Just by trading with a team does not mean you are making it easy for the team. SAS certainly trying to max their return, as they should.
What report(s) did I dismiss, exactly? Please tell me, if you're going to make such a specific accusation. I never said Melo would come, just like I never said LeBron would come. In both situations, I simply urged context. Some sources are more reliable than others. (By the way, the outcome of a situation going against Houston doesn't mean every "report" throwing cold water on it was accurate. For example, in the past month on LeBron, most of the "reports" I've been dismissive of have been aggregation stories in which a reporter admittedly speculating on a random podcast then has his words transcribed and thrown onto a third-party site as if they were reporting news. I can make guesses, too, and sometimes they'll be right... but that doesn't mean my predictions should then be taken as sourced reports the next time, or that someone questioning the "news value" of them was wrong.)
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Coming off a torn achilles, Cousins is likely getting a short, prove it type of deal, rather than the 5 year max he would’ve received if he had stayed healthy. Washington only has the MLE to offer Cousins, anyway, unless they want to trade Porter or Beal for a signed and traded Cousins. I don’t see Cousins getting max offers from teams with cap space either. I think he ends up back in New Orleans.
Most encouraging part of this intel to me is the "no dumps with assets attached" line in regards to Ryan Anderson. In other words, even with the enormous potential tax savings, Fertitta isn't going to force Morey and his staff to make a move they don't like just for his financial benefit. This should bode well in terms of his willingness to spend elsewhere, too. The Butler stuff is pretty reasonable, unfortunately. No way Minnesota even considers moving him unless Jimmy himself holds the metaphorical gun to their head— and to this point, he hasn't indicated a willingness to do that. And even if he tries that, it's possible Minny stalls to the 2019 deadline or even next June, in hopes that a good season on the floor convinces him to stay. I think JB is potentially a fit here, especially considering his ties to Houston, but that's more of a long-term situation to monitor than it is something that could take place in the next couple weeks. Not worth thinking too much about until you see Camp Butler start going public the way PG's people did in Indiana this time a year ago. The Llull reference is fascinating. Would love to see him here, think he'd be an ideal fourth guard fit... but the presence of CP, Harden, and Gordon has me skeptical on whether he'd be willing to sign if it's Houston. My hunch, and I hope I'm wrong, is that he'd be open to coming if there's a deal sending him somewhere else where there's a clearer path to minutes.
DC probably going east with an old teammate. .[/QUOTE] Nope. He’s most likely staying in NO on short term deal
Cat, Isn't Llull coming off an injury? I think we make him a pitch that he'll get minutes to work himself back in and if we have an injury then his minutes go up, Plus having someone of his talents as a 4th G allows us to play more of those 3 G line-up MDA likes to run. especially with James and Gordon.
Nahhhh...DMo is living large off the proceeds of the ultra super secret under the table deal he secured from the NBA.
The question i have about Llull is, wasn't his buyout around 8M? Or was that his actual contract per year? Anyway, i don't really know how we would be able to pay him, buyout him out (but i guess there might be some sort of option to lower or cancel it), pay our 2nd rounders...
Somewhat. The ACL injury happened in August 2017, and he returned in April 2018: https://www.basketball-reference.co...ayer_id=sergio-llull-1&year_id=2018&lg_id=SPA By the time the 2018-19 season starts, he'll be 14+ months removed from the injury, so he should be physically fine. But perhaps the whole experience has him more open to his basketball mortality, if you will, and more willing to try the NBA before it's too late. That's my hope.
