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Let's all nap and wake up to some happy news See you in 200 min You're making some assumptions here, regardless of his height and weight, Murray was taking on the tough defense assignments nightly, and his best defense is point of attack which happens to be how Trae gets abused on offense a lot. His shooting is horrendous, but probably exacerbated by the fact that he was the only option on the Spurs last year. https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627749/shots-dash If you looks at his stats, when he's open and just catching and shooting, he's hitting at a %38-39 clip, which is more than respectable considering that's a big part of what he'll be doing on offense. On offense, he'll also be taking the ball away from Trae, allowing Trae to play offball (which Ray says Trae has done his whole until college/nba) where he's in the 97-98 percentile on catch and shoot opportunities. The offense with Murray would be insanely exciting since we'd finally have 2 elite ball handlers and playmakers, everyone else on the team should eat. To add on to that, there is NO other SG in the league who is as impactful on defense as he is, that still has the offensive chops that he's got. Picking on his shooting % and size ignores the context of his game and how he would fit in. Thinking he's just a more expensive Delon Wright is just............ disrespectful lol. The man has already made an All defensive team and has shown to take pride on that side of the floor unlike anyone not named Capela on our team. Getting Murray means we have drastically raised our floor and are in the playoffs every year, alongside Trae Young who is one of the best ceiling raisers in the game. If we have a chance to start the season with the best backcourt in the league, then we should definitely do what it takes.

Who says there only needs to be one torch

I'll take the over. I'm sure Danilo's contract + Murray vs Picks + Ayton vs Clint + Squawkers vs derailment will get us at least to a crisp 275 lol

What's this scrubs game? Dishwashing competition, or Squawk pickup game? Either way I'm down, bay area weather got me loving outside. Feel bad for all my GA fam, weather seems crazy lol

Yeah I know, I just don't wanna give up Clint if it's for a max Ayton, was saying I'd do JC for Ayton straight up if they were on the same $25 mil

Does anyone know when Gallos contract has to have a decision made by? Is it 5pm est?

People really don't like it when I blow on them as they walk by, but me, I'm a big fan...

Ayton is a huge upgrade offensively, downgrade defensively, upgrade availability. Overall though, our offense is really good already outside of secondary shot creation, Ayton isn't worth the farm or the max he wants. At least not for our team, we need some hard nosed defense, and Clint can provide. It's a hard choice, but I think I'd perhaps to JC for Ayton in a swap if contracts were the same, but Clint for near max Ayton? Nah

Sounds like Ayton is an option no matter what, so I could see us trading Capela for him so that we can achieve Resslers getting better mandate, but damn I'd be sad to see Clint go to get a max center. Trade the 3 trash picks and 2 pick swaps and get Murray. We can always buy second rounders and rely on our good scouting for cheap talent if we need bodies so bad. Murray IS a game changer, and worries about his regression don't make sense. He won't be the first option this time, and he can just focus on spot up shooting, driving, playmaking, rebounding, and defense instead of trying to take his awful jumpers. Also, idk who said cam could be a starter on an nba team, but that's just pure fantasy land. Man couldn't even find minutes on the Knicks lol. Cam has the potential to be a starter, but saying he's there right now, no. I wish we could get Gallo back after cutting him, mans can barely move, but he can shoot the hell out of the ball and help settle the game when momentum is getting out of control. We don't really have another guy that'll just slow the game down to their pace and make a move, but perhaps Ayton can do that?

It's end of the week somewhere on Thursday

With Ressler having mandated TS to get better, I think we end up paying a ransom despite the price. Hopefully it's just Danilo + picks. You can always acquire more draft picks, can't always find a young all star available on a cheap contract that has good fit. Bet we see something happen by end of the week

Got an all star partner for Trae!

Who's watching, and duh. We got Murray, KD, and Ayton coming through. Impossible to beat

He's gonna be the high character guy we know and love and just roll into next season with it. Hopefully with a chip in his shoulder and some skill development....

That would be cool, curious though, @Sothron said that Clint was %100 gone this offseason. If he's still here due to Trae's vouching, are there any other plans to upgrade our front court defense? Kyrie made a sane decision? What a Monday

Bless these clowns for giving us offseason content. Though our insider "circus ;)" has been circulating all this for weeks, shout out to them 4 team trade would be wild, how often they actually get completed? Seems to be rare, and if Ressler is driving TS to make positive changes without giving too much up, good for him.

Nah, getting a burrito now to celebrate. We are officially 2023 NBA champions

Trae is very selective with what he posts and likes on Twitter, so seeing smoke to this KD thing is wild. Build a statue for Travis if we can get Murray + KD while keeping one of Hunter/Oneyka

KD + Murray to Hawks? We're winning a chip in the next 2 years if tru

Get it done Mr Travis!!

Would a trade for Murray have to happen before or after our decision to cut Gallo? Or does it not matter?

Wow, didn't think anything could piss me off faster than Twitter could lol

If we're not planning on paying up now for a rising star, what are we planning on doing with these draft picks? John Collins for bouknight doesn't really sound like a consolidation trade, but it does allow us to keep assets in case...an all star becomes available for trade. I'm confused about what our road map to a championship looks like if we're not pushing in chips to get talent when it's available

Because that "beef" was a disagreement during film session that Chris Kirchner blew out of proportion. The very next game after the beef rumors started, both of them made a show of dapping each other up after the game and showing they were fine.