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

[Revived]

Damn man. I get it that it’s KD but he’s old and fragile.

We may win a title but it’s gonna feel “bought”.

Damn. I wish even more now that we could’ve pulled off 2 more wins in the finals in 2021…

[sunskerr]

I think we try to move Ayton and swaps for Anunoby now

Why would Toronto want Ayton when they just traded for Poetl though?

Goddamnit I just forgot about that

we're doomed. Its going to be 4 vs 9 every night and in the playoffs 3 vs 8 once Paul gets hurt.

[Ghost of Kleine]

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Thybulle or Je' Sean Tate? But now more than ever, our 2nds are gonna have to be impact players with great value! Luckily for you guys, I already have the best scorers and best lockdown defenders scouted! When the time comes, I'll gladly share the info!

[WeekapaugGroove]

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[DirtyDez]

I literally clicked twitter when Woj’s tweet was at 4 seconds. As a lifelong desert kid this is nuts!!

[Crives]

We should offer Dario + Shamet + 2nds for Terry Rozier

[matt131]

If Ayton can keep up his play from the last two games, we'll be okay. It's funny how this still kind of all comes back to him being dominant on both ends (defense and rebounding).

We need wings and shooters badly. And no, Shamet is NOT NOT NOT going to cut it

[Crives]

Wow, I just fell asleep for a couple hours and woke up and am a bit dumbfounded that we traded 4 unprotected first rounders and Mikal...and Cam. That is unbelievable. Hopefully KD is ironman. We sure don't have much depth.

I almost feel like it's a bad April Fool's joke.

Of course I know it's exciting too and what the majority of the fanbase wanted..anyone but Booker and as many picks as it takes...all summer.

Even this year it's scary with Booker's groin injury and KD's injury and the competitiveness of the west..and Victor. If we won the lottery and it's not protected?

I of course don't expect that but anything is possible.

And then how long is KD going to play? Until 2026 maybe?

We better be very good until 2029. I don't know how we add more pieces and what to do to replace CP3.

I’m sad. We going to regret trading Mikal

[sunskerr]

We should offer Dario + Shamet + 2nds for Terry Rozier

Rozier never looked so good as he does to our team right now need a SF too.

[Crives]

If Ayton can keep up his play from the last two games, we'll be okay. It's funny how this still kind of all comes back to him being dominant on both ends (defense and rebounding).

We need wings and shooters badly. And no, Shamet is NOT NOT NOT going to cut it

Sadly, we probably have to trade Ayton in offseason for a PG and Wing since no picks

[Qwigglez]

Damn man. I get it that it’s KD but he’s old and fragile.

We may win a title but it’s gonna feel “bought”.

Damn. I wish even more now that we could’ve pulled off 2 more wins in the finals in 2021…

Yeah I just told a buddy that. I would have preferred the organic growth route that we have been experiencing. Not a huge fan of this move, but the very least, we still have Booker and Ayton I suppose.

[Crives]

Also RIP GOK draft analysis.. we going deep with 2nd rd picks now baby!

[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...

You're crush on Markannen is a little alarming. KD is like a top 15 player of all time.

He's also 35 and cost us Mikal and the future. The injury history on the Sun's right now is terrifying.

[Mulhollanddrive]

Paul, Booker, Thybulle, Durant, Ayton

Thybulle for Saric and a swap

[Ghost of Kleine]

Wow, I just fell asleep for a couple hours and woke up and am a bit dumbfounded that we traded 4 unprotected first rounders and Mikal...and Cam. That is unbelievable. Hopefully KD is ironman. We sure don't have much depth.

I almost feel like it's a bad April Fool's joke.

Of course I know it's exciting too and what the majority of the fanbase wanted..anyone but Booker and as many picks as it takes...all summer.

Even this year it's scary with Booker's groin injury and KD's injury and the competitiveness of the west..and Victor. If we won the lottery and it's not protected?

I of course don't expect that but anything is possible.

And then how long is KD going to play? Until 2026 maybe?

We better be very good until 2029. I don't know how we add more pieces and what to do to replace CP3.

Luckily, GOK knows how we can add more pieces, As long as we due our due diligence on our 2nds??

[Desertfox]

Also RIP GOK draft analysis.. we going deep with 2nd rd picks now baby!

We are going to trade them too, notice how the team has ZERO players drafted by JJ.

[WeekapaugGroove]

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[bwgood77]

Jesus Christ

The fans who wanted JJ to do something big...here you go

Sounds like it was Ishbia. That's a hands on owner. Those picks unprotected, especially well into the future, scare me. and if Payne and Shamet and KD are out and we are bringing along Book slowly, who are we starting right now? CP3, TJ, Ayton, Craig...I guess. Hopefully Book is fully healthy the rest of the year.

Interesting we got TJ...he hasn't really put up much for #s.

Even though Brooklyn seems full of role players, their depth, shooting, defense, etc, is tough...if Cam Thomas is the real deal, with Bridges, Cam, Dinwiddie, DFS, O'Neale, they have SO many damn solid wings.

[Revived]

I didn’t necessarily want Kyrie cause he’s unpredictable but I would rather have traded the extra 2 first rd picks in addition to Crowder/CP3 m/1st rd to acquire him and kept Bridges/Cam than give all this up for KD.

Anyone else feel that way?

The trade I mentioned above was what was rumored for Kyrie and Woj/Shams reported Nets wanted 2 more first rd picks.

[Qwigglez]

I will say this about KD though. This season... he is averaging 30 points a game, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.5 blocks. Even at 34 he is still a stud.