2024-25 NBA Thread: Kevin Love fulfillls destiny by being traded to Utah (20 Viewers)

[General Malaise]

I don't know any of these players.

Except LeBron. And Jordan. And Mr. Plow Ayton. Are you guys just making up names?

 

[scoobus]

Who needs DFS when you've got LaRavia?

 

[Yo Mama]

LaRavia to Kings 2-12 per Crispy Haynes

LaRavia to Lakers for 2-12 per Shams

:

Shams wins

Crispy Haynes updates to Lakers

Who needs DFS when you can get Jake LaRavia for a fraction of the price! He’s good buddies with Reaves too.

I think this hard caps the Lakers at the first apron since it is slightly bigger than the small MLE.

 

[scoobus]

Lakers obviously need a center, but feels like they also really needed DFS. Their defense could be... not optimal.

 

[Yo Mama]

Who needs DFS when you've got LaRavia?

 

[Yo Mama]

DFS to Rockets for 4-53 per Sharms

Bummer - sounds like the Lakers didn’t want to give that many years

If only LeBron took a pay cut.

I think it was more the years than the $ that was the problem with DFS and the Lakers.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Tre Jones resigns with Bulls 3-24

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Dangelo Russell to Mavs 2-13

 

[msudaisy26]

DFS to Rockets for 4-53 per Sharms

Bummer - sounds like the Lakers didn’t want to give that many years

If only LeBron took a pay cut.

I think it was more the years than the $ that was the problem with DFS and the Lakers.

I know I was being cheeky. You get people coming down on LeBron and other athletes for taking the money, but no peep from those people when the Lakers or whatever team doesn't want to fork out the extra years or dollars.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Nuggets Porter Jr and unprotected 2032 1st to Nets for Cam Johnson

Nuggets get some financial flexibility with the deal

 

[Yo Mama]

Swarms: Nuggets Porter Jr and unprotected 2032 1st to Nets for Cam Johnson

Wow that’s huge.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Ty Jerome 3-28 to Grizz

 

[Yo Mama]

Can we stop making teams in the West better?

 

[msudaisy26]

Swarms: Nuggets Porter Jr and unprotected 2032 1st to Nets for Cam Johnson

Wow that’s huge.

Sad face, that seems cheap. Why don't the Pistons do cool sh!t like that?

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Kevin* Porter Jr back to bucks 2-11

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Bruce Brown back to Nuggets on one year deal

 

[msudaisy26]

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Ty Jerome has agreed to a three-year, $28 million deal with the Grizzlies.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Kevon Looney to Pellies 2-16

 

[Juxtatarot]

Swarms: Ty Jerome 3-28 to Grizz

He lost a lot of money in that Pacers series.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Dangelo Russell to Mavs 2-13

Player option Year 2

 

[Kev4029]

Swarms: Nuggets Porter Jr and unprotected 2032 1st to Nets for Cam Johnson

Nuggets get some financial flexibility with the deal

Whoa.

 

[Jayrod]

Can't forget MJ quit for 2 years to go play baseball. If Lebron did something like that I feel very comofortable saying a large percentage of teh same "MJ is the goat" people would automatically disqualify Lebron from the conversation. Somehow it's ok because it was Jordan though.

Tell yourself whatever you want, guy.

Doesn't make it true.

Come on. If LeBron took 2 years off in his prime to go play tight end in the nfl some of you would never shut up about it. Be real.

Wat

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Kornet to Spurs 4-41

 

[MAC_32]

If Lebron doesn't like the direction the Lakers are taking and he asks for a trade( I believe this highly unlikely) There are probably only four or five teams he would go. It would be a team in the West except maybe the Cavs. The others would be Nuggets, Clippers, Warriors, and maybe a sleeper team like the Rockets or T Wolves.

Knicks an option? They are certainly East contenders and a big market for LeBron too. No idea what pieces would have to move to make it work

My feelings is he wants to be in California and the only reason he would consider the Cavs is because it is where he was born and raised and I kind of see that as a long shot. If he was just after rings he would have left a couple of years ago.

I am no expert l though and have been wrong before, so maybe on the Knicks.

To make the salary work and to get Cleveland under the second apron (so they can combine outgoing players), they’d have to trade away Garland, Hunter, and Allen for LeBron (assuming Mitchell and Mobley are off the table). Not sure they’d want to do that unless this was also an opportunity to shed long term salary.

Why would Hunter need to be included? Garland and Allen are ~$60m by themselves.

 

[GOB]

Swarms: Nuggets Porter Jr and unprotected 2032 1st to Nets for Cam Johnson

Nuggets get some financial flexibility with the deal

Whoa.

Get the abacus out

 

[Mister CIA]

Luke Kornet is a Spur! 4 yr/$41M

Thank you, Boston

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Shams: @Capella back to Rockets 3-21.5

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Detroit takes a gamble on LeVert 2-29

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Shams: @Capella back to Rockets 3-21.5

Houston reportedly don't have the space for Capela and a sign and trade involving him or DFS likely coming

 

[msudaisy26]

Swarms: Detroit takes a gamble on LeVert 2-29

They are starting to annoy me again.

