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jmr07019 wrote:Hope this doesn’t mess with chemistry too bad. Reminiscent of Ray Allen / Ainge vibes here.
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Read into this what you will, but it looks like Jaylen's pissed. I don't blame him. I'm seriously annoyed with Brad and co. for even attempting this trade, especially after they just made the Finals. I don't care if it's KD on the other end. Assuming the trade offer is real and not something Woj and Shams made up, this is such a seriously bad move, whether it fails or succeeds.
If this becomes a Ray Allen situation, then kiss JB goodbye I guess. A lot of people on these boards who've long wanted him gone will finally wet themselves in excitement.
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Putting aside the KD trade, everyone is absolutely convinced that Jaylen is gone in 2 years. Why? The only concrete evidence anyone has is Wiggy claiming Jaylen straight up told him he wanted out. That's it. Jaylen and his team have said nothing. The Celtics haven't leaked anything to the media.Ben-N1ce wrote:People overthinking..zero guarantee Jaylen resigns in a couple years...KD is 100% the better player right now. I don't look 5 years down the line especially in today's player driven NBA.
I think people might be overthinking the "Jaylen wants out" side of this.
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Nobody can predict health so explain to me from a a talent and basketball perspective how the Celtics aren't closer to a title with KD than Jaylen both healthy the next 2 seasons.
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Ill News wrote:jmr07019 wrote:Hope this doesn’t mess with chemistry too bad. Reminiscent of Ray Allen / Ainge vibes here.
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Read into this what you will, but it looks like Jaylen's pissed. I don't blame him. I'm seriously annoyed with Brad and co. for even attempting this trade, especially after they just made the Finals. I don't care if it's KD on the other end. Assuming the trade offer is real and not something Woj and Shams made up, this is such a seriously bad move, whether it fails or succeeds.
If this becomes a Ray Allen situation, then kiss JB goodbye I guess. A lot of people on these boards who've long wanted him gone will finally wet themselves in excitement.
That would really **** suck and I hope it doesn’t play out that way but I get where Jaylen is coming from.
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So I guess Brad didn’t see our poll.
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Ben-N1ce wrote:Nobody can predict health so explain to me from a a talent and basketball perspective how the Celtics aren't closer to a title with KD than Jaylen both healthy the next 2 seasons.
But we can make educated guesses about health. Who is more likely to play in more games over the next 2 years?
Player A
-Will be 34 when the season starts
-Has averaged 30 games played over the course of the past 3 years, following surgery to repair a torn achilles
-Is really skinny, in his arms, legs and mid-section
Player B
-25 yrs old, entering his prime
-Just did impressive under water workout. Looks like he's ready to compete in a freaking decathlon
-Has averaged 60 games per season over the past 3 seasons (so exactly double KD's availability over the past 3 seasons)
-Played in all 24 of the team's playoff games in 2022
-Is built as strong and solid as can be
Not factoring injury risk or age (age 34 KD is past his prime, his best days are behind him, will start declining soon vs JB age 25, entering his prime and still getting better).
While JB might leave at the end of his contract in 2 years, he also might stay for another 5+ years.
There's also other factors to consider, so trying to simplify it as much as you did in your post is not reality. Other factors:
-JB has been here for 6 years. We know what the chemistry is like with him on this team. We have no idea what it would be like with KD
-the trade is not JB for KD straight up, so we should really stop talking about it as such. The salaries don't match and the nets wouldn't accept the offer. It's JB + other good players + picks for KD. If we give up JB + 2 other rotation players (like white or smart + Grant for example) now we go from a team that's 10 deep to a team that's 8 deep. And as we all know, there's basically no good players available on the free agent market.How are we gonna get through a season with 8 guys? If anyone goes down with an injury, we're f&cked. And we have guys like rob and brogdon who get hurt a lot, we have 36 year old Al, etc.
Nothing wrong with having a different opinion - as long as it's done respectfully. It'd be lame if we all agreed on everything 
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Make it happen Brad. Jaylen’s a goner in two years anyways.
