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Dutchrudder

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  1. I think I would rather seen Singleton at DH... Oof
  2. Yeah he's been awesome and shrewd with his moves. I still can't get over that Brooklyn pick swap trade, what an amazing gift that has become. Can't believe Brooklyn didn't tank harder this year. I think the Stone philosophy is to have guys on contracts ready for a trade when the right time comes around. I didn't like either the Jalen Green or Alpi extensions last year, because I would have preferred to have cap flexibility. But we can now see he has/had 2 young guys under contract, and they are both apparently enticing players for trades because they have those deals in place, instead of trying to negotiate a S&T. The KD trade likely costs us Fred if Green didn't get the extension last year. However, when they signed Fred, Brooks and even Landale, it felt like each of those deals could or would be future trade chips. Now the team gets to keep Fred at a reduced rate, add KD, and continue to grow with an excellent balance of vets and young studs. Build through the draft, keep players under contract, stock future picks, and pull the trigger when it's time to flip them. It also helps that Tilman seems to have taken a more hands-off approach since the Westbrook trade blew up in his face. Letting Stone and company make the basketball decisions is the key to this franchise's success.
  3. The Rockets can only offer like 15m a year via MLE, and the 76ers would instantly match that. Morey would keep him just to have as a trade chip if nothing else.
  4. Enjoy the Lakers Jock! Too bad they couldn't find a way to move him to another team and at least get a trade exception for him.
  5. Yeah, the show has reached current South Park levels for me. I still enjoy watching it, and occasionally they have a great one, but there are a lot of forgettable episodes.
  6. "The Houston Astros and Jeremy Peña were reportedly in serious contract extension talks for a deal exceeding $105 million over 5 years. However, Peña recently switched agents to Scott Boras, and those negotiations are now on hold. The Astros had been discussing a deal with Peña, who is in the midst of a career year, before he hired Boras." That would have been a nice contract for him, but I guess the appeal of hiring Boras and holding out for a 1 year 25m deal in 2027 is just too good to pass up.
  7. Great deal for Fred and the team! I hope KD signs a similar extension. 2 years 50-60m with a player option would be excellent for him. That MLE is juicy, lots of guys would be good gets. Ty Jerome, Malik Beasley, DFS, Gary Trent Jr, Kennard, etc. lots of good shooters out there to be gotten. Or maybe Harden opts out and comes home to Houston and finally win a ring.
  8. If Haliburton doesn't get injured, I think the Pacers win game 7. It will be a huge "What-If?" for future discussions, as the Thunder were shooting horribly all game. 11/40 from 3, 22/31 from the line, only 40% from the field overall. They won the turnover battle handily though 23-8. The Pacers offense was just awful without Hali for 3.5 quarters, and I think he would have easily made a 15 point difference over 35 minutes. Having that threat changes the way the Thunder play defense too, and he's so much better at moving the ball and keeping the offense flowing. It's sad to see him go down to injury, and we got robbed of a great game 7 and a definitive champion, much like the Toronto/GS series.
  9. It also uses some of the Nets cap space, which was the highest in the league. Free agents are going to have a hard time finding money on new teams, gonna be a lot of sign-and-trades.
  10. BREAKING: Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn are finalizing a three-team trade that sends Kristaps Porzingis and a second-round pick to the Hawks, Terance Mann and Atlanta's No. 22 pick to the Nets, and Georges Niang and a second-rounder to the Celtics.
  11. That's for the entire playoffs. Indy played in several more games than OKC. For the Finals: Indy 141 / 186 75.8% OKC 176 / 214 82.24%
  12. If I were Beal, I would tell them to buy me out, so I can go wherever I want and sign another contract. Even a minimum deal is worth it if you get to choose the city you want. He would fit right in with the Clippers organization!
  13. Freedom*
  14. Nobody ever enforces the trade kickers. I suppose Garland could avoid going to the Suns by not waving it, if he wanted to. I would much rather have him at 40-45m a year than Jalen Green at 33/36/36m a year.
  15. Spoogler is out there waiting to hear "both sides" of the issue. LOL...
  16. BREAKING: The Boston Celtics have traded Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
  17. Lot of teams have been doing this and betting on themselves, Minny with Gobert, Cleveland with Mitchell, Atlanta with Murray, Brooklyn with Durant, Phoenix with Durant, Magic with Bane, Knicks with Bridges. It's just not often we see the teams try to dig themselves out of the hole like this. I figured this was the Suns mindset, but I just don't see how they trade Beal for anyone even remotely helpful this season or next to get better. 53m and 57m remaining on it is just nuts. You might be able to trade him for Lillard, since he's injured. Other options may be Lavine, Paul George, Jamal Murray, or some other terrible bundle of bad contracts. They would probably have to send out #10 and all those 2nds to make a team bite on that offer, but I just don't see it happening. In any case, it's great for the Rockets future picks to help backfill some of the talent that may graduate out of their system and become too expensive to keep. Hope it works out and keeps the train rolling.
  18. KD and Acho have sparred before on social media, they have beef. Acho is just using KD and the news to try to make himself relevant.
  19. Oh look, a trade piece for a Beal trade!
  20. Garland has way more upside than Green and Brooks. 40% from 3 last year, much better shooter all around, good handles and locked up for 3 more years. I can't imagine the #10 pick would make them go with the Houston offer, but maybe KD didn't want to go to Cleveland either. Can't really blame him there.
  21. Reed + Landale is 18m to work with. Turn that into Cam Johnson at 2 years 22m, and you're getting into NBA2K levels of team awesomeness. Another option is to chase Giannis 54m with Alpi 33m, Reed 10m and Landale 8m +picks. Dunno if the Bucks would value Alpi enough to make that, but that would be a hell of a superteam.
  22. Great shot by SGA there, nearly double kicked the defender trying to desperately draw a foul.
  23. If nothing else, this Finals gave us the Solitaire Stephen meme, and I'm really excited to keep seeing it for the next decade.
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