OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - July 2021

[boredinsalem]

I’m wondering if Hield is going to the Wizards with a goal to move Beal to PG with maximum spacing.

 

[blazerkor]

Yep and we should and the cap for me is CJ + DJJ + One of our two good youngins Nas or Ant + 2 FRP's. That's the ceiling and I'm definitely willing to do that. Would prefer to keep Nas I think as he's more versatile, but if we get Simmons Ant's shooting could be invaluable. I'd rather not trade either and I'm starting to come around on a CJ + RoCo package and keeping the young bucks for salary/position balancing purposes.

At this point I would trade CJ, RoCo and two future firsts... 2022 and 2024, I wouldn't want them to be past Dame's prime.

 

[Mediocre Man]

He can't be there at the beginning of the season. That will tank his value more and might even cause Embiid to ask for a trade. Watch Simmons traded tonight.

Nah. I think in August though

 

[tykendo]

Morey's getting greety. Trying Jedi Mind Tricks might work better.

 

[JoshuaHall]

Westbrook gets traded every year nowadays. Dude essentially became a journeyman over night. His 30 for 30 should be good

He keeps asking out

 

[twobullz]

 

[B-Roy]

What the fuck? So random.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Call me crazy but I think Hield would be more useful to the Lakers than Westbrook - and I like Westbrook.

Of course, Laker radio thinks they can get both.....

 

[calvin natt]

People thought harden and Kyrie and KD wasn’t gonna work because who plays Point, who runs the offense, who gets shots and so on. It worked. Russ and Lebron and AD are you Fucking kidding me. They’ll be fine if they are healthy

 

[tykendo]

WTF, that's 120,753,050 against the cap. Guess Padingus is going to surround LBJ & The Unidufus with G Leaguers who work for 15 dollars per hour.

 

[glazeduck]

WTF, that's 120,753,050 against the cap. Guess Padingus is going to surround LBJ & The Unidufus with G Leaguers who work for 15 dollars per hour.

lol insulting nicknames are not your forte, sir.

 

[tykendo]

lol insulting nicknames are not your forte, sir.

Opinions vary

 

[Idog1976]

What the fuck? So random.

what was it? It got deleted.

 

[twobullz]

what was it? It got deleted.

Minny sending Rubio, 2022 2nd and cash to Cleveland for Taurean Prince.

 

[Chris Craig]

Minny sending Rubio, 2022 2nd and cash to Cleveland for Taurean Prince.

They already have Sexton and Garland

 

[Idog1976]

They already have Sexton and Garland

Sexton will get moved this summer I think.

 

[illmatic99]

What the fuck? So random.

what was it

 

[B-Roy]

what was it

The Rubio deal.

 

[Cugel]

So the same package meant to land lillard, then buddy, and you get westbrick

 

[speeds]

What the hell

 

[Strenuus]

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Gonna be great watching Westbrook freezing out Lebron as he tries to single-handedly close out (and lose) games.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Gonna be great watching Westbrook freezing out Lebron as he tries to single-handedly close out (and lose) games.

I can’t believe the Lakers made this deal. I honestly believe this takes the Lakers out of title contention. Unless Westbrook gets hurt.

 

[Strenuus]

I can’t believe the Lakers made this deal. I honestly believe this takes the Lakers out of title contention. Unless Westbrook gets hurt.

Bruh don't jinx it.

#healthywestbrook

 

[PCmor7]

I actually thought Hield was the smarter play. You want to surround LeBron and AD with shooters, don't you?

No disputing Westbrook's a better player than Hield, but he seems like one of the least natural fits with LeBron ... and I think almost any player can fit with LeBron. But he's kind of superfluous with LeBron in some ways: Ball-dominant, athletic stat machine who doesn't shoot particularly well from outside. And now the Lakers have so many resources tied up in three players ... it's going to be interesting to see how they fit it all together.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[illmatic99]

dame liked it

 

[B-Roy]

dame liked it

Just took a quick scan over LeBrons Ig. Dame hasn’t liked anything for a long ass time, but he certainly noticed this…

 

[B-Roy]

The Lakers currently have 129 million tied to 4 players. So up against the luxury tax without even enough players to fill out a starting lineup.

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I actually thought Hield was the smarter play. You want to surround LeBron and AD with shooters, don't you?

No disputing Westbrook's a better player than Hield, but he seems like one of the least natural fits with LeBron ... and I think almost any player can fit with LeBron. But he's kind of superfluous with LeBron in some ways: Ball-dominant, athletic stat machine who doesn't shoot particularly well from outside. And now the Lakers have so many resources tied up in three players ... it's going to be interesting to see how they fit it all together.

Hield is absolutely the better play. Keeping KCP is a better play. Westbrook will destroy the Lakers from within. I love it.