OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: JUNE 2023

[inconceivable]

I struggle to believe they'll send Paul George

I'm guessing its norm, roco and terrance mann or some garbage like that

Harden is win now move so it wont be PG

 

[Labinot41]

It's really frustrating that we are never in the discussion when big time players are on the market. Absolutely never

 

[wizenheimer]

It's really frustrating that we are never in the discussion when big time players are on the market. Absolutely never

Portland was in the discussion for Paul George in 2017; and for Jimmy Butler in 2018. Olshey wouldn't include CJ in either deal

 

[HansenYang]

It's really frustrating that we are never in the discussion when big time players are on the market. Absolutely never

Im perfectly fine with nit being in the discussion for Harden

 

[inconceivable]

FVV will likely go to Phila

 

[handiman]

I don't think anyone saw that coming. Wasn't it a foregone conclusion we wouldn't be able to afford him next year if we kept him? He must really love NY.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Im perfectly fine with nit being in the discussion for Harden

I was fine with acquiring Harden when he was on the Rockets and it was potentially for CJ.

But dude has lost a major step, probably lost two, and is nowhere near his prime. Binging on food and at strip clubs all night probably doesn't help you keep your athleticism in your mid 30's.

Now he wants another supermax contract and we have this crazy restrictive CBA? I want no part at all of Harden.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I was fine with acquiring Harden when he was on the Rockets and it was potentially for CJ.

But dude has lost a major step, probably lost two, and is nowhere near his prime. Binging on food and at strip clubs all night probably doesn't help you keep your athleticism in your mid 30's.

Now he wants another supermax contract and we have this crazy restrictive CBA? I want no part at all of Harden.

I don't love him, but he makes every team better. Notice how every name being floated isn't good enough for our lottery level team? Not Harden. Not George. Not KAT.

When are we going to accept that no player is perfect but will help us win with Dame?

 

[TBpup]

With Harden asking out, will Embiid soon follow? Butler was there....gone. Simmons was there when he was good.....gone. Harden....wants to leave.

Embiid should just turn out the lights when he departs.

 

[Pinwheel1]

With Harden asking out, will Embiid soon follow? Butler was there....gone. Simmons was there when he was good.....gone. Harden....wants to leave.

Embiid should just turn out the lights when he departs.

I wonder how many Philly fans are saying "trust the process" about now.

 

[TBpup]

I wonder how many Philly fans are saying "trust the process" about now.

Process is fine, but if it goes on too long, it starts to get moldy.

 

[inconceivable]

I wonder how many Philly fans are saying "trust the process" about now.

Let the cake bake

 

[Predator]

With Harden asking out, will Embiid soon follow? Butler was there....gone. Simmons was there when he was good.....gone. Harden....wants to leave.

Embiid should just turn out the lights when he departs.

Windy said Kyrie might be interested in Philly if Harden is gone

 

[OneSport3]

Draymond is currently in Vegas with Steph and Klay on The Match right now. I think he’s re-signing with the Dubs.

 

[KingSpeed]

Portland likes guards.

It's not great and Morey would want more, but it would put a star next to Dame and Grant. You get McDaniels off the bench and a backup center in Dedmon.

A star who fails in the big games every single year. I'd rather have Zion.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I don't love him, but he makes every team better. Notice how every name being floated isn't good enough for our lottery level team? Not Harden. Not George. Not KAT.

When are we going to accept that no player is perfect but will help us win with Dame?

I've been good with KAT if we aren't giving up Scoot, and would be happy with George if we don't give him a supermax extension. Those guys both have totally different skills than Dame so it makes sense.

Harden plays more of a PG with shitty defense role that duplicates all of Dames strengths. Now hes declining significantly. Kyrie Irving is probably the only worse "superstar" you could suggest pairing with Dame.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

With Harden asking out, will Embiid soon follow? Butler was there....gone. Simmons was there when he was good.....gone. Harden....wants to leave.

Embiid should just turn out the lights when he departs.

What would we offer for Embiid? They're probably asking for Sharpe Scoot plus something else. I love the thought of pairing Dame and Embiid, but super worried he might be about to finally fall apart from injuries. Then we shipped out a decade+ of the All NBA first teammates duo for a declining former star and a now mid 30s Dame.

Scared too on any deals with Morey, he's sort of like Masai Ujiri in that he rarely loses out on star trades.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Windy said Kyrie might be interested in Philly if Harden is gone

I'm not sure what this implies, that Kyrie would help build talent so Embiid sticks around or that Embiid would leave shortly after Kyrie destroys his 5th franchise.

