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We never got Lauri though.
Pity post tbh
We never got Lauri though.
Lauri thread walked so that De'Aaron thread could run
That's not the offer. That's just some stuff some suns dude said the Raptors would be willing to trade for Durant. Mechanically it's not even possible for that trade to work as the Suns are a second Apron team and can't get back more salary than they send out.
Bro, if we kill the the hamster that runs this forum then we are all screwed.
KD in a Spurs jersey or ST.com... it's a tough choice for me, but I'm neutral at best on a KD move anyway...
Sometimes, sacrifices must be made.
For what it's worth ...
https://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...Durant-Pursuit
I'm working on it man. Need some support
Posturing by the Suns.
If Durant tells the Wolves he won’t extend then the Wolves won’t be giving up all that for a one year rental.
Suns aren't in the second apron as they have a couple of scrubs they can cut on non-guaranteed deals to get under it.
I'm working on it man. Need some support
Gas up the riverboats
Suns are delusional to think they'll trade Durant and get better.
They don’t have a choice. He’s pissed that they tried to Luka him at the deadline, so Phoenix can get something this summer or nothing next summer when he walks.
yes but they’ll eventually need to fill out their roster and no guarantee they can do that under second apron. And do they want the consequences of being over the first apron with this roster?
I'd rather say that Suns are delusional if they think they'll abe able to rebuild around Booker.
They blew their load, it failed, it's time to be reasonable and blow it up. Which Ishbia won't do.
Any reasonable GM would trade Booker to get those picks back. They'd also get a couple of good players in return.
He's turning 29 and is at peak value. It's only going to get worse from now on.
It's not even a Bucks-like situation where Giannis is good enough to get them a top6 seed each year, Suns won't even be in the playoffs with Booker and a subpar supporting cast.
What I mean is, what they want in return. They were like the 11th seed. They not trading Durant to get better and make the playoffs. They need to do a soft or hard reset. Heck even taking loads of seconds, expiring contracts should be their priority.
Minnesota gave a crazy haul to get Gobert. After one year, they slowly dismantle. They lose Towns. Now they want to give up Gobert for an older Kevin Durant. I don't see how that gets them any closer to beating the Thunder. I just see them falling apart and the Jazz cashing in on those draft picks.
The issue is that Ishbia doesn't accept the reality and wants to keep competing.
That's why they think getting 33 year old Gobert is the best offer for them.
At the trade deadline, the Rockets offered to give them all their picks back for Booker. I see that as a no brainer. They should trade Booker and Durant to the Rockets and get a bunch of draft picks and young players and start over. That would be like the Boston trades for Garnett and Ray Allen to go all in.
If they make the Vassell/Barnes/14 trade with us, we absorb a bunch of salary from them, as Durant makes more than those two combined. Fanspo’s trade machine shows a savings to PHO of about $8.7M.
Right, I think that's why we are saying the Suns need to trade Durant. I mean, maybe they can get their trading other parts, but they won't get anything back. The only way to get positive assets back is to trade Durant or Booker. All of the Durant trades involve getting under the 2nd apron and getting some future assets to rebuild or win now (which is nonsense as they will not improve their chances of winning by trading Durant).
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Funny, this is almost the opposite of what Windhorst just reported
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