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YES. YES. YES. and YEEEEESSSS. It's ridiculous how sentimental people are when it comes to our own. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine Jaylen Brown being valued enough to the point where he could realistically help the Celtics land KEVIN FREAKIN DURANT. Kevin Durant is incredible. He's skinny, he's been hurt a couple times during his career...but the guys game is going to age well....he's silky smooth. Arguably the greatest pure scorer in NBA history....O, by the way, he's 7 feet tall and good defensively as well. The lineup flexibility Ime would have with Tatum/Durant on the floor together is unbelievable.
Durant > Curry. Celts get back to the finals they aren't losing to Golden State this time with Durant in a Celtics jersey.
and I don't want to hear it about how Boston just swept BK and KD wasn't the same. That BK team STUNK. Simmons didn't even play. Outside of KD/Kyrie/Bruce Brown that team was trash. Dysfunctional with all the Kyrie/Harden/Simmons nonsense. And that series was a heck of a lot closer then the 4-0 sweep would indicate. Nets steal game 1 and who knows how that series plays out.
Whoever lands Durant is getting a bonafide superstar. Don't let his age scare you. He's 33, turns 34 late Sept....has 4 years left on his deal.....The whole point of pro sports is winning titles. If Boston has a fairly healthy Durant for 4 seasons I would wager a lot that they make AT LEAST 2 finals and win AT LEAST 1...IF NOT 2 titles. DO IT. DO IT.
Durant > Curry. Celts get back to the finals they aren't losing to Golden State this time with Durant in a Celtics jersey.
and I don't want to hear it about how Boston just swept BK and KD wasn't the same. That BK team STUNK. Simmons didn't even play. Outside of KD/Kyrie/Bruce Brown that team was trash. Dysfunctional with all the Kyrie/Harden/Simmons nonsense. And that series was a heck of a lot closer then the 4-0 sweep would indicate. Nets steal game 1 and who knows how that series plays out.
Whoever lands Durant is getting a bonafide superstar. Don't let his age scare you. He's 33, turns 34 late Sept....has 4 years left on his deal.....The whole point of pro sports is winning titles. If Boston has a fairly healthy Durant for 4 seasons I would wager a lot that they make AT LEAST 2 finals and win AT LEAST 1...IF NOT 2 titles. DO IT. DO IT.
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Hal14 wrote:Ben-N1ce wrote:Nobody can predict health so explain to me from a a talent and basketball perspective how the Celtics aren't closer to a title with KD than Jaylen both healthy the next 2 seasons.
But we can make educated guesses about health. Who is more likely to play in more games over the next 2 years?
Player A
-Will be 34 when the season starts
-Has averaged 30 games played over the course of the past 3 years, following surgery to repair a torn achilles
-Is really skinny, in his arms, legs and mid-section
Player B
-25 yrs old, entering his prime
-Just did impressive under water workout. Looks like he's ready to compete in a freaking decathlon
-Has averaged 60 games per season over the past 3 seasons (so exactly double KD's availability over the past 3 seasons)
-Played in all 24 of the team's playoff games in 2022
-Is built as strong and solid as can be
Not factoring injury risk or age (age 34 KD is past his prime, his best days are behind him, will start declining soon vs JB age 25, entering his prime and still getting better).
While JB might leave at the end of his contract in 2 years, he also might stay for another 5+ years.
There's also other factors to consider, so trying to simplify it as much as you did in your post is not reality. Other factors:
-JB has been here for 6 years. We know what the chemistry is like with him on this team. We have no idea what it would be like with KD
-the trade is not JB for KD straight up, so we should really stop talking about it as such. The salaries don't match and the nets wouldn't accept the offer. It's JB + other good players + picks for KD. If we give up JB + 2 other rotation players (like white or smart + Grant for example) now we go from a team that's 10 deep to a team that's 8 deep. And as we all know, there's basically no good players available on the free agent market.How are we gonna get through a season with 8 guys? If anyone goes down with an injury, we're f&cked. And we have guys like rob and brogdon who get hurt a lot, we have 36 year old Al, etc.
