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

It would have been terrible and hard for the team to focus on the real goal which is win it all

Not celebrate a guy leaving

 

Hah, good one

 

Lol

 

LOL, LeEasyWayOut.

GOAT my a**.

 

I'm buying the beer on that one!!!. I know you are in LT....lol.

 

Looks like Cleveland has finally got their guy...

Mario Hezonja! He will stop LBJ.

 

finished second to lebron in ohio mr. basketball voting

 

dude has been on the job for a couple of months and already turned Paul George's washed a** into Jaylen Brown and Lebron

respect

 

He's 5x the player Shaq was, when he joined the C Bags though.

 

KCP joining Bron in Philly

 

Yeah from that perspective, Rob is a killer. He managed to kick Magic out and remain longer than Bron. Dude's savage.

I was expecting too. But as someone said, may be some teams took by surprise with Philly being the choice.
I'm expecting notable free agents to get signed every day until the end of the month

I think it was always unreasonable to get 3 starting caliber players, especially when one of them is a premium center that is 10x better than Ayton.
It's great if we can get one, but if not there's still opportunities at the deadline or next summer with the MLE.

Still hope to get a placeholder like Kuzma/Hunter, wtv. We need reps with all the other guys in their roles, so we can plug in a starting 4 later and nothing else changes for the other guys.

It was pointed in a pod that this kind of roster overhaul is very uncommon. We'll have 7 or 8 of the top10 players being new guys. That's unprecedented. It will take time to gel and develop chemistry.
This is a year for that. And the better we are, the better the growth so it's important to be a 50-ish winning team and win a playoff series, so we can go from there in upcoming years

 

three was, two wasn't, imo. again, if grimes pans out/exceeds expectations, then ok, but i also didn't anticipate choosing among like, jake, vando, and a vet min for the fifth starter. that's what happens when you have four awesome starters. we have three.

 

You wanna take a poke at me?

 

I take that but

1) I think Grimes is better than DJJ, Oubre, PJ and other wings people like and consider "starting level". I think we are really sleeping on Grimes, he fits seamlessly with Luka. I expect the narrative about him to be quite different in some months

2) I think there's value in getting 2 high-level bench players on Sexton and Mamu. We were 29th on bench production. I think Sexton is another guy that really fits what we need with his shooting, rim pressure and quickness on defense. Then Mamu is a GREAT fit against OKC/Denver/Houston and even potentially Spurs with his ability to play the 4 and 5. He should have a Naz Reid kind of impact in the sense of being a guy that you can mix and match depending on the matchup. You add to that 2 great wing defensive specialists, which we also lacked.

Then, we didn't just got a starting center. Ayton was a starting center. Kessler is an All-Defensive team candidate type of center. That's a hell of a win. Should count as 2 starting guys imo, because it's a building block and ALL your moves for the next 3-5 years are for wings. That is being so underrated.

We also need to account Carr. He could easily been traded for a starting guy. I'm glad we didn't

So:
A building block high level starting center
A starting wing
2 high level bench players
2 defensive wing specialists
A promising 2-way guard

That's very positive, in my view. And IT'S STILL NOT OVER. We solved: 3rd building block, bench production, wing defense specialists, athleticism, rim protection, rebounding, age, even wing size. That's a lot of problems addressed.

If we get Kuzma, he's kind of Ayton. Kessler brings Bron level value to this team. Grimes is similar to Smart. Bench is way better. Deeper. More defensive. More 2-way. More athletic.

I like it even without the starting 4. I'm actually surprised we are in the run for Kuminga/PJ, that's a hell of an offseason if we pull it off. Much better than I ever anticipated

 

The logic above for your shot at me, and general style here, aside from liking you .... yep just did.

 

Please, let's not speak that into existence

If we get someone, it needs to be a guy that we can call starting-level on a contender and a piece to build around. PJ has shown that he has what it takes. Kuzma is still the same dumb player with bad shot selection and lazy defense.

Milwaukee fans hate him, he hasn't progressed one bit since he left.

 

Surprised at how much hate Lebron got once again. I thought the first wave when he decided to move on would be it. Frankly it comes across more as a spurned ex with some of you.

Good for Lebron, that’s an exciting team in a weaker conference and he has his opportunity to go and win a title in the next few years. Didn’t imagine in a million years he would go to Philly.

Some of these teams have quite a bit of work to get through now: Minnesota, Golden State, Miami, Cleveland, Clippers and Denver all need to sort out their rosters. It’s not far off a quarter of the NBA.

 

I like PJ but people talk about him like he's Anunoby. He shot 32.5% from 3 last year. He would be killed in this forum. Jake shot 32... .1

Kuzma shot 35% for reference.

PJ is definitely a good fit, but I don't see him as the final piece. I think our goal would still be 2nd round playoffs and make it tough on one of the top2. Hope for health and luck to maybe surprise.
I think with Kuzma, or similar player, we have the same goal, maybe with a lesser chance of surprising.

I also think these playoffs there were many teams in the playoffs playing big center + 4 wing/guards. Vassell, Caruso or Dort played a lot at the 4 in the WCF. Having Luka, I think we may deploy something similar, JJ loves spacing.

Another thing is with a placeholder 4 or none, there's more space to Adou to get minutes this year as it would make sense to prioritize his development. If we get JK/PJ there'll be less or no minutes for him