Post-Moratorium Insider Rumor Thread

[kg01]

7 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

 Who Mace? Jk, he only does guest appearances now.

Nah, it's the insider that calls everyone stupid when their player evals differ from his.

Anyways ..... I still think we need a big body benz in our frontcourt.  Too bad all the ones I'm thinking of are done-zo. 

[Spud2nique]

14 minutes ago, kg01 said:

big body benz

You gotta caaaallllll on Tyyyrooooo..

Trez?  

[kg01]

1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:

You gotta caaaallllll on Tyyyrooooo..

Trez?  

Gotta call his lawyer first ..... then his parole officer ....

Eta. And, to clarify, I want a defense/rebound guy.  Montreeeeez is neither of those so EZPassLane 

Edited July 14, 2022 by kg01

[JayBirdHawk]

17 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Nah, it's the insider that calls everyone stupid when their player evals differ from his.

Anyways ..... I still think we need a big body benz in our frontcourt.  Too bad all the ones I'm thinking of are done-zo. 

Not many left :

Centers:

Deandre Ayton	C	23.9>	RFA	PHX	TBD	-	-	-	-
Dwight Howard	C	36.6>	UFA	LAL	TBD	-	-	-	-
Ed Davis	C	33.1>	UFA	CLE	TBD	-	-	-	-
Hassan Whiteside	C	33.1>	UFA	UTH	TBD	-	-	-	-
Luka Garza	C	23.5>	RFA	DET	TBD	-	-	-	-
Tristan Thompson	C	31.3>	UFA	CHI	TBD	-	-	-	-
DeMarcus Cousins	C	31.9>	UFA	DEN	TBD	-	-	-	-
Devontae Cacok	C	25.8>	UFA	SAS	TBD	-	-	-	-
Greg Monroe	C	32.1>	UFA	MIN	TBD

 

Power Forwards:

Montrezl Harrell	PF	28.4>	UFA	CHA	TBD	-	-	-	-
Juancho Hernangomez	PF	26.8>	UFA	UTH	TBD	-	-	-	-
LaMarcus Aldridge	PF	36.9>	UFA	BKN	TBD	-	-	-	-
Paul Millsap	PF	37.4>	UFA	PHI	TBD	-	-	-	-
Blake Griffin	PF	33.2>	UFA	BKN	TBD	-	-	-	-
Udonis Haslem	PF	42.1>	UFA	MIA	TBD	-	-	-	-
Carmelo Anthony	PF	38.1>	UFA	LAL	TBD	-	-	-	-
Markieff Morris	PF	32.8>	UFA	MIA	TBD	-	-	-	-
Nemanja Bjelica	PF	34.2>	UFA	GSW	TBD	-	-	-	-
Bruno Fernando	PF	23.8>	UFA	HOU	TBD	-	-	-	-
Eric Paschall	PF	25.7>	UFA	UTH	TBD	-	-	-	-
Jordan Nwora	PF	23.8>	RFA	MIL	TBD	-	-	-	-
Gary Clark	PF	27.6>	UFA	NOP	TBD	-	-	-	-
Nathan Knight	PF	24.8>	RFA	MIN	TBD	-	-	-	-
Tyler Cook	PF	24.8>

[Spud2nique]

2 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Gotta call his lawyer first ..... then his parole officer ....

Eta. And, to clarify, I want a defense/rebound guy.  Montreeeeez is neither of those so EZPassLane 

Btw off topic on topic I dunno but your boy Beal, even tho he’s whatever he is, I like that he didn’t give in and go to the Warriors.

I mean, he took a weird path but.. he didn’t pull a weenie move.

Bradley Beal expressed no interest in trade to Warriors

While the Warriors reportedly were interested in a trade for the three-time All-Star ahead of the 2021-22 season, Beal “didn’t want to go” to Golden State, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. “Before last season — now granted, they didn’t know if they had a championship team, they know now they do — they kicked the tires on Bradley Beal,” Windhorst said Wednesday on “The Dan Patrick Show.” “[The Warriors] were like, ‘Hey, could we do a deal for Bradley Beal?’ But Beal didn’t want to go.”

 

– via Tristi Rodriguez @ Yahoo! Sports

 Top Rumors, Trade, Bradley Beal, Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards

 

[JayBirdHawk]

3 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Btw off topic on topic I dunno but your boy Beal, even tho he’s whatever he is, I like that he didn’t give in and go to the Warriors.

I mean, he took a weird path but.. he didn’t pull a weenie move.

Bradley Beal expressed no interest in trade to Warriors

While the Warriors reportedly were interested in a trade for the three-time All-Star ahead of the 2021-22 season, Beal “didn’t want to go” to Golden State, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. “Before last season — now granted, they didn’t know if they had a championship team, they know now they do — they kicked the tires on Bradley Beal,” Windhorst said Wednesday on “The Dan Patrick Show.” “[The Warriors] were like, ‘Hey, could we do a deal for Bradley Beal?’ But Beal didn’t want to go.”

