NBA 2022-23 Regular Season Thread Volume 1

[eddieheatfan]

for some

[Kobewade11]

These "reporters" if I can even call them that are either bored, not knowledgeable of our cap/roster at all, or both.

[Vertical Limit]

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Not sure validity of this report but i’m here to say that i’m 100 percent on board for the salary relief alone. 47 million off the books is no joke and will be well worth the brodie coaster for the rest of the season. Our team sucks with Lowry and Duncan so why not suck with Brodie knowing we clean the cap sheet.

If anyone can salvage Westbrook too it’s us. Some of you pom pom’d Winslow and his bum ass shooting. We can live through Westbrook. The deal also frees up 2 million against the cap allowing us to sign minimum pro rated players to fill out the rest of the roster making us buyout players.

What did Justise do to anybody why he always catching strays on here

I’ll take that Westbrick deal btw. Lowry has been a complete bust

Its Mickey Arison, the mere fact that we are in cap hell tells me that the front office is feeling the pressure to unload contracts especially if we are not a contender - which we are not.

Im all for that trade.

[SoFlaKingReal]

Are we still sure about trading Lowry for Westbrick?

Tax savings be damned....that trade would end any hopes of replicating last season's success.

[oreon]

Are we still sure about trading Lowry for Westbrick?

Tax savings be damned....that trade would end any hopes of replicating last season's success.

I wouldn't do any move till the deadline. LA, Nets and Sixers are all imploding. There's a chance KD, Kyrie, Lebron, AD and Harden are available in trade deadline.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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Scary Terry in Miami?

[IceColdCubano]

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Scary Terry in Miami?

NO thank you, one we already did the Josh richardson experiment and two another small guard/wing without great foot speed and a mediocre jumper on the team is a no no.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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Scary Terry in Miami?

NO thank you, one we already did the Josh richardson experiment and two another small guard/wing without great foot speed and a mediocre jumper on the team is a no no.

Yea probably not happening, Terry has a great 3 ball though

[heatwillbeback]

If we go after Rozier I’d want PJ involved as well.

[heatwillbeback]

I have no idea what Charlotte wants. I doubt they would want Lowry or Duncan and that’s really the only way a deal could be made money wise. These two just don’t have trade value.

[Flash4thewin]

Are we still sure about trading Lowry for Westbrick?

Tax savings be damned....that trade would end any hopes of replicating last season's success.

I wouldn't do any move till the deadline. LA, Nets and Sixers are all imploding. There's a chance KD, Kyrie, Lebron, AD and Harden are available in trade deadline.

Let's say they all implode for arguments sake, those teams will still not trade those player for Lowry + Duncan + picks. Other teams have better assets than us and rest assure it would be a bidding war. You can't go into an auction with lint and stale gum in your pocket and expect to win.

[oreon]

Are we still sure about trading Lowry for Westbrick?

Tax savings be damned....that trade would end any hopes of replicating last season's success.

I wouldn't do any move till the deadline. LA, Nets and Sixers are all imploding. There's a chance KD, Kyrie, Lebron, AD and Harden are available in trade deadline.

Let's say they all implode for arguments sake, those teams will still not trade those player for Lowry + Duncan + picks. Other teams have better assets than us and rest assure it would be a bidding war. You can't go into an auction with lint and stale gum in your pocket and expect to win.

KD might be out of reach but the rest I think there could be a shot
Kyrie - no matter what he does there will be few if not any willing to take him
Harden - Depends on how he looks, if he looks like last season you could get him on the cheap
Lebron - Doesn't matter what the price, if he's to leave he will decide where he wants to go. No team is gonna want to deal with the headache of having him if he doesn't want to be there
AD - Bam, Jovic + all picks and swaps might be enough

And even despite that. Whats the upside of making a move now. There's no one available now that makes us legit contenders. I know not having a PF is gonna cost us wins and likely homecourt but still I'd rather wait for the big move. There's def a risk these teams could turn it around and no one is available, but I'll take that risk

[Timantha]

This is just a hypothetical based on our cap situation and trade assets. If the Lakers offer an unprotected 2027 or 2029 pick for Strus, does our front office take that trade or no?

[3ammy3uck3ts]

This is just a hypothetical based on our cap situation and trade assets. If the Lakers offer an unprotected 2027 or 2029 pick for Strus, does our front office take that trade or no?

I think if they did that they would have something else in the works they’re wanting to use that pick for

[Timantha]

This is just a hypothetical based on our cap situation and trade assets. If the Lakers offer an unprotected 2027 or 2029 pick for Strus, does our front office take that trade or no?

I think if they did that they would have something else in the works they’re wanting to use that pick for

I think it puts us at a better position for a KD trade next offseason (assuming his team sucks, Kyrie leaves in FA and KD asks out again). Herro + Dipo and Dedmon's expiring + Jovic + picks matches KD's salary. All we have to hope is Herro and Jovic play well in the playoffs

[Wiltside]

The guy to get from Charlotte is either PJ Washington or Jalen McDaniels. Not sure either is obtainable for what currency we have. Both would be excellent fits at the 4.

[Timantha]

I don't think Charlotte trades PJ since they lost Miles Bridges

[Wiltside]

I don't think Charlotte trades PJ since they lost Miles Bridges

Unlikely, but he’s also about to be a RFA. If they’re not committed, they may as well get something for him.

[al bondiga]

Are we still sure about trading Lowry for Westbrick?

Tax savings be damned....that trade would end any hopes of replicating last season's success.

yes, whatever we had will be lost and replicating will be difficult... but I think we were lucky

yes, I doubt that Westbrook will bring the team together

yes, I have a feeling Westbrook will have problems with Haslem , jb and the perhaps others, maybe eventually spo

Then again he's a winner and might have no problems at all maybe even teach hero and Bam a thing or two

we need something different, change in Direction, even though I am old school and heavily favor sticking to your guns ...but you can sense team energy is slowly but surely trending down, to me it's obvious we have reached climax with the current format

Is the same thing with different players for at least 3 years... spo is refusing to leave small ball behind and maybe he has great reasons to not change... let's give him the physical specimen!

[TroubleS0me]

Bam & Robinson gotta go
they have a market & teams are interested
Our roster got worse heading into this season..