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All the reporting is about the Lakers so it seems inevitably, but I am telling you, it is NOT a done deal. Boston still very much in this. They just dont leak every little ********ing nugget
— Elite Bored (@BallThen) June 13, 2019
Everyone knows my opinion of MM is less than stellar, but here's this input, if you want it.
Basketball.
Given that Demps is gone, but Pelinka still has air in his lungs, I would venture to say all these leaks are coming from the Lakers side.
If you Jimmer it, they will come.
Trust M.M. And Fletcher! Is has come down to this!
Yes, this is a real quote from Dave McMenamin https://t.co/EHEfnaJijl
— Tyler (@TMDillo5) June 13, 2019
This sounds like a commentariat that's bracing the fanbase for failure.
''Listen, fans, when we fail to get AD, it's not our fault. They have something against us. The entire league has something against us.''
I don't know how to play with the trade machine thing. Maybe somebody can put together something around this Tweet:
Apparently Pacers have some interest in both Lonzo and #4
— Elite Bored (@BallThen) June 13, 2019
Hawks would be interested in moving up to 4 and also would be willing to absorb Solo https://t.co/5pfbvjp36j
The problem for the Lakers, or at least part of the problem, is that because their tactic was to sign a bunch of guys to one year deals last season and then sign big name free agents this year, they have very few players to trade to make up salary.
The only guys they've got are Lonzo, Kuzma, Ingram, Caruso, Hart, Wagner, and Lebron.
Stephenson, McGee, Rondo, KCP, Muscala, Chandler, all those larger contracts that really help make trades work, they're all expiring this summer so they can't be traded outside of a S&T.
So doing three team deals is really awkward, because if we send AD to, say, LA, and Hill to Atlanta, then Atlanta needs to take back around $10m unless they're willing to just eat the cap hit, and we've gotta take back nearly $37m in salary between AD and Hill leaving. It's difficult.
Kuzma, last season-
— Justin Phan (@jphanned) June 13, 2019
Points per shot: 30th percentile
eFG%: 28th percentile
3PT%: 25th percentile
OREB: 7th percentile
DREB: 9th percentile
DRPM: 85th out of 100 PFs
I'm so confused.
Using one team’s offers to increase other offers is literally how trades work in the NBA. It’s called leverage. https://t.co/KdC8nCOSj4
— Tyler (@TMDillo5) June 14, 2019
That BasketballRehab account is clearly a Laker's homer account pretending to be news. They were tweeting the other day that the deal was already complete, and the Lakers had already got AD, but that Griff was just leading Boston on to see if they offered more.
That's such nonsense: if a deal is agreed upon, negotiations stop. There's no way Griff tells LA that the deal is done, but keeps taking offers from Ainge.
And now, one day later, they're changing their mind, saying that making leverage plays is like ''an angry middle school child'', thus proving they didn't actually have any sources yesterday, and also revealing themselves to be an idiot.
So many fake reporters these days.
The Finals have started. I think it is safe for us to take a break. I doubt Griff fires this trade during this basketball game.
Let’s hope the Raptors win so the Leonard sweepstakes can get started or finished asap. Some teams are going to hold up big moves until decides where he is signing.
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BI, Zion, and CJ had a net rating of +3 when on the court together. BI and Zion had a +13.4, BI and CJ had a +13.2, Zion and CJ was just +5.4.
BI and Zion worked. BI and CJ worked. It was CJ and Zion and all three together that didn't work.
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