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People make #AnyoneButTheLakers make it seems personal. I just think their assets are fools gold for multiple reasons that we've gone over multiple times. Also, I remember the last time I was fouled by an LA star, and his heart was in Phoenix. Sadly, not one of Lakers assets where as good as him before the trade, and I don't see how they'll become superstars o
While playing in a city that they probably don't want to be in... I rather get drafting assets.
New Orleans for some reason doesn't attract NBA stars. It is not a city for everyone if you want the glits and glamor of an LA. Which I grown to understand some of Dell Demps tactics of trading, because New Orleans would have to overpay to get simply marginal talent and MAX contracts nullify a lot of that. So, we lose a FA race 9 times out of 10.
I hope Zion changes that, but it takes a lot to change the culture, image, and status quo. Saints did it. I know the Pelicans can too.
I may be all alone on this but AD never gets traded to LA by me NO MATTER what assets the offer. He gets traded to someone in the east or not until next trade deadline. By the way, if we have to keep him till then, play him 40+ mins. EVERY GAME.
“Kevin Durant has an Achilles injury”
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) June 11, 2019
Knicks Twitter after talking up the 2019-20 team: pic.twitter.com/y0A53E1HHL
There isn't a single person on this board that has advocated for the Lakers trade and only the Lakers trade. There are people who call out the BS on people who overly hate the Lakers trade but anyone who does that has also stated they love the Knicks and Celtics dream deals.
Straw men. Straw men everywhere.
AD talk @ ~2:45
If this is the take the market has with AD, and Kyrie gets scared into staying with Boston, the offers will be driven even further.
https://youtu.be/PzKCh6T0OG0?t=166
It’s simple economics, supply and demand. A lot of NBA teams have cap space for Max contract guys to help them get to the playoffs next year. With KD being down, he won’t be helping anyone get to the playoffs, so an already frenzied AD market just turned into an even more heated one since it is down KD.
I imagine whatever Griff wants he is going to get.
There honestly may have been only a few of us posting in total then, lol.
But that's slightly different. That was people who got scared by Magic Johnson threatening to pull out of trade talks forever. Since that time, I haven't seen anyone stating the Lakers All In package is better than the Knicks and Celtics All In packages.
Should Bos make a reasonable offer now that KD is down and us accept, I would expect KI to stay put
There are also weasels that have pretended to have inside knowledge of a deal with the Lakers going down. If anything, they know they can’t be proven wrong with their “heads I win tails you lose logic.” If a deal with the Lakers goes through, they say I told you so. If it doesn’t, they won’t be held accountable because everyone else isn’t arsed about being right. It’s childish.
As for my stance on the Lakers, I am fine with it as long as Ball is shifted somewhere else. I’d prefer another deal, but if the rumors of Ball for 6, 7 are true, I can get on board.
And finally, you are just as obnoxious. You seem to think you are a some super rational dude, but you are coming across as a tool.
Can't agree with this.
I hate LA, sure, and their current stock of assets is very largely disappointing.
But if they flipped Ingram and Ball into something more appealing and made the clear best offer, I'd take it. Even though I hate 'em. Gotta keep the franchise future in mind.
Im with you. I overall prefer the knicks trade potential but if ball can be traded to phoenix to get that 2019 1st round #6 pick and ingram being shuffled somewhere im in. I would especially like a 2020 1st round pick for him as its looking like picking up a great PG next year in the draft is more then possible. Payton is a great PG and we can add more depth next year.
If the Lakers package is only slightly, slightly better than another package, take the other package. Watching them crumble has a value in and of itself.
Only if it's super close though.
Given the Ingram health and upcoming contract, I'm ok with it. Get the 6/7 for Ball, a 1st this year or next for Ingram + whatever, plus Lakers 2020, 2022 and 2024 picks. Lakers can keep Kuzma and that other stuff. If that's the best deal it seems ok to me. It's a lot of picks (5), but we could package them in the future to get other guys if we want.
This is not the first time this has happened and it's clear that Davis isn't just working his way out the door, he'd like to burn the door to the ground on the way out.
— Jeff Siegel (@jgsiegel) June 10, 2019
Again, no one on this board has stated to have inside info on a deal going down with the Lakers. If the price I pay for correcting people like you that just makes stuff up to sound right is to be called obnoxious and a tool, I'll take that. It's better than creating fake issues to sound cool.
Serious question: do you think that Davis can veto a trade?
Do you actually think that?
Edit: He definitely could end up in LA. I'm not saying that won't happen. It could: they're very interested and could move assets to improve their offer. I'm just saying that acting like Davis' desire to go to LA is what will decide his destination is bonkers
To be fair, you are right he cannot veto it but if his agent speaks to that team it could affect the trade as they will only look at it as a one year deal changing everything. On the other hand if they say hey team we will stay long term that team may look at the value of the trade overall more as long term value.
Vegas odds -
LA -500
Knicks +375
Stay +4000
Pelicans wanting third team in Davis trade is a good thing for Celtics https://www.yahoo.com/sports/pelican...?.tsrc=fauxdal
The Knicks have reached out to other teams engaging in trade talks in an effort to improve their offer for Anthony Davis, per @SBondyNYDN.
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) June 11, 2019
I feel like we heard this before, but here's the update anyway.
Griffin wants teams to either exchange their assets for better ones, or do a three team deal.
Nothing new, we already heard this from Woj about the Lakers, but here it is about NY.
If we see other teams assets as not much of an improvement over ours it makes sense to ask other teams to cobble together something more valuable to us. It is not just the independent value of the player we get, rosters are capped after all and minutes are limited. How much better are they then the person they would replace and what are the contracts for both.
Jim Jackson vetoed a trade in 2005. The commissioner also has veto powers. See Chris Paul.
https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1968071
Yeah, we all know the commissioner has certain powers. But given that this team HAS an owner (which we didn't when the CP3 thing went down) and Adam Silver is generally content to let teams make their own moves (Kawhi, PG13, for example), we have no good reason to think he would interfere with a trade just because he would personally prefer AD to play somewhere else.
Gonna need more info on the Jim Jackson thing. I wasn't an NBA fan in 2005, his Wikipedia page makes no mention of it, and googling ''Jim Jackson 2005 trade veto'' turns up nothing.
Unless a player has a no trade clause or has the ability (due to signing as a restricted free agent) to veto a trade by the rules, a player cannot simply veto a trade. The commissioner did not veto the CP3 trade, the defacto owner did that.