OFFSEASON THREAD, VOL. REALLY HOT

[Lilseb93]

Riley probably had ICC captured. He's sitting in one of Riley's cars with a bag over his head right now.

[BenoUdrihFTL]

I wonder if the mutual hatefest between Kyrie and Boston would be enough for KD to be adverse to Boston. For whatever reason the dude seems to have some irrational devotion to Kyrie

[-The Coach-]

So Boston has add Brogdon and Gallo... this means they have quality to move. Brown(not maxed) + assets to get KD?

Smart, Brogdon, KD, Tatum, Williams?

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Jaylen but who is the other all star? Smart? Thought the price tag was two…

[Flash4thewin]

The Celtics still are not winning a championship with their current roster. I'm willing to put money on it. Always a bridesmaid, but never a bride (talking about the past decade or so).

For the Heat, it's a whale or nothing in my opinion. The worst thing we could do now is to panic and sign mediocre players to bad contracts (overpaying or long-term) - think Uncan Robinson.

These minnows, sardines and shrimps are not going to move the needle enough. The main reason this team has even been close to the Finals (or a Mickey Mouse Bubble Ring) is because Butler has had GOAT level performances. He needs more help. Role players replacing role players (Tucker, Crowder, etc) won't get it done.

But we just spent180 million dollars last offseason to get Butler help.

We got him Lowry and resigned Duncan.

[Michael Doleac]

I wonder if the mutual hatefest between Kyrie and Boston would be enough for KD to be adverse to Boston. For whatever reason the dude seems to have some irrational devotion to Kyrie

That's the first thing that came to my mind when the tweet about Boston trading for him came up.

I'm sure Kyrie told him it's hell on flat earth.

[BenoUdrihFTL]

I wonder if the mutual hatefest between Kyrie and Boston would be enough for KD to be adverse to Boston. For whatever reason the dude seems to have some irrational devotion to Kyrie

That's the first thing that came to my mind when the tweet about Boston trading for him came up.

I'm sure Kyrie told him it's hell on flat earth.

Yup I can't even imagine all the chit Kyrie has talked to KD about Boston and their fans lol

[Spacely]

Riley probably had ICC captured. He's sitting in one of Riley's cars with a bag over his head right now.

“Wanna talk about whales? Time to go swimming pal…”

[RexBoyWonder]

Can't hate on us going ALL IN.

KD and Mitchell are both worthy elite talents, and both are realistic targets.

If we get one - it trumps the all Tucker/Gallo/Brogdon nonsense.

If we miss out, I'll be ok with knowing we tried to go all in.

[Spacely]

Can't hate on us going ALL IN.

KD and Mitchell are both worthy elite talents, and both are realistic targets.

If we get one - it trumps the all Tucker/Gallo/Brogdon nonsense.

If we miss out, I'll be ok with knowing we tried to go all in.

No you won’t, unfortunately. Let it sit for a week

[HeatingUp3]

This is so annoying to see!!! How you sit down and letting your rivals to get way better and you keep sit down doin nothing?!?!
I swear we make so much bad choices, giving Duncan this amount of money, giving Lowry this amount of money, after a history of overpaying scrubs.
We never get those deals like what Boston has pulled. Pat wake the FCK up. NOW

[miamiballer]

Can't hate on us going ALL IN.

KD and Mitchell are both worthy elite talents, and both are realistic targets.

If we get one - it trumps the all Tucker/Gallo/Brogdon nonsense.

If we miss out, I'll be ok with knowing we tried to go all in.

But here’s the problem. We don’t have the assets Brooklyn wants for kd

And utah doesn’t look to be in a rush to move Mitchell

I understand swinging for the fences but we have like 1 % chance of success here

[Lilseb93]

I'd rather swing for the fences too. We've just been burned (no pun intended) too many times. However, if we do miss out, we need to stop overpaying guys. It seems like every offseason we are trying to undo the previous year's contracts.

[wade44]

This is so annoying to see!!! How you sit down and letting your rivals to get way better and you keep sit down doin nothing?!?!
I swear we make so much bad choices, giving Duncan this amount of money, giving Lowry this amount of money, after a history of overpaying scrubs.
We never get those deals like what Boston has pulled. Pat wake the FCK up. NOW

The elephant in the room is Pat has been washed for years now. The game has clearly passed him by. Would love to see him land another whale but it's truly a players league now and Pat doesn't have nearly the power or control he used to have

[Vertical Limit]

Lol if Boston gets kd

Boston gets everything

When you build through the draft and are hitting above .300, youre setup for success and have many options.

We build through giving up a ton of picks for players (lebron, bosh, dragic, butler) and undrafted free agents that are low skilled and one dimensional. Got lucky with bam.. trade away precious because he wasnt other world in his rookie season..

[BenoUdrihFTL]

We just have so much going against us this offseason even aside from the usual whale honeydicking

We don't have any cap flexibility and we're working against getting hard capped. We don't have all our picks nor any expiring contracts to make available for trade. Our only real asset we'd be willing to trade Herro is still on his rookie deal so we'd have to attach salary and all we have available for that is Duncan and Lowry -- both of whom tanked their own value last season and are on overpaid multiple year contracts

Then to top it off, the one trade we might be willing to include Bam in (for KD), we can't even do that because of this obscure DR contract rule trade caveat

EDIT: and I almost forgot, our pool of players to choose from is also limited to guys who can fit into Spo's rigid system and our "culture"

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[Bishop45]

KD
Mitchell


Myrie
Sexton

Simmons/Collins

Randle

[3ammy3uck3ts]

If KD ends up in Boston just call me Heatvols because I’ll be praying for injury

[HeatFanLifer]

Riley probably had ICC captured. He's sitting in one of Riley's cars with a bag over his head right now.

[HeatingUp3]

And to think that i thought I couldn't Hate the Celtics more. This happened. Imagine them getting KD. This ball club sure have luck.