2023 NBA Free Agency Thread - June 30 @ 5 pm CDT

[Dejounte]

What future? they lost in the The WC conference finals semi after trading Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder + four first-round picks, a 2028 pick swap for a 34 old durant with CP0 gone now... that's too evanescent of a reasoning, you can't trade for Lillard for the hypothetical attraction he would generate around the spurs...There's Wemby for that... And again, spurs are not making the finales in the next 2 years adding Lillard, so I don't know what hype he would generate in SA.

Lol you are the only one who wouldn’t consider the PHX as having a great outcome after trading for Paul. Even in the present, they’re perceived as le contenders. That’s three years after Paul. And pretty sure they’re going to be a top team for the next two years at least.

[Extra Stout]

The Spurs are not going to trade for Damian Lillard. They’re going to trot through a season-long training camp, play a whole bunch of different lineups to see who meshes with Victor, go 29-53, and get the 5th pick in the draft along with the 8th pick from Toronto. Everyone will and moan about it until the output from the 2024 draft is a second star to go next to Victor, and then everybody will be happy when they make the playoffs in 2024-25 and start contending for championships in 2025-26. At that point Victor will be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with handles and three-point range, and the supporting cast will be the 2020’s equivalent of the Showtime Lakers. The rafters atop the Dell Center at San Pedro Creek will start to look like those of TD Garden in Boston.

[Dverde]

I could see the Blazers cutting us a solid deal as Miami has been tampering like a MFer. We can offer plenty of picks.

[BatManu20]

The Spurs are not going to trade for Damian Lillard. They’re going to trot through a season-long training camp, play a whole bunch of different lineups to see who meshes with Victor, go 29-53, and get the 5th pick in the draft along with the 8th pick from Toronto. Everyone will and moan about it until the output from the 2024 draft is a second star to go next to Victor, and then everybody will be happy when they make the playoffs in 2024-25 and start contending for championships in 2025-26. At that point Victor will be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with handles and three-point range, and the supporting cast will be the 2020’s equivalent of the Showtime Lakers. The rafters atop the Dell Center at San Pedro Creek will start to look like those of TD Garden in Boston.

I like where your head’s at, Stout.

[Mr. Body]

Remember: they ALWAYS mention the Spurs because it makes them look like they care about the team.

It's like the guy on The Bachelor adding the classy chick to his last group even though he wants the s.

[Atl Spur]

We have another move or two to make

[NASpurs]

Blazers are probably asking for Wemby and all of the Spurs first round picks for the next ten years and B Wrong is thinking it over.

[Dverde]

Miami has to be desperate losing Vincent while still holding Lowry’s bag. Miami getting so annoying lately.

[RC_Drunkford]

Bobby Marks proposing Vassell, McD, and 2024 Charlotte pick. That’s a straight up steal. Spurs are giving up practically nothing, unless you’re a homer and think Vassell turning into a star is 100% certainty.

if that's all they want you pull the trigger, no question

[BatManu20]

Dame for Tyler Herro + Duncan Robinson + 3 FRP’s + a couple swaps. That should put this thing to bed.

[R. DeMurre]

Lillard sure picked a weird time to ask to be traded to a team with almost no assets.

[LeBowen]

if that's all they want you pull the trigger, no question

Yeah, that can't be right. I don't think Blazers want any guards after the season Sharpe just had and obviously Scoot being their next franchise player.

As for the picks, regardless of if we're talking about Dame or some other trade, I'd rather trade Spurs own picks than those Hawks picks which should be way better considering they're about to implode.

[Teamduncan21]

Is this the surprise that everyone is talking about? Haha

[Mr. Body]

James Harden over here waving his arms.

"HEY I SAID IT FIRST, ME, I'M STILL AVAILABLE."

[Dverde]

Miami might be desperate enough to throw in Bam with Herro. Portland could also trade them Nurkic with Dame.

[poopbox]

All depends on the proposed return of course but in a vacuum of course Lillard would be a very fun aging star to pair with young Wemby.

The last two years of Dame contract are around 60 million dollars each.

HARD PASS.

[JPB]

Lol you are the only one who wouldn’t consider the PHX as having a great outcome after trading for Paul. Even in the present, they’re perceived as le contenders. That’s three years after Paul. And pretty sure they’re going to be a top team for the next two years at least.

And what did they win?

They basically had a one year run without ringing (which is the goal) after losing in last year WC semi finals AFTER going all in and trading for 34 yo Durant, losing a couple of young valuable players and a bunch of picks in the process. they're not ringing with that team... And I can see Booker asking for a trade in a couple year when Durant is done.

[BatManu20]

Free agent G D’Angelo Russell has agreed on a two-year, $37 million contract to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers, co-heads of @CAA_Basketball Austin Brown and Aaron Mintz along with Antonio Russell tell ESPN. Deal has player option. Lakers secure their starting point guard.

[RC_Drunkford]

I mean Miami really doesn't have much to offer. We can easily offer 3 first round draft picks, even 4 or 3 and a ton of seconds while sending them expirings and a young guy on a rookie deal instead of them getting picks from Miami who convert in 2028 and 2029 while also taking on Tyler Herro and Duncan Robinson. Spurs could get in here without giving up too much. One of Keldon or Vassell plus McBuckets or Graham, CHA, CHI and TOR pick would already beat anything Miami can offer.

[Vic Petro]

[Dejounte]

And what did they win?

They basically had a one year run without ringing (which is the goal) after losing in last year WC semi finals AFTER going all in and trading for 34 yo Durant, losing a couple of young valuable players and a bunch of picks in the process. they're not ringing with that team... And I can see Booker asking for a trade in a couple year when Durant is done.

Winning it all without an all time great is a crapshoot so it’s stupid to measure a team that way. The alternative is Devin Booker and to a much lesser extent, Ayton, never becoming who they become and that team would have been an 8th seed all these years with a possibility of their young star asking out this year. You say you wouldn’t take their current situation but you don’t know how much worse they would be if they didn’t take this route because you refuse to see it.

[Dverde]

10920194[/URL]]I mean Miami really doesn't have much to offer. We can easily offer 3 first round draft picks, even 4 or 3 and a ton of seconds while sending them expirings and a young guy on a rookie deal instead of them getting picks from Miami who convert in 2028 and 2029 while also taking on Tyler Herro and Duncan Robinson. Spurs could get in here without giving up too much. One of Keldon or Vassell plus McBuckets or Graham, CHA, CHI and TOR pick would already beat anything Miami can offer.

Herro and Robinson’s contracts are also not good value moving forward.

[SpursFan86]

Free agent G D’Angelo Russell has agreed on a two-year, $37 million contract to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers, co-heads of @CAA_Basketball Austin Brown and Aaron Mintz along with Antonio Russell tell ESPN. Deal has player option. Lakers secure their starting point guard.

Does this impact their ability to match Reaves?

[JPB]

Winning it all without an all time great is a crapshoot so it’s stupid to measure a team that way. The alternative is Devin Booker and to a much lesser extent, Ayton, never becoming who they become and that team would have been an 8th seed all these years with a possibility of their young star asking out this year. You say you wouldn’t take their current situation but you don’t know how much worse they would be if they didn’t take this route because you refuse to see it.

Nobody will remember CP3's Suns.

[baseline bum]

If I were a Blazers fan I’d be livid. Just watched the team throw $160MM at Jerami Grant only to have Lillard request a trade not even 24 hours later

ROFL tlongII