Even if Cronin on camera said Grant was untouchable I wouldn't buy it, that's GM speak for offer me more. Cronin said for 2 years we're aggressively building a team around Dame to win now and people are suddenly shocked when in June/July he wasn't.... GMs and NBA front offices don't clearly tell you what their doing. It's all half truths, poker faces, and misdirection. You can read a lot into their actions and transactions, which matter way more than words. The actions spoke that we were building to a Dame trade for awhile, which ultimately happened.
This would be my ideal deadline. It could be broken up into up to three/four different trades (Us and Indy. Us, Toronto and Miami. Us and Brooklyn [would technically be two trades]) so you wouldn't have to get all five teams on the same page at the same time.
How do the Nets pull this off? I don't see them trading anyone. You really think they will go that far into the tax, AND give assets? I think they'd like Hield for Oneil + 2nd. This is just atrocious on so many levels. Raptors / Ant trade -> Toronto would not do that, & I wouldn't sell Ant for anything less than that. Heat trade -> I guess that is reasonable, but I doubt you get picks with the Lowry/Brogdon swap (Young/Porter have negligible value - maybe a second) Nets -> Again Heild for Oneil + 2nd is reasonable, but they aren't going into the tax and giving up a first for Thybulle (nor would I want to trade him). Pacers -> I really like the idea of Grant -> Heild + Walker. It's probably too optimistic for the Blazers though.
I think people expecting Grant to be traded might be disappointed on Feb. 9. Brogdon might not be traded either although that seems probable
Agreed. Can see us making moves or doing absolutely nothing. Still not sure why we picked up Wainwright though. Might have just been doing Phoenix a solid and keeping him for trade purposes. Do not expect him to be on the team post trade deadline.
All you tools who want to trade Ant -- it just shows you know jack shit -- Btw just cause it's the holiday season does not mean I am going to be nice when I see stupid shit like Ant trades going to call you out on it.
I only want to trade Ant if there's a huge return. I think two FRPs and a promising lotto pick from the most recent draft is a return that would make moving Ant make sense. I think most likely we'll keep Ant until Scoot either shows he's better (or a better fit). I don't think Ant is the best player for the scheme being run on either end of the court and I think there is a possibility that a team that is desperate for wins right now might pay a high enough premium on an offensive weapon like Ant that would make a trade make sense. As far as what you think and if you're going to go easy on people because it's the holidays. Either that's a joke or you're pretty delusional because no one cares if you think they know jack shit or whatever the fuck. Honestly the idea of threatening people that you're going to call them out on their takes is pretty hilarious.
Blazer rumors always get printed from our side. Last year the dummies tried to float Embiid to Portland trade rumors, and we ended up with rent-a-Blazer Cam Reddish. There's a slight bit of diffence between an MVP and a Lakers scrub.
What in the actual fuck??? Looks like Marc Eversley is taking a page out of Masai's book and doesn't want to have any meaningful conversations.
Got me! It shouldn't have, 10 first round picks for anyone is insane but pretty obviously LaVine is nowhere close to the kind of player that gets a godfather package with precedence let alone one without any. Not to mention that only two teams (the Jazz and Thunder) could put a ten FRP package together. Shaking my head at myself!
