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Boston could sign Kemba then trade Marcus Smart to a team with cap space while taking back Capela.

Kemba / Wanamaker
Brown / ?
Hayward / Langford
Tatum / G.Williams
Capela / R.Williams

That team might be better than last years considering the culture and locker room would be much better.
 
BonesJones said:
Conley days before among smaller bits of news. You can go read through his timeline. I was skeptical at first too.
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"The defense would be bottom-10. The contract and health issues too. But Portland DOES need to make a move."

Maybe a 3 man rotation would not be that bad defensively when Nurk gets back. Nurk-Love-Collins
You would just need a quicker 4 against certain teams to cover the perimeter.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Helluva conundrum. We need a (hopefully) short-term replacement for Nurk and permanent replacements for Aminu and Hark....and we have the assets to maybe find one guy. Which should be top priority?
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I might be in the minority here, but I'm okay with rolling out a less than spectacular roster while Nurk recovers. Don't get me wrong, I'd be stoked to get the "right" upgrades, but if the decision is impinging on future cap space and/or flexibility while also limiting our ability to develop our younger players JUST to have a big body in the middle for the first half of the regular season, I think I'd pass.

In a wide open league next year, I'm not sure I see a lot of realistically gettable players who will make a significant enough improvement over Meyers and Skal to have a major change any playoff or future outcome. A couple wins (again, unless it's the right adds) in the first half of the season isn't worth losing experience for Skal and flexibility next offseason.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
"The defense would be bottom-10. The contract and health issues too. But Portland DOES need to make a move."

Maybe a 3 man rotation would not be that bad defensively when Nurk gets back. Nurk-Love-Collins
You would just need a quicker 4 against certain teams to cover the perimeter.
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Collins would be the lynch pin in maintaining that defense -- a Nurk/Love tandem would get PnR'd to absolute death, but Zach's ability to switch on screens could allow it.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Best 4 or 5 available. Collins can fill in at either spot so take what ever quality player you can get without giving up the farm.

Baze, Jake, and Little are already an upgrade at the 3
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My vote is to find the best available 4 (unless the best available 5 is clearly better) and use Collins at 5. I feel his best use is as a swing 5/4 based on match-ups, rather than as a fulltime 4.
 
BonesJones said:
Conley days before among smaller bits of news. You can go read through his timeline. I was skeptical at first too.
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Skimmed through. See a ton of predictions on what might happen in free agency. But nothing from like the trade deadline or anything. And it's not like there's been a ton of activity in the NBA. Tons of people mentioned Conley to Utah. Only other info I see is stuff like the Lakers won't keep the 4th pick, which...I mean, did anyone think they would? Otherwise, I don't want to say he is wrong, just don't see what makes him a solid source of info. He states things as fact, instead of speculating because he's not a reporter who would otherwise lose credibility. But big shit.
 
Have also seen both Horford and butler at different times from him joining Kawhi with LAC. Seems like a solid hedge.
I dunno, just reminds me of that dude incarcerated bob. That jackass still around?
 
RR7 said:
Skimmed through. See a ton of predictions on what might happen in free agency. But nothing from like the trade deadline or anything. And it's not like there's been a ton of activity in the NBA. Tons of people mentioned Conley to Utah. Only other info I see is stuff like the Lakers won't keep the 4th pick, which...I mean, did anyone think they would? Otherwise, I don't want to say he is wrong, just don't see what makes him a solid source of info. He states things as fact, instead of speculating because he's not a reporter who would otherwise lose credibility. But big shit.
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I mean, we'll see. Kawhi will determine his credibility.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
Every year theres like a dozen guys who are “good” players but get contracts like they’re great players and every year I think why are teams so desperate for the NBA’s 50-80th best players...
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So they can compete for a championship, that only 10 teams out of 30 have won in 50 years! 7 of them multiple times.
Or the fans will go side ways!
Ive said for many years the NBA is a Marketing Machine (and I was a marketing guy) and its all about entertainment and the FANTASTIC fans! The league like most industries product, is segmented, GOOD, BETTER, BEST . All come down to brand equity and distribution (TV, SEASON DUCATS etc.) = revenue.
 
illmatic99 said:
@dviss1
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It was still AD’s choice though, and AD is an adult. Maybe he decided he wanted LA to have more money to bring on more guys. I get why the LBJ / RP relationship and all that seem strange, but guys not taking the trade kicker is fairly normal.
If AD thought Klutch / RP wasnt presenting him, he would fire him.
 
Hoopguru said:
So they can compete for a championship, that only 10 teams out of 30 have won in 50 years! 7 of them multiple times.
Or the fans will go side ways!
Ive said for many years the NBA is a Marketing Machine (and I was a marketing guy) and its all about entertainment and the FANTASTIC fans! The league like most industries product, is segmented, GOOD, BETTER, BEST . All come down to brand equity and distribution (TV, SEASON DUCATS etc.) = revenue.
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You dont compete for a championship by over paying for mediocre players though, thats actually usually a way to keep yourself from building s team, you can do that with maybe one player, but once you’re overpaying for 2+ guys your cap situation gets bad real fast.
 
RR7 said:
When Nerlens Noel turned down his giant extension and took the qualifying offer, why did everyone bag on Noel, and not his agent?
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Didn't he get destroyed in the media too?
 
illmatic99 said:
Didn't he get destroyed in the media too?
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Noel did. Yeah. But this tweet, and all of the diwscussion seemingly in this forum on the topic, fault Klutch and Rich Paul. Not the player. AD wanted to go to the Lakers, clearly. You think he's being manipulated by his agent to lose money just to help the agent's other player? Who is already well paid? By losing that money, Rich Paul is also losing money. Maybe it's the player, not the agent?
 
RR7 said:
When Nerlens Noel turned down his giant extension and took the qualifying offer, why did everyone bag on Noel, and not his agent?
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If their is anything for red flags with RP/LBJ to me it would be that they leave teams in a state of being pretty much screwed. Really though all those teams have choices, they dont have to give in to getting older guys and giving up draft picks, but they choose to in order to keep Lebron, its the teams choice.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
It was still AD’s choice though, and AD is an adult. Maybe he decided he wanted LA to have more money to bring on more guys. I get why the LBJ / RP relationship and all that seem strange, but guys not taking the trade kicker is fairly normal.
If AD thought Klutch / RP wasnt presenting him, he would fire him.
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Lebron James owns/runs Klutch thats where it starts and we know why Davis changed representation. The Lakers have been tampering all along with Davis.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
You dont compete for a championship by over paying for mediocre players though, thats actually usually a way to keep yourself from building s team, you can do that with maybe one player, but once you’re overpaying for 2+ guys your cap situation gets bad real fast.
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I agree, my point was though that if Org's don't be aggressive in doing something in the spirt of something fandom will react one way or another. As long as there is an attempt to be competitive in a NICHE/Country club market, it can appease fans.
 
This is gonna really slow down the game flow at the ends of games.
 
If Kawhi goes to the Lakers, it’s all over folks.
 
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