The 2024-2025 NBA Basketball Season

[The Q]

Copying the OKC model it’s a good idea. They need to get more picks for Markkanen

They also owe a top 10 pick this year to okc and it’s top 9 next year if it doesn’t convey this year

Cannot give that away

 

[wildturkey]

Milwaukee would have to deal Middleton I think. And who is trading for Middleton?

You haven't been following this whole Butler/Beal trade rumor cycle?

Beal has said he'd only waive his no trade clause if he was going to a team that's a contender. The only team that's shown so far to have an interest in actually taking Beal's god awful deal is the Bucks. The rumors have been a 3 or 4 team deal with Phx/Mia/Mil/4th team that's under the cap to take salary dumps (Toronto, Detroit, etc). But none of that was likely because Phoenix had 1 first round pick. That's not enough to do a deal because Miami is gonna want draft compensation, the Bucks likely want draft compensation to take Beal's horrible contract, and the 4th team probably wants something too. Now Phoenix has the draft capital to make this deal. In this case, Middleton would likely end up in Miami. Sure, he's basically cooked at this point with his age and injuries, but that doesn't matter to Miami because it saves them money (contract expires next year) and they're getting other stuff and finally getting out from Jimmy.

The thing that makes no sense in all of this is why the Bucks would want Beal anyway. I can't stress enough how horrible that contract is but setting that aside, a Dame/Beal backcourt is just gross defensively. In this deal, they'd likely be losing Connaughton, Portis, and Middleton so they'd be left with Giannis, a terrible defensive backcourt that's getting old, and old man Brook Lopez. That's just begging for Giannis to ask for a trade in 2 years. It's a terrible fit but all the rumors keep saying the Bucks are high on Beal so Let them hang themselves I guess

 

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