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For what he has shown so far, this seems to be a pretty fair offer. The kid is set for life and can still earn a couple more huge contracts during his career.

 

Go get Tari Eason, Rob. Do it either as an RFA or as a S&T, I don't care which way you do it. It shouldn't be that hard to nab him if this is where the Rockets are at right now with their roster.

 

Also, as an aside, it's worth noting that Tari Eason shares the same agent as Jalen Duren. Who we just so happen to know Luka has apparently been contacting and campaigning to go join the Lakers recently, going off that one Pistons camp comment that was passed along to ESPN the other day.

No idea if the Lakers manage to successfully get Duren this summer, but I wouldn't be shocked if Duren and Eason wound up being primary targets for the Lakers FO this summer.

 

Miami need a pg now. Colby white is available. Trade for

true but who would have been his options with teams being cap strapped. At this rate players can only hope the get paid from their present teams.

 

i really like the glimpses i've had at beringer. he looks like he could actually end up being pretty special. but probably not this year.

but again, i think they still have some tools to improve the roster, so i don't expect that this is the team they start the season with.

edit: their beat writer claims they won't use that exception. if that's true, that's a bit of a problem, i think.

well, he's 26 and signed a 5 year deal, so...this may be it. i actually thought he'd go for something higher and shorter, like 3/80 (starting around 25). in one of my fantasy builds, i had us offering something like that, figuring it would be enough to scare minny away. clearly we weren't going to do that, else his agent would have known.

as svtzr noted after the claxton trade, it's really hard to get a read on what our plan is right now. it's obvious FA is largely mapped out already, given what's been happening so far. so we're down to us basically going after one or more of the RFAs or operating over the cap. and as hurricane billy just said, with no rumblings nor announcements about rui, kennard, or lebron, it almost feels like the former. like, are we going to throw a max at duren? i actually think detroit would match it, though...

 

How good is Tari Eason?
AI Overview

Tari Eason is an elite, high-energy two-way forward for the Houston Rockets, renowned as one of the most disruptive wing defenders in the NBA. He provides immense value through his defensive versatility, elite rebounding, and efficient corner three-point shooting

 

why would the rockets let eason go or trade him for what we'd offer? they have 185m committed right now--he could get a deal starting at 25-ish per, and that just takes them to the first apron.

now, when thompson's first big payday arrives, they may have to make a choice there, but not now. they should just let RFA play out and match whatever he gets offered.

 

clips continue being the league's retirement home

 

well said cookie.

 

Would be nice to get Stewart and Ware from the Bucks if Herro goes to Detroit. I'd throw 2 picks for that.
Hope they like a center or 2 in this draft and are happy to take Ayton to make them a little better right now.

I still think Bucks should love Ware, smart thing to do is bet on him and he might be part of their next core or at least increase his value to a few firsts with a strong season or 2.
He only gets paid in 3 seasons. But have seen crazier things in the NBA. Rooting for a center pick by Milwaukee

 

Expected, but I bet we could match it somehow.

Not sure if the Lakers want to but still.................

 

i feel like the price on turner should be fairly low now, right? i know he's not the lob threat, but with ware probably off the board and claxton already off the board, that pool is getting limited. you have gafford and maybe jarrett allen as trade targets, both of which seem pretty unlikely to me. gafford will probably get moved, just not here, and allen probably won't get moved.

ideally, you'd do vando/ayton/knecht/#25 for turner, but ayton hasn't yet opted in, so that's not possible.

and again, it's starting to feel a little like we're doing something else entirely.

 

apart from the shooting, Turner sucks, not sure if he's even an upgrade over Ayton.

they'd have to give me assets to take that bad contract.

 

Because from the sound of it, the Rockets aren't that interested in keeping Eason at a particularly high price and allegedly we could likely poach him as an RFA at $20 mil and not have Houston match it, much less $25 mil. IDK how legit that information is or isn't, but it is indicative to me that he's gettable, especially if the only "off limits" player on the roster is apparently Amen Thompson.

 

tuner consistently ranks pretty highly on defense (despite not being a rebounder), but yeah, he's definitely trending the wrong way.

i just don't think i can do another season of ayton. it was a good try. it didn't work.

 

what's the source on those numbers? seems crazy to me. 20 million is basically 6th man money these days, and eason is starter quality. keith smith has him at 4/80, and i think rockets fans agree that's reasonable. to get someone in RFA, you have to be pretty unreasonable, right? but even at 25 per...does houston just let him walk? the question becomes whether he's a negative value contract at that price.

