Really hope the Bulls get fooled again by mediocrity and end up playing hardball with Lavine at the deadline. Playin is there for the taking in The East
If we miraculously get their pick, Spurs probably have 3 picks in the 11-15 range. At that point you package 2 of them to get in top 7-9 draft for a hopefully nice future piece. I actually think it makes sense to do that with the coming Atlanta pick anyway..
Last edited by spursistan; 12-20-2024 at 02:49 PM.
Lavine has a TERRIBLE injury history, and makes over $90M AFTER this season.
Basketball ability is only one factor in a trade. You also have to consider age, injury history and contract. The last three are all negatives. The last two are prohibitive negatives.
LaVine is averaging 22/4/4 with 50/43/80 shooting splits. If he can stay healthy this season they should have no problem trading him this summer with only two years left on his deal.
It’s not just about this season. Since his second year, he’s played 70+games one time. Once. He’s had seasons of 47, 25, and 24 games played. The 25 game season was LAST YEAR. He’s a ing china doll making a ton of money and there isn’t going to be a huge market for him.
If they trade Ball and Vuch by this years deadline that pick won’t convey because the tank is on at that point.
Still think LaVine becomes movable thus summer if stays healthy this season. Only having two years left on his deal means Chicago would require matching salary for the first year. So whoever trades for him is really only adding one year worth of salary if you think about it.
Why are you acting like teams don't take risks in trades? Maybe he's not trading, but you're acting like there's no way on earth a team would trade for him which is just obviously false.
It’s a new 2nd apron day. I agree in the past teams took risks like this, but one dud, one Lavine missing significant time or a season can set your team back a couple years.
Say you’re a first apron team, and you trade for him. Then he misses a large chunk of time. You can't replace him with one player, because that would put you over the second apron. You can’t replace him in the aggregate for the same reason. You’re screwed.
Morant and Smart are both GTD for tomorrow’s game. Be nice if the Grizzlies can on Trae.
i wouldn't say that trading ball ignites the tank, i mean the guy shoots 1-10 on a good day
Ja and Trae out tonight. Griz should win it.
Or Atlanta blows them out showing how Trae is a classic Ewing theory guy.
Huge 1st quarter for Memphis.
Hawks are down 24 vs Memphis at halftime. Hopefully this is them finally regressing to the mean.
This one turning into an Ike Turner beatdown
Memphis' front office is so elite at drafting and finding players it's amazing they don't get the publicity that Boston and OKC does. They just had the misfortune that Ja and JJJ are more limited than other contenders' top 2s. But their list of late round hits and successful reclamation projects that turned into solid contributors over the years is so ridiculous - Bane, Brandon Clarke, Aldama, Jalen Wells, Scottie Pippen Jr, Vince Williams Jr, LaRavia, Xavier Tillman, probably Cam Spencer. If only they had a Wemby/Ja duo or some other truly top end talent, they'd probably run a train on the rest of the league in the second apron era for the next decade. Really goes to show the power of analytics when combined with traditional scouting. Also, Taylor Jenkins is a great coach.
Trae out tonight because of Castle's "inadvertent" Zaza moment last game?
Got blown out
Too bad the East is still so dog
Not to mention they unexpectedly wormed their way to a bunch of quality wins (going 2-0 vs the 25-4 Cavs). hopefully their performance is now stabilizing like the fringe play-in team they are. Expecting both Philly & Indiana to eventually jump them in the standings. But realistically this is going to be a pick in the 10-15 range unless they get decimated by injuries
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fck off atl
Never really understood why people were so protective over these picks and adamant they shouldn't be packaged in a trade.
For as long as Atlanta had Trae Young in a piss-weak conference they were never going to be that valuable. If you can convince Sacramento to take a couple of them at the deadline or in the offseason then PATFO shouldn't hesitate.
And yet we keep overvaluing these picks. ing mid team
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