OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: APRIL 2023

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  1. wizenheimer

    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    Wolves a dumpster fire?...who could have guessed

    at least they have all their future draft picks!
     
    wizenheimer, Apr 9, 2023
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    they need to move KAT to recoup at least some value.
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Or Gobert and McDaniel?
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I think they are stuck with Gobert. KAT is owed huge huge money in the next couple years. They might be in a worse position than POR unless they can get heads out of asses etc.
     
    Cugel, Apr 9, 2023
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    So, Ant, filler, and picks for KAT? They can call their backcourt the Ant Colony.
     
    theprunetang, Apr 9, 2023
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    Gobert is toxic. His contract is toxic. You would obviously have to attach a first rounder or multiple firsts to unload him and they don't have any firsts to attach to him if they did want to go that route. Dumpster fire is a fair assessment of what's going on with the Wolves.
     
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    the only avenue to salvage this shit show is to find guys who fit gobert better, and the only guy they can realistically trade to bring back value is KAT ( and even that is questionable given his upcoming raise in salary).
     
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    I don't understand how these GMs can so blatantly ignore how players fit together. Between the pairing of KAT and Gobert and then the pairing of Luka and Kyrie, it's kind of mind boggling that teams traded quality players for these terrible mismatches and not only made the trades but bankrupt themselves of draft capital in the process. Crazy stuff that is going to be really hard to recover from.
     
    blazerkor, Apr 9, 2023
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    It’s the drive to add names and not fit. If we were to go get Luka we would have the same problems that Dallas had.
     
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    So you think Luka and Lillard = Luka and Kyrie?
     
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    Gobert fighting Anderson followed by Plumlee and Hyland. Shades of Rasheed and Sabonis.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Wow Rudy Gobert has been suspended.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    What a mess.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Shit... suspend the dude for their play in game against the Lakers?!? That dude is a big time problem and not for opposing teams. His contract is toxic, he seems to be toxic as a teammate, what he is elite at is becoming less and less valuable in the league and they don't have picks to package with him so they can move him because they traded all of them along with a bunch of good young players for him.

    Yeah, I'd say that's a bit of a mess.
     
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    I guess our problem is just being a garbage team with a garbage coach. We don’t fight each other like the Wolves and Clippers
     
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    I would not have suspended Gobert for a playoff game, especially if Anderson repeatedly called him a bitch while playing injured. But what is it about Rudy? He seems to rub his teammates the wrong way. Is it a Euro thing?
     
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    Nobody likes the french.
     
    Shaboid, Apr 10, 2023
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    so Gobert is suspended for being an ass. Makes this comparison interesting:

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    Kessler was the first pick Utah got from Minny for Gobert. They are still owed 4 more pick and a swap. They also traded Beasley and Vanderbilt to LAL for another 1st. Ainge took the Wolves GM to the woodshed...and buried him there
     
    wizenheimer, Apr 10, 2023
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