Especially after he turned down 4 years $72 million from Dallas a few years ago. He’ll never get that all back, but he has kept fighting and working for other opportunities.
Originally Posted by adkindo
Especially after he turned down 4 years $72 million from Dallas a few years ago. He’ll never get that all back, but he has kept fighting and working for other opportunities.
Bulls are getting DeRozan in a sign and trade with San Antonio.
The Spurs are getting Thaddeus Young, a future 1st, and two future 2nds.
*Chicago owes their 2023 1st to Orlando (Vucevic trade) 1-4 protected. So it looks like the Spurs will get the Bulls 2025 1st.
Chicago is making some serious moves.
PG - Lonzo Ball
SG - Zach Lavine
SF - Demar DeRozan
PF - Pat Williams
C - Nikola Vucevic
BN - Coby White, Lauri Markkanen, Al-Farouq Aminu, Alex Caruso
They'll be an exciting team to watch
M2 (08-03-2021)
This probably makes Markkanen readily available for a song. (I suspect Minnesota's looking hard at those possibilities.)
And while I'm often a bit wrong, I like San Antonio's moves. Collins is a complete tabula rasa-- no one knows what he's able to do. But, if he's even slightly healthy, he's much better than what they had-- which was nothing. Thad Young was dynamite last season-- and completely under the radar. Dougie McBuckets can shoot, and that's the biggest hole the Spurs had. Those two moves allow them to better balance their lineup too, helping with better rebounding and (hopefully) better D.
PG Murray/ White
SG Vassell/ Walker/ Primo
SF McDermott/ K/ Johnson
PF T. Young/ Semanic
C Poetl/ Collins
There's lots of questions. I suspect Keldon Johnson will make the leap to semi-stardom after his Olympic turn, and Dejounte Murray and Devin Vassell will prove their mettle as viable starters in the league. Between McDermott and Vessell, they'll have at least one very good shooter on the floor at all times. Lonnie Walker can shoot too. So can Johnson. Add Collins as a hybrid five-out center, and perhaps they can be relevant in the West as a 6/7/8 seed challenger.
Did Markkanen sign with them yet? I'm guessing their cap now is such that someone can steal him with a sweet enough RFA offer.
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Malik Monk to the Lakers.
He's exactly the type of player LeBron has, in the past, elevated (JR Smith, Ray Allen, Mo Williams, even Kyrie and Wade had better looks because of LeBron's ability to drive and dish). I suspect he'll end up playing starter's minutes next to Westbrook, AD, LeBron, and Gasol, with Carmelo, Howard, Ellington, Ariza, and THT as a second unit. (That's a sneaky solid second unit.)
I would guess Monk and THT would be fighting for that shooting guard gig.
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I suspect THT is a year away-- and would be a nominal PG or SF instead of SG. (With LeBron as the actual PG.)
EDIT: Well, I guess Kendrick Nunn will be the backup PG, as he signed with the Lakers too.
That's a great low-key signing, IMO.
So the Lakers, two-deep:
PG Westbrook/ Nunn
SG Monk/ THT
SF LeBron/ Ariza
PF AD/ Carmelo
C Gasol/ Howard
Add Ellington, Basemore, and Kief Morris too.
That's 13 deep.
Does that make them the favorites in the West?
Last edited by Bourgeois Zee; 08-03-2021 at 05:34 PM.
If the big 3 can remain mostly healthy.....if not, all bets are off.
Also, assume Russ will start at PG....but would not be surprised to see some Nunn and Russ lineups. I think the Lakers will start Gasol....but I would not as I think he is beyond washed. It is kind of tough for me to imagine Monk starting on this team...
Last edited by adkindo; 08-03-2021 at 06:09 PM.
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I think I am the last guy on the planet that kind of likes McClemore.
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On a more serious note, I suppose McLemore is all right as a bench guy who mostly disappears from your rotation in the playoffs. But I remember two seasons ago when the Rockets were acting like McLemore suddenly was a guy who mattered when he really wasn't.
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Real difference of opinions on the Spurs. That team stinks. Pop might coax some play-in contention out of them, but I don't see it.
It's just a bunch of dudes. No stars, and a few borderline-rotation guys that will likely be relied upon. Old guys, underachievers, unproven youth.
I'd bet that they're not even .500.
signed with Heat
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Soo...
I'm hearing Georges Niang and Andre Drummond to Philly.
Oh, this should be fun...
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I wanted Niang for the Lakers....very underrated contributor in limited minutes in my opinion.
I wonder if Schroder's price have come down so much the Lakers should just sign him as a 6th man....future trade chip?
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Dragic…Lowry is being held up….looks like Dallas and Toronto are haggling a bit over compensation.
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