Trade Deadline thread

[msgkings322]

Dan Gilbert trades Quicken Loans for Citibank.

He'd have to throw in the Nets pick at least

 

[flyerhawk]

Um, the teams they traded with?

I knew someone would get snarky on that comment. Wasn't expecting it to be you.

My faith in humanity takes another hit.

 

[Mecca]

Lol trading Wade back to Miami.

Lebron might be gone. Fuck Gilbert

What if Wade wanted out?

Did him a solid by sending him back to the place he never should have left in the first place.

Plus, with Waiters out, they could actually use him.

 

[shopson67]

Never seen a winning team in a top 3 seed blow it up like this on the deadline

...and improve considerably, IMO

 

[The Derski]

Don’t go 0-6 or they’ll trade yo ass!

 

[DJ]

Never seen a winning team in a top 3 seed blow it up like this on the deadline

The locker room was cancerous.

 

[Black Adam]

They should trade Lebron for Kyrie. BLOW IT ALL UP!

Never seen a winning team in a top 3 seed blow it up like this on the deadline

was thinking the exact same...

desperate times, desperate measures...

 

[trojanfan12]

Hoarding cap space for 2 years out is dumb though. It rarely if ever pans out. If they don't use it this year, they have to sign a bunch of guys of 1 year, big money deals (like they did with KCP). You end up with a mess on your roster like they have this year, friction because no one really knows who is going to be on the team long term. The players are all "why commit to this team when they won't commit to me?". When you've got a team that's been doing this same exact thing for almost 5 years now, that's not a good thing. You never grow cohesion and chemistry like that. Unless the deal is blow you away good, there's no need to make a move that far out just for cap space. You can move people in the offseason to get what you need. We see it every year. You clear the space when you know for sure you can fill it.

I agree that can be the case. However, the Lakers are unloading the guys that were uncertain about their roles. They just unloaded 2 of them. Lonzo, Ingram and Kuzma are going nowhere. They should have the money to keep Randle and/or Hart who were 2 of the other uncertain guys (especially Randle).

Like KCP and Lopez, anyone else would know that they are in LA for 1 year. So no uncertainty there.

I agree that it would be better to land the max guys this year. But waiting until 2019, if necessary, isn't likely to be much of a problem.

1 thing is certain...the off-season just got a whole lot more interesting.

 

[DJ]

...and improve considerably, IMO

This.

 

[DJ]

Woj:

Sources: As part of three-team deal, Cleveland sends 2020 second-round pick via Miami to Sacramento.

 

[wildturkey]

Cavs new roster:

PG: Hill, Clarkson, Calderon
SG: Hood, Smith, Korver
SF: James, Green, Osman
PF: Love, Nance
C: Thompson, Zizic

Back to being Finals contenders IF Love gets healthy and Hood can stay healthy (which seems to be a big issue for him)

 

[Mecca]

If trades keep going down......gonna shoot a load in my boxers.


I live for this shit.

 

[Lakers+USC=#1]

So, this where all you fuckers are?

 

[Mecca]

Now all that is left is for them to sign Dandre Jordan from the clippers

As in buyout?

Stop smoking weed.

 

[The Derski]

So are the Cavs going to make an Isaiah Thomas tribute video?

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Bolts]

Woj:

Sources: As part of three-team deal, Cleveland sends 2020 second-round pick via Miami to Sacramento.

Kings win the trade

 

[shopson67]

There hasn't been this many moving trucks leaving Cleveland since Art Modell went to Baltimore.

- Jonathan Feigen

 

[Black Adam]

As in buyout?

Stop smoking weed.

that might be a li'l stronger than weed...

 

[wildturkey]

I agree that can be the case. However, the Lakers are unloading the guys that were uncertain about their roles. They just unloaded 2 of them. Lonzo, Ingram and Kuzma are going nowhere. They should have the money to keep Randle and/or Hart who were 2 of the other uncertain guys (especially Randle).

Like KCP and Lopez, anyone else would know that they are in LA for 1 year. So no uncertainty there.

I agree that it would be better to land the max guys this year. But waiting until 2019, if necessary, isn't likely to be much of a problem.

1 thing is certain...the off-season just got a whole lot more interesting.

Randle is gonna be a restricted free agent though. Some team is gonna give him the max that he's eligible for so if LA keeps him, that's going to eat into the cap space they are freeing up. They're gonna have to deal him as well. Which isn't the worst thing in the world if they wait and do a sign and trade with him. They could at least recoup something for him