Lakers: Woj: Clarkson/Nance traded to the Cavs

[AlexJones]

Still amazed that the Cavs got anything for IT

[Medvedenko]

Good trade for LA and seeing the usual hate on this piss poor site solidifies that.

[AlexJones]

trading for Detroit Iverson

[DAF86]

No . He was a $25 million a year player in Boston but he'll be lucky to get $18 million a year now.

18 a year?

Dude would be lucky if he gets a Rudy Gay type deal.

[lefty]

Magic traded a Larry and a Jordan for an Isaiah Thomas lol

[Hoops Czar]

No . He was a $25 million a year player in Boston but he'll be lucky to get $18 million a year now.

, that's harsh. How will he ever survive?

[Isitjustme?]

Good trade for LA and seeing the usual hate on this piss poor site solidifies that.

Lmao highlights in your hair

[StrengthAndHonor]

Damn how much money did Isaiah lose so far this season?

Maybe some team will sign him to the MLE this summer.

It's going to be a bloated 1 year deal.

[baseline bum]

18 a year?

Dude would be lucky if he gets a Rudy Gay type deal.

Some re team will throw a 4 year, $72 million deal at him I'm sure.

[StrengthAndHonor]

Nah, I don’t see that at all tbh.

[baseline bum]

It's going to be a bloated 1 year deal.

I think you underestimate the stupidity of NBA GMs.

[baseline bum]

Nah, I don’t see that at all tbh.

Walton said he is going to start Thomas, so I bet he puts up some empty numbers and Sacramento, Indy, Atlanta, or some other franchise will convince themselves it was LeBron holding him back in Cleveland.

[baseline bum]

Patty Mills makes $13 million a year for four years. How can you guys not think someone will offer Thomas $18 million a year for four years?

[Robz4000]

Patty Mills makes $13 million a year for four years. How can you guys not think someone will offer Thomas $18 million a year for four years?

Mills got that deal because PATFO grossly misread the market and made a panic signing at 12:01 AM. Thomas is a 30 year old PG reliant on speed coming off a career-altering injury while looking like a s of himself.

[baseline bum]

Mills got that deal because PATFO grossly misread the market and made a panic signing at 12:01 AM. Thomas is a 30 year old PG reliant on speed coming off a career-altering injury while looking like a s of himself.

So your belief is NBA GMs won't be stupid this summer? Good luck with that.

[DAF86]

Patty Mills makes $13 million a year for four years. How can you guys not think someone will offer Thomas $18 million a year for four years?

Because as bad as Mills has been, Thomas has been even worse. Like, a lot worse. Like, he doesn't even belong on a professional basketball court worse. Have you seen him play, or even checked his stats? I think he's shooting like 30% from the field and 20 % from 3 and he pairs that with the worst defense in the history of the league.

He looks like me trying to play on the NBA, only I'm taller.

[Robz4000]

So your belief is NBA GMs won't be stupid this summer? Good luck with that.

Just won't be that much money to spend this Summer. If this were 2-3 off-seasons ago I'd agree with you.

[Killakobe81]

Patty Mills makes $13 million a year for four years. How can you guys not think someone will offer Thomas $18 million a year for four years?

im with those thst say to get that much ...he needs to accept less years

[baseline bum]

Because as bad as Mills has been, Thomas has been even worse. Like, a lot worse. Like, he doesn't even belong on a professional basketball court worse. Have you seen him play, or even checked his stats? I think he's shooting like 30% from the field and 20 % from 3 and he pairs that with the worst defense in the history of the league.

He looks like me trying to play on the NBA, only I'm taller.

I guess bump this in the summer if he really only signs a one or two year deal. I think he'll get paid by some re who thinks he can replicate what he did in Brad Stevens' system.

[StrengthAndHonor]

Walton said he is going to start Thomas, so I bet he puts up some empty numbers and Sacramento, Indy, Atlanta, or some other franchise will convince themselves it was LeBron holding him back in Cleveland.

I’m iffy with Walton’s statement. He values defense above everything else.

Thing is Isaiah has been traded to 5 teams in less than 5 years. His highest salary to date is $7 mil. He’ll be 30, recovering from injury and coming off one of the worst statistical season of his career. Ainge knew he was a product of Stevens‘ system and there were plenty of Isaiah trade rumors even before Cleveland offered Kyrie. He’s also a non- stop chatterbox who’s known to cause friction in the locker room, so we can pretty much gauge his value here.

[baseline bum]

I’m iffy with Walton’s statement. He values defense above everything else.

Thing is Isaiah has been traded to 5 teams in less than 5 years. His highest salary to date is $7 mil. He’ll be 30, recovering from injury and coming off one of the worst statistical season of his career. Ainge knew he was a product of Stevens‘ system and there were plenty of Isaiah trade rumors even before Cleveland offered Kyrie. He’s also a non- stop chatterbox who’s known to cause friction in the locker room, so we can pretty much gauge his value here.

All of that is why he won't be getting the $25 to $30 million a season that looked likely a year ago. So what offer do you see him getting? Something like two years, $25 million?

[StrengthAndHonor]

All of that is why he won't be getting the $25 to $30 million a season that looked likely a year ago. So what offer do you see him getting? Something like two years, $25 million?

Hard to say, $30/2 yrs with a player option is fair. Personally, any GM should just offer 1 year $12-$15 to determine his worth, but I see where you’re coming from. Someone will always overpay.


The caveat is the Lakers have no need to showcase him, since he’s looking for a payday so those politics could eat into his playing time.

[baseline bum]

Hard to say, $30/2 yrs with a player option is fair. Personally, any GM should just offer 1 year $12-$15 to determine his worth, but I see where you’re coming from. Someone will always overpay.


The caveat is the Lakers have no need to showcase him, since he’s looking for a payday so those politics could eat into his playing time.

I don't know man. Every year we say no one's going to give Player X this big contract and inevitably Player X gets it somewhere. I remember when X=Chandler Parsons and everyone figured he'd never get that payday. Or when X=Evan Turner. Or when X=Wesley Matthews.

[Robz4000]

I don't know man. Every year we say no one's going to give Player X this big contract and inevitably Player X gets it somewhere. I remember when X=Chandler Parsons and everyone figured he'd never get that payday. Or when X=Evan Turner. Or when X=Wesley Matthews.

The league was spending money out the ass that Summer. That hasn't been the case the last year or so since so many teams got stuck with those albatrosses.

[baseline bum]

The league was spending money out the ass that Summer. That hasn't been the case the last year or so since so many teams got stuck with those albatrosses.

That Matthews deal was in 2015 and he seemed like a way bigger question mark than Thomas. I was thinking Parsons was last summer but you're right, that one was 2016.