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metafisical · Post #41 » by **metafisical** » Sun May 4, 2025 6:52 pm

Ugh...I hope Houston or SA quickly trade for Giannis. These Giannis to Raptors trades are making me vomit, especially talk about us giving up firsts, including our 2025 pick.

We don't even know how Ingram will even mesh with our team.

AkelaLoneWolf · Post #42 » by **AkelaLoneWolf** » Sun May 4, 2025 7:54 pm

metafisical wrote:Ugh...I hope Houston or SA quickly trade for Giannis. These Giannis to Raptors trades are making me vomit, especially talk about us giving up firsts, including our 2025 pick.

We don't even know how Ingram will even mesh with our team.

ingram will mesh fine with our team. he's an all star caliber player. the only question is his health status.
poeltl and quickley and our other 3 point shooters in dick, battle, ochai will feast on the gravity they create. rj is a bit of a question in terms of it but he may have to go out for salary matching anyway.

Zeno · Post #43 » by **Zeno** » Sun May 4, 2025 8:28 pm

Probably not available but if the Grizzlies decided to completely reset, isn’t Jaren Jackson Jr basically the best imaginable player to pair with Scottie and Ingram in the front court. I’d rather have JJJ than Giannis given the fit and age.

mtcan · Post #44 » by **mtcan** » Sun May 4, 2025 11:25 pm

Zeno wrote:Probably not available but if the Grizzlies decided to completely reset, isn’t Jaren Jackson Jr basically the best imaginable player to pair with Scottie and Ingram in the front court. I’d rather have JJJ than Giannis given the fit and age.

He is up for a super max. So he gets traded to the Raptors and he'd be ineligible for the super max but would still command quite a bit of $$.

Zeno · Post #45 » by **Zeno** » Sun May 4, 2025 11:41 pm

mtcan wrote:
Zeno wrote:Probably not available but if the Grizzlies decided to completely reset, isn’t Jaren Jackson Jr basically the best imaginable player to pair with Scottie and Ingram in the front court. I’d rather have JJJ than Giannis given the fit and age.

He is up for a super max. So he gets traded to the Raptors and he'd be ineligible for the super max but would still command quite a bit of $$.

He’s worth a max but with the state of the Grizzlies maybe they balk at the supermax making him available for trade.

mtcan · Post #46 » by **mtcan** » Sun May 4, 2025 11:45 pm

Zeno wrote:
mtcan wrote:
Zeno wrote:Probably not available but if the Grizzlies decided to completely reset, isn’t Jaren Jackson Jr basically the best imaginable player to pair with Scottie and Ingram in the front court. I’d rather have JJJ than Giannis given the fit and age.

He is up for a super max. So he gets traded to the Raptors and he'd be ineligible for the super max but would still command quite a bit of $$.

He’s worth a max but with the state of the Grizzlies maybe they balk at the supermax making him available for trade.

I don't think we could afford him given that we are currently so close to the luxury tax.

Zeno · Post #47 » by **Zeno** » Sun May 4, 2025 11:53 pm

mtcan wrote:
Zeno wrote:
mtcan wrote:He is up for a super max. So he gets traded to the Raptors and he'd be ineligible for the super max but would still command quite a bit of $$.

He’s worth a max but with the state of the Grizzlies maybe they balk at the supermax making him available for trade.

I don't think we could afford him given that we are currently so close to the luxury tax.

Well we’d be sending out Yak(probably to a 3rd team) and one of IQ or RJ plus a number of picks of course, so salary-wise things can be adjusted to make things fit.

Thaddy · Post #48 » by **Thaddy** » Mon May 5, 2025 5:26 am

I think LaRavia would be a good free agency target if we're able to unload RJ's salary in another trade. I would give him the full MLE into his prime years (2-3 years). We could use a PF with stretch ability, finding a true big that can stretch the floor could be hard.

Poeltl / Maluach
Barnes / LaRavia
Ingram / Mogbo
Agbaji / Dick / Walter / Battle
IQ / Shead

Tor_Raps · Post #49 » by **Tor_Raps** » Mon May 5, 2025 5:03 pm

Thaddy wrote:I think LaRavia would be a good free agency target if we're able to unload RJ's salary in another trade. I would give him the full MLE into his prime years (2-3 years). We could use a PF with stretch ability, finding a true big that can stretch the floor could be hard.