The way you are describing their injury histories feels disingenuous. KD had the big achilles injury three years ago that caused him to miss a season and a half, and it would have been reasonable to be concerned that would continue to affect his play as of a year and a half ago, but since then he has fully recovered from it and shows no lingering issues. He also had the one MCL sprain or whatever it was last season, but he fully recovered from that within a couple months too, and he took some rest games off, but he isn't regularly missing games or playing hampered because of recurring injuries or anything. You're making it sound like he has some lingering issue that we can expect to cause him to miss 2/3 of every season going forward, which isn't very likely. His age is a much bigger concern than an injury history consisting of a couple chance acute injuries that he fully recovered from.
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Two games away with no depth we add depth let's go keep the diva away from my team at all cost keep the leading scorer of your ec team.
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Slax wrote:Hal14 wrote:Ben-N1ce wrote:Nobody can predict health so explain to me from a a talent and basketball perspective how the Celtics aren't closer to a title with KD than Jaylen both healthy the next 2 seasons.
But we can make educated guesses about health. Who is more likely to play in more games over the next 2 years?
Player A
-Will be 34 when the season starts
-Has averaged 30 games played over the course of the past 3 years, following surgery to repair a torn achilles
-Is really skinny, in his arms, legs and mid-section
Player B
-25 yrs old, entering his prime
-Just did impressive under water workout. Looks like he's ready to compete in a freaking decathlon
-Has averaged 60 games per season over the past 3 seasons (so exactly double KD's availability over the past 3 seasons)
-Played in all 24 of the team's playoff games in 2022
-Is built as strong and solid as can be
Not factoring injury risk or age (age 34 KD is past his prime, his best days are behind him, will start declining soon vs JB age 25, entering his prime and still getting better).
While JB might leave at the end of his contract in 2 years, he also might stay for another 5+ years.
There's also other factors to consider, so trying to simplify it as much as you did in your post is not reality. Other factors:
-JB has been here for 6 years. We know what the chemistry is like with him on this team. We have no idea what it would be like with KD
-the trade is not JB for KD straight up, so we should really stop talking about it as such. The salaries don't match and the nets wouldn't accept the offer. It's JB + other good players + picks for KD. If we give up JB + 2 other rotation players (like white or smart + Grant for example) now we go from a team that's 10 deep to a team that's 8 deep. And as we all know, there's basically no good players available on the free agent market.How are we gonna get through a season with 8 guys? If anyone goes down with an injury, we're f&cked. And we have guys like rob and brogdon who get hurt a lot, we have 36 year old Al, etc.
The way you are describing their injury histories feels disingenuous. KD had the big achilles injury three years ago that caused him to miss a season and a half, and it would have been reasonable to be concerned that would continue to affect his play as of a year and a half ago, but since then he has fully recovered from it and shows no lingering issues. He also had the one MCL sprain or whatever it was last season, but he fully recovered from that within a couple months too, and he took some rest games off, but he isn't regularly missing games or playing hampered because of recurring injuries or anything. You're making it sound like he has some lingering issue that we can expect to cause him to miss 2/3 of every season going forward, which isn't very likely. His age is a much bigger concern than an injury history consisting of a couple chance acute injuries that he fully recovered from.
fully recovered.
got it.
so no player who suffered 2 really serious injuries has ever had either of those injuries pop back up again? Torn achilles and MCL sprain = no big deal, even for a 34 yr old. He'll be fine.
One you recover from an injury, that's that. There's never again a possibility for a player to re-injure that part of their body...ever? Even for a player who's 34 and has legs, arms and mid-section that are abnormally skinny for an NBA starter? Wow, this is new to me.
