2025 Offseason Season Thread Vol. 3

[SoFlaKingReal]

The championship the Celtics won masks that KP time in Boston was mostly a dud.

They ended up winning the title basically without him.

[SA37]

He's not worth his contract currently. He's a good player, but he is not worth anywhere close to $57M/season.

In a world where Herro will make 50 mil he is more than worth his contract. People need to stop getting sticker shock and just look at the % of the salary cap a contract is. Booker is about to make 75 mil a year, Bam next contract will be in the 70 mil. The NBA deal kicking in will explode contracts.

Bam is already slated to make 60 mil in a couple of years and people think a finals MVP isnt worth “anywhere close” to 57. Yes we need to get over sticker shock and accept the new reality of NBA contracts. KD at this stage I wouldnt clear the deck, but JB I would throw in Ware and allof those young guys. There’s better offers for Boston though.

I heard this same argument with Duncan Robinson's contract.

Paying role players star money is a fool's errand. Paying non-all-NBA guys max money is a fool's errand (yes, Bam included. And definitely talkin' about Herro).

[Kobewade11]

I heard this same argument with Duncan Robinson's contract.

Alright man lol

[fincane30]

The target should be Trey Murphy. New management in NO. Looking to make deals. Less expensive than Brown. Will cost fewer assets to get him. Get your knock off KD while Dumars is woozy.

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[SA37]

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This guy has been so hyped but has yet to show anything of relevance in the NBA.

[Kobewade11]

The Pelicans still look like a hot mess on paper. Im not up on Zion’s legal situation, its a shame though, thats something I would look into.

[SA37]

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1-legged dude turns down $30+M/a year.

[Vertical Limit]

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Okay but Dallas has no idea how long Kyrie is out and how well he comes back… kyrie’s game is 100% reliant on his first step.. which he uses to create his own shots.. if he lost speed on that first step, he isnt athletic enough to be effective ..

Im not taking that gamble..

[3ammy3uck3ts]

The target should be Trey Murphy. New management in NO. Looking to make deals. Less expensive than Brown. Will cost fewer assets to get him. Get your knock off KD while Dumars is woozy.

Hey we agree!

[Flash4thewin]

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Okay but Dallas has no idea how long Kyrie is out and how well he comes back… kyrie’s game is 100% reliant on his first step.. which he uses to create his own shots.. if he lost speed on that first step, he isnt athletic enough to be effective ..

Im not taking that gamble..

I wouldn’t be surprised if Blazer get involved and flip Jrue for him + and a pick. The Blazers use Kyrie as an expiring and get a pick out of it.

[twix2500]

The target should be Trey Murphy. New management in NO. Looking to make deals. Less expensive than Brown. Will cost fewer assets to get him. Get your knock off KD while Dumars is woozy.

Hey we agree!

Pelicans want a lot for Murphy

[MartyCONLONNN]

A team that finished higher than us just got better, how will you respond Patrick James

need to stop asking this question bc he never responds lol

[3ballbomber]

Fans here were mad Heat didn’t overpay for Beal before the Dame thing even happened. That isn’t even mentioned anymore. I wonder why…Fans here still crying about Dame even though he didn’t do anything on a better team in year 1 and is already broken in year 2. Our window will already be closed with him.

Anyone want a broken Dame right now? Portland wanted Jimmy or Bam. Didn’t even pickup the phone for anything else. Imagine our team now. No Bam. Broken Dame. Jimmy causing trouble

Now people mad about KD. An old ass player who only won when he joined the best team of all time almost a decade ago. Failed with Booker and Beal. Failed with Kyrie and Harden. Failed with Harden and Wesrbrook. But it was going to be better here at age 37???

You all need to understand the Heat are not in a position to win it all right now and can’t afford to give up youth and future assets for fools gold. Everyone complains about dumb trades they’ve made in the past and still push for dumb trades now as if it will be different.

So your argument is Miami should only acquire players who haven't failed elsewhere?

He's saying don't overpay for old assets

If we had a crippled Dame and an extended give effort 30 games a year Jimmy, Bam would probably be looking for the door right now.

Keep an eye on KD the nxt 2 seasons as he starts to decline. Injury also a possibility at his age. Watch Rox achieve minimum w/him. Alot of fans & so called ‘fans’ here won’t be saying sh*t when we dodged another bullet & maybe even see our youngens flourish as players.

[MettaWorldPanda]

The target should be Trey Murphy. New management in NO. Looking to make deals. Less expensive than Brown. Will cost fewer assets to get him. Get your knock off KD while Dumars is woozy.

Hey we agree!

Pelicans want a lot for Murphy

Yeah a whole lot

[Vertical Limit]

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Okay but Dallas has no idea how long Kyrie is out and how well he comes back… kyrie’s game is 100% reliant on his first step.. which he uses to create his own shots.. if he lost speed on that first step, he isnt athletic enough to be effective ..

Im not taking that gamble..

I wouldn’t be surprised if Blazer get involved and flip Jrue for him + and a pick. The Blazers use Kyrie as an expiring and get a pick out of it.

Makes a lot of sense…. But i remember reading on jrue a while back and he has had retirement on his mind.. his wife’s brain tumor had a deep impact on him, he and his wife were both very settled in milwaukee and then got traded. Not sure how much willingness there is for teams to keep flipping him around when he may just hang it up.

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[oreon]

I actually really like Tyler but I'm kinda siding that in order to be a true winning team the Tyler's of the world are meant to be 6th men in this league. Tyler was fantastic in that role. Not saying we need to trade him but what we do need is to be very smart with his next contract and let the league dictate his value. Currently you can see what the league is doing so why would we overpay?

Exactly. If he's okay doing a team friendly deal you resign him. If there's a trade out there for multiple 1st rounders(lottery ones) then you make the trade. Otherwise just stand pat. He's a contract for 2 years.

Personally preference would be nuke it all up but that's a no go for this FO. As far as Tyler right now, doing nothing is best option unless you can get a good trade deal or a get him on a good contract.
I'm not in favor of dumping him for whatever

The jokes write themselves

The move is to rebuild. If FO doesnt want to do that. Then punting for a year is the best option. The worst thing they can do now is talking long term contracts for ok players like Malik Monk

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Price? Take him please!

Unfortunately, the Lakers really don't have anything great to send back unless it is Reaves.