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[CK86]

I feel confident Dame is gonna hang around Portland long enough to get the supermax extension, then ask for a trade after the 2022-2023 season following the contract extension.

Woj: Lillard’s Desire for an Extension to Impact Blazers’ GM Search

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Damian Lillard’s contract status could shape the Trail Blazers’ front office search.

www.blazersedge.com

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[CK86]

Windhorst says Harden wants out.

Nets, 76ers 'In Deal Zone' On James Harden For Ben Simmons Trade

Nets, 76ers 'In Deal Zone' On James Harden For Ben Simmons Trade - RealGM Wiretap

basketball.realgm.com

 

[childress22]

If you were going to try to evaluate what kind of performance a guy like Lillard or Harden gives you now vs. his peak (and to try to imagine where Lillard would be at age 35 or 36) what would be the best metric? PER? VORP? WS?

Looking at Westbrook, for example, his PER is half of what it was (15 vs 30), but his VORP is 0.2, while it was 9.3 in his best season and over 6.0 for several others. Is he half as valuable as he used to be, or more like 1/45th as valuable?

 

[deeyoukayeee]

If Simmons wasn't such a fucking shithead, and they could pull Curry, Maxey or Thybulle, they should do it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately he is, and they would get Danny Green, which is next to worthless, as things appear to stand.

More folks are saying Philly has the leverage, but do they really? I don't see how they can get out from under Simmons/Harris to sign Harden when he becomes an FA? Would it be a better risk for Brooklyn to let him walk and sign Beal?

 

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[CK86]

Portland going all in on those second round picks!

 

[rhfarmer]

Fuck Utah for trading my favorite role player, despite the fact that he may never play again.

 

[childress22]

Welp. There goes the last 24 hours of imagining Alexander-Walker potentially developing into a key wing reserve for the Blazers. But hey, there's always more cap space to clear.

 

[childress22]

LeBron, AD, and the (Westbrook-less) Lakers tied 18-18 after 1 with the Simons-McLemore-Elleby-Winslow-Nurkic Blazers.

 

[Grit]

I really hope the Harden/Simmons trade happens and they meet in the playoffs. That series would be awesome.

 

[CK86]

Cam Reddish to save the Lakers?

 

[CK86]

Bagley freed!

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Pistons better not be giving up anything more than a far-out 2nd round pick for that. They should probably get a couple of late 2nds for taking Bagley on.

 

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[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

Ugh. Apparently Bagley still had positive value.

 

[CK86]

Clippers gonna have a hell of a bench.

 

[CK86]

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

I think Bagley will rehabilitate value quite a bit in Detroit, but I still wouldn't have traded 2 early 2nd round picks for him. The upside is Bagley becoming a 20/12 high efficiency empty stats guy (because his defense is not salvageable and he'll never space the floor), and having some incompetent franchise trade a 1st for him.

 

[DrKlahn]

Did Semi drop some letters from his name to improve his trade value?