:26 PM Author Posted Monday at 10:26 PM Vegas summer league starts July 9th. All 30 teams will be attending. I imagine only Lanier and Smith participate from the main roster. Plus anyone they draft. There are two smaller summer leagues before Vegas. One in California and one in Utah. But Detroit usually doesn't participate in those. Quote
Deleterious Posted Monday at 10:54 PM Author Posted Monday at 10:54 PM A few things with a sign and trade. The rule is once an offer sheet is signed the player is ineligible for a sign and trade. At this point, Detroit either matches or let's him walk. Those are the only two choices. Teams can start negotiating with players on June 30th but no contracts can be signed until July 6th. So if a team agrees on an offer sheet with Duren before July 6th, a sign and trade could still be worked out since it can't signed until July 6th. Quote
Shinzaki Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago Tolu Smith can rebound...be interesting to see if he can do anything else Quote
KL2 Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago On 6/7/2026 at 12:40 PM, gehringer_2 said: I don't see any downside to making him an offer and letting see if he can beat it out on the market. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago 33 minutes ago, KL2 said: LOL - but it would be a mistake for overpay for Duren, where it wouldn't have been to 'overpay' for Max. But they didn't make a serious counter offer to Max, Mike Ilitch instead wanted to fancy himself insulted and after having been snubbed on opening day after winning the CY and generally treated by his manager as Verlander's red headed step brother, it wasn't going to take much for him to want to wave good-bye to Det. We seem to be on better terms with JD. Quote
Deleterious Posted 7 hours ago Author Posted 7 hours ago The only thing worse than overpaying Duren is talking about baseball. 1 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago Oh man, it's going to be Zach Lavine isn't it? Quote
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