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Alex Len sucks.

Also think Toronto w/ Kawhi, Boston w/ health can compete with anyone in the west except Golden State.

10 hours ago, LamarHampton said:

Meh... Doesn't move the needle much but honestly was hoping for some more tomato cans (for you boxing or wrestling fans out there) since we are still aiming for a high lottery pick, right? I hope Len gets with the program this year and misses every rebound and  put back, but next year plays for real. I'm not really for a losing mentality, but since we are already here... May as well own it. Moving the needle (slightly) in the wrong direction. Normally would be fine with this signing, but in this particular year would prefer Kaba or even *gulp* Jock Lawndummy.

He hasn't prevented Phoenix from losing all these years and this is the best contract he could muster so don't worry.

Len not a bad dice roll but he has not been good. Phoenix is on a really big run of failing to develop big men.

Probably too many guards on the roster but I like Nwaba.

I'll always appreciate him getting in all those Celtics fans heads.

Just excited to see some chemistry develop between Prince Collins and Trae.

I'd hammer the under in that case.

5 minutes ago, StephenHawking said:

Brad Rowland is the worst thing that  ever happened to this franchise. 

Never seen a dude lowball his own franchise that much. 

Get outta here with that crap

He just contributes to a fan site. He has no affect on what the franchise actually does.

2 minutes ago, CBAreject said:

Dennis is a great penetrator.  He looked worse in our offense because we had no other playmakers so 3 players would collapse on him.  With Westbrook and George he will increase his efficiency.  

His best hope is that playing beside Westbrook inspires him to improve drastically like it did for Oladipo, because he's never been efficient even when the Hawks had good teams. He's not a good enough finisher around the rim and struggles to get to the free throw line. Mix that with average at best shooting and you have a guy who is just not efficient.

Now mix that with poor playmaking ability, a bad attitude, and a lack of defense and you have a guy that should not be considered "really good." A really good backup perhaps.

Needless to say Trae understands the ramifications of today

Another positive is that at least FO/Coaches will stop wasting time pretending that Dennis + Trae would've worked on the floor at the same time.

*Bigtime 

Alright I’ve warmed up to the trade a bit. I just really hope OKC crawls into the playoffs in 4 years cus I don’t see any free agents coming to ATL anytime soon. 

7 minutes ago, KB21 said:

Westbrook is signed through 2023, and Paul George is signed through 2022, both with player options that they will most certainly take.  So, this means the chances of OKC being in the lottery are slim, but the chances of them picking in the 15-19 range are pretty high.

I hope so, but I'd rather have the upside of more lax protections. How is Westbrook's hyper athletic game gonna look at age 33, etc

Just now, AHF said:

??  This may be Schlenk's best trade.  We open up $30M in cap space for 2019 & 2020 and get a future first.

Getting Dennis off the roster, clearing the cap space. Good

Getting a fake first round pick way down the line is bleh (and I don't care for Justin Anderson). I'd be overjoyed even if it was just top 5 protected. "Had" might've been too reactionary.

Lotto protected first four years down the line. Good god.. we've been had again.

3 minutes ago, DrReality said:

What’s the psychological impact on our players if we do this deal?  Seems it would not send a good message. 

It depends on whether you buy into the lockerroom headache rumors or not.

OKC can’t trade a first until 2021 

It'd be a pleasant surprise assuming Trae/Collins/Prince have a lot to do with it but

1. Not as many teams are tanking this year. Those 50/50 games that pro-tankers were stressing over are gonna be harder to come by.

2. Our improvement will have to be almost entirely internal: no additions besides rookies and Lin.

3. First year head coach.

4 minutes ago, thecampster said:

No what I'm saying is people are like "we coulda got a first" but be realistic about what that first is....its 8 picks from being a second.

 Instead we got a pick that is 5-7 years away from being a second.

Just now, sturt said:

Time will tell, but I still am bullish on the pick from the Korver trade.

I like it, but that wasn't a Schlenk move.

Again, it's not about trading for a PG. Our goal this offseason was supposed to be taking on bad salary for assets and here we have taken on bad salary for nothing.

Only decent trade that Schlenk has made was for HOU 1st round pick tbh. Unfortunate that they turned out to be the best team in the NBA, but at least we sort of got something for letting Millsap walk.

Just now, KB21 said:

Yeah.  I thought the point of having cap space was to use it to get assets, particularly since they aren’t using it to get better.  

I'm in disbelief really. Only way I can rationalize this is by it being a part of a bigger deal because why would you help facilitate a deal that you, yourself, should be making.

We got a 2025 second round pick for our troubles. Saw a few middle school kids at an AAU practice earlier in Augusta, I should've took notes.

Welp nvm.