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Not a Bridgerton enjoyer, I see.
oh now I understand why we didn't want anymore rookies
Not a Bridgerton enjoyer, I see.
No qualifying offer for Barlow?
no nunez then....Guess barlow is out
I agree. The new ownership not screwing around. Jettisoning the old regime.
Keith Smith
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The San Antonio Spurs tendered qualifying offers to Sandro Mamukelashvili and David Duke Jr., a league source told
@spotrac
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Both players are now restricted free agents.
Duke was nice the few times I saw him. I get that one. I’m kind of glad about Barlow that they’re cutting ties early even though they’ve invested a lot in him. He’s just too limited positionally.
Can’t hang with the big bodies at C (the matchup against Duren was a nightmare)
not versatile + quick enough to play PF
Nearly the same physical profile as Castle
tbh I’m higher on him than Wesley and Branham. He should be above them in the pecking order.
hope they give duke a chance to compete for branham mins.Dude can shoot and take it to the rim.I believe hes better then branham for sure.
Man, what the are the Clippers going to do if they lose PG and Harden with no compensation when they have so many picks they already owe from previous trades?
What is Golden State going to do to truly help Curry/Dray out and give themselves a legit chance to win?
I’d have to think that plan C or D for GS is to blow it up and just get a ton for Curry/Dray while they still have good value if they can’t reasonably land talent?
Kispert seems like he would be a good get for his shooting but how bad is his defense I’ve never really watched him closely.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...yn2hVABNsTP9jQ
looks like klay’s out
I feel like even this 70% of prime version Klay next to Luka would be a damn good fit. He’s basically a 3 at this stage of his career so he fits easily anywhere really.
Also think he would fit well on Lakers or Clippers.
Very helpful chart from our friend Keith Smith as Free Agency looms
I know people are going to hate this but what if CHI said they would lower their pick protections to top 2 for the next 3 years on their 25 pick if SA took Lavine in for Keldon + Collins. Would anyone consider it?
It would be 2 years of potentially since obviously this year doesnt seem to matter cap wise and Collins+Keldon mostly cancel Lavine money out this year (and to a large part next year too). But that third year you are really on the hook but Lavine would be an expiring.
But honestly, since we’d be paying Keldon+Collins 35M a year for the first two years anyways, I would very much strongly consider it and hope that Zach can rehab that value.
I‘d do that deal cause Keldon and Zach on the Bulls would ensure their defense being swiss cheese and they would finish with a bottom 10 record. Getting another crack at a top 10 pick in 2025 while offloading Collins is enough value to me.
Ya - to me its just ensuring you get a crack at a really good pick with a high probability alongside Keldon+Collins money being netted out *mostly* (year 1 doesn’t seem to matter, but year 2 that extra 10M to Zach could definitely matter though) first 2 years. It’s really that third year that could comeback to bite you with Zach making 30M+ more than Keldon would have.
But is that scenario worth pick 3-10in this upcoming draft? I would say absolutely especially since theres a chance Zach could rehab value here and at least provides the shooting that Spurs need. Castle/Lavine/Vassell/Sochan/Wemby for next year isn’t the worst thing if it means a high likelihood SA gets a legit top 10 pick extra next year.
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Free agent center DeAndre Jordan intends to re-sign with the Denver Nuggets on a one-year, $3.6M deal, league sources tell
@NBAonTNT
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@BleacherReport
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In perspective of trading 8. Hypothetical of course.
Disclaimer: I would have rather drafted Dilly or another player.
But let’s say 3-4 years from now we still need another piece to reach the next level. Dilly is averaging 17-18 and is a decent player but not a star or even knocking on all star level. The pick swap and 1st is easier to move than Dilly looking for an extension but only being a decent player. Especially in what is looking like a league that tends to over leverage itself with desperate contracts like the recent Anunoby contract etc.
Unprotected 1sts are easier to trade than a good but not great player coming off his rookie contract.
Not saying I agree or disagree but I get some of the logic.
no. Lavine makes 43, 45, and 48 in the next three years and you're not even getting multiple picks for this? Absolutely not.
I would
Bulls would never tho.
Bulls would race to the button to get rid of Lavine for that package, are you kidding? He's past Simmons now as the biggest negative asset in the league and we're giving them two serviceable players and just drop protections on a pick? Lol, they'd give the city of SA blowjobs to get this done.
He’s a dump and they’ll have to attach assets to move or nothing at all.
No one is going to “pay” for LaVine. You got that right. That contract is cap purgatory and he’s not a healthy player.
Zach would have to play at a near MVP level to make that contract movable for a realistic return.
They're just going to have to sit on that salary for at least a couple years. It's ungodly. He's a bad player at this point, both injury prone and not remotely good when he does play. They have this $45 million kidney stone sitting in their gut and they can't do anything with it.
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