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28 May 2022 06:13:11
Cavs - Lebron

Lakers - Sexton(S&T) and Levert

- Cavs get a superstar that joins a great roster. Cavs don't look like they'll resign Sexton so this could be a steal for them.

- Lakers get younger and try to look ahead for the future. Sexton becomes their future guard and Levert gives them another solid starter

Garland/Rubio
Agbaji(14)/Okoro
Lebron/Windler
Mobley/Markannen
Allen/Love

Westbrook/Nunn
Sexton/Reaves
Levert/THT
AD/Johnson
FA/Gabriel

27 May 2022 23:12:51
If we take Keegan Murray or even Mathurin to play SF at 6 what do you guys think of this trade:

New York Knicks get:
Brogdan
Buddy Heild

Warriors get:
Myles Turner
Immanuel Quickley
Knicks 11th pick
Pacers 58th pick

Pacers get:
Evan Fournier
Kemba Walker (waive)
Alec Burks (waive)
Knicks 42nd pick

James Wiseman
Jonathan Kuminga
Jordan Poole

28 May 2022 00:55:52
Big no from Warriors, without at least the 6th pick I don’t think the Pacers can get Poole. In the end I believe he’s untouchable for them anyways.

28 May 2022 02:29:29
Poole is the heir of the splash brothers. I don't think the Warriors will trade him, especially not for this package.

27 May 2022 21:32:37
Mavs: T Harris

76ers: Powell, Burke, THjr (maybe 2nd)

Money works. 76ers get more depth plus Burke & Powell on expiring deals

For mavs gets a post scoring option

27 May 2022 16:53:56
If Pistons can't get Ayton/Bridges

Pistons - Dlo (exp) and Turner (exp)

- upgrades the roster with 2 still young players that they can resign if they want

Twolves - Grant (exp) and Brogdon

- adds a great fit next to towns and better defense

Pacers - Stewart Beasley Olynk and 19

- adds a young Wing & C plus a mid 1st

Cunningham
Russell
Bey
Murray(5)
Turner

Beverley
Brogdon
Edwards
Grant
Towns

Haliburton
Duarte
Sharpe(6)
Smith/Jovic(19)
Stewart

27 May 2022 20:02:50
I disagree that Grant is a great, or even good, fit next to Towns. A perfect fit next to Towns would be a low usage player with a jump shot that can defend and rebound his position well. A great fit would have 3 of those 4. A good fit would have 2 of those 4. Grant has 1 of them. The Wolves want both Towns and Ant to increase their usage next year. Adding a guy with almost as high a usage as Towns (and took the same money from a worse team to be “the guy”) isn’t going to do that. They also want someone that can take a bigger share of the banging under the basket than Vando. KAT is to efficient an offensive player to have him burdened as the closest thing to a “banger” the team has. Vando is awesome, but he’s not a banger and neither is Grant.

Now, Connelly knows way more about both Grant and basketball than I could even dream of knowing and if he were to pull the trigger on bringing Grant on board I will fawn all over his brilliance in making such a move. Left to me own devices while spewing blather on a web site, however, I will pass on calling him a great match. I’d rather they bring back Prince than spend a bunch of money on Grant.

27 May 2022 20:41:16
How does Grant have 1 of those 4?

1. He’s only high usage bc he’s playing for the Pistons, going to the Wolves his usage will go down and would still be able to be a top 3 option like he wants, and not just a 3 and D player he once was for Denver.
2. Grant can most definitely defend multiple positions
3. Grant has shot over 35% from the 3 the last 4 years, including 2 years at 39%.

So he definitely has 3 of them, the only one he doesn’t have that you mentioned is being a great rebounder.

28 May 2022 01:38:22
He may be assigned to defend multiple positions, but that doesn’t mean he does it well. His DRTG and DBPM have been below both the league average and his team’s average for the last 3 seasons. His TRB% is the lowest and DRB% is the second lowest of all of the bigs on a poor Pistons team. He hasn’t been a statistically good defender since his last year in OKC and that includes his year in Denver. By what criteria do you consider him a good defender since leaving OKC?

As for his usage, I think it would be better to say that he is in Detroit because he wants his usage to be high rather than saying his usage is high because he is in Detroit. He took the same money with a worse team because he wanted his usage increased. Do we have any evidence that he will now be happy with a much lower usage rate if he were to move to Minnesota? Is he happy as a 3rd option at a 20% usage?

The thing he does well that the Wolves need from a 4 is shoot. Taurean Prince, however, shoots the 3 at both a higher % and a higher rate per 36 than Grant does. He also has a lower DRTG and higher TRB% than Grant, while also having a lower usage. I don’t point to Prince as the perfect 4 for the Wolves, but instead point out that they can likely get a better match than Grant at a lower price.