The 2016 Offseason Thread

[Qwigglez]

^I posted that video about a day or two after he put it up on Youtube, the general consensus is the kid has way more Suns gear than anyone on here.

[carey]

I would expect the Kings to evaluate potential talent coming in for Cousins up until the trade deadline. So without further ado this is what I think McD is hoping to swing. Something along the lines of these players with picks.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=hu78on6

I'm as big a Warren fan as anyone on this board, but if you can get Cousins (and Gay) without giving up Bledsoe, Booker, Bender or Chriss then you absolutely have to do it.

Bledsoe/Ulis
Booker/Barbosa
Gay/(Dudley)/(Bender)
Dudley/Bender/Chriss
Cousins/Chandler

That's pretty... pretty good. If just one of the rookies breaks out you really have something. I especially like the starting line-up. A penetrator, 3 shooters, and a monster down low. Then you bring the youth in with the big-man vet. You can even go big against teams like Memphis by starting DMC at PF and Chandler at C.

[bwgood77]

I would expect the Kings to evaluate potential talent coming in for Cousins up until the trade deadline. So without further ado this is what I think McD is hoping to swing. Something along the lines of these players with picks.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=hu78on6

I'm as big a Warren fan as anyone on this board, but if you can get Cousins (and Gay) without giving up Bledsoe, Booker, Bender or Chriss then you absolutely have to do it.

Bledsoe/Ulis
Booker/Barbosa
Gay/(Dudley)/(Bender)
Dudley/Bender/Chriss
Cousins/Chandler

That's pretty... pretty good. If just one of the rookies breaks out you really have something. I especially like the starting line-up. A penetrator, 3 shooters, and a monster down low. Then you bring the youth in with the big-man vet. You can even go big against teams like Memphis by starting DMC at PF and Chandler at C.

That offer would be hung up on though. They don't need Len, as they have two young centers and would have to pay Len in the offseason. Tucker would leave. That leaves Goodwin who isn't worth anything, Knight, who isn't that great right now, and Warren who isn't along enough for a team (outside of the Suns) to value him much. Even adding a few firsts probably doesn't get it done. I'm sure they will get better offers and players offered than that. Their draft picks haven't exactly panned out well in the last few years so picks might not even be that valuable to them.

[Frank Lee]

WCS can easily play PF ....

Good post by the Fiend and follow up by Carey. It fits The game plan McMully out lined, but hasn't been able to execute. He/we have the assets.

Acquiring Boog is a franchise changing move very similar to getting Barkley.

[King4Day]

Philly can swap picks with the kings this year and have it outright next year I believe. They just hired a young, relatively established coach who was shown as building a rep with cousins.

There's no chance he's traded this year unless the return favors them. All trade ideas I've read so far favor us except the booker one (which wasnt an idea as much as it was to prove we can outdo Boston)

With the Warriors built the way they are right now, why do we want to trade for cousins? We'd be at best, 6-9 seed.
Next offseason is when we should look at big name free agents


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[bwgood77]

Philly can swap picks with the kings this year and have it outright next year I believe. They just hired a young, relatively established coach who was shown as building a rep with cousins.

There's no chance he's traded this year unless the return favors them. All trade ideas I've read so far favor us except the booker one (which wasnt an idea as much as it was to prove we can outdo Boston)

With the Warriors built the way they are right now, why do we want to trade for cousins? We'd be at best, 6-9 seed.
Next offseason is when we should look at big name free agents


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I'd trade for him without giving up any good players, but not sure why Sac would. It would take Bender or Booker or both, so not worth it imo. Probably more likely Booker since they've been looking for a SG forever.

I think if the young guys are exciting and the culture is good the last thing Sarver would want is to bring in another person who could create problems.

[JMac1]

See that's the point. I wasn't worked up or angry. I love it how people always say that someone is angry and banging away at keys. Does that make you feel better? I didn't call Charles anything. Again, asking are you being ridiculous or are you angry is not bashing anyone.......If that was your interpretation of my response to this, Barkley: "the bench is better than the starters, tbh. What does that mean?" Me: you are ridiculous or angry? That's bashing? Wow. (I would use an exclamation, because you should never use wow without it, but I don't want you to think I am angry.) Then you and he tried to drag me over the coals as if I had lost my mind and was attacking someone. There is no one on this board that would call that bashing. Maybe that explains why you went all in with him. I can understand him being somewhat upset because I disagreed with his opinion, but my response would have been I am neither and then explain why I felt that way, kinda like I did when I compared lineups side by side to display my point....anyways.

I explained myself, but to no avail, because something crawled up my ass. People say (just like you did) things like ridiculous or you are upset or angry at the Suns, or just don't like a player all the time when responding to other posters ideas or opinions.

But hey, you said, so you are right and I am wrong and I am soooooo angry because I put you out there. Of course I expect you to go all Fox News on me and tell me how you are right because and I am wrong no matter what. Spin spin spin. I don't expect you to get it, after I explained myself and you still didn't get it. It was baffling. And yea, I didn't jump at your post with anger, I was excited and laughing (you know BUSTED!), like when you catch someone lying. "See, see you did the same thing, lol, **** hypocrite, lol." I only explained in detail because I knew you would spin it and then end it with see, now lets bury it. You did not do that after I explained myself.

Ah, but here that means I am angry and all worked up, even though I was typing and watching the Olympic Trials Gymnastics rooting for Mykala Skinner from AZ who trains at the same gym as my five year old daughter. SMH, at the always telling a poster they are angry, so played, again calmly typing. Maybe we need to talk on the phone so you can understand I/people can be direct and calm simultaneously. But I think you and others say things like that to get a rise out of other posters, I don't know, I don't do that, I just reply. EDIT: Or maybe you are trying to paint me as an angry out of control, highly emotionally driven curmudgeon, who is unable to formulate any type of coherent response and thus should be ignored. I think the latter and former. That is a good strategy.

No we can bury this. I said my peace.

[JMac1]

Good morning guys, <happily typing> 5 1/2 hours until game time. Oh boy, Thon, D'Lo, Ingram, and Dunn looked really good yesterday. I know it was SL, but better to look good than bad there.

Here's to hoping our guys do just as well. D'Lo and Ingram seem like they are going to be a handful in the coming years.

Simmons looked really good too. Like they said (I know its early), but this is a weak draft, lol!