Exclusive 2019 Trade Deadline Thread

Rockets opening a roster spot for a future buy out player.

 

Can they resign Melo?

 

This dude out here lying like this...

 

As much as i hate the Lakers i would applaud the Lakers if they traded Ball a really bad run team who never makes the playoffs etc -- Like trade him to the Kings or the Cav's --- cause if i could take the perspective of not hating any team as long as Ball is on the Lakers they will not win a thing cause one Ball is overrated and 2) his father will do something to cause a distraction at some point to cause a rift.

 

So wasn't he the one saying not long ago he was chasing Jordan's Ghost or something like that?

 

Per Colin:

~'Brian Windhorst says that the Pelicans engaged the Lakers just out of revenge for what they thought was tampering and never had any intention of trading him to the Lakers. The Lakers just got clowned by one of the worst organizations in the NBA.'

LOVE IT!!

 

I am now a huge fan of the Pelicans not the team just the front office team --- that is what's needed in Portland the balls to do something like that and not just hope and wait for a deal to drop to ya like a bottom feeder.

 

Just read the Knicks are considering buying out Kanter….now that is a guy I could see Neil picking up off the scrap heap

 

A former Neil offer. Once interested, always interested.

 

I don't even have to know what the 'stats' are on trades between those two GM's to know that's a dumb take...sorry

What Whitsitt knew is that you can't change the trajectory of a team by fucking around with the back end of the rotation. Dinking with the 8th or 10th or 12th players on the depth chart isn't going to add any playoff wins. Whitsitt worked the top part of the rotation and was always searching for elite talent while knowing the price was going to be significant. He didn't get irrationally attached to average players, and he wasn't stupid enough to believe that sifting thru dumpsters was going to make any difference

but these 'back-end-low-level-bargain-basement-dumpster-diving-pray-for-nuggets' trades are Olshey's only comfort zone when dealing with other GM's. He seems to be a chickenshit about entering into any discussions when he has to actually deal in a true give-to-get ratio. It's just so much easier for him to create an untouchable list and that way, not take any risks. And, the one asset he had for most of those discount trades was cap-space, which he pissed away in 2016.

Olshey had been on the job for 6 fucking years last April...6 years. And in that time what he had built was a team that got swept in the playoffs. And there were still people excusing him for a variety of half-assed reasons. It's 8 months later and the excuses keep coming. "If you liked Olshey's 6th year team, you'll really love his 10th year team...be fucking patient and shut your mouth"

Whitsitt wasn't perfect; he didn't pay attention to fit or chemistry. And just like Olshey, he had some favorite players, like Detlef Schrempf. But he was able to get high end talent and didn't confuse average talent for high end talent just because he drafted it. I wouldn't want Whitsitt or a Whitsitt-clone back, but I sure wish Portland had a GM that would spend more time taking the risks of going after high end talent, and less time servicing his own ego

 

I like Kanter but i think his off the court thing with his home country is screwing him up atm and i am not sure i would trust him to be what he has been in the past. I would not object to taking a flier on him but not sure if it would work out. Also not to mention if the country he is from decides to pull a Saudia Arabia on him they might always take him out and IF this happens i do not want him any where near the Blazers. This might sound crazy but at this point nothing surprises me.

 

Kanter, Randolph, Matthews. I'm fairly certain Olshey will try going dumpster diving for these guys.

Or Turner/1st for Kanter. Honestly I don't care, Kanter is expiring and it gets Turnover off the fucking team. It's too bad the Knicks are dead set on trying to keep their stupid capspace so this will never happen.

 

The people who don't want Mirotic because of his defense would have their heads explode over Kantor.

 

For the record, I do not think Jokic is as good as AD. Buuuuut, it's also delusional to say AD is a Top 5 player when the dude can't lead a team to wins. I just put Jokic there to illustrate that even he can lead a winning team - something AD is apparently incapable of despite being a "Top 5 player". I should have separated that line out from the list of other players.

Also for the record, I think AD is tremendously talented. But he's not a Top 5 player. And trading Nurk for him would be a mistake.

 

Nah they're cutting their tax bill. Cheap new owner

 

We already have our heads exploding over our back court D.

 

One guy is leading his team to the #1 spot, while the other to the 13th in the west

 

Wiz, Schilly makes rare appearances, always to defend the status quo. Just to introduce you to our #1 status quoer, as predictable as a plugged-in clock.