Nothing wrong with having a different opinion - as long as it's done respectfully. It'd be lame if we all agreed on everything 
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Hal14 wrote:Slax wrote:Hal14 wrote:But we can make educated guesses about health. Who is more likely to play in more games over the next 2 years?
Player A
-Will be 34 when the season starts
-Has averaged 30 games played over the course of the past 3 years, following surgery to repair a torn achilles
-Is really skinny, in his arms, legs and mid-section
Player B
-25 yrs old, entering his prime
-Just did impressive under water workout. Looks like he's ready to compete in a freaking decathlon
-Has averaged 60 games per season over the past 3 seasons (so exactly double KD's availability over the past 3 seasons)
-Played in all 24 of the team's playoff games in 2022
-Is built as strong and solid as can be
Not factoring injury risk or age (age 34 KD is past his prime, his best days are behind him, will start declining soon vs JB age 25, entering his prime and still getting better).
While JB might leave at the end of his contract in 2 years, he also might stay for another 5+ years.
There's also other factors to consider, so trying to simplify it as much as you did in your post is not reality. Other factors:
-JB has been here for 6 years. We know what the chemistry is like with him on this team. We have no idea what it would be like with KD
-the trade is not JB for KD straight up, so we should really stop talking about it as such. The salaries don't match and the nets wouldn't accept the offer. It's JB + other good players + picks for KD. If we give up JB + 2 other rotation players (like white or smart + Grant for example) now we go from a team that's 10 deep to a team that's 8 deep. And as we all know, there's basically no good players available on the free agent market.How are we gonna get through a season with 8 guys? If anyone goes down with an injury, we're f&cked. And we have guys like rob and brogdon who get hurt a lot, we have 36 year old Al, etc.
The way you are describing their injury histories feels disingenuous. KD had the big achilles injury three years ago that caused him to miss a season and a half, and it would have been reasonable to be concerned that would continue to affect his play as of a year and a half ago, but since then he has fully recovered from it and shows no lingering issues. He also had the one MCL sprain or whatever it was last season, but he fully recovered from that within a couple months too, and he took some rest games off, but he isn't regularly missing games or playing hampered because of recurring injuries or anything. You're making it sound like he has some lingering issue that we can expect to cause him to miss 2/3 of every season going forward, which isn't very likely. His age is a much bigger concern than an injury history consisting of a couple chance acute injuries that he fully recovered from.
fully recovered.
got it.
so no player who suffered 2 really serious injuries has ever had either of those injuries pop back up again? Torn achilles and MCL sprain = no big deal, even for a 34 yr old. He'll be fine.
One you recover from an injury, that's that. There's never again a possibility for a player to re-injure that part of their body...ever? Even for a player who's 34 and has legs, arms and mid-section that are abnormally skinny for an NBA starter? Wow, this is new to me.
What about a soon to be 26 year old with chronic knee tendinitis and recurring hamstring issues? Whose game is almost entirely based on his elite athleticism.
KD definitely the bigger injury risk, but you cannot pretend Jaylen hasn’t been pretty damn injury prone himself.
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Ill News wrote:jmr07019 wrote:Hope this doesn’t mess with chemistry too bad. Reminiscent of Ray Allen / Ainge vibes here.
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Read into this what you will, but it looks like Jaylen's pissed. I don't blame him. I'm seriously annoyed with Brad and co. for even attempting this trade, especially after they just made the Finals. I don't care if it's KD on the other end. Assuming the trade offer is real and not something Woj and Shams made up, this is such a seriously bad move, whether it fails or succeeds.
If this becomes a Ray Allen situation, then kiss JB goodbye I guess. A lot of people on these boards who've long wanted him gone will finally wet themselves in excitement.
Maybe that’s the ultimate strategy from KD and Nets, trying to mess up every team’s chemistry and they stay the same… my conspiracy theory lol
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Hal14 wrote:Slax wrote:Hal14 wrote:But we can make educated guesses about health. Who is more likely to play in more games over the next 2 years?
