Trade/Free Agency Thread, part Ocho, 2023-24

watsonthedragon · Post #501 » by **watsonthedragon** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:00 pm

ddb drops got me all hot and bothered

NBA has the best offseason (and worst for my work productivity)

ddb · Post #502 » by **ddb** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:02 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:

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YUP! Agreed 100%.

Yessir! Exactly right.

Dame/Tatum/KP surrounded by really good connective tissue guys like White/Timelord/Al and whatever else the roster will look like. That's the ticket.

zoyathedestroya · Post #503 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:05 pm

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Shams in Riley's payroll.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #504 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:08 pm

chrisab123 wrote:
Froob wrote:Tatum really crunching numbers with Zarren

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Outside of relocation of the entire franchise I don't see how to get Dame here

Soooo Tatum is trying to upset Brown clearly lol

zoyathedestroya · Post #505 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:09 pm

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chrisab123 · Post #506 » by **chrisab123** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:09 pm

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
chrisab123 wrote:
Froob wrote:Tatum really crunching numbers with Zarren

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Outside of relocation of the entire franchise I don't see how to get Dame here

Soooo Tatum is trying to upset Brown clearly lol

Or help him...

playa-hater · Post #507 » by **playa-hater** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:10 pm

ddb wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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YUP! Agreed 100%.

Yessir! Exactly right.

Dame/Tatum/KP surrounded by really good connective tissue guys like White/Timelord/Al and whatever else the roster will look like. That's the ticket.

Taking this a step further. If Portland doesn't want Brown, use a 3 way with Houston. Houston has a ton of young talent they could entice Por with. And I do believe Houston and Brown would get along for an extension.

Post #508 » by **Froob** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:17 pm

playa-hater wrote:
ddb wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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YUP! Agreed 100%.

Yessir! Exactly right.

Dame/Tatum/KP surrounded by really good connective tissue guys like White/Timelord/Al and whatever else the roster will look like. That's the ticket.

Taking this a step further. If Portland doesn't want Brown, use a 3 way with Houston. Houston has a ton of young talent they could entice Por with. And I do believe Houston and Brown would get along for an extension.

They'd still have to risk Jaylen leaving in FA, but they already signed the two dumbest FA deals so Houston could do anything.

Homerclease · Post #509 » by **Homerclease** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:17 pm

Tate would be a good get from Houston but I’m not sure what we really have to offer them. They can’t possibly need more picks

ddb · Post #510 » by **ddb** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:19 pm

watsonthedragon wrote:ddb drops got me all hot and bothered

NBA has the best offseason (and worst for my work productivity)

I'm getting pretty anxious. This is going to come down to Dame being more open minded.

Side note.....He doesn't know Boston. We have to remember that he's from the Bay area, and he's played his entire career in Portland. When a west coast team comes through Boston, once per year, it's super quick and as part of a 4-6 game swing. He isn't spending time in Boston, he isn't playing in playoff games in Boston....He isn't dining at restaurants in Boston. He has very limited exposure to fans and just the city in general.
This is a sell job. Sounds like JT is on it. The key is getting Dame to be open minded. I think he'd end up loving it in Boston. Everything about it.

JaMarco · Post #511 » by **JaMarco** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:20 pm

chrisab123 wrote:
jirrit wrote:The signing of Porzingus/Porzingas makes me muse about the time we signed Haywood.

The funny thing is that Hayward and Porzingis are the exact same player

No

jfs1000d · Post #512 » by **jfs1000d** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:21 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:Putting Davison and Walsh on a two-way… we’d have:

White | Brown | Tatum | Porzingis | Timelord
Brogdon | Pritchard | Hauser | Brissett | Horford
Banton | FA1 | FA2 | FA3 | Kornet

I’m just gonna assume all three are minimum vet signings.

Javonte, Warren, and Griffin?

Walsh is gonna sign with a roster spot. 39th pick usually gets a guaranteed deal.

