I was trying to call you a casual but you didn’t bite
Grayson Allen too, the Suns downgrade a bit at the 5 (although Ayton definitely cannot be trusted in the playoffs anymore) but are far more athletic and have better shooting around KD and Book than last season. The Nuggets defensive strategy was they sold out on KD and Book leaving the corner 3 open that ended up being a wise move. Suns have more center depth now so Nurk doesn't have to play 82 per se. Being objective, I think the Suns improved offensively as Ayton provides no spacing and wants to take mid range shots, clogging up the areas KD, Book, and Beal want to use, while having a glut of excellent wing 3 point shooters and athletes to spread the floor and get out in transition. Defensively, the Suns probably improved also as Nurk is a better interior defender than Ayton and while Nurk is worse at PnR defending, Ayton was so disinterested last year that it won't be as much of a drop as people think. With Vogel, Suns will switch to drop defense and switch 1-4. Where this trade looks bad for the Suns is the optics of losing the #1 pick for a few role players and the idea that Ayton will turn into an elite center. Ayton will never be Embiid or Jokic and the Suns have KD, Book, and Beal. I promise everyone that Ayton will never care about winning as much as getting his and getting paid. So in reality it's not as much of a loss for the Suns as people think.
Only 1 player needs to get cut from my count, probably Ish Wainright.
We’ve 17 players not including those on 2 way contracts. That’s a minimum of 2 players to cut.
Yeah, you are probably correct. My initial reaction ignored the likely trades of Holiday and even Ayton. Funnily enough Miami could do with both, imagine if you rinse them on those trades?
He hasn’t been good for a while. Had a great start to his Portland career but then alternated between injured and disappointing. I don’t know how good Ayton is currently but I don’t really buy into the idea of Nurkic, I think these days you can get a perfectly fine center that will do basic stuff like rebound, dunk and block occasional shot at a very moderate / minimum contract. There’s no need to pay $15m+ a year to an average center.
Miami would have no real use for Ayton as Adebayo is much better, and besides I’m fairly certain we will keep Ayton and aim to pair him with our new young backcourt. There will be plenty of demand for Holiday, I can see us getting engaged in a 3-team deal with Sixers and Clippers (who will acquire Harden) as it seems a fairly obvious move for all sides but then again literally every single time these top players are up for grabs it ends up with the most unexpected move. I don’t think Bucks had been seriously mentioned once in relation to Dame prior to yesterday. AD to Lakers is honestly the only trade that springs to mind that saw a top player go exactly where everyone had predicted him to go, and it still took like 8 months to complete the deal. Jrue will probably go to Indiana or Spurs now.
I don’t see this happen unless the multiple picks are late firsts.
I meant Lillard trade overall after Jrue is traded will have fetched similar return to Mitchell, as trading Jrue for the above package would bring it to Ayton, another young player and three first round picks.
just take a look at the roster list, yeah we definitely need to cut 2 players. Ish was mentioned alot but I'm not sure he will be the ones got cut.
Don’t see how Ayton and Williams can play together though.
They mostly won’t, I think. They will rotate and maybe play some time together. Ayton may develop a shot, we won’t be trying to win so he will get plenty of time to work on that.
Uh salty Miami fans wont like that, claim how MIami offer was much better can finally die
Even the maximum haul they could have possibly offered (Herro, Jovic, Jaquez and three picks) wouldn’t have been close to the deal we got. They’d have needed to include Adebayo and it was never going to happen.
Exactly, the level of delusion thinking that their offer without main guys had some valueEven the maximum haul they could have possibly offered (Herro, Jovic, Jaquez and three picks) wouldn’t have been close to the deal we got. They’d have needed to include Adebayo and it was never going to happen.
Honestly what we got from Boston for Jrue is probably better than what Miami were going to offer for Lillard.
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The move at 4:25 is hilarious when you think about his size. You have actual elite guards that can't dribble like that.Holy feck. What is Wembanyama?
How do you stop that?
His 3-point was off, but everything else was just unreal. Generational talent.
The bucket just before that one is the one I just laughed out loud, like the guy just chucked it up in the general area of the rim and Wemby did the rest
There is also the poster dunk from outside the restricted area.The bucket just before that one is the one I just laughed out loud, like the guy just chucked it up in the general area of the rim and Wemby did the rest
Would be very tempted to move KAT depending on the offer (or listen what is out there on the market) .
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