2020-2021 Season News and Notes

[JayBirdHawk]

2 minutes ago, terrell said:

How many BIGS do the Cavs need?

Mcgee, Love, Allen, Drummond, Nance, etc...

Someone is about to get traded.

McGee is expiring, Love is perpetually hurt, My guess the won't resign Drummond for the max he's looking for, Nance is a PF.

[terrell]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

McGee is expiring, Love is perpetually hurt, My guess the won't resign Drummond for the max he's looking for, Nance is a PF.

Yeah Im talking this season..lol. And Nance plays F/C like Collins..

Edited January 13, 2021 by terrell

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, terrell said:

Yeah Im talking this season..lol

McGee would be the odd guy out unless they trade Drummond.

[terrell]

5 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

McGee is expiring, Love is perpetually hurt, My guess the won't resign Drummond for the max he's looking for, Nance is a PF.

Drummond might as well squash that dream..lol

[bleachkit]

15 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Probably not Ben Simmons or Tillman had no interest in sending Harden to Morey.

Philly definitely offered Simmons looking at the Nets deal. Lost fan favorites Lavert and the Fro. Also gave them a decade of draft picks, that means everything to a rebuilding team. Once Durant and Harden start declining those picks will be gold.

Edited January 13, 2021 by bleachkit

[terrell]

Should we go after  Beal or Lavine? Hmmm?

[JayBirdHawk]

3 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Philly definitely offered Simmons looking at the Nets deal. Nets gave them a decade of draft picks, that means everything to a rebuilding team. Once Durant and Harden start declining those picks will be gold.

Oladipo and picks vs Ben Simmons...naaah.

 

[bleachkit]

1 minute ago, terrell said:

Should we go after  Beal or Lavine? Hmmm?

Looking at the price of these trades, I'm leaning towards no. 

[bleachkit]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Oladipo and picks vs Ben Simmons...naaah.

A whole decade of picks Jay. That matters a lot. Philly probably offered no draft picks, and why should they if Ben is in the deal.

[JeffS17]

11 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Philly definitely offered Simmons looking at the Nets deal. Lost fan favorites Lavert and the Fro. Also gave them a decade of draft picks, that means everything to a rebuilding team. Once Durant and Harden start declining those picks will be gold.

Yeah, Rockets seemed to come out nicely here.  The Nets are 1 injury and a couple more Kyrie sabbaticals from being a lottery team with how much depth they just shipped out.  

[JayBirdHawk]

21 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

A whole decade of picks Jay. That matters a lot. Philly probably offered no draft picks, and why should they if Ben is in the deal.

It's my thinking that Philly offered Maxy and a pick centric deal and not Simmons. 

[bleachkit]

9 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

It's my thinking that Philly offered Maxy and a pick centric deal and not Simmons. 

It that is all they offered, then no surprise they got outbid. Not having those draft picks is going to really hurt on draft night once the Nets start declining.

[lethalweapon3]

I don't think the staffer meant he got a great deal on car insurance.

~lw3

[terrell]

45 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Looking at the price of these trades, I'm leaning towards no. 

But Harden is a "superstar"..Beal is an all star..Lavine borderline all-star..Lavine will probably be cheapest..lol...

[JayBirdHawk]

8 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

It that is all they offered, then no surprise they got outbid. Not having those draft picks is going to really hurt on draft night once the Nets start declining.

I guess the question is would you rather Dipo and the Nets picks and swaps or Maxey and the Philly picks and swaps.

[bleachkit]

56 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

McGee is expiring, Love is perpetually hurt, My guess the won't resign Drummond for the max he's looking for, Nance is a PF.

Cleveland is quietly building a nice young squad.

[AHF]

43 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

A whole decade of picks Jay. That matters a lot. Philly probably offered no draft picks, and why should they if Ben is in the deal.

It is pretty incredible that they went this way given their history.  Better enjoy the ride now.  Best case is that they can trade away these stars to someone else and keep retooling and competitive without needing much in the way of draft support (or they have to hope the Rockets stink worse when they are down so there is no point to swapping).

[bleachkit]

Just now, JayBirdHawk said:

I guess the question is would you rather Dipo and the Nets picks and swaps or Maxey and the Philly picks and swaps.

Take the Nets picks, Harden and KD are older. Jojo and Ben are younger. 

[bleachkit]

10 minutes ago, lethalweapon3 said:

I don't think the staffer meant he got a great deal on car insurance.

~lw3

So what's ahead for us? A week of contact tracing isolation? Great.

[bleachkit]

4 minutes ago, AHF said:

It is pretty incredible that they went this way given their history.  Better enjoy the ride now.  Best case is that they can trade away these stars to someone else and keep retooling and competitive without needing much in the way of draft support (or they have to hope the Rockets stink worse when they are down so there is no point to swapping).

KD will pray keep his value. Not sure about Kyrie or Harden. I think the Kyrie thing must be really bad, and they aren't counting on him going forward.