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The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 2

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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 2 

Post#1981 » by WuTang_OG » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:30 am

Where would u guys rank this one / would u do it ?
I dont think we would give up #9 since he's likely gone after a year.

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Post#1982 » by Sunsdeuce » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:31 am

Blonde wrote:DDV is duplicative with Grayson here and one of them should be sent elsewhere. We could see something like:

Suns in: Gobert/Dillingham/Cole Anthony/MN #17/future protected 1st from Orlando

MN in: KD

Orlando in: Donte Divincenzo

I’m sorry but I’m holding firm on 3 FRPs in any trade. That’s where trade discussions start. They end with the actual players in the deal.
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Post#1983 » by Sunsdeuce » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:33 am

WuTang_OG wrote:Where would u guys rank this one / would u do it ?
I dont think we would give up #9 since he's likely gone after a year.

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Post#1984 » by TeamTragic » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:33 am

WuTang_OG wrote:Where would u guys rank this one / would u do it ?
I dont think we would give up #9 since he's likely gone after a year.

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That is not a good package especially without a FRP.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 2 

Post#1985 » by starbosa10 » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:34 am

BobbieL wrote:Shames mentioned the three teams and one wasn’t Twolves

Spurs or Houston


Those are just KD's preferred spots, his follow up tweet mentioned the whole 6-8 interested teams thing again

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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 2 

Post#1986 » by starbosa10 » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:34 am

WuTang_OG wrote:Where would u guys rank this one / would u do it ?
I dont think we would give up #9 since he's likely gone after a year.

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absolutely not without number 9
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Post#1987 » by TeamTragic » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:34 am

Blonde wrote:DDV is duplicative with Grayson here and one of them should be sent elsewhere. We could see something like:

Suns in: Gobert/Dillingham/Cole Anthony/MN #17/future protected 1st from Orlando

MN in: KD

Orlando in: Donte Divincenzo


That is why we are also looking to move either Grayson or Royce.
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Post#1988 » by starbosa10 » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:37 am

I'd be happy to send him East to Miami if we can get Ware and some picks
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Post#1989 » by Mulhollanddrive » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:39 am

Lets get it back to Suns 1st 2025, 2027, 2029

They can send whatever players they want with the 50m matching salaries if its 2 years or less

If they trade Green for a 1st to any team its essentially Green and 2 picks for Durant
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Post#1991 » by TeamTragic » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:42 am

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Then maybe they should improve their offer.
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Post#1994 » by starbosa10 » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:45 am

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Really not interested in what they've been offering so far player wise unless they are willing to start adding more future firsts (like ATL 27 or Dal 30)
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 2 

Post#1997 » by dremill24 » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:50 am

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Sunsdeuce wrote:Rudy move the needle for anyone here? He doesn’t for me.

I don't want him but realistically he is attractive to a "win now" player for front office and he would plug a gaping hole at C although his brick hands and age concern me.

I don’t see him as an attractive “win-now” player. He has never helped a team get better. He’s always just been that decent defensive center. He USE to be a great shot blocker. Those days are long gone. And his rebounding numbers have gone down. He looking like a player closer to retirement than someone who can impact a game defensively now. Unless he’s 2 feet away from the basket, he’s essentially useless. Wolves can keep him and his germ spreading lanky fingers.


Gobert has been one of the most impactful defenders in the game over the last 20 years, especially in the regular season. He is one of the more consistent floor raisers on the defensive end in the league, giving you a baseline on that end that is difficult to match by any single player beyond a select few.

Its fair if these things arent your priority in a deal, and he certainly has a number of warts. But lets not mischaracterize a generational defender as "that decent defensive center."
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 2 

Post#1998 » by One_and_Done » Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:55 am

People here are going to be really disappointed when the actual trade packages comes in.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 2 

Post#1999 » by starbosa10 » Sun Jun 15, 2025 3:20 am

One_and_Done wrote:People here are going to be really disappointed when the actual trade packages comes in.


I'm sure the current Spurs package is just vassell/barnes/#14. Hopefully we don't cave and take it
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Post#2000 » by TeamTragic » Sun Jun 15, 2025 3:21 am

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/LYTaYlFmkr

The Rockets and Suns have been in contact about a Kevin Durant trade for over a year, with different frameworks discussed in that time. Recently, Jabari Smith Jr.’s name has come up pertaining to the Suns’ interest, team and league sources tell Kelly Iko.

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