 

[theprunetang]

Kyrie is cancer. I honestly don't give 2 sharts about where he ends up. Every FA period and every trade deadline he is asking out somewhere else.

 

[LayneStaley]

No PG, Kyrie, Harden or any other 30+ year old Diva.

I’m down with OG, Allen, or even Ayton I guess, young guys not on their last contract but also difference makers that will still be worth their salary when Sharpe/Scoot are in their primes.

 

[Natebishop3]

Kyrie is cancer. I honestly don't give 2 sharts about where he ends up. Every FA period and every trade deadline he is asking out somewhere else.

Hilarious that it blew up in Dallas’ face.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Kyrie is cancer. I honestly don't give 2 sharts about where he ends up. Every FA period and every trade deadline he is asking out somewhere else.

I'm shocked Dallas traded the assets they did for him. I'd rather have any of Dinwiddle, DFS or that pick than Kyrie and they gave up all 3. The team predictably lost many more games after he arrived. I don't see how he can help them win next season, unless they can trade him.

 

[theprunetang]

Hilarious that it blew up in Dallas’ face.

I do thrive on the schadenfreude.

 

[inconceivable]

I'm shocked Dallas traded the assets they did for him. I'd rather have any of Dinwiddle, DFS or that pick than Kyrie and they gave up all 3. The team predictably lost many more games after he arrived. I don't see how he can help them win next season, unless they can trade him.

don'r forget brunson

 

[theprunetang]

don'r forget brunson

Honestly, Kyrie might have put the nail in the coffin of Luka in Dallas.

 

[wizenheimer]

is it possible that Dame is watching the rest of the NBA and sees:

* how the Kawhi/PG13 pairing in LAC has failed, even with Ballmer spending like a drunken sailor

* how Durant and Harden and Kyrie have hopped from team to team always leaving damage in their wakes and no actual success

* how Chris Paul has gone from New Orleans, to LAC, to Houston, to, OKC, to Phoenix and then to Washington-->Warriors in about a month

* seeing teams dumping players in fear of the 2nd apron

and how Denver and Miami made it to the finals with one star and organically grown rosters. And has maybe decided getting traded isn't so good after all?

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[blazerkor]

don'r forget brunson

Yeah but Brunson left them they didn't trade him, I'm pretty sure they wanted to keep him and he just wanted to get back to the east coast.

 

[inconceivable]

is it possible that Dame is watching the rest of the NBA and sees:

* how the Kawhi/PG13 pairing in LAC has failed, even with Ballmer spending like a drunken sailor

* how Durant and Harden and Kyrie have hopped from team to team always leaving damage in their wakes and no actual success

* how Chris Paul has gone from New Orleans, to LAC, to Houston, to, OKC, to Phoenix and then to Washington-->Warriors in about a month

* seeing teams dumping players in fear of the 2nd apron

and how Denver and Miami made it to the finals with one star and organically grown rosters. And has maybe decided getting traded isn't so good after all?

Amid rumors of the Portland Trail Blazers potentially looking to trade away the No. 3 overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, superstar guard Damian Lillard made it clear that he has no interest in calling the shots when it comes to personnel moves.

Speaking to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, Lillard said he doesn't abuse the power of being the face of the franchise due to concerns over how it could impact him later in his career:

"I don't take a stance of power, I guess. If they ask me something, I'll give them the answer.
I'll tell them what I really think. I'm not in there trying to make a decision or anything like that. I do my job.
If something's presented to me or a question is asked to me, I give an honest answer.
I try not to be a part of the player empowerment because we've seen enough situations where guys who were at their peak
and at the top of their game had that power and influence,
and when they weren't at that level anymore or the back end, people remember that.
They'll remember how you used that power and how you leveraged that power.
It could determine how you go out.
It can affect you towards the end of your career when you might feel disrespected or dealt with in a way that doesn't represent the kind of career you had.
I think in this era, you've got to be careful how you handle that position.
I think we've seen cases where people have handled it in a way that wasn't the best for them. Hopefully we learned from that."

 

[blazerfan11]

is it possible that Dame is watching the rest of the NBA and sees:

* how the Kawhi/PG13 pairing in LAC has failed, even with Ballmer spending like a drunken sailor

* how Durant and Harden and Kyrie have hopped from team to team always leaving damage in their wakes and no actual success

* how Chris Paul has gone from New Orleans, to LAC, to Houston, to, OKC, to Phoenix and then to Washington-->Warriors in about a month

* seeing teams dumping players in fear of the 2nd apron

and how Denver and Miami made it to the finals with one star and organically grown rosters. And has maybe decided getting traded isn't so good after all?

And how Miami actually lost a play-in game and still made it to the finals.