A great return of young semi-stars and draft picks - especially the latter, is tremendous for the Rockets. Kyrie and Durant are capable - still - of taking over games and winning them by themselves regardless of who's aroudn them. Good luck to the Nets for doing that in 2023 and 24 with....? Ayton? Anfernee Simons? Draft picks? It's unadulterated success for the Rockets. I mean, I guess you can say "wish this had happened in 23 when we own their pick outright" but - really, hard to get much better than a full Nets rebuild starting this year.
Adrian Wojnarowski: "There are gonna be teams who would look at a Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant package, of trying to trade for both of them. There's not a great appetite for Irving, but that doesn't mean there's nobody who will take him."
Man as much as it might hurt our Brooklyn picks, this is the absolute best opportunity for the Lakers to cut their ties with LeBron. LeBron for KD. KD/AD/Westbrook for next year. Westbrook's contract expires, rebuild around KD/AD.
About $70 million combined. Too bad we traded Wood and waived Wall. A package of Wall, Gordon, and Wood gotta be enticing
Lol @ ESPN thinking Nets could get Barnes or Mobley. Trades make no sense. Cavs or Raptors not selling players that still have tons of potential, sure, they are likely never to be as good as Durant but he's 34.
Call number one is Toronto. Build me a package around Barnes. Call number two is Cleveland. Build me a package around Mobley. Call number three is New Orleans. Build me a package around Zion. “Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, FVV, they can go win the Finals!” “McCollum, Ingram, Valanciunas, you can win the title next year!” —Zach Lowe LOL TF?
Windhorst: From what I'm told, the Phoenix Suns have been his focus for a few days, and the reason he announced this now, hours before free agency, is that a trade to the Phoenix Suns would have to likely include DeAndre Ayton
Durant 4 years left Donovan Mitchell 4 years left Simmons 4 years left Harden 2 years left How worthless are NBA contracts? Can sign a guy today, feel good and he’s requesting a trade 6 months from now. Spoiler LOL No, I’m not a boomer, not an old man yelling at clouds.
The contracts are still binding. They don't have to trade them. It's just in their best interest to trade them from a reputation standpoint with players/agents. I don't think there's anything they can do to fix it.
[Tim Legler] on the Nets: “This has to go down as one of the most epic failures in the history of this league. … That was a sure-fire championship on paper when those three guys came together. ... Look what they have to show for it now.”
