2026-27 Team Developments: Trades / Free Agents / News / Rumors / Ideas

is thybulle still available?

 

Yeah, but sounds like they really leaned into the JJ Redick dribble/pass/shoot thing.

 

I’m not satisfied but I can be with a trade for a wing. Package your expiring’s for someone a team is looking to get off of. Trying to patch it together with a vet min wing never works.

 

i mean, kennard can definitely do those things, lol, and he's not much worse defensively than sexton.

edit: whoops, i lied. sexton is just as bad as kennard on defense, but actually grades out substantially better on offense.

 

This is my thought. Find some guy on a deal their team wants to get out from under and bring him in.

 

Yeah, but you could at least put Sexton on the speedy point-guards. Kennard can't keep up with those guys.

Last season per 36 minutes, Sexton averaged 22.8 pts, 3.5 rbs, 5.0 ast, 1.7 stls and 2.5/6.2 threes at 40.1%. He quietly had a strong season, albeit on bad teams. His DBPM was -0.5, but career -2.0 is very bad. He drastically improved his defense last season, don't know how real it is, but at the room exception for 2 years, it's solid value.

 

We got a good starting center, and Rob built a decent bench.
We now have three actual starters who should be there and two who are really bench level talent.
Just being real.

 

I'm really into the stretch Vando, try to bring in Kuminga idea. If we had Kuminga on a prove-it deal as our starting 4, with Mamu backing up the 4 and playing small-ball 5, I feel a lot better about this.

 

Yeah, in that regard it's a multi transaction cycle build.

 

Can you get on that .... like right away?! And then get it off to Kurt. People are freaking, me included after losing LeBron and Marcus mainly, for THIS coming season.

 

https://x.com/RichStapless/status/2072357400678367623?s=20

Smart back would’ve made me feel much better

 

The problem with Kuminga is he’s definitely here one year and then gone

 

I too felt like we needed to bring back Smart- if this was the plan.

 

https://x.com/AnthonyIrwinLA/status/2072375405911159120?s=20

I have had the same thought all day

 

Keep it up!!

 

Yeah, it very well could be.

Huge plus that Kessler's AAV is only 32.5 million. But, it is still practically a three max contract build, which isn't ideal. Grimes might be better slotted in the Reaves role, while another player is the point-of-attack defender. But again, Kessler's rim-protection does greatly reduce the need for perimter defense. But it is still needed, just not with sacrificing shooting.

 

The signings give Adou a chance to show what he can do. This is huge and overlooked by many. The guy is an absolute monster. I believe he will take a starting position, he is just too good not to. I seem to remember us drafting another young dynamo as well.