Around the NBA (Part Two)

MN7725 · Post #1941 » by **MN7725** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:42 am

younggunsmn wrote:Lakers have no center yet.
Will probably be Ayton but Lopez and Capela off the board now.

if I'm Ayton I might prefer the Bucks if the $ is the same as LAL
easier conference, more shots

younggunsmn · Post #1942 » by **younggunsmn** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:43 am

karch34 wrote:
Domejandro wrote:
karch34 wrote:Looking at it think there has to be more to it as Nets would need another $10m incoming when I ran it.

Brooklyn has cap space to eat the contract straight up.

They should but this is what I got on fans fanspo
Nets are unable to complete this trade. Since they are not an over apron team, and they are sending out between $7,500,000 and $29.0M in salary, they are only able to take back $7.5M more than the salary they are sending out.

Nets can only take back $28.5M in salary based on the amount they are sending out.

Cut $9.7M from the Nets incoming trade value to make this trade successful for the Nets.

I don't think whatever logic their program is using accounts for trading into Raw Cap Space.
Brooklyn has plenty of room to absorb the ~17 mil difference.

Loaf_of_bread · Post #1943 » by **Loaf_of_bread** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:55 am

Ayton has a reputation as a bad locker room guy/poor character. Doubt nets or LAL has interest.

Guest84 · Post #1944 » by **Guest84** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:00 am

Should free agency come before the draft?

Post #1945 » by **Klomp** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:20 pm

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Neeva · Post #1946 » by **Neeva** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:22 pm

Wtf don’t tell me Indy is tanking for Dybantsa, first Celtics now this.

moss_is_1 · Post #1947 » by **moss_is_1** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:23 pm

Klomp wrote:

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Baseline81 · Post #1948 » by **Baseline81** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:41 pm

Milwaukee will be missing 22.6 million of its cap space for the next five years...

Neeva · Post #1949 » by **Neeva** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:47 pm

Baseline81 wrote:Milwaukee will be missing 22.6 million of its cap space for the next five years...

Turner ain’t THAT big a difference maker either :lol:

, although he has a reasonable contract.
I guess Dame to the Lakers in 2026-2027 season.

TimberKat · Post #1950 » by **TimberKat** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 4:07 pm

Neeva wrote:
Baseline81 wrote:Milwaukee will be missing 22.6 million of its cap space for the next five years...

Turner ain’t THAT big a difference maker either , although he has a reasonable contract.
I guess Dame to the Lakers in 2026-2027 season.

So Ayton+Lillard to Lakers? The Lillard move turned into disaster for Bucks. East teams are getting weaker besides Orlando. West teams are continue to get stronger. Even NOP thinks they will be in the playoffs next year

Neeva · Post #1951 » by **Neeva** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 4:10 pm

Indiana needs a center also. Tbh wolves should be trying to shop Naz , see what teams will offer, some gm may overpay.

Post #1952 » by **Klomp** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 4:12 pm

Neeva wrote:Indiana needs a center also. Tbh wolves should be trying to shop Naz , see what teams will offer, some gm may overpay.

Except Naz isn't a C

TimberKat · Post #1953 » by **TimberKat** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 4:13 pm

Time to trade Randle+JMcD+Dilly+Joan+5 2nd round picks to MIL for Giannis.

KGdaBom · Post #1954 » by **KGdaBom** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 4:38 pm

TimberKat wrote:Time to trade Randle+JMcD+Dilly+Joan+5 2nd round picks to MIL for Giannis.

I'm good with that. We could win 2 NBA titles.

life_saver · Post #1955 » by **life_saver** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 7:15 pm

Raptors feel like they are going nowhere....idk why a team that has already lot of salary tied to mediocre players would go on and give 4 yr $104M contract for a limited C like Poetl...he is not some all time great defender either, he is a limited player offensively and will be 30 by the time season starts.

Post #1956 » by **Klomp** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 7:22 pm

life_saver wrote:Raptors feel like they are going nowhere....idk why a team that has already lot of salary tied to mediocre players would go on and give 4 yr $104M contract for a limited C like Poetl...he is not some all time great defender either, he is a limited player offensively and will be 30 by the time season starts.

Not defending it, but I think the new CBA's salary cap floor will have some of these bad teams paying big money for rewarding guys who have already been in their system rather than spending that money in free agency.

BlacJacMac · Post #1957 » by **BlacJacMac** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 8:11 pm

Wolves East?

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karch34 · Post #1958 » by **karch34** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 8:25 pm

BlacJacMac wrote:Wolves East?

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Going to feel weird rooting for the Celtics but would be fun if Garza and Minott got some significant run.

younggunsmn · Post #1959 » by **younggunsmn** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 8:44 pm

Pacers really got sideswiped by Lillard being waived, I'm sure they didnt have that on their bingo card.
That's a pretty big blow for them, having a stretch 5 like Turner who can also defend the rim was pretty key to what they do.

Without Lillard or another viable PG Giannis might average a 35 pt triple double trying to win games next year.

younggunsmn · Post #1960 » by **younggunsmn** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 8:47 pm

karch34 wrote:
BlacJacMac wrote:Wolves East?

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Going to feel weird rooting for the Celtics but would be fun if Garza and Minott got some significant run.

I did not have the Celtics scooping up our end of bench players as sloppy seconds on my 2025 offseason bingo card.
Garza will fit ok but Minott is so brain dead he's just gonna get screamed at a lot.

It's almost like they are shooting for a high draft pick next year.
Expect Brown and White to miss a ton of games to "injury".