Massive NBA trade: AD, Luka, etc

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kg21 said:
LA has nothing in the middle now.

There should be a trade now to send them a good front court player for peanuts.
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Claxton and Valencunius are getting mentioned a lot. Also read some steam about Reaves to UTA for Kessler and Sexton.
 




Doncic had apparently bought a 15 million dollar house in Dallas last week.
 



NBA trade rumors:

* Lonzo Ball & Jalen Smith for Randle

* Draymond Green to the Lakers

* Durant back to GSW

* Middleton for Kuzma (DONE)

* Beal refused to waive his NTC for Butler deal and will remain with the Suns

* Nurkic for Valaciunas
 

Slim Tubby said:
NBA trade rumors:

* Lonzo Ball & Jalen Smith for Randle

* Draymond Green to the Lakers

* Durant back to GSW

* Middleton for Kuzma (DONE)

* Beal refused to waive his NTC for Butler deal and will remain with the Suns

* Nurkic for Valaciunas
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Ball and Smith....I'm gonna need a protected #1 as well.
 

Slim Tubby said:
NBA trade rumors:

* Lonzo Ball & Jalen Smith for Randle

* Draymond Green to the Lakers

* Durant back to GSW

* Middleton for Kuzma (DONE)

* Beal refused to waive his NTC for Butler deal and will remain with the Suns

* Nurkic for Valaciunas
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Middleton was one of the guys that would have been salary doable for us. Hadn’t figured on fit. Havent seen him awhile.
 



atsgopher said:
Middleton was one of the guys that would have been salary doable for us. Hadn’t figured on fit. Havent seen him awhile.
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He's broken down quite a bit in the last couple of years and his productivity has really dropped. MIL sending him to WAS has to be the ultimate slap in the face for him as a playoff veteran.
 

Slim Tubby said:
He's broken down quite a bit in the last couple of years and his productivity has really dropped. MIL sending him to WAS has to be the ultimate slap in the face for him as a playoff veteran.
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Always too bad to hear. It was awesome having a team like Milwaukee good in the NBA. Get rid of the narrative that only Mega Cities count.
 


Slim Tubby said:
He's broken down quite a bit in the last couple of years and his productivity has really dropped. MIL sending him to WAS has to be the ultimate slap in the face for him as a playoff veteran.
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Not a terrible place to end up imo. He's broken and this gives him a chance to get as many shots as he needs to get better.
 





tikited said:
Talent wise, this a complete steal for G.S. They give up almost nothing. Then....they do have to deal with Jimmy.
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Buttface is signing a 2 year extension for 121 million.
Have fun with that, Warriors.
 


tikited said:
Talent wise, this a complete steal for G.S. They give up almost nothing. Then....they do have to deal with Jimmy.
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Wiggins and Butlers stats are identical this year.

Butler is about to turn 36

Meh
 





Gopher_In_NYC said:
Interesting dynamic with him and Dramaond
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It might just work really well.

Both extreme competitors. Jimmy seems to come in and truly work. I think so does Draymond, whiich tends to ooze out there pores. So they probably have a come to Jesus time (with NBA I bet they already have).

In this scenario, The blowout will happen when it no longer matters as Jimmy’s accumulated depreciation has reached maturity.

Then again, I think there is a decent probability you could be completely correct.

Jimmy and his contracts are always wierd.

Most players just give a statement and are happy, Jimmy gets caught up in details and gets offended. Seems like he is pigheaded about timing issues. And Details, such as, whether he gets 53 or 51.5 million would make him lose his mind.
 

atsgopher said:
It might just work really well.

Both extreme competitors. Jimmy seems to come in and truly work. I think so does Draymond, whiich tends to ooze out there pores. So they probably have a come to Jesus time (with NBA I bet they already have).

In this scenario, The blowout will happen when it no longer matters as Jimmy’s accumulated depreciation has reached maturity.

Then again, I think there is a decent probability you could be completely correct.

Jimmy and his contracts are always wierd.

Most players just give a statement and are happy, Jimmy gets caught up in details and gets offended. Seems like he is pigheaded about timing issues. And Details, such as, whether he gets 53 or 51.5 million would make him lose his mind.
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Good points.

Thus is the last chance for that core and they (Green, Curry and Kerr) all have what Jimmy wants - 💍.

I don’t care if Jimmy’s regular season numbers are about the same as Wiggins this year, “Playoff Jimmy” is a beast and unlike Playoff P, he earned that nickname and didn’t bestow it on himself.
 

Interesting points brought up about Luka; the Mavs had grown tired of his constantly missing games due to injury - he’s missed one full season plus in his first full 6 years in the Association (not counting this year). That stat likely won’t improve as he ages.

His plating weight is 230, but he shows up to camp at 260, completely out of shape. There’s no way they were gonna give him $70M a year, via the max extension in the offseason, if he can’t show any commitment to his conditioning while making $40M a year.

Nico Harrison played and graduated from West Point and it drives him nuts to see, Luka’s lack of discipline.

The Lakers hope Bron can be a good influence on him anc teach him about the commitment needed to be a champ and the Lakers always need a star to build around.

Some analyst said they’re the second best team in the west now, regardless of the standings.

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These types of situations remind me of the Chinese parable of the Chinese Farmer, which I’ve used as an analogy before.

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"The Story of the Chinese Farmer" by Alan Watts

Alan Watts said, "The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad — because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the...
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Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe.” The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody came back and said, “Oh, isn’t that lucky. What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses!” The farmer again said, “Maybe.”

The following day his son tried to break one of the horses, and while riding it, he was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbors then said, “Oh dear, that’s too bad,” and the farmer responded, “Maybe.” The next day the conscription officers came around to conscript people into the army, and they rejected his son because he had a broken leg. Again all the neighbors came around and said, “Isn’t that great!” Again, he said, “Maybe.”

The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad — because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune.
 
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Damn! Jimmy Butler signed a 2 year contract for 121 million through the 26-27 season? Man, I was paying too much attention to the Doncic trade and didn’t even see that.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Damn! Jimmy Butler signed a 2 year contract for 121 million through the 26-27 season? Man, I was paying too much attention to the Doncic trade and didn’t even see that.
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That gives them a few bites at the apple before Steph and Draymond are done. Steph is one of my all time favorite athletes, in any sport, like to see him Maye one more meaningful run - conference finals are better.
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
That gives them a few bites at the apple before Steph and Draymond are done. Steph is one of my all time favorite athletes, in any sport, like to see him Maye one more meaningful run - conference finals are better.
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Yeah, speaking of trades, was reading something about Fox going to the Spurs and the writer says it’s all about for next season and Spurs getting some players during the off season that want to get in on the action of Wemby and Fox.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Yeah, speaking of trades, was reading something about Fox going to the Spurs and the writer says it’s all about for next season and Spurs getting some players during the off season that want to get in on the action of Wemby and Fox.
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Great thing about Fox is that he doesn’t need to be the Alpha either, like when Marbury wasn’t okay being Robin to KG’s Batman.
 
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AD already hurt in his first game with the Mavs after suffering a non contact injury late in the 4th.
 

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