2022 NBA Offseason Thread: Preseason kicks off; Things are fine in Los Angeles, Draymond beats the charges

[Blue Mamba]

Say this is legit, what do the Nets do with White? They still have Seth, Patty, maybe Ben, and maybe Kyrie. Which just typing that is crazy, the Nets have just about a solid of a squad as any contender, and even the champions, that’s why I still can’t wrap my mind around why this isn’t working

They’re wild for including Smart too. Celtics would be shot at point guard if they traded him. Brogdon is good but way too injury prone to be relied on as a starter and Payton Pritchard at backup is meh.

 

[WASHED KING]

Congrats man. Bag talk. More money for you to lose in the markets

DCA on ETF's only for me now. I'm doing it like y'all big boys.

Tryna get like y'all.

 

[addict4sneakers]

All this to beat Steph curry who can’t even get loose at the drew league

 

[blakep267]

Nets gotta stop screwing around. I 100% take brown and picks for KD.

 

[rolaholic]

Tatum dropping a massive egg in the finals and being exempt from the trade talk would have me heated if I was Brown

I know it's KD but still, he was their best player in the Finals by some margin

 

[krazy88s]

funny thing is Brown was a Nets pick acquired thru the KG, Pierce trade eons ago

might come full circle

 

[Blue Mamba]

Tatum dropping a massive egg in the finals and being exempt from the trade talk would have me heated if I was Brown

I know it's KD but still, he was their best player in the Finals by some margin

As a player do you think Brown has a higher ceiling than Tatum?

 

[blakep267]

Tatum dropping a massive egg in the finals and being exempt from the trade talk would have me heated if I was Brown

I know it's KD but still, he was their best player in the Finals by some margin

Tatum is just more popular amongst fans so that comes into play when talking about trades.

 

[rolaholic]

As a player do you think Brown has a higher ceiling than Tatum?

Nah Tatum does in a vacuum but I feel JB would complement KD much better on the same team.

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Say this is legit, what do the Nets do with White? They still have Seth, Patty, maybe Ben, and maybe Kyrie. Which just typing that is crazy, the Nets have just about a solid of a squad as any contender, and even the champions, that’s why I still can’t wrap my mind around why this isn’t working

They don't

A ton of small guards who don't defend and their best big is Nic Claxton.

KD's trying to get out of there to avoid another embarrassing playoff exit because it's surely on the docket as currently constructed. Ben Simmons ain't about to save the day.

 

[had pants]

 

[addict4sneakers]

Yeah brown wasn’t great in the finals either. He didn’t draw wiggins. He wasn’t efficient. He had 2 more assists than turnovers. GP2 was ripping him

 

[All_$tar1997]

JB contract is up in like 2 years though. Why would they have to trade him? And if they decide to, they'd get something back.

This is true but why even get involved with kd when the asking price is so high and he didn’t want to sign there before.

 

[B Sox]

Woke up on vacation to awful, uninformed takes from ballinsam23 about the Celtics I see

 

[B Sox]

This is true but why even get involved with kd when the asking price is so high and he didn’t want to sign there before.

Boston was in the running for him when he was a free agent leaving OKC. He just decided to go to GSW where they’d be a perfect team and have no chance of losing barring injury.

 

[Blue Mamba]

This is similar to the Kawhi raptors trade. The Toronto fans loved DeRozan but it’s Kawhi so you do that trade 10/10 times. Boston fans love Jaylen but when you have the chance to get KD you have to take it

 

[pmatic]

 

[WASHED KING]

Boston was in the running for him when he was a free agent leaving OKC. He just decided to go to GSW where they’d be a perfect team and have no chance of losing barring injury.

Wait....are you saying the 2017 and 2018 championships were unimpressive?

 

[getback]

I would want JB, Smart and Grant + hella picks as a minimum if I was in Brooklyn

Thin is the closer it gets to training camp Brooklyn might be having a hard time stomaching the thought of KD coming back and more apt to take a the best deal on the table.

We'll see I guess.

 

[pmatic]

KD the most perpetually unhappy star ever and the Celtics' locker room takes wild swings year to year. Perfect pairing.

 

[lovehateself]

Oh man its gonna be one of THOSE DAYS

congrats on the new monies WASHED KING , blaze pizza and lobos on you

 

[CJMcfly26]

 

[Maximus Meridius]

If this Celtics/Nets trade did happen Boston roster would be real thin if KD gets hurt again.

 

[getback]

KD the most perpetually unhappy star ever and the Celtics' locker room takes wild swings year to year. Perfect pairing.

Except the two main perpetrators are JB and Marcus and they're both a part of the talks

 

[atlsfinest]

I would want JB, Smart and Grant + hella picks as a minimum if I was in Brooklyn

I have two big takeaways from the entire Kevin Durant trade saga:

1. Any team that isn't on Durant's prefer trade list is (and should be) reluctant to give up major assets to get him. What's to stop him from requesting another trade next offseason?

2. Maybe a 34-year-old Kevin Durant, who's played 40% of his games since Achilles injury isn't worth newly as much as Brooklyn thinks he's worth.