Around the NBA (Part Two)

Slim Tubby · Post #1881 » by **Slim Tubby** » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:08 pm

Porzingis traded to ATL for Niang and SRP. The Nets received Mann and FRP to help facilitate.

Certainly appears the Celtics are going full tank next season. It's time for us to check out the potential availability and cost for White.

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Post #1882 » by **Klomp** » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:15 pm

Slim Tubby wrote:Porzingis traded to ATL for Niang and SRP. The Nets received Mann and FRP to help facilitate.

Certainly appears the Celtics are going full tank next season. It's time for us to check out the potential availability and cost for White.

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Not necessarily tanking. They got out of the second apron, which I'm guessing was the top priority especially without Tatum next season.

BlacJacMac · Post #1883 » by **BlacJacMac** » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:15 pm

Slim Tubby wrote:Porzingis traded to ATL for Niang and SRP. The Nets received Mann and FRP to help facilitate.

Certainly appears the Celtics are going full tank next season. It's time for us to check out the potential availability and cost for White.

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I don't think they're tanking. They're just trying to avoid paying 400M for their roster next season by getting rid of dead weight.

Neeva · Post #1884 » by **Neeva** » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:22 pm

Well there goes one Rudy destination..

Slim Tubby · Post #1885 » by **Slim Tubby** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 12:10 am

BlacJacMac wrote:
Slim Tubby wrote:Porzingis traded to ATL for Niang and SRP. The Nets received Mann and FRP to help facilitate.

Certainly appears the Celtics are going full tank next season. It's time for us to check out the potential availability and cost for White.

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I don't think they're tanking. They're just trying to avoid paying 400M for their roster next season by getting rid of dead weight.

For you and Klomp, "tanking" was a poor choice of words on my behalf. Probably better stated that they expect a steep decline without Tatum next season even if they kept Holiday and KP.

I still want White like a chubby kid wants ice cream.

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minimus · Post #1886 » by **minimus** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 6:25 am

Brooklyn got another first round pick with No. 22 coming their way in this deal. The Nets took on Mann’s contract to get it, which will pay him $47 million over the next three years. As someone who is always in favor of bad teams renting out their draft space for first-round picks, this feels like a sharp move by Brooklyn’s front office.

The Nets now pick at No. 8, No. 19, No. 22, No. 26, and No. 27

KGdaBom · Post #1887 » by **KGdaBom** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 5:14 pm

minimus wrote:
Brooklyn got another first round pick with No. 22 coming their way in this deal. The Nets took on Mann’s contract to get it, which will pay him $47 million over the next three years. As someone who is always in favor of bad teams renting out their draft space for first-round picks, this feels like a sharp move by Brooklyn’s front office.

The Nets now pick at No. 8, No. 19, No. 22, No. 26, and No. 27

The Nets should use 22-26-27 to trade up as high as they can.

BlacJacMac · Post #1888 » by **BlacJacMac** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 5:41 pm

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TimberKat · Post #1889 » by **TimberKat** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 6:01 pm

KGdaBom wrote:
minimus wrote:
Brooklyn got another first round pick with No. 22 coming their way in this deal. The Nets took on Mann’s contract to get it, which will pay him $47 million over the next three years. As someone who is always in favor of bad teams renting out their draft space for first-round picks, this feels like a sharp move by Brooklyn’s front office.

The Nets now pick at No. 8, No. 19, No. 22, No. 26, and No. 27

The Nets should use 22-26-27 to trade up as high as they can.

How about 8 #1s for Ant or Brown? Five of them tonight and Nets likely have another 3 available.

Post #1890 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 7:57 pm

Apparently the Mavs have to rebuild their coaching staff, even if Kidd stays. Three assistants moving on.

TimberKat · Post #1891 » by **TimberKat** » Wed Jun 25, 2025 8:54 pm

Rockets resign VenVleet, I can't wait for them to trade for CJM with POR as Green replacement. So they could go from the second youngest team to be the oldest team in NBA

minimus · Post #1892 » by **minimus** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 4:41 am

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Neeva · Post #1893 » by **Neeva** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 7:01 pm

Utah is in for so many headaches with Bailey, it’s what Ainge deserves :lol:

b7s4 · Post #1894 » by **b7s4** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 7:05 pm

Starting at the 9:32 mark, experts talking about if Ant-Man can lead the wolves team to a final.

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Post #1895 » by **Klomp** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 7:20 pm

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Post #1896 » by **Klomp** » Fri Jun 27, 2025 7:32 pm

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The argument of "you have to get through OKC" is dumb...people were saying that about Boston last year. People were saying Indiana got lucky with injuries in the playoffs this year. Guess what? They still took Oklahoma City to 7 games in the NBA Finals.

The Thunder are not infallible.

This might be a summer similar to 2023, where Connelly has decided to just run it back and value consistency. After losing to the world champs in 5 years, we ran it back and beat them in the playoffs that next year.

minimus · Post #1897 » by **minimus** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 5:54 am

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this what happen when you have too many picks: only one year for development for Dillon

Post #1898 » by **Domejandro** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 12:41 pm

minimus wrote:

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this what happen when you have too many picks: only one year for development for Dillon

Something kind of funny is that they traded five seconds for that pick, so they effectively traded six seconds for a one-year Dillon Jones rental! :lol:

TimberKat · Post #1899 » by **TimberKat** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 4:52 pm

Cavs are hit by the same stupid SuperMax rule as Twolves. I like Mobley but he is no supermax. NBA really needs to change the rule for Max/SuperMax qualification and how much counts towards the cap.

The good news maybe OKC will need to break up the team after 2025-2026 season. Although their big 3 are still great value. SGA will make 38Mil next year and 41M in 2026 which is a steal. JWill and Holmgren are likely max players in 2026. Although can't wait to see JWill makes all nba thrid team and Holmgren makes DPOY. So those 3 would suck up their entire cap :-)

We bring back Randle, win a couple rounds of playoffs in 2025 season. Target 2026 for championship run but SAS dominate the league again :-)

KGdaBom · Post #1900 » by **KGdaBom** » Sun Jun 29, 2025 5:29 pm

Klomp wrote:
b7s4 wrote:Starting at the 9:32 mark, experts talking about if Ant-Man can lead the wolves team to a final.

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The argument of "you have to get through OKC" is dumb...people were saying that about Boston last year. People were saying Indiana got lucky with injuries in the playoffs this year. Guess what? They still took Oklahoma City to 7 games in the NBA Finals.

The Thunder are not infallible.

This might be a summer similar to 2023, where Connelly has decided to just run it back and value consistency. After losing to the world champs in 5 years, we ran it back and beat them in the playoffs that next year.

OKC on paper will be better, but games are played on the court. Not on paper. We can beat them. Will we?