Capela Covington Carroll Delo Russell Marcus Morris Rozier Bogdanovic Bertans Randle Iggy Kennard Tristan Thompson Jrue Love Drummond Rose .........the names are starting to fly fast and furious.
So Atlanta gives Houston a first for Capela? Ok I can see that. Then Houston would give up two firsts for Covington? Are they nuts?
I think the starting lineup is set... I would love to get a guy like Bogdanovic as our 6th man... not sure what we would have to give up.
I am baffled by this kinda value for Covington, who is lowkey in need of load management. Wonder who his agent is to drive up this level of interest.
typical 72 hours before deadline rumors. You should only believe about 20% of the rumors have some credibility, and about 5% of the rumors about the actual value teams are offering. Front offices and agents are spending more time spinning rumors than they are spending on the phone
As an aside, the Minny front office are almost all former Morey disciples. Easy to see why there's so much noise between the two teams.
if Minnesota gets two firsts for him just give their Gm a lifetime extension. Look at this shit, this is Covington this year vs Harkless last year
The picks could change to different years but this is the best I can come up with using the "known" components of the trade. GS actually ducks below the tax line which would be huge for them not going into the repeater tax next season. They'd also generate a decent TPE for this summer. Houston remains under the tax line as well.
I don't know why Houston wants to trade Capela and a 1st for Covington but that seems like what they're willing to do according to reports. It makes sense for the most part for the other 3 teams.
Do they really think they can run with a center rotation of Tucker and Chandler for the playoffs? seems mad
Morey is at the top of my “GM that is evidently good but is actually shit” list. I’ve never gotten the sense he ever has a plan. He’s just a starfucker.
I think one of our key takeaways here from what HOU is doing right now should be to structure our payroll with tradeable contracts moving forward. The main reason Capela is always the name mentioned is because he has a mid-size contract that other teams want. Unfortunately for them, he's the only one who has a contract that isn't a super max or a minimum on their team. We will be in a similar boat next season with Nurk's deal as one of the only moveable pieces we have for an impact player. It's why bringing back Ariza's 12.8 mil deal makes perfect sense; also why having a guy like Dieng (16 mil) or Carroll (7 mil) to serve as fillers isn't exactly a bad thing.
I’m probably in minority but I’d be ok with no trade this year. All the pieces we are missing are in street clothes and should be back soon. Ariza was a great pickup and seems to be what we were missing. we have nice mix of vets and youth, bigs, and scorers. I feel we match up with any team besides maybe Clips just because they have a great group of defenders. just got to squeak our way in to playoffs
I’d be aiight with no trade. The Ariza trade filled the biggest need, assuming Nurk and Collins return sometime within the next month or so. I think there are players out there that could help us, like a point guard for example, but I don’t think a move is as imperative as it was before the Ariza trade. I would love to dump Mario and Swanigan though.
From the supposed Hawks' insider who had all the details about the MIN-HOU-ATL thing. https://www.hawksquawk.net/topic/431653-ask-supes/?do=findComment&comment=1006781 Finding this hard to believe given their history, but they prolly want to extract some value out of their aging vets and expiring deals.
