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36 Comments
love your vids
7:17 nahh that clips fan is delusional. He just fleeced Pels and Blazers šš
Kuzma back to the Lakers would be kinda dope
Yah, this click bait for real! Not a single team would ever do that! Leonard a walking injury like Davis!
Too much drama w/ Kawhi. Trade #3 to Spurs for Keldon Johnson would be much safer
Love the shoutout. Keep up the good work, Matt! Thunder will be trading up. Lock it in!
Kawhi still warrants draft capital.
Did hard og wizards fan here , Iād accept the trade
Kawhi for Jordan Poole. Instant rebuild time.
Luka to the Celtics, Jaylen Brown to the Knicks, Derick White, Brogdon, Grimes, Toppin, Barrett, Plus 3 firsts from Knicks and 1 first from Celtics to the Mavs.
Would love the kawhi one in a video!
that thunder trade is pure trash
A healthy PG13, Ingram & Zion would be an amazing big 3
Top 10 maybe even lotery š š
10:00 why do I feel like Masai would say no to this?š
do you realize kawhi leonard had a torn meniscus in his knee and had surgery and is likely out for next season?
why would the Blazers trade a number 3 pick for a crutch?
its looking like the hornets are gonna take brandon miller so this only makes the value of #3 go up, i really wish they would go scoot and trade dame but holy i cant wait to see the package they get
Zubac for the Blazers as well and itās a great trade for both sides
Dame and Scoot won't work. Dame isn't gonna be altering his game for a rookie. He's the star and they are the support. Meaning no rookie of the year campaign and stunted growth.
why not make a rebuild with these trade's in? would be really good
Iām sorry Kawahi is useless at this point he got hurt in the first round! U need him to play 3 more after that for a chip! Itās just not happening at this point
Portland doesnāt have multiple 1st round picks to offer anyway.
He plays 1-4 of the season you can keep him
As a clippers fan I would just rebuild as much as I like kawhi and pg. I would be more fun to watch young guys
Anything is too much for Kawhi, dude isnāt able to playā¦heās either hurt or resting.
That Clips team if that trade went through would be similar to this yearās jazz but better
I donāt understand a team like POR trading for Kawhi. Itās hard to justify giving up a lot of assets period for Kawhi, but if so, it needs to be a team that has depth and can weather him playing like 50-60g a year at most to be ready for the playoffs. POR certainly doesnāt have that. They need to make multiple moves, they need multiple pieces. They at least need a C upgrade, and a SF. Also ideally you can trade Simons and an asset for a good 3&D SG.
Kawhi tore his meniscus I think? So idk when heāll be back this season. Itās just rly tough. He has 23-24 gtd, then 24-25 PO left on his contract.
Buddy Hield is definitely not getting a lottery pick by himself, not even close. Heās on an expiring $19.28M deal, with another $2.8M in unlikely incentives. Heās 30.5yo, turns 31 in December. I saw a good trade on Twitter that I liked, and there was a poll with LAL fans, IND fans, and others. Thousands of votes. The overwhelming majority said it was fair, and both LAL/IND fans agreed it was fair. It was kinda shocking lol.
It was Malik Beasley and pick 17 for Buddy Hield and pick 29. IND has 7/26/29/32/55, and obv theyāre not drafting at all those spots. Having 7/17/26/32/55 would mean they could possibly package 17/26 to move up, or whatever. 17 has a lot more value than 29. Also, Buddy isnāt gonna be in IND longterm. Idk how thrilled theyād be to extend him when theyāre gonna have to pay young guys (including maxing Hali etc) for his age 32 and beyond seasons. Beasley is just an expiring deal, and he can actually give them some bench shooting that theyād lose with Buddy. Not as good, but Beasley is a volume shooter. So itās not the worst expiring to get back.
LAL gets Buddy as a win now piece, and they can still draft at 29.
I like Kuzma in MEM, they do need a big wing who can hit open 3s, defend, and occasionally create his own shot. He wouldnāt have the role he did in WAS. The issue is, WAS cleared out Rui and if they didnāt plan on keeping Kuzma, surely they wouldāve moved him at the deadline or sooner. But if for some reason something breaks down and WAS needs to salvage an asset for Kuzma, I like it for MEM as long as the $ isnāt crazy.
Somewhere in the 4/100 range probably? Maybe a little more?
DET has 0 interest in P50, no reason to have that in the trade. This may be the last time DET gets a T5 pick, and itās known around the league that the 2024 draft is supposed to be a very weak class. I donāt foresee DET moving down. If they did, i canāt imagine Bojan being in the trade. OKC isnāt gonna be thrilled taking on an extra $20M in salary for a guy that wonāt start for them.
Maybe P12, ā24 HOU 1st (T4 protected), and ā26 LAC 1st (unprotected) would be fair? Itās hard to say. Itās always expensive to move from the late lotto in to the T5 tho. I think considering the quality of the ā24 class, HOU apparently trying to win this year, that pick becoming 0 if they win the lotto, and LAC ā26 being a total wildcardā¦it seems fair.
I still donāt see it happening but just objectively I think thatād be reasonable.
Agree on Kawhi. If I were POR and Scoot is at 3, I wouldnāt do Simons & Scoot for Kawhi given health and his contract. Heās coming off another injury.
HOU signing Harden would be a horrific idea. But if theyāre going to, sure I guess. Also OG only has one more year on his deal, then he has a PO. So heās basically an expiring. HOU would also be saving TOR a bunch of $ and theyāre right up against the tax. He has a lot of value, but I donāt think P4 type of value. Maybe P4 and P20 for OG and P13? I donāt see this happening bc youād need to know OG will re-signā¦and is he rly gonna re-sign in HOU? Idk. If he agreed to, I think the P4/20 for OG/13 is reasonable
If IND was willing to trade Turner, I think DAL should be all over that as you said. P10, Bertans, JaVale, and their next available 2nd for Turner & 32? Idk if they wanna trade Turner, but if they did, getting P10 would be a great return. Theyād have 7/10/26/29.
Then they could do the Buddy and P29 trade for P17 & Beasley to LAL. Theyād then have 7/10/17/26. With those picks they can do p much w/e they want. They could turn it in to 3 lotto picks, (maybe 17/26 for 12 or 13) or package 10 with something to move up a spot or two, etc.
As a rockets fan, I donāt want that, weāre setting ourselves up for failure if we sign harden
Clippers would finesse the blazers and pelicans with those deals.ššš