I'm busy trying to figure out what will get LaVine to Memphis.Originally Posted by M2
I'm busy trying to figure out what will get LaVine to Memphis.
Well, that's what those words mean. He was here. If they don't keep him, he will have been lost/subtracted. I headed out the door today with two shoes on my feet. If I don't return with them, I have lost them. If I do return with them, I haven't added them. ---M2
Lots of cash.
There is so little available on the unrestricted open market for 2022-2023. A team of free agents is typically dominant. Not this year. The best team free agency could provide would include one great target (LaVine), a couple of maybe-they-can-first-division-starter types (Brunson and Monk), injury question marks (Warren and Oladipo), and a boatload of solid low-minute centers.
Teams with lots of cap room can either deal for difference-makers, sign LaVine, or wait it out. Not a great off-season for improving a team easily and without cost.
That said, were I a GM, guys who intrigue me would include Oladipo, Jalen Smith, TJ Warren, and Bruce Brown.
There are enough centers rolling around that I could pick one up fairly cheaply, I think.
Last edited by Bourgeois Zee; 04-30-2022 at 01:02 PM.
I expect a lot of sign-and-trade this summer. LaVine is going to be the big one. I do not expect him to go to a team with cap space. He could stay in Chicago, but he can get paid and chase a ring. My leading candidates for teams where he'd have big impact are Dallas, Brooklyn and Atlanta. Maybe throw Miami in there too, though I have no idea how they make the money work.
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I know. But the team sucked. They were in line to get the 10 seed when they made the trade for Sabonis, and they failed. I won’t put too much blame on Sabonis, because he was new to the team. So you’re left with Barnes and Fox.
Didn't see either game today, but I suspect the story in both is the teams that haven't been to the top of the mountain got handed a lesson by the ones who have.
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Totally crazy he was still on the floor that late in a blowout game. I even mentioned that to the wife before it happened as of why he was still out there along with Harden who is also dinged up. That is all on the coach.
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not really in the warriors/grizzlies game. That was a war.
Well, that's what those words mean. He was here. If they don't keep him, he will have been lost/subtracted. I headed out the door today with two shoes on my feet. If I don't return with them, I have lost them. If I do return with them, I haven't added them. ---M2
Definitely close, but Memphis didn't convert on either of those final two possessions. My guess, and it's pure speculation, is they'll close better the next time.
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Two totally different games. GS - Memphis was a great game. Close and competitive nearly the whole game. GS overcame Draymond committing a totally weird, anger filled flagrant that got him ejected. They (JordaN Poole) responded well. Poole is carrying GS.
And then there was Boston Milwaukee. Poor shooting by both teams. Milwaukee played with intent, while Boston just vomited early shot clock bad three pointers. In 90 playoff games, the 89 points by Boston was the fifth lowest.
Last edited by Betterread; 05-02-2022 at 12:16 AM.
Boston scored on 7 of 18 offensive possessions the fourth quarter before they pulled the first team. Just about anything would be an improvement over that effort.
Seems like they got a taste of what championship-level entails. They'd better adjust fast because the Bucks are the real thing.
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A lot of people in the national media were writing off the Bucks early in the year. Right now, the Bucks are my fav to come out of the East.
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I have no idea why, they've been my Champion pick all year. KM out causes some concern but I still think they get it done.
IMO anyone who doubts them it isnt doubting Giannis theyre continuing to not realize how good Jrue Holiday truly is.
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Hit the nail on the head about Holiday. Putting way too much stock in Middleton and far underestimating Holiday.
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