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Andrew McCeltic · Post #513 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:23 pm

chrisab123 wrote:
Froob wrote:Tatum really crunching numbers with Zarren

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Outside of relocation of the entire franchise I don't see how to get Dame here

You have to sell him on Boston, on the teammates he’d play with, and on Joe. Tough work

zoyathedestroya · Post #514 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:23 pm

KG and Evan Turner should help with the recruiting.

Post #515 » by **Froob** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:23 pm

JaMarco wrote:
chrisab123 wrote:
jirrit wrote:The signing of Porzingus/Porzingas makes me muse about the time we signed Haywood.

The funny thing is that Hayward and Porzingis are the exact same player

No

This is the new Hayward/Theis joke

Tyakack · Post #516 » by **Tyakack** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:23 pm

165bows wrote:
hugepatsfan wrote:Brad won’t be emotional about it, but for me I don’t think I could even really root for Dame. Like the guy keeps whining through the media he doesn’t want to be here. **** him then. I don’t think I can get super excited to root for him

Yeah that sums up Lillard for me as well. If they make the trade cool I'm sure he will be great, but he hasn't exactly been likeable through all this.

All though I agree, you will both 100% forgive him in a heartbeat when he comes here and makes us a juggernaut. Don't kid yourselves. I think Dame has been a complete b*** during all of this and I don't care. He makes us the clear favorites to win the whole thing. That is all I care about.

hugepatsfan · Post #517 » by **hugepatsfan** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:26 pm

Larry_Russell wrote:
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:You never expect the Stevens Inquisition...

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I do think its disrespectful to not let your guys know whats up.

Smart was blindsided, Danilo was blindsided.

Yeah, but my question is can you really stop them from being blindsided.

Like let's say they told Marcus Smart the day before the trade "hey, we think we need roster balance from moving a guard for a front court player. You're not our first choice to move. Ideally, we'd like to move Brogdon and we think we have some takers for him. So you should be safe, but if for whatever reason that falls through we'd probably have to pivot and move you. We don't expect that though."

I think he'd probably still be blindsided the next day lol

Hal14 · Post #518 » by **Hal14** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:26 pm

playa-hater wrote:
Larry_Russell wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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There are these flying metal things called airplanes.

Lets see what you got for pull young man

Dame
White
Brown
Tatum
KP

Team is ridiculous

or

Dame
White
Tatum
KP
Timelord

with depth.

that team is supremely talented but would be a chemistry nightmare. that team would require 3 Basketballs.

Eh, idk. Dame has had an assist rate of 30% or higher 7 times. He had a 35% assist rate last season. Let's not act like he's some ball hog.

That lineup also contains an all-defensive player who is very unselfish offensively.

You've got a really good rebounder/rim protector.

And this lineup pushes JB into more of a Klay Thompson type of role as a off-ball shooter / cutter. He won't be doing as much on ball creation, driving into traffic..

Dame plays the steph role. Tatum plays the KD role.

That 2017 and 2018 warriors were arguably the best teams in NBA history.

watsonthedragon · Post #519 » by **watsonthedragon** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:30 pm

Just a (probably obvious) thought - If you believe this story about JT recruiting Dame then it means one of two things:

1. Cs think they can get Dame without including JB
2. JB is openly okay with moving on

I just can't imagine JT would essentially be pushing for JBs departure without him being open to it. That would cause some serious locker room issues.

fallguy · Post #520 » by **fallguy** » Thu Jul 6, 2023 3:30 pm

celticfan42487 wrote:
chrisab123 wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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There are these flying metal things called airplanes.

Spears has been saying this for days. Don't see how that changes anything

Yeah I mean, Woj and Shams have been pretty clear from Day 1 giving no one else hope but the Heat.

Woj today saying teams are willing to give a good 1rst maybe more for Herro.

Shams saying

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Hell even that same Spears beign quoted above says Lillard is going to the Heat

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The time to move on was about 3 days ago.

Shams is a whore. Joke of a reporter.