Poeltl / Maluach
Barnes / LaRavia
Ingram / Mogbo
Agbaji / Dick / Walter / Battle
IQ / Shead

Are you mentioning Jake because of this? Also, I've seen Laravia as a SF/SG mostly. Mogbo is more of a PF than him.

JB7 · Post #50 » by **JB7** » Mon May 5, 2025 6:05 pm

There has been talk of Boston trying to unload salary this offseason, because of the financial constraints coming. I wonder if they would jump into the Giannis stakes, and offer Brown and White?

CazOnReal · Post #51 » by **CazOnReal** » Tue May 6, 2025 4:38 am

JB7 wrote:There has been talk of Boston trying to unload salary this offseason, because of the financial constraints coming. I wonder if they would jump into the Giannis stakes, and offer Brown and White?

They're a dark horse team for sure, though I imagine it would be Tingus Pingus and Brown for Kuzma and Giannis. Picks obviously added from Boston until time ends. Gets them that "keep them afloat All-Star" haul plus draft capital they're allegedly looking for and Tingus is borderline AS when healthy.

grant101 · Post #52 » by **grant101** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:38 pm

I like the idea of adding Gafford as a backup rather than drafting for need in the lottery. Ochai makes a lot of sense playing off on AD and KI, so perhaps they bite given that AD and Lively on the same team makes Gafford a little more expendable. Would have to add some cap fodder to make the cap hit a little more manageable.

Tor_Raps · Post #53 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue May 6, 2025 3:18 pm

grant101 wrote:I like the idea of adding Gafford as a backup rather than drafting for need in the lottery. Ochai makes a lot of sense playing off on AD and KI, so perhaps they bite given that AD and Lively on the same team makes Gafford a little more expendable. Would have to add some cap fodder to make the cap hit a little more manageable.

We gotta find a way to get Lively for Ochai + filler if we don't draft a Center

grant101 · Post #54 » by **grant101** » Tue May 6, 2025 5:51 pm

Tor_Raps wrote:
grant101 wrote:I like the idea of adding Gafford as a backup rather than drafting for need in the lottery. Ochai makes a lot of sense playing off on AD and KI, so perhaps they bite given that AD and Lively on the same team makes Gafford a little more expendable. Would have to add some cap fodder to make the cap hit a little more manageable.

We gotta find a way to get Lively for Ochai + filler if we don't draft a Center

We should definitely try, but I doubt Mavs move Lively

WuTang_OG · Post #55 » by **WuTang_OG** » Tue May 6, 2025 8:58 pm

Read on Twitter

Tripod · Post #56 » by **Tripod** » Tue May 6, 2025 11:36 pm

WuTang_OG wrote:

Read on Twitter

Had no idea that was allowed

WuTang_OG · Post #57 » by **WuTang_OG** » Wed May 7, 2025 1:00 am

Read on Twitter

Tor_Raps · Post #58 » by **Tor_Raps** » Wed May 7, 2025 1:01 am

Tripod wrote:
WuTang_OG wrote:

Read on Twitter

Had no idea that was allowed

It's happened a few times recently.

I'd be shocked if they picked up the option. Renegotiating a low rate seems like the logical scenario for both sides since there aren't many teams with cap space this offseason.

Tripod · Post #59 » by **Tripod** » Wed May 7, 2025 1:09 am

Tor_Raps wrote:
Tripod wrote:
WuTang_OG wrote:

Read on Twitter

Had no idea that was allowed

It's happened a few times recently.

I'd be shocked if they picked up the option. Renegotiating a low rate seems like the logical scenario for both sides since there aren't many teams with cap space this offseason.

Yeah I expect him to resign at a much lower rate.

I just didn't know you could change dates on contract stuff like that.

Pointgod · Post #60 » by **Pointgod** » Wed May 7, 2025 1:18 pm

Tor_Raps wrote:
grant101 wrote:I like the idea of adding Gafford as a backup rather than drafting for need in the lottery. Ochai makes a lot of sense playing off on AD and KI, so perhaps they bite given that AD and Lively on the same team makes Gafford a little more expendable. Would have to add some cap fodder to make the cap hit a little more manageable.

We gotta find a way to get Lively for Ochai + filler if we don't draft a Center

Yeah that way is to include Scottie in the deal….