2022-23 Season Discussion and Speculation 5 - The KD era begins

[lilfishi22]

I really think Ishbia underestimated how much the fanbase loved Bridges.

And how important health/durability/age is in the NBA.

Given the Isiah Thomas rumours...don't think he's all that connected to the fanbase

[Qwigglez]

We still have Dario at the 4.

[NE1Care]

Heartbroken at Mikal leaving. Absolutely loved that guy

I feel it in my chest and can't shake it. I love the guy.

[sunskerr]

We were just starting to see Mikal push the envelope. Guess we will have to see if he was legitimate on the Nets.

Need to quickly pick up some shooters now.

Shooters??? I'd think the bigger priority would be lock down defenders! Basically we really lack any tangible depth now! I surely hope we can find great options in the buyout market now!

Yes shooters. The starters will be ok but the bench outside of Lee completely abysmal in every sense of the word. Absolutely atrocious...as bad as the Lakers were when they traded for Russ.

I don't count Shamet either because he should not ever see the floor.

[WeekapaugGroove]

I'm sad to see Bridges and Johnson go, truly wish them the best going forward.

KD, man an all time great and they have a real shot this season and next.

Warren coming back is super hilarious.

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[dmastro32]

Man I am going to struggle stomaching no mikal. We have to make more moves but I don’t know how

[spanishninja]

I really think Ishbia underestimated how much the fanbase loved Bridges.

And how important health/durability/age is in the NBA.

i think the opposite. for both Cam and Mikal, it seems like sell high moves. Cam's injury concern limits his ceiling. Anyway, with the moves the mavs and lakers made, i think we all agree this had to be done.

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[sunskerr]

Brooklyn probably saw Mikal's recent games and felt comfortable with it. Losing Johnsons shooting is a back breaker imo.

Yea, this is crazy...did they not noticed how much of an impact Cam had on the team once he returned? I'm just really conflicted about 4 picks with cam AND mikal.

AND Jae Crowder whom we could at least try to turn into a 7th-8th-9th rotation level player...that would have helped too after losing the Twins.

[matt131]

Wow. no words at the moment. Mikal and Cam were my two favorite players and I think that's the same for a lot of us around here.

We need a few more moves. Losing Cam and Mikal is losing A LOT. Shooting, incredible defense, durability (Mikal at least), chemistry. Durant is an all-time great, but we've still got work to do here. Vanderbilt would have been the optimal guy to play at the 4 with Durant at the 3

[Blonde]

Considering Jones has botched at least every other draft pick anyway I’m not too concerned with giving up 4. Unprotected in 2029 is scary but I wouldn’t let it be a deal breaker. Could a better GM have made a better deal than this? Probably but we’ll never know. This team might break every offensive metric of all time, and KD isn’t a slouch on defense either.

[BurningHeart]

I really think Ishbia underestimated how much the fanbase loved Bridges.

And how important health/durability/age is in the NBA.

Given the Isiah Thomas rumours...don't think he's all that connected to the fanbase

Well, we get what we ask for I guess.

Every single new owner wants to come in and do some stupid "impact" crap and it's always a disaster.

Worse yet about this is all the also-rans and ring-chaser cancers who are just gonna wanna line up and join the team.

No longer planning on defeating the world by building "our own" team, I guess. Disgusting.

[Desertfox]

Bloody hell... This is absolutely terrible. We either win this year or its all over. Why couldn't we just give Ainge all those picks for Markannen?

For the record, we have ZERO draft picks from JJ...

[BurningHeart]

Wow. no words at the moment. Mikal and Cam were my two favorite players and I think that's the same for a lot of us around here.

We need a few more moves. Losing Cam and Mikal is losing A LOT. Shooting, incredible defense, durability (Mikal at least), chemistry. Durant is an all-time great, but we've still got work to do here. Vanderbilt would have been the optimal guy to play at the 4 with Durant at the 3

I don't watch much anymore but Bridges and Cam were by far my favorite players on the team.

[Qwigglez]

Do we have a Westbrook Durant reunion too? Is there any PF's on the market? Who are we starting?

[Ghost of Kleine]

Read on Twitter

[sunsbum]

Brooklyn probably saw Mikal's recent games and felt comfortable with it. Losing Johnsons shooting is a back breaker imo.

Yea, this is crazy...did they not noticed how much of an impact Cam had on the team once he returned? I'm just really conflicted about 4 picks with cam AND mikal.

AND Jae Crowder whom we could at least try to turn into a 7th-8th-9th rotation level player...that would have helped too after losing the Twins.

I don't really care about Jae as a player but yea, its not like he was a trashbag by any means. I just like....the only thing I can think is that Matt said..."hey bro I don't care about picks either, I'm gunna dump buckets into whatever we need to get this team a ring in the next few years".

[Desertfox]

So we traded TJ Warren to draft Cam and now traded Cam for Warren.

[spanishninja]

So we traded TJ Warren to draft Cam and now traded Cam for Warren.

that sustainability!

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[Blonde]

Tonight has me remembering how mad some of ya’ll were about trading Rubio and Oubre for Chris Paul

[dremill24]

Holy s*** thats a ridiculous package. Its going to get real bad real fast with the age of CP/KD so if theres no title out of this...woof lol

Still really overestimating the effectiveness of Paul in the playoffs...bit of delusion there. But KD is KD, maybe he can make up for it

Okogie/Craig more important than ever.