Player A
-Will be 34 when the season starts
-Has averaged 30 games played over the course of the past 3 years, following surgery to repair a torn achilles
-Is really skinny, in his arms, legs and mid-section
Player B
-25 yrs old, entering his prime
-Just did impressive under water workout. Looks like he's ready to compete in a freaking decathlon
-Has averaged 60 games per season over the past 3 seasons (so exactly double KD's availability over the past 3 seasons)
-Played in all 24 of the team's playoff games in 2022
-Is built as strong and solid as can be
Not factoring injury risk or age (age 34 KD is past his prime, his best days are behind him, will start declining soon vs JB age 25, entering his prime and still getting better).
While JB might leave at the end of his contract in 2 years, he also might stay for another 5+ years.
There's also other factors to consider, so trying to simplify it as much as you did in your post is not reality. Other factors:
-JB has been here for 6 years. We know what the chemistry is like with him on this team. We have no idea what it would be like with KD
-the trade is not JB for KD straight up, so we should really stop talking about it as such. The salaries don't match and the nets wouldn't accept the offer. It's JB + other good players + picks for KD. If we give up JB + 2 other rotation players (like white or smart + Grant for example) now we go from a team that's 10 deep to a team that's 8 deep. And as we all know, there's basically no good players available on the free agent market.How are we gonna get through a season with 8 guys? If anyone goes down with an injury, we're f&cked. And we have guys like rob and brogdon who get hurt a lot, we have 36 year old Al, etc.
The way you are describing their injury histories feels disingenuous. KD had the big achilles injury three years ago that caused him to miss a season and a half, and it would have been reasonable to be concerned that would continue to affect his play as of a year and a half ago, but since then he has fully recovered from it and shows no lingering issues. He also had the one MCL sprain or whatever it was last season, but he fully recovered from that within a couple months too, and he took some rest games off, but he isn't regularly missing games or playing hampered because of recurring injuries or anything. You're making it sound like he has some lingering issue that we can expect to cause him to miss 2/3 of every season going forward, which isn't very likely. His age is a much bigger concern than an injury history consisting of a couple chance acute injuries that he fully recovered from.
fully recovered.
got it.
so no player who suffered 2 really serious injuries has ever had either of those injuries pop back up again? Torn achilles and MCL sprain = no big deal, even for a 34 yr old. He'll be fine.
One you recover from an injury, that's that. There's never again a possibility for a player to re-injure that part of their body...ever? Even for a player who's 34 and has legs, arms and mid-section that are abnormally skinny for an NBA starter? Wow, this is new to me.
Not what I'm saying. I'm saying that KD is not currently suffering from any chronic recurring injuries that are keeping him off the court or causing him to play worse, and that the biggest reason to be concerned about injuries is that he's in his mid 30's, not an achilles injury he suffered three years ago. You are talking about a season and a half he completely missed as if it's just his new normal going forward.
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ddb wrote:YES. YES. YES. and YEEEEESSSS. It's ridiculous how sentimental people are when it comes to our own. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine Jaylen Brown being valued enough to the point where he could realistically help the Celtics land KEVIN FREAKIN DURANT. Kevin Durant is incredible. He's skinny, he's been hurt a couple times during his career...but the guys game is going to age well....he's silky smooth. Arguably the greatest pure scorer in NBA history....O, by the way, he's 7 feet tall and good defensively as well. The lineup flexibility Ime would have with Tatum/Durant on the floor together is unbelievable.
Durant > Curry. Celts get back to the finals they aren't losing to Golden State this time with Durant in a Celtics jersey.
and I don't want to hear it about how Boston just swept BK and KD wasn't the same. That BK team STUNK. Simmons didn't even play. Outside of KD/Kyrie/Bruce Brown that team was trash. Dysfunctional with all the Kyrie/Harden/Simmons nonsense. And that series was a heck of a lot closer then the 4-0 sweep would indicate. Nets steal game 1 and who knows how that series plays out.
