HurricaneKid wrote:Dipo literally spent the offseason on the trading block and no one bit. No one wants to pay him next year. So rather than take current All NBA and 23 yr old Simmons they dump salary and HOPEFULLY get a few decent picks 5 and 6 years from now?
Fertitta might just be the worst owner in pro sports.
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This dude is one petty prick.
This is what we call cutting the nose off your face to spite your enemy. Tightwad Tillman let the personal get in the way of the professional. If he was smart and was trying to save money, he could've dumped Eric Gordon onto the Cavaliers with Prince+Allen and received a 1st and a couple 2nds for Drummond+Exum if he was so hellbent on clearing cap space. The Cavs wouldn't have had a problem with that deal knowing that Gordon's last year isn't guaranteed and his final guaranteed year expires at the same time as Love+Nance jr not to mention the fact that Cleveland generally doesn't attract FA's and those 3 aforementioned deals expire at the same time that Garland+Sexton's deals are up for renewal.
Another move they should've done was separate the Morey drama and take the Simmons+Thybulle+Maxey+2-3 1sts and salary filler. Then they could've done the following to ensure the cheapskate owner got his wish whilst trying to build better for the future:
-Flip Simmons to Minnesota. The T-Wolves have glaringly shown that they need a PF and Simmons would've solved a lot of their issues defensively. They could've asked for a package of Rubio+Edwards+Culver/other prospects+filler+3 1sts whilst sending P.J. Tucker and maybe Danuel House Jr. to Minnesota as well to try and squeeze more value.
-Flip Ricky Rubio to the Clippers in exchange for Lou Williams+Kabengele+Jackson+Patterson+Terrance Mann and 4 2nds(POR 23+Detroit's 2nds). The Clippers could fill their 3 open roster spots with 10 day guys or g-league players and the Rockets would've gotten a decent haul of picks to try and replenish the stock of picks. Another plot to this is that the Clippers fill their glaring hole at the point where they get their floor general in Rubio to help with the half court set and could be the final piece to the puzzle whilst potentially sabotaging the future picks the Clips owe to OKC.
-Build up Wood and Wall's value. Let Wall stay healthy and make him look good and maybe a team will bite on him if his body holds up. If Wood can prove his play isn't a flash in the pan, you'll have plenty of suitors calling for him ex. Charlotte or any team looking for a starting C.
I know this wouldn't have been the greatest, but my god I feel for the Houston GM who had his hands tied and was dealing with Tillman probably yelling in his ear to get under the luxury tax and save money. My proposed scenario at least you could sell hope to the fan base with a young guy like Edwards who'd be under team control for a while and you'd be getting picks from multiple teams instead of relying on Brooklyn where they are in a prime location and can easily get players to come whereas Philly and Minnesota aren't exactly hot spots for FA.
Instead they are praying on someone to cast a voodoo spell on the Nets. Barring Durant getting injured(don't wish ill on anyone), the Nets will more than likely win some rings. The Nets were champions in the ABA with Dr. J, but their run in the NBA has been forgettable outside Petrovic+Jason Kidd and the false hope that Billy King laid out. Joseph Tsai is hoping to accomplish what Mikhail Prohkorov could not: winning the NBA title.
The only thing that can go wrong is Kyrie going rogue which is possible due to his head being all over the place and his ego certainly will not be happy being a 3rd option+KD and Harden won't take 3rd fiddle so that'll be interesting to see how it plays out. Plus all 3 can be FA's at the end of next season so if they don't win a ring by then, it's a free for all at that point. KD's ego would never recover from such a collapse and the way Kyrie's been acting, I would laugh off a bridge if the Nets were to collapse this year the way the Clippers did in the bubble. The memes would be worse than ever.