I guess we won't get any good players. Stone never make impressive trades at deadline. Saving luxury tax is cheap owner wanted.
Trade for Goga/Day’Ron Sharpe and get Conley off buyout. Day’Ron is a dormant beast that practically no one is paying attention lol.
Sochan ain't that bad. He isn't that good either though. He could probably be the 10th man on a team with a lot of shooting (i.e. not our team).
Oh, yeah. You want to witness Fertitta's cheapskate ways, just go to one of his restaurants. Landry's? Awful. Maybe not Red Lobster awful, but.......bad. Saltgrass? Is the sweet potato hiding under the garnish? Better yet, just take my word for it.
Fred has a NTC. Steven + DFS and possibly Tari if you don't want to pay him 20M a year should absolutely go.
As the hours tick toward the NBA trade deadline, Minnesota’s aggressive pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo has drawn attention. The Timberwolves are on Antetokounmpo’s so-called list, sources tell Sports Illustrated, with the Wolves operating under the belief that Antetokounmpo would not only welcome a deal to Minnesota—where he would be paired with 24-year-old Anthony Edwards—but be ready to sign a long-term extension. Acquiring Antetokounmpo, though, is challenging. The Bucks want Jaden McDaniels, a source tells SI, with Milwaukee seeing McDaniels, 25, as a potential future All-Star. But the Bucks also want multiple first-round draft picks, sources say, and Minnesota’s war chest of them is nearly empty. It’s why the Wolves have been canvassing the league in search of them. One source who has discussed a deal with Minnesota tells SI the Timberwolves have been clear that most of the roster—sans Edwards, of course—is up for discussion for the right draft compensation. The belief is Minnesota will have to get as many as four teams involved to make a deal work. As much as Minnesota is facing competition for Antetokounmpo, it’s also fighting the headwinds coming from teams urging the Bucks not to trade him. Multiple teams have told Milwaukee that they would have offers—or in some cases better offers—after the season, when several teams would have more draft picks to deal. “Minnesota badly wants to get it done now,” says a rival exec. “They don’t want to get into a bidding war before the draft.”
Not one of those players are on a contract signed with cap space. The Rockets would not have had cap space if they hadn't signed those players. FVV, Adams, and DFS cost the Rockets a MLE combined right now, but are also $26-41M in tradeable salary depending on whether FVV is willing to decline implied NTC.
Yeah, I know we couldn't have done anything with that salary in free agency (aside from possibly making a better MLE signing). We could have done a sign-and-trade deal potentially. If we don't trade them though, having tradeable salary is worthless to us.
FVV was never intended to be traded, which made it even more stupid to give him 25m instead of the MLE. FVV is Ime’s fatal flaw, lol.
