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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[lesterluv]

I surely expect these Nets to end up extraordinary....for a while.

What's it, 2 of the top 5, 3 of the top 8 or 10 offensive talents in the league?

Lol, that's a ridiculous.

I think Nash will get his sea legs under him too. Brilliant offensive mind. Should. And D'Ant right behind him if not and if so.

Not risk free of course, Harden looks fatter than a country hog and Kyrie is still MIA with a swiss-cheese brain. And as Aaron Gordon said yesterday of the Covid, it's starting to get janky. Wild cards added to wild cards.

But they were already all in, had to go all the way all the way, more power to them.
***pretty good job by Houston considering the situation
** It matters not that I detest that game-destroying lardass choke specialist and what he's wrought on this sport, not a whit...
* Even if everything gels just so and they make it to the finals, they're still not getting past LeBron, no way, no how sir....

[Kam]

What did Indiana receive? 

Edit: Caris Lavert

[Kam]

No excuse now for the Knicks to lose to this depleted team.

[Kam]

Might have to burn these uniforms at halftime.

[facilitatorn]

Fake comebacks are back on the menu.

Rivers showed why he gets paid like a third or fourth string guard.

Kids looked good. Barret, Quickley, Mitch, and Knox.

We just gotta stay healthy and keep grinding.

[facilitatorn]

Reggie Perry looked very good for Brooklyn.

[bodiddley]

Not a good L.

Rivers isn't consistent, and when he plays long minutes reverts to being a mistake player.
A nice bench role player who can provide a spark.

So CLE entered the trade to make the money work and pilfered Jarhead Allen and Taureen?
If so, great job.  Those guys are solid, and Allen quite young.  And they dumped marginal Exum as well.
Couldn't the Knix have stepped in?  Trade Franc and Noel (= to Exum's $9M) for Jar Allen and Prince Taureen.

I like the Lavert for Oladipo swap by IND.  O has been struggling to get back in form after last year's injury.
And will be a FA.
IND needs a dynamic penetartor/athlete to go with their very solid core of Brogdon- Sabonis - MyTurn
Basically, Caris is a younger healthier and (likely) cheaper Oladipo.  Great move.

As for Kyrie, after the Nash hiring but before the season started, Irving said that the Nets don't really need a coach and the way h figured it some nights Kyrie would act as coach, others it would be Durant, and sometimes they'd actually let Nash coach.  What a jerk.
Been saying all along I'm glad we didn't get Kyrie and Durant.  They weren't gonna go far.  Adding Harden sounds like a mess.
One ball, three ballhogs.  3 huge egos.  3 guys who tend to slack on D (KD has reverted back to his OKC form after actually playing D for GSW).
We'll see.  They really could use Dinwiddie for when Kyrie has a boo-boo or mental issue flareup.
They will have enough firepower to smoke some folks.
And it really all comes down to the playoffs anyway for them.
This will test my old theory that whichever team has Jeff Green is doomed in the playoffs.

[kidcarter8]

Cleveland gave up a late first as well

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Looks like Ty H having his best game tonight

[bodiddley]

Cleveland gave up a late first as well

Probably because Exum sucks.
We could have given them Franc and Noel -- two useful role players -- and no 1st.
Or Smith Jr and Noel and maybe a DAL 1st.

Just wonder if Knix were aware of what was going down and thought about getting in on the action.  There was talk that HOU was calling all around the League.  And part of that would have been trying to find a cap space team to absorb some money.  Mitch and Allen would be an excellent C platoon.  Prince a solid bench SF.

[bodiddley]

TyH has been putting up pretty consistent 14 & 7 on 50% shooting.
This game looks like a slight uptick.
He had been among the league leaders in Assist/Turnover.
His Turns have been up a little lately, but he was moved into the starting lineup when Holmes was out.
And in two of his 3 TO games (including this one) he stepped out of bounds, which is of course no reflection of passing/ballhandling ability.

[facilitatorn]

Can’t trade Noel yet. Back to the drawing board, Bo.

[facilitatorn]

Cavs release Thon Maker. He’d look good here. He could easily take Dennis’ spot since Austin Rivers has so adequately replaced his production.

[bodiddley]

Unimportant, Nawlins would just be a surplus feller if we got Jar Allen.  So I included him.  Actually I didn't realize Father Noel was making $5M, I thought it was more like $2.5M.  And I don't even know what amount of salary we're trying to send HOU either -- or if it matters.   I was just going by Exum's $9M.

We have plenty of other candidates to toss in a deal such as Smith Jr, Franc, creaky Bullock (replaced by Taureen) Iggy, Burks, Rivers.

Smith Jr and Iggy and a DAL 1st for Jar Allen and Taureen?
Sign me up.
Franc and Iggy and a DAL 1st for Allen and Taureen?
I'd take that talent infusion too.
We could use two more defenders.  Prince might start ...

Bullock and Smith for same Nets pair.  YES
Bollock and Franc for Allen and Prince.  Sure thing.
Note: I didn't include a 1st rounder in those deals.
HOU wants Burks instead of Bullox? -- I am amenable.

[bodiddley]

Actually CLE only gave up Exum (bum on $9M ending deal) and MIL's 1st rounder (circa #25) to get Jarrett Allen and Taureen Prince.  Quite the heist.
I assume because the Harden trade wasn't going down without the Cavs absorbing salary.  So what I put in the last post is likely far too generous.

But it should have been easy for the Knix to replace CLE's minimal ante.
Hope the Knix brass were aware of the opportunity and considered getting involved.

[facilitatorn]

I think the Nyets were happier to enrich Cleveland rather than their crosstown rivals in the process of landing Harden.