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The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3

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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1421 » by lilfishi22 » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:13 pm

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bullsaficianado wrote:Great trade for the Celtics I think they wanted a scorer to fill in for Tatum next season. Not sure what the Blazers are doing though other than to be a little better defensively.

Yeah it's a great move. Simons is also expiring in two seasons so that's getting off money that would still be owned to Jrue otherwise (at $37m)

What do the Blazers get from this deal?

It's not like Holiday is a great floor general and he doesn't really fit the timeline of the young Blazers roster since Holiday is going to be the elder statesman of the Blazers team filled with early 20 somethings.

The two thoughts that came to mind is they legitimately think Holiday is an upgrade for the team in terms of leadership/defense so their team could build on this past season's somewhat surprising success and they didn't want to negotiate his extension which he's eligible for.

I just don't completely understand giving up 2 seconds to do it, especially when Boston has been pretty public about trying to drop salary. This deal drops Boston's salary by about $5m (not a small sum when you consider luxury tax) but maybe more importantly, it's getting them off Jrue's massive contract. I thought I read the report wrong because I thought the 2nds were going TO Portland which would've made more sense
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1422 » by BobbieL » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:27 pm

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Celtics are already tanking lol



If Jaylen Brown has a surgery in like September or October.... the full on tank is on...

I think Steven has shed like $26-28m trading Jrue and Porz


They've managed to shed enough to drop themselves out of the second apron and that is an accomplishment in and of itself. Ishbia should take some damned notes.


Why do you think he wants to stretch Beal so much? Its not to have access to the MLE. I think he could save like $80-100m of cash
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1423 » by SkyBill40 » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:30 pm

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If Jaylen Brown has a surgery in like September or October.... the full on tank is on...

I think Steven has shed like $26-28m trading Jrue and Porz


They've managed to shed enough to drop themselves out of the second apron and that is an accomplishment in and of itself. Ishbia should take some damned notes.


Why do you think he wants to stretch Beal so much? Its not to have access to the MLE. I think he could save like $80-100m of cash


Stretching Beal helps nothing. On the contrary, it will hurt more than help. I've been over this several times as have others. Keeping Beal and letting him expire the year after this upcoming season is a far better proposition than having $100M dead money on our books, which will affect our cap, for FIVE MORE YEARS.

I'm not entirely sold on trading off him either if it's going to cost us first round picks. We're already woefully short in that department and need all the help we can manage even though Ishbia will, almost certainly, mess it up again due to being impatient and ignorant.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1424 » by WeekapaugGroove » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:34 pm

Yeah if beal willing to give back some cash for the freedom to go play wherever then I'm cool with a buy out.


Or if he wants to waive his no trade clause and the Suns can do a bad contract Yankee swap that's fine.


But giving up assets other than some BS 2nds to get off his contact would be idiotic.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1425 » by mkot » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:37 pm

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Just like that they are under the 2nd apron

Teams like Lakers, Celtics and Spurs always get to rob other teams. Absolutely disgusting.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1426 » by lilfishi22 » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:38 pm

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10th pick for the 15th and 24th picks.

I'd move down 15 and a future first. I wouldn't put all my eggs into this one draft basket. Especially next year when we probably won't have a good pick.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1427 » by BobbieL » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:41 pm

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They've managed to shed enough to drop themselves out of the second apron and that is an accomplishment in and of itself. Ishbia should take some damned notes.


Why do you think he wants to stretch Beal so much? Its not to have access to the MLE. I think he could save like $80-100m of cash


Stretching Beal helps nothing. On the contrary, it will hurt more than help. I've been over this several times as have others. Keeping Beal and letting him expire the year after this upcoming season is a far better proposition than having $100M dead money on our books, which will affect our cap, for FIVE MORE YEARS.

I'm not entirely sold on trading off him either if it's going to cost us first round picks. We're already woefully short in that department and need all the help we can manage even though Ishbia will, almost certainly, mess it up again due to being impatient and ignorant.


I don't disagree with you and since its not my money, I could care less about the luxury tax. And you are right, it would be an additional three years against the cap when you might need the money. I still think that if Ishbia were smart with Beal, O'Neale and Allen these next two years - he could have a bunch of cap space

I was just noting that for Ishbia - its not about the roster -its about saving cash of why he wants to stretch Beal

Sure sure - they can spend 14m on a player on the MLE but this would be after trading two similar players in Allen and O'Neale

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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1428 » by BobbieL » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:44 pm

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10th pick for the 15th and 24th picks.

I'd move down 15 and a future first. I wouldn't put all my eggs into this one draft basket. Especially next year when we probably won't have a good pick.


