Offseason

It's time for offseason stuff.
Pels signed Looney. So that's cool to see.

Good signing. Was hoping that's who we'd go after.

The Milwaukee Bucks are 1 player away from being amongst the top 5 worst teams in the NBA. Just crazy... Honestly all other moves by Dumars this offseason have been solid.

I wanted a veteran C so is good, for decent price

for the rest I would like another veteran 3-4

They paid for his leadership and mentoring. As a player, he has been on a significant decline.

Milwaukee just signed Myles Turner. They probably finish top 4/5 in the East for sure this year now.

But that also means the Pacers just got worse. Without Turner and Haliburton there's a non-zero chance that they miss the playoffs now and they got their 2026 pick back from New Orleans. They can even intentionally tank for a year now if they want.

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Originally Posted by bradael

Milwaukee just signed Myles Turner. They probably finish top 4/5 in the East for sure this year now.

But that also means the Pacers just got worse. Without Turner and Haliburton there's a non-zero chance that they miss the playoffs now and they got their 2026 pick back from New Orleans. They can even intentionally tank for a year now if they want.

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Yep. Pels couldn't have seen that coming though. And we'd be sweating it all the way through the lottery that it wasn't picks 1-4 (since it was protected 1-4 we wouldn't have gotten anything if it lands there). Also if they hadn't reacquired the pick maybe Indiana wouldn't have done this to begin with.

Would love to see Russell Westbrook go to Milwaukee to play PG for Giannis and Myles Turner. Bucks would be no worse than a play in team in the east with those 3. I would also love for the Pels to trade Hawkins +/- Alvarado to make room for CP3 on a 1 year deal. CP3 with Zion, Poole, TMIII, and Queen would be nice offensively. Fears can learn from the best for 1 year while running the 2nd team. DJM could return post all star break to be the 6th man scorer then get traded next season.