There's no doubt in my mind that he will be a Warrior. They will probably deal Green in the process and all young assets and picks they can manage. Green would immediately add to the sixers. Heild has never played a minute of playoffs, Green is a multi ring guy.
"Shrug" I have already been perfectly open in my belief we should have kept Kanter. Mock away - we'll see who is correct.
I lean this way as well. Getting a decent backup center for when Embidd is out or resting seems attractive. Green replaces most of what they lose on D. And as I have said in other threads, Simmons fits in with the Warrior's running offense. Sacramento has the pieces to offer but my guess is Rich Paul will keep that from happening.
I predict Simmons will stay until around the deadline THEN be traded to the Kings BUT I think Portland will be involved in this trade not sure for who but NeO has history doing a few deals with the Kings so IF a 2nd team is needed PDX might be a prime candidate to help out.
Take whatever this dude says with a grain of salt (again, he's the one who made the Cali and "socialite" comments). This is a pretty emphatic walk back and he hardly acknowledges his mistake.
They were not that far away. Eliminated from the eventual champions with a lucky buzzer beater. But that's the issue. Everyone forgets that the next second so you are loser. Of course this season they messed up really badly, but that season they had what it takes i think. But shit happens
Whether or not we should have kept Kanter (I agree we should have--he'd be a good tradeable contract) and whether or not Zeller is a snicker-worthy replacement are two completely different issues.
Except we're not, because we already knew prior to the playoffs that Kanter's deficiencies would prohibit him from being a worthwhile playoff contributor, and his performance simply confirmed what had been predetermined. Simmons' one playoff series was a shocking anomaly, which is why it stood out so significantly. It is not inconsistent to put more value on an event that is in keeping with expectations and past performances than on those that diverge sharply from the same.
Dame got wrecked by NOP and looked god awful, but that one slides? I personally give people a bad series here or there. CJ has only had one GOOD series, whereas Simmons has only had one BAD series. Everyone understood your point we just thought it was a bad comparison and a reach to boot.
Probably not, but I don't think they tried hard enough for the opposite as they thought he was too expensive.
That's a tough one for me but I land on the same side. Randle's floor is a lot higher obviously. The thing about Simmons is that he has real superstar potential and that is so hard to come by but he could just be Draymond Green with no shot but more athletic... which is not as good as Randle. So, I would make the safe play and bring Randle on.