Whoever lands Durant is getting a bonafide superstar. Don't let his age scare you. He's 33, turns 34 late Sept....has 4 years left on his deal.....The whole point of pro sports is winning titles. If Boston has a fairly healthy Durant for 4 seasons I would wager a lot that they make AT LEAST 2 finals and win AT LEAST 1...IF NOT 2 titles. DO IT. DO IT.
Just imagine if things went Joe lacob’s way, Steph would have been in the Bucks and Klay would have been in Minnesota… where would the Warriors’ dynasty be? Never trade your home grown stars since they more likely will win you championships than others, particularly in this case Jay&Jay have gone this far in playoffs… be patient
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TinmanZBoy wrote:ddb wrote:YES. YES. YES. and YEEEEESSSS. It's ridiculous how sentimental people are when it comes to our own. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine Jaylen Brown being valued enough to the point where he could realistically help the Celtics land KEVIN FREAKIN DURANT. Kevin Durant is incredible. He's skinny, he's been hurt a couple times during his career...but the guys game is going to age well....he's silky smooth. Arguably the greatest pure scorer in NBA history....O, by the way, he's 7 feet tall and good defensively as well. The lineup flexibility Ime would have with Tatum/Durant on the floor together is unbelievable.
Durant > Curry. Celts get back to the finals they aren't losing to Golden State this time with Durant in a Celtics jersey.
and I don't want to hear it about how Boston just swept BK and KD wasn't the same. That BK team STUNK. Simmons didn't even play. Outside of KD/Kyrie/Bruce Brown that team was trash. Dysfunctional with all the Kyrie/Harden/Simmons nonsense. And that series was a heck of a lot closer then the 4-0 sweep would indicate. Nets steal game 1 and who knows how that series plays out.
Whoever lands Durant is getting a bonafide superstar. Don't let his age scare you. He's 33, turns 34 late Sept....has 4 years left on his deal.....The whole point of pro sports is winning titles. If Boston has a fairly healthy Durant for 4 seasons I would wager a lot that they make AT LEAST 2 finals and win AT LEAST 1...IF NOT 2 titles. DO IT. DO IT.
Just imagine if things went Joe lacob’s way, Steph would have been in the Bucks and Klay would have been in Minnesota… where would the Warriors’ dynasty be? Never trade your home grown stars since they more likely will win you championships than others, particularly in this case Jay&Jay have gone this far in playoffs… be patient
You think Jaylen sticks around in 2 years if they don’t trade him?
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TinmanZBoy wrote:ddb wrote:YES. YES. YES. and YEEEEESSSS. It's ridiculous how sentimental people are when it comes to our own. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine Jaylen Brown being valued enough to the point where he could realistically help the Celtics land KEVIN FREAKIN DURANT. Kevin Durant is incredible. He's skinny, he's been hurt a couple times during his career...but the guys game is going to age well....he's silky smooth. Arguably the greatest pure scorer in NBA history....O, by the way, he's 7 feet tall and good defensively as well. The lineup flexibility Ime would have with Tatum/Durant on the floor together is unbelievable.
Durant > Curry. Celts get back to the finals they aren't losing to Golden State this time with Durant in a Celtics jersey.
and I don't want to hear it about how Boston just swept BK and KD wasn't the same. That BK team STUNK. Simmons didn't even play. Outside of KD/Kyrie/Bruce Brown that team was trash. Dysfunctional with all the Kyrie/Harden/Simmons nonsense. And that series was a heck of a lot closer then the 4-0 sweep would indicate. Nets steal game 1 and who knows how that series plays out.
Whoever lands Durant is getting a bonafide superstar. Don't let his age scare you. He's 33, turns 34 late Sept....has 4 years left on his deal.....The whole point of pro sports is winning titles. If Boston has a fairly healthy Durant for 4 seasons I would wager a lot that they make AT LEAST 2 finals and win AT LEAST 1...IF NOT 2 titles. DO IT. DO IT.
