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And I guarantee every last one of you would be up in your feelings if this was Trae demanding a trade to LA.

It’s trade me to ONLY Miami that I have the biggest issue with. If he gave them 5 teams who could get into a bidding war, I wouldn’t have such a strong opinion on this.

Demanding to be traded is essentially telling them I'm not playing here anymore lol He's screwing them and it's pretty obvious.

Not even remotely the same thing. Player still gets paid when he's traded. Portland is most likely going to get 10 cents on the dollar for their superstar.

If Miami doesn't have the return you want and he'll literally only play for Miami, then let him sit at home. Tired of these divas not honoring their contracts and then demanding where and when they get traded.

And to think we could have had KP and given up next to nothing...

Wonder what the plan would be at PF going forward IF this ends up happening. Our starting PF and primary backup from last year would be gone. The most rumored replacement, Siakam, would also be gone to POR. Ayton anybody or has that ship sailed? lol I've seen Grant Williams floated, but....meh.

If you see rumors start coming out linking Boston to Dame...it probably means a trade is imminent. Remember...JB was not happy when he was linked to a KD trade. If he's linked to another trade, I could see him demanding out. Boston has every reason to keep this one quiet.

If they couldn’t make the playoffs with Dame, they’re certainly not going to make the playoffs without him and with a rookie PG and Siakam.

This part makes sense. Toronto somehow inserting themselves into what looks like a 3 team trade doesn’t. Siakam doesn’t fit their timeline without Dame.

Part of the rumor was JB only wants to sign the max with Boston or ATL. So it’s essentially Dame for JB. JB doesn’t want to go to Portland so is routed to ATL. We send young players and draft assets to Portland. Portland doesn’t like Miami’s offer because it doesn’t have young players with potential I guess? And we have that? Idk… I’m lost why Toronto would be part of this unless Siakam is coming to ATL.

Really don’t want to lose AJ and OO for Siakam. That would suck.

Any chance we end up with both Siakam and Brown from this trade? Trying to wrap my head around why Portland would want a 30 year old Siakam to add around Scoot and Sharpe instead of draft assets…especially after just signing Grant. Like why is Toronto even part of this trade? Maybe Grant is part of it too and 1 year of Siakam is more attractive to Portland?

Can’t imagine that JJ would be the glue holding this trade together. If you swap him out for a 1st, gut says it wouldn’t kill things.

It’s a steep price for sure. I’m 50/50 on it now that I’m thinking about it more. I don’t see Dame relinquishing on his Miami demand tho and that’s the key here. Boston is just as good as Miami on the court, but FL has that no state income tax advantage.

Really really don’t want to lose JJ, but I’d do this deal without blinking. If you have the chance to add an all-NBA caliber player who wants to be here, and you don’t have to give up Trae…you gotta do it.

Unless there’s a follow up trade that nets us OG, Jaylen, Mikal, or another good wing defender, I’m in favor of keeping Dre.

Great! Summer League would have been lame if we traded him.

4 years! Good to see the commitment here from the team. Although I’m sure it ends up being very team friendly.

You’re right. Maybe we should just ask them to give us Siakam next. No matching salaries, nothing. Just give him to us.

As long as Giannis resides in the East, OO has a lot of value.

ATL - Siakam, 1st Toronto - DJM, Bufkin, TH Jr Dallas - Capela Rumors suggest this is possible and I’m sure there will be picks involved. Should be coming back to us from Dallas for Capela.

Trading OO would be a big mistake. The more I’ve thought about it, the more I like a potential Siakam / OO front court.

If the Mavs still covet Capela, a 3 team trade would work there.