Brainstorming: Starting SF for the TPE

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  1. Orion Bailey

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    I don’t not like you. I don’t know you. I know you are international so I try to give you more leeway.
    However when you state you have more knowledge than anyone else, then start a thread asking us to discuss sf for the tpe when there is a 200 plus post count thread about players available with the tpe already, there is nothing to discuss.

    How can we discuss anything with someone who thinks he knows it all ready? Do you not see the complete hypocrisy in that?

    I never had an issue with you and still don’t, but it was you that said know one here knows what you know. Reap what you sow dude. STop bitching about the responses you get when the responses are based on your post history.


    Own your shit.

    When enough people told me to stop with the HCP hazing because it was bringing the forum down, I acknowledged I had gone too far and apologized and stopped.
    We all make mistakes and we are all human

    Just Own your shit.
     
  2. hoopsjock

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    He's eligible but he's going to be the starting SG for Toronto next year so I doubt they'd give him away. The only possible way I see that happening is if Kawhi didn't like him since the Raptors are bending over backwards to appease him.
     
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    Fair enough, I remember reading a while back the Raptors has a bad cap situation (I should look this up so I don’t sound like even more of an idiot),I thought they may be a team looking to get rid of salary.
     
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    I still think the answer is that said player isn't necessarily on that list, but we'd have to take someone on that list as part of the trade to get a better player.

    For example, would Milwaukee give up Brogdon or Maker if we took Dellavedova or Snell? Would Atlanta give up Prince if someone took Miles Plumlee? Probably not those specific examples but there has to be a team out there looking to clear salary for next summer.
     
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    Yeah, they are about $14 million over the tax line right now. They'd probably give us Norman Powell but he didn't do much last year and has FOUR years left on his deal for about $42 million.
     
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    The point of my post is that we're probably not using the TPE, and if we do, it definitely won't be for an "impact veteran."

    The point of your post appears to be that we really need to make a trade rather than use to TPE to appreciably improve the team.

    I think we're in complete alignment here, but I didn't bring up trades because this is a TPE thread.
     
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    Huh? I'm specifically talking about TPE trades so I'm confused at what you mean?
     
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    I'll use the Atlanta example because it's the easiest to show, even though it's unlikely they'd do it.

    We trade Layman, Swanigan, and a 2019 1st to Atlanta for Taurean Prince. As part of the trade (and the only reason Atlanta would do this) we use the TPE to take on Miles Plumlee's contract which has two years and $25 million left on it. Now Prince isn't an impact veteran but he would be a major boost to our rotation.
     
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    Then stop posting. That is how a forum works. You post. Others reply.
     
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    Or he can take the weak ass position and ignore those replying to his comments. :biglaugh:
     
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    Savage!

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    We just talked about this last night.
     
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    Huh? I thought you couldn't use the TPE in trades.
     
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    OK, got it.
     
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    I think we start harkless at the 3, but would like to grab Markieff Morris from Washington as a backup 3/4, to same them $$
     
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    Phoenix just drafted(traded for) mikal bridges. Highly unlikely, but I wouldn't mind TJ Warren, see if an offensive system change can help his shooting
     
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    Can explore justise Winslow options. Was rumored availability during the draft.
     
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    TPE candidate
     
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    Here's another perspective: what if our future starting SF is already with the team and his name is Anfernee Simons?
    I don't think he's ready now but that's probably the plan.
     
  20. Natebishop3

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    Aminu is a better small forward than he is a power forward.

    We should be looking for a starting power forward.
     

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