 

Everybody gotta chill on hoping Rob does something. We don’t want another Luol Deng Timofey Mozgoff where the Lakers just pay anybody and we get the cap tied up the cap space.

one thing I know about this ownership group they don’t just pay anybody. They have to be great superstar players. Ohtani Betts Tucker Freeman. Snell. players that are elite and will contribute to a championship.

They don’t want to tie money up. Where they aren’t able to acquire an Edwards a Jokic. Jokic Btw still hasn’t signed his extension. Why the hold up?

but I digress. The trade market I can see them acquiring talent. But the 1 year young guy talk was let’s get prospects that can help us. The Pottiers Pinots Jackson’s. Not sexy names but can contribute and help us.

I don’t feel bad if we walk out of here with Pottier Pinot and Jackson and everybody comes back and those guys get 1 yr. Deals and Ellis and Robinson or Williams.

surprised we haven’t heard movement on Robert Williams or Mitchell Robinson.

my thinking is the Lakers just don’t want to blow the wad on somebody. Honestly they really liked the roster. And we wanna see how we play with a healthy squad. This roster was robbed of a title when Luka got hurt. They won’t say it but they were. Luka was playing incredible and we were the hottest team in the NBA we have to see that through.

the market is a little dry and money is a little dry. I see Ayton opting in. I haven’t heard anything on Porzingis. Honestly on the market Ayton is one of the top free agents.

we haven’t heard anything because Rob is negotiating with our players. Rob is an agent he gets this. The buyout market is a real thing.

I love the 1. Yr. Young player thing. It still makes us better but protects us from doing something stupid.

Now all that being careful talk goes out the window and yes I would throw a max at Jalen Duran. And I think the Lakers are prepared to throw a Max at Jalen Duran. We are in play. And I think that’s why Luka was contacting him. Put everybody on Stewart while we try to get Duran.


Gafford it’s no secret Masai and Dallas want Mara. Why bend over to give Dallas all these picks when they’re stuck with the problem nahh dude. I’m a tough GM. Well take Gafford give us Gafford and we’ll give you a second round pick and Vando and a future 2031 pick.

and hey if they don’t want it fine all good. We keep our chips and we have those valuable unprotected 1st round draft picks to flip for an Anthony Edwards a Tyler Herro a Jokic any of the names. We have Luka the city and the championships. So buckle up.

As for Tyler Herro why would you just want to flip him??? I don’t get it. Look at his numbers no Jimmy Butler Bam. He’s like 26 points per game 8 assists 2 steals 48% from 3 Shai stuff.you give him the keys let him cook. He has his squad now he’s from Milwaukee deer district he’s 26 and you got Jaquez 3 number 1 picks and Ware and the other young fella you demanded now build your new culture like OKC. You didn’t see OKC saying yeah let’s flip Shai.


Knect I really want to see what this kid does with playing time. Reddick I need you to play him. Get him in the rotation. At least let us showcase him. I put a premium on shooting. We need it. You need shooting. I can’t ignore what he did before Luka trade with AD I think he had some big games. After the trade he had a big game against Denver like 30 points. I know if he’s on OKC he’s Ajaii Mitchell or Isiah Joe and we’re like how do we get him.

Now it’s not all on JJ and Staff but Knect has to apply himself. He hasn’t been preparing and staying engaged. He had an opportunity with Luka and Reaves going down and never took it but was really never offered it. Let’s see him try to make a commitment to defense. And star in summer league and hopefully that jumper is better. I wanna see Knect and Thiero be Brown and Tatum in summer league.

we were tripping on Rob last off season. He’s got something up his sleeve and we shall see.

No matter what Arod says Ant man knows you got rid of Towns for money. He has a championship. He contributed to what they do. And the guy you traded him for you traded. They can spin it however they want to. But it’s a cost cutting town. Come to Tinseltown Ant man with Luka we know you want to demand a trade to the Lakers. Klutch guy. We’re taking care of Lebron. AD 2.0

 

That's just the consensus number I've seen in various circles online, be it among Rockets fans or Lakers fans. Again, take it with a grain of salt, but the fact that I've seen Rockets fans look at that number and balk makes me think Eason can be had. And even if we don't want to gamble with him in RFA, I think he could be had via a S&T for draft capital.

 

i'm not freaking out at all; the lakers have worked pretty quietly during rob's tenure, and i'm not like anthony irwin, believing our front office guys are just napping right now.

i'm also not too worried about mozdenging, mostly because i'm not sure there are any UFAs out there that could create that situation.

 

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