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Ayton please make us laugh and sign with Pacers 

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Jellybeans wrote:Ayton please make us laugh and sign with Pacers
Mods, ban this guy

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Richard4444 wrote:TheNetsFan wrote:The Nets have roughly $17mil left in cap space assuming they retain Thomas. Whose the last team willing to give up a pick to shed salary?
But Thomas cap hold is only 12M, no?
They have $17mil available after Thomas's cap hold. If they renounce him or he signs elsewhere, they'd be close to $30mil in cap space.
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So Niko was hired to lure Dame. So broken, old Dame, welcome to Dallas next year....
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Texas Chuck wrote:So Niko was hired to lure Dame. So broken, old Dame, welcome to Dallas next year....
Dallas, Minnesota, and Miami all seem like strong suitors.
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Thinking of a deal:
Bucks in: Knecht, 3rd team younger star, fillers Multiple Lakers firsts, 3rd teams first(s).
Lakers in: Giannis
3rd team: LeBron, Bronny
Basically a team that wants LeBron/Bronny who will give up a decent first and a younger star
Is there anyone out there?
Bucks in: Knecht, 3rd team younger star, fillers Multiple Lakers firsts, 3rd teams first(s).
Lakers in: Giannis
3rd team: LeBron, Bronny
Basically a team that wants LeBron/Bronny who will give up a decent first and a younger star
Is there anyone out there?
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ReggiesKnicks wrote:Texas Chuck wrote:So Niko was hired to lure Dame. So broken, old Dame, welcome to Dallas next year....
Dallas, Minnesota, and Miami all seem like strong suitors.
I wouldn't think there would be any suitors at all right now.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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ReggiesKnicks wrote:Texas Chuck wrote:So Niko was hired to lure Dame. So broken, old Dame, welcome to Dallas next year....
Dallas, Minnesota, and Miami all seem like strong suitors.
Minnesota, 2 year TPMLE?
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ReggiesKnicks wrote:Jellybeans wrote:Ayton please make us laugh and sign with Pacers
Mods, ban this guy
Its not about you guys but about Lakers

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ReggiesKnicks wrote:Texas Chuck wrote:So Niko was hired to lure Dame. So broken, old Dame, welcome to Dallas next year....
Dallas, Minnesota, and Miami all seem like strong suitors.
I was thinking GSW . He already made his money, Could ring chase back in his hometown.
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MadNESS wrote:Thinking of a deal:
Bucks in: Knecht, 3rd team younger star, fillers Multiple Lakers firsts, 3rd teams first(s).
Lakers in: Giannis
3rd team: LeBron, Bronny
Basically a team that wants LeBron/Bronny who will give up a decent first and a younger star
Is there anyone out there?
Made more sense before the Bucks stretched Dame.
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MadNESS wrote:Thinking of a deal:
Bucks in: Knecht, 3rd team younger star, fillers Multiple Lakers firsts, 3rd teams first(s).
Lakers in: Giannis
3rd team: LeBron, Bronny
Basically a team that wants LeBron/Bronny who will give up a decent first and a younger star
Is there anyone out there?
No. No team is giving up anything that resembles a young star for Lebron at this age.
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Some creative GMing this off season, Hawks, Rockets, Nuggets and Bucks.
Defense wins draft lotteries!
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MadNESS wrote:Thinking of a deal:
Bucks in: Knecht, 3rd team younger star, fillers Multiple Lakers firsts, 3rd teams first(s).
Lakers in: Giannis
3rd team: LeBron, Bronny
Basically a team that wants LeBron/Bronny who will give up a decent first and a younger star
Is there anyone out there?
Can you provide an example of a team who would trade a young star and multiple first(s) for LeBron.
I can't find one.
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MadNESS wrote:Thinking of a deal:
Bucks in: Knecht, 3rd team younger star, fillers Multiple Lakers firsts, 3rd teams first(s).
Lakers in: Giannis
3rd team: LeBron, Bronny
Basically a team that wants LeBron/Bronny who will give up a decent first and a younger star
Is there anyone out there?
No. This idea is truly the work of MadNESS.
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Where does Dame end up after all this? I imagine some team will give him a 1+TO or 2+TO deal to see if he's got anything left on the other side of his Achilles rehab, but I'm struggling to figure out who.
Or maybe he just takes his paycheck and calls it a career. Idk.
Or maybe he just takes his paycheck and calls it a career. Idk.
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gswhoops wrote:Where does Dame end up after all this? I imagine some team will give him a 1+TO or 2+TO deal to see if he's got anything left on the other side of his Achilles rehab, but I'm struggling to figure out who.
Or maybe he just takes his paycheck and calls it a career. Idk.
I mean if a team would do the full MLE its essentially 1/$30M or so right? Where he gets the first half of his money to rehab this year? But is there a single team with access to that he would sign with?
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Maybe I'm more risk adverse than most GMs, but it seems pointless to give Dame a contract right now rather than let him rehab on his own time and try him out once he is close to ready. Who knows if you'll need him a year from now or if he'll even be an nba player a year from now?
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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I'd love to see Utah sign Lillard to a two year deal. Finally bring him back (to his college) home, let him rehab at his own pace. Have the franchise, the city, the state embrace him. A feel good story that doesn't disrupt this year's tank emphasis on development.
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Dame clearly would want a championship. If the Rockets hadn't blown everything that would be a great spot.
What about the wolves? He'd have a clear starting gig next year and a real roster
What about the wolves? He'd have a clear starting gig next year and a real roster
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