The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[Maximus Meridius]

rolaholic Cashflow chill

 

[moe200069]

CP3 otw to portland, to save another young team with no clear direction

 

[Based Jesus]

Cronin playing gakaxy brain 3D chess then by instead swapping 33 year old guards + getting 1 FRP

Gotta apologize to the Don, he tried. Blazers were never trying to negotiate in good faith

Pat Riley was right not to call back and offer more

 

[lovehateself]

I mean that’s pretty much as good it gets maybe include JJJ or Caleb but those certainly aren’t the deal breakers if you look at the deal they agreed to.

It appears Cronin just hated the repeated public statements about Miami being the preference . He took it personal.

He still ultimately did good by Dame so it doesn’t really matter at the end of the day. Sucks for Heat fans tho.

portland wanted JJJ AND caleb martin

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

I mean that’s pretty much as good it gets maybe include JJJ or Caleb but those certainly aren’t the deal breakers if you look at the deal they agreed to.

It appears Cronin just hated the repeated public statements about Miami being the preference . He took it personal.

He still ultimately did good by Dame so it doesn’t really matter at the end of the day. Sucks for Heat fans tho.

Nope!!! Apparently that Miami deal was utter garbage according to a lot in here lol

 

[B Sox]

thoughts? B Sox @getback

It’s gonna be tough to defend even if Marcus is out there instead of KP.

On the flip side though it will be significantly easier to score against them now. Their 1-3 are food.

Will be a fun matchup.

 

[moderndarwin]

Pat Riley was right not to call back and offer more

i think this was genius on Dames part. Believe he secretly wanted to go to a super competitor team Bucks not pretenders like Miami. So easier to just call out Miami as the go to spot and then probably quietly said to management he’s fine with Bucks too lol.

 

[DLF]

If reports are true re: Portland not wanting to engage Miami

This is the 3rd time I remember a player not playing his cards right to go to his desired location

Paul George
Kawhi
Lillard

Don’t be so obvious about a specific place. Do it quietly and give a few teams with one team circled.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Holiday, Ayton and 3 unprotected picks isn't better than the Miami deal?

 

[rolaholic]

Holiday, Ayton and 3 unprotected picks isn't better than the Miami deal?

They Ayton deal with Phoenix was gonna be there regardless by most reports

 

[MVP]

 

[DLF]

Making trades out of spite did the Spurs wonders when they traded Kawhi for ultimately Poetl and a second rounder or something.

 

[BennyIll22]

That’s pretty petty if true.

Yeah that's the tough part. If true. Read a new report every 5 minutes. Sometimes they offered next to nothing and sometimes everything. Gotta be Miami people leaking all this stuff everywhere.

They never want the drama to end.

 

[rolaholic]

Not sure how drama never ending served anyone , pretty sure Shams got sources on all sides for his exposé.

His own cousin was alluding to exactly what Shams wrote, after the news yesterday. Cronin never had any interest in working out a deal with his preference.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[pmatic]

 

[ill steelo]

Holiday, Ayton and 3 unprotected picks isn't better than the Miami deal?

Ayton for Nurk is unrelated, no? If Phoenix was fed up with Ayton I don’t think Grayson Allen is the deal breaker.

Jrue + 1 Bucks pick & 2 pick swaps from the Bucks going to Portland. They’re gonna flip Jrue to a contender for another pick, maybe two.

So you end up with Miami’s offer at the end. Multiple firsts + pick swaps.

I guess you can argue that you’d want more future firsts from different teams rather than just one, especially with the flattened lottery odds. I can’t disagree there

 

[BennyIll22]

Not sure how drama never ending served anyone , pretty sure Shams got sources on all sides for his exposé.

His own cousin was alluding to exactly what Shams wrote, after the news yesterday. Cronin never had any interest in working out a deal with his preference.

I think it's negligible at best. They're betting on the downfall on Milwaukee who's never sustained much pre Giannis vs a team/organization that consistently reloads and competes. Jrue's creating a bidding war at the moment.

It's meh that either offer stands out as significantly better. To me. You are welcome to feel differently.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Ayton for Nurk is unrelated, no? If Phoenix was fed up with Ayton I don’t think Grayson Allen is the deal breaker.

Jrue + 1 Bucks pick & 2 pick swaps from the Bucks going to Portland. They’re gonna flip Jrue to a contender for another pick, maybe two.

So you end up with Miami’s offer at the end. Multiple firsts + pick swaps.

I guess you can argue that you’d want more future firsts from different teams rather than just one, especially with the flattened lottery odds. I can’t disagree there

I'm guessing the Miami picks weren't unprotected. Jrue definitely has more demand than Herro so we'll see how that goes

 

[toneboi76]

Best fit for Jrue is Boston. Hope they can figure it out

 

[rolaholic]

Preach

 

[B Sox]

Feel like it’s highly doubtful either Yanni or Dame are on Milwaukee come 2028, and the chances of them being a bad team are much higher than Miami, who is generally pretty decent. Could potentially be a similar situation to the Brooklyn/Boston trade where those swaps are extremely valuable.

 

[rolaholic]

Whos trading for that contract?

 

[amitt5504]

Best fit for Jrue is Boston. Hope they can figure it out

Philly