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What is going to be your favorite offseason storyline?
This poll is closed.
The Big3 Tourney 67 22.41%
Will Lakers draft Ball 40 13.38%
Where will the Pauls go 54 18.06%
Will LeBron jump ship to the Spurs or ?? 41 13.71%
Will every team in the league just pivot towards tanking 97 32.44%
Total: 210 votes
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Space Camp fuckup
Aug 2, 2003

I wonder if Ainge will part with any of his dragon's hoard of assets

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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009


Hahaha that owns

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/900121788876824576

:f5:

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

yeah gimmie the worst defender in the nba

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

AggressivelyStupid posted:

yeah gimmie the worst defender in the nba

worst defender with a bad hip.

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

AggressivelyStupid posted:

yeah gimmie the worst defender in the nba

K...kyrie?

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

If Cleveland manages to swap Shump/JR/whomever for Crowder that's a drat steal

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

i mean if boston includes picks they're kinda owning themselves which im down with

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova

Thomas + Crowder + Filler + a non-Brooklyn, non-Lakers pick (so Memphis, basically) was my first thought. Boston probably wouldn't have to/be willing to part with one of their top-tier assets, right?

Cool Buff Man
Jul 30, 2006

bitch
Huh

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

give me avery bradley imo

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

It is not an insane person

Kyrie ?? Eh...

Bush Did Outer Heaven
Jan 18, 2005

The Sweetest Payne
I would give up one of Boston's good things* to get out from under Thomas' payday and replace it with Kyrie. Perhaps even two good things.


*Crowder is cool and all but does not qualify

Emanuel Collective
Jan 16, 2008

by Smythe
Didn't Brad Stevens just say they won't know the status of IT's hip for another month

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop
Listen the thing to do when your star pg has a career ending hip injury, the thing to do is trade the pick and not get a great prospect as a replacement

AggressivelyStupid posted:

give me avery bradley imo

I would love if the Pistons were the third team and traded Avery Bradley the overrated defender and shooter for a new coach and GM, possibly Kermit Citron

verbal enema
May 23, 2009

onlymarfans.com
Don't take my Shumpert

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

verbal enema posted:

Don't take my Shumpert

shump is bad now sorry

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/900124115549466624

Boston putting together a package of assorted goods makes a lot more sense than giving up a legit asset in addition to IT, imo

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..
So am I right in thinking that a framework of Kyrie for IT, Crowder, and a 1st would be extremely lopsided in Cleveland's favour? What would they have to add to balance that out?

Artic Puma
Jun 22, 2007

Chef Curry with the pot, boy!
It's pretty weird that two teams that met in the conference finals and are decently likely to be back there are trading with each other, right?

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012
Did Cleveland ever hire a gm? Who is on the phone for them ?

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Metapod posted:

Did Cleveland ever hire a gm? Who is on the phone for them ?

Yes Koby Altman

He's pretty well regarded

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Remember when Chris Paul going to the Rockets was a big deal

Dejan Bimble
Mar 24, 2008

we're all black friends
Plaster Town Cop

Hand Knit posted:

So am I right in thinking that a framework of Kyrie for IT, Crowder, and a 1st would be extremely lopsided in Cleveland's favour? What would they have to add to balance that out?

IT has a career ending hip injury, maybe, so they're only getting the right to give the max to a guy with a busted hip

Emanuel Collective
Jan 16, 2008

by Smythe

Hand Knit posted:

So am I right in thinking that a framework of Kyrie for IT, Crowder, and a 1st would be extremely lopsided in Cleveland's favour? What would they have to add to balance that out?

Kyrie's the best player in the deal and is under contract until 2019. Isiah Thomas older, with a bad hip, and is a FA after this season.

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
It would be insanely bad rear end for this trade to get agreed to only for IT to fail a physical, ruining the locker rooms of the only two good teams in the East

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Artic Puma posted:

It's pretty weird that two teams that met in the conference finals and are decently likely to be back there are trading with each other, right?

trading deck chairs on the titanic

i've always thought the "don't send a player to the same conference" was a lil overblown

Castor Poe
Jul 19, 2010

Jar Jar is the key to all of this.

:negative:

gently caress everything.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!

chunkles posted:

trading deck chairs on the titanic

i've always thought the "don't send a player to the same conference" was a lil overblown

Wasn't that one of the reasons why pichard traded PG to the thunder instead of a better deal in the east

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



xbilkis posted:

It would be insanely bad rear end for this trade to get agreed to only for IT to fail a physical, ruining the locker rooms of the only two good teams in the East

Maybe that is Cleveland's plan, since their locker room is already ruined.

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga
I never want to get off this wild ride

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

xbilkis posted:

It would be insanely bad rear end for this trade to get agreed to only for IT to fail a physical, ruining the locker rooms of the only two good teams in the East

This does sound like the best option.

I guess if the trade does happen then IT would have passed a physical.

Drunk Canuck
Jan 9, 2010

Robots ruin all the fun of a good adventure.

Danny Ainge... is a super genius?!

GobiasIndustries
Dec 14, 2007

Lipstick Apathy
Are Tatum and Hayward expected to fit well together for Boston?

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

GobiasIndustries posted:

Are Tatum and Hayward expected to fit well together for Boston?

https://twitter.com/ASherrodblakely/status/900125979347234816

verbal enema
May 23, 2009

onlymarfans.com

AggressivelyStupid posted:

shump is bad now sorry

Dang

AggressivelyStupid
Jan 9, 2012

danny ainged fleecing the nets, living off the rep, only to get fleeced by rookie GM Kolby is gonna own a whole hell of a lot

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

https://twitter.com/Isaiah_Thomas/status/13951935228

GobiasIndustries
Dec 14, 2007

Lipstick Apathy

I have no idea what Boston is trying to do and I don't think Ainge does either.

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Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

I actually don't hate this trade for either team as proposed.

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