Unless thar second year is a team option.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Swarms: Detroit takes a gamble on LeVert 2-29

I guess this officially means they are out on Beasley

 

[msudaisy26]

Swarms: Detroit takes a gamble on LeVert 2-29

I guess this officially means they are out on Beasley

I think Beasley is going to be out of the NBA.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Swarms: Brook Lopez 2-18 to Clippers

 

[Capella]

Shams: Grizz and Cole Anthony working on resolution to create cap space to extend JJJ

Magic definitely didn’t trade 4 firsts just for Bane

 

[Mister CIA]

I love how less than a week after the Finals we get the draft. Then, like a week later, we get free agency.

I'm ready!

Draft Harper, trade for Durant for about 50 cents on the dollar, and mix in a little Luke Kornet to do some dirty work. There probably won't be a lot of minutes for CP3, but I would not mind him being brought back to help with Harper's development, and maybe get a ring, right?


Starting lineup: Wemby, Durant, Sochan, Castle, Fox
Rotation: Harper, Champaignie, Kornet, Keldon Johnson, and maybe we see Blake Wesley still get some run (I still believe he can carve out a decent role in the NBA).

About mid-season we should start cooking once we've got a guard rotation such that we have 2 out of 3 of Fox, Castle, and Harper on the floor at all times. They should eat up weak benches, and eventually the entire league.

You can have Kornet when you pry him from Brad Stevens' (and my) cold dead hands.

Any new nickname suggestions?

My Link

 

[scoobus]

Not sure I really understand the Capela to Rockets deal. Injury insurance? Or they really gunna embrace the 2 bigs look.

Man Rockets have a crapload of players now.

 

[scoobus]

That Caris LeVert deal, ewwwwwww.

Haha of course it's Mark Bartelstein, dude's a wizard.

 

[scoobus]

No idea what the Pelicans are doing.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Shams: Boston signs Luka 2-5.5

Fully guaranteed deal

 

[Long Ball Larry]

NAW to ATL sign and trade, 4/62

 

[Long Ball Larry]

No idea what the Pelicans are doing.

Said everyone always and forever

 

[GOB]

NAW to ATL sign and trade, 4/62

You shut your mouth

 

[Yo Mama]

If Lebron doesn't like the direction the Lakers are taking and he asks for a trade( I believe this highly unlikely) There are probably only four or five teams he would go. It would be a team in the West except maybe the Cavs. The others would be Nuggets, Clippers, Warriors, and maybe a sleeper team like the Rockets or T Wolves.

Knicks an option? They are certainly East contenders and a big market for LeBron too. No idea what pieces would have to move to make it work

My feelings is he wants to be in California and the only reason he would consider the Cavs is because it is where he was born and raised and I kind of see that as a long shot. If he was just after rings he would have left a couple of years ago.

I am no expert l though and have been wrong before, so maybe on the Knicks.

To make the salary work and to get Cleveland under the second apron (so they can combine outgoing players), they’d have to trade away Garland, Hunter, and Allen for LeBron (assuming Mitchell and Mobley are off the table). Not sure they’d want to do that unless this was also an opportunity to shed long term salary.

Why would Hunter need to be included? Garland and Allen are ~$60m by themselves.

They would have to get under the 2nd apron to be able to aggregate salaries, so they would need to get rid of more salaries to get there.

 

[Yo Mama]

Who needs centers anyway.

 

[scoobus]

Trae
D. Daniels
Risacher
J. Johnson
Porzingis
Okongwu
NAW

Can they add one more legit guy? East is wide open...

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Shams: Tyus Jones 1-7 to Orlando

 

[Jayrod]

I love how less than a week after the Finals we get the draft. Then, like a week later, we get free agency.

I'm ready!

Draft Harper, trade for Durant for about 50 cents on the dollar, and mix in a little Luke Kornet to do some dirty work. There probably won't be a lot of minutes for CP3, but I would not mind him being brought back to help with Harper's development, and maybe get a ring, right?


Starting lineup: Wemby, Durant, Sochan, Castle, Fox
Rotation: Harper, Champaignie, Kornet, Keldon Johnson, and maybe we see Blake Wesley still get some run (I still believe he can carve out a decent role in the NBA).

About mid-season we should start cooking once we've got a guard rotation such that we have 2 out of 3 of Fox, Castle, and Harper on the floor at all times. They should eat up weak benches, and eventually the entire league.

You can have Kornet when you pry him from Brad Stevens' (and my) cold dead hands.

Any new nickname suggestions?

My Link

Benedict Arnold

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Shams: Nigel Hayes-Davis signs with Suns

 

[Juxtatarot]

Shams: Nigel Hayes-Davis signs with Suns

Never heard of him.

 

[Capella]

Cam Johnson with Joker is really fun. He’s going to be super powered there.