 

– via Tristi Rodriguez @ Yahoo! Sports

 Top Rumors, Trade, Bradley Beal, Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards

 

It's about money - Beal would not have been eligible for his Super Max Contract if traded

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First, only a player that has (or will have) completed eight years of NBA service by the end of his current contract is eligible to sign a supermax deal, which can only be offered by the team that drafted him or traded for his rookie contract. 

 

 

[kg01]

39 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Btw off topic on topic I dunno but your boy Beal, even tho he’s whatever he is, I like that he didn’t give in and go to the Warriors.

I mean, he took a weird path but.. he didn’t pull a weenie move.

Bradley Beal expressed no interest in trade to Warriors

While the Warriors reportedly were interested in a trade for the three-time All-Star ahead of the 2021-22 season, Beal “didn’t want to go” to Golden State, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. “Before last season — now granted, they didn’t know if they had a championship team, they know now they do — they kicked the tires on Bradley Beal,” Windhorst said Wednesday on “The Dan Patrick Show.” “[The Warriors] were like, ‘Hey, could we do a deal for Bradley Beal?’ But Beal didn’t want to go.”

 

– via Tristi Rodriguez @ Yahoo! Sports

 Top Rumors, Trade, Bradley Beal, Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards

 

If GSW could offer his supermax, he'd be in San Fran rn, make no mistake.

[Atlantaholic]

2 hours ago, kg01 said:

I think Beverly's lockerroom presence is grating and has a shelf life in terms of actual positive impact.

I wouldn't want him here for that, per se.  I'd want him here because he embraces defense.  I'm not sure our guys need a "leader" the way MIN did/does, for example.

A lot of his antics and comments are overblown and it's questionable whether not he's helping or hurting.

Jmho 

Every team he has gone to they improve immediately. Not sure why we are relegating his impact as "locker room impact" this isn't Solo. He is still argueably the best defender at his position and he is a capable offensive player. 

[Wretch]

On 7/12/2022 at 2:30 PM, Wretch said:

I had ESPN on in the background the other day and they were discussing the Durant saga.  One of the analysts brought this up specifically and Windhorst shot it down.  He said that from his conversations, this isn't something the owners are talking about.  Like, they don't care enough to press the issue to the point where it would hinder negotiations.  I wasn't following along closely enough, but from the way Windhorst was talking, this is expected to be a non-issue for the new CBA.

Hmmm...  Well, maybe Adam Silver was watching that same broadcast? lol

 

[kg01]

13 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Every team he has gone to they improve immediately. Not sure why we are relegating his impact as "locker room impact" this isn't Solo. He is still argueably the best defender at his position and he is a capable offensive player. 

I won't fight you too much on it but I'd say the idea that "every team he's gone to has improved" is a bit strong.

He can help a team as a reserve, but I'd stop short at suggesting he alone elevates a team.

And, to be clear, I never said his play didn't help.  I'm saying his shtick runs it's course and that could take a matter of weeks or months if the actual frontline guys don't follow his lead. 

[Dean Walker]

Anything knew on the Kd Front?

[Dean Walker]

 

[Sothron]

8 minutes ago, Dean Walker said:

 

As I reported here first a few days ago...we lost him to the Pacers. The real interesting thing is this is not a S&T. Phx either matches it and pays a guy they don't want a crap ton of money or they lose the former #1 pick for nothing.

[Sothron]

On 7/11/2022 at 11:09 PM, Sothron said:

Update but you aren't going to like it:

My sources say the Hawks can't get Ayton to agree to a less than max salary. Also, Trae told them not to trade Capela for Ayton and to keep Capela. The team avoids paying Ayton and pissing off Trae...and potentially avoids the luxury tax. Remember, the tax isn't collected until the end of the season so the Hawks could send either of the two bums we got from the Kings to avoid the tax.

So its basically a huge loss IMO to the Hawks to not get Ayton but it makes Trae happy and it avoids paying Ayton and the luxury tax. 

Until the Hawks actually pay the luxury tax I will never believe Ressler will actually do it. And if you aren't paying the LT you are NOT and never will be a serious title contender.

Just quoting this to show that I reported this BEFORE anyone else did by three days.

[Hawkmoor]

11 minutes ago, Sothron said:

As I reported here first a few days ago...we lost him to the Pacers. 

lmao.

Edited July 14, 2022 by Hawkmoor

[sturt]

Will never be proven (since it would be classless to say it publicly) nor disproven (since he's not a Hawk)... but to no one's surprise...

I will continue to be persuaded that Trae wasn't the only one who felt strongly it would be a step backward to replace Clint Capela with someone who didn't get along with Nate McMillan's best friend in the coaching profession and then pay that someone about $10m more than Clint.

[JayBirdHawk]

The biggest question remaining - Will the Suns Match or Not?

[smoove31210]

The Hawks are who we thought they were! Scared money don't make no money!

Edited July 14, 2022 by smoove31210

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[BeerMan]

50 minutes ago, Dean Walker said:

 

Don't know that he is worth that price. AAV of $33+ mil? I guess it's the going rate, but I'm glad we're sticking with Capela if that's the cost.