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NB4...I know.....

But, if we could turn AYTON and whatever into a trade for both Turner AND RWIII and keep Hayes.....I wonder what that would look like for us.

 

No point in signing Austin to 50 mil if you're not going to let him loose. Lebron on a sign and trade should be the next priority. Lebron to Cavs or a team of his choice.

 

Most folks are assuming that Myles Turner would be a starter. He could easily be a backup behind someone like Williams or Robinson, who only play about 18 minutes.Turner could play another 18, and Hayes 12. So, there is still a lob-threat big in there for 30 minutes. Turner could play in lineups with players who are lob-threats from other positions, such as Thiero and Carr. You could even play Turner and Hayes together in some lineups.

I would be open to somehting like Vanderbilt, LaRavia, and Knecht for Turner. You get off of Vando's contract, and Turner's deal is only one-year longer.

 

Nahh Lamelo wasn’t leaving. He would’ve resigned there. That’s why they traded him because they couldn’t afford him and didn’t want to pay him a max. It’s as simple as that.

 

Wait, wait, wait.....

Let's talk about this differently. THERE IS A MAGICAL WAY...that we can have 2 of the following:

Robinson, Turner, Williams III

Of those 3, which 2 would be the best. Let's say whether we re-sign Hayes or lose him and Ayton both.

So, have to chose 2 in different scenarios, I guess.

 

At that price? Can't have a team full of high priced players with a negative value.

 

Are you reffering to what we are sending out or his contract?

 

Myles Turner would not be coming here to be a backup

 

Yep I said that when Mavs did that. I think with the super max teams will start swapping or getting ride of players to avoid supermax.

 

Honestly wouldn’t mind Gafford and RWIII

 

His contract. Once you dip a players production his value on the market will follow.

 

Alright, thanks for confirming.

 

OK. It would be nice to get rid of the unplayable players though. At least Turner is someone you could confidently say is at minimum an 18 minute rotation player who could shoot and block shots.

 

Perfect take. That’s the team Williams Hayes and Ayton. You can’t depend on Williams to start your games and play most of them. Ayton would be perfect for that.

 

Bingo

 

Agree that's logical.'but players have to be ok with roles and you don't want to pay high price for limited time players.

 

I don't look at his contract as the full 26.6 million this season. I look at it as only a 4 million cap hit this year and 14.6 million next year when you consider the unplayable contracts that were removed. That 3rd year at 29.1 million might be painful, but it might not be. But for the next 2 years, I would rather pay this guy than Vando. Unless the Lakers want to coniser waiving and strertching Vando, but I know 99% of folks here are against that.

 

This goes to teach everyone in here. That it’s not always a basketball move. They can sale it as one but it’s not.

Lamelo takes Charlotte to their first playoffs in years. They are one of the hottest teams in the Eastern Conference in the second half. And they are actually playing good basketball together. And the Hornets trade Lamelo for peanuts. He didn’t demand a trade. He actually wanted to return to Charlotte. They drafted high and built Lamelo Brandon Miller and Kon Kenepuel. I can see Knepuel leaving to go play with Cooper Flagg.

and the hard NBA reality is this is why the hornets didn’t get Wemby in the draft lottery because franchise who can’t afford aren’t allowed great players. Mind you this is a new ownership group not Michael Jordan.

Luka Doncic just takes the Mavericks to the NBA finals. Luka the new Dirk. But the Mavs Mark Cuban sales his team. Big sale nothing to see here right?? Marks saleing controlling interest but he’s still going to make the basketball decisions. just a sale. Addelsons take over. Boom Lukas due an extension super max the same one Tatum Brown got ironically the guy who is in trade rumors cause you guessed it. They don’t want to pay him.

So we get Luka. Rob has that smirk on his face. And everyone is shocked. We’re shocked. Jeanie couldn’t tell anybody. Like Santa I ain’t gonna say nothing. Here’s the secret. Money money money. I don’t need the Ohio players to tell you. Dallas didn’t want to pay Luka a super max. So they told their GM Nico Harrison. He did his job look for a team to take him. Just like Lamelo.

They went to Milwaukee with Gianiss should’ve done it turned it down. They went to Minnesota. Turned it down. We took the offer. Nico is a solid guy and liked us and Rob. Nobody’s trying to help us. But they had a problem. If we say no you have a disgruntled superstar saying No I’m deciding where I’m traded to. Trade me with Jokic. So they dodged a bullet. They were never paying him.

and they put out a narrative he was fat and entitled and some inuendos that he’s an alcoholic. All b*******. To fit their narrative why they traded this guy. Because they weren’t paying him super max. 300 million dollars.

Jokic sign your extension I’m just saying. Not everybody’s the Lakers.


Let’s see if Minnesota pony’s up for Ant man?? I’ll wait.

I’m sure today we’ll hear a narrative of how a bad locker room guy was and how Lamelo was going to leave. Carolina guy comes home Colby White in my Lil John voice. OKAY!!!!!!!!




Deandre Ayton why do you guys want to bring in Miles Turner when he averaged 9 points and 6 rebounds when you have Ayton for 8 million who averaged 12 points and 9 rebounds? What’s the basketball logic?

For all the Daniel Gafford he averaged 9 points and 7 rebounds. He cost more. Gafford is 6,9” Ayton is 7,0”. He might be a p**** cat but he’s our p**** cat.

Look what Al Horford resigned for?? The Center position is a real thing. Real premium. Be Happy when Ayton opts in. That’s a bargain. I’d be trying to tell him to tear up his contract and let’s sign a new one. Get him on the cheap and have him here with Luka.

I can’t say enough how much skilled bigs are needed. I guarantee coaches and lead scouts are trying to figure out how to stop Ayton on the scouting report then Daniel Gafford.

Be Happy we have Mark Walters. Look at these Owners showing they a**. C Bags trying to trade Jaylon Brown after an MVP season because they don’t want to pay him. Guy actually exceeded his contract after he got paid. He didn’t pull a Paul George and you want to trade him. s*** Jimmy Haslam didn’t trade for Jaylon Brown because he didn’t want to have to pay him.

Portland owner paying his coach in potato chips. James Dolan refusing to go in the second apron.

And we talking bout our owner overpaying our star 185 million dollars in bargain. Not the player that we paid but the contract, thank you Allen lol. Oh yeah last off season our owner reuped Luka. Be happy we have this owner.

 

I wonder how the fit will be as Lamelo and Ant are both score first guards. A Lonzo with good knees would be a better fit TBH but that guy is long gone.

 

Ayton is a traditional post center that needs touches and he is not a rim-protector. That's not even mentioning the motor issues that he has at times.

Turner is a stretch 5 that could also block shots. If I had to choose between non-lob threat types I would pick stretch-5 over traditional post player.

Gafford is the ideal lob-threat for Luka, is a rim-protector, and we have proof of concept with them that they work.