Endless phone lines. They have multiple direct lines and everyone has seemingly multiple cell phones. The last 5 minutes can be pretty hectic, or quite calm depending on what you may have lined up. The framework for most of the trades has already been done. They have covered scenarios for if it is Miller or if it is Scoot in terms of teams that have reached out for trade interest and those packages are set up for the most part. Then it is a final decision on what they are going to do. In some cases, the trade can't be finalized until some time after the Draft, so the principal deal is agreed to and you don't back out of those....would set a terrible precedent and no one would do business with you again. Sometimes plans can change last minute if a player falls that you weren't expecting and another team wants said player. Those have to be ironed out damn quickly, but as the player falls, someone is already putting together a potential package so it is ready to go. I've never been in the war room, but had a couple of former GM's walk me through what it is like. They are exhausted because they haven't slept much in the days leading up to the Draft, and yet there is a big time high getting them through the whole thing. Exhilarating experience from what they have said. But by the time they get to the press conference, that high is subsiding, and they often don't have much energy left. They can often seem quite drained.
Porzingis to Portland might be true, as a one year trial, but not for #3 pick. Here's from an article I saw: Washington Wizards Receive: C Jusuf Nurkic, F Nassir Little, G/F Keon Johnson, 2025 First-Round Pick (Swap – POR) Portland Trail Blazers Receive: F/C Kristaps Porzingis KP contract situation: Player Option for 23-24 (deadline 6/21/23) 36M$ UFA next summer
https://nbaanalysis.net/2023/06/17/...-bradley-beal-damian-lillard-bold-scenario/2/ I am not familiar with this website, it looks not credible. . But the proposed trade isn't too bad
that doesn't come close to working 'this' season, not nearly enough salary outgoing for Portland next season? Jusuf Nurkić $16,875,000 Nassir Little $6,250,000 Kevin Knox $3,000,000 Keon Johnson $2,808,720 28.934M...that would mean the trade credit factor is a simple +7.5M. and that gets outgoing salary + credit past KP's salary honestly, if that's all that's going out it's an acceptable trade, IMO. But it's also not a trade you quickly agree to because KP has a similar injury history as Nurkic. But to even grant the Wizard swap rights it would cost Portland that 23rd pick in order for the Blazers to clear their Chicago encumbrance I could be wrong but I think this rumor is about 95% bullshit Jusuf Nurkić $16,875,000 Nassir Little $6,250,000 Kevin Knox $3,000,000 Keon Johnson $2,808,720
The details are not so important as no one really should know anything specific. The main point is, any KP to PDX convo should not be for our #3
nbaanalysis.net doesn't report rumors they just make up trades that make sense to them loosely tied to rumors they've seen reported. I've seen a ton of their "articles" and it's basically a trade idea post with a few paragraphs of explanation why it would work for both teams. A lot of times the sight will make up multiple trade scenarios for one player rumored to be on the move but they are always made up and never sourced, that I've seen.
so, they are just like RealGM or S2. A bunch of honyocks chucking outfantasy trades without considering if the trade is legal, or if it actually makes sense for BOTH teams
I haven't seen many trades from them that don't work from a salary matching standpoint or if they do put some names out there that don't quite match they'll mention players that could be thrown in to make it match. Also like I said they write entire pages for why the trade would make sense for both teams. All of that being said it is an article format of what people with trade ideas post in forums... nothing more.
I suppose if you combined rumors you could get to something like this: * Portland trades: Simons to Orlando; Nurkic to Washington; #3 to Washington * Portland receives: Porzingis, Delon Wright (TPE), Bol Bol + #6 + #11 (from Orlando) + 2027 first (top-10 protected from Washington) + 2028 1st (top-10 protected from Miami) + 2029 first (lottery protected from Washington) * Orlando trades: Gary Harris to Wash.; Bol Bol to Portland; #6 to Portland; #11 to Portland * Orlando receives: Simons from Portland; #8 from Washington + #18 from Miami * Miami trades: Robinson + Lowry to Washington; #18 to Orlando; 2028 first to Portland * Miami receives: Beal from Washington * Washington trades Porzingis + Delon Wright to Portland; Beal to Miami; #8 to Orlando +2027 & 2029 first's to Portland * Washington receives: Nurkic + Harris + Robinson + Lowry + #3 from Portland essentially the Blazers trade #3 + Simons + Nurkic and receive Porzingis + Delon Wright + Bol Bol + #6 + #11 + 2027, 2028, 2029 first's. Sure, it's probably to Blazer homerific, but they do give up the 3rd pick and it's about time they are the screwer in a fantasy trade instead of the screweee
Decent haul, though I'm not sure it makes the team significantly better. I do like having 6 and 11, could maybe still get Amen. I like the lopsided deal where Portland gets Bridges and Claxton.
