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i dont know ill ask the people in the offseason thread see what they have to say
First signs on Twitter say lakers. Any interest from the Spurs? Why wouldn’t Portland trade him to at least get assets back?
i dont know ill ask the people in the offseason thread see what they have to say
Let us know!
hey OP i talked to the guys in the offseason thread who are already discussing everything including ayton and they said he's not coming
LAK bound!
Cool thanks for checking. Any word on Kessler? Are the lakers getting both?? Please report back when you can. Refreshing this thread is easier than clicking to an entirely different thread. Thx.
Maybe check a Lakers forum if you’re that interested in their moves?
Lakers. He will get his stats up and then he will hit the market with some momentum. He won't come here. ' o, would you like to be a backup center for our mvp candidate and DPOY center?'
So the Lakers are getting Ayton, Capella, and Lopez. That’s a deep center rotation.
At least the greys are in mid-season form
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Congratulations on your 40,000+ post count, I guess? I don’t post often, but I’ve been an active reader for 20+ years.
Ayton news had just dropped last night, and I thought it was thread worthy since we need another big.
Ayton ain't coming here to play Wemby's backup for 20mpg, come on son. He's obviously Lakers bound
If the reports of Ayton hating basketball so much are true, he’s such a weirdo, I could legit see him retiring to the Bahamas and building a youth center filled with video games that he can pal around in all day.
Watch the Nets offer him a 1 year max so they can get to salary floor.
I'm guessing they're in an arms race with Toronto. They're also acquiring Centers at a startling rate.
Don't care for players who have zero passion for what the are doing
Ayton still thinks he is a superstar so no chance he goes anywhere to be someone's backup. But at least it will lower the market on centers once LA commits its money to him.
Used to be a big fan, but he doesn't have the motor. Don't think he fits at all with his lack of energy.
Can you tell us a bit more about him. I literally know next to nothing about him. I just thought he was a bit lazy. I didn't realize he loves gaming that much and/or lacks passion for basketball. Did he have passion early on when he played for the Suns, or not really?
Is Stephen Adams a ufa or rfa?
I’m could see The Kings getting him. Seems like a Kings move
houston already re-signed him
Motor was always the “needs improvement” aspect of his game, but it was never awful. Early on he was still learning some basics and instincts, so his hesitation made the “motor” aspect look worse. But he had both a dynamic season at Arizona 20-10, 60% DPOY Pac12POY All-American and after about 1.5 years in the NBA really find his role and niche and played hard about 85% of the time and was a force in many ways.
Then came his contract extension, Suns didn’t want to offer Max, Sarver did a Joe Johnson with him, and as a restricted FA he signed a max tender with Pacers. Monty wanted a trade, Ayton wanted a trade, instead Sarver and Jones matched, one year later he was trade to Portland, 2 years later he’s bought out.
In 2022 a Sports Illustrated article showcased his addiction to video games right before start of the Playoffs. He played great, but then had that horrible Game 7 (entire Suns team did) and refused to re-enter the blowout loss since he was a RFA and didn’t want to risk injury in a 40-point game. And that’s when every major issue that had been hinted at settled and propped its feet up and made Ayton’s mentality home. Talking with some Portland people, his energy was callous and toxic and indifferent. He is what he is and can get by with a lot of stuff on pure size, talent, athleticism, but he stopped caring a long time ago and Trail Blazers would rather get nothing than even anything at the deadline.
He re-signed with Hou already.
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