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I don't get it with Toronto. If they add KD to their current team (minus the assets they trade to get him), they aren't a contender; not even close. So why are they interested? And it seems like there would be a high chance of KD leaving after just one year. This wouldn't be a Kawhi situation where ...

What I keep coming around to with Booker is, maybe if we had a really savvy GM and front office that could rebuild our team around draft picks, then okay, trade Book to Houston for our own draft picks back and start the process. But this FO is a bunch of incompetent boobs. If they trade away Booker ...

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Thu Jun 19, 2025 9:10 pm

Man Chet sucked,
If they had KD they would've won the trophy tonight. They should seriously consider KD for Chet

What a great win for the Pacers. Pushing this OKC team to a Game 7 is a real accomplishment. It will be hard for them to win it on the road on Sunday, but this is really all you can ask of them, giving themselves a real chance. In one game anything can happen.

A bit off topic, but I have come to really hate traded pick swaps. It makes everything so complicated, especially when the swaps get re-traded. It reminds me of the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008 where banks would sell mortgages and resell them over and over. I worry that it basically leads to a ...

Maybe they really want Dick? And they are trying to find a way to fit him in? It will be a long and hard process, and Toronto will ask for a stiff price, but I bet we will be able to erect a deal for him. I for one would love to have a player with his smooth stroke and ball-handling. Someone who ...

Who are you taking: Amare in his prime or Ayton from 2021-2022 season? Ayton for sure—better defense and rebounding, which is what I want from a big. Plus much more efficient offensively. This take is just wild. Exactly what year(s) constitute Amare's prime are debatable; he had several exceptional ...

Or just fucking trade him wherever, who cares what he wants? I think there's a common misunderstanding about this. It isn't that we are treating Durant as if he had a no-trade clause, only considering trading him to teams he loves and wants to play for. It's more from the other teams' side, like ...

If we do the Toronto deal and get #9 and RJ Barrett instead of Quickley, that's your sign that we are drafting Jase. They wouldn't want both Jase and Quickley.

I would bet $20 that they acquire a pick in the 9-12 range and then draft MSU's Jase Richardson without doing any workouts of other players in that range.

I like Claxton. I hope this rumor turns out to be true.

I was just checking his stats. 10.3 / 7.4 / 2.2 and 56.3% FG. A lowlight is his .513 FT%, oof.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... tni01.html

Am I missing something here? Why aren't we calling Memphis to offer them KD? They have our 2026 1st which would be of great value to get back. Something like KD for JJJ, KCP or whoever else as salary ballast, and 2026 1st?

If we actually want to win, I'm not sure we could do better than Gobert. He is still an excellent defensive center, and he would go a long way toward solving our rebounding problems by himself. Here are his stats from last season; 12.0 ppg on 67% shooting (!), with 10.9 reb and 1.4 blocks. https ...

I think if they want to be competitive next year Poeltl, Quickley and the #9 pick is a pretty good start, especially if you can add a couple of big forwards in the draft or by trading Allen or O'Neale. That would leave them with - F - Ryan Dunn, Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale C - Jakob Poeltl, Nick ...

Beal is still good…he was an awful fit and we tried to change him into what we wanted him to be too much and he resisted. He was actually still the one who adapted his game more than the other 2 stars…that plus benching him and trying to trade him all season understandably didn’t sit right with him. ...

In case you want to look up stats on Quickley or Barrett: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/q/quickim01.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barrerj01.html Quickley is averaging 17.1 ppg on .420/.378/.867 splits, 5.8 ast, 3.5 reb in 27.8 mpg. Not bad though the overall FG ...

Whatever it takes, whatever it costs. Not my money, that's the cost of bad decisions. For me when it comes to Beal, I would just rather eat his whole $50m for 2 years and then get it completely off the books, rather than have $20m cap hit on the books for 5 more years. Let's shorten the window ...

That SSOL / D'Antoni article is great, thanks Shel!

OKC now up 3-2. The Pacers almost came back despite Haliburton clearly not being 100%, but OKC held them off. I hope Indy can win Game 6 on their home floor to force it to 7; this Finals has been really fun to watch.

It feels like the Pacers blew the title by losing Game 4 at home. OKC is up 59-45 here at the half in Game 5.