Just imagine if things went Joe lacob’s way, Steph would have been in the Bucks and Klay would have been in Minnesota… where would the Warriors’ dynasty be? Never trade your home grown stars since they more likely will win you championships than others, particularly in this case Jay&Jay have gone this far in playoffs… be patient
horrible comp. Klay/Lee (salary) and Dray for Kevin Love is way different. Love isn't an All-Time great like Kevin Durant is....Love never won a title at that point. Durant has. Anyone with eye balls knew that wasn't an optimal deal for Golden State.
Steph to the Bucks was NEVER Golden State trying to trade Steph. The Bucks just wanted him in that Bogut deal but the Bucks were dumb and were afraid of his bum ankles at the time. So the Warriors in a sense lucked out on that one. Not to mention Steph wasn't Steph back then. Jaylen on the other hand we know who he is and will be in this league. He will get marginally better with experience...but he's not a Steph level star....
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Ill News wrote:jmr07019 wrote:Hope this doesn’t mess with chemistry too bad. Reminiscent of Ray Allen / Ainge vibes here.
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Read into this what you will, but it looks like Jaylen's pissed. I don't blame him. I'm seriously annoyed with Brad and co. for even attempting this trade, especially after they just made the Finals. I don't care if it's KD on the other end. Assuming the trade offer is real and not something Woj and Shams made up, this is such a seriously bad move, whether it fails or succeeds.
If this becomes a Ray Allen situation, then kiss JB goodbye I guess. A lot of people on these boards who've long wanted him gone will finally wet themselves in excitement.
You are annoyed at Brad for trying to trade for a player who is twice the player of Jaylen and who would make us astronomical favorites for the title? Do people realize the whole goal is winning it all? Even if that’s just one year?
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BlameTheRefs wrote:TinmanZBoy wrote:ddb wrote:YES. YES. YES. and YEEEEESSSS. It's ridiculous how sentimental people are when it comes to our own. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine Jaylen Brown being valued enough to the point where he could realistically help the Celtics land KEVIN FREAKIN DURANT. Kevin Durant is incredible. He's skinny, he's been hurt a couple times during his career...but the guys game is going to age well....he's silky smooth. Arguably the greatest pure scorer in NBA history....O, by the way, he's 7 feet tall and good defensively as well. The lineup flexibility Ime would have with Tatum/Durant on the floor together is unbelievable.
Durant > Curry. Celts get back to the finals they aren't losing to Golden State this time with Durant in a Celtics jersey.
and I don't want to hear it about how Boston just swept BK and KD wasn't the same. That BK team STUNK. Simmons didn't even play. Outside of KD/Kyrie/Bruce Brown that team was trash. Dysfunctional with all the Kyrie/Harden/Simmons nonsense. And that series was a heck of a lot closer then the 4-0 sweep would indicate. Nets steal game 1 and who knows how that series plays out.
Whoever lands Durant is getting a bonafide superstar. Don't let his age scare you. He's 33, turns 34 late Sept....has 4 years left on his deal.....The whole point of pro sports is winning titles. If Boston has a fairly healthy Durant for 4 seasons I would wager a lot that they make AT LEAST 2 finals and win AT LEAST 1...IF NOT 2 titles. DO IT. DO IT.
Just imagine if things went Joe lacob’s way, Steph would have been in the Bucks and Klay would have been in Minnesota… where would the Warriors’ dynasty be? Never trade your home grown stars since they more likely will win you championships than others, particularly in this case Jay&Jay have gone this far in playoffs… be patient
You think Jaylen sticks around in 2 years if they don’t trade him?
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he's under contract for 2 more years. As it stands today, Vegas has boston as the 2023 title favorites. You think JB is going anywhere if we win 2 titles before he hits free agency?
Nothing wrong with having a different opinion - as long as it's done respectfully. It'd be lame if we all agreed on everything 





