This is hilarious. Joker is a genius.
OKC will flip the non core good player for picks and or young talent to keep that pipeline. Their front office only has to identify the core pieces who can’t be moved (Shia, Chet and maybe J-dub) then rotate pieces around them. Like the jordan, Pippen, grant/rodman core or the duncan, manu, Parker core.
That is CP3, Draymond, Rondo's level
But still kudos to Ant and Rudy being light hearted enough to acknowledge this. Some players would deny other players' greatness.
Ant's reaction is so realHe definitely has the charisma to be face of league over Tatum, Luka and SGA
Apparently, Embiid shoved a reporter tonight.
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And Mitc knocked out the Bucks.
Another L, even with both stars playing well.
Wow 7-0 record for the cavs who have two non shooting players in the starting lineup
That situation is getting y. Can definitely see the pressure building to move one of Dame or Middleton if they keep this up.
Milwaukee's karma for how they did Coach Bud. Bud/Jrue for Rivers/Dame is not gonna do it.
The reporter referenced embiids dead brother and son, and also questioned embiid desire to play and staying in shape.
Embiid took issue with both.
Tried to read the article but it’s behind a pay wall.
They are a decent team but I think it’s a mirage. They will end up 3rd to 5th in the east.
H town is going to be fascinating to watch. They were getting destroyed by a Curry-less Warriors team then stormed back sitting Jalen Green and Sengun.
FVV is possibly starting to fall off. Green's efficiency is trending back to bad. Sengun is a bad fit. The comeback was lead by Tari Eason, Aaron Holiday, some good play by JSJ.
I think the comeback was a bit of a mirage. Classic game where a team gets their foot off the pedal. It was a no contest before then. Cam Whitmore is not playing a ton likely due to BBIQ issues and Sheppard hasn't found the floor a ton either.
Man watching Garland, I wish the Spurs would have gone harder for him this past summer when he was in all those rumors.
I think they’re the team that can make the huge Giannis offer. They have the right combination of young players and picks. They’re right there with OKC.
I think OKC has the edge, because they have young talent AND picks. Houston still has some pick debt to clear up.
Agree, if they decide to go for it. Feels like they want to see what they have with this core for a 1-2 years, or at least until they have to really pay people. The writing is kinda on the wall in Houston.
The issue with trading for an MVP-level player is that most often you're left with nothing and it becomes somewhat of a lateral move.
Spurs could trade for Giannis, but then we'd have very few picks left and would have to rebuild the entire supporting cast.
OKC can just offer Williams+salary+6 FRPs and they'd be the best team in the league without even needing to bring in anyone else.
No other team can do it.
Anyhow, I don't think Giannis gets traded before the next summer, who knows what might happen by then.
If I’m Milwaukee, I would ABSOLUTELY insist that Cason Wallace be included along with JWill. I’d even forgo a pick or pick and swap for it. He’s a really good defender, and shot 42% from 3 as a rookie. It would be like being given a mulligan on the stupid, ty Jrue trade.
Jerkin' it to OKC again?
They simply suck. A bunch of mid flawed players and they paid them all. I would be depressed as if I were a Rockets fan, tbh.
OKC already looking like the best team in the league. Why would they blow it up for Giannis?
I was trying to think of what package Milwaukee would want.They simply suck. A bunch of mid flawed players and they paid them all. I would be depressed as if I were a Rockets fan, tbh.
Sengun requires a certain kind of play. May work better in the EC. He has talent, but maybe a ceiling. And then those future Brooklyn picks.
I'm not sure who I'd really want from their roster. There are some good pieces, but each is flawed.
Jabari Smith Jr is still only 21, but is sort of the same player he was coming in and may be looking for a big payday. It's hard to envision him becoming a centerpiece.
Amen Thompson is a year older but only a second year player. If he can't shoot, and I don't think he will, he needs to be really good at everything else.
Jalen Green is also only 22, but he's trending back toward inefficient both in hitting shots and taking the right ones, and is a poor defender.
Tari Eason is a good energy/bench guy who is physical and defensive, but can he scale up to larger minutes?
Cam Whitmore's minutes have dropped in half and he has not been good at all, a sign of a limited skillset that the league has already figured out.
Reed Sheppard, I fear is too small and slow to be effective, cannot create space with poor handles and so is more of an opportunistic scorer (i.e. teams forget about him).
It's rough, to be honest, and it's great to see. They've been playing great defense generally under Udoka and when things work, it's great, but I feel like there are real chemistry issues here both game- and personality-wise. The next 15-20 games will be really interesting to see. If FVV really is declining and they have to depend on Green to stir the offense when not Sengun, it's hard to know what they are going to do.
They got beaten really badly by Dallas in the playoffs. The overall record didn't really show it, but they were pretty much crushed. They beat a bad and hurt Pelicans team and then got knocked around by a very physical Mavs team. I don't think that means they need to hit the trade button, but they could consider it.
They bought veterans one a season too soon. Their 2024 pick was 12, and went to OKC, but it was top 10 protected. Wouldn’t have taken much to save it. They got lucky as that the BKN pick jumped 6 spots to #3.They simply suck. A bunch of mid flawed players and they paid them all. I would be depressed as if I were a Rockets fan, tbh.
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