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if he does, apparently it won't be in Philadelphia...
I'm pretty sure he's being sarcastic. It is true that Morey was reportedly asking for insane returns for Simmons. I still think that the reason it took so long was more that the other team's actual offers were too weak rather than Morey's being too steep. Morey's asking price was steep as a negotiation tactic, not that he really thought Simmons was worth it. But he still had some level that he would not go below in order to make a deal. IMO.
Yes, I don't see why a Mann-Maxey backcourt wouldn't work. Mann would be a pretty good defensive complement in light of his size and is a decent secondary ball-handler. That assumes that Maxey can really be the primary ball handler, though.
LAC would do that in a heartbeat. Covington is kinda toast. Morris most definitely is. Powell is very replaceable. Hyland could be had for free
Taking back Powell will screw up the cap space for next offseason, which I assume is still Morey's priority. Morris is cooked and Covington may be there as well. Hyland could be ok as a bench scorer and Powell could provide some perimeter defense, though this is clearly a downgrade on the court. At this point, it's somewhat irrelevant what the actual return is though.
sarcasm......
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and they're almost at the end of it.
Well yes, this is the problem. It seems abundantly clear there was some sort of wink wink deal when Harden opted out last year and signed a very team friendly deal. To not even approach Harden before free agency forced his hand to take the option.
Looks like he did that on a 9 foot basket.
Maybe he'll sit out for a while but then grab 4 third stringers, scrimmage against the remaining starts, talk **** the whole time and beat their asses up and down the court, continue yelling that they need him, and then after winning sprint to the lockerroom to shower and head out for an interview with Rachel Nichols?
Maybe he’s on vacation.
The beard covers all his naughty bits.
That's the guy they should have kept.
he was referring to what jimmy butler did in minnesota. don't think anyone thinks harden was ever that guy.
The trade machine on ESPN suggests MIA would be +10 wins, DAL +9 wins, PHI -8 wins, and POR -13 (at least for this year).
That’s not good enough for Portland
Vomit.
Number 1 problem with this: Korkmaz is the process as much as Embiid and should never leave, no matter how many trade requests he makes.
I don’t know if that’s totally true. They would get two promising young players, 3 firsts and a swap. Based on where things stand now, I’m not sure they can do much better. It looks better than what Miami can offer alone, so if Portland decides at some point to just move on, this might be the best they can do.
The promising young players aren’t really that good and those firsts are the definition of meh.
Neither of these leagues allow teams to retain the rights to players for very long. IIRC, for college hockey players, NHL teams can only sign them for up to 30 days after the player leaves college. I think MLB teams only have until August 15 to sign draft picks or they can be drafted again the following season. I don't think the rules have allowed teams to maintain the rights to players for multiple years in quite a while.
They want to know what Harden is saying Morey lied about and whether a cap/tampering violation thing.
But the league already investigated the deal Harden signed last summer and found no evidence of shenanigans. Silver docked them 2 seconds for “tampering” in signing Tucker and House (even though literally everyone does the same thing when 35 deals are announced 5 minutes into FA every year) but it would have been far worse if they found something related to the Harden deal.
