2023 General Offseason/PostSeason League News

[virtual9mm]

I would honestly rather have Ayton than Zion. Zion is an insane basketball talent, but he's made of glass. I think he's just too bulky to be able to stay on an NBA court. There's always the possibility that he has an Embiid-like career, where his first few years are marred by injuries but he eventually figures it out and manages to have a great set of prime years. But I haven't seen the discipline and ethic from Zion to indicate that he's willing and able to stay in shape, take his rehab seriously, take care to avoid injury, etc. I think it's more likely that he's on a Greg Oden trajectory where he'll bounce around a bit and be hurt for most of a few more years and then be out of the league. Quote me on this post in a few years if I'm wrong, but I would not want to be stuck with Zion on a long-term contract given the health issues.

Folks thought I was crazy when I mentioned this two years ago. But he is built like a top heavy Larry Johnson, not a bottom heavy Charles Barkley. He will break down.

But if he could stay healthy...wow. Only thing better would be to have a pre-injury Amare.

[TOO]

Zion is top and bottom heavy, not sure how you can look at him and think he's not 80% backside.

[JeremyG]

[ShelC]

[JeremyG]

[Split T]

Go get paid

[TOO]

Go get paid

Yes, go far away from Denver, I hear the eastern conference is nice this time of year.

[Superbone]

Now if you are Bruce Brown here, you have to strike when the iron is hot: a concept he learned watching Jokic make horseshoes from scratch in Serbia.

Very clever from the almost nonagenarian.

[INFORMER]

Go get paid

Yes, go far away from Denver, I hear the eastern conference is nice this time of year.

Yeah, that would be a key loss for Denver.

[JeremyG]

Looks like the first apron will be very close to the $171.5M I estimated, and the second apron should be about $182.5M.

[Split T]

Doesn’t really matter for us anymore unless we try and trade Ayton into cap space. Saves Ishbia some money though.

[ShelC]

Cs might get their big from Washington

[JeremyG]

[Split T]

Celtics keeping all 3 bigs?

[JeremyG]

They have to add someone to Brogdon’s salary, probably Horford.

Looks like the Suns turned down their offer of Brogdon/Williams or Brogdon/Horford.

[specialsauce]

KP is a better big

[JeremyG]

What if it becomes a 4-team trade? Paul to Clippers, Ayton to Wizards, and Brogdon and Zubac to Phoenix?

[Split T]

I’d love that, but not sure Clippers would. Brogdon is better than Paul at this point

[JeremyG]

Yeah, Clippers would definitely need more.

[Flagrant Fowl]

KP is a better big

I wanted to trade Ayton for him 3 months ago. He’s a far better fit for what this roster needs.