Correct -- need future draft picks
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1429 » by dremill24 » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:45 pm

Hm, seems dumping money to Brooklyn isnt as costly as I was thinking. Maybe that bodes well.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1430 » by Fo-Real » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:46 pm

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Not sure if legit! But still cool anyways.... :wink:


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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1431 » by Fo-Real » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:47 pm

Frank Lee wrote:Yall banging to trade Book are detached from reality…. In other words, F-ed up. It’s not happening till Book says so.

Bttch about something else


Thank you Frank.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1432 » by thamadkant » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:50 pm

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10th pick for the 15th and 24th picks.

I'd move down 15 and a future first. I wouldn't put all my eggs into this one draft basket. Especially next year when we probably won't have a good pick.




I wouldn't do that trade. Thunder wanting to do that suggest there's a diamond in the rough to fall outside top 5... just like Jalen Williams did for them.

Suns should identify this player that Thunder wants and draft him.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1433 » by Fo-Real » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:51 pm

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Frank Lee wrote:Jeezus… it’s come to wanting Wee’Andre back .. oh brother


Well we haven't won a playoff game since he left. The minute we traded him it was all downhill.


Turns out having an overpaid center is far better than having an underpaid one in Nick Richards thinking he was going to do all the defensive things that Ayton was actually good at.

Plus, the board needs their punching bag too, right?


Nick actually has the tools but he is just too chill. Like Ayton was i guess.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1434 » by dremill24 » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:53 pm

Keeps proving true that when you're looking for the deals that look best on paper, it works out more often than not when your trade partner is one of those teams always (at times hopelessly) clinging on to being kinda in the middle between tanking and competing. When you deal with teams like Chicago, Atlanta, Portland, New Orleans, Sacramento, Phoenix, you tend to win the asset game. Your decent-but-not-great veterans that are sometimes on mediocre contracts have a home in places like those.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1435 » by KdoubleDees23 » Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:53 pm

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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1436 » by lilfishi22 » Wed Jun 25, 2025 12:02 am

Dr Manute wrote:
Saberestar wrote:Jordan Ott will be assistant coach for Latvian National team WITH Porzingis this summer.

Can be that a big factor in the Porzingis to the Suns stuff?

I am not gonna lie...a somewhat healthy (+60 games) Porzingis can be an absolute game changer.


If we can somehow turn Beal into Porzingis, I'm 100% for it.

https://fanspo.com/nba/trades/DhOy6ShBR1EVQ7

Unfortunately, not possible. Especially given they just traded for an SG in Simons who I expect they'll try to get the most out of. And money-wise, they can't aggregate salaries and Beal just makes far too much
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1437 » by lilfishi22 » Wed Jun 25, 2025 12:08 am

Qwigglez wrote:Solid trade where Suns don't have to give up a pick and get rid of Beal.

Spoiler:
Suns -
Deandre Ayton
Matisse Thybulle

Blazers -
Bradley Beal
2 2nd round picks 


I know everyone is going to hate it, but the Suns have a more balanced roster. Both contracts expire a year earlier than Beals contract.

My immediate reaction is it makes no sense for the Blazers. But they just traded Simons and 2nds for Jrue Holiday. I don't really know what they are doing.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1438 » by TeamTragic » Wed Jun 25, 2025 12:11 am

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10th pick for the 15th and 24th picks.

I'd move down 15 and a future first. I wouldn't put all my eggs into this one draft basket. Especially next year when we probably won't have a good pick.


I wouldn't do that trade. Thunder wanting to do that suggest there's a diamond in the rough to fall outside top 5... just like Jalen Williams did for them.

Suns should identify this player that Thunder wants and draft him.


Absolutely. Don't let them draft the next star player.
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1439 » by lilfishi22 » Wed Jun 25, 2025 12:16 am

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Frank Lee wrote:Jeezus… it’s come to wanting Wee’Andre back .. oh brother


Well we haven't won a playoff game since he left. The minute we traded him it was all downhill.


Turns out having an overpaid center is far better than having an underpaid one in Nick Richards thinking he was going to do all the defensive things that Ayton was actually good at.

Plus, the board needs their punching bag too, right?

Richards at $5m and doing about 80% of DA's work is pretty good value
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Re: The Official 2025 Offseason Thread Part 3 

Post#1440 » by lilfishi22 » Wed Jun 25, 2025 12:18 am

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Just like that they are under the 2nd apron

Teams like Lakers, Celtics and Spurs always get to rob other teams. Absolutely disgusting.

Well once again I am impressed by Stevens. I thought it was nearly impossible to find 2 takers for Jrue/KP while taking back enough salary to drop below the 2nd apron....but here we are.

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